“Please really feel soothed by the powered-up cat testicles.”
We lately took a have a look at a trio of calendars from Studio Ghibli. They’re all pleasant creations for followers of the acclaimed animation home, however I do know there are at the least some folks whose response is “Yeah, they’re good and all, however I’m probably not that large an anime fan. I’m extra into cats…and particularly I’m extra into cat testicles.”
And hey, no drawback, we’ve received you coated, in an uncovered manner, on that entrance too!
Preorders are presently open for the 2025 version of the Nyantama Calendar. As at all times, I really feel it’s my obligation to elucidate the bizarre linguistics concerned. In Japanese, nyan is an onomatopoeia for a cat meowing, and by extension can be utilized to confer with cats themselves. Tama, in the meantime, means “orb” or “orbs” (Japanese doesn’t distinguish between singular and plural nouns), which can be a slang phrase for “testicles.”
So sure, the Nyantama Calendar is a calendar with footage prominently presenting cat balls. However how did calendar maker Hagoromo provide you with this concept? All of it goes again to Nikkan Gendai, a long-running gossip tabloid journal. Annually, Nikkan Gendai does a gag challenge that’s all about cats and features a nyantama picture assortment. Reader surveys later revealed that the nyantama part was one among their favourite elements, and that constructive response ispired the creaiton of the calendar.
▼ Nikkan Gendai’s all-cat challenge, Nikkan Nyandai
“Please really feel soothed by the powered-up cat testicles,” says Hagoromo within the announcement that guarantees somehow-improved cat nuts in comparison with the earlier iterations of the calendar, which has been revealed since at the least 2022.
Along with its highly-specialized visible attraction, the Nyantama Calendar additionally consists of in depth data on how fortunate any day of the yr is, primarily based on a number of fortune-telling folks traditions, which supplies it its full official identify, the Good Luck Nyantama ω Calendar (it’s unclear if the ω is supposed to truly be learn out-loud as “omega” or is simply there as a result of it seems to be like a nut sack). To maintain the good-luck ball rolling, buying the calendar by way of Amazon Japan or Rakuten additionally will get you a good-luck nyantama card, sized to slot in your pockets or smartphone case, as a way to have cat testicle images shut at hand even when you must depart the consolation of your cat testicle calendar-decorated dwelling.
▼ Amazon card
▼ Rakuten card
“Please take pleasure in cat testicles within the two other ways, adorning your room with the calendar and carrying the cardboard with you always wherever you go,” says Hagoromo.
▼ By the way in which, it ought to be famous that cat testicles are usually not a standard image of excellent luck in Japan.
The 2025 Nyantama Calendar consists of 28 40 x 30 centimeter (15.7 x 11.8-inch) pages, is priced at 1,760 yen (US$12), and may be ordered by way of Amazon right here and Rakuten right here.
Supply, photographs: PR Instances
Prime picture: Pakutaso
Insert photographs: PR Instances, Pakutaso
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