Everyone knows Youtube is littered with terribad Naruto AMVs synched to some Linkin Park song. However, sometimes you come across real gems. I always regret not archiving them and they often go unappreciated by anime enthusiasts.

An excellent AMV does not just have a good song edited with crisp video sequences, but enforces the identity of the anime and its characters.

Here are some of my favorites that I’ve encountered and thankfully remembered:

DN@ - W.U.N

Anime: Soul Eater
Song: Styles of Beyond – Nine Thou

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Nostromo – Pure Thrust

Anime: Bakemonogatari
Song: Yuksek – Tonight

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DecoyOps – Raging Soul

Anime: Bleach
Song: Trapt – Headstrong

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Please post your favorites and download links!

HighTimes

Taiwan342 Posts

July 09 2010 17:49 GMT

almost all of DecoyOps AMVs are good, I esp. like the Cowboy Bebop one

ludic123

Norway161 Posts

July 09 2010 17:51 GMT

This one is sick

spinesheath

Germany8679 Posts

July 09 2010 18:02 GMT

Nice to see some Soul Eater, it has been a long time. I liked the begging very much. Too bad that there were no scenes from the final episode (or at least I saw none).
I don't watch a lot of AMVs, as I am generally rather disappointed by those. I like this one however:

Anime: Mai Hime
Song: Mix of Lux Aeterna (Clint Mansell) and Requiem for a Tower (which is a remix of Lux Aeterna)

Don't have a dl link.

If you don't know the anime, the video basically sums up the first half of the series. That's when the real story starts to unfold.

Geo.Rion

7377 Posts

July 09 2010 18:04 GMT

By far the most fitting AMV is Lordi's Blood Red Sandman with Naruto's Gaara (sorry OP if u hate Naruto AMVs)

here's a random VOD, since i cannot find the original one in which he fights kimimaro till the end, whic i really liked, but w/e, this one looked decent too

oh, i think i found it, after i gave up hope, im not sure though, it looks newer

+ Show Spoiler +

I also really liked one with Vampire Hunter D, but totally forgot which song

ieatkids5

United States4628 Posts

July 09 2010 18:13 GMT

there was a really good one of Elfen Lied sync'd to 'Blue' by The Birthday Massacre. excellent animation and effects, I think it won some big contest or something.

aers

United States1210 Posts

July 09 2010 18:29 GMT

This is the only good AMV.

http://nl.amatz.com/video/sm1868690

chaoser

United States5541 Posts

July 09 2010 18:53 GMT

this one is always a favorite of mine for Cowboy Bebop

for Haruhi

FMP

One Piece

valaki

Hungary2476 Posts

July 09 2010 18:54 GMT

one of the VERY FEW good One Piece amvs

Trap

United States395 Posts

July 09 2010 18:57 GMT

#10

AMV hell is the only solution to AMV threads.

mucker

United States1120 Posts

July 09 2010 19:01 GMT

#11

so dope

eMbrace

United States1300 Posts

July 09 2010 19:27 GMT

#12

a lot of these editors have a lot talent but a lot of them go way overboard in the effects department, and it ends up feeling like a trailer for their editing software as opposed to the show itself.

this is probably the best i've seen (amazing film btw):

Tenryu

United States565 Posts

July 09 2010 20:43 GMT

#13

GG ---- 422 Series used in 1 video -_______________________-

Ursadon-n-Pals

United States928 Posts

July 09 2010 20:57 GMT

#14

Heh... I'm not a big fan of AMVs but this is one of the best edited ones I've ever seen.
Plus the guy uses Zeratul as his avatar.

How many can you identify?

triangle

United States3803 Posts

July 09 2010 21:08 GMT

#15

In general www.animemusicvideos.org is where you should go for amvs rather than yt.

Some good amvs:

Death Note

Air

This one cracks me up every time :p
Higurashi

Sources:
Spoil
Worlds Unbroken
Cleaver Girl

teekesselchen

Germany886 Posts

July 09 2010 21:18 GMT

#16

Sadly, I don't like anime in general but only naruto and hellsing, so all I can tell here that I hate this flood of AMVs if I want to seek a certain scene. Most AMVs just take a scene and remove all of it's dramatics, jokes or emotions by stripping it off the original sound. And these are the things I like of those certain animes, not the pure visuals.
Most AMVs are only suitable for those who have the same taste of music as the creator and like the general visuals of the certain anime...

However, those AMVs of the opening post are an exeption of that thanks to the nice cutting work and at least not limited to very extreme tastes of music . You didn't lie when you called them real gems amongst lots of trash