My Faith In Humanity Has Been Restored – AMV Hell 5
It’s been three years since AMV Hell 4 first injected it’s signature brand of entertainment straight to our brains with it’s most glorious mash-up of anime and popular culture. In those three years there’s been many an anime that I’d love to see used in a skit for AMV Hell and I’d find myself silently hoping that the message at the end of AMV Hell 4 about it being the last one would be proven wrong.
It turns out putting your hope in anime fans is a surer bet then Chicago politicians because AMV Hell 5 got made and we’re still waiting on that hope and change.
To those familiar with the past AMV Hell’s, I’m sure I don’t need to say anything more so here’s the link to get AMV Hell 5. For those that are unfamiliar, permit me a moment to convince you to watch one of the premiere anime fan projects in the world.
The basic premise to AMV Hell is to be an extremely rapid-fire comedy video that combines very short anime clips (rarely does a single clip last longer then 30 seconds) with either a song or spoken word clip. The various clips come from many different people so, even though the whole video runs close to 90 minutes, the types of comedy is exceedingly varied and never gets tiring.
The most basic type of clip is using a recent song and pairing it with a show.
Think Beyonce's song Halo
And Lady Gaga's Pokerface
Another popular type of clip is to pair an anime with a theme song to another show.
Porco Rosso - Tailspin (which interestingly enough predates Porco Rosso)
Gurren Lagann – Megas XLR
There’s many clips that’ll splice elements from two different shows together or alter the anime clip used in some way.
Taking things out of context or creating a completely different story with an anime and audio clip is the source of many of the funniest parts to AMV Hell in the past and this one is no different.
I won't ruin how this clip was used but it had me in stitches.
This scene has been used in the past and continues to get mined for comedic gold.
And there’s many, many more awesome clips that I haven’t even alluded too. So, if you’re looking for a sure-fire five laugh a minute video check out AMV Hell 5 and also sample the earlier ones as well – I particularly like AMV Hell 3 and 4. Since it’s relevant (and a quick check shows Youtube hasn’t blocked them completely yet), awhile back I made a short montage of some of my favorite parts from AMV Hell 3/4. These would work as a good introduction in what to expect so I’ll close with them.
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