Nanairo no Nico Nico Douga
Written by Jeshii on 2009.06.11 – 00:30 -
【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?!)
Tags: 7 Colors of Nico Nico Douga, おてんば恋娘, きらっ☆, けいおん！, キラッ☆, ゲッダン, チルノ, ナイト・オブ・ナイツ, ハルヒ, マクロスＦ, Bad Apple, capsule, chiruno, Cirno, DJ OZMA, Don't say "lazy", Evangelion, Gackt, Genki Rockets, Get down, hammer, Haruhi, Hatsune Miku, Heavenly Star, Idolm@ster, Idolmaster, IKZO, K-ON!, kira, Kirby, Lucky Star, Macross F, MAD, Megurine Luka, Megurine Ruka, Nanairo no Nico Nico Douga, Night of Knights, Night of Nights, nomico, persona 4, Ponyo, Prince of Tennis, project shrine maiden, Rainbow Colored NicoNicoDouga, Rainbow NicoNicoDouga, RED ZONE, remix, Shinitai, smash bros, smooooch, Starry Sky, touhou, vocaloid, World is Mine, 初音ミク, 巡音ルカ, 東方, 死にたい, 七色のニコニコ動画
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NicoNicoEurobeat
Written by Jeshii on 2009.02.25 – 01:19 -
(Warning: This post is almost all ニコニコ動画 (NicoNicoDouga) videos. If you need an account, please go here!)
The last anime that I really followed was Initial D, mainly since I was living around where it takes place. Aside from an unnatural love for mid-eighties hatchback corollas, the anime gave me a love of Eurobeat. Yes, all those fantastically bad eurobeat songs gained new life when paired with drifting CG cars.
And, for reasons that will hopefully become obvious in the coming weeks, I have been on a mad eurobeat kick. NicoNicoDouga has proven to have a good number of really sweet Eurobeat remixes of some songs we all know and love.
IKZO was always begging for a Eurobeat mix:
【ニコニコ動画】俺ら東京さ行ぐだ [Super Euro Mix]
This “Airman” one is by far my favorite:
【ニコニコ動画】エアーマンが倒せない [Eurobeat Mix]
This version of メルト is also pretty epic:
【ニコニコ動画】メルト [Eurobeat Mix]
By this point, you are craving a megamix, right?! Well, here is a Eurobeat megamix of some 東方 songs. The 「U.N.オーエンは彼女なのか？」 (“U.N. Ouen wa kanojo nano ka?“) towards the end gave me mad 鳥肌 (torihada):
【ニコニコ動画】【東方メドレー】幻想郷最速EUROBEAT!!!【高音質】
But that’s not nearly all! If you have the heart of a real drifter, go search for more. If not, what are you still reading this for?! XD
Tags: AE86, airman, メルト, drift, eurobeat, IKZO, Initial D, megamix, meruto, nicovideo, touhou, 東方
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RED ZONE
Written by Jeshii on 2009.02.19 – 03:06 -RED ZONE seems to be the meme of the hour. I can’t get the song out of my head now. Will you now suffer the same fate?! They say misery loves company.
【ニコニコ動画】RED ZONE FULL
This is the full song from Beatmania… I think.
【ニコニコ動画】【beatmaniaIIDX】RED ZONE弾いてみたんだ。【ギター】
A guy playing it on guitar (!?).
【ニコニコ動画】KONATA ZONE
And a らき☆すた remix.
【ニコニコ動画】RED ZONE-KARA！
And a remix from that おめぇの席ねぇから video.
【ニコニコ動画】【吉幾三】IKU ZONE【RED ZONE】
Yes, there’s an IKZO one.
【ニコニコ動画】SHINSUKE ZONE
The guy from the Miura Commercials!
【ニコニコ動画】【音ゲーMAD】PASSION ZONE【パッション屋良】
Passion too!
【ニコニコ動画】RED SHU-ZONE【音ゲー×松岡修造】
And of course, 松岡修造.
Now, do you EVER want to hear that song again?!
Tags: おめの席じゃねぇから, guitar, IKZO, konata, Lucky Star, Matsuoka Shuzo, megaman, megaman x, music, nicovideo, Passion, RED ZONE, Shinsuke, 松岡修造
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Nico Year In Review: 2008
Written by Jeshii on 2008.12.31 – 15:00 -No, I’m not going to talk about the new features, version updates, legal battles, or any of that today. My ニコニコ動画 (NicoNicoDouga) Year in Review is solidly about the videos. Though I really didn’t start watching ニコ動 (NicoDou) until this year and 2007 also had some fantastic videos, I’m sticking to 2008 videos only! So, without further ado, here are my favorite top 13 nicovideos of the year! 13?! Yeah, I just couldn’t get it down to 10! XD
13.
【ニコニコ動画】【手書き】初音ミクの消失-DEAD END-【PV】
This 初音ミク song was one of my personal favorites. It’s so sad, but just so well done.
The ゆっくり (Yukkuri) boom seems to have peaked and passed, but 2008 was fairly dominated by ゆっくり videos. Check out how many there are.
11.
【ニコニコ動画】☆ゲッダン☆
ゲッダン came up late in the game, but I have to say, I still can’t believe it. And I love it.
10.
【ニコニコ動画】初音ミク が オリジナル曲を歌ってくれたよ「ワールドイズマイン」
ワールドイズマイン was almost the best 初音ミク song of the year, if not for メルト kicking ass and taking names all over the world. Some of the ワールドイズマイン original drawing versions are pretty amazing, but that’s probably just cause the song is so good.
9.
【ニコニコ動画】さんぽ
This version of さんぽ (Sampo) from となりのトトロ (Tonari no Totoro) has so many Ghibli characters and crazy instruments, you can’t help but just feel warm and fuzzy while watching it.
8.
【ニコニコ動画】メルト-Band Edition-女性キーVer-歌ってみました。by歌和サクラ
メルト and ティッシュ姫 really rocked the charts this year. It is only fitting to have the fusion of the two. メルト technically came along in Dec. of 2007… Actually, so did ティッシュ姫. But, since they both had their heyday in 2008, I’ll forgive ‘em.
7.
【ニコニコ動画】[修造]ホットリックス リローデッド[MAD]
When I saw this scene in the theaters, I remember hyperventilating over how amazing it was. So when they added the 松岡修造 voice overs, I almost died. Good show!
6.
【ニコニコ動画】チルノのパーフェクトさんすう教室(高画質・高音質版)H264
チルノのパーフェクトさんすう教室 (Chiruno no Paafekuto Sansuu Kyoushitsu) was the star of IOSYS for 2008. The remixes are fantastic and so is the original. Good job guys!
Various ナイト・オブ・ナイツ remixes ruled the end of this year. This is my favorite by far.
This cat. Brilliant to teach their cat to do that. When it gets stuck in the box, I died. I am but a ghost now. Heard the previous one of the series was pretty big on YouTube as well. (Series?!)
3.
【ニコニコ動画】M.C.ドナルドはダンスに夢中なのか？最終鬼畜道化師ドナルド・Ｍ
This video is fantastic for a lot of reasons. Now that I’m more into the 東方 Project, this makes way more sense than the first time I saw it on BoingBoing. This is definitely the world’s favorite nicovideo.
2.
【ニコニコ動画】VOCALOIDでニコニコ動画流星群【完成版】
This video introduced me to the ニコニコ動画流星群, and kept me coming back to ニコ動 for a long time. I listened to it so much, when I hear the original songs, I expect the next song to come up. I had to even stop listening to it, I was so obsessed. So this wins #2 hands down. Too bad it isn’t…
1.
【ニコニコ動画】吉幾三×Capsule×DaftPunk×BeastieBoys StarrySky – IKZOLOGIC Remix -
This song singlehandedly changed my life. It made me go to ニコ動 to listen to it. I got the “logic” for the end of Yamatologic from it. I still believe this is the pinnacle of human evolution. So, there is no question that it is the top of my 2008 list.
Happy New Year everyone! I can’t wait to see what 2009 has to bring!
Tags: 2008, さんぽ, ゆっくり, らんらんる～, ゲッダン, ティッシュ姫, ナイト・オブ・ナイツ, ニコニコ動画, メルト, ワールドイズマイン, BeastieBoys, capsule, cats, Daft Punk, funny animals, gaming, Get down, Ghibli, Hatsune Miku, IKZO, iosys, mario, Matsuoka Shuzo, music, New Year's, New Year's List, NicoNicoDouga, nicovideo, Night of Knights, Night of Nights, Ronald McDonald, Ryuseigun, Sampo, Sanpo, Tissue Hime, Tonari no Totoro, Top 10, Top 12, Totoro, touhou, World is Mine, Year In Review, ystk, yukkuri, 初音ミク, 初音ミクの消失-DEAD END-, 東方, 松岡修造, 流星群
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Drifting Ojisan Truck
Written by Jeshii on 2008.12.13 – 06:46 -I don’t care if I have a cold and should be in a bed resting. It wasn’t the release of ニコニコ動画’s ββ (double beta) that got me out of bed to blog, it was this:
This was always my dream when I would go race around the 峠 (touge) of 榛名山 (Haruna-san)… that someday, an ojisan in a 軽トラック (kei torakku) would come drifting around the corner.
And it wolud look just like this:
[via Japan Probe]
Tags: ドリフト, cars, drift, 軽トラ, gunma, IKZO, Initial D, music, NicoNicoDouga, nicovideo, ojisan truck, racing, trucks
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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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IKZOLOGIC
Written by Jeshii on 2008.08.24 – 19:00 -This ニコニコ動画 video is the pinnacle of human evolution. It has since inspired not only the name of this blog, but also my newly re-born love of electronic music in general. The title is “吉幾三×Capsule×DaftPunk×BeastieBoys StarrySky – IKZOLOGIC Remix.”
For those without a NicoVideo account, here is the YouTube link. For those who don’t get it, you should first get familiar with 吉幾三’s song 俺ら東京さ行くだ.
Basically, since April or so of this year, there has been this crazy fad of mixing 俺ら東京さ行くだ in to all sorts of other songs. From the Jackson 5, to the Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop themes, to Nirvana, to Philharmonic Symphony Orchestras.
It’s kinda like the Japanese version of mixing Cosby with everything on YTMND.
Anyway, so in the mix I am posting about, they mixed 俺ら東京さ行くだ with capsule, Daft Punk, and the Beastie Boys… It blows my mind clean off my shoulders. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Also, since it is the pinnacle of human achievement, I think we can all pretty much give up since it is all down hill from here until the end of the world in 2012. 
Tags: capsule, IKZO, music, nicovideo, remix, video, ystk
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I hate this village!
Written by Jeshii on 2008.08.22 – 15:40 -No, this isn’t an emo post about living in the country side of Japan. This is a post about the song 俺ら東京行ぐだ (ora tokyo sa igu da) by 吉幾三 (Yoshi Ikuzou).
This song is awesome. Released in 1984, it is about living in this little village with none of the modern amenities of life and wanting to move to Tokyo. It is sung in Tohoku-style language, which gives it this awesome campy feeling. While most people in 1984 thought it was a fun poke at the countryside and it ended up as a big hit, many of the local agricultural villages took offense and protested it.
It was also part of the birth of rap in Japan… as odd as that may sound.
As an American, the song reminds me of Gilligan’s Island… you know, “no phones, no lights, no motor cars, not a single luxury.” But it also has the Beverly Hillbillies chic with the ideas of raising cows and driving a horse cart through Tokyo. XD
My translation of the lyrics can be found after the jump.
Tags: enka, IKZO, inaka, lyrics, music, nicovideo, video
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