X Sliding In
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About
X Sliding In (Japanese: すべりこむ○○シリーズ, Suberikomu Marumaru Series) refers to a series of hand drawn animated videos of characters sliding into a cardboard box, mimicing Maru the Cat, while playing the Kyu! Kyu! Kyu! Nya~! dance song in background.
Origin
On July 21st, 2009, Nico Nico Douga (NND) user 柳～やなぎ～ さん uploaded a video titled Chen Sliding in (すべりこむちぇん)[1] (shown below, left), where Chen, a catgirl character from the Touhou Project, is sliding through a box in a similar manner to one seen in the August 2008 Maru video "滑り込むねこ。" (shown below, right). In making the video, 柳～やなぎ～ さん used the same music from the 2008 video game Monster Hunter Freedom Unit that can be found in an older NND fad Kyu! Kyu! Kyu! Nya~! Dance.
Spread
One of the first sites to cover the fad was 初音ミクみく(Miku Hatsune Miku)[12], a Vocaloid blog, on August 1st, 2009. Over the next several months, the fad was also discussed on personal blog 吾唯知足？[13], Pokemon blog ポケモンしちゃうのか！？[14] and encyclopedia site Pixiv.[15] After a discussion thread[11] that began on August 2nd, 2009, すべりこむ○○シリーズ was added to the Nico Nico Douga Dictionary[9] on July 30th, 2010.
Notable Examples
As of August 2012, there are 363 videos tagged "すべりこむ○○シリーズ"[2] (slide series) on NND and 39 videos on YouTube.[10] The thematic elements range from Touhou compilations[3], Byaaah! So Yummy[5] and Diglett Underground[4] to Leaked Senkaku Video[6], Vocaloid compilation[7] and Hakuouki[8] among others.
Search Interest
External References
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[1] Nico Nico Douga – すべりこむちぇん / Posted on 07-21-2009
[2] Nico Nico Douga – Search results for すべりこむ○○シリーズ
[3] Nico Nico Douga – 【一部を除いて】全員すべりこむ東方箱入娘！【すべりこんだ】 / Posted on 08-10-2009
[4] Nico Nico Douga – すべりこむディグダ / Posted on 12-10-2009
[5] Nico Nico Douga – すべりこむマスオさん / Posted on 12-07-2009
[6] Nico Nico Douga – すべりこむ中国漁船 / Posted on 11-05-2010
[7] Nico Nico Douga – すべりこむボカロ / Posted on 07-31-2009
[8] Nico Nico Douga – 【手書き薄桜鬼】すべりこむはくおうき / Posted on 08-27-2009
[9] NND Dictionary – すべりこむ○○シリーズとは
[10] YouTube – Search results for すべりこむ○○シリーズ
[11] NND Dictionary – すべりこむ○○シリーズについて語るスレ
[12] 初音ミクみく – 「すべりこむ○○シリーズ」が流行っているらしい件について
[13] 吾唯知足？ – まる（ネコ）CM登場
[14] ポケモンしちゃうのか！？ – 【動画紹介】すべりこんでびったん！ゲッダン！
[15] Pixiv.net – すべりこむシリーズ ～カントー～
Top Comments
Cian
Aug 07, 2012 at 03:23PM EDT
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