Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-29980193-20200316015545/@comment-71.255.116.68-20200402200847

I don't exactly know if he's a NND meme, but Nyango Star ABOSLUTELY mustget an arrangement from Rhythm Masters.

Nyano actually has a backstory and everything, it's inthis video. Basically, Japan has a longstanding tradition of costumed mascots called yuru-chara, much like the ones you see around Universal Studios or Disneyworld here, but think more Minions costume then the Disney ones. (The Pokemon Bewear is also based off these mascots) The town of Kuroishi City in Aomori Prefecture has a problem many rural Japanese towns have, the town slowly dying from people leaving it since it's a sleepy rural village, and not having enough money coming in to support the upkeep of the town. However one person decided to take it upon themselves to create tourism for their hometown, by using their natural talent for drumming and making themself a tourist attraction, to entice tourists to visit their hometown, and selling merch of the Nyano Star character, the profits of which, I believe are given to their town leaders. The age, identity and even gender of this person has remained entirely unknown, but they are also the sole copyright holder. The reason they probably picked being a yuru-chara over just simply being a drummer is not only so that it could create more merchandise with a profitable mascot, but also because yuru-chara pretty much have the same illusion of being their own characters that characters like Ronald McDonald or the Sesame Street muppets have over here, no actor is allowed to say they play them or reveal how due to breaking the illusion and "magic" behind the character. Nyano Star's official backstory and the idea behind their design is that they are the spirit of the a dead cat living inside an apple that came to life. Not only does this kind of in a way invoke yokai (cough cough Jibanyan cough) but it is also because apples are Kuroishi City's main export and they have a long history of having apple orchards there.

Both epic, rockin and also wholesome.Here's a video of Nyano Star teaching another guy how to play the drums, and imparting a bit of their appley wisdom.