Macross Frontier -- Nyan-Nyan Song

In our continuing coverage in anime songs based on fake restaurants, here's the Nyan Nyan song from Macross Frontier. "Nyan" is supposed to be the sound a cat makes in Japan, and thanks to my two years of Chinese, "ni hao" means "hello" in Mandarin. What saying hello in Chinese has to do with cats is beyond me, and perhaps it's better that we never found out. Alright?
And don't ask me what "deculture" means, either. I grew up on Robotech, not Macross, and for me Protoculture will always be something akin to The Force crossed with space fuel made from special space plant seeds. So "deculture" is probably some Macross thing. Don't think about it too hard and laugh at the dumb song, okay?
As always, when this anime gets licensed in the United States, please support your local anime companies! Or else we'll only get rererereredubs of Dragon Ball Z. Macross Frontier itself is really cool, with lots of missiles and badass mecha fights and LISTEN TO MY SONG!
Also I hear Kucinich is the ONLY candidate who has spoken on the Macross Island issue. Don't forget the sacrifices of the UN Spacy! Vote Kucinich 2008!

[@fabi777Channel]

Don't you hate it when you sing for someone and your cucumber calls

[@tsarsiberian]

#relatable

[@sarthakshah1058]

Plan C time

[@theophileo]

I laughed

[@JamesTheFoxeArt]

Very relatable

[@lunawolfe5185]

This anime was made in the early 2000's so

[@CJODell12]

And to think, the girl who played Ranka, Megumi Nakajima, would eventually provide the voice for the Vocaloid Gumi.

[@Gumi0030]

Gumi, one of my fav vocaloid💚

[@nova_kaiser]

oh thats why this sounds so familiar lmao

[@etps4444]

Y'know, I didn't know that before, but I can totally hear it now! So cool. :D

[@just_lucid]

No wonder the voice gave me deja vu

[@faeretale]

oh ym god

[@Blearu]

I remembered watching this clip during 2008 as a pre-pubescent boy. Man has time flew by.

[@iceproofcomet]

over a decade... the internet was a mistake it's all lost time and memories, nothing but pain.

[@iceproofcomet]

@@xero2655 objection, relevance.

[@user-un7yy3rh6h]

the late 2000's on the internet feels ancient to me now, i also watched this that time

[@gerardogomez2820]

Yup

[@pinkstarlightchaos3076]

Same lol.

[@palmtoptiger1405]

Her voice is so calming even in when she expresses her self

[@LoliFoxQueen]

Ranka best girl from Macross Frontier

[@chezmix64]

Is such a pleasant voice even possible??

[@Bymie]

Richard sperta i said so

[@baratauchumaki5957]

Chezmix huehuehue

[@mira9760]

You'd like the Vocaloid Gumi then, if you haven't heard of her yet. This is her voice provider.

[@AnimaleleAmuzante]

Fenikkusu HOLY CRAP I DIDNT KNOW

[@rubricalgecko8017]

I don't know

[@night4345]

I love how they animated her scarf behind her to look like a tail.

[@chibi_okami]

I know right lol

[@Nekuni]

night4345 idk ~Person 3 years after you

[@stewie17]

Animation is movement

[@Des_Ogers_Kaeselanze]

yo what i didnt even realise

[@alphalax7747]

Furry

[@IamaMedalHunter]

I like how they actually put the sound of the shoes when she dances.

[@acolyte1951]

feels so grounded and makes it cuter

[@djcodybeatz4825]

This video hid in the deep depths of my brain and I forgot about it until somehow I remember the little nyan sound and came back here.

[@muybuenodumdum9122]

I got flashbacks. And I had to pause the video because my heart was doing something indescribably weird.

[@SuperChrisPang]

If no one knows, the restaurant is called niang niang which is pronounced identical to nyan nyan and its sells fish dishes (thus the cat sound)

[@Ratciclefan]

@ASMR Kebu no

[@lucidnode]

​@@asmrkebu Is this a real comment?

[@Ivi-Tora]

@@asmrkebu Is this real life?

[@The_Cacophony_Of_Humanity]

@@Ivi-Torais this just fantasy?

[@its.just.lowrain]

@@The_Cacophony_Of_Humanity Caught in a landslide

[@captainmappy3959]

Enough of this nyan-sense.

[@Turtle_God]

Puns, puns everywhere.

[@mr.joestar6252]

I don't care how horrid this joke is, but Lancer's pun was PUNNY.

[@SchneiderAndAndropov]

Heh.

[@tristiansanderson9830]

Hahaha

[@captainmappy3959]

WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP LIKING THIS MY JOKE WASN'T EVEN FUNNY WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH ALL OF YOU

[@sophieNuke55]

Her voice is so energetic yet so calm and soft, i love it.

[@user-qh8vy5tu1y]

when you hire professional voice actors and not twitch streamers:

[@urazon9465]

@@user-qh8vy5tu1y any exemples? I mean, bad voice actors, no rythmo-band and poorly adaptation of the media are the recipe for disaster almost every English dub follow.

[@josedel-castillo7934]

sorry my cucumber is ringing XD

[@f1r3hunt3rz5]

@Ahmet Muti Doing a service for this person I see

[@willf.4590]

Moshi moshi, Bossu!

[@jasminabduosman4067]

@@willf.4590 Doppio!

[@zombyjano]

Girl dances nyan nyan dance for boy. Boy is allergic to cats. Girl sweats loudly.

[@barrybend7189]

No that's Macross delta.

[@ayylmao652]

How can you sweat loudly

[@angelamae7906]

@@ayylmao652 Anime-

[@4real204]

i had an unhealthy obsession with this and caramelldansen in January-March of 2019 and i couldn't stop listening to it omg

[@pie1o1morris46]

Saaame (different year but still)

[@lucidnode]

Sesame

[@Sactavia]

Same buddyyy

[@periperi4718]

SAME I THOUGHT ID NEVER FIND THIS SONG AGAUN OMG 😭 I listened wayyy before that ut was my childhooddkskjdd

[@SirFooplesTheThird]

God I found it in 2009/2010. I'm getting old

[@ThirdDimensionalBeing]

Never watched this anime but it gives me a feeling of nostalgia whenever I watch this video.

[@beaconblaster33]

the art style tho..

[@p4pr1ka]

Her scarf looks like she has a tail! It's so cute

[@Morgan-oq7uj]

Since I know nothing about this anime, I laughed a little too hard when she pulled out the farting green blob thing (which I expected to be a phone of some sorts) and said "look at the time!"

[@SchneiderAndAndropov]

Me too xDD

[@snorlax4385]

+Sarii Fox yeah its a phone but shes the only one who's phone looks like this no idea why

[@mapasu]

You need to watch this anime XD

[@barrybend7189]

Dude you are noob to sci-fi in general if you thought Ranka's phone was unusual.

[@aimansyahmidzulkhairy909]

This clip is my start of the Macross saga. I've finished most of the anime and I'd say it's great.

[@reiuji_]

This has blown up in the touhou community

[@unkochan2853]

Her voice Is natural no autotune

[@GLCrushspace]

"Look at the time" She exclaims whilst holding a screaming cucumber with arms in one hand. I think I remember why I don't watch much anime.

[@LtCWest]

G.L Crushspace Its a smart phone with the general design of a rag doll.

[@mrshootinputin7251]

G.L Crushspace I thought it was android mascot.

[@BigRazzmatazz]

A pickle slug or some shit idk

[@thrandompug2254]

G.L Crushspace that stuff is the reason i watch anime

[@incognituz.9416]

G.L Crushspace I like how the dude doesn't move a single muscle.

[@MellyTheCatLover]

I thought I was about to read alot of comments about this video Like "Aww her dance is so cute" and not "Bronies have to die!!"

[@mikuhatsunegoshujin]

But Bronies do in fact have to die. They are counter-revolutionary fascists.

[@undead379]

INSTALL GENTOO Wait... how tf are we fascists?

[@AnubisWasHere]

Unknown I do know how we/you guys are fascists, but the original comment is 2 years old.. why are there comments from within the last week?

[@justiny.7503]

DackelKatzenLover tf do you mean I haven’t seen any of those comments

[@1withthelion]

It's to be expected that after seeing the Derpy nyan-nyan dance video, bronies from all over would flock to see the source of the cute song and dance, a shame nobody can keep their tar mouths from spitting toxic sludge.

[@pbndjayfr]

its been a decade since ive last watched this video and i had forgotten about it completely until it found me again man its nostalgic to hear her voice after all this time

[@tunnel0]

I'm at a weird part of the internet, where the top comments range between 6 and 15 years old.

[@josuejimenez2283]

In this context, "Deculture" can be translated to human language as "shocking", "incomprehensible" "unbelievable" or "unexpected". The prefix "Yack" is sometimes added.

[@Shizn0id]

culture shock in the most literal of senses

[@Ratciclefan]

Nah it's an ancient culture in Macross's universe I haven't watched all series but the implications I see are that they developed into (or at least inspired) various cultures across this universe

[@xyanide1986]

​@@Ratciclefanuhhhrrr acksshually, that's protoculture not "deculture".

[@oceanmango]

I was just in my manga drawing class. My instructor put this anime on, and when I saw this girl in the theme song I am just like "ITS THE NYAN NYAN GIRL!" Then my friends was saying "dude she just looks similar" Then this part came on and it was epic

[@sunnydaze285]

9 years ago? better respond... I'd like to hear more of the story

[@CoolPerson342]

​@@sunnydaze285they dead

[@BVK.]

​@@sunnydaze285unfortunately :(

[@madiw3493]

And then everyone clapped

[@oceanmango]

@@madiw3493 bro why did you have to remind me this comment exists

[@pikachu7545]

I came here to trigger latent memories of an ex and also to remind myself that S3RL used this sample in Neko Nation. time flies

[@BoobaMilkTea]

I've never seen this anime but maybe that's where I heard this from cause it sounds familiar

[@swefress]

Dude this is so ancient. It made me smile again. That is crazy charming and the voice is fantastic.

[@charleswiltshire21]

hello YT recommendations, it took you 15 years to recommend this

[@nineno_]

Same 🎉

[@alejosubo]

Same

[@agcalngdooer3506]

i like this song because the person who sang it and did the voice acting was also the one who provided gumis voice

[@jamsjinkouwu117]

Nyan, Nyan, Nyan, Nyan, ni Hao Nyan. Goujasu-Derishasu Dekaruchaa!!! :3

[@xBowwy41]

No its Nyan nyan nyan nyan nihao nyan gorgeous delicious and deculture!

[@megamage911]

c00kie OP is obviously writing out how the girl is pronouncing it.

[@haydenclockwork2420]

I love how the background goes a bit quiter when she sings, it basically is putting attention on her voice

[@UCmDBecUtbSafffpMEN3iscA]

I didn't know Pisca, S3rl and Goreshit uses this too 😯

[@Takaneenomoto07]

im here cause i love Gumi Megpoid... ;D

[@meikyokuzen]

same

[@joetmbooty]

thats gumi!?

[@meikyokuzen]

+vocaloidloves123 its her vp (voice provider/voice sampler)

[@joetmbooty]

+null wow, I didn't know that

[@dansli1017]

i also really love her,but i also love mlp,so i discovered this through the derpy dance thing...a few days ago i was thinking....is that gumi? and then today i scrolled to the comments to see what the cheeki breeki is going on down there and i found this...

[@carlosrosado6130]

her:look at the time! me:IT'S HIHGGGGGGGG NOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!!!

[@RedNK]

GOD FUCKING DAMMIT

[@eggnog814]

REAPER!!!!! PUNISH YOUR SON!!!!!

[@emeyeenaych]

Ah yes the memes

[@showalk]

Hihg?

[@palmtoptiger1405]

Carlos Rosado spelled it wrong but I get you

[@JasonFalconTHELEGENDOFGOLD]

It's sad when someone only knows the song because of the meme and not the series. Macross and Robotech are awesome, and I wish people would at least spend some time with it, considering how cool it is.

[@dvnissecn]

this is me btw ^__^ if u even care :3

[@dizzregardhome6716]

Is that a living cucumber man in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

[@Monamona_207]

I'm just gonna assume that 4 years ago, your name and pfp was someone from the anime and you roleplayed as them

[@dizzregardhome6716]

@@Monamona_207 nope I was genuinely retarded I think...

[@Monamona_207]

@@dizzregardhome6716 lmao

[@TerroristiZura]

holy shit has it really been 8 years since macross frontier first came out. time sure flies fast! to me ranka is still the best damn idol girl, tbh i really can't bring myself to care for love live girls as much as i did about her.. i guess it's time to rewatch the show and movies again.

[@KoeSeer]

+TerroristiZura wait what? 8 years ago? daaamn time flies!

[@dextarian3370]

Holy shit has it really been 5 years since this comment was posted. Time sure flies fast! To me TerroristiZura is still the best damn commenter, tbh I really can't bring myself to care for other commenters as much as I did abut him...I guess it's time to reread the comment again.

[@ashrodrigues3571]

It's 13 now man if you ever see this again ofc

[@ZafkielDoesStuff]

THIS FUCKING COMMENT IS SIX YEARS OLD. I FEEL ANCIENT.

[@jebes909090]

Its now been 15 years

[@Abyssionknight]

Wait this was TWELVE YEARS AGO!?! Holy crap time flies. I just randomly thought about this today and thought this was like, 5 years ago at most....

[@banheart9960]

3 years more Now 🗿

[@winterstar8138]

Fuck cringy 11 yr old me used to say this in vc in a "high pitched voice" im 17 now this is memorys lmao

[@The_Queen_Chrysalis]

This comment section is basically weeaboos vs bronies, makes me giggle.

[@ihatenumberinemail]

^_^

[@jessveness]

I don't even see many bronies here, might be wrong but still

[@chikerbriker7046]

i was both,mlp is kinda anime but with horses

[@theRealPlaidRabbit]

A rocket ship brought me here. See, when my parents discovered that their planet was about to explode, they bundled me up into this rocket ship and said "Go to a world with a yellow sun, and watch dumb videos on the internet, occasionally posting comments to mock losers."

[@SchneiderAndAndropov]

Lol.

[@shockmazta3116]

Does your planet happen to be Planet Vegeta?

[@Shyuthrosnaevin]

hatred of saiyan baboons intensifies

[@Assclown0516]

I can't unhear goreshit

[@sprectra4344]

youtube recommended "Griffith sacrifices his friends" right after watching this

[@Blackfeath3r]

Look at the time! IT'S HIGH NOON!

[@lookforagoodname4274]

Lol

[@sultankorkut4707]

What this anime name? Plase tel me

[@mobi8046]

@@sultankorkut4707 macross

[@silviaeaber]

highnoone miku

[@f1r3hunt3rz5]

IT'S HIGH NYAAN

[@Sodasaman]

Dude looks so baked, he only barely reacts to "Nyan nyan" when his brain alerts him that something unusual just happened outside of his own head.

[@i_will_not_elaborate]

Jesus, this video is still up?! I remember watching this in my middle school days.

[@neitoxotien2258]

Thank you Reimu

[@derpyhooves5895]

This guy has one of the best descriptions for a video I think I've ever read. Thoroughly pleasing, and utmost enjoyable, has me chuckling like a school girl.

[@bestiemaria]

u still chuckling like a school girl?

[@Vexy93]

When the algorythm decides to make you time travel back to 2008

[@banheart9960]

Fr

[@chiakinanami5974]

I cant belive this video is 14 years old

[@bunneyrice8792]

I come back every fucking year to hear this

[@Soufriere84]

One of these days we'll finally figure out what the hell Deculture means. I'm just kidding. Of course we won't.

[@barrybend7189]

Actually it was a zentradi term used to describe something outside of the norm. Over time it got turned into the equivalent of radical from the 90's.

[@gerardogomez2820]

...

[@luispick]

haha I love how the guy is just like... "nyan nyan? (dafuk?)" just like most of us who are watching

[@zupazpierda]

that one derpy animation

[@Starlandia_official]

The subtitles: *YUMMY HARMONIUM*

[@TheTwilitHero]

Now if only my tsundere of a cat would let me use her as a puppet.

[@nepgearkawai1168]

Omg this is so old!!! Who remember the days when this is are so famous

[@silverlyder]

Why did KZbin recommend me this after 15 years

[@c1oudsky]

oh my god. I rember saving mlp animation with Derpy singing this nyan nyan thing like 11 years ago

[@nuclearburger]

Gotta love the KZbin comments right? Casual insults, threats that will never ever actually happen XD, fandoms warring against each other. Then there's the random people in the middle, dying of laughter.

[@Prepare4Selfie]

NuclearBurger I have read this as a commercial

[@mapasu]

*i know right?*

[@connivingcrow1006]

why did cry send me here?

[@ryanarcadia9652]

same

[@elijah707]

Ah yes, pickle phone girl, you have graced me with your presence in the holy algorithm again.

[@mj_applehead58]

I was looking for this all year😭

[@yaomeii]

The captions: go just the food area so they can attack Me: wtf Captions: welcome this duck

[@yumiko3014]

Oh my god my captions either xD.

[@CallMeEmber]

"I'm gonna sue the net at the scene"

[@UnicornCombo]

This year Mr. Tonight!

[@PUI0]

“Yang and I buy toaster dakara”

[@morpheus_uat]

was that a cellphone? man they were ahead of their times

[@karen175]

Yeah it’s called Keitai-kun. It’s supposed to be shaped like a salamander.

[@oxigenical]

all i hear is the pisca remix. still really cute!!!!!!

[@sophiajames6742]

This was in my recommended, I listened to this 12 years after it came out and now this song is stuck in my head HELP!!!

[@RikoZerame]

What makes this isn't the voice-acting, although it's good. It isn't how adorable the girl is or the dance, although they're both great. What makes this scene great is the look of unadulterated "What" on Alto's face.

[@mapasu]

*yes,that face is p r e f e c t I o n*

[@gerardogomez2820]

.

[@mintyls2174]

Ugh i hate it when im singing to somebody and my pickle calls me

[@virtual_mew]

FINALLY AFTER 6 YEARS, I FOUND IT

[@pinkisrocking]

I know I am wayyyy late on this video but I was looking for this song for ages and I finally found it! Thank you for posting this.

[@gasshu9095]

This... Does bring a smile to my face.

[@Sabis2365]

How the hell did her dress have pockets

[@trinity1744]

They're called invisible pockets. xD A lot of dresses/skirts have them.

[@Yggdrasilincarnate]

Omg, I knew some people who always used to sing this but had no idea where it was from. Over 10 years later I finally have my answer-

[@Luchodddd]

El algoritmo nos trajo una vez más aquí, a los videos de hace más de 10 años

[@kokorochacarero8003]

It's been a while

[@jakubw9230]

*Pulls slug out of pocket* Look at the time! :3

[@barrybend7189]

In Macross 7 Maylene Flare Jenus has a pet tribble.

[@cerealpuffsalmomd1625]

this popup in my recommended for the first time in 10 years! love this

[@pinkstarlightchaos3076]

I watched this in 2008 and was obsessed with this scene. Just randomly thought about this clip today.

[@yume4eva]

this is where that breakcore song comes from!!! i think its goreshit? maybe not,,?

[@sy7h]

Yes I knew I recognised it from somewhere

[@MarkStillPlays]

the reimu moment

[@shiwosa]

The fact that 80% people now brings up old past and makes them blown up

[@naota3k]

Can we all praise the description of this video for answering any and all questions put forth by this video? Well done.

[@pseudoaristoteles]

Nyan Nyan is also the name of Lyn Minmay's uncles chinese restaurant, where Minmay itself did work before becoming a famous singer. A commercial of that restaurant can be heard in the cd drama "Macross Vol.3 Miss DJ". So far it seems that Macross Frontier is more an homage than anything else.

[@banheart9960]

Hello friend after 15 years, u still alive?

[@DisgaeaCharm]

her voice actor (Megumi Nakajima) is also the voice for Gumi/Megpoid from Vocaloid...and Gumi is actually based off her...

[@mrdriver2988]

Idk which is weirder floating duck speakers from Macross 7 or phones that look like cucumbers from Macroas Frontier.

[@kyoyameganebereznoff]

I never knew where this audio clip came from until now

[@cerise333]

I absolutely love her voice when she sings, specially at the end its perfect....

[@TebbleTV]

The algorithm bringing me back to a simpler time ☺

[@mcdoogle_robotman]

Its been 15yrs & this returns to my recommended videos i miss the past

[@renookami4651]

12 years already uh? Gosh, time fly by so fast...

[@leeshapon]

i just talked to my friend yesterday about how we used to do this dance as kids and then this shows up lol. the memories

[@yume2727]

CHEEEEEEEEEEEEN

[@Varkonite.Dragko]

Year 8 in 2013 for remembrance of a Derpy grey pony, and now, all of a sudden it's popular again but in Tiktok. Strange how fate guided us here.

[@lollipopmuffincat]

God i remember watching this in 2016. KZbin algorithm brought it back to me

[@otrotipoxd]

I still only see chen

[@Mizu-X]

after 10 years of seeing and listening, it is still somewhat relevant lol

[@_SUPERN0VA_]

I miss when this series was about robots

[@ryuzen.1814]

14 years ago and yet there is also good anime with good VA voice