Anime Music Videos

If you're an anime fan, and you use the internet, chances are you've come across one or two anime music videos (a.k.a AMVs). Like anime and music, some are purely entertainment, whereas others are made to create emotion or stand as a piece of art. Again, just like anime, there are countless AMVs that lack creativity and flair, but there are some that are simply outstanding. I don't know much about the history of AMVs. However, due to the practically infinite number of songs in the world and the large number of anime that exist, I do know that AMVs still have a lot of potential.

When browsing the Anime Music Videos website, I usually have one thing in mind, and that's to find an AMV for anime I like. Usually, I'll also try to find a song to match it, or vice-versa. As you might have already guessed, Naruto and Dragonball Z have an astonishing number of AMVs. I try not to watch DBZ videos because they're almost always bad quality. Also, one of my favourite bands, Biffy Clyro, only have one song on the AMV.org database, and it's a very poor DBZ one. Naruto fairs a little better. I've actually found a couple of decent Naruto AMVs, but I've found Naruto works better with multiple anime AMVs, rather than just being used on its own.

Then you get some that are just breathtaking. Jihaku has always stood as my favourite AMV, and I think that's unlikely to change. It's a mulitple anime AMV that uses Best of You by the Foo Fighters. Since they are my favourite band, it had already captured my interest. Another interesting thing about Jihaku is that it goes for the same style as the original music video for the song, and actually does an even better job of using the chosen style. What it does is try to inspire the viewer and tell them that even if there's pain in the world, life can still be beautiful. For me, it's quite poetic.

The AMV Hell series is probably the most popular multi anime AMV series to date. It has a rather huge reputation at AMV showings during anime conventions. I won't go into much detail because you'll probably already know how they work and such, but I will tell you this, if you value your sanity, don't watch AMV Hell 0.