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Rin’s Ultimate Yakiniku Restaurant from HELL!

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【ニコニコ動画】究極焼肉レストラン！お燐の地獄亭！(高画質・高音質版)H264

A new IOSYS arrangement CD is coming out on the 8th! And that can only mean one thing! A new promotional video! This one is about the hellishly ultimate 焼肉 (yakiniku) restaurant, based on the song 死体旅行　～ Be of good cheer!. The CD is called 東方超都魔転 (Touhou Choutomatten). The English title is “Toho just a moment!” Until I read that, I didn’t get the pun. ><;

Not much to say about this one... probably will take me a few weeks to process all the jokes. Poor チルノ (Chiruno) gets melted at one point. ;;

Enjoy!

Technorati Tags: anime, チルノ, chiruno, Cirno, cute, 焼肉, hell, iosys, japanese bbq, korean bbq, music, nicovideo, shrine maiden, touhou, yakiniku, 東方

Most Dramatic Timer Ever: Eva Clock

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.

Technorati Tags: anime, app, cell phones, clock, eva, Evangelion, iPhone, timer

YOMBAN Free Online Manga

I just found a site run by BANDAI VISUAL called YOMBAN that features free online manga and novels. I’ve only scanned the manga up right now, but my favorite so far is BAND野郎ZE! (BAND yarou ZE!), which seems to be about some good-for-nothings who are approached by a good-for-nothing angel to form a band. Totally silly.

This is a great time to jump on the site as all the manga are just starting up now! And there are lots of different genres, from horror, to magical girl, to パンチラ (panchira) paradise. My biggest complaint is that there doesn’t seem to be an RSS to keep track of when the manga are updated. Bummer. But, as long as it stays free, I will be an avid reader!

Technorati Tags: angel, anime, band, bandai, essay, free, horror, magical girl, manga, novels, online, website, yarou, yomban

Morning Musume in LA

What the hell… Morning Musume have been announced as the guests of honor at Anime Expo. It is like all my adolescent dreams are coming true, just 10 years later.

This video is apparently their newest single. I seriously don’t recognize any of them… Okay, maybe one or two, but they were n00bs when I last paid attention.

Also, isn’t this a little bit non-anime related? I mean, Shokotan made a bit more sense, she is the queen of all otaku. Morning Musume, while probably loved by otaku world round, aren’t exactly directly related to anime nor manga.

BUT this is a good thing. The more Anime Expo becomes more about Japan, the happier I will be!

In any case, look forward to this coming in early July!

Technorati Tags: anime, anime expo, concerts, conventions, idol, Japanese girls, morning musume, music, music video, video

Dissidia Bebop

Somewhere, deep in the bowels of the Outlands, where all the memes live in wondrous chaotic harmony, the chill Cowboy Bepop fell for the sweet, yet awesome Final Fantasy. I am proud to announce the birth of their love child!

If you watch the nicovideo version, when Shantotto shows up on screen, the spam is fantastic. People are such nerds. It’s great.

Also, did you know Shantotto is voiced by Megumi Hayashibara? Almost as epic as when they cast Patrick Stewart as Professor X.

Technorati Tags: anime, cowboy bebop, final fantasy, games, MAD, nicovideo, opening, remix, Shantotto, taru taru, video

Evangelion Winter Conditions Plug Suit

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.

Technorati Tags: anime, Evangelion, plug suit, rei, snow, snowboard jackets, snowboarding, snowboards, sports, winter, winter sports

Biyori Hime

It is here! The long awaited anime 「源氏物語千年紀 Genji」 has finally aired its first episode! Low and behold, the video for the Puffy/椎名林檎 (Shiina Ringo) collaboration 「日和姫」 (Biyorihime) is up on the YouTubes!

Sounds like a 椎名林檎 song, which means I love it. And it is good to see Puffy in action (and in kimono!) again.

Anyway, enjoy until YouTube takes it down and I have to find a new version!

Technorati Tags: anime, Biyori Hime, Biyorihime, Genji, katana, kimono, music video, PUFFY, Shiina Ringo, Shina Ringo, yakuza, 椎名林檎, 源氏物語千年紀 Genji

Megurine Ruka, our new Vocaloid girl!

【ニコニコ動画】VOCALOID CV03　巡音ルカ

A new voice for VOCALOID2 is coming out on January 30th! CV03′s name is going to be 巡音ルカ (Megurine Ruka). Seems like the official jury is out on whether or not he name should be spelled “Ruka” or “Luka.” I’m leaning towards Ruka since I have a very different image in my head of who Luka is.

The news coming out about her says that she will have both English and Japanese voice databases so she can sing in either language. He style is husky and jazzy. The character design, by KEI, has pinkish hair, blue eyes, and… well… large breasts. Yes, this is an official trait. (-.-;) Her special item doesn’t seem to be decided just yet, but it seems like it may be an actual tuna fish, a shovel, and or peaches.

Her other official traits are as follows:

* Age: 20
* Height: 162cm
* Weight: 45kg
* Style: Latin, Jazz, Ethnic Pop, House, Electronic Dance
* Tempo: 65 to 145 BPM
* Range: D3 to D5 (apparently she can do a wider range, this is just her specialty)

Anyway, I’m excited to see what Feburary brings us in the way of new NicoMusic. Not to mention all the random videos that will determine how we see her personality. Oh man, what a world.

Technorati Tags: anime, characters, Hatsune Miku, Megurine Ruka, music, nicovideo, vocaloid, 巡音ルカ

Absolute Silliness: Haruhi + Card Captor Sakura

【ニコニコ動画】ハルヒ「！？」

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.

Technorati Tags: anime, ハルヒ, Card Captor Sakura, Haruhi, lol, MAD, music, nicovideo, remix, singing, song

Fish and Cat!

Yay for web toons. I just found a silly little web toon known as さかな＆ねこ (sakana & neko). If you look at the picture to the right, you have the entire premise of the show. Cat + Cat = 2 Cats. Cat + Fish = Cat. This is a very important theorem to understanding these videos.

Really, it’s short gags about what happens when anthropomorphic cats and fish live together in the world. And one of them even features 初音ミク!

Without further ado, you can see the videos after the jump or on 森井ケンシロウ’s livedoor anime site. His homepage is here.

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Technorati Tags: animation, anime, さかな, ねこ, cats, comedy, cute, 猫, 魚, fish, Kenshiro Morii, video, 森井ケンシロウ