Bansho said: sorry, I'm not very good at cutting to the point... What I'm mean to ask is, is popotan the original series, and if so, how is caramelldansen related other than then the fact that is uses a clip from the series...
The image yes, it's a capture. And the song is totally unrelated in a official manner...
caramelldansen is just our tag for anything related to the caramelldansen meme. The Japanese call it ウッーウッーウマウマ(゚∀゚). It would be pretty weird NOT to tag the original image caramelldansen, in my opinion.
how long ago did the meme start? What I'm trying to ask (and failing so miserably to do so) is: if this dancing segment existed before the meme started, than would it still be tagged caramelldansen and why?
(sorry in advance if this gets double posted, my connection has been spotty as of late...)
Bansho said: if this dancing segment existed before the meme started, than would it still be tagged caramelldansen and why?
Yes, the Popotan dance was long before caramelldansen, but it's still correct to tag this with it because it is in the same style as the meme. Someone looking for caramelldansen will want to see this. Especially when it helped start it all.
FoolyDooly said: Bumped to Origins pool for obvious reasons.
Unfortunately, as much as I recognize this as being a meme-starter, I'd much rather have the music video since it was the combination of the music and this animation that kicked off the meme.
Shintear said: Unfortunately, as much as I recognize this as being a meme-starter, I'd much rather have the music video since it was the combination of the music and this animation that kicked off the meme.
And I'm fine with that. Though probably just image is less annoying to few people ;P