+ Manga: "Shi to Kanojo to Boku" ("Death, the Maiden and I"), vol. 3 Side story: "Anata ni Nita Mushi" ("A Bug That Looked Like You"), by Madoka KAWAGUCHI Not available in English at the time of this video's production. Images scanned, translated and edited from the Japanese version by yours truly. If it's the main story of "Death, the Maiden and I" that you're interested in, check out my other video: youtube.com ______ + Story: Every person has a bug that looks like them, and whatever happens to the bug also happens to the person -- as two teens discover when they inadvertantly kill their teacher and find one of their own bugs. ______ + Song: "Don't Fear the Reaper," by Blue Oyster Cult The version used in this video has been truncated. Muchly. ______ + Inspiration: Adoringly's "Full Moon wo Sagashite" video: www.youtube.com I thought she was kidding about making such an awesome video with just Windows Movie Maker, but then she hinted that she'd upgraded her version, so I went on a quest to upgrade mine. Having the newfound powers to pan, overlay and custom zoom, I then felt compelled to make a video that did nothing but pan, pan, pan, overlay, zoom, and pan. Happily, it sort of works for this kind of story telling video. ______ + Notes: AMV/MMV numero cinco (#5)! Not a really serious attempt... Mostly needed to get panning out of my system. But it's a cool, weird little 8-page story with a nice moral. Images edited in Adobe Photoshop 7.0 and compiled in Microsoft ...
