In Love With the Sea - Aquarius (Sea Prince and Fire Child) AMV

A forbidden romance invokes the wrath of the elemental gods. The Prince of Water makes a dangerous lover for the Princess of Fire. Can their love persist with the world against them? And will they live to know the answer?

Footage: "The Sea Prince and the Fire Child" (or, "The Legend of Sirius"), a rare, lost classic produced by Sanrio in 1981 (Yes, THAT Sanrio. Before Hello Kitty, they made VERY dark and depressing anime movies, including "Ringing Bell" and "Unico.")

Music: "Aquarius" by Within Temptation. Licensed in the United States by Road Runner Records, a Warner Music Group (WMG) company. Warner gave YouTube users permission to use their music in fan productions in September of 2009, as long as WMG gets the rights to monetize the videos for themselves.

I apologize for the low quality; at the time, I didn't know that this film was recently re-released after decades out-of-print, and just HAD to create this AMV before my passion faded. So, only low-quality VHS footage was available to me. :( So, I actually recommend not full-screening it, but still having it max resolution (in a small window) for better audio quality.

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MOVIE INFORMATION:
I opted to include the long intro, because most people haven't been able to see this anime. And story context is VERY important to understand this AMV.

This anime goes best with the mantra: "Don't think... Just feel!" It doesn't stand up well to scrutiny, and you could easily frustrate yourself with thoughts of "Why don't they just (action)?!" But if you turn off your mind, and turn on your heart, you can ride the Feels Express. Fly on Feels Airlines. Go on a Feels Trip. Etcetera. ;)

Even though the spoilers are heavy, there's still a lot of feels left over that I didn't touch in this AMV, like the goal to reach a certain star, Bibble's sub-plot, and Piore's own tragic love story. That last one made me tear up more than the main couple's story did. ;_; But, because I wanted to stick to the song's focus on a woman's love for an entity of the sea, I couldn't really diverge enough to include all those. So, they're there and waiting, if you can even find this forgotten classic...

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TECHNICAL NOTES:
For some reason, even an uncompressed AVI reduced the intensity of a few of my overlays, and I've already nested one of the sequences in question (during the intro), so I can't fix that. Premiere works in mysterious ways, I guess...

I had to completely fix one of the closing scenes (with Queen Malta carrying Sirius) because it had a terrible flicker. I fixed the first half by duplicating previous/next frames that weren't too bright or too dark. But then I found I could also do it by altering brightness/contrast/gamma on each errant frame, so I did that the rest of the way. Both still took me a good hour or so. It still doesn't look great, but way better than before! (It was one of those pseudo slide-show type scenes, where they have a quick succession of stills fading into each other, rather than regular animation. You know how some older anime like to do that. But they didn't layer it right or something. Soooo yeah, fixing that was one of the biggest jobs here, lol!

I didn't time how long this took to do. About a week of working nearly nonstop all day, every day. I finally got on depression medication that seems to be beginning to work, so my passion for editing returned. And that passion remained throughout this whole project. I feel very good about how it turned out. :3

I really hope you enjoy this even half as much as I did editing it! :D

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LYRICS:

I hear your whispers
Break the silence
and it calms me down.

I taste on my lips,
Your salty kisses
(Ooooh, oooh, oooh)

They say I'm seeking out the danger,
That one day you won't let me go
(I'll drown, you'll take me down)

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(REFRAIN)
I need you Aquarius,
Enchanted I will have to stay.
I feel you Aquarius,
Cause you the sea set me free..
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You call to me Aquarius
(Call to me, set me free)

I relinquish to your powers.
From your grasp, I just can't hide.
I missed the danger I had to conquer.
You made me feel alive.

They say I have to be aware,
That one day you won't let me go
(I'll drown, you'll take me down)

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(REFRAIN)
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You call to me Aquarius

I long for you Aquarius.
I need to be with you again.
I fear you, Aquarius
My destiny till the end.

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(REFRAIN)

[oldaccidentalgames]

Wow. Just wow! I love this so much! Amazing editing! Never heard of this before, but just... wow Zacloud! ~Sparks

[BadashGames]

Wow! That was a really good AMV with a very interesting anime I have never seen. I may have to watch it!

[remixedcat]

Loved this!!! Powerful and dreamy at the same time. Also the video I used for the wireless access point test roaming from one access point to the next and it kept the connection. ;)