Nicodouga to live-cast Sunday Animelo
News had gotten out that famous Japanese online video website Nico Nico Douga will be streaming, live, selected sections of the Sunday session (August 31st) of this year’s Animelo in their Nico Nico Live section. The live-cast is to start at 4pm Tokyo time (UTC + 9) and is limited to the first 10,000 users. Don’t know why they aren’t doing the Saturday session as well, but besides the usual rights problem, I’d wager that it might have something to do with how the Sunday session currently looks awfully like they took a artist roll-call from the songs used in the Nico Douga Kyumikyoku. Afterall, the people behind Nico Nico Douga, dwango, is also the major sponser to Animelo, seems like a perfect opportunity to cash in on some cross-promotion.
Either way, this maybe a great opportunity for those overseas who can’t make it to get a glimps of what it is like - provided they don’t put in IP blocking that is.
August 18th, 2008 at 22:02
What sort of a limit is 10000 users D:
4pm Tokyo time is like 3am East coast, midnight West coat, but prime for Europe…
August 18th, 2008 at 22:12
> What sort of a limit is 10000 users D:
A Japanese limit. :P
August 18th, 2008 at 23:12
Is that code for “we suck ass re: online videos”?
August 18th, 2008 at 23:40
No. But it is a code for “we like to do things small”.
August 19th, 2008 at 08:06
Dang… better start buying ‘em Red Bulls to keep me up and alert if non-Japanese IPs can watch as well.