Renory - Electronic

    A fast electronic beat to go with some nice digital futuristic scenes. The scenes are bright and colorful with lots of moving parts, constantly transitioning with only a couple slowed down parts. Almost plays like a visualizer but not quite there.

Counting Stars

    Love the style of this AMV. This anime looks older then it actually is, was surprised to find out it was released in 2008 cause it is definitely hand drawn and animated.

Crazy, Maybe

Naruto - Jailbreak

    This AMV is a comedy skit without words. The editor definitely put some effort into the video, it is short but still a good example of the editors skills and creativity.

Under! Where?

    This AMV, rocks, it's fast, it's funny, and any poor soul who sees it will probably be humming the song for the next couple weeks. The AMV has quite a bit of otaku fan fare in it, couldn't help but laugh at a couple parts.

The Clap

    1st post of the year is an AMV by Ileia. This AMV is fast paced and pretty funny, Ileia did a great job at putting together this video. The song and dance scenes go well together, and am amazed at how smoothly the scenes transitions given the speed and tempo of the song.


Song: The Clap
Artist: Infant Sorrow
Anime: See Full List and Download the Original
Editor: Ileia

Safety Dance AMV

    Everybody knows the Safety Dance song, but most people have no idea what anime is used in this AMV. The anime seems to be a popular anime amongst fellow otaku though.

Song: Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
Anime: Nichijou
Editor: Shin

Watch on Youtube

About The Anime

     Story: So the story is this... nothing. Just absolutely nothing except that it's about the life of Yukko, Mai and Mio at school and everyone around them. At first you see also Nano-chan and the mini professor, but later on they are also part of the story of the three main characters. Other than that... everything is just shorts of complete and udder randomness and chaos, full of hilarity that you'll roll on the floor laughing. Sometimes even laughing your ass off.

    There is also the helvitica standard shorts, which are just complete random shorts that sometimes don't make any sense, but sometimes do. They do leave you laughing and with a WTF? face.

Naughty Song ^_^

   Ok so there has been a big gap since the last post so this one is well worth it. Started watching this AMV and about fell out the chair, some friends that were over said that they'd be singing that song at work all week.

Song: The Wet Spots - Do You Take It?
Anime:  Bakemonogatari, B Gata H Kei
Editor: Kosmit    Download [ Torrent ]

The Darkest of Places

About the Anime
Simply put, half the show is about the romantic relationship between the Senjougahara and Araragi.
The other half is about a constant argument between two values: The rational vs the idealistic, with Araragi as Mr. Nice Guy seeking happy end for everyone. Solution of supernatural abnormalities as the topic of the argument.

Hachikuji, Kanbaru, and Hanekawa's arcs develop the relationship of leading couple while offering a new topic to the story. Each arc is an incident focused on a different girl, but the all arcs combine to show a whole picture of Araragi and Senjougahara closing their personal distances.

"Bakemonogatari" is essentially a verbal performance with visual support. Story is driven by back and forth debate on various issues.

Code Monkey by Jonathan Coulton

    This AMV features the song Code Monkey by Jonathan Coulton, using footage from the anime Black Heaven.
AMV Editor: Turbo Clips

   A lot of people ask where the song is available, you can buy it at Jonathan Coulton's website for 0.99 or from itunes for the same price. Its released under the Creative Commons license, which grants use for projects like this. Thanks Jonathan!

    Others have asked about the anime, Legend of Black Heaven. This anime is about a man who was in a rock band in his younger days, but they broke up as the members grew up and got married. Years later, in a dead end job and dull marriage, he's approached by aliens who want him to play his music to save them...

    Similar to the way music was influential in Macross, alien research has shown that the music of the disbanded rock band "Black Heaven" is able to power their ultimate weapon and turn the tables on what is inferred as a losing war.

Real world references

• The name Black Heaven is a reference to seventies metal band Black Sabbath.
• Oji plays a Gibson Flying V, similar to one played by Michael Schenker, whom he idolizes.
• Like most famous bands, the songs are written primarily by two band members: Oji and Watanabe.
• Layla is probably a homage to Eric Clapton's Layla.
• Hamill is possibly a homage to Mark Hamill, or British singer-songwriter Claire Hamill.
• Mulder and Scully are seen investigating a disappearance, only to be brushed aside by Layla's stooges.
• The band's ship is named Zappa, in reference to Frank Zappa.
• Oji's guitar is a Flying V (Flying Vee), and Gen's favorite show is called the Flying V (Flying Five). The band's ship Zappa also transforms into a giant Flying V.
• Oji's pick is a Japanese 10 yen coin, a homage to Brian May who used an old sixpence as a pick on Queen albums.
• All five stage names of Black Heaven - Gabriel, Luke, Michael, Raphael, and Joseph - derive from important figures of Christianity.
• The episode titles are taken from famous rock songs.
• The lobster house where Joseph Watanabe was eventually killed was named "Dio Lobster", in homage to the band Dio.
• In Episode 9, Oji summons a U.F.O. by chanting "Ventura", in reference to Urusei Yatsura.
• Oji's wife's name is Yoko, probably a reference to Yoko Ono.