2011年9月15日木曜日

The Golden Age of Flash Animation

      Since we have learned about history of Internet in class, I would like to introduce some recent internet history in Japan. It's around 2001-2005. Some Japanese internet users call it as "The golden age of Flash animation". My school days....


      Flash is a type of active animation which we can put on web site. It is provided by Adobe and it owns original programing language, called Action Script, so you can put some buttons in the animation, you can make game with it, well... it is not really "animation" all the time . And the most amazing thing about this flash is its file size. One Flash animation is about 500 kb for 5 minutes including pictures and sounds.
Here you can see history of Flash.

       Around 2001-2005, DSL was the major internet line which people use at their home in Japan. At that time, movie file is too heavy to deal with in internet and the Flash animation was popular instead.


These are famous Flash animations which were made in the Golden age. I can still recall my school days that My friends and I watched these in computer room in my junior high school........ in class.



      Around 2004, FTTH was becoming popular and the number of subscribers were booming. Some details are here! We got the high speed Internet and came to be able to enjoy movies in Internet.

      In 2005, YouTube was founded. (History of YouTube) Next year, 2006, another popular video sharing platform in Japan, Nico Nico Douga, was founded. (About Nico Nico Douga) As these platforms became so popular, the popularity of Flash animation fell down.



     Flash was taken place by YouTube and Nico Nico now, but Flash is still active in Internet because of its Action Script and file size.

     The Golden Age is my school days. I really miss those days. But I love YouTube and Nico Nico Douga, too. If you have free time tonight, check my YouTube channel. You can tell how I'm happy to be in the Golden age of YouTube! (http://www.youtube.com/user/YukiKomuro)

Yes, this blog is an advertisement. Thank you I'm happy.




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Other pages to check!

Nico-Nico Douga Goes English! 

The Golden Age of Flash Animation. 

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And again, I'm her boyfriend.


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  1. shimada_tuj2011年9月15日 18:03

    yes, you are my boyfriend.

    Flash animation is familiar to me too.
    Chiba!Shiga!Saga!

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  2. grizzly_bear2011年9月16日 3:10

    yes, i know you're her boyfriend.

    CHIBA SHIGA SAGA!!!!

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  3. 匿名2011年9月19日 5:46

    That's an awesome video of trick ping-pong ball shots on the You-Tube page. It must have taken a long time to make.

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  4. Walterpi2011年9月19日 13:19

    Back in the States flash media was big for a while, also. Flash still has a BIG popularity and usage by internet sites, a lot of them don't work with out it, including Youtube! And you see flas EVERYDAY in advertisements. Because of their small size, flash is perfect for advertisements GIFs that load quickly. Also flash games are fun!

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  5. koido.tuj@gmail.com2011年9月27日 14:38

    I love that youtube clip about Flash animation of Chiba thing..lol

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  6. Komuro_tuj2011年10月5日 0:59

    Thank for your comments! I finally know how to reply to your comments here XD

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