- User Name: CrackTheSky
- Member Since: Monday, August 28, 2006, 12:01 AM
- Donation Level: Total Leech (Giver)
- Name: Ben S
- Location: Chicago suburbs, USA
- Homepage: http://crakthesky.wordpress.com/
- Last Login: 2025-10-07 09:34:21
- Forum Info: Profile Posts (4163)
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- Journal: Last entry made on 2025-01-09 01:07:13
- Usefulness: 866 with
124 opinions
[average 119.3 of 231997 opinions; standard deviation 432 ] - Profile:
UPDATED 1/2015
Hello...if you're reading this, welcome to my .org profile, it's a pleasure, I'm sure. My name is Ben, I like AMVs. I got into the hobby back in 2006, on a whim, days after I started my first year of college, and I never looked back. AMVs have changed my life in numerous and awesome ways, primarily through the people I've met on this site and at cons. I'm indebted to this website for that, and for giving me a creative outlet that I enjoy. AMVs are a huge part of my life. I cannot overstate that simple fact.
As such, I've become more and more interested over the years about the more "meta" aspects of the community, as well as its history and development. To this end, I am currently working on a huge project to essentially categorize as many AMVs as I can to allow large-scale data analysis to take place. Basically, I want to create a giant spreadsheet that can be mined for almost any piece of data you could want on a given video. When enough videos are entered, ideally, meaningful analytics can be run to learn something about the measurable ways that AMVs have developed over the years. This is called the AMV Genome Project, and more details regarding my goals and methodology can be found in this thread (note: thread may be locked by the time you read this). If any of this seems interesting to you, you can always find the up-to-date project files in this FTP directory. And feel free to PM me with questions.
Other than the Genome Project, I also maintain a blog that I update fairly regularly with observations, recommendations, and general thoughts relating to AMVs (and occasionally other interests of mine).
As for my own videos, they're okay, I guess. In the interest of not setting expectations, I'll let you discover them on your own, if you feel so inclined. Just stay away from like the first year's worth of videos that I released and you should be good to go. Mostly. I'm much more interested in shining the light on other, more capable and less known editors than myself. So here are some:
-Anicsi
-blabbler
-Douggie
-fallout161
-Kwasek
-Lostboy
-Malificus
-Megamom
-Quu
-Scott A Melzer
-Unlimited Rice
-UnluckyArtist
This is not an exhaustive list, there are hundreds of incredible under-the-radar or forgotten old-school editors out there, possibly thousands. Go explore, there's so much on this website, why are you wasting time reading this profile?
However, in case you're interested in other stuff of mine, here it is:
MyAnimeList
My AniDB profile
Last.fm
RateYourMusic
Other basic stuff about myself:
-I was born in 1988, so you can do the math to figure out my approximate age.
-I studied physics in college, got my Bachelor's of Science, never want to do physics again.
-I am a Christian. Go Jesus.
-I collect CDs, and have been for almost 15 years. As of this writing, I have around 900 of them.
-I don't care for movies, unless they're anime movies. I dunno. Just not my thing.
-My screen name is not a Mastodon reference, it is a Brand New reference.
-My all-time favorite album is good kid, m.A.A.d. city by Kendrick Lamar.
-My all-time favorite anime is FLCL, or Usagi Drop. Depends on the day.
-My all-time favorite AMV is Two Hearts by aerialesque. (My "Favorite AMVs" list below is pretty out-of-date, but it's too much trouble to update. Still lots of good videos on there, though.)
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Keeping this for posterity...plus Jibril said it's adorable. Circa 2008.
Hey...I s'pose I should update this, since I haven't for almost a year...
Anyway, I don't have much to say about myself. I'm 20, in college, studying physics (astronomy is my area of interest), and love to make and watch AMVs. When it comes to how I edit, I tend to spend little time on my videos (as in, less than 15 hours) and my videos are usually very simple in terms of effects. Just because I don't put a lot of time into my videos doesn't mean they lack effort...there's usually lots of thought and meaning behind their arrangement, so...yeah.
Besides editing, like I said, I of course love to watch videos. I also really like to pimp out videos and editors I think deserve it, whether they get their due attention from others or not. So allow me this opportunity to plug my "homepage", which is nothing more than a Freewebs page that contains the video information for all my videos as well as a blog which I use to make recommendations for videos or editors that I think deserve it. If you ever need a suggestion for a good video to watch, might I suggest looking there first ;)
Also, for those of you in need of some cool free programs to aid you with your editing, or just some sites where you can download neat stuff, might I direct you to the following pages:
Blender - Free 3D compositing program; can also be used for editing video
Paint.NET - Free image and photo editing program
The GIMP - Another free image editing program
Audacity - Powerful open source audio editing program
Freesound Project - Archive of thousands of recorded sounds, all available for free download
ccMixter - Archive of thousands of remixes, all available for free download
Wax - Relatively powerful free effects-based program/plugin; includes such things as 3D tracking and a particle generator
My Profile
global average
- Count231997
- Originality8.47
- Visual Quality8.37
- Audio9.00
- Action Sync8.45
- Lip Sync8.23
- Special Effects8.49
- Effort8.60
- Re-view-ability7.92
- Overall8.43
average given
- Count124
- Originality7.98
- Visual Quality7.89
- Audio9.55
- Action Sync7.96
- Lip Sync7.13
- Special Effects8.58
- Effort8.58
- Re-view-ability7.03
- Overall7.81
average received
- Count189
- Originality8.66
- Visual Quality9.06
- Audio9.55
- Action Sync8.89
- Lip Sync9.00
- Special Effects8.79
- Effort8.90
- Re-view-ability8.13
- Overall8.72
FAVORITE ANIME MUSIC VIDEOS
10 FAVORITE ANIME
- 1.
- FLCL (Fooly Cooly)
- 2.
- 5 Centimeters per Second (Movie)
- 3.
- Kino's Journey (The Beautiful World)
- 4.
- Eureka Seven
- 5.
- Beyond the Clouds
- 6.
- Serial Experiments Lain
- 7.
- REC (TV)
- 8.
- Neon Genesis Evangelion
- 9.
- Jin-Roh
- 10.
- Voices of a Distant Star (Hoshi No Koe)
My Videos (81/88) (Show all)
My Videos (88) (Show top)
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[hits: 57][opinions: 0]
- Hot Mulligan Pop Shuvit (Hall Of Meat, Duh)
- Cencoroll (movie)
- Action
- Drama
- Direct
- Local
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Where the Acorns Fall (2025-03-11)[hits: 89][opinions: 0]
- Joff Bush feat. Helena Czajka I Know a Place (The Creek Song)
- My Neighbor Totoro
- Sentimental
- Direct
- Local
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Something Good In Me (2025-01-30)[hits: 60][opinions: 0]
- Oso Oso the view
- Kiznaiver (TV)
- Drama
- Fun
- Sentimental
- Direct
- Local
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Softly Through (2024-10-29)[hits: 97][opinions: 0]
- Nick Ward Aubrey Plaza
- maboroshi (movie)
- Drama
- Romance
- Sentimental
- Serious
- Direct
- Local
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Whatever Nevermind (2023-05-19)[hits: 595][opinions: 0]
- Beach Slang Hard Luck Kid
- Girl from Phantasia, The
- Character Profile
- Fun
- Romance
- Sentimental
- Direct
- Local
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Supersonic (2023-03-16)[hits: 520][opinions: 0]
- Skrillex Supersonic (feat. Noisia, josh pan & Dylan Brady)
- Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (Game)
- Action
- Indirect
- Local
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Bless My Soul (2023-03-08)[hits: 390][opinions: 0]
- Taylor Swift I Think He Knows
- Kaguya-sama: Love is War (TV)
- Character Profile
- Fun
- Romance
- Indirect
- Local
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Just a Phase (2022-04-06)[hits: 491][opinions: 0]
- Samiam Ordinary Life
- FLCL (Fooly Cooly)
- Action
- Fun
- Romance
- Sentimental
- Local
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Shards (2021-11-06)[hits: 408][opinions: 0]
- City Girl Ellipsis
- Mawaru Penguin Drum (TV)
- Drama
- Sentimental
- Serious
- Local
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Repeater (2021-11-03)[hits: 376][opinions: 0]
- Machinedrum Rise N Fall
- Macross Plus
- Action
- Character Profile
- Other
- Direct
- Local
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The Dust Shall Bear Witness (2021-03-13)[hits: 498][opinions: 0]
- Mazzy Star Into Dust
- Now and Then, Here and There (Ima Soko ni Iru Boku)
- Drama
- Serious
- Direct
- Local
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sunflowers (2020-12-13)[hits: 610][opinions: 0]
- Slowly Slowly Ten Leaf Clover
- Beyond the Boundary (TV)
- Action
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Romance
- Sentimental
- Direct
- Local
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Prose (2020-11-28)[hits: 504][opinions: 0]
- Feist Intuition
- Kimikiss pure rouge (TV)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Romance
- Sentimental
- Serious
- Direct
- Local
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[hits: 1233][opinions: 0]
- Cash Cash Here And Now Ft. Kerli
- ...There are 13 anime...
- (click title for full list)
- Action
- Dance
- Drama
- Fun
- Sentimental
- Indirect
- Local
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ECS.03a: The Scrapyard (2020-07-27)[hits: 462][opinions: 0]
- Burial Endorphin
- Battle Angel
- Drama
- Instrumental
- Other
- Direct
- Local
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ECS.03b: The Scrapyard (2020-07-27)[hits: 425][opinions: 0]
- Burial Prayer
- Battle Angel
- Drama
- Instrumental
- Other
- Direct
- Local
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Dysfunction Complex (2020-05-27)[hits: 627][opinions: 0]
- Taylor Swift The Story of Us
- Lovely Complex (TV)
- Character Profile
- Fun
- Romance
- Direct
- Local
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Following the Feeling (2020-04-05)[hits: 692][opinions: 0]
- Magic Man Catherine
- Love, Chunibyo and Other Delusions! Take On Me (movie)
- Drama
- Fun
- Romance
- Sentimental
- Direct
- Local
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Always Wanted (2020-04-01)[hits: 571][opinions: 0]
- For Tracy Hyde Halation
- Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! -Heart Throb- (TV)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Romance
- Sentimental
- Direct
- Local
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Live It Up Live It Up (2020-03-29)[hits: 549][opinions: 0]
- Smallpools Dreaming
- Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (TV)
- Fun
- Romance
- Sentimental
- Direct
- Local
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Kill Your Idols (2019-11-04)[hits: 578][opinions: 0]
- bts Boy Meets Evil
- One-Punch Man (TV)
- Action
- Character Profile
- Serious
- Direct
- Local
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Retrace (2019-08-17)[hits: 543][opinions: 0]
- Sleeping At Last Nine
- From the New World (TV)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Sentimental
- Serious
- Local
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Aberration (2018-09-25)[hits: 944][opinions: 0]
- James Blake The Wilhelm Scream
- Mushishi: The Next Chapter (TV)
- Drama
- Other
- Serious
- Local
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Cross My Heart (2018-09-12)[hits: 985][opinions: 0]
- Walk the Moon One Foot
- Katanagatari (TV)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Fun
- Romance
- Sentimental
- Local
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Family Reunion (2018-09-03)[hits: 801][opinions: 0]
- Steel Train Touch Me Bad
- Kyousougiga (TV)
- Character Profile
- Fun
- Sentimental
- Local
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ECS.02: Neo-Tokyo (2018-01-29)[hits: 1351][opinions: 0]
- Evan Marc & Steve Hillage Intention Craft
- Akira (Movie)
- Instrumental
- Other
- Serious
- Local
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ECS.01: Metropolis (2017-10-04)[hits: 1683][opinions: 0]
- Gidge Lit
- Metropolis (Rintaro)
- Other
- Serious
- Local
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I'm Gonna Live Forever (2017-09-07)[hits: 985][opinions: 0]
- FUN Barlights
- The Eccentric Family (TV)
- Fun
- Sentimental
- Local
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Stay the Same (2017-06-17)[hits: 1246][opinions: 0]
- 泉まくら School Road
- My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO! (TV)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Romance
- Sentimental
- Serious
- Local
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VY CMa (2016-10-26)[hits: 1164][opinions: 0]
- Brookes Brothers Paperchase (feat. Danny Byrd)
- Diebuster (Aim for the Top 2!) (OAV)
- Action
- Drama
- Fun
- Local
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Fair and Square (2016-10-08)[hits: 3191][opinions: 1]
- Walk the Moon Work This Body
- Ping Pong (TV)
- Action
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Fun
- Local
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Safely, Safely (2015-10-03)[hits: 1207][opinions: 0]
- Purity Ring Belispeak
- Mononoke (TV)
- Drama
- Horror
- Other
- Serious
- Local
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Do You Wanna?? (2015-09-23)[hits: 1701][opinions: 0]
- Walk the Moon Sidekick
- My Little Monster (TV)
- Character Profile
- Fun
- Romance
- Sentimental
- Local
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Get Better (2015-09-23)[hits: 2396][opinions: 0]
- bleachers i wanna get better
- Tatami Galaxy, The (TV)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Fun
- Romance
- Sentimental
- Local
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My Favorite Days (2015-03-31)[hits: 3068][opinions: 1]
- lights Running With The Boys
- Kids on the Slope (TV)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Sentimental
- Serious
- Local
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Convergence (2015-02-27)[hits: 1483][opinions: 0]
- Beach House Silver Soul
- Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning (movie)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Romance
- Sentimental
- Serious
- Local
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I Was Happy (2015-02-08)[hits: 1716][opinions: 0]
- Everything But The Girl Tears All Over Town
- Kimagure Orange Road - I Want To Return To That Day (Movie)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Romance
- Sentimental
- Serious
- Local
-
Victims of the Night (2015-01-31)[hits: 4466][opinions: 1]
- Walk the Moon Shut Up And Dance
- Kimagure Orange Road (TV)
- Dance
- Fun
- Romance
- Sentimental
- Local
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Death From Above, 1988 (2015-01-24)[hits: 1617][opinions: 0]
- Black Era Martyr (Soul)
- Attack on Titan (TV)
- Kimagure Orange Road (TV)
- Drama
- Horror
- Instrumental
- Other
- Serious
- Local
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My Town (2014-09-13)[hits: 3240][opinions: 3]
- Paper Route Glass Heart Hymn
- Tekkonkinkreet (movie)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Serious
- Local
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Nothing's Gonna Happen (2014-06-28)[hits: 1670][opinions: 0]
- Tal Bachman She's So High
- Please Teacher (TV)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Fun
- Romance
- Sentimental
- Local
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Hold Me Up (2014-06-08)[hits: 1609][opinions: 1]
- Goo Goo Dolls Just The Way You Are
- His and Her Circumstances (Kare Kano)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Fun
- Romance
- Local
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The Enrichment Center (2013-09-28)[hits: 1176][opinions: 1]
- Victims of Science The Device has been modified
- Serial Experiments Lain
- Character Profile
- Horror
- Other
- Serious
- Local
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Overmind (2013-09-27)[hits: 1317][opinions: 0]
- The Graduate For The Missing
- FLCL (Fooly Cooly)
- Action
- Drama
- Other
- Serious
- Local
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Alternator (2010-02-03)[hits: 2557][opinions: 0]
- TV On The Radio Red Dress (The Glitch Mob Remix)
- Dead Leaves (OVA)
- Action
- Local
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Unscripted (2009-05-09)[hits: 3822][opinions: 4]
- Collective Soul Heavy
- Ef - a tale of memories (TV)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Romance
- Serious
- Indirect
- Local
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[hits: 9685][opinions: 0]
- ...There are 13 songs... (click title for full list)
- ...There are 17 anime...
- (click title for full list)
- Action
- Character Profile
- Comedy
- Dance
- Drama
- Fun
- Parody
- Romance
- Sentimental
- Serious
- Indirect
- Local
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Phobia (2008-10-24)[hits: 10483][opinions: 13]
- Blue October X Amount of Words
- Paranoia Agent
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Horror
- Serious
- Indirect
- Local
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Hold On (2008-09-20)[hits: 9033][opinions: 6]
- The sounds Seven Days A Week
- 5 Centimeters per Second (Movie)
- Place Promised in Our Early Days, The (Beyond the Clouds)
- Fun
- Other
- Romance
- Sentimental
- Indirect
- Local
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Learning To... (2008-05-20)[hits: 3562][opinions: 2]
- Switchfoot Learning To Breathe
- ...There are 11 anime...
- (click title for full list)
- Drama
- Other
- Sentimental
- Indirect
- Local
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[hits: 9523][opinions: 2]
- ...There are 23 songs... (click title for full list)
- ...There are 23 anime...
- (click title for full list)
- Action
- Character Profile
- Comedy
- Drama
- Fun
- Horror
- Instrumental
- Other
- Sentimental
- Serious
- Local
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From China to Amsterdam People Are Locking Arms and Playing an Unusually Large Game of Red Rover (2008-03-21)[hits: 2431][opinions: 1]
- m1dy Crash
- FLCL (Fooly Cooly)
- Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, The (TV)
- Action
- Comedy
- Fun
- Other
- Direct
- Local
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Incinerate (2008-02-12)[hits: 3007][opinions: 2]
- AFI Miseria Cantare - The Beginning
- Fruits Basket
- Drama
- Horror
- Serious
- Local
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Whatever Makes You Beautiful (2007-12-23)[hits: 3352][opinions: 5]
- Splender Yeah, Whatever
- Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (End of Evangelion)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Serious
- Direct
- Local
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Safe and Sound (2007-11-13)[hits: 3495][opinions: 3]
- Snow Patrol Somewhere a Clock is Ticking
- Jin-Roh
- Action
- Drama
- Romance
- Serious
- Direct
- Local
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Subsonic (2007-10-19)[hits: 4622][opinions: 5]
- Infected Mushroom Artillery
- Animatrix, The
- Action
- Other
- Direct
- Local
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[hits: 2297][opinions: 0]
- Beck Hell Yes
- Kino's Journey (The Beautiful World)
- Action
- Other
- Local
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d!gital me (2007-09-22)[hits: 11144][opinions: 9]
- Finch Ender
- Original Live Action
- Serial Experiments Lain
- Character Profile
- Horror
- Instrumental
- Serious
- Direct
- Local
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Only the Ordinary (2007-08-28)[hits: 2877][opinions: 5]
- The Pillows Hybrid Rainbow
- FLCL (Fooly Cooly)
- Drama
- Other
- Serious
- Indirect
- Local
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Washed by the Sun (2007-08-07)[hits: 3041][opinions: 6]
- Newsboys Always
- Place Promised in Our Early Days, The (Beyond the Clouds)
- Drama
- Romance
- Sentimental
- Serious
- Indirect
- Local
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Drift. (2007-06-20)[hits: 3343][opinions: 4]
- The Goo Goo Dolls Acoustic #3
- Kino's Journey (The Beautiful World)
- Drama
- Serious
- Local
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Ascend (2007-05-18)[hits: 2726][opinions: 2]
- Peter Gabriel The Drop
- Stratos 4
- Character Profile
- Sentimental
- Indirect
- Local
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Wings To Heaven (2007-05-11)[hits: 4442][opinions: 4]
- Terrence Lee Aftermath
- Haibane Renmei (Charcoal Feathers Federation)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Instrumental
- Serious
- Direct
- Local
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Say It's True (2007-04-27)[hits: 3230][opinions: 2]
- Motion City Soundtrack Attractive Today
- Love Hina - Again (OVA)
- Fun
- Romance
- Indirect
- Local
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[hits: 1641][opinions: 0]
- Crystal Method Busy Child
- Voices of a Distant Star (Hoshi No Koe)
- Action
- Fun
- Local
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[hits: 12341][opinions: 13]
- Blümchen Nur Geträumt
- ...There are 19 anime...
- (click title for full list)
- Dance
- Fun
- Local
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Online Iron Chef Round 1: CrackTheSky vs. Sub0 (2007-03-04)[hits: 1623][opinions: 0]
- Freshfabrik Drive My Hand
- FLCL (Fooly Cooly)
- Action
- Local
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Blossom (2007-02-11)[hits: 3214][opinions: 6]
- NIRGILIS Sakura
- Place Promised in Our Early Days, The (Beyond the Clouds)
- Voices of a Distant Star (Hoshi No Koe)
- Action
- Drama
- Fun
- Romance
- Sentimental
- Indirect
- Local
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Monotone (2007-01-30)[hits: 4134][opinions: 9]
- GaMeBoX Ice Cap 4 Life
- Pale Cocoon (OAV)
- Drama
- Instrumental
- Other
- Sentimental
- Indirect
- Local
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Lain's Lullaby (2007-01-02)[hits: 5047][opinions: 13]
- Toad the Wet Sprocket Silo Lullaby
- Serial Experiments Lain
- Character Profile
- Horror
- Serious
- Indirect
- Local
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Figured Out (2006-12-01)[hits: 4695][opinions: 13]
- Glen Phillips Finally Fading
- REC (TV)
- Drama
- Romance
- Sentimental
- Local
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(3) Grabbing At Angels (2006-11-23)[hits: 4191][opinions: 16]
- Boy Sets Fire High Wire Escape Artist
- RahXephon (TV)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Serious
- Local
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World Taken Apart (2006-10-25)[hits: 5033][opinions: 15]
- Jars of Clay Worlds Apart
- RahXephon (TV)
- Drama
- Sentimental
- Serious
- Local
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(2) Vice-Versa (2006-10-06)[hits: 4054][opinions: 11]
- Matchbook Romance My Mannequin Can Dance
- RahXephon (TV)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Serious
- Local
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(1) Amnesia in Comfort (2006-09-15)[hits: 5683][opinions: 13]
- Toad the Wet Sprocket Amnesia
- RahXephon (TV)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Serious
- Local
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Three Sides to Every Story (Revised) (2006-08-29)[hits: 3990][opinions: 6]
- Story of the Year Razorblades
- FLCL (Fooly Cooly)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Romance
- Serious
- Local
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FLCL - One Step Closer (2004-09-23)[hits: 2028][opinions: 0]
- Linkin Park One Step Closer
- FLCL (Fooly Cooly)
- Action
- No
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FFVII - Tourniquet (2004-08-15)[hits: 1946][opinions: 0]
- Evanescence Tourniquet
- Final Fantasy 7 (VII)
- Action
- Drama
- No
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FFVII - Downfall (2004-07-22)[hits: 1893][opinions: 0]
- Trust Company Downfall
- Final Fantasy 7 (VII)
- Action
- Other
- No
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FFVII - Crawling In The Dark (2004-07-08)[hits: 1984][opinions: 1]
- Hoobastank Crawling In The Dark
- Final Fantasy 7 (VII)
- Action
- Other
- No
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FFVII - Last Year's Nest (2004-06-29)[hits: 2231][opinions: 2]
- Boy Sets Fire Last Year's Nest
- Final Fantasy 7 (VII)
- Action
- Other
- No