第３回MMD杯 MikuMikuDanceCup 2009 Summer

People checking out the nicovideo ranking must have already noticed it. Currently the MikuMikuDanceCup is being held. Basically it is a contest of the best animation made using MikuMikuDance. The final entrees have been uploaded and the most popular ones are quite high in the general ranking. The contest is until friday 21/08 and the results will be published on monday 24/08.

Most animations use the Hatsune Miku/Vocaloid models. Some use different models like Mona. not much to say about the 3D model but the animation looks great. Some use the k-on girls...

My favorite until now is this very nice Touhou animation.


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image via konachan

化物語 ED 君の知らない物語: Bakemonogatari ED kimi no shiranai monogatari

SInce it's the 13th already the single has been released and some new videos have appeared on nicovideo:

A better quality version:

nicosound link

The second song on the single:

nicosound link

And a PV version:


image via moe.imouto.org via pixiv

化物語 Bakemonogatari Full ED: 君の知らない物語 kimi no shiranai monogatari

It looks like the full version of the ending theme of Bakemonogatari has leaked onto nicovideo. I very much like the song and it was a nice surprise as the single was planned to release in a couple of days on the 12th of August. The song 君の知らない物語(kimi no shiranai monogatari) is composed by Supercell, the group Ryo belongs to. Ryo is famous on Nicovideo for the songs he has made using Vocaloid Hatsune Miku. This has lead to many covers (歌ってみた) of his songs with the most famous one being Melt（メルト）. His songs have a certain style which was somewhat recognizable when hearing the ED for the first time. The singer is Nagi (previously known as ガゼル) who is also very much known on Nicovideo for her songs. Before as Gazelle she also made a cover of Melt with Ryo. I've been looking forward the ED to be released. This is a nice surprise indeed.


nicosound link

Because I couldn't decide on the image, heres some more.


images via konachan

JDrama: Mr Brain

As of this weekend I've been watching some Jdrama again. My time used for watching Jdrama steadily decreased since my internship but last friday I decided to watch a drama thats airing this/last season again. I finally watched the Galileo movie and that made my drama watching urges resurface. This drama (and the Galileo Movie)kept me from making post I planned to make this weekend. So expect more post when I'm done watching.

After some looking around I decided to watch Mr Brain. Its quite funny and you learn things about brains :P
It is about Tsukumo Ryusuke, former host club host, brain scientist due to a accident. He acts a bit odd but nonetheless is assigned to the brain science department of IPS (Institute of Police Science) where he due to his odd interests is involved in crime investigation. There he, using his 'brain science' skills, helps solving different cases using high tech equipment.

Tsukumo is played by Kimura Takuya, famous actor singer as part of SMAP. Besides him many different Japanese celebrities including Gackt, Kamenashi Kazuya and Nakama Yukie.

Check some screenshots or the trailer below. Time for a banana.

Gackt in ep 2


Kamenashi Kazuya in ep 3



Nakama Yukie in ep 5/6


trailer here
Official website
Mr Brain on dramawiki