10.

Although Bad Apple didn’t even warrant a real entry from me this year (it did get a twitter update however), it was pretty much the biggest video of this year. I give it 10 for being awesome, but way overplayed.

9.

There was a major RED ZONE explosion around early Feb. They are all awesome, but Shuzo has a special place in my heart (Although the K-ON! one was pretty close).

8.

This Cirno video was very influential this year. My two favorite mads off this one were the Shuzo one and the K-ON! one (apparently I have very particular tastes).

7.

The Training-type MADs were all the rage, but this one closed the book on them. It was perfect. If you aren’t an Eva fan, then I apologize.

6.

2009 saw the birth of Hammer Day, which is the 11th of every single month. This was the last by the original Hammer Guy and still the best IMHO.

5.

K-ON! was another big part of 2009, and this was the MAD that I couldn’t turn off. It’s just too brilliant.

4.

I personally started watching Haruhi this year, so when I first saw this video, I had no idea who any of these people were (but I loved the video). Now, at the end of 2009, I have seen everything and am anxiously awaiting the movie.

3.

The Family Mart chime remix fad was started by this video. I couldn’t stop listening to it. Simple and shows you a little bit of how to use a KORG to make amazing music.

2.

The last しも (Shimo) medley video practically introduced me to NicoNicoDouga and essentially prompted me to start this blog. This one, which came out in June, was more like a review of my time on NicoNicoDouga. The joy was unspeakable, and so this takes #2.

1.

While it may look like I’m tooting my own horn here, this remix of our video pretty much crippled me with laughter. By far the most enjoyment I got out of a video this year. Thank you みすとん！

Honorable Mention:

The 韃靼海峡 (Dattan Kaikyou) based MADs were excellent before they started getting deleted. Totally would have made the top 10 if not for that.

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If you have ever spent any amount of time on ニコニコ動画 (NicoNicoDouga), you’ve bound to have seen the silly little animated gifs in the upper left hand corner.

This is a great little video featuring some of those redone with 東方 (Touhou) characters. Expect to see these avatars around the ‘tubes soon. The チルノ (Cirno) is my favorite. エンドレス⑨ｗｗｗ

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What if the 桜高軽音部 (Sakurakou Keionbu) were マキシマムザホルモン (Maximum the Hormone) fans? They would probably cover the 2006 hit song 恋はメガラバ (Koi ha Megarabu).

If you need some reference to the actual song to help make sense of this MMD MAD, check out the PV.

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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！

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Sorry for all the けいおん！ (K-ON!) posts recently, but too much good stuff keeps coming out of it! This parody song of the opening Kagayake!GIRLS is an anti-NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) song. It’s really harsh, saying “Work or die, please choose one or the other.” But if you just take it with a grain of salt, it is an awesome answer to the ニート万歳 (NEET banzai) feeling of a lot of NicoDou videos. Plus, the fact that it is sung by girls as if it was the girls from けいおん！, maybe this will inspire some NEETs to actually go out and get jobs…? One can only hope.

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【ニコニコ動画】【けいおん！】もし唯がむぎちゃんのこと嫌いだったらシリーズEP1

【ニコニコ動画】【けいおん！】もし唯がむぎちゃんのこと嫌いだったらEP２けいおん！

【ニコニコ動画】【けいおん！】もし唯がむぎちゃんのこと嫌いだったらEP３　けいおん！

【ニコニコ動画】【けいおん！】もし唯がむぎちゃんのこと嫌いだったらEP４　けいおん！

【ニコニコ動画】【けいおん】もし唯がむぎちゃんのこと嫌いだったらEP5　けいおん！

【ニコニコ動画】【超画質】もし唯がむぎちゃんのこと嫌いだったら　ＥＰ６　けいおん！

【ニコニコ動画】【超画質】もし唯がむぎちゃんのこと嫌いだったらＥＰ７　けいおん！

【ニコニコ動画】【最終回】もし唯がむぎちゃんのこと嫌いだったらEP8　けいおん！

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【ニコニコ動画】ファイト一発！充電ちゃん!! ED

…then you take your favorite character from anything (東方, Vocaloid, IdolM@ster) and strip her down to her underwear and make her run on a treadmill…

【ニコニコ動画】【ネタ☆MAD3rd】ミク＆春香＆霊夢がトレーニング

…AND THEN you just move into the realm of the absurd…

【ニコニコ動画】エキサイトバイクがトレーニング

Go check out ○○がトレーニング if you like what you see.

UPDATE: They just keep coming, so I’ll just keep putting the good ones after the jump.

【ニコニコ動画】【東方】⑨がトレーニング?

BTW, I love Cirno.

【ニコニコ動画】松岡修造がバーニング

Shuzo version. Had to be done.

【ニコニコ動画】巨大綾波がトレーニング　【完全版】

Evangelion + Training = Win

【ニコニコ動画】てゐがとても激しくトレーニング【手描き東方】

Even the Excitebike one is getting remixed!

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After a long break (4 months?!) and lots of imitators (I’ve seen that Ronald McDonald thing now more time than I can remember), 奴が来る (Yatsu ga Kuru) is back. This time, our intrepid 幕末志士 head out to Shifting Sand Land and attempt the red coins before the green devil can get them!

Again, super entertaining and awesome, forever. Looks like the next one might be the last one. Rainbow Cruise?! I can’t wait.

If you haven’t seen them all, go see Ep. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

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

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