Hidden gems

[CrackTheSky]

So there's a lot of in-depth, heated discussion going on in a few threads right now. It's great! I love this stuff! But I figured we could maybe use a lighter thread to do what many of us love doing: sharing AMVs with each other. Specifically, let's talk about those "hidden gem" AMVs that managed to fly under the radar and missed out on the recognition they were due. I love finding these! Every so often I'll come across a video with very few hits by an editor no one's heard of...and what do you know, the video is fantastic. I used to do a "Video Recommendations" blog years ago (link is still in my signature), and many of the videos included in there were relatively unknown at the time. I've been wanting to revitalize that, and may do so with my new blog (also in my signature), buuut for now I wanna hear from you guys.

So! Post some videos that you think are well-done but sadly unrecognized. It'd be great if you could share a little about what in particular you love about it. I'll probably end up checking 'em all out, and hopefully everyone else will, too.

I'll start:


Megamom was popular on the .org back in the day, but has kinda disappeared, more or less, in recent times. He uploaded this video a few months back, although the release date is from 2013. He never announced it so it got virtually no recognition, but it's probably my favorite video from him, which is saying a lot as he's been one of my favorite editors for years. I love it because it tells a story completely different from what's in the anime, but in the same spirit and with really clever and effective storytelling methods. As of right now it only has 93 hits on the .org, which is almost nothing, even considering that it's only been available for several months.

It's a shame about the title; he's Costa Rican and I think he ran it through Google translate or something, but it takes away nothing from the video itself. Check it out if you want something unique

[Shui]

WTF Megamom made a vid in 2013? I remember him, good times. Though I find this video not as fascinating as you do, still a good amv which deserves more attention.
I guess it only feels out of place noways, because there's plenty AMVs like that.

Now it's my turn. Almost nobody not in the German Community knows this AMV. It's very crudely made - but oh so fun. I took it upon me to translate it. It won Connichi 2013.
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This AMV doesn't really do anything that you haven't seen before and isn't going to change your world, kind of falling right in between the silliness of "Engel" and the seriousness of "This Isn't What We Meant." But I think it's really good!



I don't know much about the editor or if he's ever coming back. This AMV seems to have languished in obscurity for the last decade but I think it deserves as much attention as a lot of other stuff from the same time period that's really well known.

This was really pretty, I love the pacing and I don't know if the repetitiveness of it was really intentional or not but I thought it was really clever and really made it work for me in a way that a more conventional approach to this sort of video might not have. I'll definitely watch this again later before leaving any kind of a score for it.

I own this movie, watched it once and forgot about 95% of it, and now I'm wondering why because it looks so beautiful and I remember really enjoying it when I watched it.

Now it's my turn. Almost nobody not in the German Community knows this AMV. It's very crudely made - but oh so fun. I took it upon me to translate it. It won Connichi 2013.
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I didn't really laugh out loud at any of this but it has a truly "random" feel to it that's more whimsical and weird than almost any other AMV I can think of off the top of my head. Not sure if the language barrier added anything to that or not. I'm definitely glad you brought this into my life, though.

[macchinainterna]

Everyone knows JudgeHolden for his upbeat, often times fanservice-y amvs. Way back in the day though, he would also make some very out-of-the-ordinary drama videos that touched on some intense themes. My favorite out of his drama videos was A City Divided. While yes, it got considerably favorable reception and won awards at a couple of cons, it was nowhere to be found during the 2007 VCAs.

I love this video and how it focused on multiple perspectives of a city in anarchy; from the police enforcing law, to the rebels fighting against it, to the civilians caught in the middle of the fight. Judge used his various video sources meticulously to create a pensive and fitting mood and to convey such a powerful message. When I was starting out with my own editing this was the video that showed me what a drama video could really be.

[MatthewRoy]

Not sure if it's actually an hidden gem,it's just one of the few old videos that I remember watching and having quite an impact on me on my teenager days

[Rider4Z]

This is a great idea

Well, I don't know how unknown this gem is, but it's one of my personal favorites. It's got a decent number of hits but is over 6 years old... I found it on my own as opposed to seeing it in a contest or AMV room. It's also an FX-Free video

[Mol]

Welp i generally enjoy or enjoyed depressing vibe /dark or dramatic vids. Theres a few i think need some more attention.
This vid introduced me to this editor (Got it suggested from Luggeriano via forum)
Mayybe its not perfect but surely it left a very good impression on me back in the day, today it looks fine too i guess.


Mhm not as good as previous one imo, but nice litttle story , too bad he retired D:
Think it might be most depressing/dramatic naruto amv i ever watched
Not sure if it qualifies as drama, pretty decent editing, and mood (i really like probably mostly because of song : p)
Vid kinda matching what the orgnal vid to song did, i enjoyed. He has one more cool vid but seems like file got corrupted somehow, wonder if i have it somewhere.

Some action:

Maybe its funny but i found editing to get me pumped like ie in good action vid , theses days it doesnt do that, but still feels pretty action'y
Damn, that funky feel. Pretty much anything this girl made , left positive impression on me, good times.

Trailer
Think the only trailers i really every enjoyed (there are some exceptions) were from this guy, or some inertia

Mep
Think it needs little more love :3

Simply positive: p

Not best effects, but some fresh stuff in the air.
Magic
Will try to come up with some more later

[Gene Starwind 21122]

This is one of my favorite AMV's. Just love how they twisted the story here to fit the song.

[Sephirothskr]

Not really extremely under the radar, but I loved act of genesis. Like good lord I loved that video. There are many a good amv that go unnoticed. Quite sad.

[CrackTheSky]

Watched through a few of these, will be getting around to most or all of them over time, but here are my thoughts on the ones I've watched...

This AMV doesn't really do anything that you haven't seen before and isn't going to change your world, kind of falling right in between the silliness of "Engel" and the seriousness of "This Isn't What We Meant." But I think it's really good!



I don't know much about the editor or if he's ever coming back. This AMV seems to have languished in obscurity for the last decade but I think it deserves as much attention as a lot of other stuff from the same time period that's really well known.

This is probably among the most surreal Eva videos I've seen, and that's saying something. There's was something very disturbing about it. Not the best-edited video, and you're right in that it does follow the formula that a lot of Eva videos tend to, but still...really weird. I liked it a lot.

Now it's my turn. Almost nobody not in the German Community knows this AMV. It's very crudely made - but oh so fun. I took it upon me to translate it. It won Connichi 2013.
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Wat. Another really surreal video...I watched it without the subs so this was just flat-out bizarre to me, but it had me smiling the whole time. I also enjoyed this one a lot, thank you for sharing

Not sure if it's actually an hidden gem,it's just one of the few old videos that I remember watching and having quite an impact on me on my teenager days

I'd like this video a lot more if it wasn't for the corniness of the song. The storytelling was really good, definitely not your run-of-the-mill Eva video, but that song...shudder.