Comments on: Cutest Japanese stopmotion crocheted beachside critter ukelele video ever http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 03:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-707349 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-707349 They're not just "crocheted critters". Its a Japanese art called Amigurumi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amigurumi They’re not just “crocheted critters”. Its a Japanese art called Amigurumi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amigurumi

]]> By: R2Devo http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-707107 R2Devo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-707107 I'm happy now. I’m happy now.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-707364 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-707364 He said -Ten Te Ke Ten Ten- -Uh Hah!- He said -Ten Te Ke Ten Ten- -Uh Hah!-

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-707381 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-707381 If anyone is interested this is Enoshima beach in Kanagawa prefecture, about an hour from central Tokyo and part of the famous Shonan strip. A great place to drink in summer! If anyone is interested this is Enoshima beach in Kanagawa prefecture, about an hour from central Tokyo and part of the famous Shonan strip. A great place to drink in summer!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-706884 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-706884 I want to BE that bear I want to BE that bear

]]> By: seancinneide http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-706892 seancinneide Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-706892 Here is the first BB post http://www.boingboing.net/2009/09/03/ukulele-version-of-w-1.html Here is the first BB post

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/09/03/ukulele-version-of-w-1.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-706899 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-706899 Is it me or does the bear look like Pedobear a bit? Is it me or does the bear look like Pedobear a bit?

]]> By: ciacontra http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-706900 ciacontra Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-706900 Yeah, Mark posted their vid of 'Walk, Don't Run' back in September. Still, no matter how many times I see it it's cute. Of course, now I permanently associate it with 'Diamond Head' and my wife complains about seeing little amigarumis playing it in her head whenever I put it on the stereo. Yeah, Mark posted their vid of ‘Walk, Don’t Run’ back in September. Still, no matter how many times I see it it’s cute. Of course, now I permanently associate it with ‘Diamond Head’ and my wife complains about seeing little amigarumis playing it in her head whenever I put it on the stereo.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-706901 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-706901 Why does the multi-talented bear look so pissed off in the rest of the videos? I sense a back story here. Either he is being cheated of royalties or he couldn't find any horse before the shoot. Why does the multi-talented bear look so pissed off in the rest of the videos? I sense a back story here. Either he is being cheated of royalties or he couldn’t find any horse before the shoot.

]]> By: Kenneth Extension http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-707172 Kenneth Extension Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-707172 There are no strings on those ukuleles. I call fake on this one. There are no strings on those ukuleles. I call fake on this one.

]]> By: crab_cakes http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-706919 crab_cakes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-706919 Adorable. The animation isn't exactly stop motion though. It looks like it was animated in After Effects. Not that it matters, it's still way cute. Adorable. The animation isn’t exactly stop motion though. It looks like it was animated in After Effects. Not that it matters, it’s still way cute.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-707176 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-707176 I love this so much!! I love this so much!!

]]> By: cuvtixo http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-706933 cuvtixo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-706933 Wouldn't this be considered racist in the U.S.? Is it racist? On one hand Japan, unlike the U.S., isn't burdened with a long history of minstrel shows. On the other hand, giving the black bunny grey lips, or no lips at all, certainly would have been more "sensitive." I realize such questions ruin the "cuteness" of it all, but it's worth acknowledging that it might be offensive to some viewers. Wouldn’t this be considered racist in the U.S.? Is it racist? On one hand Japan, unlike the U.S., isn’t burdened with a long history of minstrel shows. On the other hand, giving the black bunny grey lips, or no lips at all, certainly would have been more “sensitive.” I realize such questions ruin the “cuteness” of it all, but it’s worth acknowledging that it might be offensive to some viewers.

]]> By: freshacconci http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-706937 freshacconci Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-706937 What on earth are you talking about? I did not see that at all. Because the rabbit is black and has lips, that means it's a reference on minstrel shows? Minstrels usually (always?) had white mouths. I think you are reading way too much in this. Maybe that says something more about you than the video. What on earth are you talking about? I did not see that at all. Because the rabbit is black and has lips, that means it’s a reference on minstrel shows? Minstrels usually (always?) had white mouths. I think you are reading way too much in this.

Maybe that says something more about you than the video.

]]> By: InsertFingerHere http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-706938 InsertFingerHere Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-706938 Agree with #3, water isn't moving, and most important, shadows don't move. In fact, I wouldn't put this under stop-motion at all. Doesn't look like human hands are manipulating the characters frame to frame. Not as impressive as it should have been, based on the description. Agree with #3, water isn’t moving, and most important, shadows don’t move. In fact, I wouldn’t put this under stop-motion at all. Doesn’t look like human hands are manipulating the characters frame to frame.

Not as impressive as it should have been, based on the description.

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-706947 EH Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-706947 No, it's not worth acknowledging. Your nick is "oxitvuc" spelled backwards, and I was once attacked by a person wearing horns and a ring through the septum of their nose. Feel like apologizing for my oxen-related trauma yet? Why didn't you include this obviously-needed apology in your post in the first place? No, it’s not worth acknowledging.

Your nick is “oxitvuc” spelled backwards, and I was once attacked by a person wearing horns and a ring through the septum of their nose. Feel like apologizing for my oxen-related trauma yet? Why didn’t you include this obviously-needed apology in your post in the first place?

]]> By: gollux http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-706959 gollux Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-706959 A friend of mine was asked this once, his answer? "Huh? I was just concentrating on sounding good. I just get a little intense." A friend of mine was asked this once, his answer? “Huh? I was just concentrating on sounding good. I just get a little intense.”

]]> By: gollux http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-706962 gollux Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-706962 Sounds like you're one of those self oppressors. Sometimes our failures come from within, and we need to admit that. It's pretty bad when "The Man" in our heads colors everything we see. Sounds like you’re one of those self oppressors. Sometimes our failures come from within, and we need to admit that. It’s pretty bad when “The Man” in our heads colors everything we see.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-706980 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-706980 #3 and #9. This is stop motion over a green screen and then the background and shadows composited in after-effects. Doesn't matter what method used, this is still a stop motion process. After Effects isn't going to do this automagically for you dudes ;-) #3 and #9. This is stop motion over a green screen and then the background and shadows composited in after-effects. Doesn’t matter what method used, this is still a stop motion process. After Effects isn’t going to do this automagically for you dudes ;-)

]]> By: grimc http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-706983 grimc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-706983 Every Tommy Smothers must have his Dick Smothers; every Tennille, her The Captain. This is how the universe maintains balance. Every Tommy Smothers must have his Dick Smothers; every Tennille, her The Captain. This is how the universe maintains balance.

]]> By: oheso http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-706995 oheso Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-706995 Japan does have a long and inglorious history of minstrel-show-type racial exaggeration. This is not it. You'll recognize it when you see it. It won't be subtle. It will smack you in the face. It's mostly gone now, following some rather public outcry in the 1980s and 1990s. I sat in US Congressional hearings in 1988-89 investigating allegations of racial hiring practices by Japanese firms operating in the US, and interviewed some of the principals involved.</streetcred> Japan does have a long and inglorious history of minstrel-show-type racial exaggeration. This is not it. You’ll recognize it when you see it. It won’t be subtle. It will smack you in the face.

It’s mostly gone now, following some rather public outcry in the 1980s and 1990s. I sat in US Congressional hearings in 1988-89 investigating allegations of racial hiring practices by Japanese firms operating in the US, and interviewed some of the principals involved.</streetcred>

]]> By: MadRat http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-707006 MadRat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-707006 I just want to know what they're saying. I just want to know what they’re saying.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-707546 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-707546 Sorry #13, it's not stop motion. The dolls were photographed as a still, then animated in After Effects. You can tell by the flat overlaps on the moving joints. Also, there's no chatter whatsoever, no fabric reaction to the movements. But cute is cute anyways. Sorry #13, it’s not stop motion. The dolls were photographed as a still, then animated in After Effects. You can tell by the flat overlaps on the moving joints. Also, there’s no chatter whatsoever, no fabric reaction to the movements.

But cute is cute anyways.

]]> By: merreborn http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-707044 merreborn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-707044 This may not be as amusing to everyone else as it was to me, but my 9 month old seemed to enjoy the video immensely. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz6TzDeK7jk This may not be as amusing to everyone else as it was to me, but my 9 month old seemed to enjoy the video immensely.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz6TzDeK7jk

]]> By: agdtinman http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-707046 agdtinman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-707046 This isn't stop motion at all. It's more like the current form of South Park, where, while they may have pictures of real objects, all the animation is done in the program. You can see where pieces are cut out of the background, so they can move them around. Look at the left shoulder of the bunny. Still cool & sweet looking though. This isn’t stop motion at all. It’s more like the current form of South Park, where, while they may have pictures of real objects, all the animation is done in the program.

You can see where pieces are cut out of the background, so they can move them around. Look at the left shoulder of the bunny.

Still cool & sweet looking though.

]]> By: patrick_bateman http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/cutest-japanese-stop.html#comment-707060 patrick_bateman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-707060 I dream of a day when I can read this blog without a single ukelele story visible... I dream of a day when I can read this blog without a single ukelele story visible…

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