It’s been quite a bit since I last picked an AMV to use as an example of why anime is such a collaborative piece of creative art.

The latest “AMV of the Day” splices together just the right scenes from three anime. There’s the classic Mamoru Hosada scifi/slice-of-life anime film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. Then there’s the more recent and well-received 5 Centimeters Per Second by Makoto Shinkai. Lastly, there’s the Tatsuyuki Nagai directed series Ano Hana.

Binding all three together is the song “Clarity” (also happens to be the title of the video) by the group Zed.

It’s a video that focuses on the three anime’s and it’s use of heightened reality as a storytelling tool. In the end, I also happen to just love the work done by caramelloxify on this video.

Anime: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, 5 Centimeters Per Second, Ano Hana

Song: “Clarity” (feat. Foxes) by Zed

Creator: caramelloxify

Past AMVs of the Day

• Skyfall (Cowboy Bebop, Fate/Zero)
• Chained (Princess Tutu)
• Breaking (Various)
• Another Fanny Service Video (Kemeko DX)
• Cosplay Bargain Bin (various)
• Can Can Pantsu (various)
• Warriors (Various)
• Sweet Dreams (Various)
• Carnivore (Tokyo Ghoul)
• Sweet Dreams (Another)
• Ship Happens (various)
• Evangelion 2.22 [Lights]
• Snowball Genocide (various)
• Iwatobi Weather Service (Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club and Attack On Titan)
• Otaku Paradise (various)
• The Breath of Spring (Bakemonogatari)
• Spiral Ascension (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
• Strangers Like Us (Gargantia on the Verdorous Planet)
• The Gore Never Bothered Me Anyway (Elfen Lied)
• Valor (Kill la Kill)
• Time Falls Away (Tokyo Magnitude 8.0)
• Don’t Stop (Nichijou)
• Left Us Falling (Clannad and Clannad: After Story)
• Devil’s Game 2.0 (Puella Magi Madoka Magica Series and Films)
• Animegraphy 2013 (Various)
• See Who I Am (Various)
• Demons of the Past (Black Lagoon: Roberta’s Blood Trail)
• Ride or Die (Redline)
• Yurei (Another, Dusk Maiden of Amnesia, Mirai Nikki)
• Bloody Ayase (Oreimo)
• The End of My World (Clannad/Clannad: After Story)
• Life Is Fantastic (Nichijou)
• Event (Nichijou)
• Star x Crossed (Romeo x Juliet)
• Protectors of the Earth (Shingeki no Kyojin)
• Let Them Eat Rei (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
• Sorry for being Hercule, Sincerely Mr. Satan (Dragonball Z)
• Fidelity (Wolf Children Ame and Yuki)
• Nothing to Lose (One Piece)
• Affective Schoolgirls (Nichijou)
• RadioAkshun (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
• Danger Zone (Macross Plus)
• Maid to Kill (Black Lagoon)
• A Thousand Years (Clannad/Toradora!)
• Careful What You Wish (Black Lagoon)
• Ash vs Gary (Pokemon)
• Just Can’t Get Enough (Bakemonogatari)
• Our Miracle (Sword Art Online)
• Dead End (Mirai Nikki)
• Am I Not Human? (Another)
• Moves Like Jagger (NSFW)
• Mayoi Calling Araragi (Bakemonogatari)
• Troll of Hearts (The World God Only Knows)
• 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 (Macross Frontier)
• A Thousand Miles (Todaradora!)
• Toradora Fireflies
• Spinning Infinity
• Have You Got It In You?
• Azumanga Daioh Portal