4 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/47/thumb/leekspinthumb.jpg?1230831562 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loituma_Girl http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Leekspin http://macrochan.org/search.py?tag=Neutral%3ALeekspin http://leekspin.ytmnd.com/ http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/47/square/leekspinthumb.jpg?1230831562 2009-01-01T17:39:22Z http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active leekspin, loituma, anime, polka 27 Leekspin / Loituma Girl <p>Leekspin, or Loituma Girl, dates back to 2006 as a looping animation of the character Orihime from the anime <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015XHQUS?ie=UTF8&tag=rocketboom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0015XHQUS">Bleach</a> spinning a leek, set to an audio loop from the traditional Finnish folk song <i>levan Polkka</i>, as played by the band Loituma.</p> <p>Leekspin represents an interesting cross-section of Japanophilia and&#8230; well&#8230; polka.</p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1wnE4vF9CQ4&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1wnE4vF9CQ4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /> Original</p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/M1kqF56XUvc&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/M1kqF56XUvc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /> Dance Mix</p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/idm5CijpSLY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/idm5CijpSLY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /> Metal</p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XbubuGjFDQ4&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XbubuGjFDQ4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/53tq9g35kwk&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/53tq9g35kwk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /> Loituma performing <i>levan Polkka</i></p> <p><img src="http://www.google.com/trends/viz?q=leekspin,+loituma&date=all&geo=all&graph=weekly_img&sort=0&sa=N"></img><br /> Although Leekspin and Loituma emerged onto the Internet within months of eachother, Loituma&#8217;s popularity in Finland, Sweden, and Norway far outweighs the popularity of the Leekspin image.</p> 2009-11-04T02:44:04Z 47 16 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/47/original/leekspinthumb.jpg?1230831562