Coup d'état (Long Live the Shadow King)

[SatoshiSakura]

Video: Coup d'état (Long Live the Shadow King) (YouTube)
Category: Comedy
Anime: Ouran High School Host Club
Song: Be Prepared
Artist: The Lion King
Creator: SatoshiSakura

For some reason I find lip sync incredibly annoying to do, and because I haven't really done it on such a large scale, this was really challenging. Other than that, Kyoya was born to be Scar.

[CodeZTM]

AHHHH. Watermarked youtube why?!?! (Yeah, I know the org version doesn't have it but that seriously irks me. XD)

The lip sync was pretty well done. I had a few moments where I was less impressed than others, but it was solidly done, and I thought that was impressive.

Know what? I thought I'd hate this from the start. After seeing Keiku Cat and Who Needs a King, I thought this song already had two amazingly solid incarnations.

I was wrong. I really enjoyed this Satoshi! :3

You took a very "light" anime that I would have never pictured with this song and turned it into something REALLY dark. Very nicely done concept, and I think you executed it amazingly well.

The only two suggestions I might have offered is perhaps recoloring the anime to fit the darker atmosphere, and a few scenes here and there were a little unfitting (especially when Kyoya changes clothes quickly and obviously).

Other than that, I LOVED it when it hit 2:15 and really went over the top and showed Kyoya implementing his plot.

Nicely done. I recommend, and I really hope you join me when I do the Disney MEP here in January.

[Kireblue]

I was pleasantly surprised at how much I'd like this AMV. great job

[EkaCoralian]

To be honest when I first read the title coupled with the anime and the song, I thought, 'Huh. ... Could this work out well?' But then I saw your AMV and I was just so pleasantly surprised! :'D It fit WONDERFULLY!
Honestly the only thing I wasn't a fan of was your username watermark in the corner; it may be translucent but its outline is really quite big and takes away from the video in my opinion. Also while you made honestly a great attempt at lip synch, it could have been a little more closely edited to fit with the words exactly. But that second comment really isn't a big deal; I've just tried lip synch before and I know its time consuming but it works so well if you have a character that's leading the AMV and practically narrating.

Still, this was brilliant. Great work! :'D

[SatoshiSakura]

AHHHH. Watermarked youtube why?!?! (Yeah, I know the org version doesn't have it but that seriously irks me. XD)

The lip sync was pretty well done. I had a few moments where I was less impressed than others, but it was solidly done, and I thought that was impressive.

Know what? I thought I'd hate this from the start. After seeing Keiku Cat and Who Needs a King, I thought this song already had two amazingly solid incarnations.

I was wrong. I really enjoyed this Satoshi! :3

You took a very "light" anime that I would have never pictured with this song and turned it into something REALLY dark. Very nicely done concept, and I think you executed it amazingly well.

The only two suggestions I might have offered is perhaps recoloring the anime to fit the darker atmosphere, and a few scenes here and there were a little unfitting (especially when Kyoya changes clothes quickly and obviously).

Other than that, I LOVED it when it hit 2:15 and really went over the top and showed Kyoya implementing his plot.

Nicely done. I recommend, and I really hope you join me when I do the Disney MEP here in January.

Yeah, I'd honestly rather not put the stupid watermark, it's super ugly, but it really bugs me when people take other people's work, and I've had it happen quite a few times and when I started doing this, it stopped. Not that I see why anyone would bother with mine.

Thank you! I've never done this much lip sync before, usually just for like a lyric or two, so this was pretty challenging, and some parts were a lot harder than others.

For real? That means a lot to me, thanks! Especially in comparison to Who Needs a King, that one's hilarious!

It's all thanks to Kyoya and his hidden "dark" side. And the Twins.

I didn't think of that, I was in such a hurry to finish in time for OhayoCon that I didn't think of anything beyond the basics. And yeah, sadly, there wasn't much I could do about his clothes, so let's just consider it part coup part fashion show.

Thanks again!

I was pleasantly surprised at how much I'd like this AMV. great job

Thank you!

To be honest when I first read the title coupled with the anime and the song, I thought, 'Huh. ... Could this work out well?' But then I saw your AMV and I was just so pleasantly surprised! :'D It fit WONDERFULLY!
Honestly the only thing I wasn't a fan of was your username watermark in the corner; it may be translucent but its outline is really quite big and takes away from the video in my opinion. Also while you made honestly a great attempt at lip synch, it could have been a little more closely edited to fit with the words exactly. But that second comment really isn't a big deal; I've just tried lip synch before and I know its time consuming but it works so well if you have a character that's leading the AMV and practically narrating.

Still, this was brilliant. Great work! :'D

Yeah, I doubt many Ouran AMV's use such a "dark" song.
Oh believe me, I'm not a fan of that either, it's beyond stupid. I agree with you, the lip sync could still use a lot of work, I'm still new to it.

Thank you!