Anime Memes: Caramelldansen
In an effort to find something to write I decided that since I have an addiction to youtube and am bored, in the future I’ll write a few posts dedicated to awesome anime-ish internet memes.
For those of you who dont’ know, Wikipedia defines a meme as such:
A meme (pronounced /ˈmiːm/, rhyming with “cream”[1]) is a postulated unit or element of cultural ideas, symbols or practices, and is transmitted from one mind to another through speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena. (The etymology of the term relates to the Greek word mimema for “something imitated”.)[2]
From my own perspective a meme is something that starts off as random and obscure, but because it is innately awesome, it eventually spreads like fire through pop culture, often to the extent you want to stab people talking about cake and lies and loosing the game. Whether certain memes are obnoxious or amazing I suppose depends on your tastes.
Caramelldansen originally started off as a 2001 as a song by a Swedish group name Caramell. This song made internet fame after 2002 when the anime/video game Popotan was released. The short animation loop with Popotan characters swinging their hips and moving their hands above their heads like bunny ears seen above was mixed with the song Caramelldansen Speedycake Remix. Since then there has been hundreds… perhaps even thousands of fan attempts to recreate such a scene of awesomeness with characters from other series. Below are a few examples.
^ That is the longest one I ever found lol
Anyways… still considering which one to do for my next post o___o
Open for recommendations.
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Thanks though I would have never guess where it had come from. It is now that I think about it very awesome.
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Do the hitler videos….is that really a meme? I guess technically not, but I think they’re funny, and there’s billions of them.
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Memes are great – they sometimes make me chuckle. Ah, the joys of the internet.
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Thanks to you and the Hetalia one… i will have that damned song stuck in my head…..
I usually stay away from most internet memes.
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@kurando
Lol the song is stuck in my head as well x.x
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@ Kurando Its a very catchy song. So I to can not for get it out of my head.
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