Animutation
Animutation or fanimutation is a form of web-based computer animation, typically created in Adobe Flash and characterized by random montages of pop-culture images set to music, often in a foreign-language.
History
The term animutation was popularized in early 2001 by Neil Cicierega, who coined the phrase at the age of 14 after spawning the genre via the creation of Japanese Pokerap, and more notably, Hyakugojyuuichi!!, both Flash animations. The popularity of Hyakugojyuuichi!! quickly made it an Internet phenomenon. [1] Since that time, others have adopted a similar style and communities of similarly-minded animators have sprung up around the web. [2]
Traits of animutation
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Audio
Animutations can be based on songs of foreign, independent, or mainstream origin. Japanese songs were used in many of the original animutations by Neil Cicierega, but newer animutations use songs in a wide variety of languages, including English and gibberish.
Mondegreens
In many animutations, nonsensical mondegreens of some or all original song lyrics are presented in subtitles for comedic effect.
For example, these imagined lyrics were featured onscreen in "Hyakugojyuuichi!!":
- TV says donuts are high in fat, kazoo
- Found a hobo in my room
- It's Princess Leia, the yodel of life
- Give me my sweater back or I'll play the guitar!
These took the place of the real Japanese lyrics:
- Kimi-tachi to no deai wa zenbu
- Chanto oboete 'ru
- Kizutsukeatta koto mo atta kedo
- Sore wa (ēto) wasureta
Motifs
Fads and memes exist within the world of Animutations. A list of Animutation characters and concepts is maintained at FanimutationWiki.
See also
- Neil Cicierega
- Andrew Kepple
- Yatta
- Veloso
- We Drink Ritalin
- Jesus H. Christ
- Opblaaskrokodil
- Hatten är din
References
- ^ "All hail Neil Cicierega". Salon.com. Retrieved 2006-08-19.
- ^ "Mutant Genius". The Austin Chronicle.
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