About
“Hello Soybeans Song” (Japanese: ハロー大豆の歌, Hello Daizu no Uta) is a strange character song[1] in the TV anime series for a Japanese manga Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens.[2] This song became to a popular subject for parodies among Japanese internet users due to its laughable lyrics and the literally “fierce sex appeal” face by Nagi, the main character in this anime.
Origin
The TV anime series for Kannagi aired 13 episodes from October to December in 2008, and the scene where Nagi was singing “Hello Soybean Song” in a karaoke box was appeared on the 10th episode “The Karaoke Warrior, Mike Takako”, which was aired on December 6th.[3] This song is written in the manner of typical Japanese commercial songs, and it’s also drawn as a song for an imaginary food company called “Dokkoi Foods” (どっこい食品).
Japanese (Romanized)TranslationTouchan mo Giichan mo Baachan mo
Takashi-kun mo Mandoriru mo
Bootcamp ni Ikuno Nara
Mame Kue! Mame!
Morimori Karada ga Tsukurareru
… Souzetu na Iroke… !
Mame wa Hatake no Okuni Nari.
Father, grandfather, grandmother
Takashi-kun and the mandrill
If you are going to a bootcamp
Eat beans! Beans!
It builds up your body vigorously!
… A fierce sex appeal… !
Beans are the mear from the field.
via: Gugalyrics[4]
This Karaoke box scene authentically reproduced the original manga’s episode including this incoherent lyrics. The melody for this song was composed for the animation by the creator, Eri Takenashi, and arranged by Satoru Kōsaki[5], Japanese anime/game composer known for his many works as represented by "Motteke Sailor Fuku!" in Lucky Star and "Renai Circulation" in Bakemonogatari.
Spread
This ridiculous song soon got a much attention among viewers due to its impressive facial expression for “fierce sex appeal” and the help of a weird but earnest performance by the voice actor for Nagi, Haruka Tomatsu.[6] Then triggered by a hand-drawn animated video reproducing that scene by Minoriko Aki from Touhou Project, “Hello Soybeans Song” became to a subject for parodies and a vocal resource for MAD videos on NND.[7]
Notable Examples
Hand-drawn Animations
【ニコニコ動画】一航戦 赤城 歌います!【ニコニコ動画】【大豆】萃香が歌ったよ!!【東方】
Left: Akagi from Kantai Collection | Right: Suika Ibuki from Touhou Project
【ニコニコ動画】【鏡音レン】ハロー大豆の歌【手書き】【ニコニコ動画】【手描き】ハロー大豆の歌【ポケモンBW】
Left: Ren Kagamine from Vocaloid Series | Right: Cheren from Pokemon Black and White
MADs
【ニコニコ動画】【かんなぎ】ふぃぎゅ@ハロー大豆【MAD】【ニコニコ動画】ハロー大豆の消失【初音ミクの消失×ハロー大豆の歌】
Left: Figu@Mate | Right: Vocaloid Song “Dead End”
【ニコニコ動画】豆表ダイーズ【裏表ラバーズ×ハロー大豆の歌】【ニコニコ動画】決戦のハロー大豆
Left: Vocaloid Song “Two-faced Lovers” | Right: Decisive Battle from Final Fantasy VI
Illustrations
There are dozens of parody illustrations for the “fierce sex appeal” face on the Japanese illustrators community pixiv.[8] Several of them utilize a template file made by a user.[9]
Left: Vocaloid Kaito | Right: Ranka Lee from Macross Frontier
Left: Ayumi Shinozaki from Corpse party | Frieza from Dragon Ball
Template
Search Interest
External References
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[1]Wikipedia – Image song
[2]Wikipedia – Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens
[3]Wikipedia – List of Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens episodes
[4]Gugalyrics – NAGITHESONG OF HELLOSOYBEANSLYRICS
[5]Wikipedia – Satoru Kōsaki
[6]Wikipedia – Haruka Tomatsu
[7]niconico Video – Search results for ハロー大豆の歌
[8]pixiv – Search results for ハロー大豆の歌
[9]pixiv – 壮絶な色気【イメレス】 / Posted on 12-10-2008