The official Hatsune Miku Facebook page is asking fans to draw their very own images of Miku (with or without other Crypton VOCALOID characters) so that a few chosen ones could be paraded one-per-day as the official “cover art” for the Facebook page once it reaches half a million likes. In addition to illustrations, photos
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A few hours ago, EXIT TUNES announced their own VOCALOID character, MAYU, during one of their EXIT TUNES ACADEMY live events. The official Twitter account for the event also linked to the official homepage, which currently only has a character image as well as usage guidelines and a link to the official Twitter account (@exittunesstaff).
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A few days ago, Good Smile Company posted a 30-second commercial highlighting a photo collage composed of images everyone took for their “Cheerful JAPAN!” campaign wherein they donated money to disaster relief for each photograph of GSC figures people sent in. The video started off with a picture of the standard Hatsune Miku design and
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Tda has announced on his blog on the 2nd anniversary of the release of Miku Append that his MikuMikuDance model of the character is complete for the time being and is available for free via download. In his post, he thanked the various people who gave him feedback and created videos/images with his model for
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Re:VB, creator of AniMiku, posted on VocaloidOtaku, asking for help from fellow animators, especially ones who have worked with MikuMikuDance before. He is looking for people who can choreograph songs, implement said choreography in MMD and also fine-tune and improve currently done animations so that they are fluid and realistic for “a huge project” for
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This past Saturday, NHK WORLD RADIO JAPAN ran a twenty minute English segment on Hatsune Miku as part of their Japanese Pop Culture Magazine series of programs. This program, like others, are broadcast over the airwaves, and they are relayed by stations outside of Japan as well. Furthermore, recent broadcasts can also be streamed from
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At Nico Nico Chokaigi 2012‘s “VOCALOID NEWS” event, representatives of i-style Project announced the name メルリ(merli) as the winner of the naming contest for Aoki Lapis’s elder sister. They will be auditioning for someone to voice the new sound bank soon. YAMAHA also promoted its VOCALOID3 music contest and revealed that the mystery VOCALOID3 sound
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A new entry on the SEGA Miku blog has revealed that BluRays of the two concerts will be available starting on August 29, 2012. A BluRay for either concert comes in at 6300 JPY (tax included) whereas a DVD would be 5250 JPY (tax included). A 4-CD set of the concert music will also be
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Seven Stone Studio announced a few days ago on its website that its third animation project will be titled “VOCALOID CHINA PROJECT” and posted a teaser design as well where Luo Tianyi is singing vocals and the other characters are playing backing instrumentals. A promotional video is expected to air on May 15 at Shanghai’s
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SEGA has now announced the release date and pricing for the PlayStation Vita version of their upcoming game in the Project DIVA series, NEXT HATSUNE MIKU Project DIVA. The game will be available on August 30, 2012 at a price point of 7329 JPY (tax included) for the PlayStation Vita Card version and 6600 JPY
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