Iceman - Shining Collection (Oh! My Goddess)

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Author: VicBond007

Let's see... correct me if I am wrong but this AMV looks like a massive SPOILER, so beware ;]. However, for the sake of the review I think I sacrificed my pleasure of watching Oh! My Goddess Movie over this clip. And as far as I recall the first OVA, it seems it wasn't that bad decision.

You should notice that this author has already been featured on AMV VVeekend, with the amazing Kiddy Grade piece. But today's video is far more... extreme ;]. Starting off with the stunning idea of a dubbed introduction by the author's friend, Kara Dennison - and in Japanese! Followed by the extremely attractive beginning, and all filled up with the speeded up frame rate. And I'm telling you, this increased pace does make a difference - a quite positive difference, which especially at certain moments you may notice.

Around the middle, a peaceful interlude is inserted, and particular frames of young Belldandy are the cutest thing ever. And then it blows to the finish in a quite awesome, apocalyptic way ;] - but you'd probably feel it more if you saw the anime. Which I didn't, but still I consider this one of my favourite clips.

The thing is that at first I really wasn't sure. I didn't find any sense in the scenes and stuff, especially the motorbike race. I still don't, but what I have found was an eye-candy editing and good background music. Which by the way, seems to be the first Japanese lyrics theme in here. Maybe if I understood this language better the video would make more sense. But as I said, it may matter at first, but not later on when it gets more and more amazing, although technically you are watching the same clip. Now that's some awesome achievement for an AMV.

BTW: Look back at the comments of the recent Ergo Proxy clip - actual authors visit this blog, sweet ;]

Tesla - Heaven Nine Eleven (Various Anime)

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Author: Pwolf

I won't say anything about the choice of effects or scenes. I won't tell you about synchronization. Nor about editing. There is just no point when you have a video like that. I mean, it's so serious that the usual stuff I take into consideration have really no meaning. In fact I get goose bumps while watching the clip. Like on that 11th of September when the news on TV felt so unreal. Or the 11th of March when Madrid trains split open. Just like the London double deckers on the 7th of July. Would you believe it's been 6 years since the first of these events and still not much has changed with both my local perception and the global conclusion of it?

In fact, we can't feel cool at all. It's not getting any better, now is it? And this video is screaming, yes, screaming about it all over. The thrill it delivers is one of those existential ones - you just know, watching this clip, that the World is going to and end if we keep on living like this. However it's also one of those videos that don't just bring you down but also give a bit hope through this pain. At least that's how I feel about this AMV.

The meaningless in this case things, like synchro, soundtrack, scenes, editing etc. are top notch. How could they not be? I mean, this is not just an anime music video - it's a statement, a roar against the human race and how it lives. A call to change the ways of the World. And on this basis I claim - it's epic.