Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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French version: pastebin.com/aVSx5mYc

Never give up.

It is with this mindset that I am finally able to show you this project, started way too long ago, put on break time and time again until, finally, I got back into it a little more seriously end of 2024, by making progress little by little, without forcing myself too much till completion in February 2025.

Semblance represents a lot of things. First, it is the apotheosis of a series of videos of mine I like to group together: Black Impulse, White Impulse, Ignescence, Fulgurance and Luminescence. To me, it was obvious to make these universes meet, the idea came quite early, even before most of these videos got edited. It is also a tribute to RWBY trailers, the title being a direct reference and the song coming from the Yellow trailer, from which Semblance is loosely inspired by. I always respected Monty Oum’s work a lot, his feel for rhythm, choreography and overall “coolness” have obviously resonated with my style and his disappearance in 2015 had struck me to the point where I made a rather simple video at the time but well named “Keep Moving Forward”. A quote from him which is still relevant today.

It is also an affirmation of my vision. At the start, the video was meant to be more “ambitious” than the end result. It had been started with Japan Expo in mind, it is long, it is a crossover of four animes, I had considered to recreate 3D environments, edit even more crossover scenes and not be reluctant to masking for once, even if the pace had to get slower than the series of AMVs it was supposed to conclude. In the end, I preferred focusing on what seemed essential, partially to be able to finish it one day, but also because in fine, I do not want to shy away from what I deem core to AMV editing and remains this medium’s strength.

The video is far from being devoid of efforts in the visual department, but it is definitely cohesive and consistent with my way of editing and how I express the music through accurate scene selection, dynamic links and strong synchronisations. Thanks to constraints, the initial concept earns according to me a renewed interpretation, different from its initial inspiration. In that sense, it might just be in this way that this video ends up being even more ambitious and personal than if I made other choices.

In many ways, Semblance can be seen as a conclusion. For that reason, I asked Xieri to draw this incredible illustration. As she worked on the posters of some of my most important videos, I wanted to uphold this tradition. A huge thanks to her for accepting this unreasonable request, it is still a sketch for now, but it might just get finished one day as well. I also want to thank the Sora to Kasai, for always following and even pushing me despite it all, and for making me so proud. Thanks also of course to Kolaya for always supporting me and staying by my side for all these years. Finally, I would like to dedicate this AMV to my regretted friend Cross, to whom I showed the first betas, which in part motivated him to pick up his editing software one last time. I wish I could show you the final result.

This is nonetheless not the end. I am not saying that I am stopping editing AMVs, only that I am satisfied with the journey travelled and glad to pursue it. I hope you will enjoy your watch!

Infos:
Anime:
Shakugan no Shana
Black Rock Shooter
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun
Fate Series
Music: Jeff Williams - I Burn (Yellow Trailer) (feat. Casey Lee Williams)
Illustration: instagram.com/dolwen
Original:
DDl: mega.nz/file/cANwHKoK#C3AL1ma4FXpvYgFWbm8i2UE2EvaS4FTPZ0BO1BtsxcY
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