Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W Opening and Ending References
References in the opening:
The poses done by the characters in the opening are based on the transformation poses of various Kamen Riders, super heroes in a series of Japanese television shows called "Kamen Rider" (仮面ライダー). Additionally, most of these poses are poses previously used on the covers of the "Haiyore! Nyaruko-san" light novel series. Post for reference:
https://nyaruref.github.io/nyaruko/nyaruko_light_novel_covers.html
Nyaruko is mimicking Kamen Rider Fourze from "Kamen Rider Fourze" (仮面ライダーフォーゼ), the twenty second "Kamen Rider" show in the "Kamen Rider" series. It aired from 2011 to 2012.
Nyaruko is mimicking Kamen Rider 1 from "Kamen Rider" (仮面ライダー), the first show in the "Kamen Rider" series. It aired from 1971 to 1973. Additionally, Nyaruko makes this pose on the cover of volume 2 of the light novel series. Image for reference:
Source of image: http://ga.sbcr.jp/novel/nyaruko/02.html
Cthuko is mimicking Kamen Rider 2, who is also from "Kamen Rider" (仮面ライダー). Additionally, Nyaruko makes this pose on the cover of volume 3 of the light novel series. Image for reference:
Source of image: http://ga.sbcr.jp/novel/nyaruko/03.html
Hasta is mimicking Kamen Rider V3 from "Kamen Rider V3" (仮面ライダーV3), the second show in the series. It aired from 1973 to 1974. Additionally, Nyaruko makes this pose on the cover of volume 4 of the light novel series. Image for reference:
Source of image: http://ga.sbcr.jp/novel/nyaruko/04.html
Mahiro is mimicking Kamen Rider Agito from "Kamen Rider Agito" (仮面ライダーアギト), the 11th show in the series. It aired from 2001 to 2002. Specifically, Nyaruko is mimicking Agito's transformation pose that he does starting in episode 15. Additionally, Nyaruko makes this pose on the cover of volume 5 of the light novel series. Image for reference:
Source of image: http://ga.sbcr.jp/novel/nyaruko/05.html
Yoriko is mimicking Riderman, who is also from "Kamen Rider V3" (仮面ライダーV3). Additionally, Nyaruko makes this pose on the cover of volume 7 of the light novel series. Image for reference:
Source of image: http://ga.sbcr.jp/novel/nyaruko/07.html
Cthune is mimicking Kamen Rider ZX from "Juugou Tanjou! Kamen Raidaa Zenin Shuugou!!" (10号誕生!仮面ライダー全員集合!!), "Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!!", a TV special episode that aired in 1984. Luhy is mimicking Kamen Rider Super-1 from "Kamen Rider Super-1" (仮面ライダースーパー1), the seventh show in the series. It aired from 1980 to 1981.S3 Additionally, Nyaruko makes Kamen Rider ZX's pose on the cover of volume 8 of the light novel series, and she makes Kamen Rider Super-1's pose on the cover of volume 10. Images for reference:
Image sources:
http://ga.sbcr.jp/novel/nyaruko/08.html
https://bookwalker.jp/de1f4935d2-9016-44a1-863c-dae203b50f36/
Tamao is mimicking Kamen Rider Black from "Kamen Rider Black" (仮面ライダーBLACK), the eighth show in the series. It aired from 1987 to 1988. Yoichi is mimicking Kamen Rider Black RX from "Kamen Rider Black RX" (仮面ライダーBLACK RX), the ninth show in the series and a direct sequel to "Kamen Rider Black". It aired from 1988 to 1989. Additionally, Nyaruko makes Kamen Rider Black's pose on the cover of volume 9 of the light novel series, and she makes Kamen Rider Black RX's pose on the cover of the limited edition release of volume 9 of the light novel series. Images for reference:
Image sources:
http://ga.sbcr.jp/novel/nyaruko/09.html
http://ga.sbcr.jp/mgabunko/019893/
The other students in Mahiro's class are mimicking, from left to right, Kamen Rider 1, Kamen Rider 2, Kamen Rider V3, Kamen Rider Agito, Kamen Rider Amazon, and Riderman. All of these poses were mentioned above, except for that of Kamen Rider Amazon from "Kamen Rider Amazon" (仮面ライダーアマゾン), the fourth show in the series. It aired from 1974 to 1975. Image for reference:
Additionally, Nyaruko makes this pose on the cover of volume 6 of the light novel series. Image for reference:
Source of image: http://ga.sbcr.jp/novel/nyaruko/06.html
The game system that Nyaruko and Cthuko are playing with is based on the Mega Drive video game console equipped with the Mega CD and Super 32X attachments.S2 The Mega Drive, also known as the Sega Genesis, was released by Sega in 1988. The Mega CD (Sega CD) was released in 1991 and added a CD-ROM drive to the Mega Drive. The Super 32X (Sega Genesis 32X) was released in 1994 and increased the capabilities of the Mega Drive. Image for reference:
Source of image: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ファイル:Mega_Drive_(Asia)_+_Sega_CD_(US_NTSC)_+_32X.jpg
The pose Nyaruko, Cthuko, and Hasta make is mimicking Kamen Rider 1's transformation pose in "Kamen Rider" (仮面ライダー). Images for reference:
The rows of mini Nyaruko is referencing the opening sequence of "Kyouran Kazoku Nikki" (狂乱家族日記), "The Diary of a Crazy Family", an anime series that aired in 2008.S1 Images for reference:
There are two references here:
* The pose Nyaruko does here is referencing the same pose she does on the cover of "GA Bunko Magazine Vol.1" (GA文庫マガジン Vol.1), a magazine published by GA Bunko on January 12, 2012. Image for reference:
Source of image: https://bookwalker.jp/de14aad71e-cfbc-4331-8eaa-574850851750/
* Here is an isolated image of the text on the screen:
The Japanese text that appears in this shot goes as follows, "Meijou shigatai seisaku iinkai no you na mono" (名状しがたい製作委員会のようなものW), which translates to "Unspeakable production committee-like thing W". The word "unspeakable" (名状しがたい meijou shigatai) is an adjective that often appears in the Cthulhu Mythos.
References in the ending:
Nyaruko is dressed up as Makise Kurisu (牧瀬紅莉栖) from "Steins;Gate" (シュタインズ・ゲート), a visual novel released by Nitro Plus in 2009.S2 Image for reference:
Illustration by Huke
Nyaruko is dressed up as Nadia (ナディア) from "Fushigi no Umi no Nadia" (ふしぎの海のナディア), "Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water", an anime series that aired from 1990 to 1991.S2 Image for reference:
Illustration by Sadamoto Yoshiyuki (貞本義行)
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Last updated April 13, 2013
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