MikuMikuDance

I have written a post on how creators started to make Miku 3D anime videos on this post.

Those videos were created by users who had 3D modelling tools.

After a while, this creator made a tool to create 3D animes and distributed on the website for free, which enabled LOTS of users to try creating 3D animes for the first time. Whilst most of the 3D modelling tools are expensive, this tool was completely free, easy to use (this creator says he has used 3D tool for the first time and made this video within 90 minutes) , and had Miku modelling data by default. As of 2008/8/18, there are 1,822 videos tagged "mikumikudance " in NicoNicoDouga.

Many offered to pay the creator for this tool, which the creator did not accept saying it was not made for the money. This reaction made a new buzz word called "furikomenai-sagi". This comes from a social problem called "Furikome -sagi". "Furikome" means "pay the money to my bank account" and "sagi" means "fraud". Old people got phone calls saying their grandchildren are sick or in trouble and they must pay the money to a certain bank account to help them out. Innocent old people just obeyed what they were told and paid lots of money by this fraud. On the contrast, the creator of MikuMikuDance did not accept any offer to pay- so this was called "Furikomenai-sagi" meaning " I can't pay fraud" as a joke. But seriously, I think this creator deserves donations for this amazing tool.

You can download the tool here free, the website is in English.

You can see the operation tutorial video here:

VPVP MikuMikuDance Tutorial 1/2 with English translation

VPVP MikuMikuDance Tutorial 2/2 with English translation

This one's my favorite... on the back a famous NicoNicoDouga dancer Midou is dancing, and a creator made MMD video imitating the dance.

【MikuMikuDance】男女＋ｳｻﾃｲを作ってみた【神ツール】

Another one here... bottom right is the original Idol M@ster game video, upper left is Midou imitating Idol M@ster dance, and in the center is Miku from MMD imitating Midou's dance.