So…I know I’m very late to this. Many many anime geeks already know about this. But most of you probably don’t.
In Japan over the past year and a half or so, one particular anime has caught the nation by storm. Or at least the anime loving otaku crowd. The name of the anime is Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu or, in the US, it will soon be known as The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
What’s it about? …eh…not much. But what is REALLY popular is the…uh…dance that they do at the end. This dance has caught on like craaaaaaaaazy. Behold…the ending sequence.
…dear god…
By the end of this year, I shudder to think how many people in the US will be practicing this dance so they can show it off at the anime conventions.
But in Japan, they take it one step further. They got a bunch of people together from a newsgroup called 2-channel and they all got together this past April in the streets of Akihabara on Sunday when the close off the street for an inpromptu song and dance!
The first attempt was broken up by the cops…
But they did it again and succeeded in doing the entire song.
Crazy crazy crazy crazy people…
…though…I will have to admit…the song is catchy in that horrible horrible J-pop sort of way.
Karen | 03-Jul-07 at 12:52 am | Permalink
That dance was awesome! I feel compelled to learn this dance now… Tim, you can be one of my back up dancers! :P