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Kill Me Baby 06

We're already halfway through the season and a month into 2012... Where does the time go? On the other hand, only 11 months till The Hobbit!

Kill Me Baby ep 6: 720p and 480p
We messed up some fonts again. Here's the patch.

Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko 13

It took almost 8 months, but the final episode of Denpa Onna came is out! It actually is episode 13, not just an OVA, and it carries on where 12 left off. We're now halfway through the story volumes of the series. Whether Shaft will ever get over their Madoka high and finish this series is anyone's guess at this point.

Enjoy! Episode 13: 720p and the XviD

Edit: Messed up fonts. Only noticeable for the OP/ED but for those of you who care, the torrent's been switched to a v2 and here's a patch for the v1.

Kill Me Baby 05

Sorry for the delayed post, RL called (sucks don't it). Anyway, here's your ep:

Kill me Baby 5 and 480p

Edit: Sorry, mixed up the 720 and 480 links. Fixed now.

And as a bonus, here's Yuruyuri done to the Working OP:

YURUYURI'♪♪　【ゆるゆり×WORKING'!!】

Kill Me Baby 04

Sorry it's so late! Both our timers feel asleep. Possibly together. I really don't want to know.
Anyway, here's your KMB fun for the week:

Kill me Baby 4 and 480p

Thanks for all the feedback on last week's question. There's a purpose for it, really!

Kill Me Baby 03

Fun times on the internet lately. If SOPA passes (unlikely at this point) then even fansub sites can be taken down with just one email to the provider. That said, most of the anime itself floats around the various european networks so it would be just be inconvenient if we were ever targeted, rather than actually crippling in any way.
Still, if you are American, make your voice heard by calling your rep and tell them censorship is bad. As a Canadian I can only watch over you from my igloo while I feed my pet polar bear.

Kill me Baby 3

Completely unrelated question: How many of you are actually studying Japanese? No, watching anime doesn't count by itself.

Kill Me Baby 02

fgg puts a lot of effort into TSing everything in this show. Like, 3 hours of lot (;ﾟДﾟ)
How's everyone's 2012 so far? Mine has been worktacular to the point where I've only barely grazed this season's anime. What's everyone watching these days?

Kill Me Baby 2 (10 bit) and 480 mp4

Kill Me Baby 01

We're teaming up with UTW again for this season's anime:

Kill Me Baby!

It's based on a 4-koma about a normal girl, an assassin, and a ninja. As you may have guessed from the picture, it's a comedy. And it is hilarious. Enjoy!

Episode 1 (10 bit) and 480p (8 bit, mp4)

Yep, 10 bit. If you have problems playing it, uninstall whatever codecs you're using and install the latest version of CCCP. We've also dropped the xvid codec entirely and switched to the mp4 container as our de facto low res release.

By the way, in case you missed it, we recently translated Tsuki no Sango (Coral of the Moon), by Nasu. Give it a read if you enjoy his other works.

Tsuki no Sango

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!
I promised not to abandon you guys over the break, so here I am with a new release to welcome the year 2012.

Coral of the Moon (Tsuki no Sango) is a short story by none other than Nasu Kinoko of Fate/Stay Night and Garden of Sinners fame. It was written for the Sakamoto Maaya Full Moon Recital, an event that took place a year ago where Sakamoto (VA of Ryougi Shiki) recited short stories to music and picture backgrounds. It is a story about a girl living on an island in the far future when humanity is on the verge of extinction.

As you can imagine, Nasu being Nasu, it doesn't read like a typical novel, so Seki and I did our best to preserve the style in translation. It's not too long, so I hope you can take the time to appreciate one of Nasu's less known works. You can also watch the PV for it here.

Downloads: Coral of the Moon.pdf | Mirror 1

Boku Ha Tomodachi Ga Sukunai 12

And thus endeth another season. Despite the fact that this is like the second most popular light novel series behind Haruhi, it feels like it came and went kinda quickly. I guess not all light novels were meant to be big anime hits ┐(^-^;)┌

Haganai finale and XviD

As per usual end of season tradition, we will bore you with some staff comments:

fotc: Kuroneko = mai❤waifu. Kobato = mai❤imouto.

Sindalf: I am doing a total of 5 shows today and a movie possibly. fuck everything.

Ulrezaj: White Album 2 Closing Chapter just came out so I am definitely disappearing until I finish it.

As always, thanks everyone for sticking around and giving us a reason to keep speedsubbing despite the inexorable grip of simulcasting tightening around our necks. I can't speak for 2012, but 2011 was a good year for Mazui. Happy holidays to all, and see you next year!

-Ulrezaj out

Boku Ha Tomodachi Ga Sukunai 11

I know it's not what you want to hear, but next season's not looking like it has anything interesting that fits our schedule. As is the trend these days, 90% of the shows will be simulcasted, and the remaining ones are either uninteresting or don't suit everyone's schedules. We may take the time to catch up on stuff you guys have been (justifiably) on our case about for a while *coughOreimo*. Alternatively if you have better ideas, I'm all ears!

Haganai 11 and XviD

Spring 2011 upcoming anime

It's that time of the year again. Yes, spring! When the cherry blossoms carpet the parks in a spectacle so sublime only nature can envision. A scene that will completely escape otaku because we're too busy gearing up for the new spring anime! (o≧▽^)┘

Without further ado, here's the spring preview: 2011年春アニメ紹介大百科

And this is my list:
Hanasaku Iroha
Hidan no Aria
Oretsuba
Steins;Gate
A Channel
Maria Holic Alive
C
Denpa Onna
Moshidora
Showa Monogatari

Of course, this is just the check-out-episode-1 list. I'll probably end up dropping more than half due to lack of interest/time.
What's everyone else looking forward to?

A Certain Incorrect Magical Index ep 3

Oh, nostalgia. Kudos to anyone who can get every reference in this one.

We're going to start translating videos from the weekly rankings, sort of as a snapshot to what's flying around the otakusphere. You'd be surprised how many 4ch memes were actually spawned from nico (2ch).

A certain incorrect magical index ep 2

Here's number 2!

There's only one reference that might be harder to get in this one. There's one more in this series, then we move onto Index II, which has a lot more.

How To Register On Nicovideo

Someone pointed out in the Nico intro post that all the registration tutorials out there are out of date, so here's an updated one by yours truly.

Making a Nico Nico Douga account 101

First, go to Nicovideo: http://www.nicovideo.jp/
Then follow the bouncing ball:

That's it! You're registered, and you should also be logged in. If you log out, or try to watch a video on a different computer, you'll need to login again. Just follow the ball again:

Nico video intro

An integral part of otaku culture is Nicovideo, aka Nico Nico Douga. It's the Japanese version of Youtube, with a twist - user comments show up right on the video, at the time they submitted them.

There are going to be a lot of nico links in future posts, so I suggest you make an account if you haven't already. Apparently no one's got an up to date guide, so I made one myself here:
http://new.mazuisubs.com/otaku/how_to_register_on_nicovideo

Unlike youtube for westerners, Nico is almost like a video version of 2chan and a big part of how memes and other subcultures spread.

We'll kick off our nico series with a translation of the first of a set of Index MADs called 色々間違ってるとある魔術の禁書目録, or "A Certain Incorrect Magical Index".

The original video is here: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm12295757
If you have a basic grasp of Japanese I suggest you watch it and try to follow the comments. They add so much to a video sometimes.

Comiket 79 report

It's been a long time coming, but here's the inaugural otaku blog post, and we begin with a report from Comiket 79!

For those who aren't familiar with the event, Comiket is basically the biggest otaku convention in the world, with well over half a million attendees flocking in from all over Japan to the Tokyo Big Sight twice a year. The main purpose is the sale of doujinshi, which are basically fan-created manga, songs, games, etc. As you might expect from otaku culture, much of it is devoted to ero (hentai) content, so be wary of viewing the pictures following at work.

Comiket is always held at the Tokyo Big Sight on Odaiba in Tokyo.

The day starts very early, with people starting to line up the night before. I was there at a far more reasonable 5am.

At around 8am, a couple hours before opening, they'll stand everyone up and start compressing the lines to prepare for entry.

By this point, the line will be 30-40 thousand people long, and snaked around the whole island.

As opening approaches, they'll start moving the line into the Big Sight grounds, splitting people off into East and West Halls lines.

The Big Sight is divided into two major buildings, the East and West halls. Usually only one or two halls would be rented out for any given event, but the sheer size of Comiket requires all 10 halls.

Each hall is easily the size of a football field.

Pretty much every hall gets completely packed. You can see the West-3 sign at the top, marking one of the corporate booth halls.

Comiket is held over 3 days, and circles will only show up on one day, usually grouped together by genre/theme (Touhou/yuri/BL/etc.) You're a seasoned otaku if you can name this circle.

The exception are the corporate booths, which are always in West 3/4 and remain all 3 days. This is the Dengekiya booth, showing off lots of Oreimo + Index goods.

If one word describes Comiket, it would be "lineups". There are lineups for circles, for getting between halls, for using washrooms, even for the cosplay area. Everyone brings a DS or PSP or something else to do while waiting.

On day 3 it took me around 45 minutes to traverse the 100 meter path adjoining the West and East Halls. Insane.

You've probably already noticed that there are a ton of people at this event, but pictures really don't do the sheer mass of otaku there justice. It's really hard to imagine a crowd so dense that you get literally swept along if you lose your grip on the ground unless you've experienced it yourself. So while pictures may not convey what 550,000 people looks like, maybe a video can:

Pardon the camera handling; I'm not exactly pro at it and being constantly jostled didn't really help either. Here's the corporate booths in the West Halls. Can you pick out the Oreimo PV playing as I pass it?

The corporate booths are popular because they tend to sell limited edition goods that are only sold at that Comiket, so if you want your hands on them, that's the only time to get them.

I'm a huge August fan. Expect me to disappear for a while when Aiyoku no Eustia comes out.

You probably know that dakimakura are "love pillow" covers, but did you know they also made curtains?

Would you have the balls to hang these in your room?

Very nice guitars. +5 otaku points if you know what eroge these are from.

Corporate booths tend to have a lot of cosplaying employees.

Towards the end of the day, a lot of booths hold special seiyuu/developer events where special guests will appear and do interviews.

Type Moon had a very colorful booth this winter.

This is the cosplay area. The average cosplayers at a Comiket alone easily outnumber most American conventions.

I don't usually spend much time in the cosplay area (because it would reduce precious lineup time for circles and booths) but I went down this time to take a look. Here's a Touhou crew.

That Uiharu is amazing...

How many of you can name all the vocaloids?

An all-girl Arakawa Under the Bridge crew..

This Reimu had 30 people around her taking photos the whole time. Notice the suitcases - you're not allowed to cosplay to or from Comiket, so everyone has to bring their costumes, then lug around their baggage the whole time.

At 4:30 the announcement goes out over the intercom that Comiket is over for the day, and everyone starts making their way outside.

It's December, so it's already getting dark by the time it finishes, and the sun's about to disappear.

So there you have it - Comiket it a nutshell. Afterwards there's a huge rush for the second hand doujin shops like Melonbooks and Toranoana where people try to get any ones they missed (at an inflated price, of course). I'll cover that in my next post, which will focus more on otaku culture in general. Feel free to leave comments/questions!