Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Abunai 2009: Dutch Anime Convention

Last weekend I've been to the local anime convention(One of the few in the Netherlands). It was a 3 day event so me and other members of the local japanese culture association went and stayed at nearby cottages.

The convention was nice and there was plenty of stuff to do.
There was a dealer room with many shops having stands selling goodies. This time nothing peaked my interest, so no loot. Anime and movies were shown on large screens in videorooms(though I didnt watch anything)
SoramimiKaraoke The karaoke was there to provide there karaoke(I didnt sing though I did time some songs for karaoke)
What I did do was spend some time at the games room, playing projectorgames (falldown and skykids ftw!)

There were plenty of cosplay events like a cosplay act and fashion show.
They even had a maid cafe with some very cute maids.

So as an impression of how it was, here is a picture of four cute ladies cosplaying as the K-On girls.(I assumed there would be plenty of pictures online elsewhere so not many pictures were taken. The only cosplay picture I have taken is this one OTL)
(If fate allows and you happen to be one of the cosplayers on the picture, contact me if you want the original or want it removed)

Another nice event was the AMV competition. Many great AMV were submitted.
The Winner(The song is in dutch, the lyrics matched the video clip perfectly):


This year the organization was able to arrange a taiko performance by Tatake, a Belgian taiko group who even has performed in Japan. The performance was nice and refreshing as they added some typical Belgian humor to the act,

Most of the time I spent time hanging around with other people having a great time. I'm already looking forward to next years convention.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

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.


more videos on this tag

image via konachan

Thursday, August 13, 2009

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

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

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

Sunday, August 2, 2009

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

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

萌え萌えキュン♡


While browsing through nicovideo I came across a very well made 3D animation of 萌え萌えキュン♡ 



Heres another short moe moe kyun animation made in MikuMikuDance


image via pixiv.net

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Virtual Yakiniku


Technology has come this far that you can eat virtual yakiniku. Perfect for them poor students and people on a diet. You only need a good and active imagination and a computer(and a paper apron if you're afraid to drop virtual meat). The only downside is the wait until the meat is done cooking...

Reminds me to go eat at the korean bbq anytime soon...

Air yakiniku

link via Japanprobe via cnet

image via gelbooru