Nyan Cat
Nyan Cat (literally: " Meow Cat" ), also known as Pop Tart Cat or Rainbow Cat, is an internet phenomenon and part of the Internet culture. It refers to a consisting of 12 frames 8 -bit GIF animation of a flying cat with a body that consists of a cherry Pop - Tart, and which leaves a rainbow behind them, and in the background a remix of the song " Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya! " is played.
Origin
The original animation was created by Christopher Torres ( PRguitarman ) on 2 April 2011. He responded by imposing the website LOL - Comics ( address: prguitarman.com ) because, he felt this animation as sweet. Saraj00n YouTube users combined the animation of the cat with the version of the song Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya! Nico - Nico Douga - users Momo Momo (もももも) and invited them to YouTube on April 5, 2011. Nico - Nico Douga - users Momo Momo invited his / her version of the song Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya! high on Nico Nico Douga on January 31, 2011.
Momo Momo created his version of the song with the synthesizer UTAU program under the name Momone Momo (桃音 モモ). The name is derived from momo (peach ) and ne (sound, noise). The source of the voice that was used to create Momone Momo, was Fujimoto Momoko (藤 本 萌 々 子), Momone Momo was created in February 2009. The original version of Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya! , Created with the Vocaloid / Hatsune Miku program was uploaded by the user daniwellP 25 July 2010 on Nico Nico Douga. The lyrics refer to the Japanese noise, which the cat gives of himself, which, like Nya (にゃあ) sounds.
Celebrity
The fame of Nyan Cat rose after it was reported on April 15 on the Blog Tosh.0. In October 2011, the YouTube video had over 39 million hits. Due to the popularity, many new remixes and cover versions emerged, some of them for several hours, and there was an app for iPhone, iPad, Android, HP webOS, and Windows Phone 7 programs.
On 27 June 2011 the video was removed for copyright reasons, according to the complaint of a person to be the alleged PRguitarman, which holds the copyright to the Nyan Cat GIF file. The video was then no longer available. In response, Christopher Torres published on his side LOL comics a statement in which he made it clear that the complaint did not come from him. He also contacted Saraj00n and dani well, who own the copyright of the video and the song. Together they submitted to YouTube a counter complaint, whereupon the video was made public again. The video was restored on June 28, 2011; However PRguitarman had received both hate mail and death threats in the meantime for the supposedly emanating from him DMCA complaint.
On the "Non -stop Nyan -Cat " page you can see as usual the flying Pop - Tart Cat leaves a rainbow; in the background the Nyanyanyanya song runs as an endless loop. On a counter, the time can be read as long as you already hear the " song". It is possible to tweet this score, so as to compete with others. At its national convention in April 2012 in Neumünster, the Pirate Party decided officially, during the Auszählpausen in elections from now on for a period of up to 1337 seconds (about 22 minutes) to play this animation.
The hacker group LulzSec uses the Nyan Cat. When they attacked the website of PBS, they left behind a picture of the cat.
Games
Due to the popularity of some online games have been developed around the Nyan Cat. Chris Torres ( PRguitarman ) developed his own game under the name Nyan Cat for iOS. This was the first official game.