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.

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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『星間飛行』を踊ってみた

【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

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I lol’d pretty hard to this one. This one is for you, Luka! XD

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tlon9DwBO6Q

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.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoPa2TM9CGQ

lol! This is the ending credits for ニコニコ動画 (NicoNicoDouga) 2008. While New Year’s has passed for Japan, it is still 大晦日 (Oomisoka) in various parts of the world. If you want the true ニコニコ動画 experience, start watching this video at 23:51:05 local time.

If you don’t get the style of this video, you probably have not seen 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン (Shinseiki Evangerion, “Neon Genesis Evangelion”). Seeing this really makes me think that I am of the generation of people who are supposed to be watching ニコ動. XD

あけましておめでとうございます！今年もよろしくお願いいたします！

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=isUzHxqtdCQ

Okay, don’t ask me why former tennis pro 松岡修造 (Matsuoka Shuzo) is nicknamed “Hot” on ニコニコ動画 (NicoNicoDouga). I don’t get it. BUT, his comments telling people to never give up overlaid on a scene from the Matrix… I dunno if I really get it, but hell if it ain’t funny.

「今日からおまえは富士山だ！」

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3quTc2-GyM

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.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d6pGo8hB14

What cute commercials. Basically, they are pointing out the benefits of machines over humans. Watch out for the almost NSFW dump truck in the second set.

The ニコ動 comments are funny for this video. Don’t miss it.

My favorite one is the song that sounds like ABBA’s Dancing Queen. I also like the story book one at the end. Lyrics and transcript from the last two after the jump.

Human Song:
持てないものを　持とうとしても (“Even if you try to lift something that can’t be lifted”)
ムリさ (“It’s useless”)
形のないものを　運ぼうとしても (“Even if you try to carry something that doesn’t have a shape”)
ムダさ (“It’s wasteful”)
見えないものを　見ようとしても (“Even if you try to see something that can’t be seen”)
ダメさ (“It’s no good”)

だって僕らは (“That’s because we are just…”)
人間　人間　人間　人間 (“Humans Humans Humans Humans”)

機械に！(“Let’s live!”)
頼って！(“Relying on!”)
生きていこう！ (“Machines!”)

The Storybook:
ひとりでやれば、たいへんなことも、 (“Even something that is difficult when done alone,”)
３にんでやれば、できるはず。 (“Has to be doable with 3 people.”)
３にんでやれば、じかんのかかることも、 (“Even something that takes a long time with 3 people,”)
５にんでやれば、すぐにできるはず。 (“Can be done quickly with 4 people.”)
５にんでやれば、たいへんなことも、 (“Even something that is difficult with 5 people,”)
きかいなら、かんたんなんだよ。 (“Is child’s play for a machine.”)

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2hQGOOR5g0

This video has been very popular on my facebook, so I may as well post it to the ol’ blog. I saw it on a random blog a million years ago, so I’m very sorry I can’t credit it. ><;

I think my favorite is ツッパリ先生 (Tsuppari-sensei) because he puts 「吐露非狩古鬱」 (toropikarufurutsuu, “Tropical Fruits”) on the board. I’m a big fan of crazy 当て字 (ateji) like that.

BTW, the poor kids! And watch for the “orz” in the Chinese subs. XD

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1DBuFgt_Ug

[Thanks TokyoMango and co.]

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