10.

Although Bad Apple didn’t even warrant a real entry from me this year (it did get a twitter update however), it was pretty much the biggest video of this year. I give it 10 for being awesome, but way overplayed.

9.

There was a major RED ZONE explosion around early Feb. They are all awesome, but Shuzo has a special place in my heart (Although the K-ON! one was pretty close).

8.

This Cirno video was very influential this year. My two favorite mads off this one were the Shuzo one and the K-ON! one (apparently I have very particular tastes).

7.

The Training-type MADs were all the rage, but this one closed the book on them. It was perfect. If you aren’t an Eva fan, then I apologize.

6.

2009 saw the birth of Hammer Day, which is the 11th of every single month. This was the last by the original Hammer Guy and still the best IMHO.

5.

K-ON! was another big part of 2009, and this was the MAD that I couldn’t turn off. It’s just too brilliant.

4.

I personally started watching Haruhi this year, so when I first saw this video, I had no idea who any of these people were (but I loved the video). Now, at the end of 2009, I have seen everything and am anxiously awaiting the movie.

3.

The Family Mart chime remix fad was started by this video. I couldn’t stop listening to it. Simple and shows you a little bit of how to use a KORG to make amazing music.

2.

The last しも (Shimo) medley video practically introduced me to NicoNicoDouga and essentially prompted me to start this blog. This one, which came out in June, was more like a review of my time on NicoNicoDouga. The joy was unspeakable, and so this takes #2.

1.

While it may look like I’m tooting my own horn here, this remix of our video pretty much crippled me with laughter. By far the most enjoyment I got out of a video this year. Thank you みすとん！

Honorable Mention:

The 韃靼海峡 (Dattan Kaikyou) based MADs were excellent before they started getting deleted. Totally would have made the top 10 if not for that.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVVCq_DVDoU

【ニコニコ動画】【初音ミク】終わらないハンマー・タイム【オリジナル】
First place goes to 終わらないハンマー・タイム (“Owaranai Hammer Time”), which is an original 初音ミク song. It’s touching, funny, and surreal… 謎の感動 for sure.

【ニコニコ動画】激突！ハンマー状態なのか？
Here is a crazy hammer Kirby/Touhou megamix.

【ニコニコ動画】ハンマーラりアット
ハンマーの人二代目 came in 3rd on the ranking this month, but did indeed return.

In fact, most of the generations are back, except 3代目. I wonder what happened?!

More after the jump.


【ニコニコ動画】Hammerfly
This new comer ranked pretty well with DDR nostalgia!

【ニコニコ動画】究極ハンマーレストラン！お槌の地獄亭！
4代目 brings it back to IOSYS/Touhou with a hammer mix of Rin’s Ultimate Yakiniku Restaurant.

【ニコニコ動画】ハンマーギャロップ
5代目 is back with his unique classical style.

【ニコニコ動画】槌月花
紅の6代目 is back with the red hammer.

【ニコニコ動画】おはよう!!朝ごハンマー

【ニコニコ動画】ハンマダ電機

【ニコニコ動画】We Will Hammer You
7代目 was busy and actually ranked fairly well!

【ニコニコ動画】Don't Hit 'Hammer'

【ニコニコ動画】REMINISCENCE 004//Hammer ～未完～
8代目 was also busy! Good けいおん！ MAD!

And 9代目 just came out of no where with this AMAZING piece.

Not sure how to keep tabs on the generations now that we don’t have numbers any more for the new comers. I guess time will tell! See you next month!

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I’m happy to report, ハンマーの日 came without any problems. Yes, １代目 seems to be gone, but the hammer lives on.

【ニコニコ動画】はっんっまー

２代目‘s new work is a Hammer version of the 初音ミク (Hatsune Miku) song ぽっぴっぽー. It really reflects ２代目’s colorful sensibilities.

Hoho, what’s this? ハンマーの日 has some other videos?!

【ニコニコ動画】はっんっまー

Yes, another hammer version of ぽっぴっぽー, uploaded a mere 8 minutes later. We have concluded that this must be ２代目’s 嫁 (yome) since there is no other way they could have known. Thus, we also have the wedding ceremony below:

【ニコニコ動画】はっんっまーを合わせてみた

３代目!!!!

【ニコニコ動画】恋色ハンマースパーク

【ニコニコ動画】恋色ファイナルハンマースパーク

Yes, 3代目 of the conservative school of hammerism came up with this double punch. It is a 東方 (touhou) based work based on 恋色マスタースパーク. The first one recalls the early days of hammeristic design, and the second brings us back to the present. I fine show indeed.

The school is Hammer is getting rather crowded. For the rest of the line, please see after the jump.

４代目：

【ニコニコ動画】Taboo Tears Hummer Up

５代目：

【ニコニコ動画】ハンマー協奏曲第一番”小槌火”

【ニコニコ動画】H

５代目’s style represents a break from the rich visual of most modern hammerists. He rather concentrates on taking the music and merging it with the classical forms of masters gone by. One of my favorites of the line.

６代目 the red gave us a taste of what he could do last month…

【ニコニコ動画】卑弥呼 対　反魔

But this month surpassed expectations with 2 excellent videos.

【ニコニコ動画】Captivate２{}-覚醒-{}

【ニコニコ動画】【-θ←ﾊﾝﾏｰ】Ｄｒ.ＨＡＭＭＥＲ【θ←ｶﾌﾟｾﾙ】

７代目：

【ニコニコ動画】きゅっきゅっきゅっハンマー

I like ７代目’s irreverent style.

８代目：

【ニコニコ動画】力爛漫～hammers～

⑨代目：

【ニコニコ動画】H.A.ンマーは工具なのか？ 最終鬼畜槌ゴールデン・H

This one really does it with the visuals. Wow.

１０代目：

【ニコニコ動画】組曲『ハンマー動画』

And another month can go by. What will next month bring? How many of these artists will continue the line?! Only time will tell.

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If you aren’t familiar with Hammer Day, it is the 11th of every month. On Hammer Day, there is a new Hammer video that is uploaded. The entries up until now are after the jump.

Hammer Day began on January 11th with a simple ナイト・オブ・ナイツ remix, but it was hardly a remix. No one really thought much of Hammer at this point.

February’s Hammer Day brought us this, which was the first one I saw. It brought Hammer to a new level, and inspired the cry, “Why didn’t you do this last time?” and began the RED ZONE fad in force.

March brought us a Cirno Remix:

April’s Hammer Day revealed the SNOW GOOSE はやり (hayari) that was going around and made it so people started to look forward to Hammer Day with glee.

And now the last. まるで「謎の感動」ですね。 Happy Hammer Day!!!

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