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Omedetou Grads! A graduation playlist in japanese
Hey! Much like in America there are songs that are sung at graduations. Sometimes the class chooses and sometimes it’s traditional to sing the school anthem. In this…
2024 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (30 – 21)
30. janken – Last Summer Whisper Anime: Yume Kara, SamenaiSong: “Last Summer Whisper” by Anri It’s entirely possible that I just wasn’t looking in the right places, bu…
2020 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (20 – 11)
20. Tommy-Dawg – Journey to You Anime: A Place Further Than The Universe // K-ON!Song: “Free Spirits” by Khalid I discovered this video on the day that I…
2024 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (50 – 41)
Alright, let’s move into the Top 50! If you are just tuning in, I would strongly recommend taking some time to read through both the non-anime and Honorable…
2024 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (10 – 1)
10. Squiped_Mew – United in Grief Anime: Puella Magi Madoka MagicaSong: “United in Grief” by Kendrick Lamar Sad videos don’t all hit the same. Some bowl you over…
2021 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (ineligible videos)
Hello everybody! As we prepare to take a look at some of the best AMVs that 2021 had to offer, I want to start as I normally do…
2024 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (20 – 11)
20. pack – Rylee & I. Anime: Sing “Yesterday” For Me Song: “Rylee & I” by Mk.gee The song’s minimalist approach — bare electric guitar strums, reverb-heavy vocals,…
2020 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (ineligible videos)
We start this year’s AMV retrospective with a handful of ineligible videos. These are videos that, for various reasons, I couldn’t justify including for consideration on my actual…
2023 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (10 – 1)
10. Karmelin – DOUBLE DUTY Anime: Patlabor 2: The Movie Song: “DOUBLE DUTY” by Karmelin Nothing much happens in this video. If you discern any kind of drama…
2023 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (30 – 21)
30. Leafa – Jadeite Anime: Various Song: “Lost (feat. Chelsea Jade)” by Jai Wolf Jadeite is a video that I could easily criticize for being too trite, for…
2024 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (honorable mentions)
Hello everyone, and welcome to my annual countdown of my favorite AMVs from the last 12 months! In today’s and the next five days’ posts, we’re going to…
2022 in retrospect: top 30 amvs (honorable mentions)
Hello everybody, and welcome to my yearly look back at my favorite AMVs of the past 12 months! Normally I would take this opportunity to talk a little…
2020 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (40 – 31)
40. Apus – Made Anime: VariousSong: “Made” by Dub FX One of the challenges of working with multiple anime in an AMV is figuring out a way to…
2021 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (50 – 41)
Just a quick reminder to those who may have skipped or skimmed the Honorable Mentions post that these are my favorite AMVs of the year, no one else’s,…
2021 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (40 – 31)
40. TnAdct1 – Chasing the Dragon Anime: Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid // Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid SSong: “There She Goes” by Sixpence None The Richer Raise your han…
2020 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (30 – 21)
30. VideoBeats – 6 AM Anime: VariousSong: “Alarm Clock” by Feed Me Taking viewers through the doldrums of an ordinary day as shown through the eyes of multiple…
2020 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (50 – 41)
Real quick, before we get stated with the Top 50, in case you skipped the Honorable Mentions post, I just want to reiterate that the videos listed and…
2022 in retrospect: top 30 amvs (20 – 11)
20. Edit Station – Untitled Rush Anime: Various Song: “Untitled” by ev.exi No, this AMV is not the kind of thing I can indulge in too often —…
2021 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (20 – 11)
20. Kireblue – Into the Madness Anime: Soul Eater Song: “Dive Into the Madness (Little Nightmares Rap)” by Dan Bull If katranat’s video Reset the System, featured earlier…
2022 in retrospect: top 30 amvs (30 – 21)
Today starts the ranked countdown of my 30 favorite AMVs from 2022. As a reminder, this post and the following two (which will be posted over the next…
2021 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (30 – 21)
30. UnluckyArtist – Starlighter Anime: Urusei Yatsura Song: “Levitating” by Dua Lipa If the title of this video is ringing a distant bell, that’s probably because you’…
2024 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (40 – 31)
40. ElFamosoDemon – Golden Hour Anime: Spriggan Song: “Golden Hour” by Bonus Points The fun of being an ElFamosoDemon fan is getting to experience bipolar mashups like this.…
2023 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (20 – 11)
20. dylann – things I have written down Anime: Various Song: Various CW: Flashes, glitch & color effects Sometimes, I struggle to accept the fact that there is…
2023 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (40 – 31)
40. Lux – Tokyo Anime: Oniichan wa Oshimai! Song: “Tokyo” by Leat’eq For some of you, this AMV may demonstrate how thin the line can be between “cute”…
2023 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (honorable mentions)
Hello everyone! Since this is right at the top of the post and you’re more likely to actually read these words than the wall of text this will…
2022 in retrospect: top 30 amvs (10 – 1)
10. SilkAMV – T.A.P.P. Anime: Magical Witch Punie-chan Song: “LORD” by Smokey Robotic Look, people, what do you want from me? A three-paragraph commentary breaking down how an…
2025 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (ineligible videos)
Hello, and welcome (finally) to the start of my annual look back at the best AMVs from the previous year! Well, I guess technically that starts tomorrow –…
2025 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (50 – 41)
Here begins my ranked list – I will be posting 10 videos per day for the next five days, ending on my favorite AMV of the year. In…
2025 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (honorable mentions)
Hello AMV fans, and thank you for your patience – welcome to this year’s countdown of my favorite AMVs from 2025! Before I go any further, I really…
2025 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (30 – 21)
30. perks of being an alien – the sea and the stars will be there, waiting Anime: Various Song: “The Atoms of the Sea” by The Telescopes Lush,…
2025 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (40 – 31)
40. RAMON [ラモン] – It’s Your Heart Anime: Tamako Love Story Song: “This Orient” by Foals It’s a real struggle to start a write-up about a Tamako Love…
2025 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (10 – 1)
I’ve never felt the need to do this before, but I feel like not acknowledging this somewhere would be a missed opportunity, so I’m going to take the…
2025 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (20 – 11)
20. SonsofKorhal9 – Heart Beats Anime: Various Song: “Butter” by BTS I like to see editors push themselves and tread new ground as they grow into the hobby…
2021 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (honorable mentions)
2021 was an…interesting year for AMVs. For me personally, I experienced a kind of AMV burnout in 2021 that I don’t think I’ve ever really experienced before. I…
2023 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (ineligible videos)
Hello everybody, and welcome to my yearly look back at my favorite AMVs and (in the case of this particular post) AMV-adjacent videos from 2023! Before getting to…
2023 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (50 – 41)
Here begins my Top 50 — these are my favorite AMVs from 2023! I want to once again urge you to at least skim through the ineligible videos…
Anime Playlist – Shirobako
Earlier in the week Sentai Filmworks announced their Black Friday sale… (No affiliates code or commercial interest, just a satisfied customer.) Turns out that most everything they had…
NANA – Anime Playlist
If, like me, you’re a fan of the classic anime NANA – there was very good news indeed this week. After years of being unavailable, HiDive will start…
Frieren – Anime Playlist
With Frieren appearing on Netflix over the weekend, finally sat down and bought the music from it (and other shows) that I’ve been meaning to buy. This means…
Anime Playlist – Sekirei
As long time readers know, I’ve been promising to post about my anime playlist basically forever… Well, the project is finally underway! Hit the jump and let’s get…
More Anime Soundtracks to Put in Your Playlist
There are so many good anime soundtracks, including these ones.
Tokyo Babylon Collab – Coming Soon!
Once more, Curtis from Iridium Eye Reviews and I have teamed up to review an anime with the word ‘Tokyo’ in the title :D Tomorrow (or the next…
GaijinPot Reel Collab Contest 2024
Join the GaijinPot Sakura Contest, let your creativity blossom and stand a chance to win some awesome prizes!
Tezuka World x Nouen Collab
The Japanese mobile/browser game Nouen Hokkorina by Mobage is currently running an event featuring Osamu Tezuka's characters!
The Great LiSA Collab: Results
Thank you to everyone who voted in the poll. I wasn’t sure if this short experiment would work, but 17 people voted, including myself, and that was a…
Some Manga I Enjoyed in 2021
For the third piece of this ending segment of 2021, it’s time for a manga. Now, I am not one of the biggest manga readers, but I read…
Some Top Picks in JMusic 2021
It’s that time of year again, but this time the super condensed version. In past year’s editions I’ve broken my music picks into four separate categories; Jpop male…
2024 in retrospect: top 50 amvs (non-anime videos)
As is often the case, we kick off this year’s retrospective with a look at some of my favorite “other” music videos of the past 12 months. In…
AMVs are Really Cool
Amvs have been in the community for a long time, and man are they fun.
The AniMessenger May Check-in! Some Good News and Some Bad News
As the winds of change toss and turn The AniMessenger like a discarded bag of Pocky, he lifts his eyes to the AniHeavens and whispers, “It is time.”
