Whoa, approaching week 10 next week!
With some unfortunate news, I STILL have no xbox. The parts being delievered are a lot slower than he anticipated, while I predicted it was due to the Canada Post strike, he said it wasn’t. Ah well, I guess we do what we gotta do, right? The requests are also starting to pile up (again). I appreciate everyone for their consideration in choosing me to do their request and extremely sorry for the delay.
But none of that, let’s get down to the MADs of this week!
iDOLM@STER MADs (Nico Video Account Required!):
Original URL: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm14650008
I”M NOT EVEN GOING TO BOTHER PUTTING A DESCRIPTION HERE.
In other words, you’ll either cry at this or be in awe at it’s cuteness. I still don’t know how people think this is CUTE
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Title: アイドルマスター 雪歩 『Out of the Blue』(Debbie Gibson) (The iDOLM@STER Yukiho Out of the Blue Debbie Gibson)
Original URL: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm14737281
Features: Hagiwara Yukiho
Song: Out of the Blue by Debbie Gibson
I enjoyed how well put together this MAD is. The colours were the most part the highlight of the whole MAD. It had a very blue theme (you can tell by the preview picture) which is great, but Yukiho wears a red flower that stands out the most, which I liked a lot. It was a very nice song to listen to as well. It was nice and slow paced, which I kind of feel like it fits well with Yukiho.
Title: 萩原雪歩 短編 「恋」 (Hagiwara Yukiho Tanpen Koi)
Original URL: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm14738054
Features: Hagiwara Yukiho
Song: Fisherman’s Horizon from Final Fantasy 8
This actually isn’t an MAD, but a Novelm@ster. Basically, it’s a fan-made “visual” novel using characters from im@s. This is actually a hard video to understand if you don’t understand Japanese. I featured it however because it’s very touching and beautiful in my opinion. I didn’t recognize the background music at first until it clued in to me it was from FFVIII. I think I only know it because a friend of mine is playing this song at her recital this upcoming Saturday.
Anyways. This Video basically is a quick run down of Yukiho’s route in Im@s 2. It captures it very well. I might spend some time this Summer in translating it because I feel that everyone should get a piece of it.
Mind you, it’ll take a very long time because I’m the most terrible translator in the world. I’ll work hard though!
But if you can, just please watch it and just listen to the gentle piano playing.
Title: アイドルマスター「Ｋ＠面ライダーＷ」 (The iDOLM@STER K@men Rider W)
Original URL: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm14763424
Features: All stars, but Haruka is the main star here.
Song: W-B-X ～W-Boiled Extreme～ Kamiki Aya with TAKUYA (OP of Kamen Rider Double show)
I admit when I saw the preview image for this video, I had no clue it was going to turn out like this.
This is a heavily edited video using im@s L4U videos (with some im@s 2, but very little). It’s much easier to use L4U to make the idols dance on different backgrounds and the sort because of green/blue screen action you can use. However, some MADers are using some sort of program to take out the backgrounds in im@s 2. I would love to know what they use, or if I do an MAD that I want to change the background, I’ll be locking myself up in my room and masking for the next few weeks…
Anyways, enough of my little chatter.
The MAD was great, I watched a little of Kamen Rider OOO, but not a lot, so I’m not that familiar with the series, other than the fact it’s pretty much like saving the world in suits. It’s like the Japanese version of Power Rangers. It seems that Haruka and Harukakka are the heroes of the day, using the variety of transformations to save the day.
or something like that.
just watch it! that’s all i can say, hahaha.
Title: アイドルマスター 「スター」 天海春香 (The iDOLM@STER Star Amami Haruka)
Original URL: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm14755812
Features: Amami Haruka
Song: Star by Aiko
I really liked this MAD. The song feels like it fits Haruka, but the synchronization was just spot on. Something about it just screams it’s so pretty to me. I can’t exactly put a finger on it, but it just is. I think it’ll be enjoyable for any Haruka fan, so please give it a go!
Title: アイドルマスター 『ANGELIC DESTINY』 (The iDOLM@STER ANGELIC DESTINY)
Original URL: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm14769796
Features: Miura Azusa, Kikuchi Makoto, Kisaragi Chihaya
Song: ANGELIC DESTINY by Sakakibara Yui
I think this takes my favorite MAD of the week. A light techno, very pop-ish like song by Sakakibara Yui featuring one of im@s’ popular trio, ACM (Azusa Chihaya Makoto). And I admit, while it seems that I’m all for Imas Sation (old) trio (Chihaya, Hibiki, Takane), ACM always has a place in my heart since iDOLM@STER 1.
The slow downs, the blurs, the “beats” are all spot on and make this video so appealing.
I hope you do enjoy this as much as I did.
Title: アイドルマスター2 我那覇 響 ハッピー☆マテリアル (The iDOLM@STER 2 Ganaha Hibiki Happy Material)
Original URL: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm14764374
Features: Ganaha Hibiki
Song: Happy Material cover by Manami Numakura (Hibiki’s CV)
Happy Material was an opening to an anime that I have no clue/watched before. And with volume… uhh… 2 I think of the horrible manga, iDOLM@STER BREAK!!! limited edition came with copies of some of the iDOLM@STER characters doing covers of certain anime openings. iirc, Haruka did something from Sailor Moon (FIGHTING EVIL BY MOONLIGHT no Picup that’s the English version. Oh…), Takane did something from that ever long lasting harem series… uhh Negima or something like that, and Chihaya did rise from Ghost in the Shell (funny how that’s the only one I basically remember). Hibiki did this one as part of that package I mentioned, and yeah here we have Happy Material.
And my god Numu, why must you make it sound so cute.
The simplicity is what makes this one stand out. Because with such simplicity, it’s still really good. It coordinates well with the song and Hibiki is just too cute to not watch.
Gosh, I sounded like a totally Hibiki fangirl right there didin’t I…
And that’s all for this week. Thanks for tuning in and join me next week. I REALLY WANT MY XBOX TO BE FIXED ToT.
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