MetaFilter posts tagged with YouTube and japan

Mass webcam choreography

Dr-Baa — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:23:28 -0800

Hibi no Neiro by Sour "The cast were selected from the actual Sour fan base, from many countries around the world. Each person and scene was filmed purely via webcam."

HD videos from Kaguya

Rinku — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:07:51 -0800

The lunar orbital spacecraft Selene, better known by its Japanese name Kaguya, has been sending back some incredible HD video, including some of Earth rising and the Moon's surface. Many more videos from (and about) Kaguya here, with English versions of some here. Kaguya, named after the moon princess in perhaps Japan's oldest folktale, The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, will impact the surface of the moon on June 10th. Kaguya previously.

Japanese voice actresses cover legendary punk songs

MegoSteve — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:56:34 -0800

Japanese voice actresses cover legendary punk songs (SLYT)

Ninja Warrior: The Iron Fireman of Gifu

jason's_planet — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:19:21 -0800

Ninja Warrior: The Fireman (SLYT) via CrossFitNYC

"It's not of this world. It's Sadako's fury. And she's put a curse on us."

fearfulsymmetry — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:20:04 -0800

RIP Tartan Films. The UK-based film distribution company has gone into administration, laying off it's entire staff. With the help of their American arm (Tartan USA, the closure of which had already been announced at this years' Cannes Festival), they were responsible for bringing some of the best recent foreign cinema, especially from Japan and Korea to the West, including Infernal Affairs (remade as The Departed), Oldboy (currently being remade), A Tale of Two Sisters and the original Ring series, virtually single-handed launching the J-Horror / K-Horror phenomenon. Other notable films they backed include Primer, Red Road (Pos NSFW, brief nudity) and Funny Games.

And the Beat Goes On... Nihongo Stylee!!!

y2karl — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:14:13 -0800

...Japanese hip hop has become a significant national, cultural, and business genre since the late twentieth century, and this phenomenon has been applied and has succeeded by using almost the same ideology that was historically used by other Japanese industries like automobile manufacturing. The pioneers in the Japanese hip hop industry like Buddha Brand learned their skills in the U.S. and have successfully been influencing the contemporary Japanese music scene. As a result, the imported hip hop has become a ''Japanized'' products. Many hip hop industries in Japan have modified the American hip hop into Japanese ways, and their businesses, like the hip hop dance schools, have succeeded.

The Japanese Hip Hop Movement: Its Cultural and Economic Impact See also: Buddha Brand - Ningen Hatsudensho See also: Buddha Brand - Shakkazombie See also: DJ Hazime- 7 days See also: Miss Monday - Curious See also: What Makes Japan So Cool?: An Interview with Ian Condry

All the World Loves a Bronson

brownpau — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:58:46 -0800

Playboy. Cowboy. Mandom. The late Charles Bronson and his perfect chest, in one of his finest early pre-Death-Wish roles. And look out for Percy Helton. Here's a shorter version with more horse. Via here. (Who the hell takes off his shirt or unscrews a bottle of cologne like that anyway?)

Chimp Walking Bulldogs

jonson — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:36:36 -0800

I've been struggling for days to refrain from posting this video of a chimp taking five British bulldogs for a walk around the streets of Japan, and it looks like I failed.

Japanese JB Juxtaposition Jamboree

Burhanistan — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:08:01 -0800

Interpreted: James Brown meets Kraftwerk.

What's with all the water?

Dave Faris — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:32:38 -0800

Many Japanese game shows involve water humiliation.

Surprise! Fish!

JHarris — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:05:17 -0800

La-Mulana is a Japanese homebrew game, with English translation available, for Windows that exhaustively replicates the experience of playing on an MSX home computer, a machine not sold in the U.S. but was contemporary with the likes of the Commodore 64 and Amiga in other markets. (Fun fact: the "MS" in MSX stands for Microsoft!) Although it looks very much like retro warez, La-Mulana is freeware. It is also notoriously long and difficult, with a character who controls like old-school Castlevania, enemies that will frequently knock you around like a rag doll, puzzles of amazing deviousness, and traps that think nothing of walling up a player without escape, or forever restricting access to certain powerups.

That said, the game does have charm, and is basically a love letter to the MSX hardware. Those who want to see it without beating their hands bloody against the keyboard can watch a guy play through the whole game in 85 installments, cursing at it all along the way.

MTV for emotaku

anthill — Mon, 28 May 2007 00:32:28 -0800

Anime Music Videos. Yet another remixing web subculture, they're usually a source of amateurishly produced angst. From the competitive perfectionists, though, come well lipsynched, action packed, meta-mashuped, and occasionally just filthy stuff for cartoon nerds. Besides the usual metal, ballads, and pop rock, there's some Daft Punk, club, and downtempo accompaniment. Or you can just go to hell. Wear headphones and no-one will know.

Suicide Attack kaiten 回天

acro — Tue, 22 May 2007 14:07:32 -0800

The Kaiten Memorial Museum on Otsushima Island, on the site of the original kaiten base. WWII Japanese suicide tactics included planes, boats, and suicide submarines. The submarine discovered recently near Sydney harbor was not such a craft, yet the pilots took their own lives rather than lead their pursuers to the I-class mother submarines nearby.

TV in Japan

myopicman — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:12:16 -0800

TV in Japan. A hyper representation of what airs, or has aired on Japanese TV. Ranging from action packed to truly awesome (and from monkeys to ninjas), set your eyes to "dazzled" and brain to "frazzled".

brand new wave upper ground

Navelgazer — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:06:30 -0800

Awesome J-Pop Videos. For a genre few in the U.S. are familiar with, it certainly garners some very heated opinions (likely because of Morning Musume and the like.) Still, there are some who go above and beyond the fold. (largely youtube filter.)

cause and effect contraptions

madamjujujive — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 22:04:14 -0800

Incredible Machine 01 - clever Japanese Rube Goldberg type devices in action. Film clip, annoying soundtrack alert. (via digg)