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  • Who won i hope it was TeamDn they had an amahzing episode of Gankutsuou abriged

  • did any win this contest?

  • 3 months on LOL

  • Yeah, I know. I would have tried to cheat because the series has to begin with the letter G.

  • Hbi seems flexible about that. One of the honorable mentions was called BladeGunner or something like that. I wish I'd heard about this sooner too.

  • Eva wouldn't have worked anyway, because there are at least two major Eva Abridgeds that I know of, and probably more that I don't.

  • With all due respect, that didn't seem to stop you from making Escaflowne Abridged. BlazeElemental already made 2 episodes before you started.

  • Yes, but I wasn't making that for a contest that specifically stated "no repeats" as one of the rules, now was I?

    Besides, BlazeElemental's version was essentially abandoned at the time that I began mine. I actually considered doing Escaflowne right after Berserk, but since Blaze (and, IIRC, another chap at around the same time) had just started his, I thought that wouldn't really be fair to him. That was one of the reasons I chose to do Gantz second.

  • Thanks, that explains a lot.

  • so who won any way if i missed were you said it sorry but i dont really want to go through 600 posts give or take alot(i hope)

  • Aaaaah, if only I saw this earlier. I would have made an abridged series out of my favorite anime: Genesis Neon Evangelion.

  • well

    you said you'd watch mine after you finished with those which were accepted

    i suppose if you have the patience to watch all 63 of them, i have the patience to wait for the results :)

  • I agree, and I can't help but think some of us should team up and try to make something for hbi2k. Just to help remind him how his work and his attention to his fan-base is appreciated.

  • Its amazing that this was a 'speed abridging' contest because the results are far from it

  • I would have no clue what to do for this even if I did try it. I don't have any videos in my account yet so that's the reason.

  • I think somebody already did Gankutsuou abridged. Wait a minute did the death note abridgers join this contest?

  • ah, i got an abridged series that started with the letter G. Too bad im a little late to watch this =B

    btw, im abridging Ginga Nagareboshi Gin for just the fun of it =P

  • its been like 1 month and some change since this ended... feels like longer lol Cant wait for the results

  • Who wins?

  • You need to check his description on his page. He updates it every once in a while with his progress. It's why I don't ask.

  • I knew someone would goku sayonara zetsubou sensei!

  • Hey Hey Hey

  • daaaang i would have made gun X sword...lol

  • Oh Damn! I missed this! I didn't even know! Do another one later! Maybe have a fellow abridger as well! ? And choose a different letter too!

  • With all the work you're putting into this project I can't help but wonder if there's something we can do in return for you.

    This may be a simple "for fun" project, but when a great deal of effort goes into something, that effort should be properly appreciated.

    Well, I'll brainstorm that, and in the mean time, top notch for VEAS getting even better.

  • Im suprised this is taking so long, so many of them are god-awful It wouldnt take long to just weed out the utterly terrible ones, and you'd be left with 3 or 4 to choose from lol

  • BustGunner FTW

  • I await the selection *hides in the Yorozuya*

  • I'm not sure that I'm the only one that wants to know, but I have to ask, about how far are you on the submissions?

  • SIGN IT

    It would make it a collector's items

  • Dammit! There are 4 guys who I think should win. I'm glad I don't have to wade through all of these episodes and pick the "least shitty". You must be some form of super hero to do this, hbi2k. (well maybe not "super hero" XD)

  • Super hero or not, I'm glad HE's the one doing this kind of contest. Seems to me HB would be the most fair in something like this.

    And I know what you mean, there are a handful of entries that are darn good. It's going to be close, no doubt.

  • If i could i would have done. Gakuen alice

  • I should have done Gandhi The Abridged series now that I think about it...

  • Waiting for the results to this contest has been a real nailbiter. (And I'm not just saying that because I worked on one of the entries.) I can't wait to hear who the winner is!

  • ok.... really? no Gurren Lagann whatsoever? i guess it might be due to "Tengen Toppa", but still.....

  • Already done. Doesn't count either way.

  • Hey, are you gonna do another one of these?

  • wow,a lot of people who enter this contest are already involved in abridging.Not that i think its unfair but is there really a chance for the one who never tried abridging before to win?i hope so

  • Better question! Is it possible for someone who's never made a video before to win? Not just abriding...

    I actually thought some episodes by first time abridgers were better than those who had abridged before. I think it's possible... but it's just all up in the air now, nothing to do but wait and see, right?

  • I wonder if anyone thought of Gumby Abridged? That would be a weird abridged series.

  • Just goes to show you that abridging can be done by anyone.. but not necessarily well.

    Hbi2k is a smart dude. He used the phrase 'least shitty' to describe who the winner is. You might think he's kidding, but think of it. When's the last time you saw an abridged series by anyone but LK or TFS that wasn't lazily done? Not too often. There's exceptions here and there, but the point is, new abridgers are pretty much not clever. :/

  • You put it quite well, and you hit the nail on the head for this. And I'm sure we all can agree, hbi2k is quite clever when it comes to these things. Perhaps this might help filter out people that try and make an abridged show on a whim.

    Nevertheless, this was still quite a fun project.

  • Thanks! Yeah, HBI has just a pleasant voice. I was talking to Takahata and he pointed out that this guy's been doing it for a while, hence his skillful voice.

    HBI, if you're reading this, my Skype is chasemccaskill. Drop me a line if you're not busy, you sound like a fun dude.

  • oooh... maybe also other categories like a best opening theme or best joke or something. (unless that's too much)

  • Hay, HBI2K, do a top 5 or a top 10.

  • isn't THAT the "job" of Cassius614?

    She could do a seperate top15 or make it the special for the spring edition of the countdown...

    maybe she can give HIM some pointers *laughs*

  • Hbi2k, since you have so many can you do maybe a top 10.

  • Actually that's a good idea. There were so many good ones! I found it hard to pick my favourite.

  • I can't wait to see who wins. I really had fun making my entry in just one day. Oh if u see any vids that you like willu sub to them even if they didnt win?

  • I'm actually quite excited to see the results of this. There were some very solid entries in here. And like so many others, I've learned an important lesson this week.

    "3-D modelling only leads to tears"

  • Interesting. But, I've been too busy to do it, that and I've never seen any anime that begins with "G", though I know of one that no one would do an abridged of.

    Oh well, maybe next time.

  • Damn I was an idiot and forgot to post my video as a video response since I submitted it at 3 in the morning, I just realized when I came home today.

  • there was this one contestant called lucidlyconscious. what to douchey

  • Yay, let the judging commence :D My bets are on Magmabear :)

  • Hbi2k, i posted m,ine as a responce this morning, but it doesn't show up... and i think that the video itself is evidence I did it within the time limit, so can you go to my account and check it out? (if it's not too much to ask, of course)

  • I approved the video-- not sure why it's not showing up for you, but it shows up from my end. In any case, you did make the extended deadline and as far as I can tell it meets all the other rules (I haven't watched it all the way through yet), so it's in for now.

  • hbi2k, I finally uploaded my Green Green Abridged onto my own account and reposted it as a video response a while back. So you can simply skip over the one that was posted on my friend's account? ^^ (I posted this earlier, but it didn't seem to go through)

  • Done and done.

  • can .. ugh .. we have another 6 hours? :)

  • Nope, sorry. (-:

  • keep working on it anyway!!!

  • Dang, I completely missed this contest! Hopefully you do another one like this soon. I'd love to participate.

  • my friend and i made an awesome video for this contest but WMM wont save it into a WMV file because its says that the location im saving it so does not exist, the files i used to make the vid do not exist or i dont have enough disk space. we have taken every meassure to try and fix this problem but it just wont work. if anyone knows how to fix it plz contact me with instructions on how to do that plz. at this point we just wanna be able to get it up T_T

  • were did you save it to

  • make sure the files are in the same spot. u dont wanna be moving them around all over the place especially while editing them. i lost a few good scenes that way..... ne way for disk space try to publish to a flash drive/ DVD. just a few ideas for ya

  • we tried deleting stuff off the computer, and then tried saving it to the computer, a flashdrive, a CD/DVD, and i had all the things i was using in the same folder, and all it would do is load to 36% and then it would stop and say to make sure the our files, the project, and the location we were saving to still existed, and it would do that no matter what we tried T_T

  • thats strange. at the risk of losing the project, u could try to publish off of a different computer. moving the files over may be tricky. but its something different.

  • mine didnt get accepted ether, even though I posted it this morning...

  • i assume the reason my video isn't responded because you rejected it from the contest cause i broke a rule?

    well i'd still love to hear what you think about

    so when you're done watching and judging the series that were not disqualified, how about watching mine?

    please?!

  • We'll see if I still have any energy for watching new videos after I'm done working my way through all the entries. (-: I hope you had fun making it, in any case!

  • Lots of fun, and I believe several new friendships have been started as a result of this.

    Thank you for this great time, and try not to pass out (at least until you see MY video)

  • Goldrake, God mazinger, Go nagai's CB chara world Great mazinger Grendizer Groizer X aka Gloiza X and they were all from the same guy

    also is gigantor galaxy angel gatchaman genocyber gestalt golgo 13 grappler baki, green green, and the H animes with G

  • Google sez

    8:23am Tuesday (MST) - Time in Phoenix, Arizona

    Navajo 9:23am MDT , Im assuming its 8:23am now (MST) ... I looked at Navajo on the map, does it have its own time zone ?

  • Navajo does have its own time zone apart from Arizona

  • i think the extension of time will be very appreciated by those who almost missed their chance.

    I wish you good luck watching all "crappy" entrees, as of now 67 entrees, that's quite ALOT.

    Crappy in quotes because several have been quite impressive.

    I think you should receive a reward for moving so much people. This should definitely proof to others that creating an abridged episode in less then 7 days isn't something just a madman could do, but everyone if they just put in the effort.

  • woops, sorry, hey, Hbi, just ignore my AMV responce.

  • Wow, sixty seven entries, and promises of more o.o

    No way in hell mine will stand out against all those, but I did the best I could possibly do, and am still proud to death of what I've done. Good luck to everyone! All 67 of you! XD WE ALL HAVE TO SHARE THE DVDS! XD

  • Heh, interesting contest, didn't see it until now though.

    Good luck to everyone ;)

  • Aww man mine never got accepted :( oh well still great job to all

  • It sucks youtube wouldn't accept my video because it was the right format so I'm reconverted it and it still didn't work so I'm going to try one last time and hopefully you will accept it... if not it's fine. There is probably someone better than me anyway I just wanted to see what you would think of mine.

  • I extended the deadline to noon 4/28 because the maintenance caused a lot of people problems in uploading. So if you go ahead and post that video as a response to this one before noon, I'll accept it.

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  • whew, i barely made it in. stupid youtube >.>

    and now we wait..bunch of great entries...

  • question lets say hypothetically a you tube update made you late do you still lose

  • and on the subject of hypothetics lets say a video was rejected TWICE is there any lateness forgive ness

  • HOLY FUCK 51 videos! I would have been 52 but some shit got in the way, OH WELL.

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  • well at least they all have 3 or so hours left, it isn't tuesday in Hawaii yet and there are time zones after it.

  • Why wasn't Gun Piece Abridged accepted?

    Too legit?

  • heres a question, youtube is gonna be going into maintenance soon so would it be better try to upload something now or would it be better to take the risk and see if you can still upload videos before 11:59?.......if I upload something now and by the off chance people still are able to upload videos later would I be able to replace it with a slightly extended one as long as its before the limit?

  • Given how long it takes to upload videos, I recommend starting sooner, but hey, that's just me.

  • I'm really surprised no one chose the series Golden Boy its only like 7 episodes long and has the perfect amount of sex and violence for this kind of thing. And to all you who have never heard of it look it up and if you cant find the anime look up the manga instead =)

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  • Its too late for me anyways, but yes (to whomever told me to), I typyicaly say to suppor tthe ofical release in order to look profesional but honestly, who has the money? Not to mention HOW do you use DVDs to make abridged series? Seriously...the craziness of getting all that formated is no doubt crazy. I simply find the material online for free (cuz why waste money on what you can get for free ?Especially with how tight money is these days) and then I use Sony Vegas (got for free) and Audacity

  • Even though its too late, if I ever find episode 1-2..I might just do it anyways because of the sake of having set it up already, I wanna finish wha I started...though it won't win anything, I doubt I would've anyways. Its more of just good for giving me practice so I can improve. I know one thing for sure: After my crossovers done, I'm so through with having a large cast in a series..its waaay to stressful...

  • Actually, I use AMVApp and VirtualDubMod along with Sony Vegas 7, DVDDecryptor and Goldwave among some other audio recording tools. I bought all my stuff though. I would rather not take the risk. It only takes 5 minutes to compile everything, assuming you did all the scripting right for your video quality. It's not hard, and it doesn't take up a lot of space. Especially if you make a fake AVI to edit with using your DVD's.

  • Im gonna see if i can make an abridged episode in 5 hours lol

  • Sweet, I was hoping there would be at least 50 entries, better competition :)

  • When was this due? Ah, whatever.

  • Hooray, I actually made the due date, seeing this video the day it was due! Hooray for coincidentally having this done at the same time! It was only made in one week, too!

  • haha im suprised nobody made a g-savior abridged. that would of been funny to see.

  • That would require watching G-Saviour....

    ...and consequently die while at it.

  • Crap! I fell asleep working on my episode last night and when i finally get home it's to late to be entered. oh well i was almost done so now i'll take my time and do the 2 episodes of genshiken abridged that would have have come before it

  • uh, you do still have time you know. lol

  • i just posted my shity half finished episode of Girls Bravo Abridged, stupid WMM decided to die on me before i could finish it :( now everytime i'm in WMM for more than 2 minutes or so it crashes my whole computer

  • and i just realized that you apparently can't use greater then and less then signs in your comments because i tried to post my comment 3 times and it wouldn't post, but as soon as i removed the greater-then underscore less-then smiley it posted, you think they would mention that you can't use it somewhere.

  • Same here, I don't have any G animes that I can use.

  • Curse the fact I can't record my games.

  • Actually the show is parody.

    Parody and Abridged are two different things.

    Abridge is making it shorter while retaining the original content, so you would retain the fact that Gin kicks ass with his wooden sword. The jokes are just added flavor.

    Parody, poking fun at everything.

    Abridged Series take the best of both worlds and smash them together for us to enjoy.

  • Alright, for some reason I uploaded "Gatchman abridged 58" as a video response to this, and it isn't showing up on the list. And when I tried to re-upload it, it won't even show up as an option... what is going on?

  • hbi2k has to approve the video before it turns up, wait until he logs on again. And remember DONT PANIC! =P

  • The genius of this contest isn't that it might get some more people abridging, and it's not that it points out just how many animes there are out there by pointing out how many just start with G. No, the genius of this contest is it makes a whole bunch of people put up or shut up and makes them appreciate how much hard work goes into producing an abridged series. Well done, HBI2K!

  • Well said. I feel a great many of us can agree with you on this.

  • Hm, never thought about it like that. But now that you mention it. It sort of does make me appreciate him, and the roster of TFS. Shit, coming up with jokes that are funny to everybody is hard, a long with editing and all that crap. Now I know why videos are usually delayed. You won't catch me complaining. Not that I ever did. ^_^

  • Still it ticked me off. Now too many people are doing Gun Sword.

  • Ok. Viddler seems to have taken it. Do I need to resubmit my Re-direct Response vid?

  • well i just posted my supershitty abridged oneshot.i just hope i made it in time.

  • i was going to do this, but then i realized not only have i made an abridged episode and it sucked ass, but i'm also a lazy ass

  • Posted my damn response. Thank you for giving me an excuse to not to study for my midterms. I'm off to fail now. :P

  • My only problem I'm facing is the voice actor for the main character is being an asshole and wont record his lines.

    He is the only person I know who can pull off a decent David Hayter's Solid Snake voice but refuses to do it. =(

    Since my voice is too high I cant do the voice at all so if someone would be kind can they read the 2 pages of dialog I wrote for him? He has the best lines and it sucks that my voice actor is too lazy to say them.

  • Why did you have to say Gun Sword? I picked Gun Sword over Final Fantasy Unlimited because nobody else was doing it, I own all the DVDs, and Geneon US branch was gone so they unlikely to sue us. I already had scripts for the frist 5 episodes and most of the cast, but then you made this G-abridging contest. Now 6 other people are doing it.

    Also, does anyone else legally DVDs for the series the're doing?

  • I'm sorry that had to happen to you, really I am. :(. But you shouldn't worry, before Team Four Star came a long there were LOADS of DBZ abridges. But despite that, TFS and Gozar's abridged series are still thriving. Don't worry, if its good, people will pick it over all the other one's regardless. ^_^

  • I do own the DVDs for Gundam 0083, and I'm not saying this on the behalf of anyone else, but if they don't have the DVDs, you have a leg up on them, You can rip the DVDs easier, and have better quality, with very little to no blocking. All you have to worry about now, is whether or not your jokes are better.

    Skyline put it the best, DBZ abridged series are all over, but people like Gozar, Skins, and TFS always get views, not because they were first, but because they are the funniest ones.

  • Hey hbi,

    Are you getting sick of everybody's questions yet?

    Are you?

    Are you?

    ... how about now?

  • Are you tired of hearing questions noooooow?

    Yes?

    No?

    Maybe?

    Kumquat?

  • I must say, hbi is a good man for doing this.

    And he has the patients of a saint. :)

  • *laughs at past experiance with hbi2k*

    True but I do remember the limit to his patience is about... 6-8 stupid questions or repeated questions.

  • I'm having trouble finding GinTama episode 1-2 downloadable. I've watched it, but I want to be able to download it. I have the script ready even and now I don't have it downloaded @_@ anyone know any good sites?

  • You should support the official release.

    (I seriously believe this.)

    However... given the circumstances, I will say this. I do believe that you should rent or borrow a copy from a friend... But hypothetically, if one were to go to animea, that is net, not com, perhaps one would seek what they are looking for. I, of course, am only speaking hypothetically.

    ... one might have to deal with subs though, but perhaps panning the bottom would, hypothetically, help with that.

  • Well, considering that the only official release in the U.S. is on Crunchyroll, it really doesn't take much to support it. (-: Unfortunately, yeah, that doesn't really help when it comes to getting a hold of a copy for editing purposes.

  • Huh. I never new about this Crunchyroll site.

    (Just goes to show what an amateur about this stuff.)

    As you say, no good for editing, but at least it's somewhere where I can check out some anime. Thanks. :)

  • Got mine posted. I will post a link from the copy on dailymotion later, just in case.

  • i am saddened :( i have exams the upcoming week, the week after that and then a month after. I have to put that first in front of a hobby so its unfortunate that we (me and superlardbucket) may not be able to enter. we even mirror the comedy duo of Vegeta3986 and MasakoX in many ways.

    I shall have better look in the future.

  • nearly done just need a female voice actor damn ginrei! -.-

  • Hey hbi, will you be giving us feedback on our episodes?

  • Aws poop >:(

    If had found out about this earlier I would have made a little Gilgamesh Abridged Episode.

  • Which is sad, because I already have Berserk on DVD and I could claim that I did something for charity by re-dubbing a nerdy series.

  • Cause gintama is a very awesome anime

  • Man, I've never watched so many new abridged series in one day!

  • My friend and I are doing Gintama, but unfortunately our 3rd guy bailed. Or just forgot. I don't know which xD. Hopefully, we can get it uploaded soon.

  • I'm just doing it for fun.

  • Hooray, I just uploaded my Gintami Abridged episode and I'm the first one to do that anime :D

  • I seriously think xbeetxabridgedx is gonna out do us all with his one shot. It's just way too epic to not love. >_> He has my support xDDD

  • Well CMJSamurai's is damn strong as well, tho I havnt seen xbeet's yet... unless they're THE SAME PERSON O.O XD

  • No they're not the same person. Samurai's good too ^^ I like where beet's idea is going though xD

  • Hope he gets it out before the deadline then, only a day and a half left! =O Wow this week's gone by fast...

  • one last question, what do you consider better?

    good quality screenshots

    or

    bad quality video?

  • I'm almost done with Guyver Dark Hero Abridged episode one. I've been working hard on it and I plan to completely finish the movie. The second episode I already have written some of it and it looks more promising than the first =).

    I wish the best of luck to all that have joined the contest and I will be submitting mine one a new channel I made named ChadVisionAbridged mainly because I was saving my live action movie I plan on doing for this channel.

  • Aw man Gargoyles Abridged would kick ass.

  • I'd totally watch it >=)

  • If you feel it would be good, you might want to see my entry. (Shameless plug I know, but still)

  • how much does the video have to last?

  • There's no minimum running time.

  • can you remove my original video post

  • Hey, if my uploaded video gets taken down by Shogakukan right before the deadline(which, knowing them, is very possible), can I reupload it to dailymotion, post a link and have it judged there?

  • He answered someone's question like that earlier, and he said yes. ^_^

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  • I don't know why I said that. (God that was stupid.)

  • Not one. Not two. Not three. Not even four. but FIVE Gun Sword abridges so far.

    Was anyone else going Gintama? I'm almost done with mine.

  • you should announce like the top 5 vids or something when this is all over that would be cool :D

  • Agreed. Haha. Would love to see a Hbi's Top 5 Speed Abridges XD

  • Lol I'd like that as well. It would kind of be like a consolation to some of us. Like a little exposure just to get our foot in the door for our own abridged series. ^_^

  • I'm not really looking for exposure. I just did it to test out my new Voice Acting Skills. This gave me incentive to get off my lazy butt XD

  • That would be interesting. Like give us feedback and what not. I think that's a good idea. Let's just see what happens ^^

  • W-wait the best SHITTY abridged episode? Soooo the worst one wins or the best of the worst?

    Confused I am.

  • I'm pretty sure it's LEAST of the shittiest =D

  • The best out of all our shitty projects. Because its usually just about everyone's first try, naturally its bound to be shitty. The one thats the least shittiest will win. ^_^

  • Will you ever be hosting anohter one of these contests? as im finishing up my entry, i realize it would have been better if i HADN'T picked a 40 minute ova thats pretty much all plot. I do wish that someone (who can actually get people) would host the contest and not have it ONLY be a G series.

  • Y'know, Golden Boy might make a pretty good abridged series, if it were longer.

  • Golden Boy is very very amazing. DO IT! =D

  • Ga-rei Galaxy Railways Gloizer X God Maziger Grandpa Danger Gravion Great Yamato Gals! Gekigangar III Ghost Stories Green Green Ghost Slayers Ayashi Girls Bravo Guardian of Darkness Gundam
  • Gunsmith Cats Galaxy Express 999 Gall Force Ganba no Boken Grzey's Wing Gatchaman Gegage no Kitaro Gao Gai Gar Gakuen Alice Gokinjo Monogatari Gokuser Good Morning Call G-on Riders
  • Giant Gorg

    Glass Maiden

    Glass Fleat

    Glass Mask

    Gulliver Boy

  • Ghost Hound?

  • I've got another question?

    Can I call Shenanigans on YouTube? I just spent 7 hours finishing my badly ending, Movie Maker edited video and YouTube rejected it due to copyright infringement right as I uploaded it.

    Can I Dailymotion it and make my response here a vid with a link to in on there?

  • Sure, go for it.