AMV Roundup 08 - December 2023
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katranatHello everyone, welcome to AMV roundup number Eight!
This will be another post where my comments are fairly brief as I’ve been busy working on other things, but I did want to get this out to finish off this series for the year. I can hardly believe I’ve now completed 9 of these roundup posts (including the Fathers Day one), with 10 videos in each, making for a whopping 90 videos throughout 2023! I hope you all have enjoyed reading these and have hopefully found some new videos to watch. I will not be posting a roundup next month as I have plans to post my top AMVs of 2023 at the beginning of January, which will no doubt be more than enough AMVs for everyone for a while.
Here are the final 10 videos for you this year!
New for 2023
Video title: Cowboy Bebop at His Computer
Editor: cagayakegirlz
Anime: Cowboy Bebop
Song & Artist: Multiple Computer Mark - 1 Trait Danger
Comments: I don’t know how obvious it is, but when making these roundup posts, I’ve been trying to avoid listing videos by the same editors as much as possible - this is to try to keep these posts diverse and hopefully enable people to discover new editors. Sometimes though, I gotta revisit editors. Especially when they post a video as fun as “Cowboy Bebop at His Computer” and hardly anyone is watching it.
VPR: Motion, flickering, fades to white, fades to black
Video title: Ha Ha
Editor: VAERYN
Anime: March Comes In Like a Lion
Song & Artist: Ha Ha - Emiliana Torrini
Comments: I’m fascinated with the way VAERYN has edited “Ha Ha” - there’s a lot going on in this video, but most notably is the playing around with black bars and wipes. I feel they’ve mastered the art of using them to craft suspense and add nuance to some of these scenes.
VPR: Major peripherals, flickering, particles, flashes to black, flashes to white, quick cuts
Video title: This Charming Man
Editor: Extraterrestrial Elephant
Anime: Revolutionary Girl Utena
Song & Artist: This Charming Man - The Smiths
Comments: Extraterrestrial Elephant is a bit of a familiar face, but I couldn’t resist sharing “This Charming Man” as it’s just so unusual. Something about the chosen aesthetic combined with the very literal interpretation of the lyrics makes this video very charming (hah!). Every time the line “I haven’t got a stitch to wear” comes up is just gold.
VPR: Constant purple peripheral box, film grain, motion, flashes to black, flashes to white, red emphasis scenes
Video title: 君といる時
Editor: Sagar Amrania
Anime: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Song & Artist: TENGOKU - BENXNI
Comments: This is one of those videos where the music genre would normally put me off, but Sagar Amrania has just made this all work so perfectly I enjoy it regardless. It’s a fairly slick Evangelion production with some rather unique sync choices - Sagar Amrania does some especially cool things with aspect ratios which are rather inspiring (they should team up with VAERYN and combine powers for the ultimate aspect ratio/black bar AMV).
VPR: All (major flashing)
CW: Violence
Video title: SUPERSONIC
Editor: fatu
Anime: Cyber City Oedo 808
Song & Artist: Supersonic - Skrillex, josh pan, Dylan Brady, Noisia
Comments: I would like to be unbiased, but I have to admit I’m a little bit influenced by another amazing video using this song, so I’m not completely able to fully appreciate “SUPERSONIC” (my brain is hardwired to the other video, so I keep expecting to see completely different types of sync). However it is an excellent AMV in its own right, and fatu has combined these sources excellently, so hopefully someone reading will enjoy its full potential.
VPR: All (major flashing)
CW: Violence, gore
Video title: City of Stars
Editor: DarkFlameMaster KT
Anime: Cowboy Bebop
Song & Artist: City of Stars (cover) - 王OK
Comments: “City of Stars” is a rather slow and moody video using a rather lovely cover of City of Stars. DarkFlameMaster KT has captured the laid back melancholy of Cowboy Bebop’s more serious story aspects very well.
VPR: Flashes to white, minor motion
CW: Violence
Video title: Let the Old Ways Die
Editor: Evan DuPell
Anime: Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Song & Artist: Let the Old Ways Die
Comments: Evan DuPell is a music creator who also makes AMVs for his own songs - all of which are pretty awesome honestly. “Let the Old Ways Die” is the first of his videos I came across and uses Vampire Hunter D to great effect.
VPR: Motion, major red emphasis scenes, fades to black, major flashes to white
CW: Violence, gore
Older videos
Videos which premiered before 2023 that I’ve only recently found and have been enjoying.
Video title: 5 Beats Per Second
Editor: The King Maker
Anime: 5 cm Per Second
Song & Artist: Only the Young - Brandon Flowers
Comments: I’ve had this song in the back of my mind as something I kinda enjoy and might want to edit with one day - well no longer! “5 Beats Per Second” is possibly the perfect AMV for this song for me. Something about the gentle pace The King Maker sets the scene with here, really gets to me on an authentic emotional level (which is hard to do when I’ve been so over saturated with 5 cm Per Second AMVs).
VPR: Flickering, fades to white, fades to black
Video title: oh no
Editor: ori
Anime: Katanagatari
Song & Artist: Oh No! - Marina and The Diamonds
Comments: “oh no” is a super fun character profile video for Nanami from Katanagatari, which is not something I’ve come across before. I’m also very glad YouTube recommended this AMV to me as all of ori’s videos are excellent.
VPR: Flickering, film grain effects, motion, flashes to white, peripherals, fire
CW: Violence
Video title: HUMANS ARE SUCH EASY PREY
Editor: The Sleepy Elf
Anime: Devilman Crybaby
Song & Artist: Humans Are Such Easy Prey - Perturbator
Comments: I feel like “HUMANS ARE SUCH EASY PREY” uses all of the clips from Devilman Crybaby that no one else uses because of the extreme content. I swear I’ve never seen more than half of these scenes before. It’s all overly awful and grotesque, however that’s kind of the point, and The Sleepy Elf has done an excellent job matching these scenes with the music creating a rather dark video.
VPR: All
CW: Major violence and gore, nudity
