Training is Tough
Written by Jeshii on 2009.07.22 – 04:05 -I am unable to ignore this ネタ (neta) anymore. Basically, you take the ending to an anime called ファイト一発!充電ちゃん!! (Faito ippatsu! Juuden-chan!!) about girls who are like electrical equipment (yeah, I know)…
…then you take your favorite character from anything (東方, Vocaloid, IdolM@ster) and strip her down to her underwear and make her run on a treadmill…
【ニコニコ動画】【ネタ☆MAD3rd】ミク＆春香＆霊夢がトレーニング
…AND THEN you just move into the realm of the absurd…
Go check out ○○がトレーニング if you like what you see.
UPDATE: They just keep coming, so I’ll just keep putting the good ones after the jump.
Tags: 8bit, anime, チルノ, ○○がトレーニング, Charger Girl, Cirno, eva, excitebike, 霊夢, Faito ippatsu! Juden-chan!!, girls, Hatsune Miku, Idol Master, Idolm@ster, Idolmaster, Ju-den Chan, Matsuoka Shuzo, miku, nicovideo, nintendo, rei, Reimu, touhou, training, underwear, vocaloid, 春香
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What kind of Japanese Music do you like?
Written by Jeshii on 2009.07.06 – 05:39 -
【海外オタク】ロスのアニメエキスポで邦楽について聞いてみた (Also on YouTube)
I went to Anime Expo on last Friday and made a little video where I asked people (mostly people dressed as けいおん！ ! (K-ON!) or VOCALOID characters…) what their favorite 邦楽 (hougaku) is. The answers may surprise you.
Tags: anime expo, ax, ax2009, あずにゃん, けいおん！, ゲッダン, Evangelion, Get down, Hatsune Miku, K-ON!, promise, rei, 初音ミク
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Don’t Say “Indy”
Written by Jeshii on 2009.06.15 – 23:20 -
【ニコニコ動画】【けいおん！】軽音部が踊るインド音源版「Don't say “Indy”」【MMD】
Continuing my obsession with けいおん！ (keion! aka “K-ON!”), here are the characters dancing to Tunak mixed with Don’t say “lazy.”
Tags: けいおん！, Daler Mehndi, Don't say "lazy", K-ON!, Tunak, Tunak Tunak Tun
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K-ON and ON
Written by Jeshii on 2009.05.29 – 23:35 -I’m currently watching けいおん！(Keion!), which is the new アニメ (anime) from 京都アニメーション (Kyoto Animeishon). It’s about the girls of the 桜高軽音部 (Sakura-kou Keion-bu) who essentially start a band. The music is pretty awesome, especially the ending song, Don’t say “lazy.” Needless to say, since it is 京アニ, it is automatically all over the NicoDous:
【ニコニコ動画】そおらん！
The ending song mixed with ソーラン節 (Souran-bushi)!
【ニコニコ動画】ＵＮ ＴＡＮＥ【けいおん！×ＲＥＤ ＺＯＮＥ】（インタレ解除）
Of course the obligatory RED ZONE remix. XD
【ニコニコ動画】けいとら！【けいおん！MAD】
Opening theme with cute 軽トラック instead of high school girls! I’d watch this show!
【ニコニコ動画】平沢唯のパーフェクトにーといくせい教室【けいおん！】
Cirno’s Perfect Math Class remix too, of course.
【ニコニコ動画】けいおん！澪メイド 萌え萌えキュン♥で【てってってー】
…and endless gushing over the 萌え (moe) characters in the show.
Episode 9 just aired and introduced a new member of the club. Here you can get caught up in 36 seconds:
【ニコニコ動画】【ＭＡＤ】３６秒で分かる「けいおん！ 第９話」キャニオン
The new girl is called あずにゃん (Azunyan) and the NicoDou is alive with にゃんs!
【ニコニコ動画】【けいおん！】あずにゃんでにゃあにゃあにゃあ【てってってー】
【ニコニコ動画】【けいおん！】あずにゃんできゅきゅにゃー【３倍萌え萌え❤】
Anyway, I’m enjoying this show. If you want to try and watch it on the nets, give this link a try: http://youtubetvdoramadouga.blog111.fc2.com/blog-entry-1708.html
Tags: azunyan, azusa, あずにゃん, けいおん！, みお, むぎ, ゆい, りつ, 紬, 萌え, 萌え萌えきゅん, 軽音部, K-ON!, keion, keionbu, mio, moe, mugi, ritsu, sakurakou, tsumugi, yui, 唯, 律, 桜高, 梓, 澪
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Where am I? Who am I?
Written by Jeshii on 2009.04.20 – 23:00 -On the off chance everything made too much sense today…
Tags: かがみ, きゅっきゅっきゅっニャー, らき☆すた, ウマウマ, ｳｯｰｳｯｰｳﾏｳﾏ(ﾟ∀ﾟ), kagami, Kyu Kyu Kyu Nya, Luck star, meaningless, Numa Numa, recorder, Uma Uma, 意味不明
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Reflections Upon Watching Anime For The First Time In Five Years
Written by Jeshii on 2009.04.08 – 23:47 -
【ニコニコ動画】ハルヒ「！？」
It was a long week. I sat down and I squeezed all 14 episodes of 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱 (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu) in to my life, mainly on lunch breaks and when the baby and wife were at Grandma’s house. It was tough, but as a self-proclaimed ニコ厨 (NicoChuu), it seemed that watching this アニメ (anime) would help me to better understand all the references and characters in the series that constantly show up on NicoDou.
The basics of the show I’m sure are widely known and not really worth mentioning. I watched it in broadcast order (“Kyon Order”) and thoroughly enjoyed the series. I think みくる (Mikuru) is a manifestation of 80-90′s cyberpunk future アニメ characters. ナガト (Nagato) is pretty much レイ (Rei) from Evangelion. I could totally relate to Kyon, but what red-blooded man wouldn’t? I laughed, I cried, and a good time was had by all.
Then I thought about it. It has really be 5 whole years since I saw any アニメ at all. Well, stray 宮崎 (Miyazaki) films aside. Oh, and starring in that one. But really, I used to watch tons of it in high school and college. Once I moved to Japan, I watched Initial D because I lived in 群馬 (Gunma). But soon enough, I stopped watching it all together. Why would I stop watching アニメ once getting to Japan?! Seems counter-intuitive.
But really, it makes perfect sense. My group of friends changed. I had friends in the states who enjoyed アニメ, and after watching something, I had people I could talk to about it. When I moved to Japan, my friends were more interested in sports and cars and music and alcohol… It wasn’t really your アニメ watching crowd. So even if I did watch something, no one could relate.
Now that I’m back in America, I have started reconnecting with old friends. But more than that, I’ve become a huge ニコニコ動画 (NicoNicoDouga) fan. It’s different than being an アニメ fan, since ニコニコ動画 already has people who you can talk to about the videos built in and in real time. And also, those people are the kind of people who watch アニメ.
So, I am back in the community. Next series I will be watching is らき☆すた (“Luck Star”).
Just have to keep my mouth shut about アニメ when talking to the wife! Wish me luck.
Tags: anime, おたく, アニメ, キョン, ニコニコ動画, ハルヒ, ヲタク, coming of age, community, gunma, life, NicoDou, NicoNicoDouga, otaku, reflections, wife, 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱
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Most Dramatic Timer Ever: Eva Clock
Written by Jeshii on 2009.02.27 – 10:37 -
This morning, a friend of mine showed me one of the coolest iPhone apps I’ve seen in a while. It is the Evangelion vol.2 Clock (iPhone Link, iTunes Link). Very simple in idea, but huge on execution. It essentially is a clock and an alarm that look just like the battery timer when an Eva gets disconnected. The regular time mode is cool, but the timer mode is the best URGENT countdown timer I have seen for the iPhone to date. It feels so urgent that I was like freaking out as it got to the end… for no good reason.
Anyway, $2.99 is pricey, but it really is a must have for Eva fans. It is the first (although it says vol.2, I dunno what happened to vol.1) in a series of Evangelion movie tie ins.
The other eva app puts eva stuff in a picture, which is silly and fun, but not as urgent.
They also make a katana app… but it feels racist somehow. Watch the video and tell me what you think.
Tags: anime, app, cell phones, clock, eva, Evangelion, iPhone, timer
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Evangelion Winter Conditions Plug Suit
Written by Jeshii on 2009.01.16 – 16:33 -
Okay, I don’t normally get all jazzed up about anime goods, but the second you combine anime goods from an anime I’ve actually seen with some other hobby of mine, my interest goes up instantly. It’s like a square wave.
In anycase, these Winter Conditions Plgs Suits from evastore are hot, or at least warm.
These things’ll run ya 73,500円 (yen). Large size is sold out. The eva snowboard will set you back the same amount. All made by the fine folks over at Salomon Snowboards.
I love how the model in the picture looks like a dood and not a hot, young clone of your mom.
Tags: anime, Evangelion, plug suit, rei, snow, snowboard jackets, snowboarding, snowboards, sports, winter, winter sports
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Absolute Silliness: Haruhi + Card Captor Sakura
Written by Jeshii on 2009.01.07 – 15:41 -Okay, as an ex-animeholic, I try to stay away from Anime in general. For example, a new anime came out featuring 東方Project characters, I didn’t even blink and passed it up. That’s just how hard I am.
And I have never seen ハルヒ (Haruhi). Like I said, I generally don’t watch anime.
Regardless of these facts, the above video found on ニコニコ動画 made me couple over in laughter more times than I am willing to admit. The song is the opening theme to Card Captor Sakura.
I humbly submit this mote of silliness for your perusal.
Tags: anime, ハルヒ, Card Captor Sakura, Haruhi, lol, MAD, music, nicovideo, remix, singing, song
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