One of the things that convinced me to play the entire game through was the initial introduction video to Act 1 (hospital scene). The prologue impressed me, it was done better than I was expecting, but that first video really made me sit up and take notice, and realise that this was a highly polished game rather than something relying on gimmicks to get readers to download it.
Since then, I played through Emi's, Shizune's and Lilly's paths (in that order), and obviously watched the intro-videos for them. Emi's video seemed to be a bit of a short story in itself, and was enjoyable but nothing special. Shizune's was good, and showed well the relatinoship between the three main characters, before Misha starting to feel like a third wheel. Lilly's showed how a blind girl see's life, but ultimmately was the weakest IMHO. I've since YouTubed Rin's, and it shows her weirdness well, but aside from that isn't too great IMHO.
However... Hanako's video blew me away completely
The dark shadowey figures at the start show her shadowy history and parents and how dark or painful it is to her. The scene in her room perfectly shows how scared and introverted she is, the scene where the camera rotates while people go past is excellently done, and the music for the first half of the video shows panic wonderfully. Even down to the scene in the library showing wonderfully in a more obvious way how she's timid. While the other videos give a little peek into what is to come, and how the story will turn out, Hanakos perfectly shows her personality.Yet again, Katawa Shoujo shocks me with it's professionalism and high quality.
