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What is MAD?
Uh.. How do I explain this. Now correct if I'm wrong, but to my understanding a MAD (エムエーディー) is a Japanese term for fan-edited videos, similar to AMVs but broader. The name originally came from “Music Anime Douga” (I think?), but after some time it came to mean any creative, remixed, or highly edited anime video. It mostly includes-nya:
  • Anime scenes
  • Manga panels
  • Game cutscenes
  • Original animation
  • Special effects, visual tricks, motion graphics
  • Audio remixes, sound effects, voice splicing
 
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What madness is this...? Can't watch them for more than a few seconds.
How about something like this?
Okay, I might be stretching the definition of MAD pretty thin with these..
 
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Nyah @BakedBanana How many identies do you have?
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What is MAD?
It was also an innovative way of getting an opening for a franchise that didn't have animation (tagging @BakedBanana ):

Creating unique songs:

Some anime openings had countless parodies:

Also could compete with official promotional videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVtXDv6YByk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=win8_aAigRw

Of course, also to laugh a lot, my favourite from all the time, the perfect cross-over:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZOyUtXawig

Well, as usual, there's a limit on previews...
 

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