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Title: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on April 30, 2009, 06:00:36 AM
According to Veoh, about 2 years ago (before the episodes were even uploaded), the number of Urusei Yatsura related videos was a mere 26. Today, that number has reached 386. That's about 1400% increase over 2 years 0.0

According to youtube, about 2 years ago, the number of videos related to Urusei Yatsura in one way or another was almost 80, the first of which dates back to over three years ago. This would give the impression of about 80 videos a year on average.

Today, that number has jumped to nearly 2600! That amounts to an increase of almost 3200%!!!

Keep in mind though, that almost all the episodes were tagged as "UY" instead of "Urusei Yatsura" to hide them, meaning that you could add another 195 x 3 + 6(movies)x10 videos ON TOP of that!

I think it is clear that Urusei Yatsura is making its mark on youtube now, and making a comeback.

I also think that we all know that this forum, nay, this website has made an enormous contribution to this outcome.

Let's all keep doing our part in making the world of Urusei Yatsura known to the world!!!
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: amazome on April 30, 2009, 09:39:55 AM
Maybe it's because those video services are simply growing in popularity, thus more people go to them including fans of UY.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on April 30, 2009, 09:47:40 PM
Maybe it's because those video services are simply growing in popularity, thus more people go to them including fans of UY.
Meh, I don't think so.
Well yes those video streaming sites are relativly new but it is also true that more and more people wants to know more about UY, more and more people make videos about UY while UY is not even on air! It's an old anime that is coming back to life after soo much time away from the screens
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on April 30, 2009, 09:59:11 PM
more and more people want to know more about UY, more and more people make videos about UY while UY is not even on air! It's an old anime that is coming back to life after so much time away from the screens.

Yes, exactly, that was the point I was trying to address with this topic.

I really think we as a group should make some kind of UY project. Something big, something that will get the fans roaring.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on April 30, 2009, 10:17:57 PM
more and more people want to know more about UY, more and more people make videos about UY while UY is not even on air! It's an old anime that is coming back to life after so much time away from the screens.


Yes, exactly, that was the point I was trying to address with this topic.

I really think we as a group should make some kind of UY project. Something big, something that will get the fans roaring.
I agree... but to what? there's some plenty thing to do
Should we do a fanmade dub in english for UY? (HAHAAHHA!) or maybe translate some of the UY game for the old console or make a "video" translation of the DS UY game Endless summer (for each dialogue we do the translation and we put the translated video on youtube... it's much easier that translate the whole game) or maybe do some flash video about UY or make some GOOOD dating sim game about UY.
See? there's a lot of things to do and those are only the first ones that came into my mind! But... we need to create something of good quality and for doing it we need people that can do their job very well (programmers for flash games, flash artist, good dubbers... ahhaahhah!!) but don't worry we'll find something to do.
Just say, I'm up for everything ;)

PS: I have a suggestion for now, let's make this forum more "alive"... I mean the forum right now is great, really... I've never seen so much people interested in UY at the same time, but... I think that we should "spread the word"... bring more users, make more topics, post more often (if they can of course).
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: cata on April 30, 2009, 11:57:52 PM
As long as those members don't misbehave, I'm fine with it. I guess the four musketeers, I mean, the four mods will have to work harder. xD

Tass: posting a lot doesn't mean a good Forum. If most of the topics are "useless" if we take into consideration that this is a Forum dedicated mostly to Lum and Urusei Yatsura, then it wouldn't be a good Forum, would it?
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 01, 2009, 12:04:37 AM
As long as those members don't misbehave, I'm fine with it. I guess the four musketeers, I mean, the four mods will have to work harder. xD

Tass: posting a lot doesn't mean a good Forum. If most of the topics are "useless" if we take into consideration that this is a Forum dedicated mostly to Lum and Urusei Yatsura, then it wouldn't be a good Forum, would it?
humm true true :\  I was just trying to give as much ideas as I could ^^.
The problem is that I usually visit veeery crowded forums and I'm used to have a forum where someone is always posting. But anyway the forum is all right now, people are kind and there's always something to talk about
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 01, 2009, 12:20:13 AM
Okay so current suggestions are:

1. Fandub

2. Translate "My Dear Friends"

3. Translate "Endless Summer"

4. Flash UY Video

5. Date Sim

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I have almost everything I need to do a fandub, all I need are people to help dub it. Finding a way to separate BGM from the voices would be nice, but until then, we would have to use the Music Tracks provided on this site.

For the two translate projects, we need at least one person who can fully read and understand everything said in the game. I am not capable of such as I only know Basic Japanese. If provided with a translation, we could easily pull this off once we get in game footage.

I'm not too good with flash but I know how to use it. The only real problem is the lack of quality drawings to animate.

I don't know how we would make a date sim??

I would like to add one more thing to that list:

6. Start a craze

Examples of current crazes(right word?) would be "Rick Rolling," the "Caramelldansen," and "It's over NINE THOUSAND!!!"
If we could create a craze, then each of us could post it on our individual youtube accounts, maybe even make each user have a slightly modified version to make it look like a parody of the original.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 01, 2009, 01:00:05 AM
Okay so current suggestions are:

1. Fandub

2. Translate "My Dear Friends"

3. Translate "Endless Summer"

4. Flash UY Video

5. Date Sim

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I have almost everything I need to do a fandub, all I need are people to help dub it. Finding a way to separate BGM from the voices would be nice, but until then, we would have to use the Music Tracks provided on this site.

For the two translate projects, we need at least one person who can fully read and understand everything said in the game. I am not capable of such as I only know Basic Japanese. If provided with a translation, we could easily pull this off once we get in game footage.

I'm not too good with flash but I know how to use it. The only real problem is the lack of quality drawings to animate.

I don't know how we would make a date sim??

I would like to add one more thing to that list:

6. Start a craze

Examples of current crazes(right word?) would be "Rick Rolling," the "Caramelldansen," and "It's over NINE THOUSAND!!!"
If we could create a craze, then each of us could post it on our individual youtube accounts, maybe even make each user have a slightly modified version to make it look like a parody of the original.


Ok let's start

1. Fandub

I thought that because we have almost all the UY music tracks and sound loops (like Lum flying, elettroshocks and so on) on the site... right?
We have the EXACT translation on the youtube video or on the DVD... we only need good dubbers.
We could do an English dub or in other languages (as far as I can see there's a lot of portuguese on these forums... is there a dubbed version of UY in portugal?) but we need even good recording tools... and that could be a bit hard.
Anyway if we menage to came up to something, try to choose right dubbers who can imitate at least the original jappanise voice... like someone who can speak like Lum voice... I think that SandStorm is our Ataru asd

2. Translate "my dear friends" 3. Translate "Endless Summer"
This should be easy. We need to use a game cam inside the emulator.. then we take the video we add the english language over the jappanise one (just copy the texture of the chat box over the japp letters and then we just need to write in Eng) then we add the video on youtube so the when the people use the emulator and don't know what the game is saying they go on youtube searching our videos
We could even try to translate the games for real, but we need something who's very capable in programming... humm we could release a flash version of the game even so we don't have those problems...
But still.. we need a good translator ^^ I don't know even a word in jappanise

4. Flash UY Video
The fanmade Flash videos are really common on the web... try to go on newgrounds... it's full of flash fanmade videos... search something about metal gear, super mario, zelda or resident evil... tons of fans have made good quality of flash videos, but no UY videos humm.. how sad.

5. Dating sim game

Whooh... this is the final level!
I think we shouldn't think about it right now... making such hard game from nothing is not a good idea.
Anyway if we menage to do it we could use fanarts or even anime image for the UY... and if someone of us understand how to use flash very well, it could be quite awsome... i have plenty ideas about the gameplay...
We just need some artist to do the characters, backgrounds, interface and items and that's over usually the things on a dating sim are pretty static, we don't need moving characters, mabye just different image depending on the mood or the situation (exemple: Normal Lum, Sad Lum, Angry Lum, Lum doing electroshock, happy Lum, Scared Lum, Lum on kimono, Lum on swimsuit and so on... but we just need the necessary for the game.. if we don't need a scared cherry.. well we don't draw it :P)...
We can even use existing image for our characters... like screenshot from the anime for the games' background...
...
Anyway I'm sure that everybody could give tons of ideas for the dating sim (try this one if you haven't seen a dating sim before http://flashgamesite.com/play328game.html ) but now we should concentrate on more simple things... at least for now ;)

Now..
6. Start a craze
Humm.. like "IM A CHARGIN MA LAZOR"? So basicaly video without a meaning?... what about an AMV of UY like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSHd2qUihxE
if you understand italian a little... you are gonna laugh your butt out from your face ^^
anyway really good idea Uru ^^
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: cata on May 02, 2009, 12:21:26 AM
UY wasn't dubbed in portuguese. UY was dubbed in italian, english (not the complete series, though) and spanish.

Maybe this is a stupid question but... is there a chance that we are going get trouble for even trying to do this?
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 02, 2009, 12:40:08 AM
UY wasn't dubbed in portuguese. UY was dubbed in italian, english (not the complete series, though) and spanish.

Maybe this is a stupid question but... is there a chance that we are going get trouble for even trying to do this?
Huumm.. that's not a stupid question.
Well... tecnicaly.. yes we are gonna get trouble for doing it... but let's consider that UY is no longer on air for... well 20 years or so? and the whole series is online on youtube... and even worst we have a site with the whole UY sound effects!
But on the other hand, let's consider this: It's fan-made so absolutely no cost production the worst thing we can get is get our videos flagged from youtube, as long as we are doing just for fun or not to make money, we are safe, we won't get hurt.
oh and by the way I don't want to make money from this things and I'm sure that none of us want ;)


EDIT: I've got a better answer. Put this every 5 minutes in every UY video we make:
"Characters Copyright Rumiko Takahashi/Shogakukun/Fuji Communications/Kitty Films.
Original fan artwork remains the right of its creator / rights holder.
These items displayed on a non-profit basis for fan enjoyment only.
No copyright infringement is intended. "
But still, the worst thing we can get by doing those dub or translation is to get our videos flagged from youtube

Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 02, 2009, 12:48:28 AM
Jaa, of the six items, are there any that we can eliminate for the time being?

Or maybe we can group them by our ability to produce the item.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 02, 2009, 01:12:46 AM
Humm I think we should try doing something easy, just to begin and get used to teamwork or stuff like that.
The fandub is.. well a bit hard we need a lot of voice actors, I suggest to dub episode ONE and see if it's worth to continue (if we menage to start that project).
the translation... well as I've already said we need to go to japan find someone who can talk jappaniese and english, kidnap him/her and force him to translate the text of the game screenshot after screenshot... ok where's my black flag and my parrot?...
About the flash video... well we need someone who can draw good flash characters and animate them... then we need a storyline... than voice actors!... or we can just use jappanise languages (none can understand jappanise lol) and sub it... lol no.
Anyway just to give an exemple watch this: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/332880
Is a fan-made flash of a cartoon called invader zim (it has been canceled, but still the fans do things like these) and it's pretty well done, it looks like watching the real cartoon.
I think if we want to do something like a flash video we should start doing shorts and than make something more complex.
I saw a Flash video training somewhere in newgrounds but I can't find it right now... it was even in the front page....
anyway the dating sim is a direct consequence of the flash video, if we can't do a flash video of UY we can't do a Dating sim... still the dating sim is the choice that I like most (and the most impossible one ^^) but with the time we can do anything.

I think we should start a craze or something, it's the most logical thing to do, and even the more easy.
anyway has someone saw the AMV? we should try do something like that too, it's something like a craze but with much more style... like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00BF7e_BYu4 or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOVvKggLr4A&feature=related

ok... in my opinion we should

1. Make a craze or two with UY charachter
2. Make hilarious AMV or very deep touching AMV about UY
3. Translate at least some of the games screenshot.. at least some of the dialogue and the basic menu so that the people understand what these jappanise sign mean.
4. Make a flash video of UY
5. Make a flash version of the UY game that we have translated
6. Make a GOOD dating sim about UY


these are my suggestions... any more ideas?

Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 02, 2009, 01:21:42 AM
K, let's focus on craze.

First thing we need to do is find a really really catchy song/music

until then, we shouldn't be too focused on what to put on it - the music is what decides the picture.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 02, 2009, 01:29:25 AM
K, let's focus on craze.

First thing we need to do is find a really really catchy song/music

until then, we shouldn't be too focused on what to put on it - the music is what decides the picture.
Ok.. we need to find a funny song... or a funny dialogue.. then finding the right videos from UY anime should be easy.... again any suggestions? I don't like coping like putting a "rick roll'ed" in UY version so let's try to be original ^^
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 02, 2009, 01:50:42 AM
I was thinking something like this:

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Something like that, it's catchy. Then we make something to go with the music.

Warning: For a craze project like this, we CANNOT use original footage for this reason: it would just be another AMV.

This of course means resorting to flash, but here's the main difference: This is no where near as complicated, we need only make simple pictures and limited animations, I CAN make such things.

So back to finding music as catchy as this or Caramelldansen.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 02, 2009, 01:59:14 AM
I was thinking something like this:

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Something like that, it's catchy. Then we make something to go with the music.

Warning: For a craze project like this, we CANNOT use original footage for this reason: it would just be another AMV.

This of course means resorting to flash, but here's the main difference: This is no where near as complicated, we need only make simple pictures and limited animations, I CAN make such things.

So back to finding music as catchy as this or Caramelldansen.
Lol, funny
Yeah that should be a good project...
but wait a minute... the thing you said about you can make "simple animation"... well that makes the UY fan-made simdate even easier... good news good news
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 02, 2009, 02:06:29 AM
Except that sim date requires buttons which I hate doing :P

Alright, send the word out, we need a catchy, maybe bouncy, song.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 02, 2009, 02:10:49 AM
Wait a minute, about dear friends and Endless summer translation I was thinking about something like that:
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See? a video with all the possible feature of the game...
ok thit is in jap but if we menage to get a buddy who can read those things I can modify the video in no time (I'm the master of adobe after effects CS4 muahahah!)
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 02, 2009, 02:15:27 AM
Yeah, I'm aware, but the problem is reading it -_-'''

I sent some PM's to some people about finding a song.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 02, 2009, 02:21:41 AM
Yeah, I'm aware, but the problem is reading it -_-'''

I sent some PM's to some people about finding a song.
meh... ^^ I saw about 200 UY subbed videos and I still don't understand when a japanise is saying me "hello"...

Japanise boy "konniciwa!"
Me "HEI!? WHAT HAVE YOU SAID ABOUT MY MOTHER?!"

anyway I've sent some e-mails too
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 02, 2009, 03:13:03 AM
Found one, the advantage in this is that its a UY song

http://cmb.lum-chan.com/TCMB/Urusei15-01.mp3

still need to look for more though, we can't just take the first song we find.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 03, 2009, 12:41:07 AM
My contacts have found some japanese songs, in my opinion they are a bit catchy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZvtqKXFtnw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcCPXaAzM1M
I don't think they ever become anime openings... should we search only anime openings?


but we could also use some of the old classics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HR4hp_-kSI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYgOlqinH7A



... and I have found this...
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=0E1954B6951EBFF8&search_query=Catchy+japanese
Want catchy japanese songs? here they are... have fun O.o






Wait a minute... japanese oh dam... I know some good ones... here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar4WzQ7KHak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYxlSDJZbn0

Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 03, 2009, 12:53:59 AM
First video was pretty good, second didn't catch me enough.

Numa numa has already been used to death, unfortunately, and witch doctor isn't foreign :P

0.0 Hold on... hmmm... I found another video linked to the first one.

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This has a good dance too, to think I almost missed it 0.0
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 03, 2009, 12:59:50 AM
First video was pretty good, second didn't catch me enough.

Numa numa has already been used to death, unfortunately, and witch doctor isn't foreign :P

0.0 Hold on... hmmm... I found another video linked to the first one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR53N6xlSy0

This has a good dance too, to think I almost missed it 0.0

good one! really catchy...
watch the related videos, there's some catchy songs too like this one (pedobear allert O_o)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZGn-nn8bBA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NNMHxqJp6A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieQ1rAIjzXc
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 03, 2009, 01:04:46 AM
0.0 I think I've seen them before, first video, but I don't know where...

No anime openings though, then we'd just end up doing a parody -_-'''

Okay, u think that we should settle on the song now?
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 03, 2009, 01:11:51 AM
0.0 I think I've seen them before, first video, but I don't know where...

No anime openings though, then we'd just end up doing a parody -_-'''

Okay, u think that we should settle on the song now?
I think I posted to much lolis at the same time... pedobear is coming O_o lol
let's get serious... no anime opening? ohh great... that makes our reserch much more easy...
anyway I think we should search more song just for a day or two (now that I found soo much 4chan videos with original japanese cathcy song I should at least give them a try :P)... and more important see what other people on the forum think about them... then we can start the real work ^^
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 03, 2009, 01:25:53 AM
I did like some of the dancing in the 4chan vid, we could use that to fill in gaps of the video.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 03, 2009, 01:55:36 AM
I did like some of the dancing in the 4chan vid, we could use that to fill in gaps of the video.
ok, I'll check them tomorrow (in my country it's 2 o'clock :P) but I'll send some more specific email to my friends, I'll ask them to find some 4chan videos with japanese song, they know 4chan more than me
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 03, 2009, 02:18:07 AM
we don't really wanna copy 4chan, I just thought that would be a good "filler" if we happen to come across areas of the video we don't know what to put in.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 03, 2009, 02:22:14 AM
Hummm my friends are really fast, here's some more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMQTBY61lK4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9392qNDJSuk

BTW I know we don't want to copy I was just saying that 4chan videos has a lot of catchy songs
Have you checked these guys?
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B2C0E273CCC19D0B&search_query=403+Forbbidena
their song are really melodic and catchy... I even like some of them
If we want to do some kick ass fighting scene they are a must
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 03, 2009, 02:40:01 AM
Leek spin has also been used to death.

I like the second video, funny.

I think we should have a time limit of less than 4 minutes, to make things easier.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 03, 2009, 02:46:42 AM
Leek spin has also been used to death.

I like the second video, funny.

I think we should have a time limit of less than 4 minutes, to make things easier.
Oh I posted those videos just for the music, I haven't seen them XD in fact they are funny... anyway we have some music for the video... I suggest to wait till tomorrow so taht we can reflesh our ideas with a well deserved sleep....
Oh boy I'm tired... humm we should at least see someone else opinion, you and me are the only person posting here.
BTW do you think we have enought music for the video or we should search a little bit more?
YAWNN.... I'm so sleepy I need a bed, see you tomorrow have a good day (you're canadian right?... so right now in canada is daytime right?... anyway good day or good night either :P)
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 03, 2009, 02:56:33 AM
Honestly, I'm hooked on that Japanese Pop one I found, so I'm not gonna look anymore.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 03, 2009, 10:39:20 PM
Honestly, I'm hooked on that Japanese Pop one I found, so I'm not gonna look anymore.
I agree with you, it's the best one.
I was just looking around just in case if we needed more songs...
So, now that we have chosen the song, what shall we do?
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 03, 2009, 10:45:03 PM
(Just bringing it forward)
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Well, obviously for the video, we'll have 3 UY characters do the dance.

Lum should be the yellow one, what about the other two?
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 03, 2009, 10:56:51 PM
Humm... so we are going to make that japanese song in UY version? trying to make the same scenes, right?
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 03, 2009, 11:09:24 PM
except the stuff inbetween the dance, such as when they are recording.

We're mostly only taking the dance from this video.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 03, 2009, 11:53:41 PM
except the stuff inbetween the dance, such as when they are recording.

We're mostly only taking the dance from this video.
Humm... Ok... can you make 3 UY charcaters while dancing? But we can't use clips form the anime right?
Well at least we should get some inspiration from the anime and try to copy the moves of the characters...
We should develop a "plot" of this video or something like that...
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 04, 2009, 12:27:49 AM
Still need to pick two other characters for green and orange.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 04, 2009, 12:37:09 AM
Still need to pick two other characters for green and orange.
Humm 2 girls or 2 boys?
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 04, 2009, 12:51:07 AM
girls
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 04, 2009, 01:13:52 AM
Humm... we should use half naked girls... girls with kimonos or skirt are harder to animate...
so the choice is
*Ran (with the alien dressing)
*Benten
*Oyuki (without kimonos)
*Shinobu (humm never seen her is tight clothes.. maybe only with swimsuit)
*Sakura (same here)
*copies of Lum with different dressing?
*general chicks dancing around
...

No more ideas :\ the other girls from UY aren't fit for this role.

We should really develop a plot for this video Lum dancing around is good, but without reason... well she's just a girl dancing around
BTW what are these girls doing in the video, just dancing or we should put some unrelated clips?
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 04, 2009, 01:22:17 AM
Caramelldansen was nothing but dancing and that was a huge hit >.>

I think Benten would be good for the orange one.

Now we just need to pick someone to be green.

There may be parts where we could cut to some of the guys playing instruments.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 04, 2009, 01:42:47 AM
Caramelldansen was nothing but dancing and that was a huge hit >.>

I think Benten would be good for the orange one.

Now we just need to pick someone to be green.

There may be parts where we could cut to some of the guys playing instruments.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX6e7sO1ss0

O_O
My... my eyes... have been violated... I need to wash them with the caustic soda... give me a sec...

Lol I've never seen it :P
Anyway now I have a clear idea of what we are going to do...
So we choose only 3 girls? humm ok... we should add some "solo" scene with each of the girl is alone on the screen...
Humm shall we put a classic random Cherry pop up in the middle of the song? He's a must

Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 04, 2009, 01:58:43 AM
Good idea with cherry.

The dance in the video includes parts where each of the three gets to dance in center, which is close enough to "solo parts"
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 04, 2009, 01:59:47 AM
 BTW here's the translation of this.... well let's call it "a song" lol
http://www.jpopasia.com/lyrics/18786/natsumi-nochiura/renai-sentai-shitsuranjer.html

... reading the translation... I don't know if I have to be surprised be scared that the japanese teenager like this "song"....
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 04, 2009, 02:12:36 AM
Yes, it is a song.

Who would look good in green for the last dancer?
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 04, 2009, 01:27:35 PM
Yes, it is a song.

Who would look good in green for the last dancer?
Hummm there's one more girl who can pick from UY that I almost forgot the princess Kurama... But I think we should take only Lum closest friends... humm how about making the video with 4 characters in it? with Lum, Benten, Ran and Oyuki?
It's pretty logic: 4 old friends dancing for fun
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 04, 2009, 06:23:13 PM
I dunno how to fit a fourth person in, where the chorus is only sung three times.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 04, 2009, 07:24:07 PM
I dunno how to fit a fourth person in, where the chorus is only sung three times.
Humm.. I guess you're right... it's hard to fit a fourth person...
so let's summarize..
We have to choose 3 characters form UY... The first is Lum (the yellow girl) the second is bentend (the red girl) and now we have to choose a third one for the green one.... Humm... I know she doesn't wear green clothes but how about Ran? Lum, benten and ran are childhood friends, seeing them dancing toghether is pretty easy to figure out
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 04, 2009, 07:43:18 PM
I don't see Oyuki dancing like that anyway :P

Okay... now we gotta... think of the video timeline. I'm gonna download the video later, then make a 2D timeline of what we're gonna make.

U said u were good with Flash CS4?
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 04, 2009, 08:16:43 PM
I don't see Oyuki dancing like that anyway :P

Okay... now we gotta... think of the video timeline. I'm gonna download the video later, then make a 2D timeline of what we're gonna make.

U said u were good with Flash CS4?
I'm good at adobe after FX CS4 and a little bit with adobe photoshop, but just a little and Afrer FX is mainly for camera vidoes... I can make good animated text and basic color keying but I don't know anything about flash :\
BTW I have a good editing program, it's pinnacle studio 11
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 04, 2009, 09:04:16 PM
I could draw some of the characters, then we just need to be able to move the limbs.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 04, 2009, 09:16:15 PM
I could draw some of the characters, then we just need to be able to move the limbs.
Humm ok I'll check out that flash animation tutorial on newgrounds, just let me find it before drawing anything
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 04, 2009, 09:33:24 PM
Here's some www.newgrounds.com/collection/flashtutorials.html
But I can't find a flash tutorial that I saw on newgrounds a month ago, it was fantastic

AHAH! here it is!
www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/487115
It's a very well made flash tutorial... check out this one in particular
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: cata on May 04, 2009, 11:26:37 PM
I don't have time to read all the posts so I don't really know if you have already a song but I really think Queen (the band) is the perfect match for any UY AMV, craze, etc.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 04, 2009, 11:33:09 PM
I don't have time to read all the posts so I don't really know if you have already a song but I really think Queen (the band) is the perfect match for any UY AMV, craze, etc.
We are spamming machines  :Y
anyway we have chosen to emulate this song with UY characters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR53N6xlSy0
But if you think that a particual song of the Queen is fit for this role, please tell us ;)
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: cata on May 04, 2009, 11:37:18 PM
Bohemian Rapsody is the best for UY.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 05, 2009, 12:01:12 AM
Bohemian Rapsody is the best for UY.
Just to bring it up...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irp8CNj9qBI
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 05, 2009, 12:24:58 AM
We're not doing an AMV though so... ^_^し

(That's a pretty good sweat drop 0.0)
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 05, 2009, 12:44:06 AM
We're not doing an AMV though so... ^_^し

(That's a pretty good sweat drop 0.0)
Hummm maybe next time?...
Oh Neo have you seen the tutorial for the flash animation?
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 05, 2009, 12:47:08 AM
I looked at it, but... I really hate newgrounds cause the bottom of videos goes below my screen and when I try to scroll down, the video scrolls down too so I can't see the bottom of the video/tutorial.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 05, 2009, 01:08:07 AM
I looked at it, but... I really hate newgrounds cause the bottom of videos goes below my screen and when I try to scroll down, the video scrolls down too so I can't see the bottom of the video/tutorial.
hummm try to open it as a pop up by doing this you shouldn't have this problem ;)
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 16, 2009, 09:01:43 PM
This is a video with drawings that I made.

I was thinking about creating the characters with a similar style, what do you think?

#Invalid YouTube Link#
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 17, 2009, 06:35:04 PM
Humm.. not bad at all! But we should at least try to make some animations :P
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on May 17, 2009, 07:11:42 PM
I don't have the proper equipment -_-

I need something that will help me trace over a previous drawing in order to create the next "frame" of the character.

Also, I tried opening the tutorial in another window, didn't do anything.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: cata on May 19, 2009, 10:58:32 PM
It looks pretty good for the first one. =)
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Urusei0Yatsura on May 29, 2009, 12:02:20 PM
I was wondering if My Dear Friends could be subtitled?
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: Tassadarh on May 29, 2009, 10:23:31 PM
Ehh... I would like to, but we don't have a "translator"... and more important we don't know how to "translate it"... I mean we don't know where to start, which program we should use and how to use it :\
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on October 03, 2009, 02:38:47 AM
U know... on this forum topic we've talked about ways to increase the popularity and recognition of Urusei Yatsura....

Yet the obvious thing we could have done was upload it to anime websites, and that didn't cross our minds???

How many people have the complete series available for upload?

If not, does anyone have a complete set of the Ovas OR a complete set of the movies for upload?

It would be easier and faster if multiple people were uploading to other sites.

Does anyone want to help?
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: FallinG_StaR on October 03, 2009, 03:58:41 AM
I have the complete Ova set... and movies... I think I haven't even opened the dvd box from movies 5 & 6. ;D

As for uploading them... I can try uploading them in Sevenload... and then try to put it on Narutowire... even if I don't know how to... XD
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: SonicDaMan on October 03, 2009, 04:34:47 AM
Uploading episodes on YouTube here. Does that help?
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on October 03, 2009, 04:46:52 AM
well youtube already has at least one full set of episodes, but then ur uploading HD which is also good.

What I was referring to was increasing the number of sites that have the series.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: SonicDaMan on October 03, 2009, 05:44:20 AM
well youtube already has at least one full set of episodes, but then ur uploading HD which is also good.

What I was referring to was increasing the number of sites that have the series.

I know what you mean, and that is a good idea. I would upload it to one of those kind of sites, but to be quite honest, YouTube does get a lot more viewers. =/

However it wouldn't be a bad idea to embed the pre-existing videos to another site, thus saving time and bandwidth (at least for myself. My data usage went up so high last month, I got charged an extra $60, so I can't even afford to upload my HD episodes daily anymore XD)

For example, I am currently watching Ranma 1/2 on http://www.watchanimeon.com, and when I look at the video's sources, they are actually hosted on Veoh.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: cata on October 03, 2009, 10:40:00 AM
Like, whenever someone wants to watch a show for the first time, where are they going? Youtube. Only if Youtube doesn't have the right video for that peticular show, they'll start looking elsewhere.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: FallinG_StaR on October 03, 2009, 10:53:21 AM
Maybe... what we need is the new OVA subbed... that will make people watch it and look for the series... and I was hoping they would do the same to UY as they did to Full Metal Alchemist...
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: UruseiNeo on October 03, 2009, 03:58:56 PM
I know youtube has more viewers, which is why it was the first site that got the UY episodes. But there are at least 2 other people besides me and Sonic who are uploading/have uploaded the series.

And we can't sub the new Ova till it actually comes out :P

I just wanted to expand on the number of sources. Some people don't like the split into 3 parts on Youtube, so they may actually prefer other sites.
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: SonicDaMan on October 03, 2009, 07:25:16 PM
I think the only way to make Urusei Yatsura REALLY big again, is to make a new TV show. ::)
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: cata on October 04, 2009, 12:25:33 AM
It doesn't need another season or a remake. It just needs to be aired again! xD
Title: Re: Urusei Yatsura, Making its mark
Post by: SonicDaMan on October 04, 2009, 12:42:42 AM
It doesn't need another season or a remake. It just needs to be aired again! xD

That too, that too.