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NicoNicoDouga 101 up on NicoNicoDouga!

To all of you who missed my NicoNicoDouga presentation at Anime Expo this year, looks like a kind Nico user has uploaded it for you!

Part 1

(Part 2 and 3 after the jump!)
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K-ON! Season 2!

K-ON! season 2 has been announced!!! My friend sent me an email saying “Check the K-ON! official site!!!” And there it is. Season 2 is confirmed!

This is fantastic. K-ON! was pretty much the highlight of 2009. Although second seasons are fairly rare for any Japanese story based television show in general, Kyoto Animation has done second seasons before, so it’s not all that unexpected. But not exactly expected either!

I’m super happy. NicoNicoDouga is abuzz as well:

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Love Mouse

This is a brilliant independent anime by Shinsaku Hidaka. It is about a mouse who falls in love with a particular roll of cheese.

In addition to just being a freaking brilliant story, the fact that the speech is machine translated and voiced in English makes me want to jump with joy. I wish I talked like that. “Pasture? I don’t eat these kinds, of things. My stomach accepts only the cheese.”

It may be a little long at nearly 14 minutes, but very much worth the watch.

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Flying Underwear

【ニコニコ動画】そらのおとしものED２ (YouTube)

Yes. Flying underwear. This is the ending to the second episode of そらのおとしもの (Sora no Otoshimono), a crazy wish-fulfillment anime (Ep 1, Ep 2, Ep 3, Ep 4, Ep 5, Ep 6 on SayMove). The song is called 岬めぐり (Misaki Meguri), a hit from 1974, covered by one of the voice actresses, I’d imagine.

While the flying panties do have an reason in the show, really, there’s no excuse for this. And that’s why it is just so amazing.

There’s now a 初音ミク cover of the song. And a guy on NicoDou who constructed his own flying panties in response to this ending.

Oh Japan.

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Haruhi Withdrawl

(Warning: Complete and total Kyoto Animation otakuness achieved in this article. Oh, and yes, I did go to Japan and come back already, but let me tell you now, the bloggy goodness of the trip was severely restricted by family business. ><; ごめんなさい。)

I have been watching the 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱 (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu) rebroadcast for months now. I did watch from the beginning, but I was a little late jumping into it, but needless to say… months. Oh yes, there were the hard times, such as the whole エンドレスエイト (“Endless Eight”) thing (which took 8 weeks to finish). I thought it was fantastic art, if not entertainment, and will go down in history. And there were the good times, such as reliving all the old episodes and the making of the Mikuru video (especially the talking cat).

And now, they have announced 涼宮ハルヒの消失 (Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu), oft translated as The Vanishment of Haruhi Suzumiya (yes, it is a real word). Which will be a movie released Spring of 2010:

(YouTube link)

A movie? Dang, I had a hard enough time getting a hold of the らき☆すた (“Lucky Star”) OVA, which I just saw recently. I’m the kind of guy who likes finding the raw videos put up shortly after broadcast on SayMove (a ghetto, piratey NicoDou).

However, after seeing the らき☆すた OVA, I realized my annoyance with the series, which was way too long for something without a story, had faded over the months and I truly enjoyed the little revisit. Especially 初音ミク (Hatsune Miku) type かがみ.

So, really, spring isn’t that far away. The けいおん！(“K-ON!”) OVA will be here in January, and then it will be Spring before I know it. Who knows, maybe I can save up enough to go see it on opening day. Time to start planning my trip now.

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The Best Tsuri Ever

AV 　けいおん！平沢唯似
(Note: You must have a ニコニコ動画 account to see the above video.
There is a class of video called 釣り (tsuri) where you are brought to the video expecting one thing and getting another. Normally, it is some sort of video promising erotic wonders, and then invariably ending in 兄貴 porn or Ronald McDonald insanity.