Hiroyuki Imaishi is my favourite director of anime. I tried to use all the shows where he directed some episodes or the whole series in mostly chronological order.

Anime:
0:00 - His and Her Circumstances (Kare Kano) - Episode 19 - 1999
The first episode Imaishi was in control of. Production of this anime was severely hampered by Gainax having basically no budget left at this point. His creative way of using paper cutouts caught the eye of the industry and kickstarted his carrer.
0:27 - FLCL - Episode 5 - 2001
This time with much more budget, Imaishi was animation director of what is by many considered the best episode of FLCL. His iconic fluid but abstract American cartoon inspired animation style made its first appearance.
0:49 - Dead Leaves - 2004
This is the first movie Imaishi had full control over and he went fully crazy with an adult cartoon animation style.
1:11 - Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi - Episode 3 - 2002
Imaishi was tasked directing a mecha-themed parody episode. The mecha designs from this episode served as a base for some of his later works.
1:22 - Re: Cutie Honey - Episode 1 - 2005
One of the re-boots of the very first magical girl anime, Imaishi was tasked directing episode one and as expected, delivered.
1:34 - Gurren Lagann - 2007
This is the first full series Imaishi directed and it was a worldwide success. He was inspired by older super robot anime so he made one with epic proportions himself.
1:55 - Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt - 2011
For the second full series under his direction, he made an American style adult cartoon himself. He started to experiment a lot with 3D animation here.
2:10 - Space Patrol Luluco - 2016
Imaishi eventually chose to quit his employer Gainax and start his own studio, Trigger, and pulled much of the animation staff he usually worked with along. Their first work was a short parody named Inferno Cop, the namesake character makes an appearance in the later released series Space Patrol Luluco directed by Imaishi, so I included it here, along with a very convenient pistol trigger animation.
2:23 - Kill la Kill - 2014
The first full series Imaishi directed at his own studio Trigger became another hit success. A lot of 3D animation was used again.
2:42 - Promare - 2019
This movie takes his 3D animation direction to a new level, integrating it very well with the 2D bits. Many action scenes are done in one insanely long shot.
2:53 - Star Wars: Visions - Episode 3 - 2021
Imaishi and Trigger were invited to direct and animate this short episode. Of course he had to take a lightsaber battle in space to epic proportions.
3:04 - Cyberpunk: Edgerunners - 2022
Polish game developer CD Project Red hired Trigger to produce a promotional anime series for their game Cyberpunk 2077. It ended up significantly boosting the popularity of the game and was another international hit. A bit unusual for Imaishi, this is not a whacky cartoon or show of epic proportions in space, but a rather compelling story (albeit still with plenty of violent action).

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Author: JCD
Anime: His and Her Circumstances (Kare Kano), FLCL, Dead Leaves, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, Re: Cutie Honey, Gurren Lagann, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, Space Patrol Luluco, Kill La Kill, Promare, Star Wars: Visions, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Music: Pendulum - Showdown

When I immersed myself in the world of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, a certain melody resonated within me, and it inspired me to create this video. Deliberately selecting scenes imbued with symbolism, I crafted a narrative that initially appears to revolve around David but ultimately pivots to center around Lucy, leaving room for viewers to interpret the story in their own unique way.

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Author: pic4arts
Anime: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Music: System Of A Down - Lonely Day

A lot of anime character travelling and working with us, that's my reality.

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Author: Airone
Anime: Various
Music: Owl City - Fireflies

This AMV focuses on Makima from Chainsaw man. The motivation for this AMV was how well I thought the song fit Makima's character. Originally, I wanted to make a very unique story-driven AMV with a lot of composition and masking to create custom scenes and a unique story, but overall I found it too hard to sync to the intense parts of the song so I ended up making something a bit simpler. Hopefully it still works out. The AMV starts up slow and builds up the atmosphere and tension and then all hell breaks loose.

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Author: xyik
Anime: Chainsaw Man
Music: JVNA - Play With You

This is my entry for Hanasenjou.
I'm still learning to make scene selection or flow amv and this is the first time I've used this much anime resources, i know there are still a lot of things that still…not good enough
There's a bug when i rendered this video using Alight Motion. something like a line at the bottom of video. I've set it to 1920 x 1080 but the result becomes 1088 lol

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Author: Fukushi
Anime: Tenki no ko, Kotonoha no niwa, Tamako market, Sangatsu no lion, Komi san, ef tales, Hyouka, Otonari no tenshi sama, Free, Uchiage Hanabi, My dress up darling, Nisekoi, Kimi no Shigatsu no uso, Horimiya, Sakura-sou no pet kanojo, Bokura no Nanokakan sensou, Kimi no nawa, Hibike Euphonium, Cosmos, Koe no Katachi, Bokura no Yabai yatsu, 22/7, Kyoukai no kanata, Chuunibyou, Suki na ko ga Megane, C3, Shelter, Fate grand order, Re:zero, Oshi no ko, Violet evergarden, Suzume, Kimi no koe wo Todoketai, 5 cm persecond, Lycoris recoil, Nerawareta gakuen, Plastic Memories, Charlotte, Dragon ball Z, Summer ghost, Howl Moving Castle, Eiyuu densetsu, Eiga daisuki pompo-san, Konosuba, Bokutachi wa tomodachi ga sukunai, Hinata no Aoshigure, Spirited Away, Yoru wa Mijikashi Arukeyo Otome, Sakasama no Patema, Eureka seven, Juunenbun no Watashi e, Kimi wa Kanata, Kumo no mukou Yakusoku no basho, Shinsekai yori, Line (Loundraw), Crossroad, Shiroi suna no aquatope, Colors, Inou battle, Clannad, Clannad after story, Nagi no asukara, Yume ga sameru made, Yofukashi no Uta, Kawaii dake janai Shikimori, Toradora, Zom 100, Musamune kun no revenge, Golden time, Ao haru ride, Kimi no suizo wo tabetai, Koi to Uso, Sousei no Onmyouji, Summertime render, Kamisama ni natta hi, Seishun buta yarou, Kaiju no Kodomo
Music: SABAI, Hoang - North Star Ft. Casey Cook
Awards: 6th place at Hanasenjou Contest

This is my entry for the Abunai! 2023 local AMV competition. At first I was planning to create a much more high concept edit for the competition, but due to its ballooning size not much came of it. But still I wanted to enter with something that I personally quite enjoy, so inspired by a guilty pleasure AMV of mine ( Taiho Shichau zo AMV (Cheri Cheri Lady - Modern Talking) ) I wanted to take my own spin on a "You're Under Arrest" montage and ended creating another retro anime edit.

I came to the conclusion that my previous retro AMV with Heidi could be a boring watch for the average viewer, so combined with an Italo Disco banger I've made the edit more energetic this time around. And also tried to direct more high and low points throughout the video. Either way I hope you can enjoy this AMV.

I believe this is also the first edit that I've specifically used AI and other methods for upscaling instead of just Avisynth scripting. (Which was quite needed since the original source is a 480p DVD rip)

I want to thank the following people for their time to give me tips and feedback on this iteration of the AMV...
- GoldenThunderAMV
- Froozex
- PonyDrunken
- E_01
- NukeAMV
- VHenrik007
- Makreeldraws
- MIsReal

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Author: Sonicfreak1111
Anime: Taiho Shichauzo (You're Under Arrest)
Music: Green Olives - Jive into the Night
Awards: 1st Place Abunai! 2023 AMV Competition

Author's comment: Hello everyone, I am garbage. Although the title is animation, in fact, there are not many copies in many places, and it is more hand-written. In short, although it is very general I still did it, there are still many imperfections, and I am really sorry for posting so late (no matter what I do, I am used to stepping on the crumbs), thank you very much for reminding me that you did not kill me. Say I am very grateful (hands folded), I am very happy to participate in this event, although the event will end tomorrow, but there should be more in the future, if there are friends who want to participate, you can squat later (sunshine crawling) and then this time It's my first time working with a musician. It's a fresh experience. I'm very happy to be working with Shumou. If you like this music, you can check his homepage to learn more! Humph, I fell asleep. (driven crazy by AE)

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Author: SKYE魏, 树某懒zyjOXO
Anime: Original Animation
Music: Awakend & Azuria Sky - Forever by you side

Here is a new Sans titre edition, 7 years later. More focus on 1 style (action/fun), i started this shit in 2018 with the scene selection and raw edit but i leave it like that for 1 or 2 years and than in end of 2022 i started to work again on it and boom now it's done.

Hope you'll enjoy this peace of weed.

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Author: Cmoididi
Anime: Various + me
Music: - Stray Kids - TA - Stray Kids - god's menu - Kid Cudi - Surfin'
Awards: 7th Japan Expo 2023

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Author's comment (Google Translate): TOS2020 "Is it a mistake to find true love after listening to electronic music in a comedy and unfortunately falling into a crazy dream?" No. 10 in creativity, No. 6 in vision, nominated for best fun.
The title comes from the soul torture of a primary school student.
This year I tried a super-long mixed cut, and I wanted to do things that I hadn't done or dared to do before. During the editing process, I found many problems and learned a lot (referring to collecting a lot of materials), I hope you like it!
The new year is here, I wish you all a second dimension in the new year~

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Author: 无意间
Anime: Light tone girl, The Prison Meal of the Dragon King (work), Best wishes to the world, The Intruder in the Sanping Room, World Conqueror Strategy Star, Waiting in midsummer, EVA, Your name, Demon Slayer Blade, Nisekoi, Miss Kaguya, Charlotte, p5 (Valkyrie Persona 5), Unlimited Skateboard, Alien invasion, K, Guilty Crown, Fire brigade, One Punch Man, Attack on Titan, Black Rock Shooter, Tokyo Ghoul, Double Star Onmyoji, Psionic 100%, stone door, Beyond the Realm, I want to eat your pancreas, Eternal Wings, Clannad, Son of Weather, Fireworks, Hibike Euphonium, Snow White with Red Hair
Music: She - YES OK, Stendahl - Angel, Taio Cruz - Telling the World, Kensuke Ushio - Say nothing, Chromeo - Must've Been, Celldweller - Good L_CK