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Rockleetist conquers the Nicodou

Jeshii — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:23:16 +0000

ダブルラリアット (Dabururariatto) is a NicoDou classic. YouTube user rockleetist made an English version and put it up on NicoDou recently. It rocketed up the charts and is the first time I’ve seen so many comments in English on NicoDou.

In any case, if any of my readers are worried about trying to break into NicoNicoDouga, this is a fantastic way to do it.

Technorati Tags: ダブルラリアット, Double Lariat, english, gaijin, gaikokujin, Megurine Luka, music, NicoDou, NicoNicoDouga, rockleetist, vocaloid, youtube

K-ON! Season 2!

Jeshii — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:07:35 +0000

K-ON! season 2 has been announced!!! My friend sent me an email saying “Check the K-ON! official site!!!” And there it is. Season 2 is confirmed!

This is fantastic. K-ON! was pretty much the highlight of 2009. Although second seasons are fairly rare for any Japanese story based television show in general, Kyoto Animation has done second seasons before, so it’s not all that unexpected. But not exactly expected either!

I’m super happy. NicoNicoDouga is abuzz as well:

Technorati Tags: anime, けいおん, けいおん！, club, japanese high school girls, K-ON!, keion, music, second season

2009 Kohaku Red and White Music Festival Preview

Jeshii — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:29:59 +0000

The 60th annual 紅白 (Kohaku) is coming in just a few days! I have assembled all of the songs that have been confirmed on the official website so you can review any ones you may not know and enjoy them during the actual show. They are embedded in a playlist above.

As for how to watch the actual show, check your local Japanese television channel’s listing. In Japan, it will be on NHK, BShi, BS2, and ラジオ第１ (Radio #1). In LA, channel 18.2 is broadcasting it New Year’s Eve at 18:45 (6:45pm) local time. If you don’t have a local Japanese channel, keep an eye on d-addicts or watch Keyhole TV at 10:15 UTC on Dec. 31st.

If you don’t have time for all those, here is ヒャダイン (Hyadain) sang a little of all these songs in 6 minutes! Hyadain is awesome since he sings both male and female parts. Enjoy!

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Dreams Crushed, Dreams Realized

Jeshii — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:19:25 +0000

So, I heard a rumor that the K-ON! songs were so popular that they would probably be included in this year’s 紅白 (kouhaku), the end of the year Japanese music show that has been a tradition for millions. It broadcasts outside of Japan, so check your local listings (generally on the local Japanese channel).

I was all hyped up to see K-ON! songs covered or just done by the voice actresses. But it was not to be. The line up for 紅白 was announced and I don’t see anything that indicates any K-ON! happening.

Crushed!

Then I found out that SCANDAL, who you may recognize from Japan Nite 2008 fame, the high school girl rock band in 制服, did a cover of Don’t Say Lazy:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB2VnuPLlfQ

And the voice actresses are doing a live event on December 30th in Yokohama. See the public site for more details. Here is the TV spot:

Dreams come true! While I can’t go to the Yokohama event, I will be happy to know there will probably be videos.

Why do I love K-ON! so damn much?!?!

In other news, Perfume is going to be on 紅白 again this year. I’m guessing One Room Disco will be their song, since it is the only song I ever heard from them this whole year. Last year’s performance was kind of weak, so I’m not holding my breath on this one.

Technorati Tags: けいおん！, concert, high school, Japanese girls, japanese high school girls, K-ON!, keion, kohaku, live, music, perfume, Scandal, seifuku

NicoOrchestra Plays Nanairo NicoDou

Jeshii — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:16:33 +0000

【ニコニコ動画】【☆ニコオケ☆】2周年記念に『七色のニコニコ動画』を演奏してみた (YouTube)
For their 2nd anniversary, the NicoOrchestra played the 七色のニコニコ動画 (“The Seven Colors of NicoNicoDouga”). Not much else to say besides…

BRAVO!

Technorati Tags: ニコオケ, chamber, cosplay, music, NicoDouga, NicoOke, NicoOrchestra, orchestra, Rainbow Colored NicoNicoDouga, Rainbow NicoNicoDouga, Seven Colored NicoNicoDouga

When he throws away the hobby

Jeshii — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:56:22 +0000

(YouTube link)
Recog has released an awesome song based on 之槇原敬 (Makihara Noriyuki)’s もう恋なんてしない (mou koi nante shinai) about an otaku meeting a girl who tells him, “I hate otaku!” It’s brilliant and sad.

I mean, if you had a girlfriend who hated otaku, which would you choose? Give up being an otaku? Go to the sea of trees? Or break up with the girl?

Lyrics after the jump.

アニメ見ないとなんにも　　　出来ないわけじゃないよ
初めて出来た彼女が　　　　「オタクは嫌い」と話してた
そりゃデートとかしてみたもんね　　だけどあまり楽しくない
君がオタク趣味なら秋葉も　　デートでいけたのに
一緒にいるときは　　一般人を装うけれど
やっと部屋に辿り着いた　　僕はすぐにアニメを見ていた
キモオタを嫌う君の　　気持ちは分からないけど
いつもより作画が良い　　画質に少し拘ってるよ
もし君に一つだけ　　わがままを言えるのなら
「もうオタなんてやめる」なんて　　言わないよ絶対！
保管用の同人が　　全て棚から消えた
沢山買ったアニソンも　僕の留守中に捨てられてた
オタクらしく生きる為に　　別れを決めた僕は
他の誰から見ても一番　　大バカ野朗だろう
あんなにいっぱいの　　キャラのフィギュアを集めて
無駄な物に囲まれて　　暮らすのも幸せだと知った
密林屋のオススメが　　メールで届いてるうちは
買うかどうか迷っている　　初回特典が心配だから
二人で行けなかった　　コミケは今度出会える
君の知らない誰かと　　楽しんでくるから
本当に本当に　　アニメが大好きだったから
「もうオタなんて辞める」なんて　　言わないよ絶対！

Technorati Tags: オタク, ヲタク, Makihara Noriyuki, music, nicovideo, otaku, parody, recog, singing, 之槇原敬

Rate Your Japaneseness… ZERO ONE!

Jeshii — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:37:53 +0000

【ニコニコ動画】ZERO-ONE(simon respect mix + H + more)に元ネタ画像を付けてみた「ｾﾞﾛﾜｰﾝ」

This is awesome. Watch this video (if you don’t like the song, just jump to 3:55 for the main event), and every time you get the reference they are making, give yourself a point. There are 104 ZERO-ONEs! So take your score, and then divide by 104. This is the probability you are Japanese. Not seriously, but there are a lot of random references, and you would have to be very knowledgeable about Japan (Japanese television mostly) to get a good score. I personally got 37.5%! w00t! How did you do?

Technorati Tags: anime, music, nicovideo, quiz, random, survey, television, test

Utada Mini-Tour in LA, Miami, and New York

Jeshii — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:02:02 +0000

OMG, I hate my life sometimes. I just heard that 宇多田ヒカル (Utada Hikaru) is doing a little mini-tour/listening session thing for “This Is The One” in 3 US cities. If it was in San Fransisco, I would sadly just justify not being able to go, but that fact that the 3 cities are Miami, New York, and LA (at the Sephora store in Hollywood, which is in LA for those who don’t know), I really want to go. BUT I am working until 8 pm this whole week, and the LA event is March 24th from 6pm-8pm.

Of all the stupid timing…

Go RSVP for the event on the facebook page.

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Telepathy, Telepathy

Jeshii — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:56:47 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQsbGIz8cYw

【ニコニコ動画】【初音さん】テレパステレパス【オリジナル】

This is the cutest song and music video I’ve seen in a long while. I guess it could also be seen as scary, depending on if you can be scared by cute little black and white cartoons. The story of the girls who suddenly get telepathic and find out that they are all dating the same guy is flipping awesome. If you understand Japanese, please watch the NicoNicoDouga version. Embedded here is the YouTube version with awesomely awkward subtitles. I wouldn’t have translated it this way, but at the same time, there is art in this translation.

Technorati Tags: ニコニコ動画, 音楽, Hatsune Miku, miku, music, NicoNicoDouga, nicovideo, telepath, telepathy, 初音ミク

Cirno isn’t stupid, she’s just special!

Jeshii — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:12:04 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyR-YoNtryI

【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.)

Of course, the majority of the Cirno related videos are based off the IOSYS joint, チルノのパーフェクトさんすう教室。

If you are down with 千葉滋賀佐賀, then you’ll like this remix:

【ニコニコ動画】ニッポンのパーフェクトでステキな都道府県教室【千⑧!④賀!③賀!】

Mixed with the Hammer from Smash Bros (which you may remember from HAMMER ZONE). This one is particularly meme heavy, including both 松岡修造 and IKZO:

【ニコニコ動画】ハンマーのパーフェクト力入れた教室

Here is an obligatory cute girl dancing to the song, since a good number of you visit this site looking for Japanese girls (not that I blame you):

【ニコニコ動画】チルノのパーフェクトさんすう教室踊ってみた（yukako）

A rock cover of おてんば恋娘 that actually pre-dates the IOSYS one. Good song and a cute video:

【ニコニコ動画】変に落チルノ

And finally, I’m really not フィギュア系 (figyaa-kei), but this Cirno figurine is amazing:

【ニコニコ動画】【東方】ねんどろいどっぽくないチルノ作ってみた

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