Yamatologic » けいおん！ http://yamatologic.com Post-Modern Tidbits from Japan, just for You Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:08:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 K-ON! Season 2! http://yamatologic.com/2009/12/31/k-on-season-2/ http://yamatologic.com/2009/12/31/k-on-season-2/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:07:35 +0000 Jeshii http://yamatologic.com/?p=1640 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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]]> http://yamatologic.com/2009/12/31/k-on-season-2/feed/ 1 Dreams Crushed, Dreams Realized http://yamatologic.com/2009/11/28/dreams-crushed-dreams-realized/ http://yamatologic.com/2009/11/28/dreams-crushed-dreams-realized/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:19:25 +0000 Jeshii http://yamatologic.com/?p=1548 So, I heard a rumor that the K-ON! songs were so popular that they would probably be included in this year’s 紅白 (kouhaku), the end of the year Japanese music show that has been a tradition for millions. It broadcasts outside of Japan, so check your local listings (generally on the local Japanese channel).

I was all hyped up to see K-ON! songs covered or just done by the voice actresses. But it was not to be. The line up for 紅白 was announced and I don’t see anything that indicates any K-ON! happening.

Crushed!

Then I found out that SCANDAL, who you may recognize from Japan Nite 2008 fame, the high school girl rock band in 制服, did a cover of Don’t Say Lazy:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB2VnuPLlfQ

And the voice actresses are doing a live event on December 30th in Yokohama. See the public site for more details. Here is the TV spot:

Dreams come true! While I can’t go to the Yokohama event, I will be happy to know there will probably be videos.

Why do I love K-ON! so damn much?!?!

In other news, Perfume is going to be on 紅白 again this year. I’m guessing One Room Disco will be their song, since it is the only song I ever heard from them this whole year. Last year’s performance was kind of weak, so I’m not holding my breath on this one.

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]]> http://yamatologic.com/2009/11/28/dreams-crushed-dreams-realized/feed/ 3 The Best Tsuri Ever http://yamatologic.com/2009/09/14/the-best-tsuri-ever/ http://yamatologic.com/2009/09/14/the-best-tsuri-ever/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:49:57 +0000 Jeshii http://yamatologic.com/?p=1420
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.

However, this is quite possibly the best 釣り動画 ever. It poses as K-ON! AV (AV generally meaning Adult Video) but delivers awesomeness in a totally safe for work sort of way.

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]]> http://yamatologic.com/2009/09/14/the-best-tsuri-ever/feed/ 1 What if the girls from K-ON! were Maximum the Hormone fans? http://yamatologic.com/2009/08/21/what-if-the-girls-from-k-on-were-maximum-the-hormone-fans/ http://yamatologic.com/2009/08/21/what-if-the-girls-from-k-on-were-maximum-the-hormone-fans/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:39:38 +0000 Jeshii http://yamatologic.com/?p=1400
けいおん！「私の恋はメガラバ」 (YouTube)

What if the 桜高軽音部 (Sakurakou Keionbu) were マキシマムザホルモン (Maximum the Hormone) fans? They would probably cover the 2006 hit song 恋はメガラバ (Koi ha Megarabu).

If you need some reference to the actual song to help make sense of this MMD MAD, check out the PV.

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Sorry for all the けいおん！ (K-ON!) posts recently, but too much good stuff keeps coming out of it! This parody song of the opening Kagayake!GIRLS is an anti-NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) song. It’s really harsh, saying “Work or die, please choose one or the other.” But if you just take it with a grain of salt, it is an awesome answer to the ニート万歳 (NEET banzai) feeling of a lot of NicoDou videos. Plus, the fact that it is sung by girls as if it was the girls from けいおん！, maybe this will inspire some NEETs to actually go out and get jobs…? One can only hope.

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]]> http://yamatologic.com/2009/07/30/hatarakeboys/feed/ 1 What kind of Japanese Music do you like? http://yamatologic.com/2009/07/06/what-kind-of-japanese-music-do-you-like/ http://yamatologic.com/2009/07/06/what-kind-of-japanese-music-do-you-like/#comments Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:39:32 +0000 Jeshii http://yamatologic.com/?p=1364
【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.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3E0Blvt-Ew



【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.”

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]]> http://yamatologic.com/2009/06/15/dont-say-indy/feed/ 0 Nanairo no Nico Nico Douga http://yamatologic.com/2009/06/11/nanairo-no-nico-nico-douga/ http://yamatologic.com/2009/06/11/nanairo-no-nico-nico-douga/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:30:30 +0000 Jeshii http://yamatologic.com/?p=1331

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RClZHUbvfgs



【ニコニコ動画】七色のニコニコ動画
It’s here. After a slew of imitators, the true successor to the ニコニコ流星群 is here. Yes, my friends, right now, NicoDou is celebrating the release of the next megamix. 七色のニコニコ動画 (Nanairo no NicoNicoDouga) is here.

This is my first real megamix since getting into NicoDou hardcore. I love the 流星群, since that gave me the jump start I needed to get into in the first place, but this one… It is like a summary of my last year of NicoLife. I’ve featured a number of these songs on the blog over the last year, although not all of them! Can you believe that this blog will be one whole year old in just over 2 months?! WTF.

I have a list of the songs after the jump, minus the HEROES section (the section of chaos from 9:40 to 11:10) since really you could just go to the 流星群 for those songs. If you are a experienced ニコ厨 (NicoChuu), listen to it before you check the list below. See how many you recognize! If you are new to NicoDou, this is a great way to catch up! XD

(BTW, as for the English name, I would call it Rainbow Colored NicoNicoDouga if I were in charge, but a few places seem to already be translating it as “7 Colors of Nico Nico Douga.” I hate translation. 日本語バンザイ！ Oh, and as always, if you don’t have a NicoDou account, why not?!)


#1: ブラック★ロックシューター

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyB4gLFF-Xw



Never featured Black Rock Shooter, but after going to Burning Man, I have to admit I liked this song better.

#2: Heavenly Star

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL2od1AF_Cs



I was hooked on this song for a while. The MADs for this one are AMAZING.

#3: Do-dai

www.youtube.com/watch?v=X92KotmP4Ks



I’m not a huge Idolm@ster fan, but I’ve been known to like a song here and there. This is not one of them…

#4: みwなwぎwっwてwきwたwww（篠笛禁断症状L5）

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHcI5xXx9Vs



This one is just silly. I featured a video with this song previously in my whimsical 4/20 post.

#5: Under My Skin

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsq6QgE5YHg



This is from a Lucky Star remix of Paffendorf feat. Leyla de Vaar’s Under My Skin (the Jens O. Remix). This is one of those videos you can’t avoid if you ever look for Lucky Star videos on NicoDou.

#6: ナイト・オブ・ナイツ

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPqSkzBT4QM



Night of Nights? Night of Knights? I dunno. But what I can tell you is that this song shows up everywhere. The first time I heard it was on the Softbank remix. Definitely one of the biggest songs since the last しも mix.

#7: ダンシング☆サムライ

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sONjNT4H2tI



lol, this song makes me happy every time I hear it. This is one of the most famous of the がくっぽいど (Gakuppoido) songs. がくっぽいど (or がくぽ for short) is a Vocaloid pack that sounds like Gackt.

#8: サンドキャニオン

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW6vVRF-MmA




If it surprises you that their is a Kirby song in here… well… I’m sorry. This song has been remixed to death. I mean, if you look up サンドキャニオン on YouTube, all you get are remixes. I literally cannot find the original. I chose my favorite for the YouTube above.

#9: スカイハイ

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyOYKsUEBp0


Everything I said about the Sand Canyon Kirby song above goes double for this one…

#10: ポップスター

www.youtube.com/watch?v=e097gE60RMo


…and this one…

#11: Got The Groove

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zbiLjwYSPY


This one I actually missed until fairly recently. I’m super happy it got into the remix. If you can’t read it, it says “I want to die.” Put that with flashing lights and techno music, you have a classic NicoDou hit.

#12: 亡き王女の為のセプテット

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcsWt_WRbcc


This is a 東方 (Touhou) song that doesn’t get remixed as much as say, ナイト・オブ・ナイツ, which is exactly why I really don’t know it all that well.

#13: Bad Apple!! feat.nomico

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GIMgD_gShU


I love this song. It’s basically a 東方 song with lyrics. But it’s addictive! No remix necessary.

#14: 俺ら東京さ行ぐだ

www.youtube.com/watch?v=--dl-mtFObE


This song has a very special place in my heart, so I was thrilled to hear it in the mix.

#15: RAINBOW GIRL

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBnAZ9oFtwY


I missed this song all together. Oh well, even I can’t see everything! Good song though!

#16: Starry Sky

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9MCbsdCLhI



This remix of Starry Sky, and subsequently the IKZO remix, are the very reason this blog is called Yamatologic. So I am thrilled to hear it made the cut. But how could it not!

#17: Hello Windows

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml_eZPDEEms


Hello Windows is a song made with Windows default sound files. Brilliant. I never really realized this was a NicoDou original… or maybe it isn’t. But as a Mac guy, I never even thought to feature this one. Okay, I’m only half-serious there. Although, I would be willing to bet that it spawned the meme of remixing songs with Windows sounds.

#18: 最強パレパレード

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6vaE2MJ-Aw


A song from the ハルヒ radio show? I don’t know really. Apparently, this song out otakus me.

#19: 空

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd3qzoBFURs


A very solid Idolmaster song, but again, not one that I was big on.

#20: celluloid

www.youtube.com/watch?v=StIc3YmP3xQ


A 初音ミク (Hatsune Miku) song that I missed. I admit it. A little lower tempo than I generally like.

#21: 初音ミクの消失

www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4t91rScdSc


This song is so sad. I remember the first time I heard it, I nearly cried! This was featured in my 2008 Year in Review as my second favorite Vocaloid song.

#22: ライオン

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIuJFMMuwhk


I didn’t even have to watch マクロスF to have this song in my face wherever I went on the ‘nets. Pretty typical anime song if you ask me.

#23: 星間飛行

www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6rxMjclVMw


I thought this was from Idolmaster for the longest time. It’s actually another song from マクロスF. The chick jumps out of a mech and puts on a concert in a battle zone to this song. I think this shows the whole 萌え (moe) in mecha anime issue fairly well. Silliness and everything that is wrong with anime.

That being said, I like the song. The whole キラッ☆ thing was spoofed in various places and all the attractive girls dancing to this song can’t be overlooked. The fans ate it up. This song is a phenomenon.

#24: ニホンノミカタ～ネバダカラキマシタ～

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tYi4cNhQZw


Oh man. This was one of the more amazing songs in recent history. Well, it isn’t much without the I was obsessed with this one for a while, but I can’t remember if I posted about it (maybe I avoided it cause it was all over Japan Probe or something). Needless to say, brilliant. DJ OZMA needs a freaking award for this shiz.

#25: Promise

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrTqNYf58i4


I mean, yes, technically this means Promise by 広瀬香美 (Hirose Koumi) is in the mix, but the reason for it is the brilliant GET DOWN video.

#26: 魂のルフラン

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2shoPNQ_xMI


An Evangelion song. It has been popular since the late 90′s. I can’t really explain how it is possible that it can still be possible. Nope.

#27: ワールドイズマイン

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDWf-pPYNCw


My favorite Vocaloid song of 2008.

#28: おてんば恋娘

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wFDWP5JwSM







Again, technically this is おてんば恋娘 (Otemba Koimusume), but the REAL reason this song is included is チルノのパーフェクトさんすう教室, which I have featured too many times by now.

As you can probably see, there are also a few other arrangements of this song…

#29: TOWN

www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8ViVSFIvNE


Also known as てってってー (Tettettei), this is just background music from parts of Idolmaster. But from such humble beginning, it became a remix sensation.

#30: ぽっぴっぽー

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjhHn0SV2ZQ


You know you want to drink 初音ミク’s juice. Wow, that sounds really dirty when said outloud.

#31: 溝ノ口太陽族

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7SvKNHFUrw


lol, this show looks pretty awesome, but I can’t say I’ve ever heard of it until now.

#32: 崖の上のポニョ

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K287ArocBaY


The big ジブリ (“Ghibli”) movie of last year was about the fish child.

#33: 伯方の塩

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GSgeyVIP24


This is the perfect example of what happens on NicoDou. Take one random commercial and remix ad infinitum.

#34: smooooch・∀・

www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6s0HK-pKj0


Unfortunately, no one can be told what smooooch・∀・ is. You have to see it for yourself.

#35: ダブルラリアット

www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2SvTRimous


The 巡音ルカ song that beat out all the others. Brilliant video too.

#36: ってゐ！～えいえんてゐVer～

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHV_btBupms


ってゐ is hard to put into ローマ字 (rouma ji) but I would do ‘Tei personally. Anyway, awesome song and video. 東方 kicked a lot of ass this time around.

#37: 炉心融解

www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7iDI8LUKEw


This song was at the top of the charts longer than just about anything. #26 in terms of all time views at this point. Amazing.

#38: おジャ魔女カーニバル!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr9iMZI3YBU


Mix silly kids dancing to that frog song with an anime opening and you get another one of the most popular videos of the last year. I love how they call that one kid “Young Gates.” This internet is for silly.

I could see my brother and I doing something like this 15 years ago… probably a good thing you couldn’t easily put video on the internet at that time… (-.-;)

#39: 青く燃える炎

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r51kCLi0jyE


Prince of Tennis. One of the first NicoDou videos ever. Yeah. I’m done with this one.

#40: ザ・レギュラー

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2awyJNa4iBk


More Prince of Tennis musical. ;__;

#41: ハンマー状態

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tIC9Oftva4


YES. You know I’m happy about this one.

#42: RED ZONE

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnEWXJl0T5w


This is definitely the part of the mix that I liked best.

#43: Don’t say “lazy”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1o2xxyKdP4


Even though けいおん！ is pretty recent, I’m glad しも took the time to add this one to it.

#44: Reach Out To The Truth

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzFl6sWHmXI


I missed P4, but this goes out to ピーちゃん. ^^;

Thanks to Pikayan for a lot of help in getting the links to these videos. The NicoNicoPedia helped a lot with the names and 元ネタ (moto neta).

There are lots of versions out there of this out there now a week later:

【ニコニコ動画】七色のニコニコ動画の元曲と動画を合わせてみた（修正版）

【ニコニコ動画】「七色のニコニコ動画」に頑張って動画をつけてみた 【修正版】
Yes, these are two different versions where they take the original videos/MADs and make a mix.


【ニコニコ動画】『七色のニコニコ動画』 with VOCALOID年少組
With Vocaloid! I think they rushed this one a bit… the 流星群 Vocaloid one was so solid… oh well.


【ニコニコ動画】「七色のニコニコ動画」歌ってみた【samfree】
I’m not a samfree fan, but the speed at which this came out is pretty impressive.


【ニコニコ動画】【合】マリオシーケンサで「七色のニコニコ動画」【作】
Yes. Mario Paint.


【ニコニコ動画】【ほんこーん】七色のニコニコ動画を歌ってみた【ホコッ☆】
A girl from Hong Kong, calling herself ほんこーん (Honkoun) is protecting peace around the world by wooing all the NicoChu.

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【ニコニコ動画】七色のニコニコ動画.カラオケ字幕ver　【　修　正　版　】
And a カラオケ (karaoke) version so you can sing it too!

Last but not least, here is a YouTube playlist of all the above songs:

And that’s all folks! Have a nice colorful ニコニコ!

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]]> http://yamatologic.com/2009/06/11/nanairo-no-nico-nico-douga/feed/ 5 K-ON and ON http://yamatologic.com/2009/05/29/k-on-and-on/ http://yamatologic.com/2009/05/29/k-on-and-on/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 14:35:14 +0000 Jeshii http://yamatologic.com/?p=1329 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

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