I usually don't go for effects-laden AMVs, but this one gets a pass with me BECAUSE it's so over-loaded with them. The problem with AMVs with lots of effects is that the creators usually don't seem to know what they're doing and they don't look very good. This one just went so far over the top that it somehow became likable again. I mean, if you're going to do it at all? Just GO ALL OUT.

And really, we all love well-timed AMVs that bring together the perfect anime and the perfect song, but if you know both of these things? There's next to no surprise about how the creator will use them. Even the really good ones. There's enough room in the internet for both theme-freaks and effects-junkies, I promise.