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Shin Yamato Damacy’s The Mountain

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Japanese Version:

Speaking of Luka, looks like I totally missed the upload of a brand new production of Shin Yamato Damacy! “The Mountain” is a search for gold atop… The Mountain. That’s the name! Really, my guess is that it is filmed on 妙義山 (Myogi-san), which really is the scariest mountain EVAR. Yes, it is also a famous ハシリヤ course, but the hiking is also freaking epic. This is the only mountain I’ve ever climbed that gave me nightmares.

Anyway, there a really awesome tie-in to something else in here, but I won’t ruin it for you. Check it out! There is also a Japanese Dub on both ニコ動 and YouTube.

Technorati Tags: ザ・山, blogs, drift, friends, gaijin, gunma, hiking, Mt. Myogi, racing, shin yamato damacy, The Mountain, video, vlogging, 外人, 妙義山

Hotrix Reloaded

【ニコニコ動画】[修造]ホットリックス　リローデッド[MAD]

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！」

Technorati Tags: Hot, lol, MAD, Matrix, Matsuoka Shuzo, nicovideo, Tennis, video, 松岡修造

1930s Japan in Color

Here is a brief review of the 1935 and 1937 documentaries, Modern Tokyo and Floral Japan. These videos show a Japan that is so distant from the アキバ candy pop we love so today.

I have a feeling the clip shown was probably from some NHK special. I wish I could find the whole thing. I wonder what future generations will think after watching some of the videos people are taking today. How long until it is hardly recognizable any more?

Technorati Tags: 1930s, 1935, 1937, color film, documentary, floral japan, modern tokyo, NHK, nicovideo, old japan, Traveltalk, video

Soft of Bank

The talking dog from the Softbank commercials has finally been mixed into this awesome video. The song is ナイト・オブ・ナイツ (naito obu naitsu) from 東方 Project, of course. There’s also a little bit of 信仰風化曲　～ Native Faith in there, not to mention other ニコ動 inside jokes.

I can’t stop watching it. So here it is for all of you too. The person who put this together said it took 2 months! Geez!

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again, I love the Internet.

Technorati Tags: aya ueto, かわいい, ナイト・オブ・ナイツ, cute, 犬, dog, MAD, music, Native Faith, nicovideo, Night of Knights, Night of Nights, project shrine maiden, remix, softbank, video, 東方, 上戸彩, 信仰風化曲

The Mystery of Tissue Hime

In my never ending quest to expose all of the craziness on ニコニコ動画 (NicoNicoDouga) to the English-speaking world, I present you with the interesting character, ティッシュ姫 (“Tissue” Hime).

ティッシュ姫 is an amazing bass player (although no match for the guy from Ninja Academy!) who plays your typical ニコ動 selections, from ハルヒ stuff (hence the costume) to 初音ミク songs. ティッシュ姫 has gotten pretty big recently, from playing bass for a commercial to being in this video for メルト with slick production values.

But, even more than the music, there is one nagging question everyone asks, from ２ちゃん to Yahoo! Answers…

Is ティッシュ姫 a guy or a girl?

The official answer is 「姫」 (“Princess”) apparently. A good majority of the net is on the side of thinking it is a dude, but there is a small core of firm believers who say that ティッシュ姫 is a chick. The one side will say “look at his hands!” and the other will say “look at her thighs!”

I’m going to stay out of it, as I’m of the belief that it doesn’t matter either way. The mystery is part of the fun.

For some more ディッシュ action, check out more videos on ニコ動 or YouTube.

Technorati Tags: ティッシュ姫, メルト, bass, bass guitar, cross dressing, girls, Japanese girls, Japanese guys, music, nicovideo, school uniform, Tissue Hime, Tissue Princess, transvestite, video, 初音ミク

Ningen da mono!

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.

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Technorati Tags: Almost NSFW, きかいなら、かんたんなんだよ, commercials, 相撲, funny, humans, lol, machines, nicovideo, sumo, video, 人間

Give Thanks, Yatta!

ニッポン救急! 世界救急! DEMO!!!! 明日はWonderful!!!!

It is Thanksgiving in America today. And I can’t think of any better way to celebrate it than with this video. I mean, seriously, with the way people are talking about hard times, you’d think it was Blamesgiving day. Just listen to Happa-tai and reflect on all we do have to be thankful for!

This is the 7th most popular video on ニコニコ動画 (Nico Nico Douga) is a retrospective of YATTA!. YATTA! is one of those videos/songs that has been going around since the early 00′s (say “double-aughts”). And it was so popular around the world, that this retrospective was made to celebrate it’s positive message and way of bringing the world together.

On the video, at around 1:59, are my dorky friends and I in 2002 doing the Yatta Box skit at Fanime. I got a message on YouTube asking for a higher quality version, and this is the result. It must have been a lot of work to make the video.

Visit the official site of this retrospective.

And remember these simple words:

君が変われば、世界も変わる。

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Technorati Tags: はっぱ隊, やった, comedy, fan video, happa-tai, happatai, happy, Japanese guys, music, NicoNicoDouga, nicovideo, retrospective, video, yatta

Fish and Cat!

Yay for web toons. I just found a silly little web toon known as さかな＆ねこ (sakana & neko). If you look at the picture to the right, you have the entire premise of the show. Cat + Cat = 2 Cats. Cat + Fish = Cat. This is a very important theorem to understanding these videos.

Really, it’s short gags about what happens when anthropomorphic cats and fish live together in the world. And one of them even features 初音ミク!

Without further ado, you can see the videos after the jump or on 森井ケンシロウ’s livedoor anime site. His homepage is here.

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Technorati Tags: animation, anime, さかな, ねこ, cats, comedy, cute, 猫, 魚, fish, Kenshiro Morii, video, 森井ケンシロウ

GS Wonderland

GSワンダーランド (GS Wonderland) comes out today in Japan. I want to see this movie so bad for so many reasons. The retro feel makes me yearn for a simper time when you could wear tights and have girls screaming for you.

Next time I’m in Japan, I’m so buying the DVD. Maybe it’ll show up on mysoju…

Go visit the official site.

Technorati Tags: Group Sound, GS, j-movies, Japanese movies, movies, music, retro, video

Yamato Damacy @ Yamatologic

So, I finally finished making all the pages for Yamato Damacy here on Yamatologic. I will be trying to get a redirect script up at the old domain, but for the time being, if you have an episode of Yamato Damacy you want to link to or share, please use the http://yamatologic.com/yamato-damacy/ link please! [Update] A redirect script is up on the old site, so you can link to http://yamato.revecess.com/ or http://yamatologic.com/yamato-damacy/! Yay!

There is also a torrent link for the avi files on that main page. So feel free to download those. I have my torrent seeding as we speak and will try to keep it up as much as I can.

Sorry again to all the old fans… I shouldn’t have taken so long to do this! But it is getting done, albeit slowly. Makes me wonder when I’ll actually get around to digging out the old footage for the lost episode(s). Hmmm…

[Update] Hmmm… comments don’t seem to be showing up for the pages… I’ll have to fix that. ><;

[Update] Comments work! Now to import the comments from the old site!

Technorati Tags: blast from the past, blogs, jeshii, rahman, video, video podcast, yamato damacy