Weiss Kreuz Gluhen - Winter Born

I made this video back in late 2003 as a reaction to the fandom-wide dismissal of the two newest members of Weiss in Gluhen, Kyou Aguri and Sena Izumi. I was disappointed that so few people even remembered Kyou, and wanted to create more sympathy for him at the time. Sena was a natural match, and between the two of them I managed to squeeze enough footage out of the series to finish this vid.

I used another song by the Cruxshadows again, this time the Club-Radio Edit of "Winter Born (This Sacrifice)". The lyrics fit nearly perfectly, and music provided an excellent beat for a action-driven video.

This is the recently remastered version of the AMV with much-improved audio and video. The video differs significantly in a couple of places; I'd replaced that footage originally when I was creating the version I submitted to the Yaoi-Con 2004 AMV Contest, and have since then decided I like the video better that way.

This video contains spoilers for Weiss Kreuz Gluhen.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Weiss
• Kreuz
• Gluhen
• AMV
• Kyou
• Sena
• Aya
• Cruxshadows

[cyclone5000]

i luv your vid!

where did you get the clips though?

[productionswtf]

I captured the footage from my dvds and edited it myself in Adobe Premiere 6.5 for the Mac. I don't use "clips" or others' edited footage from other AMVs, and the quality from starting with dvds is far better than using fansubs or raws.

[TamRiver]

I'm not going to say a thing about pairings, because I am so sick of Weiss being overloaded with that crap and I honestly don't think this vid was about any of that nonsense. This is a very good video and a very good tribute. I personally liked them, but thought their deaths were... well, a waste of good characters. Especially Kyou, since he was offed early on it seemed. But at the same time it was good to see that the assassin life could end brutally even for people who are fighting for good.

[productionswtf]

THANK YOU very much. While I'm guilty of making pairing vids in the past, when I set out to make this vid, it was honestly to portray the underdog Weiss characters in a way that would get Gluhen dismissers to re-think them. There were no intended pairings from the start.

[Vilouroth]

I loved the character of Kyo. I think people forgot about him because Ken and Yoji appeared soon after that. I really disliked how the series paid little attention to those two characters, even with Ken saying "New members should shut up." to Sena. Sena did some good things for Weiss.

[productionswtf]

I agree, and I think you've brought up an interesting point. One other thing that comes to mind is how compared to Sena's death, Kyou's death is almost entirely off-screen. The first time I watched Gluhen (raws, so there were no subs, granted), I actually thought he committed suicide because of the similarity between the Toudou clone and his brother. (I was wrong, of course, but it doesn't speak well for how his death was handled in the series, I think.)

[kleineschnappi]

Continuing on the AMV ranting, because I spent half of my post fangirling XD

I really, really liked how the scenes played, and the balance between the characters was perfect. I'd like to highlight the end of the AMV for everyone who's seeing this video... You did it superbly. It almost brought tears to my eyes - yeah, I'm an emotional person, but the feelings... Your AMV transmited so much emotion. It's hard to come across one that moves us so.

[kleineschnappi]

This AMV is just simply great. Made of awesome. It's really emotional, the song fits perfectly, the clips are well cropped. Plus, it has Kyou! Just perfect.

I was just wondering where was the Kyou love. Sena survived long enough, but poor Kyou! I was really traumatized by his death. I had liked him so much, his story and all. Also, I was sad he god barely any interaction with Ken in the anime. In the drama their relationship was so WOW.

[loverstale1]

I love this video! It's really touching my heart

[masterbinglezee]

I love Kyo and Sena! Really I think that they were killed so that the four original members of Weiss could live on but they could still have the dramatic effect of someone dying... I hope that's not the only reason.

Because of that, sometimes I think it's understandable also that people forgot about Sena and Kyo... I never would because their characters were strong enough to get to me early on. =] I saw Gluhen before I had the internet back and I was surprised that so few people liked them.

[XxAqonyHomunculusxX]

Sena ! *squeak*

I love him <3

[hiroshiphine]

im kinda like the old knight hunters than this one..

[Schrient]

I'd never seen this one.

I really like it.

Out of all the newer characters I liked Kyou the best.

I wish he had a bigger part.

Aya and Kyou worked well together.

Great AMV!

[thezerosystem]

I cry every freakin' time I watch this dangit. and I'm probably responsible for like, half your hits just by myself. :P

[BigPuschlerX]

Good work, awesome song and the Anime seems to be pretty cool too. 5*

[Psychodahlia22]

Awesome video.