We discovered some really fun things on YouTube.com over the weekend. It seems Brainclaw is not immune from the growing craze of homemade AMV, or Anime Music Videos.

Several people have taken the Brainclaw cover of “Mad World” (originally written and performed by Tears For Fears) and created cool AMVs using anime snippets from Elfen Lied and Naruto, among others.

Being big anime fans ourselves, we were psyched to see that the Brainclaw Virus has begun to penetrate the anime culture as well. This is an extremely interesting creative amalgamation that is ripe with possibility and we wholly endorse it! There has been some controversy over copyright issues when AMVs of some ‘big music groups’ get distributed on the web, but we see it as a cool way to gain even more exposure for The ‘Claw.

Feel free to hop on over to YouTube.com and check out the newest Brainclaw AMVs. There has always been talk here in the BC Enclave of producing a Brainclaw video using animation, and these AMVs have rejuvinated our interest in making one happen. We’re currently talking with two different animators regarding creation of animated music videos for songs from the Dead Monsters CD, so stay tuned for more details…

Big thanks go out to the crazy, creative people involved in this new type of guerrilla animation creation.