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Hatsune Miku live concert 39′s Giving Day

December 9, 2010 in Film, Internet, Music, Youtube | No comments

Some weeks ago I stumble across a really cool video where Hatsune Miku performs live at the 39′s Giving Day concert in Japan. There are also three other characters performing, but I don’t know their names. ^^

Check out Miku’s performance below:

The first time I watched the video I saw it in very low resolution, so I couldn’t really tell how the technology to show her worked. At first I thought that maybe it was a real actor in a costume or a robot, since Japan is a really robot friendly country. Then I googled to find answer and I found this article – stating that Miku on the concert was a 3D hologram. But I wasn’t sure if the article was right, which it wasn’t. Because I thought it sounded a bit too advance with 3D hologram.

If you watch the performance in higher resolution you can easily see that she is very pixely at close distance, which proves that she isn’t real or a robot. It is also possible to see that there is a huge frame on the stage with a net, that Miku is projected on with a camera from behind. So in reality it is only a 2D image on a net. However, it still looks awesome and the spirit on the concert is fantastic. :)

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Immigration as Gumballs

December 3, 2010 in Film, Politics, Youtube | No comments

It was about a month ago or so that I saw this video for the first time. But it popped up in my mind just now and I thought it would be a good idea to promote it and give it some more views, because it’s a really good and interesting video. :)

In the video explains the author Roy Beck why mass immigration is not an effective way to solve poverty. So, sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride*:

*quote from Jon Hallur’s gig at the EVE fanfest 2006 where he played live. The mix can be found on the Internet if you are interesting.

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Ordered Ergo Proxy – The Complete Collection Box Set from Play.com

September 3, 2010 in Anime, Film | 4 comments

Ergo ProxyFor about an hour ago I ordered and paid for my first movie/series in my life. More specific I ordered Ergo Proxy – The Complete Collection Box Set (6 Discs) from Play.com.

It costed me something about 40 €, with shipping included. But I think it’s totally worth it. I haven’t seen the whole series yet, only the first 7 episodes, and those were awesome.

On the other hand, I could have bought Ergo Proxy in Sweden for only ~15 €, however that box was only in Japanese, with Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Finnish subtexts. And I wanted to have the box in both Japanese with English subs and with English speech, which the box that I bought includes. I did also read a comment about the Swedish version saying that the Swedish subs were pretty awful. And I prefer to follow my own guideline when buying stuff – better to pay some extra and be happy with your purchase, than be greedy and be unhappy with your purchase.

I could have kept on watching Ergo Proxy streamed online, but I felt that this is an anime series that I really want to own and have in my shelf.
Another alternative was to buy the Swedish version, and then download English subs and/or extract the English sound from downloaded episodes. However, this would be pretty messy if I would want to watch the series on a TV connected to a regular DVD-player. And like I said before, I prefer to pay a bit more and avoid this kind of problems.

I hope that Play.com and the mail in Sweden manages to deliver my package to me, since I wasn’t able to write å, ä and ö in my address field. And I have two ö, three å and one ä in my address. That’s actually pretty much even for a Swede.

I’m planning on uploading some photos here on my blog of the box when I have got it in 1-2 weeks. I wanted myself to see how the box and the discs looked like in reality, but all I could find were images of the cover (like the one I have in this post). I wanted to see the actually box, now I have no clue how large it is and if the discs got individual cases or not. However, I’m really looking forward to the delivery.

Perhaps this is my first series of a future collection? :)

UPDATE: Click here if you want to see some photos of the box.

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Kickassia – That Guy With The Glasses, 2 Year Anniversary

August 22, 2010 in Film | No comments

Okay, this video series/movie is some months old, but I just found it this morning when I was looking around at That Guy With The Glasses’ homepage. I have only watched the first part when I’m writing this and I really like it, so here are all of the parts. I’m going to finish watching them a bit later. :)

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

Part 4:

Part 5:

Part 6:

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Anime Calendar – Keep Up With All Airing Animes

August 21, 2010 in Anime, Film | No comments

Anime Calendar is a pretty neat website to check out which anime series that are airing right now in Japan. The calendar does also tell you on which time on the day that the episodes are being aired and on which channels, but that information is kinda useless if you don’t have access to those Japanese channels and know how to speak Japanese. On the other hand can you use the site to predict on which days that you can expect new subbed episodes to be released on. The site’s layout is also really good.

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Nice Anime Databases

August 21, 2010 in Anime, Film | No comments

Here are three nice anime databases that I like:

Those sites are pretty useful when you wonder something about an anime and want to check up any information. I also recommend you to check Wikipedia, there is also a lot of information about animes.

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Good Anime Streaming Sites

August 20, 2010 in Anime, Film, Internet | 2 comments

Here is a nice list of good anime streaming sites:

Do you miss a link that fits in this list? Write a comment! :)

EDIT 1: Added JustDubs.net (thanks Timmy) and AnimeSeason.com to the list.

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Thoughts about Higurashi When They Cry

August 16, 2010 in Anime, Film | No comments

HigurashiI started to watch Higurashi for about one week ago, and I began to enjoy it at episode 3-4. It started out as a very cute anime but over the time it became more and more creepy until it ended with some hack n’ slash at episode 4.

But then at episode 5 had the series been reset, and it started from the beginning with the main characters resurrected, without any memories of what had happened in the past 4 episodes. That came as a shock for me and I hadn’t expected that, just like with Amagami SS. Hrm… I think I’m going to drop this series, because I really don’t like a horror anime with this structure. But I might give the series another chance sometime in the future.

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Watch Jimmie Åkesson’s Summer Speech 2010. Help With Seeding It On TPD

August 15, 2010 in Film, Politics, Youtube | No comments

It is approximately 5 weeks left until the election to the parliament in Sweden is taking place. The party that I support is Sverigedemokraterna (Sweden Democrats) and I hope that they will get over the 4 % limit and get into the parliament. The summer speech that the party leader Jimmie Åkesson held for one week ago can you watch below (it’s in Swedish):

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

And please help with seeding this great speech on The Pirate Bay:

Three nice links:

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Anime World Order Podcast

August 6, 2010 in Anime, Film | No comments

On my work as janitor I have a lot of time when I’m working alone, and therefore I got a lot of time (approximately 4-6 hours per day) to listen to music and podcasts. So, every morning I start my computer to find and download some podcasts from iTunes (even if I don’t like Apple).

Today I downloaded a podcast called Anime World Order, which is hosted by three geeks that seem to know everything about manga and anime. It’s fun to listen to and I like to hear theirs interesting thoughts about different anime & manga related subjects. I recommend you to check it out!

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