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Nico’s Popularity Collapses

Nico’s Popularity Collapses

Data and insider anecdote both point to a sudden and precipitous collapse in YouTube pretender NicoNico Douga’s popularity; in the face of such a reverse the talk of making Nico into national infrastructure seems mere hubris – it may be lucky to ever turn a profit, let alone expand overseas.

Might this have something to do with the recent supplication of Nico before its new masters? In all probability, yes; the graphs really speak for themselves on this.

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  • Seeb commented on July 20, 2008 08:42

    I'm surprised none of the anime regulators/distributors are willing to work with Nico to make anime content legal and profitable. Theres gotta be a way.... More

  • Sakuya commented on July 20, 2008 04:48

    Consider this: The site generates in total ¥150,000,000 from sponsors, paid memberships and so on. To operate the site costs ¥250,000,000. Also consider one of the forces behind it, 2ch and 2chan, Hiroyuki Nakamura... More

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NicoNico Douga to be Japan’s National Infrastructure

Nishimura (2ch founder) on the left, with his taskmaster Natsuno watching over him to try to stop him spending any more investor cash

NicoNico Douga bosses 夏野剛 / Takeshi Natsuno (a seasoned seller of mobile phone melodies parachuted in to try to stop the cash haemorrhage at Nico’s managing firm Niwango) and 西村博之 / Hiroyuki Nishimura (no less a man than the founder of 2ch and now Nico honcho) have given a most interesting interview on the future and past of NicoNico.

Much is revealed of their plans for expansion; notably we hear they intend to see NicoNico become a part of the national infrastructure of Japan, that they intend a plan of overseas expansion, just as soon as they have dealt with the trifling matter of losing millions of dollars, and that, yes, the biggest challenge facing them may indeed be kowtowing to the intellectual property cartels without wiping their servers bare.

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  • Anonymous commented on May 2, 2009 08:46

    He's not the creator, the writer was comparing him TO the maker. And the article is exactly about his lack of money. Poor bloke.... More

  • Resonance commented on August 12, 2008 03:16

    Hm, I always wondered what kind of person the creator of 2ch would be like. While this is a novel idea (global expansion) I don't think it'll go beyond the bounds of where it is now.... More

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Lucky Star Royal Straight

Lucky Straight

Some extreme talent on display; as if the Stronger Idols weren’t example enough of the skill to be found on Nico, now we have this immaculate music video of the Lucky Star girls.

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  • alex1_phang3 commented on November 14, 2008 01:42

    That means its good enough for the OVA, which sadly doesnt even have an OP . . .... More

  • イチロ　イノ (Ichiro Ino) commented on November 1, 2008 00:38

    wa! i didn't read... I thought the video was for the OVA!... More

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Idolmaster World Service

The Ancient Religion of the Idolmaster enjoys worldwide adherence

Non-Japanese speaking Idolmaster fans may be interested to see this English language (or at least Engrish) Idolmaster site “The Idolmaster MAD World Service”, billing itself as “The Gentleman’s Guide to the Idolmaster”. They serve up regular introductions to the latest MADs doing the rounds on NicoNico Douga, and have plenty of supplementary information and guides, which should be decipherable.

Probably most notably, and usefully (not to mention vexingly, for those of us with incompatible hosts), they have embedded Nico videos, so you can enjoy the latest without having to visit Nico itself, or make an account.

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Nico Wipes Anime

This young lady in an act of domination is a fitting figurative representation of what has been done to Nico.

NicoNico Douga has prostrated itself before the might of Japanese intellectual property cartels such as the AJA, JVA and MPAA, and Nico maintainer Dwango is now their willing and obedient slave in all matters, we hear. They have supinely expunged all content the groups deem infringing (and not just limited to anime), so they must be excused if their servers are a little bare at present.

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  • Gosun commented on November 18, 2008 22:19

    Have they even considered that they should stop trying to put in so many censors in their broadcasts and offer over-priced dvd sets just to see the "extras?"... More

  • lordchair commented on September 22, 2008 12:11

    Well said!... More

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Gackt Gets Vocaloid, Berserk Creator Provides Avatar

inger Gackt has leant his voice to a new vocaloid, dubbed Gackpoid, and Berserk creator Kentaro Miura has apparently deigned to provide him with the design for the avatar

Singer Gackt has leant his voice to a new vocaloid, dubbed Gackpoid, and Berserk creator Kentaro Miura has apparently deigned to provide him with the design for the avatar, for free, visible above – quite a departure from his usual style, I’m sure you’ll agree.

You can hear samples of the synthetic crooning on the official site. The software is due on the 25th of July, at a cost of some ¥18,900. It does not look as if this avatar will readily lend itself to an appealing incarnation as a nendoroid… Via ITmedia.

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  • wonderlandecstasy commented on April 26, 2010 11:44

    Listened to the demos. They were pretty good.... More

  • Stiyl-Magnus19 commented on January 16, 2010 07:21

    Gackt rules!!!!!!... More

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Iku Iku Douga – Nico Nico Douga for Porn

An example of the sort of insightful commentary to be found on Nico Nico Douga

You may be familiar with ニコニコ動画 / Nico Nico Douga, (“Smile Video”, though Miku Miku Douga would be a more appropriate name), the popular Japanese YouTube-a-like with the significant innovation of allowing users to comment onto the actual video itself – there is an excellent English explanation of the phenomenon here.

Now, just as there is YouPorn & PornoTube to the prudish YouTube, there is イクイク動画 / Iku Iku Douga (“ComeCome Video”) as an AV counterpart to Nico Nico. I can’t confess to having any interest at all in watching unseemly JAV strumpets squeal away under an enormous mosaic, much preferring the two-dimensional artistic and creative media so well developed in Japan, but maybe there are some to whom this is appealing (the huge AV industry is testament to this).

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  • Foton commented on December 6, 2008 22:51

    Is it exclusively only for Japanese IPs?... More

  • unico commented on December 1, 2008 04:36

    it's like when guys get nervous watching porn with other guys. so how will they react over the internet?... More

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