Cirno isn’t stupid, she’s just special!
Written by Jeshii on 2009.03.17 – 05:12 -
【ニコニコ動画】チルミルチルノPV 恋のミクル伝説/おてんば恋娘 H.264高画質 (Short animated version)
【ニコニコ動画】C.M.C F (Full version of the song, minus animation)
Man, I dunno what is in the air recently, but there is a lot of チルノ (Chiruno) videos going around recently. Figured I’d update ya’ll on some of them, after the jump! The one above seems to be from a non-IOSYS version of the チルノ song, おてんば恋娘 (otemba koimusume). The thing that is the clincher on this one is that チルミル is a baby formula with DHA, to make them smarter… pimped by Cirno, known to be the バカ⑨ of the 東方 universe. Then there is something about her eating frogs… Don’t make me explain everything! XD (Okay, that’s based on the whole things where she freezes frogs when she’s bored… there, I’m done.)
Tags: anime, チルノ, チルノのパーフェクトさんすう教室, チルミル, フィギュア系, baby formula, Chiba Shiga Saga, chiruno, Cirno, figure-kei, figurine, hammer, HAMMER ZONE, iosys, Japanese girls, meme, music, nicovideo, video games, videogames, 千葉滋賀佐賀, 東方
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New Perfume Single! One Room Disco!
Written by Jeshii on 2009.03.13 – 01:37 -
【ニコニコ動画】アイドルマスター ワンルーム･ディスコ(RADIO EDIT)
I was starting to think Perfume had disappeared off the face of the earth after their disappointing 紅白 (kouhaku) performance. (Side note: it was a fine performance as Perfume performances go, but I still think the red team did lost partially because they had a lip-syncing group on the SINGING performance show.)
But they are back! If I had been paying attention to sites like Perfume City, I’d have known they were working on something new! Their new single, scheduled for release on March 25th (1 day before my birthday; what a nice present). It’s a cute little song called ワンルーム・ディスコ (wanruumu disuko) about the trials and tribulations of living on your own.
Anyway, it’s cute and technopop and I’m already hooked.
What’s that? Where did I find out about it? Um… nowhere in particular. What? No, of course I wasn’t because of Danny Choo entry a dannychoo.com news entry. He’s my mortal enemy! I would never be caught dead anywhere near his site. Not even if he linked one of my entries. No, sir, that’s definitely not where I found it.
Update: lol, I’m 馬鹿 (baka). It wasn’t the guy himself, it was just a forum user on dannychoo.com posting his own topic. So yes, that is where I got it. 
Update2: There’s a new video that is a remix of the song done with none of the original track and the voices are all vocaloid! Nice!
【ニコニコ動画】【初音ミク・巡音ルカ・MEIKO】 ワンルーム・ディスコ (yks remix)
Tags: ワンルーム・ディスコ, cute, Danny Choo, idol, Idol Master, Japanese girls, music, music video, nicovideo, One Room Disco, perfume, techno, technopop, ystk
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Bijin-tokei
Written by Jeshii on 2009.03.10 – 01:11 -
Okay, I admit it. I have a penchant for pretty Japanese girls. What of it? But how will I ever keep track of time if I’m busy looking at Japanese girly pics? What if there was a clock that consisted of just pictures of cute girls holding up signs saying what the time is that refreshed every minute?
Truth is much stranger than fiction, my friends. This is the bijin-tokei. It’s got a Japanese and an English site. Japanese tells you the time in JST, while the English site appears to be in Central Time… Why Central? My guess is that they meant to do Eastern Time, but forgot about DST.
Tags: clock, gadgets, Japanese girls, lol, pictures, silly, time, web, websites
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My Maid: Is there any question?
Written by Jeshii on 2009.03.04 – 01:43 -
If you remember my entry about ティッシュ姫, you will remember the whole argument over if it is a guy or a girl. The funny thing about this argument is that people can’t trust anything anymore. I think my favorite incarnation of this is the comments that show up on this series of 踊ってみた (odotte mita) videos from ニコニコ動画. It’s obviously a very attractive young lady who goes by ミンカ (Minka) dancing in a maid outfit for all of our enjoyments. But, the comments still argue over her gender!
Anyway, here are the 3 “My Maid” videos on ニコ動. Be sure to read the comments. They are gold!
【ニコニコ動画】私のメイドが『みらくるアンコール』を踊ってみた
【ニコニコ動画】私のメイドが『Be MYSELF』を踊ってみた
Tags: comments, cute, dance, Japanese girls, lol, maid, maid cafe, maid outfit, nicovideo
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Morning Musume in LA
Written by Jeshii on 2009.02.17 – 09:27 -
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!
Tags: anime, anime expo, concerts, conventions, idol, Japanese girls, morning musume, music, music video, video
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PUFFY + Shiina Ringo = Swoon
Written by Jeshii on 2008.12.15 – 17:54 -
Starting January 15th, a new TV anime 『源氏物語千年紀 Genji』 (Genji Monogatari Sennenki Genji) will be starting. I am, first off, a huge fan of 紫式部 (Murasaki Shikibu)’s Tale of Genji for a lot of reasons. First off, it is some major art. There is a blank chapter called 雲隠れ (Kumogakure) signifying Genji’s death. Second off, I love how all the men of her era were off trying to learn Chinese, letting her master her native Japanese and become the first novelist EVER. Japanese women FTW.
Anyway, so the theme song for the anime is going to be done by PUFFY! Oh wait, Puffy AmiYumi in the English media. I forgot. Anyway, they are fantastic. But, they are also pop and have other people write songs for them. That being said, in the past, awesome people like 奥田民生 (Okuta Tamio) gave them songs like アジアの純真 (Ajia no Junshin).
This time around… my all time favorite Japanese female artist (well, maybe tied for first place…), 椎名林檎 (Shiina Ringo) will be writing the song. This is great news. 椎名林檎 is an amazing song writer, writing songs for her friend ともさかりえ (Tomosaka Rie) like 少女ロボット (”Shojo Robot”) and カプチーノ (”Cappuccino”). More recently, she wrote a song for TOKIO called 雨傘 (Amagasa) which is used in the Drama ヤスコとケンジ (Yasuko to Kenji). It totally captures the 椎名林檎 feel, so I am really looking forward to this collaboration!
Anyway, single, 日和姫 (Hiyorihime) goes on sale in Feb. 25th, but expect me to post YouTube/ニコ動’s of it the second it hits the ‘nets. XD
[Via Barks]
Tags: 紫式部, 雲隠れ, Genji Monogatari Sennenki Genji, Hiyori Hime, Hiyorihime, Japanese girls, Japanese literature, literature, Murasaki Shikibu, music, novels, PUFFY, Puffy AmiYumi, Shiina Ringo, Tale of Genji, TOKIO, Tokyo Jihen, Tomosaka Rie, Yasuko to Kenji, 日和姫, 東京事変, 椎名林檎, 源氏物語, 源氏物語千年紀 Genji
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The Mystery of Tissue Hime
Written by Jeshii on 2008.12.03 – 16:47 -
In my never ending quest to expose all of the craziness on ニコニコ動画 (NicoNicoDouga) to the English-speaking world, I present you with the interesting character, ティッシュ姫 (”Tissue” Hime).
ティッシュ姫 is an amazing bass player (although no match for the guy from Ninja Academy!) who plays your typical ニコ動 selections, from ハルヒ stuff (hence the costume) to 初音ミク songs. ティッシュ姫 has gotten pretty big recently, from playing bass for a commercial to being in this video for メルト with slick production values.
But, even more than the music, there is one nagging question everyone asks, from ２ちゃん to Yahoo! Answers…
Is ティッシュ姫 a guy or a girl?
The official answer is 「姫」 (”Princess”) apparently. A good majority of the net is on the side of thinking it is a dude, but there is a small core of firm believers who say that ティッシュ姫 is a chick. The one side will say “look at his hands!” and the other will say “look at her thighs!”
I’m going to stay out of it, as I’m of the belief that it doesn’t matter either way. The mystery is part of the fun.
For some more ディッシュ action, check out more videos on ニコ動 or YouTube.
Tags: ティッシュ姫, メルト, bass, bass guitar, cross dressing, girls, Japanese girls, Japanese guys, music, nicovideo, school uniform, Tissue Hime, Tissue Princess, transvestite, video, 初音ミク
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Watch out for Gunma Girls
Written by Jeshii on 2008.12.02 – 16:47 -
I hope she wasn't inspired by the colors of autumn...
Well, a 14-year old girl living in 東吾妻 got arrested for setting fire to her house. Wow. Apparently she needed an anger release. Very glad to hear no one was hurt in the incident. Sad to hear the house was burnt down. Funny thing is, I betcha I know the girl’s English teacher!
Anyway, I don’t normally like to post about JP crimes since it gives a skewed view that Japanese people are crazy. But I’m making an exception because I love hearing about my old digs… even if it is about the local teenage arsonist… @.@;
Tags: arson, 群馬, fire, girls, gunma, higashi-agatsuma, Japanese girls, odd, teen angst, teenagers, wtf, 東吾妻
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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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Perfume Confirmed for Kohaku
Written by Jeshii on 2008.11.26 – 06:00 -
YES! The 紅白 (Kouhaku) teams have been announced (in English here), and Perfume has been selected for the Red team!
For those unfamiliar with 紅白歌合戦 (Kouhaku utagassen), it is a yearly show on New Year’s Eve where the red team (mostly female music artists) goes up against the white team (mostly male music artists) to put on the best performance. Really, it is just a giant music show with a meaningless contest, but it is fun nonetheless.
I haven’t rooted for the red team in a long time due to the overabundance of Hello! Project shit that has been clogging it, but with しょこたん performing last year, I had to take pause and think about my priorities. (Speaking of しょこたん, she doesn’t seem to be on the list this year, despite 中日スポーツ quoting her as wanting to go really bad…)
Now, with Perfume on the red team, coupled with the fact that no team has won more than three in a row ever, I’m putting my money on red this time.
But the white team has quite the lineup this year… Mr. Children, Porno Graffiti, EXILE… It’s going to be a good show.
Tags: しょこたん, ポルノグラフィティ, 紅白, 紅白歌合戦, electronic music, electropop, exile, girls, Japanese girls, kohaku, mr. children, perfume, porno graffiti, shokotan, ystk, 中川翔子
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