Weekly Vocaloid Ranking #180 – Pray for Japan

Well this week the vocaran is done by another person named iori, who usually does the Monthly VocaRan, and sippotan approved it as a substitue for this weeks Vocaran. sippotan will also be taking a 2 week break, and he/she is safe with his family right now. Rankings after the break!

Opening Statement:

I’m alright, I’m fine…

Due to the disaster that occurred in eastern Japan, it has been announced that the production of the Weekly Vocaloid Ranking will be stopped from #180 on. Since the Monthly Ranking normally uses the data from the Weekly Vocaloid Ranking, we had no choice but to collect the data ourselves this time.

This ranking is published as a Special Edition of the Monthly Ranking. Also, unless there are exceptioal circumstances, the present data will be used for the Monthly Ranking Top 30 too. The week we have collected data for is March 7th 2011, 5am to March 14th, 5am.

Main differences with the Weekly VocaRan:
1) the rules concerning the videos that can enter the ranking or not have been greatly loosened. However, all the videos that have been excluded from the rankings until now are still excluded
2) the excerpts of the songs that are featured are from 1min to 1m20.

Without further ado, let’s see the ranking!

Notes:

-Editors: Pengy, DTKel, Holocauxt, descent87, bunnychan, redemption2
-Translator: kurisuto
-Song Status: Up (↑), Down (↓), Unmoved (→), Unranked (–), New (!!)

OP Song: 【ニコニコ募金】東北地方太平洋沖地震支援メッセージ動画 (North-Eastern Pacific Ocean Earthquake Aide Message Video)
Explanation and how to donate is located here

#30 (–): 【初音ミク】桜前線異常ナシ【オリジナル曲】
Why does this sound so familiar? Honestly was never a fan of it. Love the music, never liked Miku’s singing.

#29 (!!): 【初音ミク】　箱庭傍観者　【オリジナル】
I love how the piano follos Miku’s voice as it goes up and down.

#28 (↓24): 【ミクオリジナル曲PV付】ひまわり【三重の人×ぎヴちょこ×キセノンP】 (Sunflower)
I like this type of hard rock. I approve of your approval. This is classic j-rock right here.

#27 (–): 【初音ミク】桜の花を咲かせましょう【オリジナル曲】
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#26 (↓8): 【初音ミク】 Symphony 【オリジナルPV！】
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#25 (!!): 【初音ミク】 SECRET DVD 【オリジナル PV】
What was that about some inclusion restraints being loosened?

#24 (↑35): 初音ミク・巡音ルカ　オリジナル曲　「ワールズエンド・ダンスホール」 (World’s End Dancehall)
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#23 (↑44): 「卑怯戦隊うろたんだー」をKAITO,MEIKO,初音ミクにry【オリジナル】修正版
Urotanda! What, they couldn’t find something else to watch?

#22 (!!): 秘密の放課後(オリジナル)【MEIKO,ミク,リン,ルカ,GUMI,miki,ユキ,Lily,いろは】 (Afterschool Secret)
I’d buy this game, or at least torrent it. GUMI route of course.

#21 (↓11): 【鏡音リンレン】リモコン【オリジナルPV】 (Remote Control)
If you’re going to sing the Konami cheat code, show a Genesis controller, not an NES!

#20 (↓13): 【GUMI】十面相【オリジナル曲PV付き】 (Ten Faces)
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#19 (↑85): 【初音ミク】むかしむかしのきょうのぼく【オリジナル】 (Once upon a me)
Ice cream song.

#18 (↓3): 【GUMI】おニューのかさぶた、ペットに食われろ【オリジナル曲】
I expect a recovery in a couple of weeks.

#17 (!!): 【初音ミク】GREEN SHIP【オリジナル曲】
Best new song in the top 30 for me. Art is top notch for a “still” PV.

#16 (↓10): 【オリジナル曲PV】マトリョシカ【初音ミク・GUMI】 (Matryoshka)
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#15 (↑53): 初音ミク　が　オリジナル曲を歌ってくれたよ「メルト」 (Melt)
One of my favorite songs of all time. I hear it everytime I get a SMS message :3 And they say MikuPa failed. Ha.

#14 (!!): 【巡音ルカ（ラップもあるよ）】 Passion 【オリジナル曲】
Great work with english on Luka. The supporting track is painful in my right ear.

#13 (↑37): 【初音ミク】ザ・カンニング【オリジナル】 (The Cheating)
Miku almost sounds like Luka. It sounds kind of plain for a top 15. And I think Luka is a supporting harmony in the back.

#12 (↑15): 【GUMI】モザイクロール【オリジナル曲PV付】 (Mozaik Role)
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#11 (↓6): 【オリジナル曲PV】パンダヒーロー【GUMI】 (Panda Hero)
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#10 (↓2): 【GUMI（40㍍）】キリトリセン【オリジナル】 (Cutoff Line)
Take a listen to this cover. You’re not going to tell us who’s it is for the sake of the Youtubers?

#9 (!!): 【GUMI】　ウソ　【オリジナル】 (Lie)
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#8 (!!): 【巡音ルカ】 if 【オリジナル】
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#7 (!!): 【初音ミク GUMI】ユメネコ【オリジナル】 (Cat Dreams)
Am I seeing a link to Secret Garden here?;

#6 (!!): 【初音ミク】「夢町コントラスト」【オリジナル】 (Dream Street Contrast)
Wasn’t this photo used in like… 17 different PVs?

#5 (!!): 【初音ミク】「イキたいの。」【オリジナルPV付き】
:<

#4 (!!): 【初音ミク】グレイシア【オリジナルPV】 (Glacier)
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#3 (↓1): 【ニコニコラボ】 Mr.Music 【ボーカロイドオリジナル】
I still can’t get enough of this. Have to post the Cover. Epic colabs create even more epic colabs.

#2 (!!): 【GUMI】 Prayer Will Live 【オリジナル曲】
I was turned off from Nuns thanks to Guilty Gear. I just changed my mind again.

#1 (!!): 【GUMI】カーニバル【オリジナル】 (Carnival)
Gumi is really dominating the rankings. Wow, go otetsu.

ED Song: 【鏡音レン・初音ミク】キミのセカイ　ボクのセカイ【オリジナル曲】 (Your world, my world)
This reminds me of a remix of a Nami Tamaki song.

Final Thoughts/Analysis:

I don’t really like this style, it might just be because I am too used to sippotan’s WVR, but the clips of the songs in this don’t really show the full song, or the best part of it. However, it was kind of iori to do the Vocaran while sippotan is away. Many songs popped back up out of nowhere (Melt being one of them) and might have been caused by MikuPa. No pickup this week, so you get extra picks from me.

I’m neither here nor there when it comes to this. I think I would have preferred it have gone on hiatus than be filled in by a different user, though I’m happy for the effort that was made. I’m noticing a lot of multi-loid songs recently, and that’s really difficult to pull off well. And of course Gumi had yet another dominating week. When is she getting her own concert again? Oh that’s right, they did a spot using the same transparent screen technology in a concert that no one saw or recorded. T_T I wanna see GUMI in 3D!

I’ve been donating left and right to charities for Japan. I hope you all will join in the relief effort in some way. Ganbare Nihon!

…And so with that, we end this week’s Vocaloid Ranking review. Please join us again next week, and I hope Japan can recover quickly from this disaster..

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