What the meaning or purpose of this is unknown, however, the official site of Haiyore! Nyaruko, a series renowned for its creeping cuteness, has implemented a sizable solar eclipse in its background artwork.
Again, it is anyone’s guess why this was done – although it’s there, relatively interesting, and the loli appears to be enjoying it to some degree as hinted by her faint and fairly suspicious smile. Actually, Japan is currently readying itself to enjoy a so-called “Ring of Fire” eclipse, and similar commemoration can be seen with Berserk’s official film site as well – however it’s quite intriguing for such a solar event to be utilized in promotions and gags of animation, yet that’s definitely not something one would see often, if at all, with Western media properties.
May 20, 2012 @ 16:27 CDT
Actually they put the eclipse there because last Saturday, or last night, the West Coast of America and South East Japan had a Solar Eclipse.
May 20, 2012 @ 17:05 CDT
Different sources say different things:
http://www.freep.com/article/20120520/NEWS07/120520015/eclipse-asia-western-united-states?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cp
Either way, the point is there’s an eclipse which has just occurred, is to occur, or is still visible. It doesn’t matter, for our purposes, when exactly the eclipse happened as it varies in visibility on time and geographic location.
May 20, 2012 @ 18:28 CDT
It’s supposed to actually happening today, but it’s a partial solar eclipse while that is the image of a total solar eclipse. You won’t be able see one of those until 2017.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59YcyScbCto