Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
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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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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![[Luciole&MDL] Ardent Sky VII ~ The End
Here it is!! This is the LAST Ardent Sky, thanks for having watched those 7 amvs o/ I hope youll like it!
Infos:
Music : Melody Fall - Remember the name // Anime : in outro
DDl link: http://sora-to-kasai.forums-actifs.com/t3325-luciolemdl-ardent-vii-the-end
Sub to our team!! http://youtube.com/user/SoratoKasaiAMV [Luciole&MDL] Ardent Sky VII ~ The End](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-wrLLFlK24s/mqdefault.jpg)
![[MagicDarkLight] Moonshines Sacred
Sound is dead, please download.
https://mega.nz/#!BJEn1J4B!VJJielQ6VozMSTNzP5sgALrMuP84MaGqZzyFzqfSq-s
My vid for Online Contest 2016, its been a while since Ive made a solo so Im glad to release that! The association is pretty obvious but I wanted to give a bit more freshness by mixing two remix, I think it sounds cool. I tweaked the story of the anime a little bit here and there but you shouldnt focus too much on that imo, I just wanted to convey somewhat of a funky oldish school mafia atmosphere.
I hope youll enjoy!
Infos:
Anime: 91Days
Music: Marky Style - Bang Bang
David Guetto - Shot me Down
DDl: https://mega.nz/#!BJEn1J4B!VJJielQ6VozMSTNzP5sgALrMuP84MaGqZzyFzqfSq-s
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http://sora-to-kasai.forums-actifs.com [MagicDarkLight] Moonshines Sacred](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0Z03zWDC4Vc/mqdefault.jpg)
![[Luciole&MDL] Ardent Sky 3
Hey!!! This is our new collab, made in 48h, its awesome, I know youll like it! Its a bit new, the two firsts were only opening, but now we have handle this without it so its even more epic. Thanks to Luciole (LucioleAMV) for this!
And sub to him if its not already done!! http://youtube.com/user/LucioleAMV
Music: Story of the year - The dream is over
Tracks:
1] Luciole - TTGL
2] MDL - Hunter x Hunter
3] Luciole - Death Note
4] MDL - HOTD
5] Luciole - Naruto Shippuden
6] MDL - Bleach
7] Luciole - Dragon Ball Z
8] MDL - Fairy Tail
9] Luciole - One Piece
10] MDL - FMA Brotherhood
Outro - MDL
DDL: http://www.sendspace.com/file/vcj5iv
Thanks for watching! [Luciole&MDL] Ardent Sky 3](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1pnemJAeJ7k/mqdefault.jpg)
![[ENG] AMV Live Commentary
Hello!
- This stream is an attempt at live commenting AMVs I asked people to suggest to me on my Twitter. I chose 5 videos so that it doesnt last too much but if its cool, I might do it again another time.
- Some videos, I already know, some I dont but anyways I will watch them once fully without saying anything then Ill go ahead and detail my thoughts
- My comments will derive from both my experience and the community I am from, the points I will be focusing on might not be as important as I make it sound for other communities. However, I am pretty confident most of the general advice Ill give will always be good to take into account from a general editing point of view, regardless of how useful they will be depending on the competitions you enter
- That being said, my thoughts are not AMV Frances thoughts
- If I think we have time, I can take requests from chat
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/MagicDarkLight [ENG] AMV Live Commentary](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3HaA162a9Yo/mqdefault.jpg)
![[Sephi&MDL] Code EVE
Hey guys, I am back with a chill collab with Sephi. I always wanted to edit something for this song, it felt a bit like the one I edited for one of my previous collab so we went with a similar concept: one mecha anime each.I dont have much else to say so Ill let you enjoy!
Sub to Sephi !! https://www.youtube.com/user/SefiCFS
Infos:
Anime:
Code Geass & Evangelion
Music:
Zedd ft Bahari - Addicted to a Memory
DDl:
https://mega.nz/file/wBUTUQgS#oTer3HCIlQOH43EnndicXgQ5it0dK49azN7mFf6TF-4
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http://sora-to-kasai.forums-actifs.com [Sephi&MDL] Code EVE](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3XyePOX7YsQ/mqdefault.jpg)
![[Zuuki&MDL] Unlit Energy
Download link, anime and music below!
SUB TO ZUUKI: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg-zf1E6RwLqGxOE2i2xmHQ
Darkness took control.
I hope you enjoy, I had to collab with my former novice since loooong ago because I accepted once when he was still too young (like 2012-2013) and got demotivated right away. In 2019 of course, the situation changed a lot and so you finally have it! Im really happy with the result, I think we had a good alchemy together, we adapted to each other!
Ok description is long enough, oh btw this is for the IC Crows DuoSide, results are not out yet !
Infos:
Anime: Kyoukai no Kanata, Fate/series
Music:
Unknown Brain x Rival - Control (feat. Jex) [Release by NCS]
https://youtu.be/bLZHcnuqscU
DDl: https://mega.nz/#!BBpXRABS!Go_RNMNzrwYanw6_uRRXgyGyp55VkWEMnzsJveEela8
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http://sora-to-kasai.forums-actifs.com [Zuuki&MDL] Unlit Energy](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3nMaFDokOgE/mqdefault.jpg)
![Keep Moving Forward [Tribute to Monty Oum]
When I learnt about the death of Monty Oum, it touched me. I am usually not very sensitive about things like that, but this man was so talented I still cant understand how he could die. This just isnt right.
His family asked people to make something creative in lieu of flowers. And so I did an AMV.
But its been a while since I wanted to make a RWBY video and maybe to show it to him. Ive never thought it would be under such circumstances. This is far from being a mentionable work, even amongst mine but I wanted to keep it simple. Someday I will definitely make something really interesting, either with RWBY itself or one of the song from the show.
I chose Mirror Mirror, simply because the White Trailer was the one that really made me go all hype and crazy about RWBY. This is one of my favourite song, yes it sounds sad, but I didnt want to give a sad meaning to it today, the final scene where everybody falls from the sky is the true answer to the question. Watch the mirror and try being a better person and more creative.
This took me a long time, I feel a bit late but it wasnt that easy to make this video. I was conflicted between feelings that it wasnt good enough and will to keep it simple. I wish it was better and made quicker, as he was a very meticulous man who loved efficiency. But Ill work hard.
The fanart at the end of the video was made by a friend of mine. You can see her work there: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dolwen/220756704728149?fref=ts
Monty left but his works will always remain. Not only that but he was also a great personality and left us with wise words, heres just a quote that I really like from him.
I believe that the human spirit is indomitable. If you endeavor to achieve, it will happen given enough resolve. It may not be immediate, and often your greater dreams is something you will not achieve within your own lifetime. The effort you put forth to anything transcends yourself, for there is no futility even in death.
Another one is simply the title of this video. Ill keep moving forward Monty. We all will. Rest in peace.
- MagicDarkLight
Download: https://mega.co.nz/#!FN9nBCDS!23HP2rre-vcgp9xkgUANs7_yNiNxcqVQF9in2osI1b8 Keep Moving Forward [Tribute to Monty Oum]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4lkc4TCTrY0/mqdefault.jpg)
![[Phoenix ]Balls of steel
An mep Amv made in 48H for the old Fatal team (which has made fusion with Chaos Team to create Eden Team)
Musics: Alicia Keys - Another way to die
Rinocerose - Bitch
Starlight
Animes: Soul Eater, Rosario + Vampire, Canaan, ..., Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann, Air Gear, various, Basquash
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T8FERAJW
Enjoy! [Phoenix ]Balls of steel](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5M6ca_dR0I4/mqdefault.jpg)
![[MagicDarkLight] The Eclipse
Hello! We entered Crows IC: Expedition with @LucioleAMV as Sora to Kasai!
Go check his video: https://youtu.be/z3n81f5f0PE?si=p99TLgFmnVqXVEfs
Its been a while since the last actual competition we entered but he convinced me to join one more as we met to enjoy holidays with the team. At the beginning I wasnt too sure but when it started I was quite inspired, I havent even listened to the whole song pack. Kolaya already made me discover this awesome song and the Orihime episode is one of the most memorable experience Ive had with shonen anime in a while, so the association felt obvious. Its also my first Bleach solo, I made a lot of Bleach parts but never a full AMV, which felt wrong for a long time. On top of it, while its of course already present in Bleach, I really like the eclipse symbolism as its ultimately a meeting of Darkness and Light among other things and having seen the real one in August also was a nice coincidence.
The Eclipse is a zone you can travel to with ship in Kingdom Hearts 3.
I hope you enjoy!
Infos:
Anime: Bleach
Music: Paon - Métamorphose
DDl: https://mega.nz/file/hV9QBbzA#gLq5-Zli7gewXBviAbeiwK0-IjH7ZfUkuFCS9I1K3XI
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http://sora-to-kasai.forums-actifs.com [MagicDarkLight] The Eclipse](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7em84birZ4w/mqdefault.jpg)
![[MDL&KXS] Overdrive
Hello Youtube!!
This is our entry for Akross Con 2014, I planned to enter as solo but in the end I didnt have time. Then Kain suggested that we make a collab and here we are! Im really happy with the result even though we both made our parts in a short amount of time.
Anyways, enjoy!
Infos:
Animes: Aldnoah Zero, Valvrave the Liberator
Music: K Á R Y Y N - Beyond the Bounds (Eshericks Remix)
Ddl: https://mega.co.nz/#!JQ0SwSqB!B8i2KeLns6W71nAVj5wy0j3WYGku1u977fivIfBT08k
SUB TO KXS!! http://youtube.com/user/kainxspirits
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http://amv-france.com/forum [MDL&KXS] Overdrive](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7w1veKKndts/mqdefault.jpg)
![[Darthice&MDL] Live Anew
So yeah here it is, our collab for Nero Team IC, I bet you wont be able to tell who did what :D At first I was in horror category but something went wrong and so I had to switch but its not a problem, I think we did a great job, I always thought that SAO was a hard anime to edit with but Im glad I actually managed to be really at ease with it. Now, enjoy!
Infos:
Anime: Sword Art Online
Music: Fighting Kind - Beginning Again
DDl: https://mega.co.nz/#!ew4j0QrR!aCOArBL1UIsZgnL46FXagjWYBYAAfjfRYLBU3frtPV4
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Sub to this belgian guy!!! http://youtube.com/user/Darthice15
http://sora-to-kasai.forums-actifs.com [Darthice&MDL] Live Anew](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8zytehlzR8w/mqdefault.jpg)