Haiyore! Nyaruko-san

, also known as ''Nyaruko-san: Another Crawling Chaos'', is a Japanese light novel series written by Manta Aisora and illustrated by . It was inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. The series' twelve volumes were published by Soft Bank Creative under their GA Bunko imprint between April 2009 and March 2014.

An animated original video animation (OVA) by DLE titled ''Haiyore! Nyaruko'' was published in between October 2009 and March 2010, followed by a television series, ''Haiyore! Nyaruko: Remember My Mr. Lovecraft'', which aired in Japan between December 2010 and February 2011. An anime television series by Xebec aired in Japan between April and June 2012 and a second season aired between April and June 2013. An OVA was released in 2015. Two manga adaptations have been produced. A video game adaptation, developed by 5pb. for PlayStation Vita was released in Japan in May 2013.

Synopsis

The story of ''Haiyore! Nyaruko-san'' centers around Nyaruko, a formless Lovecraftian deity of chaos ( Nyarlathotep) who can take on the shape of a seemingly cute silver-haired girl. Mahiro Yasaka is a normal high school boy who is being chased by a fearsome black alien one night, until Nyaruko saves him. She explains that the creatures from H. P. Lovecraft's works are actually races of aliens, and that she has been sent to Earth by the Space Defense Agency to protect him from being kidnapped by an alien trafficker. Aliens find Mahiro and the Earth strangely attractive, for entertainment, auction, or resources. One by one, the Great Old Ones land on Earth illegally. Eventually, Nyaruko and two other Lovecraftian creatures, Cthugha and Hastur, end up being freeloaders at Mahiro's place. Mahiro has become accustomed to his protection detail of Nyarlathotep (Nyaruko), Cthugha, and Hastur making his life fascinating.

Publication

''Haiyore! Nyaruko-san'' began as a light novel series written by Manta Aisora with illustrations by . The series, spanning twelve volumes, was published by Soft Bank Creative under their GA Bunko imprint between April 15, 2009, and March 17, 2014. Short stories have been published in Soft Bank Creative's ''GA Magazine''.

Volume list

Media

Anime

An original video animation titled was produced by DLE and directed by Azuma Tani. The first episode was streamed on October 23, 2009. Further episodes were published on December 19, 2010 on DVD as part of the GA Magazine Vol. 3. All 9 episodes were released on March 15, 2010 as part of the . The first eight episodes are about one to two minutes in length, while the final episode is about six minutes long.

Another anime series titled , also produced by DLE and directed by Azuma Tani, aired 11 episodes on BS11 Digital between December 11, 2010, and February 26, 2011.''Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Mr. Lovecraft'' was advertised as airing on BS11 Digital's Friday 24:30 (00:30 JST) time slot, which meant the series officially premiered on December 10, 2010. Each episode is about four minutes in length. The twelfth episode was released as an original video animation included with the ''Haiyoru! Nyaruani 1&2 Perfect Box'', a DVD compilation containing both Flash anime series.

An anime television series produced by Xebec aired in Japan between April 10 and June 26, 2012.''Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos'' was advertised as airing on TV Tokyo