Nico Nico Douga (2006)

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Nico Nico Douga is the most popular video sharing platform in Japan, and as of August 2009 is the 9th most trafficked site in Japan.

Nico Nico Douga (or "smiley videos) began as a Japanese-language mashup of 2Channel and Youtube in 2006, pulling directly from the Youtube source. The main innovation was that Nico Nico was the first site to allow users to embed tags and comments directly into the videos thus tying together conversations happening in 2Channel with videos on Youtube.

The site was so popular during it’s beta release, that Youtube blocked access from the site, forcing Nico Nico Douga to begin hosting their own videos.

Today, many Japanese video memes tend to start on Nico Nico Douga and spread to Youtube, although many appear on both sites roughly simultaneously.

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Aug 28, 2009 at 06:46PM UTC , Jostin Asuncion wrote:

Do you think we have to add in the popular Kumikyoku Nico Nico Douga medleys in here, or are they unimportant for the entry?

Aug 28, 2009 at 07:37PM UTC , Chris Menning wrote:

I haven’t heard of them yet but I’m very new to Nico Nico Douga and a lot of Japanese culture.
Share whatever info you think is relevent, and if anyone else agrees, then we’ll consider it.

Aug 28, 2009 at 08:52PM UTC , Jostin Asuncion wrote:

It was my otaku cousin who introduced me to Nico Nico Douga, basically. Since she knew that I liked song medleys, she told me to type Nico Nico Douga on Youtube to find some awesome Japanese medleys. I did and they’re relatively the first videos that will pop up on the site. Here’s the complete list of official ones (from the first one made, to the last one):

Nico Nico Douga Chuudoku no Kata e Okuru Ikkyoku (ニコニコ動画中毒の方へ贈る一曲) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z74eTVnlZ4Y
Kumikyoku Nico Nico Douga (組曲『ニコニコ動画』) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrWgcSi5ACo
Nico Nico Douga Monogatari.wav (ニコニコ動画物語.wav) – http://v.mofile.com/show/53TNK694.shtml
Nico Nico Douga Ryuuseigun (ニコニコ動画流星群) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUIBnElcLCM
Nico Nico Douga Ryuuseimusume (ニコニコ動画流星娘) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63_vSgADN1A
Nanairo no Nico Nico Douga (七色のニコニコ動画) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw-lIsYMbS4

Aug 28, 2009 at 08:56PM UTC , Jostin Asuncion wrote:

The Monogatari.wav version doesn’t load well. Since the song is so long, I wanted to find a complete version (there’s none on Youtube). Oh well, here it is broken up into 3 parts:

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoJGHcIMkK8
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjJ9a7M5VUM
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJSIl72dxM0

Aug 28, 2009 at 09:05PM UTC , Jostin Asuncion wrote:

Here’s an unofficial one that I really like:

【MIDI】25 song medley【niconico】 (ニコニコ人気25曲メドレーをMIDIアニメで！) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNUh7wBFBsQ

Aug 28, 2009 at 09:26PM UTC , Chris Menning wrote:

I’m not really understanding what this is. What makes one of these medleys an Official Nico Nico Douga Medley? Did Nico Nico Douga hold a medley contest? Did they create a theme-medley album? Or are these just medleys created by various Nico Nico Douga users that have some other common thread tying them together that I’m not seeing?

Aug 28, 2009 at 09:31PM UTC , Jostin Asuncion wrote:

I have no better way to explain this other than for you to go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumikyoku_Nico_Nico_Douga

Aug 28, 2009 at 11:06PM UTC , Chris Menning wrote:

I get it.
The article explains how one user Shimo created a series of videos entitled Kumikyoku, in which he created medleys from masses of popular songs found in other videos on Nico Nico Douga.
This then inspired many others to create their own derivatives based upon this same concept.

I was confused by thinking that there was a specific set of songs I was supposed to be listening for, but the only criteria is that the music be sourced from within Nico Nico Douga’s existing videos.

Aug 28, 2009 at 11:12PM UTC , Jostin Asuncion wrote:

Yeah, that’s basically it. So, do you think we should add it in or not?

Aug 29, 2009 at 02:55AM UTC , Steven R. wrote:

I’m not sure this qualifies as a meme. A site can’t be a meme, unless there are parodies made or whatnot, or at least something to that effect.

Aug 29, 2009 at 02:57AM UTC , Steven R. wrote:

Now that I’ve read the entry a bit more, I see why this was posted.

Aug 29, 2009 at 07:49PM UTC , Chris Menning wrote:

Yes, I think the Kumiyoku medly videos constitute a meme.

Aug 29, 2009 at 07:58PM UTC , Jostin Asuncion wrote:

Okay, I’ll get to making the Kumikyoku entry once I’m done with the Che Guevara one I’m currently working on. That meme is really difficult to summarize since there are a lot of factors surrounding its history.

Sep 01, 2009 at 12:59AM UTC , Just Use Your Imagination! wrote:

Paffendorf also came from Nico Nico Douga…

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/paffendorf-dance

Sep 02, 2009 at 05:01AM UTC , Blah-tan wrote:

You linked to the wrong caramelldansen page…

Sep 06, 2009 at 08:06PM UTC , Tomberry wrote:

Thank you NicoNico Douga. My life won’t be the same anymore…

Sep 06, 2009 at 08:18PM UTC , Captain Blubber wrote:

To hell with you Tomberry and take your creepy-ass videos with you!

Oct 09, 2009 at 04:46PM UTC , kikinak wrote:

dang, i thought nico nico douga was just another name for the kumikyoku 0.0

Oct 14, 2009 at 07:16AM UTC , Jamie Dubs wrote:

We might need an entry for memeplexes itself at this point… a metameme entry

Oct 16, 2009 at 07:58PM UTC , mona_jpn wrote:

To Tomberry
Yes. This is big meme that is called "本格的ガチムチパンツレスリング(it means muscular guys’ full-fledged underpants-wrestling. “underpants-wrestling” is a coinage.)" in Japan.

Oct 16, 2009 at 10:54PM UTC , Blah-tan wrote:

I assume you are referring to the Billy Herrington phenomenon?

We had an entry, but it weirded out the admins…

Oct 17, 2009 at 01:11AM UTC , mona_jpn wrote:

@Blah
Yes. Thanks for your kindness.
> it weireded out the admins…
oh no…

Nov 27, 2009 at 11:37PM UTC , Jeshii wrote:

Billy Herrington is known as “Anki,” and it really is a huge meme. I think the homophobic English speaking world has shied away from it though.

You guys need to add Matsuoka Shuzo, the ex-pro tennis player who gives motivational speeches. He’s a huge meme around NicoDou, although, again, not that big with the English speaking world.

Are you guys limiting it to JP memes that spread tot he English speaking world (ala geddan or the crazy Ronald McDonald)?

Nov 27, 2009 at 11:55PM UTC , Tomberry wrote:

I’m starting to think that Billy Heerington is indeed a Japanese meme to be considered.
An article has already been written about him, but it has been marked as invalid. Not just deadpooled, but invalid. It means that the content seemed to upset at least some admins.
But I don’t think it was because of some homophobic idea. Yaranaika has been submitted and validated.

If there’s a chance to have an article about that meme that doesn’t have too much explicit content that slaps you in the face, I wouldn’t minde give it a try…

Nov 27, 2009 at 11:58PM UTC , Jostin Asuncion wrote:

@ Jeshii

Not really. We’ve documented some memes which have been popular only in their specific cultures such as Jia Junpeng (China) and Snel Hest (Sweden).

We’d love to hear more about these Japanese NND memes you’ve suggested if they really are worth documenting. Even better, you can make the articles for them, seeing as you know a little bit of info about each one. Good luck to you.