Miichan! His cover of Romeo x Cinderella. I prefer the 8 person chorus version. It sounds richer with more voices. Among the solo male versions, I think Miichan has one of the best covers. Enjoy~!
Friday, September 24, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Nico Dubbers - Magnet
Videos of Miichan's covers let me to the song Magnet. Magnet is a pretty hot and romantic song lyrics and melody wise. For some reason, every cover I've come across so far has nothing heterosexual. It's all either girl x girl (yuri) or guy x guy (yaoi).
Judging from the overwhelming number of covers I've found, it might be the most popular vocaloid-covered song ever. And among all these covers, the yaoi versions are prevalent. It is immensely popular compared to other versions. There's no true yuri version however. It seems like the females are a little more reserved when adding erm.. spice to the singing.
To get the mp3 of the original videos, note the video id and follow the instructions here. Since there's so many, I'll just post a few.
Note that in almost every version, the uke starts singing first.
Yaoi Versions
Magnet - Miichan and Remyuu's cover:
Video Id: sm7392928
Quite possibly my favourite yaoi version. Of course I could be bias all because it's Miichan. If you haven't figured out already, he's the seme =x *squeal*
Magnet - Berat and Pogo's cover
Video Id: sm7821695
In terms of singing, I prefer the other versions. Nevertheless, this is still very popular because it's the most erm.. suggestive version. You don't even need to understand Japanese to guess what's going on with their dialogue. *cough*Yamete means please stop*cough* I don't know who is who in this video. Not that huge a fan of them at the moment ^^ *head filled with Miichan*
Trans-voice Versions
The trans-voice version are pretty unique. Maybe it's not new to some people but it's the first time I've heard it so convincingly. The alternate voice really sound like the intended genders! Epic win! I wish I had that ability, not just to sing but to have fun with it. It'd be pretty cool if I could answer the phone in a convincing male voice.
Magnet - Pico and Seikhan's cover
Video Id: sm7862473
This video has the Japanese lyrics in their annotations. Seikhan is the seme, Pico is the uke. Also, just to share a comment that I saw: "I wonder how Seikhan sounds like when he's having sex. He sounds like two different person" I agree, >_> his female voice is uber cute while his actual voice is very manly.
Magnet: Che:Sakurai and Hitori's cover
Video Id: sm7265930
Basically the reverse version of Pico and Seikhan. This version also has English translation and romanji in the annotations. This is the only cover that I want to get the mp3 version of. Probably would have gotten Pico and Seikhan's too if not for their cute dialogue. Imo, this song is soft, hot and romantic at the same time and the dialogue kind of dampen the mood a little.
Fun version:
Magnet - Faneru, Gero and ASK's cover.
Video Id: Couldn't find. Help please someone ^^
Worth viewing for the dialogue. It's been subbed in the annotations. Those who wants to learn how to pronounce ASK's name can listen to how Faneru and Gero calls him. It sounds something like Kasuke, not ask as in ask a question.
Judging from the overwhelming number of covers I've found, it might be the most popular vocaloid-covered song ever. And among all these covers, the yaoi versions are prevalent. It is immensely popular compared to other versions. There's no true yuri version however. It seems like the females are a little more reserved when adding erm.. spice to the singing.
To get the mp3 of the original videos, note the video id and follow the instructions here. Since there's so many, I'll just post a few.
Note that in almost every version, the uke starts singing first.
Yaoi Versions
Magnet - Miichan and Remyuu's cover:
Video Id: sm7392928
Quite possibly my favourite yaoi version. Of course I could be bias all because it's Miichan. If you haven't figured out already, he's the seme =x *squeal*
Magnet - Berat and Pogo's cover
Video Id: sm7821695
In terms of singing, I prefer the other versions. Nevertheless, this is still very popular because it's the most erm.. suggestive version. You don't even need to understand Japanese to guess what's going on with their dialogue. *cough*Yamete means please stop*cough* I don't know who is who in this video. Not that huge a fan of them at the moment ^^ *head filled with Miichan*
Trans-voice Versions
The trans-voice version are pretty unique. Maybe it's not new to some people but it's the first time I've heard it so convincingly. The alternate voice really sound like the intended genders! Epic win! I wish I had that ability, not just to sing but to have fun with it. It'd be pretty cool if I could answer the phone in a convincing male voice.
Magnet - Pico and Seikhan's cover
Video Id: sm7862473
This video has the Japanese lyrics in their annotations. Seikhan is the seme, Pico is the uke. Also, just to share a comment that I saw: "I wonder how Seikhan sounds like when he's having sex. He sounds like two different person" I agree, >_> his female voice is uber cute while his actual voice is very manly.
Magnet: Che:Sakurai and Hitori's cover
Video Id: sm7265930
Basically the reverse version of Pico and Seikhan. This version also has English translation and romanji in the annotations. This is the only cover that I want to get the mp3 version of. Probably would have gotten Pico and Seikhan's too if not for their cute dialogue. Imo, this song is soft, hot and romantic at the same time and the dialogue kind of dampen the mood a little.
Fun version:
Magnet - Faneru, Gero and ASK's cover.
Video Id: Couldn't find. Help please someone ^^
Worth viewing for the dialogue. It's been subbed in the annotations. Those who wants to learn how to pronounce ASK's name can listen to how Faneru and Gero calls him. It sounds something like Kasuke, not ask as in ask a question.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
The world of human vocaloids
I realised that since I'm going to post a string of vids on Nico Dubbers, I should probably start off with an introduction to the world of human vocaloids but I got over enthusiastic and just published the videos straightaway.
Hopefully, this will be useful to people starting to get into them, so here we go~!
Vocaloid:
A vocaloid is a voice synthesizing program that can "sing" a song by allowing it's user to type in lyrics and "tuning" it into a melody. The program utilizes a voice bank that is "extracted" from an actual singer. There are a few official voice banks that Yamaha, the creator of vocaloid, has released. Each voice bank has been personified into an anime-like character. The first character to become a hit and make vocaloid successful is Miku Hatsune, voiced by Saki Fujita. There's a few others. If you're interested for more details, you should check out http://vocaloid.wikia.com/. It's a good place to start.
UTAU:
While youtube trawling for vocaloids, you may come across some covers marked as UTAU. This refers to fanmade vocaloids which are actually voice banks derived from the originals. E.g. adjusted to a different octave. Following the success of Miku Hatsune, both older and newer original vocaloids offer more choices for users, decreasing the influence of UTAU. An alternate form of UTAU does not involve the official Yamaha vocaloid program. It is a freeware developed for users to develop their own voice banks.
Human Vocaloid:
Human vocaloids are live singers with vocaloid-inspired avatars and typically do covers that are intended for any of the official/fanmade vocaloids.
Uttate Mita:
These are also live singers but do no use vocaloid-inspired avatars. It is this category that I'm currently spazzing over. They are ordinary people that upload their covers to Nico-Nico Douga just like what people do on youtube. Don't expect them to look like pop star idols because they're just typical everyday people like you and me. The fanbase for them has been growing to the point that they've become big enough to hold an official mini concert for some of the most popular singers.
Nico-Nico Douga
Asides the different singers, be it live or synthesized, there's also the definition or origin of Nico-Nico Douga. It's basically the Japan version of youtube with a twist. Viewers of a video on Nico-Nico Douga will see "marqueed" remarks made by previous commenters which gives the effect of watching the video with them. It made Nico-Nico Douga a hit video sharing website in Japan. It is also through here that the live singers I've come to fangirl over win their first "5 minutes of fame".
Except for the live concert, every of their other video I've come across did not reveal their face. The Japanese seems to be an intensely shy and mysterious group of people. T_T I'm dying of curiosity but it's so hard to search out their information when I don't know Japanese at all! Argh...
Hopefully, this will be useful to people starting to get into them, so here we go~!
Vocaloid:
A vocaloid is a voice synthesizing program that can "sing" a song by allowing it's user to type in lyrics and "tuning" it into a melody. The program utilizes a voice bank that is "extracted" from an actual singer. There are a few official voice banks that Yamaha, the creator of vocaloid, has released. Each voice bank has been personified into an anime-like character. The first character to become a hit and make vocaloid successful is Miku Hatsune, voiced by Saki Fujita. There's a few others. If you're interested for more details, you should check out http://vocaloid.wikia.com/. It's a good place to start.
UTAU:
While youtube trawling for vocaloids, you may come across some covers marked as UTAU. This refers to fanmade vocaloids which are actually voice banks derived from the originals. E.g. adjusted to a different octave. Following the success of Miku Hatsune, both older and newer original vocaloids offer more choices for users, decreasing the influence of UTAU. An alternate form of UTAU does not involve the official Yamaha vocaloid program. It is a freeware developed for users to develop their own voice banks.
Human Vocaloid:
Human vocaloids are live singers with vocaloid-inspired avatars and typically do covers that are intended for any of the official/fanmade vocaloids.
Uttate Mita:
These are also live singers but do no use vocaloid-inspired avatars. It is this category that I'm currently spazzing over. They are ordinary people that upload their covers to Nico-Nico Douga just like what people do on youtube. Don't expect them to look like pop star idols because they're just typical everyday people like you and me. The fanbase for them has been growing to the point that they've become big enough to hold an official mini concert for some of the most popular singers.
Nico-Nico Douga
Asides the different singers, be it live or synthesized, there's also the definition or origin of Nico-Nico Douga. It's basically the Japan version of youtube with a twist. Viewers of a video on Nico-Nico Douga will see "marqueed" remarks made by previous commenters which gives the effect of watching the video with them. It made Nico-Nico Douga a hit video sharing website in Japan. It is also through here that the live singers I've come to fangirl over win their first "5 minutes of fame".
Except for the live concert, every of their other video I've come across did not reveal their face. The Japanese seems to be an intensely shy and mysterious group of people. T_T I'm dying of curiosity but it's so hard to search out their information when I don't know Japanese at all! Argh...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Bed Intruder Song
One of those addictive youtube vids. The first snippet is the original news broadcasted.
Original Video:
This is what happened to it when Autotune-the-news took it and had it remixed.
Autotuned Remix:
Burst out laughing at the part where he shakes his finger to say "You dont have to come and confess" and when the two dudes start to add clapping to the remix.
The remix is so successful that now when i rewatch the original news in all it's seriousness, I can't undo the remix tune playing in my head as the interview plays on. It's turned on 24/7 >.<
The song is available on iTunes shop. He gets a small amount of the profits though I'm not sure how much. Get ithere.
There's an extended remix version. There's more funny shit there like a part where there's a choir singing, adding effect to the song, lol. Here it is :) Enjoy~
Extended Autotuned Remix:
Original Video:
This is what happened to it when Autotune-the-news took it and had it remixed.
Autotuned Remix:
Burst out laughing at the part where he shakes his finger to say "You dont have to come and confess" and when the two dudes start to add clapping to the remix.
The remix is so successful that now when i rewatch the original news in all it's seriousness, I can't undo the remix tune playing in my head as the interview plays on. It's turned on 24/7 >.<
The song is available on iTunes shop. He gets a small amount of the profits though I'm not sure how much. Get ithere.
There's an extended remix version. There's more funny shit there like a part where there's a choir singing, adding effect to the song, lol. Here it is :) Enjoy~
Extended Autotuned Remix:
Monday, September 20, 2010
Romeo x Cinderella (8 People's Chorus)
I'm sorry. I didn't intend to post a string of youtube vids but for a while, I will be. A year ago, I was introduced to the world of vocaloids by an otaku friend. Through him, I learned of the awesomeness of Miku Hatsune and the rest of the vocaloid family.
That was a year ago and the fanaticism has since faded. Recently, it's taken a hold in another form. Following the dawn of Vocaloids, human vocaloids (sometimes known as Nico Dubbers, Vocaloid Dubbers, etc...) proliferated. There's a whole new subset of the entertainment scene in Japan now and I was so slow in catching on!
Here I present, the first human vocaloid cover that got me hooked. Enjoy~!
Music and lyrics: Doriko
Guitar: Kiru
Original Vocal: Miku Hatsune
Original Illustration: Nezuki
Original Title: ロミオとシンデレラ
Singers/Nico Dubbers
Tonon : とのん
Seriyu : セリユ
Komota :コモ太
Usa : うさ
Regi : レジ
Tama :
Yumo : ゆも
Hanatan : 花たん
mp3 of the 8 people's chorus cover
click here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VBZMDVSQ
mp3 of individual cover
Although this is a collaborative cover of nico dubbers, you can get their individual cover by noting their sm number at the end of the video and then following the instructions here.
For your convenience (and mine), here's all their sm numbers.
Tonon : sm6688911
Seriyu : sm6781315
Komota : sm6814964
Usa : sm6804950
Regi : sm7231063
Tama : sm6991429
Yumo : sm6747983
Hanatan : sm6713370
Hanatan's cover is readily available in youtube already if you want to preview it. Most people like Usa's cover as well but imo, Komota's cover is just as noteworthy. Try downloading her version, it's worth checking out.
That was a year ago and the fanaticism has since faded. Recently, it's taken a hold in another form. Following the dawn of Vocaloids, human vocaloids (sometimes known as Nico Dubbers, Vocaloid Dubbers, etc...) proliferated. There's a whole new subset of the entertainment scene in Japan now and I was so slow in catching on!
Here I present, the first human vocaloid cover that got me hooked. Enjoy~!
Music and lyrics: Doriko
Guitar: Kiru
Original Vocal: Miku Hatsune
Original Illustration: Nezuki
Original Title: ロミオとシンデレラ
Singers/Nico Dubbers
Tonon : とのん
Seriyu : セリユ
Komota :コモ太
Usa : うさ
Regi : レジ
Tama :
Yumo : ゆも
Hanatan : 花たん
mp3 of the 8 people's chorus cover
click here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VBZMDVSQ
mp3 of individual cover
Although this is a collaborative cover of nico dubbers, you can get their individual cover by noting their sm number at the end of the video and then following the instructions here.
For your convenience (and mine), here's all their sm numbers.
Tonon : sm6688911
Seriyu : sm6781315
Komota : sm6814964
Usa : sm6804950
Regi : sm7231063
Tama : sm6991429
Yumo : sm6747983
Hanatan : sm6713370
Hanatan's cover is readily available in youtube already if you want to preview it. Most people like Usa's cover as well but imo, Komota's cover is just as noteworthy. Try downloading her version, it's worth checking out.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Gag Concert
A friend of mine showed me two videos on CN Blue and Shinee during the Gag Concert. Mega hilarious!
For the CN Blue one, its based on the show We Got Married. Do watch! Its about celebrities going out as a married couple for the show. Apparently there are 3 couples but i'm only interested in 1 couple, Seohyun from SNSD and Yonghwa from CN Blue! A comment from a friend, they are the most natural couple. After watching until episode 21 (if i remember correctly!), i do feel that even though the camera is rolling, they do have feelings for each other (or at least a bit DEFINITELY!). I heard they do contact each other even after the show too.
So, during the CN Blue Gag Concert, they invited "SeoHyun" up. Enjoy! Haha!
The next one is on one of Shinee's song, Lucifer. I cant get the english subbed one but i feel there is no need anyway! Love the monk! Enjoy :D
For the CN Blue one, its based on the show We Got Married. Do watch! Its about celebrities going out as a married couple for the show. Apparently there are 3 couples but i'm only interested in 1 couple, Seohyun from SNSD and Yonghwa from CN Blue! A comment from a friend, they are the most natural couple. After watching until episode 21 (if i remember correctly!), i do feel that even though the camera is rolling, they do have feelings for each other (or at least a bit DEFINITELY!). I heard they do contact each other even after the show too.
So, during the CN Blue Gag Concert, they invited "SeoHyun" up. Enjoy! Haha!
The next one is on one of Shinee's song, Lucifer. I cant get the english subbed one but i feel there is no need anyway! Love the monk! Enjoy :D
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Anime 1 - Kaichou Wa Maid-sama
- Type:
- TV Series, 26 episodes
- Year:
- Apr 2, 2010 to Sep 24, 2010
- Genre:
- Comedy, Romance, School Life, Shoujo
- Status:
- Ongoing
Summary
Misaki Ayuzawa is the first female student council president at a once all boys school turned co-ed. She rules the school with strict discipline demeanor. But she has a secret, she works at a maid cafe due to her families circumstances. One day the popular A student and notorious heart breaker Takumi Usui finds out her secret and makes a deal with her to keep it hush from the school in exchange for spending some time with him.
Currently there is 24 episodes and am waiting for the last 2 episodes to come out. I can't wait to see what happens to the couple. I love the way he always appears when she needs him. I'm still very curious as to how his background is like. The female lead in my opinion, has a really interesting and strong character but i realised japanese animes usually have this kind of character. One reason why i love to watch such animes is because there is always something to learn from or to be motivated. Its one of the best romance or slice of life show i've watched i guess. Do give it a try!
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