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I logged into Nico Nico Douga this morning and went WTF. The top video list is filled with Gachimuchi Pantsu Wrestling (Don’t click unless you have your heart prepared!) videos. Here’s a rundown on what the meme is all about, shamelessly stolen from Wikipedia:

Billy Herrington (born 14 July 1969, Long Island, New York) is a heterosexual, or “gay-for-pay,” American pornographic actor who appeared in gay pornography.

Herrington has also become an internet meme among the Japanese community after a clip from one of his videos ‘Workout’ was posted on Nico Nico Douga, a Japanese video sharing website. Over 1000 parody videos of him have been made, many of which utilizes deliberate mishearings of his lines in the porn flick. He is affectionately called “Brother” (兄貴 aniki) among the Nico Nico Douga community, and most of his videos are deliberately tagged with “Forest Fairy” (森の妖精 mori no yousei), “Philosophy”, or both.

So, I was like “Damn you Nico Nico Douga! Not only you announced you are going to remove anime MADs, you also deprive me of lolis and stuffs I watch, and then force me to watch all these, err…, MADs I don’t watch?”

ARRGGGHHHH!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, seems like I have to put up with this today. It’s Aniki’s birthday after all. It’s good to see that denizens of Nico Nico Douga are having fun, which means that the community is still very much alive.

On another note, it’s almost two weeks from the MAD-wiping-out annoucement, but I still see plenty of Lucky Star, Haruhi, and Code Geass MADs in the ranklist. So the announcement was just an empty threat or something? I’m not sure about what’s going on any more, but I hope the situation continues like this, with fewer gachimuchi videos, of course.

Nico Nico Douga announced they will delete videos containing materials from lots of anime companies from now. (See the news article here.)  Okay, this means my favorite Code Geass MAD, Super Nippon Deluxe (Sunrise), and all those Haruhi MADs (Kadokawa) can go to the graveyard soon. Zepy pointed out that there are still Touhou, Idolm@ster, and other good stuffs left, so this is not going to be the end of Nico Nico Douga per se, but the place is going to be less lively from now on.

Or not? Youtube is doing the same thing, but there are still tons of copyrighted stuffs there. Can Nico Nico Douga best effort keeps up with the rate of users’ uploading? Probably not. The thing I’m afraid of the most is that Nico Nido Douga would pay the most of their deleting effort to videos in the Top 100 list, and videos with derived content that are left would all be crappy.

Okay, time for some conspiracy theory. Kadokawa is allowing Youtube to host user videos with its content, and they will share ads profit with one another and the makers of those videos. Plus, Gonzo is hosting its anime channel on Youtube. Could this be an attempt from these three companies to curb competition from Nico Nico Douga?

… was the most recent anime I marathoned. Oh, wait, it’s not an anime isn’t it? Well, but my mode of experiencing it totally was that of an anime. I watched a fellow named rrw32 played the game from start to finish at Nico Nico Douga. The list of movies he uploaded contains 78 episodes of about 20 minutes of gameplay, cut scenes, and skits. Took me about 3 days to finish the whole thing.

While I cannot say whether ToSR, as the Japanese abbreviate it, is a good game or not, I can say that it’s quite entertaining as an anime. Here are some reasons: Continue reading “Tales of Symphonia: Ratatosk no Kishi”

Moetan brings us again how Engrish is supposed to be used! This new lesson is updated with the latest events and fads in the Engrish-speaking(?) world.

Here are the phrases as they appear in the video. How many can you identify the sources?

「親父にもぶたれてたことないのに」
But, I was never even beaten by my dad!
Amuro Ray says this in Episode 9 of Kidou Senshi Gundam after Bright Noa hit him.

「海賊王に俺はなる」
I’m the one who will be the King of Pirates.
Monkey D. Luffy says this at the beginning of One Piece.

「良いボートですね。」
It’s a Nice Boat.
TV Kanagawa replaced the bloody last episode of School Days with a documentary with a boat in a lake. The incident was identified as “Nice Boat” since.
Continue reading “Some Advanced Engrish Phrases from Moetan”

Get a headphone. Prepare your heart. And listen to this:

My head exploded multiple times already… Arrggghhhh… Kugyuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!

• wktk (wakuteka)
  Stands for ワクワクテカテカ (wakuwakutekateka). “Wakuwaku”is an onomatopoeia for being excited, and “tekateka” for gleaming. It is used to express the feeling of expectation for a good thing that’s going to happen soon, like when you’re waiting to watch a good video while it’s loading, or the state that Tama-chan is in below:

wktk Continue reading “Japanese(?) I Learned from Nico Nico Douga”

It’s official!

The above video is full of lulz. First, a 15-year-old boy sent a postcard asking Yukarin “[...] Girls I like are 2D characters and Yukarin. It’s awkward to say that, isn’t it? Can you suggest a way to avoid the subject?”

Yukarin and the co-host went “Hmm… This is difficult.” And Yukarin said, “You see. I’m, like, 2.5D myself.” (LOL) Continue reading ““Nanoha-chan to Fate-chan ga Raburabu nan da yo!” said Tamura Yukari.”

The titular video, M.N.M.K. San Shimai wa Heibon Nanoka? (M.N.M.K.三姉妹は平凡なのか？　最終鬼畜南家 【みなみけMAD】), is probably the best recent Nico Nico Douga remix. See for yourself how AWESOME it is below:

Continue reading “M.N.M.K. San Shimai wa Heibon Nanoka?”

I gave a talk on Nico Nico Douga at Barcamp Bangkok on January 26, 2008. The event itself was fun and I got to meet a lot of interesting people, many of whom shared some obsession with Japanese media like I do. I’m posting here a revised version of the talk script and the talk slide, in Lessig style. (Yeah, I’m a Lessig fanboy.)

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Continue reading “The Evolution of Creativity: Nico Nico Douga and Doujinshi Subculture in Web 2.0″

Seems like I’m suffering from Hiatus Disease. Yeah, your job can make you become a lazy blogger, especially one where you have to multitask. Continue reading “Random Bits #6″