Leekspin / Loituma Girl

added Jan 01, 2009 at 05:39PM UTC

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Leekspin, or Loituma Girl, dates back to 2006 as a looping animation of the character Orihime from the anime Bleach spinning a leek, set to an audio loop from the traditional Finnish folk song levan Polkka, as played by the band Loituma.

Leekspin represents an interesting cross-section of Japanophilia and… well… polka.


Original


Dance Mix


Metal


Loituma performing levan Polkka


Although Leekspin and Loituma emerged onto the Internet within months of eachother, Loituma’s popularity in Finland, Sweden, and Norway far outweighs the popularity of the Leekspin image.

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realchaos1
Jan 16, 2009 at 12:13PM UTC , realchaos1 wrote:

also include maijipop’s widely acclaimed success for satisfying thousands of fab

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

http://myspace.com/miljahh

realchaos1
Jan 16, 2009 at 12:20PM UTC , realchaos1 wrote:

she will rise

Cha05
Mar 28, 2009 at 09:59PM UTC , Cha05 wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=holly+dolly+song&aq=0&oq=holly+dolly

The Holly Dolly song actully pays homage to its roots by putting the leekspin in there video

Dave Davidson
May 12, 2009 at 04:16PM UTC , Dave Davidson wrote:

Never got why this is so wildly popular.
It’s… just kinda annoying, in a wierd, mesmerizing way.

Like it pisses you off, but you don’t wanna stop watching, and it pisses you off more.

MrBook
May 17, 2009 at 02:08PM UTC , MrBook wrote:

“Never got why this is so wildly popular.
It’s… just kinda annoying, in a wierd, mesmerizing way.

Like it pisses you off, but you don’t wanna stop watching, and it pisses you off more."
I think you just answered your own question.

ScarletEmerald
Jun 02, 2009 at 03:55AM UTC , ScarletEmerald wrote:

http://www.techconnect.nl/files/fun/hentaitsop.swf

Dead or Alive

5p.
Jun 19, 2009 at 02:15AM UTC , 5p. wrote:

This apparently evolved into leekwave (featuring Miku Hatsune) on the Japanese intarwebs. That probably merits a mention, especially as it actually spawned official action figures of Miku with leek accessory.

Blah-tan
Jul 06, 2009 at 08:02AM UTC , Blah-tan wrote:

Leekwave itself is too small for its own entry, but has been directly attached to Hatsune Miku and that was mention in the Miku article.

aaa2sing
Jul 13, 2009 at 09:30PM UTC , aaa2sing wrote:

http://leekspin.com/

sixtaz
Jul 29, 2009 at 03:37AM UTC , sixtaz wrote:

http://sigmao.com/leekspin

sixtaz
Jul 29, 2009 at 03:38AM UTC , sixtaz wrote:

http://sigmao.com/leekspin

xevious
Sep 01, 2009 at 10:45PM UTC , xevious wrote:

Here’s the original, that started it all:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx1vZJSDNHc

;-)

prokadae
Sep 23, 2009 at 10:35PM UTC , prokadae wrote:

in soviet russia…
LEEK spins YOU!

Last HCompany
Oct 19, 2009 at 03:45AM UTC , Last HCompany wrote:

Do a Runescape one, DO A RUNESCAPE ONE!

Grulps
Nov 02, 2009 at 09:54PM UTC , Grulps wrote:

It’s Ievan polkka, not Levan polkka. Someone has messed up the name of the song.

Hector Hessy
Nov 03, 2009 at 09:38PM UTC , Hector Hessy wrote:

i got this for windows sidebar
HIGH FIVE

Fayers89
Jan 23, 2010 at 11:14AM UTC , Fayers89 wrote:

Leekspin lives on in UK TV Ready Brek advert… Joy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ugB4-ZVH3Y

Watcher
Feb 04, 2010 at 06:29AM UTC , Watcher wrote:

Semi NSFW but oddly awesome

Tomberry
Feb 04, 2010 at 11:31AM UTC , Tomberry wrote:

Not a bit of NSFW here Watcher, but it is a great parody of the “what is love” sketch from Saturday Night live.

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