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Original Video Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wnE4vF9CQ4 Original Website Here: https://leekspin.com/ History: About: (from know your meme) "Leekspin", also known as "Loituma Girl", is a flash animation loop of a female anime character twirling a stock of spring onion, often referred to as leek or a Negi, while set to the Finnish folk song "Ievan Polkka" (Eva's Polka). This simple animation and it's catchy song managed to make a massive impact on the English and Japanese internet during the mid-2000s, spawning many parodies and remixes. Origin: The loop animation was originally taken from a scene in the second episode of the Japanese anime series Bleach, titled "A Shinigami's Work", where it shows character Orihime Inoue twirling a leek stock while showing off her groceries to protagonist Ichigo Kurosaki. According to the Russian internet culture database Lurkmore, the flash animated loop of Orihime spinning her leek to a 90's a-Capella rendition of "Ievan Polkka", performed by the Finnish pop group Loituma, was created by Russian LiveJournal user g_r_e_e_n and was shared to the blogging site on April 23rd, 2006. The flash was mostly contained in Russian LiveJournal before breaking into the English-speaking web when a single serving site titled "LEEKSPIN" was launched on May 6th, 2006. Spread: The flash site immediately gained popularity with anime fans and other parts of the net, with it being shared on anime forums and blogging sites like Myspace, LiveJournal, GeoCities, and also on 4chan as a form of bait-and-switch. Because of its simplicity, parodies were soon created and shared by users on YouTube and DeviantArt. One of the earliest YouTube uploads of the flash was a crude redrawing shared to the site by user Mireillechan on May 26th, 2006, while one of the most viewed parody was uploaded by user missilx on July 27th. A Techno-remix, the video has went on to be viewed more than 11.3 million times in the decade since its upload. By July, word of the international exposure of Loituma and their song "Ievan Polkka" eventually reached their home country of Finland with reports that the group was receiving a slew of fan-letters from foreigners, some citing "Leekspin" for their discovery.
