Moving Memo Pad’s derivative animations
[The DSi’s free Moving Memo Pad software interests me much, so expect more ramblings on it. My apologies! For homebrew animation solutions, look into Flickbook, Animanatee, and Inchworm.]
One feature that I haven’t seen mentioned about the DSi’s downloadable flipbook app is the ability for users to download someone else’s animation, and then remix that piece with their own art or music.
The above clip, for example, takes an existing “dancing cat” cartoon and draws in an accompanying mouse. The original itself is based on another piece, a strange animation with the same music. There are several dozen additional derivative shorts, some featuring extra cats, Kirby, Gachapin’s Mukku, and, yes, Hitler.
When a user uploads an adapted animation to Ugoku Memo Hatena, a free YouTube-like service for these creations in Japan, the video page notes and links the original work, so you can’t just take all the credit like a jerk. The same page also lists other pieces that your clip might have inspired.
And if you don’t want anyone messing with your art, you can lock your animation to prevent edits to it.
Here’s another cool piece, based on this rotating skyline:
There are also versions with Kirby and strange fish.
Pretty cool, right? I thought so!
See also: My first Ugoku Memo-chou animation, Tatsunoko Productions animator Takada demonstrates Moving Memo Pad
tags / ugoku memo hatena / ugoku memo-chou / moving memo pad / dsi / dsiware / derivative / cat / ec
