Influential AMVs of the last 10 years (2000 - 2010)

[mexicanjunior]

I gets lonely up here.

Good schtick...

[Kionon]

Personally I think if we want to talk about Duane Johnson's body of work Particle Man/DBZ is probably the most influential AMV. I say this because it was a short simple video that was massively sent around the net at a time when video distribution hadn't even taken off in the community yet. Some of editors who are now 20-somethings probably saw this in high school on some random website back during the modem years.

I doubt Pwolf is going to show everything I posted. And yes, I would agree, Particle Man/DBZ is one I should have mentioned. I just lain forgot about it.

I don't see this being new in terms of music used. I'm pretty sure Ermac was already using electronic music before this as well as other videos. I'm pretty sure Maboroshi used what would qualify as techno in the myriad number of 90s stuff he pumped out. This AMV was certainly more influential at the time for proving how shitty ACen's old contests were run. You know something is wrong when the creator himself basically asks why did this win Drama =p

Quu is modest, and I like a lot of his videos way better than he does.

[dreamawake]

One of the best and longest "story" driven videos that really takes "storytelling" to a whole other level.

I'm surprised after 5 years it hasn't been duplicated. The closest thing to a short film on this site.

this

[Brad]

While I know that it definitely wasn't the first, it's hard to deny the influence the popularity of this video had on the lip-sync/out-of-contest genre.

Out of contest? I thought he sent it to Anime Expo.

ConteXt The keys. Right nest to eachother.

[Ileia]

Brad, you're drunk.

[Kitsuner]

Brad, you're drunk.

Give us your keyboard.

[sircrackpot]

I feel like I need to go back and check all the suggestions. Mine would be Eric's(OV) Berserk to My Own Savior by Iced Earth(The new version is better, though), EVA to Engel by Rammstein, Eva to Everything You Want by Vertical Horizon (A1 productions I believe did it), and Shameless Rock Video by Absolute Destiny.

I remember the Everything You Want video blowing my away when I first saw it. I shat myself seeing how it was taken to including the ACTUAL music video to the song by VH.

Even now I think it's a good video. Just not as awe inspiring as several years ago.

Shameless Rock Video still makes me splooge my pants. I'm not ashamed to admit this.

[Kionon]

I was a beta tester for Everything You Want back in the day. It was done by DigitalGod. He redid it and took out the original music video though after concerns if he didn't we'd attract too much attention. I think I have both versions, but I would need to search for the original...

[sircrackpot]

I was a beta tester for Everything You Want back in the day. It was done by DigitalGod. He redid it and took out the original music video though after concerns if he didn't we'd attract too much attention. I think I have both versions, but I would need to search for the original...

That sucks. I adored the original version the most. (Both versions are on youtube, though not the good quality ones.)

I like how you put it...back when AMVs were underground and shiz. Too bad I only kept my hobby of editing to myself during the early 2000s, I could have met some really interesting people had I signed up immediately after noticing a-m-v.org. (I probably would have some skills after 10 years, too)

I'm still looking through all the suggestions. I'm floored by how awesome some of these videos are. It's like Christmas in...uh...August for me. *waits patiently for more influential suggestions*

[ExSphere]

This video is what did me into the whole amv scene. I remember seeing this once when I was 13 browsing around NIN forums, then never being able to find it again. I eventually stumbled upon it again 2 years later and was inspired to start editing.