Japanese fans line up to watch human-robot dance inspired by Doraemon
Japanese fans line up to watch human-robot dance inspired by Doraemon
2025-08-11
Taiwanese choreographer Huang Yi loved Doraemon as a child. When he got older, he taught himself coding and programmed a robot to dance with him. He performed the piece for the first time in Japan, drawing nearly 600 people to line up early for a seat.
People throng to the Osaka City Central Public Hall, the line extending beyond sight all the way up to the third floor. These 600 people came to see choreographer Huang Yi and his robot, Kuka, perform at a cultural expo organized by Taiwan.
The orange machine named Kuka extends an arm to dance with its human partner, Huang Yi. But Huang isn’t just a dancer. He also created Kuka, and programmed it to move. Just one minute of movement took 10 hours to code. He was inspired by his childhood love for Doraemon, much to the delight of his Japanese fans.
Huang Yi
Choreographer
My family had it rough growing up. It was Doraemon who helped raise me. So I really identify with its values. People, machines, technology, and creativity balance each other out and support each other. It’s extremely significant for me to be able to perform in Doraemon’s birthplace.
Models of Kuka were provided for the visually impaired to feel, in addition to an audio description to help them experience the show.
Audience member
I want to experience it again.
Next up was a performance by these Electric Divine Generals from Taiwan. The red-faced Electric Clairvoyant and the green-faced Electric Keen Hearing, together with a Goddess-Priestess dancer, captivated the crowd. The machine-like appearance of the divine generals left an impression on the Japanese spectators.
Audience member
So cool. Like the heroes in Japanese war stories.
Li Yu-shen
Electric Divine Generals and visual artist
Having been born in the 1980s, I was certainly influenced by Japanese anime and manga. The gods have plated armor on their backs that look like a spine. So while they’re gods, they also look like robots.
A famous costume designer from Taiwan, Li Yu-shen made the two divine generals himself. Earlier this year, they were even consecrated with Matsu’s consent. He hopes that through this performance, the blessings of Taiwan’s deities may be conveyed to audiences from far and wide.
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靈感來自哆啦A夢! "黃翊與庫卡"人機共舞大阪首演日人排隊搶看
2025-08-11
來自台灣的編舞家黃翊，從小喜歡看哆啦A夢，長大後自學程式，讓機器人跟著他一起跳舞，這回首度在日本演出，吸引近600位觀眾，提早排隊卡位。
人潮擠滿大阪中央公會堂，長長人龍看不到盡頭，一路排到三樓，全是為了台灣舉辦的文化世博而來，近600名觀眾進場卡位，欣賞黃翊與機器人庫卡的表演世界。
橘色機器人就是庫卡，伸出長臂，與人類來段舞蹈，黃翊不只是舞者，也是庫卡的創造者，透過寫程式讓庫卡動起來，一分鐘的表演，要花約10小時撰寫，而靈感是他從小喜歡的日本卡通小叮噹，讓現場日本觀眾驚呼連連。
[[台灣編舞家 黃翊]]
“我的家境其實在小時候很辛苦，都是小叮噹陪伴我長大的，所以它的價值觀是我很認同的，就是人和機器和科技還有創意，其實是互相平衡、互相幫助，能夠到小叮噹的故鄉來演出，對我來講意義很重大”
現場也提供庫卡模型，讓視障者觸摸，搭配口述影像，感受精彩演出。
[[體驗口述影像觀眾]]
“我很想再體驗一次”
接著登場的，是來自台灣的電氣神將，紅臉千里眼、綠臉順風耳，搭配女神官舞者，震撼全場，而這對神將的造型，就像機器人般，讓日本觀眾印象深刻。
[[日本觀眾]]
“很帥，很像日本戰隊裡的英雄角色”
[[電氣神將與造型藝術家 李育昇]]
“的確我是受日本的動漫，以及卡通影響長大的七年級生。神明的背後有蠻明顯像脊椎一樣的裝甲的甲片，所以祂們本身是神明，形象上又像是機器人”
台灣知名劇場服裝設計師李育昇，親手打造兩尊神像，今年初還經過媽祖同意開光入神，希望來自台灣神明的祝福，透過表演傳遞給所有觀眾。
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