Short 東方 Touhou AMV/MAD

After seeing the AMVs at the convention I was thinking on how much work it would be to make one. So being inspired by a touhou arrangement I heard before, I decided to give it a try. Due to my natural lazyness, I also decided not to use short movies from anime, but to only use images.

The song is by はちみつれもン(hachimitsulemon) a doujin music group, vocals by erica. The song is slow but gives off a nice japanese atmosphere. The title is 酔月(drunken moon), so when deciding on what touhou character to put in there was not very hard(touhou's drunkard suika ibuki)

As the song is calm, not many fancy effects were used. Panning and zooming images with simple transitions depending on the song/image. Some subtle differences in the effects were put in there, referring to the situation or character in the image.

So enough text, on to the video:


Also a nicovideo version:

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

Reimu Hakurei Nendoroid

Mikatan's blog brought some great news!!! A Reimu Hakurei Nendoroid~

Do want very much~

There is just one problem. It will be released at Comiket 76 exclusively ;_;
So I'll be looking for people going to C76 that can get me one >.>

Check the post for images of a very cute Reimu nendoroid
image via konachan

waki miko reimu~

I played some Dance Dance Revolution with some Touhou songs a couple of days ago and ever since a song has been stuck in my head. Usually songs don't stick for long but this is a persistent one. As it has been stuck for a while now I might as well write something about it.
The evil song is called "Tsukiyo Wo Kakusanai Teido No Nouryoku?"(月夜を隠さない程度の能力？) by IOSYS, a group well known by their remixes of Touhou music. For people that are interested in the original: it is a remix from "少女綺想曲　〜 Dream Battle", a BGM track in the eighth Touhou game: Imperishable Night. It is the theme song for Hakurei Reimu, the miko you see in the picture. The original song is quite nice but the remix added some vocals(waki miko reimu~) which are repeated frequently causing it to loop in my head ._.

As I'm enjoying it in my head already I guess I'll share the joy~ (waki miko reimu)*

image via moe.imouto.org