Japan’s first lady and intergalactic traveler Miyuki Hatoyama recently sang “Happy Birthday” as part of UNICEF’s Happy Birthday project. It’s for an excellent cause, so check out the site and give Hatoyama’s version a go. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9sN6mXwFWY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] (Via Japan Probe)
I wish I could spend more time on this subject at the moment, but I have to pack for a trip to America tonight and will instead just leave you all with a video of a trend that’s really old but I just stumbled across it. Read about Vocaloid software here. And check out the…
Just…wow. Good job Japan. You can stop the video at the 2:20 mark, the monsters stop dancing at that point. kaiju danceby gariisenab (Via Japan Probe)
Ahh, the lights are up, the trees are out and rapid material consumption is in the air. You know what that means…time for big celebrity-group songs. A group apparently dubbed the “anime all-star singers” have released a cover of John Lennon’s “Imagine.” It’s for a good cause (though I don’t know what said cause is)…
Proof I’m not the only male on the planet who likes Perfume way too much. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyvhYv75nUw&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Check ’em doing “Dream Fighter” and “Love The World” as well. At least I think it’s the same bunch of kids…or maybe everyone wears a mask when prancing around to J-Pop?