This one was directly inspired by SilkAMV’s excellent video BLOOD 4 THE BLOOD GOD in AWA’s Accolades contest in late 2024. I had vaguely had an idea in the back of my mind about using various 80’s animated movies set to “Rock and Roll Fantasy” for a couple years, but hadn’t actually made any concrete plans for it. Silk’s use of a music-heavy movie I’d never heard of before, combined with the launch of Retro Matsuri, a new retro-focused event with an all-retro-animated-sources content rule, changed that.
One difficulty I ran into is that while I’d seen clips of most of the movies I used, I hadn’t actually watched any of them all the way through, so how much footage from each was actually usable was a surprise. I’m still amazed at how little musical footage was actually in a movie called “Heavy Metal,” and I ended up only using some background/scenery shots from Cats Don’t Dance because of the clash in art and stage animation styles.
I ended up cutting the song down heavily, which worked out pretty well, in my opinion (most of the cut bits were repeats and loops), and the final result came together pretty decently.
It did make the finals at Retro Matsuri, but didn’t win its category.
Video – American Pop, Cats Don’t Dance, A Goofy Movie, Heavy Metal, Rock-a-Doodle, Rock & Rule, Thumbelina
Audio – Bad Company – Rock and Roll Fantasy
Completed June 2025
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