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In Shirobako episode 16, Ema is caught doing a little dance exercise on the
roof.

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvlVueWyu18>

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZjLxW.gif)

CrunchyRoll's subtitles call this the 'Angel Dance' exercise. There's no
results for that in english, but I was thinking maybe it's an exercise only
really known about in Japan. For the most part, Shirobako has solid references
to existing things.

Is this dance a real exercise or was it just created for the show?


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Is there an 'angel dance' outside of the Shirobako anime?


According to what I read in [a
forum](http://www.fandompost.com/oldforums/showthread.php?36321-Shirobako-
Discussion-Thread&p=290346&viewfull=1#post290346):

> Ema's Angel Exercise is modelled on the real-life Angel Exercise in the 70s.
> Bodybuilder Tsushima Seiji, under the name of Mukimuki Man (Muscular Man),
> comically did the Angel Exercise in the TV commercial for a sweet made by
> [Morinaga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morinaga_%26_Company) and also in
> other TV programmes in the late 70s. (Morinaga's mascot is an angel, and the
> founder of Morinaga & Company Morinaga Taichirō was a Christian and learnt
> how to make Western-style confectionery in the USA.)

Here's the video of the original Angel Exercise:
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpF9V3nQoK4>


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