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What is the origin of this "Bad Apple" video, and why is it everywhere all of a sudden?

meibo 6y ago
Because it may not be obvious to everyone: Bad Apple is a music video from the Japanese video game series "Touhou" which is sort of a fan favorite among the crowd that would port FMV to retro systems. It's not really all that recent, if you put it into YouTube you'll find ports of it to all sorts of retro consoles and PC's all throughout the last century. I assume it's also quite popular for this use case since it's monochrome.
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krapp 6y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lNZ_Rnr7Jc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lNZ_Rnr7Jc
numpad0 6y ago
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm8628149 https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm8628149 No one involved complained as long as end result remain roughly BY-NC and the music is cool so everyone just took it and put into various projects, which only made it increasingly famous. The original song was for the PC-98 game by ZUN, vocal remix was by Alstromeria Records, I don’t think video creators for the concept and the famous version has preferred names to be associated with.
dwheeler 6y ago
The video's been around since 2009. Video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FtutLA63Cp8 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FtutLA63Cp8 Wikipedia article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Apple https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Apple!! I recommend watching this video, "Bad Apple explained:History and Analysis": https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6QY4ekac1_Q https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6QY4ekac1_Q It's fascinating. I think this video is a fabulous example of community creation.
dwheeler 6y ago
Quick explanation: the original song is from one of the video games in the video game series Touhou. The creator of the video game series allows fans to create derivative works. As a result, there are lots of interesting works that its passionate fanbase has created, and many of those works build on others' works. As more examples, here are more recent videos also inspired by the Touhou series: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xRSlq42_sUE&vl=en https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xRSlq42_sUE&vl=en https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KjJMWj6BYhY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KjJMWj6BYhY

Because it may not be obvious to everyone: Bad Apple is a music video from the Japanese video game series "Touhou" which is sort of a fan favorite among the crowd that would port FMV to retro systems. It's not really all that recent, if you put it into YouTube you'll find ports of it to all sorts of retro consoles and PC's all throughout the last century. I assume it's also quite popular for this use case since it's monochrome.

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krapp 6y ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lNZ_Rnr7Jc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lNZ_Rnr7Jc

numpad0 6y ago

https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm8628149 https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm8628149 No one involved complained as long as end result remain roughly BY-NC and the music is cool so everyone just took it and put into various projects, which only made it increasingly famous. The original song was for the PC-98 game by ZUN, vocal remix was by Alstromeria Records, I don’t think video creators for the concept and the famous version has preferred names to be associated with.

dwheeler 6y ago

The video's been around since 2009. Video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FtutLA63Cp8 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FtutLA63Cp8 Wikipedia article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Apple https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Apple!! I recommend watching this video, "Bad Apple explained:History and Analysis": https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6QY4ekac1_Q https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6QY4ekac1_Q It's fascinating. I think this video is a fabulous example of community creation.

dwheeler 6y ago

Quick explanation: the original song is from one of the video games in the video game series Touhou. The creator of the video game series allows fans to create derivative works. As a result, there are lots of interesting works that its passionate fanbase has created, and many of those works build on others' works. As more examples, here are more recent videos also inspired by the Touhou series: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xRSlq42_sUE&vl=en https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xRSlq42_sUE&vl=en https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KjJMWj6BYhY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KjJMWj6BYhY