Art The New Official Otakuboards AMV Creation, Promotion and Appreciation Thread

[The Spectacular Professor]

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Oh, it is time! It is high time! There was a thread before, but it was a bit too vague for my tastes. Here it is and I shall clearly state it: This is the thread to use to post AMVs you love, AMVs you made, or even AMVs you think someone else will love! You can even discuss AMVs you are making or plan to make. I'm sure someone will be willing to take requests, as well. Just remember, if you post a video containing spoilers, make sure you clearly state the name of the show and mention that it is spoiler-ish. Now that that's out of the way, let's kick this off with some of my favorites (and a least favorite.)

Warning, excessive cleavage. In case you're offended by that kind of thing. No nudity, though.
[YOUTUBE="Lupin III -Hungry Like the Wolf (Reel Big Fish cover)"]nI3GgMx3wco[/YOUTUBE]
I love this one. The video quality is fairly decent, the editing is nice, the song fits Lupin like a glove and it's funny. Good stuff.

[YOUTUBE="Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - Be a Man (From the Disney movie Mulan)"]MKGpCmvGTwU[/YOUTUBE]
Once again, good editing, song fits the character, funny yet at the same time awesome. This time, though, the video looks much crisper and higher quality. No fault of the other guy, though. Lupin's been around a while.

WARNING SPOILERS WARNING SPOILERS WARNING SPOILERS.
This next video contains spoilers for basically the entire series of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. If you have not seen the whole series and plan to, I advise against watching the following video just yet.
[YOUTUBE="Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - Welcome to the Black Parade (My Chemical Romance)"]5IPPdIe82cY[/YOUTUBE]
Holy crap, this one is awesome. The video is fantastic, the editing is top-notch, the song fits the entire series so well, and the actual voices thrown in there send shivers down my spine. This is almost assuredly the definition of epic.

[YOUTUBE="Farewell, Mr. Turnabout (Phoenix Wright + Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Opening)"]IpkDeuueYU8[/YOUTUBE]
This one's a little different. This is what is know in Japan as a MAD Movie. As you can see, the creator actually created his own animation based off of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei's opening. It's really good quality and kind of funny in a creepy way (kind of like SZS.) These are also perfectly good fodder for this thread.

Finally, here's a prime example of DO NOT WANT in AMV making.
[YOUTUBE="Naruto - Crawling (Linkin Park)"]t60AGnRmmhk[/YOUTUBE]
Ugh, where do I start? Okay, I'll start with the fact that it's about Naruto. That's automatically a bad sign. Factor in the song they chose and I already want to hurt fluffy things. But that's not all, folks. Buy today and you'll also get subtitled video! Really low quality subtitled video that looks as if it were ripped off of Youtube and then placed back on it again somehow! BUT WAIT! Call in the next five minutes and you'll also receive as a free gift bad audio syncing and inappropriately placed scenes! Truly, this is a bad AMV.

Anyway, you got any awesome ones you want to share? AMVs are a prime source of entertainment if done right. Let the world know that a song fits a show![/FONT]

[Allamorph]

[FONT=Arial]I'd like to counter that series of . . . . whatever . . . with the amv that got me hooked on Porcupine Tree. And because it's a dang good video as well as a dang good song, I won't embed, but link instead.

[CENTER][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXkEPk9ibX8"][COLOR="Blue"]A Promise In The Clouds[/COLOR][/URL]
Anime: The Placed Promised in Our Early Days (Beyond the Clouds)
Music: Porcupine Tree - Trains[/CENTER][/FONT]

[Ellerby]

[COLOR="DimGray"][FONT="Tahoma"]Ooh wow, that Be a Man AMV is sick. Disney has such awesome music. Makes me want to watch whatever anime that is.

Allamorph, I've never heard it before but that song Trains is great. I just keep listening to it, haha. Also a very good editing. Wish I could do that. :C

So, like Ace said, there has been a thread like this before. In that thread I posted an GMV (game music video?) I made so I'm going to post it as well as another one I just made recently.

I'm not going to embed this first one because it's huge.[/FONT]

[SIZE="1"][INDENT][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGe0l3JS8jU][COLOR="Blue"][B]Future Sequels Music Video[/B][/COLOR][/url]
[b]Games (in order of appearance):[/b] Diablo III, Starcraft II, Resident Evil 5, Final Fantasy XII, Wario Land: Shake It!, Gears of War 2 and Fable 2.
[b]Music:[/b] "The Lotus Eater" by Opeth[/INDENT][/SIZE]
[FONT="Tahoma"]If you really don't like the heavy stuff then this next one will probably please you more. I know that Kingdom Hearts 2 is used A LOT in Music Videos but I really feel this song fits well. Made this one just for this thread. ;)[/FONT]

[CENTER][YOUTUBE="Kingdom Hearts 2 - Paramore "Decoy""]JpiutsYaFYk[/YOUTUBE][/COLOR][/CENTER]

[Cat]

Well I only recently stated to make AMV, MMV, and so one and I would like to know what needs to be worked on.

First up is my first video Gokusen season 1 the Jdrama. SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS of the whole first season and special.
[youtube=High School Never Ends~Gokusen I]N7c7423_YXc[/youtube]

Second video is again Gokusen season 1 Jdrama. SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS of the whole season and special.
[youtube=Untouchables~Gokusen]ZaOxKVB57Go[/youtube]

Nana the movie,tribute to Nana and Ren. If you haven't seen the movie or anime then SPOILERS of the first movie.
[youtube=Just For Tonight~Nana]8WkwzxYNxvo[/youtube]

Nana the moive. I was trying to match up the instrumentals of the song with the video. Nana however isn't completely inline with the song though.
[youtube=Rocker~Nana]TVDHiUf04mw[/youtube]

Some swearing in the song not much. SPOILERS for those you have not read or seen wallflower anime. Other name for the anime is Perfect Girl Evolution. Only the first few episodes of the anime.
[youtube=B-Movie Scream Queen~Wallflower]X2IcRUoWtMk[/youtube]

Anime is Wallflower. Only the first few episodes of the anime is SPOILED for those who haven't seen the anime or read the manga.
[youtube=Gothic Girl~Wallflower]npNjjcCKBts[/youtube]

My lates video just got done a day or so ago. Anime is Nana and is a tribute to Yasu and Nana. SPOILERS SPOILERS to the whole anime.
[youtube=And Love Said No Yasu]UViIXr-HEYs[/youtube]

[The Spectacular Professor]

[quote name='Lrb'][COLOR="DimGray"][FONT="Tahoma"]Ooh wow, that Be a Man AMV is sick. Disney has such awesome music. Makes me want to watch whatever anime that is.[/COLOR][/FONT][/QUOTE]

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, and yeah, you should totally watch it.

[YOUTUBE="Cosby Bebop"]VcCZVgqisic[/YOUTUBE]
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[SaiyanPrincessX]

[SIZE="1"]This is a video made from our trip to the KICK/WAKO Nationals in Chicago. You'll see me in the very begining kicking some targets, practicing before my fight. Plus sporatically throughout the video, although no one here will recognize me anyway.

[YOUTUBE]Ayp__FvUgjU[/YOUTUBE]

Heres one my brother made. Benny, Samantha, and Boo. Samantha(black and white) actually passed away last summer, while I was in Japan. :(

[YOUTUBE]NO6GQ42HyRg[/YOUTUBE]
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