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Haruno Sakura -Run- HQ available, if it doesn't load, please click the link below the video. :D *rant rant rant, the only person making you read further than this point is yourself! XO) if some bits look odd, bear in mind i had to go through hell to hide some of the text in this. xD Also if i dont reply to any comments and disappear for like a year or something, im not ignoring you, my PC is dying and may give out at any day now. O_O I wanted to do something a bit emotional with her, Ive covered her strengths and her situations and now I wanted to move on to the more personal side of this character, specifically her perception of the two boys past and present aswell as her increasing motivation to better herself to simply be of use to them. Please, please leave your angry pairing comments aside if you've stumbled across this. Both boys were given equal amounts of screen time in this so as not to make it look biased, but if you see more than the other, thats your problem, not mine. I think Sakura loves them both very deeply but romance is inconsequential to the story right now. Her crush on Sasuke has been outgrown/put aside for what i believe are much more powerful feelings both as a friend and a companion. I wanted to show her on the outside of this three sided raltionship, more post than pre shippuuden. I think if you hate her, even after Masashi has explicity shown us what a fantastic and credible character she is becoming, the best way to understand her is by seeing what goes on in her head. What you'll see, if you just take a minute to really look at her is a young woman that has reached the turning point of her life. She's devoted every ounce of strength she has in to keeping Naruto together and trying to find Sasuke and you can tell its tearing her apart but she still carries on. Becoming Tsunade's pupil is not a task one undertakes lightly and it wasnt a decision she made on a whim just to become better than Ino. No, i dont care what your friend says, she didn't train with Tsunade to be better than Ino. Ino is just there, Sakura has her own life. She's gone through several stages of resolve from simply wanting to be less of a burden to the boys to deciding to single handedly bring Sasuke back by herself if thats what it would take for Naruto to stop falling apart. I think it takes an incredibly admirable character to see the crap Naruto and Sasuke have been through and not only stick around them, but love them, unconditionally no matter what they say or do. I love this role Masashi has written her in to, almost like a mother, a sister and a companion to them both and its something they both have gone through most of their lives without. She is very flawed indeed, she has a lot of bad points, just like all of us but in contrast to the majority of characters in Naruto who all appear to have gotten incredible powers obvious or otherwise, from their familys blood line, Sakura is a testament to the will power of real people. She decided what she needed to do and she stuck at it, even though she was scared and it wasnt the direction she intended for her life, she was prepared to change it because she cares. As always i dont ask that suddenly, everyone has to like her but i just hope that you'll look at her a bit closer and realize that theres actually not much there to hate anymore. :D Tags: haruno sakura amv tribute music video naruto uzumaki shippuuden sasuke uchiha |
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''UNINSTALL'' HQ version is available, you know the drill, click the option under the video or add &fmt=18 to the url. :D Okay i wont lie to you, this really was just an excuse to put Matsu in a video and glorify him. I love him so much and i was devastated that he was cut from the movie ;___; along with the controversial Endrance and Sakubo, two of the most interesting characters i've seen in any story for a long time. I was kinda torn on which song to use, i had 3 but i eventually chose this one. I know its japanese, please dont hate me, but it really went with the whole digital theme and i rarely get a chance to use digital like effects because nothing goes well with them. I actually did do quite a lot to this, i spent ages on some of the animations I added and focused more on adding extra graphics as opposed to editing the existing footage, so the beauty of the FMV is still nice and visible. Theres just something about this song, i dont know what it is but it really does something to me and it just makes me feel great when i hear it, but its very odd, I can see how its not to some peoples tastes but do remember, we're all different. :D I focused mainly on my favorite characters. There wasn't enough room for everyone, I wish there was, if this song was 10 minutes long I would have put everyone in there, except maybe Antares because its so hard to find Antares scenes. ;_; Tags: .hack g.u .hack/g.u hack dot amv music video tribute atoli haseo matsu endrance sakubo alkaid ovan shino |
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''I'm Real'' The NQ of this is abysmal, so i do urge you to watch the HQ provided by clicking the link below the video or adding &fmt=18 to the end of the url, if it doesnt automatically load for you. This song has been a favourite of mine for years now and its not really something i found good for any other anime or show i watch, but i thought what the hell, i'd have fun doing it and i was in the mood for haruhi. Nothing deep behind this, just a bit of fun with some of my favourite scenes and a nice fast cheerful song. If you can get past the person who originally sung the song that is, but i think this cover is just fantastic. The lyrics were hard, some fit, some dont but tbh i really dont care, its here so enjoy or dont. :D Its very bright and colourful because i wanted it to keep with that bright, gradient feeling the animation has. And you know i rarely get a chance to use lots of different colours in one video for the sake of creating a good atmosphere so i just let loose here, used some effects i wouldnt normally use but its certainly not over done, the most prominant effect in this video is colour alteration and well....thats not exactly much of an effect. xD Its all very sharp and visible (as long as youre watching the HQ) because i just love the characters expressions and movements in this show, its superb. Tags: the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya asahina mikuru kyon yuki koizumi amv tribute music video |
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Orihime Inoue -Two Hundred & Fifty Dark Stars- Warning theres some serious abuse of a flickering effect in some scenes of this video. Flashy flashy lights. I will be uploading videos in lower quality standard versions to make the superior HQ available for viewers. So do watch the HQ version, if it doesn't automatically load for you, by clicking the option beneath the video or adding &fmt=18 to the end of the URL. This song. Is a bitch. I really cant tell you how difficult it is to make a solid AMV when the song changes styles three times throughout its duration but i had an idea and I felt i should go through with it regardless of the challenge. Its true anyone can put any scene to a video and call it an AMV and whilst my creations arent anything remotely special, I do like to think I atleast give them a strong atmosphere. The concept behind this was a star field playing alongside what i could only describe as a recollection of Orihime's thoughts and memories throughout the story. Whilst i cant really tell you i know what a dying star looks like, i did my best. xD I wanted to give the impression that as each star died during the course of the video it showed one of her memories or emotions. RANT RANT RANTITY RANT. Pleeeease dont read this and then moan at me for it, i'm not forcing you to read it and its really just an opinion. Angry, badly spelt hate comments towards Orihime OR Rukia will be instantly deleted. Instant being when i can be bothered. The girl gets way too much crap from people and so i really wanted to show a connection between her and us. I see two sides to Orihime, one is from her fans who see a young girl in love, with a great deal of self confidence issues. She's no shinigami or arrancar, putting aside the gift she doesnt fully understand and never asked for, shes just a school girl with problems that i think so many people can relate to. Okay so you've never felt romantic feelings towards anyone and you like inflicting pain on others? Thats cool, its your life and i respect that you may not be able to understand this characters premise. If this is the case its YOUR problem, not mine, not her fans and not the characters. As for everyone else, I dont ask that people love her or even LIKE her, simply that you put aside all this shit the ichiruki fans are feeding you and actually focus for a second on how Kubo intended this character to be received. I think if you try, you'll be quite surprised at how easy it is to understand her and the things her character does as the book takes her deeper. This other side i see, perhaps a side from american/european fans who have never read the manga and simply base their decisions on the anime that has cut/edited and changed so many details that make Orihime who she is. All i hear is 'Orihime is a stupid bitch whore coward cry baby who is getting in the way because rukia and ichigo are in love' that about sums up every reason ive seen for people to hate her. Oh and 'shes annoying', thats a popular one. Well if you find something annoying, you find it annyoing y'know? You dont go on and on and on about how much you want it to die and how your burning hatred for said annoying thing will never die. Unless said annoying thing is wasps. These are all made up insults in order to justify hating a girl that fans have deemed a threat to IchiRuki. A fan made pairing that has absolutely no factual evidence apart from fans twisting and turning the interactions of two incredibly close friends to better suit their own perception of Bleach. No im not saying Ichigo is in love with hime, no im not saying he's in love with /anyone/ and will continue to stand by this opinion until the day Kubo shows us a love that is clearly viewable by EVERYONE. Not just the IchiRuki/IchiHime fans. Until this day, there is no canon pairing. Dont misunderstand, i'm not getting all preachy, i think people should support whatever little pairing floats their boat if thats what they enjoy, im just saying it isnt right to say Ichigo is in love with Rukia, Rukia is in love with Ichigo etc like its some gospel fact. Lets all just take a deep breath and wait and see? xD Rukia and Hime are fantastic characters and whilst its true Ichi has has trouble communicating with Inoue for as long as hes known her, someone like Rukia (very Tatsuki-ish) is much easier for him to bond with. I dont see this as a reason to rip on a character that not only hates herself silly for feeling jealousy over this bond but is in actuality, becoming an extremely close friend to Rukia. For every thing you've seen her do that you would look down upon her for, a counter argument could be given as to WHY she did it and why it was the right thing to do. I'm hoping this video will help shed a little light on her and how shes spent the last hundred or so chapters putting her friends and the lives of others before her own well being and as the lyrics say so well, her heart. She's not perfect, no. Wheres the fun in a perfect character? Tags: orihime inoue bleach amv tribute music video kurosaki ichigo kuchiki rukia |
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''Kiss From A Rose'' Warning: There are brief flashing lights in this, theyre not bad but i wouldnt feel right unless i wrote a warning. There is a High quality version of this video available, if it doesnt automatically load, click the little 'watch in high quality' link or add &fmt=18 to the end of the URL. Smiley face. Firstly, I'm NOT disputing Seal's version of this song and if you can listen to it without picturing his face and wanting to die, I take my hat off to you. Sadly, I can't and so I used Angela's version. Whilst its not as bold or powerful as Seal's, it has this fantastic instrumental piece throughout that really suits the delicate feeling i wanted for this video. Its very light and bright. Although in some places the tune makes you think there should be some fast actioney scenes, when you actually use them it feels like the video overpowers the song and thats not what i wanted, so its a slow paced video with some emotional scenes to pick up the pace. I understand a lot of people may not like this version of the song and would have preferred the other but please, appreciate it (or hate it) for what it is and not what it isnt. :) This video is really simple. I dont like editing game footage much because it doesnt require tampering, i only added effects to add some atmosphere and fix quality issues. when you have to zoom in to get rid of subtitles, there /are/ issues. I had this idea, wanted to do something with Zack and Aeris and kept it fairly plain as im currently juggling two huge Bleach projects among a few other things. And y'know, i do still have a life as hard as that may be to believe. XD I think this song really suits these two, unlike Cloud and Tifa, you can see them both for who they are and not who the fans have made them out to be. Whilst i have no beef with Tifa, Cloud has really been bastardized with Advent kiddys, he lost his humanity and became this sulky, emo, badass fanboy dream come true. Zack on the other hand is a polar opposite! He smiles, he laughs, he takes things in his stride and he isnt afraid to show his emotions without making him look like a simpering idiot. *coughTIDUScough* And Aeris is just pure love, i honestly cant say enough good things about her character, she just has this spark. The same spark i see in Orihime, Sakura and Atoli, you can just see how much they care and i love that, I tried to focus on how both Aeris and Zack help Cloud through his stupid phase. I know its a bland video but i hope someone likes it. :D Tags: final fantasy vii aeris aerith zack cloud crisis core advent children amv tribute music video |
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Orihime Inoue - Aquarium This is a very short video, probably my shortest so far I think. Theres a lot I would have liked to put in this but in order to keep it clean and still focus on the story I held back, because it really is a very story-ish video. The whole concept was very thought out. Infact almost every effect, scene and lyric has meaning but to explain it would just be over the top. I'll leave it to anyone who can be bothered to watch this to interperet it as they see fit but i will explain the basic plotline and why I added what I did. The video is titled 'Aquarium'. The idea was to show how Orihime has been placed inside Aizen's little glass bowl but even before that its almost as if she's been behind this invisible wall. She's always been able to see other people and they've always been able to see her but in her point of view, she's never been able to actually DO anything for them. I thought her goodbye to Ichigo particularly emphasised this idea, she could see him, touch him and speak to him but he was completely unaware of the events that occoured. The second concept of the video, because of the title was to add something to really make it feel like an Aquarium. I thought about adding some kind of sea creature. Fish weren't personal enough, dolphins were too playful and sharks were too aggressive. I decided to use a single whale because they have such a calming, sad feeling about them. For some BIZZARE reason, the Bleach anime doesn't have any animated footage of whales!? So. I found a rather beautiful video of a hump back whale doing what they do and incorporated it in to my video. I know, live action + anime = no. Which is why I split the whale footage up and spent hours working on the clips to add effects and make it a part of the video instead of just 'LOL WHALE CLIPZ'. I wanted to have the creature almost mimicking Orihime's situation and feelings of being trapped. It starts off really blurry and obscured. I tried to keep the whale footage quite dark and hard to see much like Orihime's original character. No one seemed to have an idea of exactly what she would become. As the video goes on you can see more and more of the whale until eventually its revealed in all its glory. I was still careful to make sure the whale footage didn't overpower Orihime's screen time and so its really just there complimenting her. This was also the excuse i needed to use the fantastic new scene with Hime with her mobile at the end. I actually did the ending before the rest of the video. xD Aside from all that its a rather simple video. I wanted to keep it looking relatively natural with light rays and water tones. I think i've already done enough soothing/dark hime vids so i wanted a bold, upbeat rock song with an element of sadness to it but its not like an Orihime revelation. This was an extremely fun video to make. I can easily see why a lot of people wouldn't like it but it was made because i heart her, theres no need to cruicify me over it. :) I'm aware of its flaws but seriously, I've spent enough time on it already. Tags: orihime inoue bleach tribute amv music video kurosaki ichigo grimmjow ulquiorra ichihime |
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Persona: Trinity Soul +PASSION+ I've been doing a few dark/heavy/syrupy videos lately and since my old Passion video was deleted I decided on something new. I wasn't really sure what to do with Persona tbh. Its kinda dark, I mean it has horror like elements but its still bright and innocent (thanks to Jun mainly, he's just about one of the most refreshing characters I've seen in anime for a long time and its so hard to find a cute character that isnt annoying). I thought I'd try some different things out with this anime but first I wanted something light, airy, cold and soft. Something that wasnt heavy to watch but still told its story. I worked for a very long time on this, the ripple animation i put in near the middle alone took me about 3 hours to get right, i must have changed scenes and effects about a thousand times. Originally it was very pink but then i thought people would moan so I added a dual tone of magenta/sky blue, makes it look cold but in a gentle way. It was HEAVILY inspired on Hiki's PV for Passion, if you havent seen it, watch it, its just about one of the most beautiful things you'll ever see. If anyone mentions Sanctuary, i'll have a stroke. If you like Sanctuary more i'm really happy for you but I didnt use it and im happy with that. ^_^ Nothign special really but I dont know, I really like this one. Thats never a good sign usually XD but anyway, hope someone enjoys it. :D Tags: persona trinity soul amv tribute jun shin music video anime |
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''Pale Blue Dot'' Warning, this is an Atoli tribute! *glares at you hateful, hateful Alkaid shippers* RANT RANT RANT ~ Read at ye own peril. Arrr. Let me start by saying this is a really odd video. I have a feeling it may not be very popular but I really wanted to make this and thought I may as well share. This was something rather new to me because I decided I wanted to tell a story with it. I used a lot of text and that will probably piss off a lot of viewers, from what I heard text in videos doesn't go down all that well but its my party and I'll cry if I want to. I think the song just explodes with atmosphere and was perfect for Atoli in every way, even right down to the title. The reference to home in the lyrics fits her love for 'The World' perfectly. The reason I added text was because words are so powerful and I really wanted this video to hit with an impact using text and sounds from the original footage. I wanted to show people exactly who this EXTREMELY under-rated character is and why I love her. Some of us were lucky enough to never be in Atoli's place but a lot of us were/are. You have to do a lot of digging to see the true extent of what she goes through. She wasn't beaten by her parents or witness to her family being killed. She doesn't have a magic power that isolates her from society or a demon sealed in her belly button. Shes a NORMAL KID. She tries so hard to fit in and be like everyone else. Her relationship with her parents isn't good, they dictate to her how she should live her life but that life causes problems for her at school. She tries to be like the other kids and her parents punish her for it. She tries to do what her parents say and the kids at school hate her for it. In school people can say some violently extreme things to kids who don't fit in and they never quite realise just what it does to the person they're saying it to. Words are some of the most powerful weapons we naturally have these days, cuts and bruises can heal but psychological harm can stay with us forever. She spent most of her life feeling utterly invisible and simply existing whilst everyone and everything was moving past. None of us will ever know if she would have gone any further than simply browsing suicide websites but it was such an intense concept for her. Most anime/games wont touch suicide with a 10ft pole but when they do its very powerful indeed and helps us understand the characters even better. Traces of reality in fiction always pull at the heart strings, in my opinion. I think Atoli's character shows you that even though you might not expect it, things can get better for you as long as you keep moving instead of just stopping and giving up. You never know who or what is around the corner to throw your life in a new direction. ps. yeah i know its long but srsly, stop watching if you think its too long, I don't refund 7 minutes of life. I used to but there was this whole court case thing... Two bloody hours it took for this video to save! Tags: .hack/g.u .hack hack g.u amv music video tribute atoli haseo ovan trilogy film ova anime game |
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Mirage of Blaze - Everything You Want V.2 MoB contains a malexmale pairing. If you're offended by or scared of this then do yourself a favour and don't watch. ;) x_X I worked sooooo hard on this one. I wanted to use this as an excuse to try out a few new things and chuck out a remake of an old video at the same time. I was a lot more adventurous with MoBs footage this time around. Its a rather dark/adult anime and so it doesn't rely on fast camera angles and frantic fight scenes to appeal to its fans. Because of this it can be really hard to make an interesting video for it. The animation itself is stunning but its just not enough by itself. It requires you to be able to see facial expressions clearly to help people understand whats going on (because the story is complex enough as it is) and so my effects were placed with that fact in mind. The video was made to really emphasise certain facial expressions or motions with the song. I think the lyrics are absolutley perfect for these two characters. I'm increasingly tired of relationships in anime these days, with male and female its always so incredibly predictable and creators are afraid to take a leap of faith with their pairings. With male/male pairings i find it to be even more tedious because so many times you'll see the whole point to the couple is simply that they're both male. I'm not belittleing the plots or characters, its simply an observation that MoB seems to be one of very few stories out there that disregards gender to build the relationship between 'people'. Which to me, is such an interesting concept and YEARS ahead of its time. Although i do focus on these two characters (because they're just fantastic to watch/ read about) its commendable that their unique relationship is actually not the whole point of the story and merely another interesting layer of icing of the cake that is Mirage of Blaze. It annoys me when i see people saying ''oh look, its a yaoi'' without realising exactly what yaoi translates to and without knowing anything about MoB. Its not male/male sex or fluffy boy love, its a dark, intense and sentimental story featuring a very unique and well written relationship between two men. Its a shame the anime is nowhere near on par with the novels but you wont find me complaining, im just glad it /was/ animated. Tags: mirage of blaze amv music video tribute takaya kagetora naoe nobutsuna |
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''Falling Apart'' V.2 Exactly one year ago i made the first version of this. xD It was like my third ever AMV. Nostalgia. xD I know, i know, i suck at action videos but i couldnt help but try. I really enjoyed making it and thought itd be a change of pace. I managed to keep Barret out of the whole video, so its not as bad as it good have been. :D Not as much Aeris and Zack as i would have liked but i plan on doing so much with them, i thought it better to let them take a back seat in this one. I love them so much. ; ; I did a lot of stuff to this and tried many different alternatives with the quality and this was the best i could get it. I wish i could have made it better for you all, as its so fast at times, YouTube skipped a lot of frames (one of the other reasons why i dont usually do action videos) and i was hesitant about uploading it but nothing to lose i guess. Tags: final fantasy vii advent children crisis core amv gmv music tribute cloud tifa aeris aerith zack sephiroth yuffie cid |
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''Tonight and the rest of my life....'' Depending on how this one goes down it'll either be the only one i upload or the first of many. I don't like doing too much to graphic footage because its usually so beautiful by itself however it does require some editing lest it be the same as any other random FF video. I wanted to do something with the song and none of my regulars felt right for it, i wanted something with a much more realistic touch. Now let me get this straight, im not a pairing person. I honestly couldn't give a flying toss about who should have been with who, who died preventing them being with who and who ultimately ended up with who. I do however, dearly love Zack and Aeris as individuals. I do actually like Cloud but i like him before Advent Children raped him by turning him in to what the fanboys have been raving for. A moody, emo, vanilla flavoured bad ass stereotype. The Cloud of my memory in the game was a kinda geeky, messed up kid. He was cool in an unintentional way. Not afraid to speak his feelings, have the odd laugh with his friends and express his personality. I think Crisis Core has touched that a little and it made me smile. Cloud is probably the worlds second most over rated fictional character. I wont mention the first because i'll be flamed to death! XD He's a good lad, but people don't love him because of his courage, his love for his friends, his difficult past or his impact on the story. They just see the big sword. Big sword + ''Bad Ass'' = compulsory favoritism. At least i think thats right, ive never been good with mathematics. Aeris of course is one of the most naturally likable and fascinating characters i have ever seen. I love how her death wasn't ''to save the world and everyone she loved''. I mena, that was her intention but she was planning on coming back, y'know? Her death was as much of a surprise to her as it was to her friends. Now thats realistic, death IS unexpected and spontaneous for healthy people. It made it so much more heartbreaking when we found out what she was trying to do and the video touches on that. I also have to give credit to Zack for finally bringing us a bright, cheerful, outgoing male protagonist that doesn't make me want to rip out my intestines and choke myself to death with them every time they open their mouth. *looks at Tidus* Enough of my rambling though, i do hope you enjoy it, you don't need my video to understand how great FF7 is. The video isn't anything special, espescially compared to the eleventy nine billion trillion great FF videos on YouTube but its nice for me to work with something new. \m/ Tags: final fantasy amv tribute gmv advent children crisis core cloud zack aeris tifa music video vii |
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Orihime Inoue - I Am What I Am - The Warning: (theres a brief flashing image) I will be ranting about this characters plot, so like no ones forcing You to read any further, k? You can easily pretend its not here. xD I've been waiting like, MONTHS to do a video with these scenes and talk about what has been the most under rated scene in Bleach to date. The Video: Essentially the song is a love song, about someone yearning for another but i believe these lyrics are so powerful they can work on various levels and so this video is focused primarily on Orihimes nature. Her inability to stand watching people suffer, her determination in helping others, her effect on their lives and of course her secret love for the oblivious Ichigo. The Girl: People are saying 'OMGWTFLOL WHY DID ORUTIHIMA HEEL LOLLYPOPS AND MELONHEAD?!11111'. I also got a comment From someone saying it was exaggerated and unrealistic and no one In this world would do something like that. I was asked if I would do what Orihime did, and honestly? I wouldn't but I'm not the nicest person you'll ever meet. That doesn't mean NO ONE would. In this world there Are people out there worth far more than me that would save a dying enemy. I'm sure many medics, doctors and nurses out there would understand what Hime's character did more than most of us could. If you have the skill to save a life and the courage and maturity to put aside your negative emotions when you do that, then you do it, otherwise its a wasted gift. Firstly, do remember, shes a fifteen year old girl that's lived a fairly uneventful, normal life. Shes given this ability to help people, Which i feel is a manifestation of her personality. She doesn't HATE the arrancar. She's not 'above hatred' or anything holier than thou. Shes not a supreme being - she still feels anger, fear and jealousy like the rest of us but she sees every single person she meets as an individual. If a dog were to bite someone, would that make every dog a danger? No. But they're all /capable/ of biting us. Some breeds have a bad rep but that doesn't mean they're all a danger to people. Now in the case with Loly (I love Loly :D) she actually DID bite. This is where it gets complicated but for anyone that knows me, I love complicated. I'm not saying Orihime likes them, shes not going to be inviting them to her next birthday party, all is forgiven etc. I Believe she IS angry and hurt by what they did but this is the tricky bit. Orihime didn't attack them. She could theoretically have killed them, that's what Tsubaki does remember? He cuts things in half,she doesn't need 50 years of combat training to do that, she just needs the resolve. Its not like the girls were expecting her to fight back. But she didn't hurt them because in her eyes she had no reason to. If she had fought back herself then it would show she had a desire to hurt them. Grimmjow was the one that did that to them and inadvertently it is because of her that they were hurt. Though Loly was the victim of nothing but her own jealousy. (I still love her :D) I think Orihime saw humanity in them, not the good kind but enough to show her that the arrancar have individual thoughts and feelings. Theyre more than Hollows, and for that she cant sit by and watch a life snuffed out when she has the power to do something about it. She didn't apologise and cry and whine to them. She didn't forgive them or even try to talk to them. She just did what she had to and left. She didn't want to be indebted to them, its just circumstantial. she didn't mean for anyone to get hurt and she rectified that. People don't change their nature on a whim, she values life and that hasn't changed even during her time in HM. Leaving Loly to die and Menoly dead would go against her nature. THIS is the realistic aspect to Bleach. Whether you wish to believe it or not Humans can behave like this. ///Its rare by todays standards of course,/// we have all these cults, groups and religions claiming to be based on kindness and how humans 'should be acting' but end up dividing us even more. I think its in human nature to help people in life threatening situations regardless of any emotional ties we might have but its our lifestyles and darker influences that rewrite that coding in us. Money, greed, desire, jealousy, pride, rap music, religion etc. Some of us are just a little bit more innocent than others, for better or for worse they havent been as exposed to all that crap (ie someone of Orihime's age and nature) I think Kubo has done a wonderful job in portraying a character we should all be trying to be a little similar to. Not an angel or a bitch or a whore, or any other misconception - just a little more innocent. The world would be a nicer place. :D.... But ripe for the pickings by Alien invaders considering we'd have no will to fight. o.o Tags: bleach amv tribute music orihime inoue kurosaki ichigo kuchiki rukia grimmjow aizen ichihime |
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Naruto -WADACHI- V.2 REMADE I know, a Naruto video that isn't using a Linkin Park song, I MUST be crazy. Maybe I am, maybe we ALL are. o_O Its really hard to make Naruto videos these days without having people think youre just another Narutard. Which is why this is the second and LAST general Naruto video i will ever make. (However I'll still do tributes to Haruno Sakura because the world can never have too many of them). I didnt want this to be yet another ton of naruto scenes played to a song. Instead I completely discarded most of my usual rules and created an entire video FOR the song. The colours, the effects, the animations, the atmosphere. All were made to live and breathe WITH the song. Its had a lot done to it but only so that it can connect with the music more, everything I wanted to be clear is clear (YouTubes quality bastardization aside), slow paced and the story line is most certainly made clear. The focus is on team 7. Its only what, 5 minutes long? I'm no miracle worker so its not like i could fit everything in there. I was very picky about what scenes to use, spent hours searching for the right scene to put in the right place and had to edit my own animations to give it that extra edge. The original was no where near on par with this but was never popular, i cant see this going far but just so the world is clear. I'M NOT COMPETING WITH ANYONE. If i see any more comments on this remake saying 'ur sux at nartoo vidz i r bestest tan u' i will lose faith in the Naruto community. This was made because i loved it and i want to share it with my YouTube friends who have all supported me the last couple of months. I dont know why theres so many angry, violent Naruto amv makers out there but i'm not one of you, i just wanna have some fun and share what ive made. \m/ Tags: naruto amv shippuuden uzumaki haruno sakura tribute music uchiha sasuke kakashi sai |
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Orihime Inoue -Possession- I love making these. This video was inspired by one of my older Hime tributes, Me & the Moon. I really like the atmosphere they both give off to portray her. xD I wanted it to move at a very slow pace, its a simple video and relies heavily on Orihime's facial expressions and movements to give off its message. The whole thing is fairly abstract, i wanted to take the night time theme and move it slightly towards a dream like atmosphere and put in a few animations that the song throws in to my mind when I listen to it. The entire focus of this is her feelings towards Ichigo. I don't really believe in making Ichihime videos so to speak, as I don't like giving off the impression that he knows how she feels and is madly in love with her but at the same time I dont want it looking like he wouldn't care even if he did. I can barely make it through these videos anymore without my eyes starting to well up at the very least. With the amount of videos ive made for her now dealing with so many aspects of her plot, it sometimes feels like i know her. xD Whilst i honestly don't believe her love for Ichigo defines her as a character (like many, many crush girls from other anime shows) it is a very important part. I think its quite different from her feelings of inadequacy and self loathing and right now her very place in life is being questioned with all the crap shes going through in Hueco Mundo. Who she is, what she is and where shes going. All questions i think Kubo is beginning to deal with but none of which are the focus for this video. Another time for another plotline. ;) This is simply a little tribute to the realistic feelings of one of the few characters written to retain their humanity in everything they do. Whilst love is a strong word and too many use it these days without properly understanding its concept (and this goes for fiction as well as real life) i do believe this is one of those cases where we can really relate to it, if theres ever been that special person that did something that strong to you, every time you saw them. Its not one of those super epic clich'e relationships where the characters declare their utter undying love and vow to change themselves completely or fight an eleventy billion headed dragon just to feel deserving of reciprocation. I don't think she want's to/needs to change to deserve him, her place as a fighter in team Ichigo has nothing to do with her romantic feelings, i simply think shes never found the right time or words to say to him. I mean given Ichigo's life as of late, who can really blame her? She may not even wish to tell him, she has yet to show any sign of wanting to let him know how she feels. She seems so happy just having him in her life, and the main point of the video, one of the reasons shes so endearing, is the pain she goes through when she thinks she wont ever see him again. Stopping herself from stealing a kiss from him seems like it would be one of the most painful things shes ever had to do, knowing what she did at the time. Further credit goes out to her character for not stealing a kiss, even though it may have been the last time she'd ever see him. Whether she was too scared or having the memory of that one moment as hers alone wasn't right is down to how we wish to interperate it I suppose. Either way, I strongly believe that one moment is one of the most down to earth and powerful scenes in modern day animation. And I'm glad it was hers. :3 Tags: orihime inoue bleach anime amv tribute music video kurosaki ichigo ulquiorra grimmjow aizen ichihime orihimexichigo |
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Fate/Stay Night ~ When Cicadas Cry... Now this isn't really the type of song people listen to. Its not a fantastic, amazing, mind blowing song but there /is/ something about it - Atmosphere! This is the kind of song that just begs to be used in a creepy, dark video. I know, in the wrong hands this song can be quite fatal because if you /dont/ use a lot of effects on an anime like this, the song can make it really REALLY boring. However if you use too many of the wrong ones you can lose the atmosphere. I hope that people think i found a good balance with this. You have to understand that no one out there is at good at making these as the MAD group, something like this can only hope to barely touch the trails left behind after their monstrous wake. xD Instead of trying to be like them and looking like a dodgy MAD video i just used my own style and tried to do the best i could to make an original AMV. Fate may not be the biggest, best anime in the world but...Tohsaka Rin and Archer are just...the most godlike characters ever. *_* Lyrics O.O Behind where I looked back (Who's in the front?) In the dark, I raised my claws (and slashed apart the night) The raindrops turn into droplets of blood and travel down my cheeks If no place for me to return to exists anywhere anymore Take these fingers, my fingers I'll take all of your fingers away To the unopenable forest where cicadas cry I can't turn back anymore Being made to disappear one by one (the blue flames) On the other side of the dark, (the morning won't come anymore) Inside the mirror, with countless wriggling and stretching hands Come on, lure someone here Oni-san, come here, to where my hands clap No matter how you'll get away, I'll capture you From the animal trail where cicadas cry The voice that I heard is no more Take these fingers, my fingers I'll take all of your fingers away To the unopenable forest where cicadas cry I can't turn back anymore Oni-san, come here, to where my hands clap No matter how you'll get away, I'll capture you From the animal trail where cicadas cry The voice that I heard is no more Tags: fate/stay night fate stay amv music video tribute rin tohsaka tosaka archer emiya shirou saber lancer berserker |
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Orihime Inoue & Kuchiki Rukia - Stop Putting Me Down! I know not many people read these descriptions but for anyone that doesn't quite get the whole Rukia/Orihime/Ichigo thing, do read on. I'm hoping to clarify a lot of misconceptions about these characters. And I really need to rant this out, i just love writing about these two. xD The AMV title /isn't/ the song title for once but it seemed so much more appropriate. :3 The main focus of the video is that all these crazy American and European viewers are raping Kubo's characters with their brutally mis-guided hatred. These days people cant stand the fact that god forbid, a boy and a girl can actually just be friends without wanting to take It to romantic levels. Rukia and Ichigo have been made in to this huge kind of...cult. Ichiruki now reminds me of religion. The sheer fact that theyre male and female is enough to justify that they're in love. Some say Ichiruki isn't real because there is no evidence to support this apart from fans only seeing what they want to see. Others say it is the ONLY way and you must be blind not to see it, because its so blindingly obvious in the way Ichigo and Rukia act towards each other. Others simply don't care because they just want to enjoy Bleach for what it bloody well is. XD And then along came Orihime. So many people don't read the manga and couldn't see her crush coming for miles, the anime really hid it well by removing some of her earliest signs. As soon as she started showing signs in the anime, Ichiruki went on the offensive. You'd think she went about cruicifying babies or something, the way people speak of her character. They refuse to listen to reason, the role of Orihime Inoue has always seemed to me to be a symbol of what women have represented since forever ago. Kind, careing, protective, selfless and loving. The character has never done anything wrong unless people think falling in love is something women can't do anymore without being considered a filthy whore. Now I know Rukia gets put down too but lets be honest here, Rukia's strength and kindness as a character are pretty damn easy to see. Theres nothing /there/ to misunderstand, the hatred is just a load of immature ichihime fans getting pissed off because Ichigo hasn't noticed Hime yet. With Orihime, people are choosing to take all these decisions she makes in the story and turn them in to something they aren't. This is just an opinion but no one ever seems to think that Kubo might be breaking the mould here by using TWO female leads? Rukia, having the traces of romance removed to develop her as a character that neither wants or needs romance and Orihime as a secondary plot line that builds a romance with the male lead without disrupting Rukia's integrity. I'm not saying its impossible or it will never happen but Rukia is perfect the way she is, feelings for Ichigo at this stage would feel unnesescary and sudden because shes gone in a different direction. We've seen whats going on in her head, and its got nothing to do with Ichigos heart. (again, just opinion ^^) Rukia and Orihime are such good friends, you know I honestly think if Rukia had the slightest clue how hime felt about Ichigo she'd bop her on the head and say 'What are you waiting for? Go tell him, you idiot!'. Shes taken Hime under her wing, she doesn't care that Orihime wasn't able to kill half of soul society to rescue her, the very fact that she /came/ was enough for her to realise how special this ordinary high school girl is. Orihime is no traitor as many seem to think. She went to H.M to keep her friends from harm. What Yamamoto said is CONJECTURE, people! XD Its not fact. Rukia marched right in there with the rest of the fantastic five and yes, she was nearly lost whilst Hime was locked away in her cell. Honestly, what do people expect her to do? Break the door down with her super human strength she doesn't have? Even if she used tsubaki, what then? Take down every arrancar aizen throws at her? For most, that's reason enough to hate her. Because she couldn't and wouldn't do that. So many people think strength is just determined by how hard you can hit someone but that's not the case. Its not always how about how much pain you can inflict on others but how much pain you can take from them and still remain a good person. Now im not saying they're both to be universally liked, we all have those characters that just really get to us, but I just hope people will stop ignoring the way Kubo has written them, because it may just be a story but I tell you, you can learn a lot about how to be a good person from these girls characters. Rant over. =D Thumbs up, soldiers. Tags: bleach amv tribute music video orihime inoue kuchiki rukia kurosaki ichigo ichihime ichiruki |
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Haruno Sakura - EVOLUTION - V.2 REMADE I think if it weren't for Haruno Sakura or Orihime Inoue, I wouldn't have a single subscriber to my name. The original of this video must have been responsible for atleast 40% of my subscribers back on my old account, even though Sakura gets bashed a lot, its nice to see theres a strong fan base out there for her. Firstly, people really need to know that if there was any anime footage in this i wanted them to see clearly, they would see it clearly. There are times when i wanted to put a focus on an effect or an animation /before/ the actual footage of the anime, simply giving glimpses of Sakura where nessescary. Why you ask? Because of the nature of this song. Its a unique combination of hard rock and light pop. I think its one of the most energetic songs on the planet and it just begs to be brought to life with visuals. If anyones seen Ayu's (incredible) PV for this song, you'll know its bold, extravagant, full of white lights and flashes. This song was made to shine, I think. Of course that doesn't mean i went ballistic, theres a perfectly adequate balance between effects and raw anime footage. The story of Sakura's growth and many scenes from the original are still very much in place, but for this particular song there are times when i wanted to make the atmosphere with more than just Sakura scenes but also lights and flashes. If you enjoy this then it pleases me more than i can say. If you don't... I'm sorry. :) There are no effects where they are not needed and many effects where they are. :) Lets face it, most people have seen this footage a thousand times and I just think putting some drastic changes to certain well known parts can really feel like you're watching them for the first time, espescially for someone like me who doesn't really use 2 minutes of lightning fast scene changes like most AMVs do. (I'm just bad at it. XD) The video exhibits Sakura's life. WHY she chose to get stronger, WHO helped her get stronger and finally the difference between an annoying, but kind young girl and a selfless, strong willed young woman. In the beginning she was armed only with excellent chakra control and a remarkable intellect. Decent enough on their own but not really the ingredients for a hardcore fighter. Then along comes Tsunade and instead of making Sakura in to yet another Naruto/Sasuke/Neji/Gaara/blah blah, we get this interesting fusion with a medical ninja. A character combining intellect with battle knowledge and making use of her chakra control with her monstrous strength. It was so refreshing to see a fighter trying to save lives instead of take them for a change. Sakura spent those years during the time gap pushing herself to the limit. She was never a prodigy and she never owned a tailed beast. She didn't have a fancy blood line or a desire to be the strongest that ever lived. She just wanted to be of use to those two boys. To save them, keep them from harm and to not be of any further inconvenience for them. Her character has my utmost respect for wanting the most simple of goals in life and achieving it in the most realistic, honest way. Tags: naruto haruno sakura uzumaki sasuke uchiha tsunade amv tribute |
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Mirage of Blaze - Naoe & Takaya - Beg V.2 REMADE Warning, MoB features a male pairing, if you're disgusted by/afraid of that, then don't upset yourself by watching this. :) One of my earliest videos back in my Windows Movie Maker days. The original featured subs and zero effects. I wanted to keep this very similar to the original so i used most of the same footage and the same timing but its still very new. Its basic, considering what was used to make its predecessor, I didn't want to go over the top, its not the kind of song or atmosphere that needs it, espescially when you take in to consideration how the majority of these lyrics almost seem as if they were written for Naoe and Takaya, I really wanted people to see their expressions because it shows the story better than my words ever could. What I love about these two is that they defy their role and and stereotypes that anime has branded malexmale pairings with. Mirage of blaze is not about boys loving boys, it has its story, which is well devleloped and fascinating to viewers /readers, though a tad complex to younger people, but then it was never really intended for kids. The novels shed a lot of light on these two and combined with the animes story line you can really appreciate the sheer psychological pain the characters go through. The biggest thing that goes over peoples heads when they see MoB is how it conveys to people that its not about boy love, but takes it to a more spiritual level. Its about loving someone for who they are regardless of gender, body and mind. (which is proven throughout the story.) It throws away all these modern controversies and strips it down to one simple fact. Its about two people, not two genders. The love-hate relationship is done better than in any work of fiction I've ever heard of. Usually characters in these situations haven't done anything worth getting upset about and yet a whole series can drag on between two characters angsting and exaggerating 'hatred' just to keep the story afloat. Naoe and Takaya/Kagetora really show us how its done by literally breaking eachother apart, yet holding eachother together at the same time. The more you find out about the characters pasts, the more the series shocks you. Particularly Naoe's childhood after he was reborn. Living with his guilt of what he did in the previous life, his self harming tendancies, the suicide attempts. Its amazing how you can look at a character, watch them do terrible things but at the same time understand exactly why they do what they do. And feel sorry for them. As an anime, MoB is a good watch, touching the series lightly but the full story helps you realise, this isn't something that comes along every day and I honestly have never seen another story quite like this since. I doubt I ever will, its a work of art in its own right. Tags: mirage of blaze amv anime music video tribute naoe takaya kagetora beg yaoi episode |