User:Execjosh/Néko Nabé

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Néko-nabé (ねこ鍋, [neko nabe], lit. "cat-pot") is a video clip of cats (ねこ, [neko]) that have balled themselves up and fallen asleep inside earthenware pots (土鍋, [donabe]).

It was originally uploaded to Nico Nico Douga in August, 2007 by a user named エレファント (erefanto), who is apparently a woman in the farming business that lives in Iwate Prefecture[1]. By October 1st of the same year, the video had been viewed more than 550,000 times[2], and also was being marketed in DVD and photobook form.

Overview[edit]

The author noticed her kittens climbing into and sleeping inside some earthenware pots, which she had lain out on the floor with the intent of cleaning. She filmed the kittens and uploaded the video to Nico Nico Douga.

Initially, some users raised accusations of animal abuse, saying that the author must have forced the kittens inside the pots[2]. However, another video, Néko-nabé: Extra Scenes (『ねこ鍋〜補足〜』, [neko nabe hosoku]), was later released showing the kittens climbing into the pots of their own volition. As cats are known generally to like tight spaces, the fact that they enjoy the pots is nothing too extaordinary. Prior to Néko-nabé, many other images of cats in funny places, such as empty boxes, had already been released on the internet and in various magazines.

Néko-nabé has many different scenes: a kitten curled up in a perfectly sized pot; kittens searching pots for a best fit; multiple kittens cramming into one pot; etc. A full-grown cat can also be seen in the video; but, it does not try to climb into any of the pots (perhaps they were too small for its taste).

Four of the featured kittens, actually, had been found discarded near a river and adopted by エレファント in June of 2007. She uploaded a video of the four to Nico Nico Douga and asked users to help out with deciding their names. That video received many comments, such as "they're so cute!" After the naming poll video, she continued to document their growth by uploading more videos of the quartet, one of which happened to be the now infamous Néko-nabé.

Names have been established for the different types of néko-nabé. The nameA depends on how many cats there are[3]:

  • 1 cat is an average portion (並盛り, nami mori);
  • 2 cats is a large portion (大盛り, ōmori);
  • 3 cats is an extra-large portion (特盛り, toku mori);
  • 4 cats is either a super portion (もり盛り, mori mori) or an extreme portion (激盛り, geki mori)[4]

Starting with its being featured on NHK's This Week and You (未来観測 つながるテレビ@ヒューマン, mirai kansoku tsunagaru terebi hyūman) on August 26, 2007, Néko-nabé began to appear more and more in mass media such as newspapers[5] and shūkanshi[6][1].

A DVD entitled 『ねこ鍋』 (neko nabe) was released on October 17, 2007 by dwango AG Entertainment (ドワンゴ・エージー・エンタテインメント), a sister company of Niwango (ニワンゴ, niwango, [niwaŋgo]), the operators of Nico Nico Douga. After that, Kodansha released an official photobook, and Futami Shobo Publishing released a book version of the blog.

The Cats[edit]

  • Ichigō (1号, ichigō, [itɕigoː]), a female
  • Monpé (モンペ, monpe, [mompe]), a female
  • Nyangorō (ニャンゴロー, nyangorō, [njaŋgoɽoː]), a white & brown male tabby
  • Manzu (まんず, manzu, [manzu]), a female calico
  • Niko-bō (ニコ坊, nikobō, [nikoboː]), a white & brown male tabby
  • Mashumaro-daibutsu (ましゅまろ大仏, mashumaro daibutsu, [maɕumaɽodaibutsu]), nicknamed Masuro (ますろ, [masuro]), an all-white male

The remaining four are the kittens that were named via the name poll video on Nico Nico Douga.

Publications[edit]

  • DVD Néko-nabé (『ねこ鍋』, neko nabe), dwango AG Entertainment (ドワンゴ・エージー・エンタテインメント), 2007-10-17, ASIN B000W4RUFC
  • Néko-nabé: Cats from Michinoku (『ねこ鍋―みちのく猫ものがたり』, neko nabe michinoku neko monogatari), Futami Shobo Publishing (二見書房), 2007-10-25, ISBN 4576072064
  • Néko-nabé Photobook (写真集『ねこ鍋』, shashinshū neko nabe), Kodansha, 2007-11-1, ISBN 4062144042

Notes[edit]

A.^ The word mori (盛り) is the Japanese word for serving or portion. In Japan, it is common for restaurants to offer different portion sizes. Yoshinoya is a famous example of a restaurant with this kind of menu system.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 構成・吉井タカシ「爆笑問題のそんなことまで聞いてない!」, Weekly Playboy 2007 issue 49, Shueisha, pub. 2007-12-3, 雑誌20671-12/3, p. 96-97.
  2. ^ a b Yuka Okada (岡田有花, okada yuka), ITmedia (2007-10-01 10:45). "「ねこ鍋」「ふちゃぎ」――ニコ動で"拾われ猫"がアイドルに". Retrieved 2007-11-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ asahi.com (2007-12-1). "ねこ鍋ブーム、岩手から". Retrieved 2011-3-6. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  4. ^ ヨルコ・ヨルタ おうちトレンド 激萌！ 究極の癒しDVD『ねこ鍋』
  5. ^ [「ねこ鍋」ってにゃんだ!?] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) The Niigata Nippo (新潟日報, niigata nippō), 2007-11-19 morning edition, sect. 17
  6. ^ [可愛すぎ「ねこ鍋」-ネット動画でアクセス爆発!写真集&DVDも発売!!] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), Josei Jishin (女性自身, josei jishin), 2007-11-20 edition, Kobunsha, 11/6, p. 18

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