First a house keeping item. The podcast name has changed. It is now just “Anime With Ataru.” See, since 2006 the scope of this podcast has widened greatly, and as such it really isn’t just a local podcast anymore. Compounded by the fact, I will be traveling and moving fairly soon it’s time to officially go national baby!

This video was posted over at the official Nine Inch Nails youtube channel. If you’ve watched enough Japanese television it doesn’t really phase you, but it is interesting to see Japanese women break it down to choreographed Nine Inch Nails song.

It did however, remind me that I did a goofy little J-Pop remix of a Nine Inch Nails song (Me, I’m Not) so I cut some “typically wacky” Japanese video to make my own response to the above posted.

Edit: Uploaded to youtube Link
Enjoy!
-Ataru

 

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I had some company over today, we were discussing the finer points of Final Fantasy VIII, specifically the song Eyes on Me. I brought up my playlist and as I clicked play I was assaulted with an almost unbearable image.

Which I will now share.

And with that image in your head, Goodnight.
-Ataru

I’m man enough to admit I listen to J-Pop on occasion. In my perusing on the internetz, I grabbed Leah Dizon’s debut album. It’s nothing special, your standard overly polished super-sugary J-Pop. However, what caught my ear was a particular song Are you feelin’ for me? - the groove seemed very familiar.

As it turns out, the highly original album is using easily identifiable GarageBand loops. Check the Video Podcast for some comparisons. Edit: youtube link, please rate!

-Ataru

 

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