Uploaded November 2016 | Updated September 2026, 18 minutes ago
#72 - My first anime video in almost SEVEN YEARS! After rewatching KING OF THORN a few days ago, I just couldn't get it out of my head. It's a surprisingly good film, even with all of its flaws, and I'm a huge fan of the English dub by FUNimation.
When friends ask me about this movie, I describe it as "Sleeping Beauty meets survival horror". But the problem is that the US trailer for it is so heavily spoiler-ridden that I'm reluctant to share it with others, so I figured I'd make one that doesn't give nearly as much away. :) I'm weird.
For music, I went with one of my favorite artists of all time - Klayton (aka Celldweller) has had his music show up in trailers and commercials and whatnot for years (including in one of my RIFT videos), but I wanted to use one of his instrumentals for a change. So I opted for the killer track "Faction 5" off his END OF AN EMPIRE album (which is SO worth the listen). He used to fantastic effect in his 'trailer' for Chapter 2 (Love) of EoaE.
And strangely enough, it's BECAUSE he used this track to represent Love as an empire that I wanted to use it here - there are a lot of types of love (both healthy and unhealthy) represented in KING OF THORN.
Please be advised that I approve comments before posting them (to keep spammers off my comments), so yours might take a bit to appear. Fear not!
Like my other videos, this one is tagged as Samuraiko Productions, for those who follow my work. Enjoy!
Footage from KING OF THORN, distributed by FUNimation. Music is "Faction 5" by Celldweller, used with permission via license from FiXT. All rights reserved by their respective owners.
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#72 - My first anime video in almost SEVEN YEARS! After rewatching KING OF THORN a few days ago, I just couldn't get it out of my head. It's a surprisingly good film, even with all of its flaws, and I'm a huge fan of the English dub by FUNimation.
When friends ask me about this movie, I describe it as "Sleeping Beauty meets survival horror". But the problem is that the US trailer for it is so heavily spoiler-ridden that I'm reluctant to share it with others, so I figured I'd make one that doesn't give nearly as much away. :) I'm weird.
For music, I went with one of my favorite artists of all time - Klayton (aka Celldweller) has had his music show up in trailers and commercials and whatnot for years (including in one of my RIFT videos), but I wanted to use one of his instrumentals for a change. So I opted for the killer track "Faction 5" off his END OF AN EMPIRE album (which is SO worth the listen). He used to fantastic effect in his 'trailer' for Chapter 2 (Love) of EoaE.
And strangely enough, it's BECAUSE he used this track to represent Love as an empire that I wanted to use it here - there are a lot of types of love (both healthy and unhealthy) represented in KING OF THORN.
Please be advised that I approve comments before posting them (to keep spammers off my comments), so yours might take a bit to appear. Fear not!
Like my other videos, this one is tagged as Samuraiko Productions, for those who follow my work. Enjoy!
Footage from KING OF THORN, distributed by FUNimation. Music is "Faction 5" by Celldweller, used with permission via license from FiXT. All rights reserved by their respective owners.
funimation.com
fixtonline.com
