Entries Tagged as 'Video'

Blackboard Wars


Japanese high school students made stop-motion animations with blackboard, chalks and all school things for school festival.

The first one uses over 2,500 photos, the second one over 3,000.

According to the poster’s comment, free tools like PictBea­r [J] and NicoVisualEffects [J] are used.

via @ryohgo_narita

Ultra High-speed Japanese Typing On iPhone


It is known that Japanese high school girls type Japanese so fast on feature phone 10 digits key, but this person on iPhone could be faster than they.

On Japanese flick input training app, he writes up 45 letters/5 phrases in 6.99 seconds, which is 386 letters per minute.

[Update] Another high-speed iPhone Japanese type video. This person types a real message. (Thanks @StingRaySlapper )

Japanese input is not just typing letters but involves Hiragana->Kanji conversion with selecting the adequate one. These videos show people’s good adaptability.

Public Service AC Commercial Buzz Pulls More Parody Videos


We reported that placeholder public service commercial buzzed crazy a week after the Eastern Japan Disasters. This AC commercial film parodies have been being added more and more.

Each of cartoon character on the original ads calling people in society to greet and care each other, now has its own derivative works by mainly users of Nico Nico Douga, a big Japanese movie sharing service.

# To turn off Japanese overlaid comments, press icon at the bottom of right.

Great Arigatousagi (Arigatou=thank you, Usagi = rabit)

King Sayonaraion (Sayonara=see you, Raion = Lion)

Hyper Ohayounagi (Ohayou=good morning, Unagi = eel)

Konnichiwan Powered (Konnichiwa=hello, wan = woof)

Sonic Tadaimanbou (Tadaima=I’m back, Manbou = headfish)

Miracle Konbanwani (Konbanwa=good evening, Wani = alligator)

Ultimate Oyasuminasai (Oyasuminasai=good night, Sai = rhino)

Lightening Aisatsubouya (Aisatsubouya=greeting boy)

And, the opening theme of the fictional anime series featuring these animals and kids,

There are over 300 fan-made movies under the tag “攻強皇國機甲” [J, registration required], which pronounces the same as “公共広告機構”(Advertising Council Japan) but the letters mean “Imperial Armored Assault” or something like that.

Kinect Driven “Ghost in the Shell” Cyberspace


Kamakura based web/app company Kayac reproduced a cyber space in a popular anime series “Ghost in the Shell – Stand Alone Complex(S.A.C.)” at Parco Part 1 department store, Shibuya, Tokyo.

By using kinect input device with big screens, visitors can experience to chase and catch out Tachikoma, an AI tank (Wikipedia) in the virtual space.

A new age in interactive technology takes you directly into the world of anime.

Celebrating the 3D re-release of “Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society” (ph9.jp/​) from March 26, Kayac Inc. has created a special promotional booth that places you right inside cyberspace.

Using Microsoft’s Kinect Sensor visitors can interact with the virtual anime landscape in the Cyberspace System using just body gestures and movement. Your mission: Locate and capture the Tachikoma character in the cyberspace. Be warned, you only have a limited time!

No joysticks, no controllers, no buttons…Float freely through cyberspace just by twisting your body to turn, leaning forward or back to shift perspective, and placing one step in front or behind to move. You can finally “capture” the Tachikoma by sweeping down with one arm.

Try the experience for yourself at the S.A.C. Premium Shop inside monozoku, on the fifth floor of Parco department store in Shibuya, from March 24th to April 19th. It’s harder than it looks!

Hat tip to our reader Jake.

Kinect Dragonball – Blast Your Kamehameha!


image from Motivate Urself

The guy who created Kinect Ultra Seven has released his new experiment with wider-known energy wave, Kamehameha from Dragonball.