Farewell Foo-san…
Written by Jeshii on 2009.05.29 – 23:10 -NicoDou is over! (not really, but still awesome)
Tags: ニコニコ動画, ニコ厨, foo-san, Fooさん, NicoChu, NicoDou, NicoNicoDouga, nicovideo, recorder
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NicoNicoDouga iPhone Application First Look!
Written by Jeshii on 2009.04.28 – 04:11 -
Finally, after all this time… the NicoDou iPhone/iPod Touch app has finally been released!
After using it, I can safely say it is better than I expected. I guess the wait was worth it after all.
I have a lot to say, but for those of you with limited blog reading time, here are the main points:
1. Views NicoDou videos
2. Shows comments
3. Publishes comments
2. Available on US iTunes Store
3. Runs over Edge, 3G, and WiFi
Remember, you need a NicoDou account to use this app. If you don’t have one, go get one here!
Full review and lots of screen shots after the jump!
Tags: app, app review, Apple, ニコニコ動画, Dwango, edge, gadgets, iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone Apps, NicoDou, NicoNicoDouga, screenshots, ss, technology, wifi
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Reflections Upon Watching Anime For The First Time In Five Years
Written by Jeshii on 2009.04.08 – 23:47 -
【ニコニコ動画】ハルヒ「！？」
It was a long week. I sat down and I squeezed all 14 episodes of 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱 (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu) in to my life, mainly on lunch breaks and when the baby and wife were at Grandma’s house. It was tough, but as a self-proclaimed ニコ厨 (NicoChuu), it seemed that watching this アニメ (anime) would help me to better understand all the references and characters in the series that constantly show up on NicoDou.
The basics of the show I’m sure are widely known and not really worth mentioning. I watched it in broadcast order (“Kyon Order”) and thoroughly enjoyed the series. I think みくる (Mikuru) is a manifestation of 80-90′s cyberpunk future アニメ characters. ナガト (Nagato) is pretty much レイ (Rei) from Evangelion. I could totally relate to Kyon, but what red-blooded man wouldn’t? I laughed, I cried, and a good time was had by all.
Then I thought about it. It has really be 5 whole years since I saw any アニメ at all. Well, stray 宮崎 (Miyazaki) films aside. Oh, and starring in that one. But really, I used to watch tons of it in high school and college. Once I moved to Japan, I watched Initial D because I lived in 群馬 (Gunma). But soon enough, I stopped watching it all together. Why would I stop watching アニメ once getting to Japan?! Seems counter-intuitive.
But really, it makes perfect sense. My group of friends changed. I had friends in the states who enjoyed アニメ, and after watching something, I had people I could talk to about it. When I moved to Japan, my friends were more interested in sports and cars and music and alcohol… It wasn’t really your アニメ watching crowd. So even if I did watch something, no one could relate.
Now that I’m back in America, I have started reconnecting with old friends. But more than that, I’ve become a huge ニコニコ動画 (NicoNicoDouga) fan. It’s different than being an アニメ fan, since ニコニコ動画 already has people who you can talk to about the videos built in and in real time. And also, those people are the kind of people who watch アニメ.
So, I am back in the community. Next series I will be watching is らき☆すた (“Luck Star”).
Just have to keep my mouth shut about アニメ when talking to the wife! Wish me luck.
Tags: anime, おたく, アニメ, キョン, ニコニコ動画, ハルヒ, ヲタク, coming of age, community, gunma, life, NicoDou, NicoNicoDouga, otaku, reflections, wife, 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱
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NicoDou? NND?
Written by Jeshii on 2009.04.03 – 04:23 -
The other day, TokyoMango posted an entry talking about RuPaul doing the same thing 兄貴 did (or was done to him… er… ><; BTW, NSFW). This isn’t about that, since I’m not an 兄貴 fan, but rather about Lisa’s use of the abbreviation NND to mean ニコニコ動画 (NicoNicoDouga).
People who read my site will know I prefer to use the actual Japanese, and when I abbreviate the name of the site, I say ニコ動 (NicoDou). And if I have to say it in English, I would probably say NicoDou.
What do you guys think? Is NND the proper English abbreviation for it? I mean, they can both exist side by side, as I call Dance Dance Revolution “DDR” in English and 「ダンレボ」 (“danrebo“) in Japanese. But, for some reason, NND doesn’t look right to me. I’m sure there are forums out there that have been posting videos from ニコ動 forever, and they should have the authority, IMHO. What do they call it?
Tags: abbreviation, DDR, language, NicoNicoDouga, questions, RuPaul, TokyoMango, 兄貴
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NicoNicoDouga App is done!
Written by Jeshii on 2009.03.31 – 00:36 -I didn’t think this day would ever come. The ニコニコ動画 (NicoNicoDouga) for iPhone and iPod Touch is complete, as reported by ascii.jp! The video above shows many of the features. Basically, it looks to be a nice experience overall, with rankings, search, and of course the ability to comment. You’ll also note, they don’t show comments actually over the video until the very end. I was freaking out. I mean, without the comments, ニコ動 is nothing.
In any case, now they are just waiting for approval from Apple. More will be revealed in the April 7th issue of Weekly Ascii magazine. The second I find a copy of that or the app is actually released, I will be doing everything in my power to bring you guys the juicy details!
NicoNicoDouga 4 life!!!
Tags: app, Apple, ascii, ニコニコ動画, cell phones, iPhone, iPod Touch, mobile, mobile video, nico on youtube, NicoNicoDouga, nicovideo
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Telepathy, Telepathy
Written by Jeshii on 2009.03.20 – 11:56 -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.
Tags: ニコニコ動画, 音楽, Hatsune Miku, miku, music, NicoNicoDouga, nicovideo, telepath, telepathy, 初音ミク
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NicoSound
Written by Jeshii on 2009.02.04 – 18:05 -
I have already suggested this to people in the comments, but the NicoSound service is amazing. It is a website where you enter an address of a ニコニコ動画, and it makes a downloadable mp3 of it. Super handy for us NicoMusic lovers.
Here’s some links to music featured on this blog. Go to the page and click the “パソコンへ転送” tab to download (see above screen shot).
Anyway, check out NicoSound so you can listen to NicoMusic wherever you may be.
Tags: download, mp3, music, NicoNicoDouga, NicoSound
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NicoNicoDouga loves you
Written by Jeshii on 2009.01.05 – 14:39 -
【ニコニコ動画】時報を歌にしてみたら原形がなくなった的な感じ風のノリみたいなアレ
Yes, my decent into utter and total ヲタク land continues… it is time for more ニコニコ動画 (NicoNicoDouga) self-gratification. This song really sums up the ニコ動 experience; despite the fact there is all the bad things that come with being a ニコニコ動画 viewer (trolls, comment swarms, those advertisements that play at certain times), there’s so much awesomeness to be had (the crazy fads, Vocaloid, 東方, IdolM@ster). Oh, and it is summed up with the fact that “although no one would die without it, still, NicoNicoDouga loves you.”
Based around the 時報 (jihou) tune that happens at 0:00, 2:00, and 5:00 (JST), it is brilliant and well crafted. I just wish I knew who to attribute it to.
Lyrics after the jump…
Tags: 神, homemade, Internet, music, NicoNicoDouga, nicovideo, rock
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NicoNicoDouga 2008 Ending Credits
Written by Jeshii on 2009.01.01 – 00:01 -
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！
Tags: お正月, エヴァンゲリオン, Evangelion, lol, New Year's, NicoNicoDouga, nicovideo, shogatsu
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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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