Otaku Dictionary: NicoNico

Noun;
1) NicoVideo.jp. More or less the Japanese Youtube, only with less rude users. Unlike on YouTube, NicoNico does not require users to watch advertisements to view videos. To view any video one needs to have an account, but the standard accounts are free. Premium Membership is also available for 525 Yen per month (at the time of writing), which allows for them to view videos in high quality during heavy traffic when standard users will have to view videos in very low quality, get priority seating (?) for live broadcasts, and upload longer and videos in higher quality. Most Vocaloid producers (all that I have seen) are premium members. On extremely popular videos there are also polite words from sponsors at the end. While vocaloid is a large part of NicoNico, there are also many non-vocaloid videos on it, including videos about politics and daily life. They have a very different commenting system than on websites such as YouTube, as users can comment directly on the video, as seen right. More images from NicoNico below the page break in case someone wants proof that NicoNico is more than Vocaloid