Soaring Dance (2007)

added Nov 16, 2009 at 02:12AM UTC

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The Original Soaring Dance

About

みなぎってきた is a viral dance meme that originates from a stick figure animation uploaded on the Japanese video sharing website, Nico Nico Douga. In retrospect, this meme shares some similarities with Caramelldansen and Danjo in its history of evolution.

Etymology

みなぎってきた (minagittekita) is a general expression used to describe any suddenly soaring energy within, but typically implies a sort of libido rush (i.e., boner) in the context of online hubsites like 2Chan and NND. Also, in keeping good faith with the OP, most videos use a bastardized vers. of the phrase as the title, みwなwぎwっwてwきwたwww with all the “w” characters being the chatspeak equivalent of LOL. (“W” is short for warau, which means “to laugh” or “to smile").

Origin


Cold Turkey Day 5: Pretend to Swim on the Floor


On December 9, 2007, a NND user Shimashima-P uploaded a stick figure animation of a guy playing the flute while doing some really ….bizarre slash frantic dance moves (for the lack of better description). Comically titled Soaring Energy: Flute-playing Elf / Post-Quit Symptom Level 5, the hand-drawn animation made vague references to symptoms of anxieties and struggles experienced by ex-cigarette smokers. But regardless of the artist’s original motif, its catchy flute melodies and slapstick dance routine eventually caught on beyond the niche group and led many others to create their own.

Spread

Though Shimashima-P’s animation became a favorite among his followers, the first animated derivative (Lucky Star Theme) was uploaded seven months later in July 2008. Many spin-offs soon followed, typically featuring customized characters and other visual add-ons. Within days, several derivatives as well as the original animation became featured on Nico Nico Douga’s TOP 100 video chart.

Examples

I.R.L. Dance Recitals

Dance recitals started appearing the following day. The original dance was performed by a masked man in what appears to be his bedroom and was entitled Lっぽい服装でみwなwぎwっwてwきwたwww.

This was soon followed up by other users who also made videos of themselves doing the same crazy dance, some alone while others in groups.

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15 Comments

Jostin Asuncion
Nov 16, 2009 at 02:13AM UTC , Jostin Asuncion wrote:

Brad Kim, I need you to redo my research and confirm if my facts are right. If they are, I’ll feel better.

Griff   McConal
Nov 16, 2009 at 02:21AM UTC , Griff McConal wrote:

Yay you finally made it!!!!!!!

Jostin Asuncion
Nov 16, 2009 at 02:25AM UTC , Jostin Asuncion wrote:

@ Redspear

Yes, I did finally make it.

o<\_ o/\ o<\_ o/\

Jostin Asuncion
Nov 16, 2009 at 02:28AM UTC , Jostin Asuncion wrote:

Dang. I forgot that two underscores make something italic. Anyways, the reason I tried to type that is because comments on Nico Nico Douga for these videos usually feature this sequence of symbols and “o’s”. It’s supposed to represent the crawling.

Hector Hessy
Nov 16, 2009 at 02:37AM UTC , Hector Hessy wrote:

how did i know if someome made a article it would be you?

Jostin Asuncion
Nov 16, 2009 at 03:02AM UTC , Jostin Asuncion wrote:

@ Hector

Because I’m the one who makes the most articles for Nico Nico Douga related memes on this site, of course. It’s not that hard to figure it out really, just see if there are some Japanese characters in a pair of brackets right next to the article’s English name. It’s usually mine.

\(^)/ \(^_)/ \(^)/ \(^)/ \(^^)/

Jostin Asuncion
Nov 16, 2009 at 03:02AM UTC , Jostin Asuncion wrote:

Damn. Japanese emoticons never seem to work. XP

Brad Kim
Nov 16, 2009 at 09:38PM UTC , Brad Kim wrote:

researching! ^^

Brad Kim
Nov 17, 2009 at 09:50PM UTC , Brad Kim wrote:

updated & confirmed- nyam nyam

Brad Kim
Nov 17, 2009 at 10:46PM UTC , Brad Kim wrote:

on second thought, the name still seems a bit off. anyone got a better translation?

Jostin Asuncion
Nov 17, 2009 at 11:13PM UTC , Jostin Asuncion wrote:

Thanks, Brad! I would have never guessed though that the original video has something to do with anxiety/distress issues.

nai_dey
Nov 20, 2009 at 04:13AM UTC , nai_dey wrote:

it sounds like pre-columbian music

Seritinajii
Dec 06, 2009 at 07:42PM UTC , Seritinajii wrote:

It’s not minagitekite, it’s minagittekita.

Also, the Nico user is Shimashima-P, not Mashimashi.

wwwww

Jostin Asuncion
Dec 07, 2009 at 06:33AM UTC , Jostin Asuncion wrote:

@ Seritinajii

Is that so? Thanks! We have very few people here who understand Japanese so we can get a few facts wrong about them. It would be great if you could help around when we need you. I’ll be fixing this article now.

animecello
Jan 09, 2010 at 02:40AM UTC , animecello wrote:

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