Idol Step Series

About

Idol Step Series, also known as Idol Step with Mojipittan (Japanese: もじぴったんでアイドルステップ, Mojipittan De Aidoru Suteppu)in Japan, refers to a series of hand-drawn animated dance videos featuring "Futari no Mojipittan (fine c'est la mix)" which is the remixed version of the theme sound track for Namco's word puzzle game series Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan^[1].

Origin

The remix version of the theme song "fine c'est la mix" is composed by a Japanese famous music producer Yasutaka Nakata.^[2]

The first instance of this series was uploaded to Nico Nico Douga (NND) on April 8th, 2008, titled "Kamo-Pittan".^[3] The guy performing typical dance step of Japanese idols is Kamotaro Ito from a Japanes anime/manga series Gintama.^[4]

According to an article for this series in Nico Nico Pedia^[5], this dance step is inspired by a Japanese idol Aya Matsuura.^[6]

Spread

Other amatuer illustrators soon began mimicking the video style by using the audio track with various characters because its editing style was quite convenient. As of January 2012, the amount of videos related to this series on NND is over 240.^[7]

In additon, by the popularity of this series, this dance step is included to the other hand-drawn animation fad Tamifluriver Dance.

Notable Examples

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Search Interest

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External References

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