U-min

Few weeks back I saw Missy Elliott music video on MTV. At first It was normal as like nothing special about it. Suddenly, I saw this 4 mans standing at the back and dance. Actually they were not dancing like the other dancer. I fell in love with them instantly when I saw them dancing like a Robot or in other words 'animation' style.

The Missy Elliott music video.This is where I saw them

Since that day, I tried to dig as many information I can get about the group. Hell yeah, I found they video in Youtube. They were owesome!

The group that I'm telling about called themself U-Min. This Japanese animation crew calls themselves “U-Min” meaning unknown. Even though they focus on “animation” style, the members also perform locking, popping and breaking.

This performance was done for Japanese clothing company called “UNIQLO”.U-min is very unique in their choreography. Each movement itself may not be so unique. But the way they put each movement together as a group and the use of their technique is extraordinary. Because of their amazing skills, they have been knicknamed as “Controller of Time and Space”.

Presenting.........U-min!!

Currently, two members from U-Min, Koutei Sennin and Kikky are performing as a group called “U-Min no kokoro (Soul of U-Min).“Animation” is a style and a technique that attempt to imitate film characters being animated by stop motion. The technique consists of moving rigidly and jerky by tensing muscles and using techniques similar to strobing and the robot to make it appear as if the dancer has been animated frame by frame. This style was heavily inspired by the dynamation films created by Ray Harryhausen, such as The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958)