Nico Dou!! A Hatsune Miku Song
Written by Jeshii on 2008.12.15 – 20:50 -
Man, sometimes being a ニコ厨 (NicoChuu) isn’t such a bad thing after all. Occasionally there are gems like this song that totally reward you proportionally to how much of a ニコニコ動画 geek you really are.
ニコどー！！(Nico Dou!!) really delivers on the ニコ動 inside jokes with mention of 悪霊退散, ｳﾏｳﾏダンス, IKZO, amongst other things.
Have a nice Nico!
Tags: ニコニコ動画, ニコ厨, 音楽, Hatsune Miku, ｳﾏｳﾏ, music, NicoNicoDouga, nicovideo, UmaUma, 初音ミク, 悪霊退散
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Get Down!
Written by Jeshii on 2008.12.04 – 08:00 -
I love the internet. I mean, one little thing will get uploaded and then it seems to just spawn off into something completely different.
This is an excellent case study. So, if you didn’t put your GoldenEye N64 cartridge in all the way and played, the characters (and any model really) would just go crazy. Think human static, limbs flailing in all directions.
Then, someone did a MAD video of it to the song “Promise” by 広瀬香美 (Hirose Koumi).
THEN, someone just did a 2ちゃん cat instead of the models.
THEN, someone made 初音ミク do it.
THEN, someone drew it with a 東方プロジェクト character.
THEN, someone danced it for REAL.
…and then someone mixed it with 吉幾三…
And this blog post fulfills the life cycle. It can now die.
Tags: ぐるぐる, オタク, ゲッダン, bug, crazy, error, evolution, Get down, goldeneye, Hatsune Miku, Hirose Koumi, human static, IKZO, Internet, lol, n64, nicovideo, otaku, project shrine maiden, promise, 初音ミク, 広瀬香美, 東方
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Miku Fan dot Com
Written by Jeshii on 2008.11.28 – 20:00 -
Yep, 初音ミク (Hatsune Miku), the fantastic character developed for the Vocaloid software singing voice has her own fan blog, Mikufan.com. This place is awesome… I dunno if they saw the ゆっくりしてね (yukkuri shite ne) video yet, but that’s going to be my first submission.
I’m excited to find this blog because they have a lot of good ミク stuff (way more than I do), including a link to this awesome 初音ミク cosplay. At the same time though, I’m a little sad. I was hoping that ミク was relatively unknown in the English speaking world. And now I know better.
I was kind of like when I first saw a friend put up a 東方 Project character on their AIM icon. It shocked me. “Whoa, they know about 東方 too?!” But, really, I think it is just that I’m late entering this game. The two year hiatus from JP culture has made me feel like a total n00b!
Oh well. I should swallow my pride and you should go check out Miku Fan for more Vocaloid goodness.
Tags: blogs, cosplay, fans, girls, Hatsune Miku, Internet, Japanese girls, miku, mikufan, mikufan.com, music, project shrine maiden, touhou, vocaloid, 初音ミク, 東方
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Otaku My Ride
Written by Jeshii on 2008.11.11 – 15:00 -
The first ever 痛Gフェスタ (Ita G Festa) occured over the weekend on the 9th in お台場 (Odaiba). It was a festival where people showed off all sorts of 痛車 (itasha), being cars with マンガ・アニメ・ゲーム (manga-anime-game) themed stickers or paint.
It was put on by the 痛G magazine and well documented in the videos above.
As an avid ニコ動 fan, I recognized way more than I care to admit. I am also blown away by this new 痛車 thing. I mean, we’ve all seen the silly ricers who take themselves seriously with their goofy ass mods. But, there is no semblance of seriousness left. It is frankly… refreshing.
Some of the ニコ動 comments for this video are worried that once the foreign press gets a hold of it, they will be all like “OMG, Japan is like, teh weird.” But I say, let your freak flag fly!
In case you can’t get enough, check out おた☆すけ for more pictures.
Tags: anime, automotive, cars, 痛車, games, Hatsune Miku, itasha, manga, NicoNicoDouga, nicovideo, otaku, otaku cars, otaku my ride, pimp my ride, 初音ミク
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Yukkiri shiteitte ne, Hatsune Miku!
Written by Jeshii on 2008.11.06 – 15:56 -
I saw this on ニコ動 (NicoDou) this morning. I can’t believe how well done it is. The video was done by ピロシキ＋(Piroshiki+). The music is by 今日犬 (Kyouken [?]). Vocals by the lovely 初音ミク (Hatsune Miku).
It’s freaking amazing.
If you are wondering what that weird floating head is about, watch some of the original ゆっくり videos: 【ニコニコ動画】「手書き」 ゆっくりでいいさ、【ニコニコ動画】【手書き東方】 ゆっくりさんぽ 【ゆっくり】、【ニコニコ動画】ゆっくり動画流星群、【ニコニコ動画】【東方】ゆっくりきもいんだよ！！！【ゆっくりしていってね】、【ニコニコ動画】ワールドイズゆっくり
Tags: ゆっくり, Hatsune Miku, music, nicovideo, video, yukkuri, 初音ミク
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Virtual Virtual Insanity?
Written by Jeshii on 2008.10.21 – 15:40 -
This is brilliant. Virtual Idol 初音ミク (Hatsune Miku) dancing to Jamiroquai’s Virtual Insanity. So, does that make it Virtual Virtual Insanity?
Tags: ミクミクダンス, Hatsune Miku, Jamiroquai, miku miku dance, MMD, music, virtual idol, virtual insanity, 初音ミク
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Rajio Taisou!
Written by Jeshii on 2008.10.20 – 16:44 -We’ve all heard of Japanese people doing calisthenics before work and school. The reality is while I was in Japan, the only time I ever actually saw anyone doing ラジオ体操 (rajio taisou) was just before the 運動会 (undoukai) at school.
ラジオ体操 is basically just a song and a set of basic calisthenics that you do to the song. Yes, it’s old as hell, but it’s actually a lot of fun. It is played every morning on NHK Radio #1 at 6:30am. And it is not the only kind of music calisthenics. My personal favorite has got to be the やきとりおじさん (yakitori ojisan; On YouTube or ニコニコ動画).
Of course, the discovery of 初音ミク (Hatsune Miku) doing ラジオ体操 has prompted this entry, but if you want to follow along in a more informed way, read the Japanese explanation here, or my brief English explanation after the jump.
Tags: ラジオ体操, calisthenics, exercise, explaination, 説明, Hatsune Miku, health, NHK, nicovideo, radio, radio calisthenics, rajio taisou, society, video, 初音ミク
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The SmileVideo Meteor Shower
Written by Jeshii on 2008.09.18 – 12:00 -Say you want to go to DENPA 電刃, that crazy ヲタク (otaku) dance party in Tokyo (as seen on TOKYOMANGO), but you are way behind on your NicoNico culture? Well, this is your chance to study up!
Basically, there is a compilation of popular NicoNico Music called ニコニコ動画流星群 (niko niko douga ryuuseigun, NicoNicoDouga Meteor Shower), as it is a blast of popular songs on ニコ動 in quick succession:
There are a few versions:
1. The original:
3. Orchestrated:
4. With the original songs remixed:
5. Like above but more chaotic:
And below (after the jump) I have compiled a list of (almost) every one of these songs in order! Title linked to ニコニコ動画 and YouTube embeds. Enjoy!
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Tags: anime, ニコニコ動画, ニコニコ動画流星群, Bamboo Blade, Cheetah Man, Chrono Trigger, Clannad, 男女, Dance Party, Danjo, DENPA, Haruhi, Haruhi Suzumiya, Hatsune Miku, Idol Master, Ievan Polkka, Internet, iosys, Kenshin, Kirby, Kodomo no Jikan, Lucky Star, Madlax, Mega Man, Meteor Shower, music, MuvLuv, NicoNicoDouga, nicovideo, otaku, perfume, Prince of Tennis, Prokofiev, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Uma Dance, video, vocaloid, 初音ミク, 東方, 東方系
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