AMV Hell

Season 1

2004 | 1 episodes

This is the video that started it all. We entered it into contests at three conventions, and it won prestigious awards at all three, bringing us fame and fortune... or, it at least got us cheap trophies and inkjet-printed award certificates.

Season 2

2004 | 1 episodes

We launched this online on the same day that AMV Hell premiered at its first conventions. It includes some clips that might be offensive and contains some adult language and nudity. It also contains some clips that were originally going to go in AMV Hell 1, but we moved them over here to balance out the length of the two videos. At the end of the video, there is a teaser for AMV Hell 3: The Motion Picture. This was intended as a joke.

Season 3

2005 | 1 episodes

We never had any intention of making this, but people took our joke at the end of AMV Hell 2 seriously, and began asking me when this was coming out, and how they could join. After thinking about it for a while, I thought it really might be possible to create a feature-length video if we opened it up and allowed the entire AMV community to participate, so I did just that. This was in the works for about a year, and videos come in slowly, to the point that I thought the project might be a failure. But it seems everyone was just procrastinating, and a lot of videos came in shortly before the deadline. One guy even sent in about 50 videos all at once. It ended up having participation from about 60 different editors and clocks in at a little over an hour in length.

Season 4

2005 | 1 episodes

We made this one at the same time as AMV Hell 3, as a repository for the more adult videos. I announced that there would be no rules regarding content, and nothing would be censored. That was a mistake. Canonically, this video takes place before all of the other AMV Hells. That's all I have to say about this.

Season 5

2006 | 0 episodes

This was a weekly contest-based spin off of AMV Hell in which contestants were challenged to see who could make the funniest video to a specified song. This compilation contains all of the winning videos, and a number of other notable entries.

Season 6

2007 | 0 episodes

After AMV Hell 3, I thought that would be the end of these. I didn't really want to do another project. It was a lot of hard work and stress to manage something like this. But... a lot of people were begging for more, and SSGWNBTD was also really wanting us to do another one, so I finally decided to do it, but I said this would be the last one. After the success of AMV Hell 3, tons of people were wanting to participate in this one. In fact, we received over 1,000 entries! This allowed us to be more selective with which clips we put into the project, and it still managed to be almost an hour and a half long. This is canonically the final video in the series.

Season 7

2008 | 0 episodes

After I said I was finished with AMV Hell, SSGWNBTD wasn't really ready to let it end. He wanted to do this and manage it himself, so I told him to go for it. It is essentially in the same style as AMV Hell 0. Canonically, this video takes place in an alternate universe, outside of the main AMV Hell timeline.

Season 8

2009 | 13 episodes

The reason that I wanted to quit after AMV Hell 4 wasn't because I didn't enjoy it. In fact, I loved working on these. But the stress of managing such a large project was overwhelming for me. So I came up with the idea of making a series of shorter videos, rather than a large project. Each episode of AMV Minis would be about 5 to 10 minutes long, so it was much more managable. While AMV Minis never really got the same level of notariety as AMV Hell, it still contains a ton of really great videos!

Season 9

2010 | 0 episodes

SSGWNBTD never really got too involved with AMV Minis, so while I was working on that, he decided to put together AMV Hell 5. It's another solid entry in the series.

Season 10

After a short break, AMV Minis came back for more.

Season 11

2012 | 1 episodes

Following AMV Hell 5, SSGWNBTD decided to do yet another one. Unfortunately, he had some trouble pulling this one together. It was originally intended to premiere at Otakon, but it missed the deadline and instead premiered at Anime Weekend Atlanta that year. Even then, it was rough around the edges, and a lot of the content just didn't feel up to par with what AMV Hell had been known for. Several viewers I spoke with even expressed some disappointment with it. He decided to continue working on it for a while after that initial showing, but things still never really got anywhere. I imagine he was feeling the same stress that led me to stop working on these. Finally, we decided that I would see what I could do with it, and I decided that in order to salvage this project, we would need to replace a lot of the existing content.

Season 12

2012 | 1 episodes

This is a compilation of 100 of the best clips from seasons 1 and 2 of AMV Minis. In total, more than 1500 clips had been submitted to AMV Minis, though most of them did not make it into any episodes.

Season 13

2013 | 1 episodes

After putting out the call for people to submit more videos for AMV Hell 6, a lot of great entries came in. Ultimately, about 2/3 of the original project was replaced with brand new content, and I believe this entry in the series now stands right alongside the rest in terms of quality. This is the definitive version of AMV Hell 6.

Season 14

This was a continuation of AMV Minis, but with a change in the formula. Now, every episode had a specific theme that entries would need to adhere to. Viewers could also vote for the best clip in each episode, and then all of the winning clips were compiled into the final episode.

Season 15

2014 | 1 episodes

After finishing up AMV Hell 6.66, and continuing to work on AMV Minis, I was at a point in my life where I thought I might have it in me to do one more AMV Hell. With this, AMV Hell had a decade-long run. It has been a fun ride, but I think it's finally time to put it to rest.