AMV: Finally Robotic Beings Rule the World

[ianiceboy.livejournal.com]

"The date was August 10 in the year 2010 of the Imperial calendar. The Holy Britannian Empire had just declared war upon Japan. The Far East island nation had held fast to its neutrality, and now Britannia looms as the world's only superpower."

"It is the distant future: the year 2000! We are robots. The world is quite different ever since the robotic uprising of the late nineties. Finally, robotic beings rule the world!"

I'm not sure why, but mischaracterising a series is my favourite type of AMV humour. My previous attempt made Ouran Host Club look rough, and I knew I had to do something similar for Code Geass, my favourite anime of all time. The perfect song made it possible. Henceforth, knightmare frames do not have people inside them; knightmare frames are our robot overlords! (Or they would be, had we survived their late-nineties uprising.)

This AMV uses clips from episodes 1, 2, 4-13, 18-21, 23-27, 30-36, 39, 44, and 50. I have done my very best to keep it spoiler-free. The song is "Robots" by Flight of the Conchords.

Robo-boogie!

Comments

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Okay, I LOL'd. (Especially at the binary bit).

Incidentally, I just looked through your flickr account, and I'm pretty certain I may have been the person who took this photo of you (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianiceboy/3847997527/in/set-72157622101928860/).

[ianiceboy.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the comment!

Also, possibly thanks for taking that photo! I didn't get a great deal of photos of myself that day, so this one with my nemesis was a highlight. The idea that we have met is very coincidental, especially as we have no LJ friends in common. How unusual.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Heh - this was my first convention after I'd watched Code Geass, so I was kinda stalking Geass cosplayers. Especially Suzakus, since I'm a Suzaku fan.

I'm fairly certain we talked for a bit - were you in the middle of watching Gurren Lagann at the time?

[ianiceboy.livejournal.com]

You have a better memory than I! Forgive me. MyAnimeList.net's incomplete records claim that I started Gurren Lagann in August 2009, so that gives significant credibility to your claim!

It was my first convention after watching Code Geass also, so I was at the height of my obsession. (It's dipped ever-so-slightly, but it still reigns, and I could name you eighty characters off the top of my head right now...) I am entering this AMV into the Manifest 2010 AMV competition, and rewatching the clips to make it reminded me of how I felt the first eight times I saw the series.

To give you closure on how our discussion probably went: If I was iffy on whether I liked Gurren Lagann, I later gave it another chance. I finished it and now appreciate how epic it is. It holds a unique place in the list of things I enjoy. I have recommended it to people. It's no Code Geass, but, really, what is?

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I have an amazing memory for completely useless information. It's a skill. Though looking back, I mentioned you in my post about that Manifest. (http://drakyndra.livejournal.com/306607.html)

Yeah, I'm still a bit flaily over CG. It's not my main fandom - FMA still wins that one, and probably will for a while yet - but it's up there.

TTGL is another favourite of mine, too. It wins lots of points on the ridiculous but awesome scale - and it and Geass were the first two mecha series I ever watched. I think I brought up that there was some interesting parallels when you consider the dubs of the two series.

[ianiceboy.livejournal.com]

I also have an amazing memory for completely useless information, but not nearly enough of it is social. In fact, I read that Manifest post of yours and didn't even see that strikethrough Suzaku line. (Don't worry: Google's cache has exonerated you from the dire accusation of retroactive journaling.) Sorry that I could not hang around longer, but with the Manifest press pass comes certain expectations that I will take awesome photos. This is a difficult undertaking, so the more photo I can take, the better. Typically I take three thousand over the three days, so I have to keep moving! Usually I am not so ambulatory.

TTGL does have interesting dub parallels. It's not a popular position, but I am a dub-watcher when available (and tolerable). However, having Suzaku, Euphemia, Lelouch, Diethard, Clovis/Claudio, Viletta, Kallen, Lloyd, and so many more walking around was a little weird for me. Tohdoh's voice was entirely different, so I didn't even pick up on it. But maybe my reaction was a little hypocritical, because I enjoyed Fate/Stay Night as the Lelouchless Geass reunion it seemed to me. Great soundtrack, familiar voices, acceptable story: reasonable anime!

I must confess that I have not seen FMA. For a noob like me, would you recommend I watch the original or the newer series?

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Ah, photo-y people. I have some friends like that. (I only normally take that many photos when I am on a trip overseas or something)

Most of the stuff I've seen has had a really good dub, but it really depends on the series, honestly. I just found the Lelouch-Rossiu and Suzaku-Simon role reversals kind of hilarious, especially the endings - the war-time hero leaving peacetime leadership in the hands of his (less popular in fandom) friend.

That's a really subjective debate: Both versions are very popular, and which is better debates get horrible. I personally prefer the newer series, because it follows the manga and I like the manga plot and themes more and I am not entirely satisfied with how the first anime ended, but it isn't complete (until next week, anyway), and only a third has been dubbed so far. Both are very well done, though. I'd recommend the newer one, but someone else might gave a different opinion.

[shanejayell.livejournal.com]

*lol*

Not bad!

[scribblestorm.livejournal.com]

The binary solo cracked me up XD.

Thanks for sharing!

[innocentsake.livejournal.com]

My husband & I thought the song was just perfect, he also loved the Binary Bit haha~ Excellent job!

[dollhouse--x.livejournal.com]

DFKJDK FOTC FOR THE EPIC WIN.

anyway <3 i usually don't watch amv's but i had to watch it for flight of the conchords and im super glad i did (: freaking hilarious lmao XD good job!

[shaherizad.livejournal.com]

OMG this was AMAZING!!!!! Very well done. Especially the binary bit, but really, the whole thing was genius.

[koyuki-azumaya.livejournal.com]

Win! So much win! XD I was loling through the whole thing XDD

[mossygirl.livejournal.com]

Brilliant! I definitely lol'd.

[eightroses.livejournal.com]

:D♥♥♥
now make that one you were telling me about at the geass meet last year... mmm... i think it was to hitomi no tsubasa? xDDDD

[ianiceboy.livejournal.com]

The flame of Geass love does not burn as strongly in me as it once did, but I still think about making that AMV sometimes. It is still the series I like more than any other, so I guess that maybe it's possible... one day.

[kelscium.livejournal.com]

hahaha nice... I loved it!