There are many Kasane Teto videos on YouTube, but you can find even more in other places! Here we will talk about the place that probably contains more Teto videos than any other website.
If you speak Japanese, or don’t mind using a website in a foreign language, then you will have a good time at Niconico (ニコニコ = “nikoniko” = smile).
For those who don’t know, Niconico is the biggest Japanese video sharing website. It is very popular in Japan. It has all kind of content and many features. One of the most interesting is that every comment is tied to a particular instant of the video. So, when you watch it, the comments appear floating above the player, at the exact time when they were posted.
The only big restriction is that registration is required before watching any video. Not a big problem, though. For most people, the simplest way is to use the English version of the website. Just look for an option to change the language. It’s probably on the bottom. Registration consists of the usual steps: provide an email, use confirmation link in the received message, then choose the username, password and other profile details.
If you don’t know Japanese, there is a more adventurous way! Somewhere in the Japanese page there is a link that says ニコニコ会員登録 (“nikoniko kaiin tōroku” = Niconico member registration). Click it, and on the next screen there will be a button labelled 一般会員登録(無料) (“ippan kaiin tōroku (muryō)” = ordinary member registration (free)). It is next to the button that says プレミアム会員登録 (“puremiamu kaiin tōroku” = premium member registration), which is not as free as the other one. Once registered, remember that you sign in with the ログイン (“roguin” = login) button and type the email, not the username.
Back on track, why did we register at Niconico? To listen to some Kasane Teto songs! There go some tips:
- Kasane Teto is written 重音テト in Japanese. Search for that and you will get lots of results in the 動画 (“dōga” = video) section. Way more than 15,000.
- Better still, follow this link: www.nicovideo.jp/tag/重音テト?sort=f. That way, the most recent uploads will appear first.
- オリジナル 曲 (“orijinaru kyoku”) means original music piece. We highly value original Kasane Teto songs. People who make those are very talented.
- カバー (“kabā”) means cover. It is always nice to see Teto-chan taking on a famous (or not so famous) song. Often these songs come with an interesting animation. And, of course, they are always better than the original!
- PV = Promotional Video. These are cool.
- Videos have tags. The tags can be visually identified as a string of links. Something like this:
重音テト
UTAU オリジナル曲
If you pay attention to those, you will gradually learn to easily identify the content of the video.
- If a tag ends with a capital P, you can safely bet that whatever precedes the P is the name of the Producer of the song. Many producers have a unique style that can be intuitively identified within 3 seconds into the song!
Enjoy!
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