Yamatologic

Goodbye Michael

The thing is, I really never gave Michael Jackson much thought. But when you live in Japan as a foreigner, you find out that even if you didn’t know any Japanese, you could bring a karaoke bar to its knees with a few choice Michael Jackson songs. For that, I am forever indebted. Thanks Michael.

NicoDou is coping by celebrating his life in the only ways they know, with kickass MAD action:

【ニコニコ動画】マイケルジャクソンがてってってーを歌ってみたよ

【ニコニコ動画】【MAD】らき☆すた もってけ！セーラーふく fullマイケルver

With look-a-likes:

【ニコニコ動画】マイコーりょう

With Video Game Mashups:

【ニコニコ動画】マイケルクエスト

【ニコニコ動画】マイケルファンタジー -Michael fantasy-

And practicing up on their dance moves:

【ニコニコ動画】どんなデブでもムーンウォークができるようになる映像

【ニコニコ動画】beat itで踊ってみた

【ニコニコ動画】踊り場でムーンウォークとかしてみた

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Farewell Foo-san…

【ニコニコ動画】ㄞ

NicoDou is over! (not really, but still awesome)

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Hadaka Matsuri

【ニコニコ動画】【速報】 草彅剛 全裸でグルメレースを試み逮捕

Media circus is a go! SMAP member, 草彅剛 (Kusanagi Tsuyoshi) was arrested for being naked in public after a night at the bar. First off, I totally feel for the guy. Who hasn’t drunk too much and ended up naked in a park? I know I have.

Anyway, NicoDou is aflame at the moment with Tsuyoshi ⅹ はっぱ隊 (Happa-tai) or 兄貴 (Aniki) MADs. The media and government are like “BAD,” but it seems like most everyone on ニコ動 is pretty forgiving. But MAD-wise, it’s gonna be crazy over the next few weeks I’m sure, but here’s what I’ve got for you to start off, after the jump.

Oh, and his quote is priceless: 裸だったら、何が悪い！ (Hadaka dattara, nani ga warui! “What’s wrong with being naked?”) Amen.

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High Speed Mario 3 Eps 4 and 5 up!

【ニコニコ動画】無理ゲーな高速マリオ３を冷静実況プレイ-part4

【ニコニコ動画】無理ゲーな高速マリオ３を冷静実況プレイ-part5

P(ピー)さん continues his mission to finish Mario 3 at high speed (Eps 1-3). The water levels are giving him some trouble though. Keep it up! At the end of ep. 5, he sounds so tired. 本当にお疲れ様です！

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NicoNicoDouga App is done!

【ニコニコ動画】iPhoneのニコニコ再生アプリ

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!!!

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Rate Your Japaneseness… ZERO ONE!

【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?

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Super Speed Mario 3

【ニコニコ動画】無理ゲーな高速マリオ３を冷静実況プレイ-part1
Yes, P(ピー)さん is back. After completing all of the original Super Mario Bros. at some odd high speed factor, he has made good on his promise to start doing Super Mario 3 at high speed. From this video, it looks like this will be quite the challenge! He spent a majority of the video on 1-4, a level that automatically scrolls. A lot of the comments are concerned he won’t be able to make it through those hard ass airships.

Anyway, let us send our love to him! If anyone can do it, it is him. (Image from http://ch.nicovideo.jp/bbs/co17681)

All new episodes posted after the jump!

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Telepathy, Telepathy

【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.

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

【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.)

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New Perfume Single! One Room Disco!

【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)

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