Idol Step Series
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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
For more videos, check out the videos section in this entry.
Left: Touhou Project[8] | Right: Pokemon[9]
Left: THE iDOLM@STER[10] | Right: EarthBound / Mother[11]
Search Interest
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External References
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[1] Wikipedia – Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan
[2] Wikipedia – Yasutaka Nakata
[3] Nico Nico Douga – 【手書き金魂】かもぴったん【銀/魂】 / Posted on 04-08-2008
[5] Nico Nico Pedia – もじぴったんでアイドルステップ (Japanese)
[6] Wikipedia – Aya Matsuura
[7] Nico Nico Douga – Search results for もじぴったんでアイドルステップ
[8] Nico Nico Douga – 【東方】地霊殿ぴったん / Posted on 10-19-2008
[9] Nico Nico Douga – 【手描きポケモン】アイドルステップっぽいもの【BW＋α】 / Posted on 05-02-2011
[10] Nico Nico Douga – 【アイドルマスター】プチ小鳥さんがアイドルステップ【ドット絵】 / Posted on 11-12-2008
[11] Nico Nico Douga – 【ネス】まざぴったん【リュカ】 / Posted on 06-03-2008
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