I would say that the AMV producer who has shown up on this “AMV of the Day” feature the most has to be tehninjarox. His videos rarely turn out to be misses and even the ones I don’t gush over still end up being very well done. It’s no surprise that one of his latest videos was chosen to be the latest AMV profiled.

“Troll of Hearts” is one of his latest and it manages tomake use of Rick Astley’s now classic and over-memed song, “Never Gonna Give You Up”, with the harem anime series The World God Only Knows. This video manages to make the anime series’ main lead, Keima Katsuragi, come off much more committed and romantic than the series really lets on. For those saying I just spoiled the anime shouldn’t worry. The World God Only Knows is less about drama and emotional growth and more the comedic side of a young man so obsessed with dating sims game that he’s forced by Hell to use those same gaming skills to try and romance real “3D girls” instead of 2D virtual ones he seems to prefer.

I know that the Rick Astley song has become the butt of many a joke and parody video. This AMV doesn’t change yet the lyrics fit in well with how tehninjarox (aka Shin) edited the scenes from the series. If there was one thing which keeps me from making this latest AMV pick as one of my all-time favorites it would be the length of the video itself which is under 2 minutes and doesn’t make use of the song’s total running time. It’s a little nitpick really since the AMV was something done for an AMV contest that didn’t require he use the whole song. The fact that he was able to place 1st even with a truncated video just goes to show the impact the video had with those judging.

Anime: The World God Only Knows

Song: “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley

Creator: tehninjarox

Past AMVs of the Day

• Written in the Spirals (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
• The Way You Are
• Means to an Endgame (Code Geass)
• Azumanga Daioh 1985
• Safety Dance (Nichijou)
• Cherry – Chronicles of PHOTOpanic
• Remember My Name
• Futuristic Lover (Bakemonogatari)
• Sexy and I Know It
• Everytime We Touch (Toradora!)
• War (Valkyria Chronicles)
• Hold On To That Feeling
• Disco Heaven
• Hands Up! (Dragonball/Z)
• A Little Late
• Sexy
• I Heart Tsundere
• The New Era (One Piece)
• Fairytale of Lies
• Calling
• Alchanum
• This Is War (One Piece)
• Move Along (One Piece)
• Party Rock (One Piece)
• Remember the Name (One Piece)
• Imagica
• Maya and Company
• Who’s That Chick?
• Just The Way You Are
• My First Kiss
• Death Romance
• Furor (Oreimo)
• Highschool of the Dead Game
• Kobato – Ring A Bell
• Devil’s Game
• Mahou Shoujo Requiem
• A Prelude to Dreams
• A Thousand Miles (Macross Frontier)
• Instinct
• Hold Me Now (Princess Tutu)
• The Beautiful People of Black Lagoon
• SugardanSen & Attack of the Otaku
• Fairy Tail Teenage Dream
• Repeat (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
• Toradora! Rough Love (Grow A Pear)
• Black Lagoon…To Be Loved
• This Is War (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Danse De Raven
• Azumanga Daioh – Little Girls
• Something Fishy
• And Now, A Word From Our Sponsors
• Against All Odds
• A Thousand Miles (Todaradora!)
• Toradora Fireflies
• Spinning Infinity
• Have You Got It In You?
• Azumanga Daioh Portal