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HCII 2022: HCI International 2022 – Late Breaking Papers: HCI for Today's Community and Economy pp 89–103Cite as

A Study on the Back and Forth Manzai of Milkboy by Focusing on Embodied Motions and Actions for Liven-Up

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Manzai is a form of comedy, and there have been reported attempts to make robots perform manzai. On the other hand, it captures the essence of human communication, such as interactions in live performances. In this study, we extracted the basic units that make up manzai and analyzed the changes in these units to elucidate the laughing mechanism of the characteristic story progression called the “back and forth manzai” of Milkboy. As a result, it was revealed that the story itself is the object of tsukkomi; the comedy is generated by clever story progression; and the comedy is enlivened by embodied motions and actions.

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Acknowledgement

This research was partially supported by JSPS KAKENHI 20H04096, etc.

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  1. Kwansei Gakuin University, Gakuen 2-1, Sanda, Hyogo, Japan

    Hong Zhang & Michiya Yamamoto

  2. Ritsumeikan University, Nojihigashi 1-1-1, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan

    Haruka Shoda

  3. Komazawa University, Komazawa 1-23-1, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

    Saizo Aoyagi

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  1. Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Matthias Rauterberg

  2. City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah

  3. City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Keng Siau

  4. Technische Universität Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany

    Heidi Krömker

  5. University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, USA

    June Wei

  6. University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Gavriel Salvendy

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Zhang, H., Shoda, H., Aoyagi, S., Yamamoto, M. (2022). A Study on the Back and Forth Manzai of Milkboy by Focusing on Embodied Motions and Actions for Liven-Up. In: Rauterberg, M., Fui-Hoon Nah, F., Siau, K., Krömker, H., Wei, J., Salvendy, G. (eds) HCI International 2022 – Late Breaking Papers: HCI for Today's Community and Economy. HCII 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13520. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18158-0_6

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