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• なぎみそ。SYS (nagimiso) 

  polymetrica 11:54 pm on July 8, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Illustrators (14), nagimiso.sys, Vocaloid (3)

  

  なぎみそ。SYS (nagimiso.SYS) is probably one of the most famous illustrators from nicovideo. He started out drawing Vocaloid-related comics such as Miku-yon and later RIREYON. However, he got his gigantic break with doing the illustration for the incredibly popular song 炉心融解 (Meltdown), and with that one song everyone on nicovideo were exposed to his works.

  Anyways, I took a while to warm up to his other works which were not Meltdown, but once I did I couldn’t get enough of it. I should also note that he is extremely speedy at doodles. I saw him draw on a stream once and bam 2 seconds later, a picture. On his Twitter he once replied to someone’s comment with a picture in literally about a minute and people were like “Whoa speedynagimiso!!”, and after that Twitter incident I liked him that much more. His style is really distinct, kind of a mix between anime and American comic style, for his doodles, anyways. Very solid lines and vivid colours. His outfit designs are so impeccable that I like everything he comes up with, which is rare. He is also quite versatile with styles when he wants to be, and can do both wispy, dreamy pictures (see this poster for TORABORUTA’s song Luna), and the solid and modern style you see above for Meltdown. He also draws a looooooooooot of different poses and expressions, all of which I love dearly. Excuse me for posting two pictures in one post, but the image below is too magnificent, if not pitiful:

  

  Blog: http://nagimiso.blog.shinobi.jp/
  Pixiv: http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?id=708358
  Piapro: http://piapro.jp/nagimiso
  Twitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/nagimiso
  Nicovideo Mylist: http://www.nicovideo.jp/mylist/6068989
  Videos@Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B6A67871C8C0114C
  Ustream channel: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nagimiso

   

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• 実谷なな 

  polymetrica 5:19 pm on July 7, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Mitani Nana, Music (7), niconico (3)

  

  Another one of my absolute favourite female singers from nicovideo..! She is most well known for her cover of ダブルラリアット (Double Lariat), and also for her duo collaborations with my other favourite singer, リツカ. Her voice is extremely easy to recognize because she has a pretty mature voice that, to me, sounds like the ones usually heard in English pop songs. I don’t know the term for it at all, so sorry for failing at this. In my opinion her rendition of 火葬曲 (Kasoukyoku) is her best, but it is pretty hard to really pick seeing as she has sung so many songs.

  Blog: http://mitaninana.blog40.fc2.com/
  Nicovideo Mylist: http://www.nicovideo.jp/mylist/6769295
  実谷なな entry at Nicosingers wiki: http://www41.atwiki.jp/niconico_singer/pages/370.html
  Youtube 実谷なな tag: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=実谷なな

   

• Things I Am Excited About 【July Ep1】 

  polymetrica 10:48 pm on July 6, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: bakemonogatari (4), Dixie Flatline, Enami Katsumi (2), gazelle (2), Illustrators (14), Music (7), supercell (2), Things I Am Excited About, Vocaloid (3), Yoshida Akihiko

  Series on post on random, possibly outdated stuff I care about. (ideally the items would be USUALLY new but you know what!!)

  Illustrators

  

  I can already imagine a delicious voice for this guy...

  • エナミカツミ (ENAMI KATSUMI), one of my absolute favourite character designer/artists ever, is doing the character designs and artwork for Ys 7!!! Words cannot express my joy, except it is a little dulled because I am unable to obtain a copy of the game. Anyways, this is incredibly old news but I accidentally reminded myself this month, so there you go. The game is being released on September 17th for the PSP.

  • 吉田明彦 (YOSHIDA Akihiko), the guy whose artwork drove me so insane it actually made me WANT to play Final Fantasy, is doing the character designs and artwork direction for the new DS FF spinoff, 光の四戦士－ファイナルファンタジー外伝 (Hikari no 4 Senshi – Final Fantasy Gaiden). I guess that another reason that the DS is awesome is because all its main-ish Final Fantasy games are powered by Yoshida Akihiko.

  Music

  • The sample for the second vocal track in supercell (x nagi)’s 君の知らない物語 single has been released! It’s called LOVE & ROLL, and is CENCOROLL’s theme song, and the vocals are again by nagi. Really upbeat (mmmm bass), and quite a lot of random English! A pretty awesome departure from ryo’s usual style, and I look foward to the full version.

  • Finally stalked Mitsuda Yasunori (Not adding kanji because we all know him I guess?!) again last night to find out that the vocal arrange of his famous Chrono Trigger overworld theme, 風の憧憬 (Yearnings of the Wind) has its sample up! It is sung by 清水翔太 (SHIMIZU Shota) and will be retitled as 風のように (Like the Wind). Hope more of his works become even more known to the world! It’s so awesome.

  • Dixie Flatline, the Vocaloid composer of Juvenile and and Gemini fame has uploaded a new song titled Just Be Friends (Nicovideo link) featuring Megurine Luka for vocals and ゆのみ (yunomi, of magnet fame) for artwork/PV! Not only is it incredibly loopable, but it is also (deservedly) dominating the nicovideo rankings. Also that PV is so cute. Reminds me of Honey and Clover for some reason! That is a good thing I believe.
   

• 匿名希望の東京都在住 

  polymetrica 2:25 pm on July 6, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: anzuame, Illustrators (13), Music (7), Vocaloid (2)

  

  Randomly remembered her and listened to her songs again the other day, so…here it is.

  匿名希望の東京都在住 (I’ll translate this name later), also known as 杏あめ (anzuame) is a Vocaloid composer, singer, and artist, and she is exceptional at all of it, which makes her extremely incredible.

  After composing her own songs like Traveler, she sings them again herself, and wow does she surpass the Vocaloid software. As the commenters on nicovideo say, she makes Miku weep lol. She can probably become a professional if she really wanted to. Not only that, but she also draws her own pictures for each of her songs (usually in a Code Geass style, which makes all her video thumbnails instantly recognizable), and also has a collaborative art site which she shares with a friend. Check her links out please!! even if it makes you feel somewhat inferior after

  Blog: http://anzutokumeikibou.blog96.fc2.com/ (Check links on sidebar)
  Nicovideo Mylist: http://www.nicovideo.jp/mylist/5485599
  Art site: http://www.kikyou.sakura.ne.jp/~apricot/apricot.html

   

• 零花@Clovia Studio 

  polymetrica 3:18 pm on July 4, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Clovia Studio, Illustrators (14)

  

  An artist who could be professional but isn’t yet. I initially found 零花 (reika) from Twitter and then later found her Pixiv, and I was really impressed. She is actually from Mainland China, but she resides in USA right now. her Japanese is incredibly good, though, and everyone is surprised when she says that she’s not Japanese.

  She is probably most well-known for her work in various Vocaloid PVs and also for the picture above, which was supposed to be a human rendering of <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chidejika“>Chidejika</a>, but the text on the swimsuit was removed due to copyright issues lol. It was widely spread on 2chan and whatnot during the er, craze. She also did the main picture of iroha(sasaki)’s (known for the famous song 炉心融解/Meltdown) <a href=”http://xiao-sphere.net/“>website</a>.

  Reika’s style is distinct in that the way she draws eyes is pretty different but really nice (?). She has really varied colouring styles too, so that’s not as easy to spot. Nevertheless, whatever style she chooses to use comes out magnificently.

  Website: http://cloviastudio.net/
  Pixiv: http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=26247
  Twitter: http://twitter.com/cloviastudio
  Nicovideo Mylist: http://www.nicovideo.jp/mylist/6350578