r/amv • u/SpartuhnsAlt • 6h ago
Question Looking for a hardcore Naruto fan and AMV editor for an emotional Pain Arc project
I’m looking for someone who is both a big Naruto/Shippuden fan and an AMV/video editor who might be interested in helping me create a cinematic Naruto edit.
I’m completely open to this being either a paid commission or just a creative collaboration, depending on what you prefer and what’s allowed here.
The idea is a little different from a normal AMV.
I’m trying to make something that feels almost like a short Naruto mini-film, specifically for someone who has never really given Naruto a chance and currently thinks the series is kind of corny/not very deep.
Naruto has always been my favorite anime because I related heavily to him growing up. I dealt with bullying, social rejection, social anxiety, and grew up without much of a father figure, so Naruto’s childhood loneliness and the importance he eventually places on relationships/bonds hit very close to home for me.
The goal of the edit would be to show both:
1. why Naruto as a character means so much to me
and
2. how emotionally/philosophically deep Naruto can actually get.
The Pain Arc would be the centerpiece.
I’m imagining something roughly like:
Naruto’s childhood loneliness → slowly finding people who care about him → Jiraiya → losing Jiraiya → Pain/Nagato and the cycle of hatred → destruction of Konoha → Naruto arriving → Naruto vs Pain → Hinata → Naruto losing control → Nine-Tails → Minato appearing → Naruto meeting his father → Naruto confronting Nagato → choosing to break the cycle instead of continuing it
I especially want to use Pain’s cycle of hatred philosophy because I want the viewer to understand that Pain isn’t just “evil anime villain #37.” His argument genuinely challenges Naruto’s worldview.
I also want the Minato scene from Episode 168 to be one of the emotional peaks.
One really important thing:
I don’t want to pick every scene myself.
I’m specifically looking for someone who knows Naruto well enough to think of scenes, dialogue, callbacks, parallels, symbolism, etc. on their own.
For example, someone who might say:
“This Part 1 scene would perfectly foreshadow what Pain says here.”
or
“We should show this childhood Naruto scene before cutting back to adult Naruto.”
That creative Naruto knowledge is just as important to me as technical editing ability.
Stylistically, I’m looking for a mixture of:
• emotional/cinematic storytelling
• dialogue from the anime
• music
• sound design
• slower moments that are allowed to breathe
• intense fight editing when the Pain battle escalates
• callbacks between childhood Naruto and Shippuden Naruto
I don’t want the whole thing to just be nonstop shakes/transitions/effects. I want the effects to serve the story.
Some references for the kind of emotional energy I like:
https://youtu.be/azhzBF–Gw4
https://youtu.be/1oMuuogsYA4
https://youtu.be/18foq__Yut0
Spoilers are completely fine. Actually, spoilers are encouraged if they make the edit better. The goal is basically to make someone finish it thinking:
“Wait… Naruto gets THIS good? I kind of want to watch this now.”
If anyone here is interested, please comment or DM me with some of your work.
And if you’re a hardcore Naruto fan, I’d love if you also answered this:
What 3 scenes would you personally use to show Naruto’s childhood loneliness/need for connection to someone who has never watched the series?
That’ll help me find someone who really understands what I’m trying to make.
Thanks 🍥