English guide for Nico Nico Douga, part 1: How to register

Posted on September 14th, 2008 by Serkan Toto

Japanese uber video portal Nico Nico Douga (all posts on Asiajin) recently launched international versions in German and Spanish (Nico Nico Taiwan also exists).

However, English-speaking fans apparently will have to wait a little longer for Nico Nico to be available in English. The reason for that should be bandwith costs: The service loses close to 1 million USD a month due to high server expenses.

Please follow the instructions given in English in the screengrabs below to register for the site (click on the pictures to enlarge them). Learn how to get around here.

Note: Unlike YouTube, you have to sign up in order to view videos!

Screen 1 (starting page for logged-out/new users):

Screen 2 (registration form):

Screen 3 (confirmation screen):

Screen 4 (reminder):

Screen 5 (greetings and take action screen):

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Screen 6 (tutorial/beginner’s page):

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Author Information  Serkan is a German based in Tokyo. Like us, he is passionate about introducing Japanese IT to the rest of the world. Serkan is an author for mega tech blog network TechCrunch, covering Japan-related technology and web trends. Follow Serkan on Twitter here.

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6 Responses to “English guide for Nico Nico Douga, part 1: How to register”

  1. Black Tokyo // Sep 14, 2008 at 1:13 pm

    links from TechnoratiClickherefor part 1. Click here for part 2.

  2. English guide for Nico Nico Douga, part 2: How to use | Asiajin // Sep 14, 2008 at 5:34 pm

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  5. Michi // Oct 2, 2008 at 5:29 pm

    links from Technoratithough.)  To participate, you have to have an account with Twitter, and are supposed to add a tag “#current” on your comment to be included. This “user comments on the screen” style is already common in Japan, with the popular web service called “Nico Nico Douga

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    [...] assisti-los, você precisa fazer um cadastro e estar logado. Como tudo está em japonês, aprenda aqui a se cadastrar e aqui a como utilizar o site. Depois, clique nos vídeos abaixo para [...]

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