For once, I'm posting about something that's not Touhou, and this time it's THE IDOLM@STER. Anyway, this video is to the song "Lion" from Macross Frontier and it's a clever video of Iori and Yayoi vying for the top in Idol Ultimate, as only one idol can stand at the top. Last time I watched, Yayoi was winning in the comment count, although Iori was right on her heels. Get to it Iori fans! 【ニコニコ動画】ライオン～伊織とやよいのサバイバル <a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm8937191">【ニコニコ動画】ライオン～伊織とやよいのサバイバル</a> External Link

The shadow picture version of Bad Apple that I posted about a few days ago has generated some pretty amazing derivative videos. I figured I'd post some of the ones I found especially good or clever. This first one was inevitable, they combined Bad Apple! with Donald McDonald. 【Bad_Apple!!Xドナルド】Bad Hamburger! <a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm8803470">【Bad_Apple!!Xドナルド】Bad Hamburger!</a> External Link This next one is actually a mix of a number of videos where people made their own arrangements of Bad Apple. This combines a version using a string orchestra, a version with a piano four hands, and a version with a brass ensemble. There were several earlier versions, but I think this is the most well mixed version. 【俺mix ver】Bad Apple!!　弦楽(最終版)＋ピアノ＋金管(改)【東方】 &amp

You might think that after being on Niconico a long time, you'd get used to all weird things they can come up with. That hasn't happened yet. This video is pretty weird, but somehow great at the same time. For those not so familiar with Touhou mythology, this video is probably about the battle that occured between the native Japanese god Suwako, and the conquering Yamato god Kanako. I have to say I'm not entirely sure why King Ghidorah and Minilla are there too. Also, shakōkidogū and various other traditional Japanese things can be seen fighting. Like I said, awesome, but also weird. <a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm8797644">【ニコニコ動画】【東方】神の御狩の道標【手描き動画】</a> External Link This other video is also a weird animation thing involving ZUN's artwork, except I'm pretty sure they just manipulated his images instead of really animating them. It's strangely catchy and mesmerizing

Most of my friends who'd be most interested in seeing this probably have, but I thought this would be an appropriate video to start out the blog with. It's on niconico, touhou related, recent, and awesome, giving it all the qualifications I arbitrarily decided were necessary for the first post. It's been keeping it's position at #1 on the overall video ranking at niconico, basically since it came out. <a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm8628149">【ニコニコ動画】【東方】Bad Apple!!　ＰＶ【影絵】</a> External Link The song is by a doujin circle called Alstroemeria Records, and is called "Bad Apple!! feat. nomico."