Abstract: A magnetic recorder-reproducer capable of photographing under animation mode in a video system including a video camera, a video tape recorder and the like.The magnetic recorder-reproducer according to the present invention has a mechanism, wherein recording is ended after a lapse of a photographing time corresponding to one frame from the time of the succeeding recording, and thereafter, rewinding of the tape for a joining taking and stand-by for the succeeding taking are performed, so that photographing under the animation mode can be easily carried out.Furthermore, the magnetic recorder-reproducer according to the present invention has a warning device for issuing a warning in response to a signal indicating a state, where preparation for the photographing is completed, so that such a mistaken taking can be avoided that a hand or the like of the photographer are taken during the photographing under the animation taking mode.