K-On! Fuels Guitar Boom

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Otaku are displaying their usual suggestibility in response to schoolgirls with guitars anime K-On!, and have launched into a guitar buying frenzy.

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  • Anonymous commented on April 8, 2010 02:29

    The closest thing I could find, in the U.S., to this is this \/. Fender '60s Jazz Bass (Right handed, unfortunately, couldn't find a left handed model.) http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=0131800306 http://www.guitarcenter.com/Fender--60s-Jazz-Bass-502778-i1473335.gc... More

  • Anonymous commented on October 17, 2009 08:53

    Heritage Cherry Sunburst Les Paul is about $2300 USD so it's more expensive than the Fender version. Prefer an acoustic guitar any day!... More


K-On! Ita-Guitars

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Some of the first in what will probably prove to be a never-ending stream of musical instruments emblazoned with the cast of K-On! emerge.

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  • Anonymous commented on January 28, 2010 22:16

    The second one is the real vintage Jolana, I saw a couple. Really horrible thing, I'll say, it's made of beech.... More

  • Anonymous commented on January 28, 2010 21:51

    Agree, flat top Les Pauls are ugly by definition.... More


Mio Akiyama Plays Bass

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A splendid image of new rock moe idol Mio Akiyama, of high-school quartet anime K-On!

The cult of Mio continues to gain strength…

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  • Anonymous commented on April 17, 2009 08:54

    Love the art in those.... More

  • Wizary commented on April 17, 2009 07:00

    Wow. I must watch this anime, i'm bassist too.... More


Horse Head Medley

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A rather interesting medley of classic Nico-tunes (Black Rock Shooter, etc.) is here performed by a horse-headed one man orchestra…

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  • avexmode commented on April 5, 2009 23:34

    I was browsing his video in youtube and noticed that he actually play the drums part. I guess he removed the part where he played the drums in his other videos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdBZGczSv1Q... More

  • avexmode commented on April 5, 2009 23:04

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ToGti41mSs Better quality than Nico... More


Megurine Luka’s Graduation

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Vocaloid 03 Megurine Luka once again lends her voice to a most excellent original tune complete with exemplar guitar playing.

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  • IK commented on July 22, 2009 00:58

    amen... More

  • metatron commented on March 2, 2009 23:42

    this is awesome... More


FF7: Those Who Fight Further Guitar Version

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A guitar master has provided an impressive rendition of Final Fantasy VII’s “Those Who Fight Further”, utilising some impressive technique and reaping the rewards of NicoNico fame, such as they are.

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  • Toreno commented on March 1, 2009 08:22

    wtf?! There's the link just 2 comments above yours! O_o... More

  • boneless commented on February 27, 2009 15:25

    The guitarwork is certainly authentic, even if he's actually unplugged, and the rest is just overdubs and MIDI.... More


K-On! KyoAni-ficaton

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Four panel manga けいおん! / K-On! (by Kakifly) is set to receive an anime adaptation, due to air in the spring, and handled by none other than Kyoto Animation.

Their usual illustrative style permeates the character design noticeably; above you see the original, below is the anime version:

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  • Anonymous commented on September 17, 2010 04:32

    Wow so this is where the whole K-on thing started huh? Wow its almost sad how big it got and it ended poof.... More

  • unicogirl commented on April 7, 2009 12:44

    Hmm I wish the animation and character design didn't look like Kannagi. It seems like Japanese animators have a hard time keeping design quality with frame rate. Kyo Ani sacrificed design quality and detail, to have smoother... More


Nagato Yuki Extravaganza Figure

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Good Smile has recently released photos of the last of the three Haruhi Extravaganza figures, Nagato Yuki.

She may not be as moe as the Mikuru Extravaganza figure we previously covered, but she does have an exquisitely sculpted guitar and a fairly good resemblance to Chaos;Head’s FES…

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  • Anonymous commented on September 6, 2009 12:40

    Seventy dollars?!?! Is it worth it?... More

  • Anonymous commented on May 4, 2009 07:38

    I love the pose of Haruhi, like she lost a important person D:... More


Mikuru Asahina Extravaganza Figure

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More pictures of the second figure, Mikuru Asahina, in the “Extravaganza” series of Haruhu figures from Max Factory have recently gone online, showing us a cute and energetic Mikuru with her tambourine.

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  • aceisawsm commented on March 24, 2009 14:09

    omg, asahina <3... More

  • Tomoya commented on February 22, 2009 16:46

    no tsuruya?? aww jezz... More


Night of Metal

Night of Metal - Night of Nights (Touhou)

The by now famous Night of Nights musical meme now gets a unique twist by way of a talented guitarist, identified only as Machiya, reworking it to fit the instrument. The result is rather impressive, and undeniably skilful:

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  • Anonymous commented on February 5, 2010 09:44

    japan great but confusing at same time donno wat do... More

  • Anonymous commented on December 26, 2009 18:29

    reminds me of Buckethead with an Asian touch to it... More


Guitar Moe Gallery

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A gallery of girls wielding guitars, with some rather nice images present. Little more, I suspect, need be said.

You can also peruse these images on the Channel, and also of high potential interest are the MikuMiku Mega-Gallery and the Headphone Moe Gallery.

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  • Martijn commented on September 9, 2010 22:06

    God, I'm such a music freak: instead of trying to identify the series, I try to identify the guitars/basses... No. 10 (blue Rickenbacker) looks really good.... More

  • Anonymous commented on April 12, 2010 14:35

    http://img4.sankakustatic.com/wp-content/gallery/cache/8995__468x_guitargirlmoe-58.jpg Still owns everything... More


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