Nico Nico Douga is such a fun place to be! One of the nice feature is that, just like the doujinshi community, there are so many memes and “good ideas” that people just take, modify, and then republish. Today I’m going to write about a meme in Nico Nico Douga’s music department: kamikyoku. (Or is it “shinkyoku”?) Anyways, the Japanese for this word is 神曲, which literally means “song of God.” A kamikyoku is a song that the video publisher think is so good that it becomes divine.

Makka na Chikaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
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I got a couple of weird kicks watching Hiyorin’s exploits in Lucky Star 18 & 19. I seriously thought she was the greatest character EVAR. Now I think I know why… Continue reading “Praise the Hiyorin”
I’m in the process of making an interactive database of Anime Saimoe 2007 Tournament using MIT’s SIMILE Exhibit and Google Spreadsheet.
A work in progress is available here: http://cardcaptor.moekaku.com/saimoe2007/by-character.html
The data are based on the following spreadsheets:
Stay tuned as the data entry process is painful indeed…
By the way, if there’s something wrong with the data, please tell me.