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I answered a question kinda like this recently, so ima just copy and paste the response I gave

I’m an small anime content creator that use a lot of anime footage in videos, so I’ll try to help out. Technically you can’t use clips or footage from anime since “legally” you don’t own the property and and anime is from Japan and Japan doesn’t really have a fair use policy there, everything and anything the company owns is theirs and only theirs. Of course this is the answer most people here will probably give you. However, there is usually ways to bypass this and actually use anime footage in a fair way that lowers chances of getting copyright claimed. First, you have to add something of value to make it your original content, for example like adding commentary then that’s good so far, but it still won’t be enough to completely not get copyright claimed. What I usually do is edit my video a lot, so it becomes my own content at that point (add zooms, shakes, etc. editing that matches your type of content) and I also do something sorta like a commentary. Also don’t keep a clip of scene running longer than 6-10 seconds (with volume on and in full screen). The audio of the anime is the easiest to get copyrighted on so if it won’t effect your video then I would completely remove the audio.

Also cut a lot in between scenes of clips, for example: Say you’re using a 5 minute scene in an anime, use only up to like 10-15 seconds for one scene, then cut around to 30 seconds later and use the next 10-15 or so seconds if that makes any sense.

If you’re using anime gifs and stuff like that to make your videos, then you don’t really have to do anything since it’s a short clip and it has no audio (so with gifs and small clips your chances of getting copyrighted are fairly low).

So that’s mostly how I do stuff, but to be fully honesty no matter what, every anime content creator who uses anime footage in their videos always runs the risk of getting copyrighted because as I said before we don’t own the footage, but I wouldn’t worry about it too much because as long as you take proper precautions then you should be fine for the most part. Besides big companies for anime usually don’t really care too much about small anime creators and won’t go out of their way to copyright all small creators who use one ounce of footage from an anime. Hope this helped a bit :)

If you want examples of how to use anime footage in videos I recommend checking out YouTubers like Gigguk, Zuffy, and Dep Ice Cream. From there you could get a pretty good concept on how to use anime scenes!

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Use it as b roll footage. But honestly trial and error can be a good teacher. Some companies and anime drop the hammer quickly! Like Demon Slayer footage (OMG). But older stuff is usually a bit more lax. But like above commenter said do cuts and add your own stuff to it.

I do reviews of j drama sometimes. I film myself reacting to the footage…And then use that footage as b roll, with no sound. If I play sound I do no more than 6 seconds.