From March 1 through March 9 (Miku day), Crypton’s social networking site MIKUBOOK is holding a puzzle contest called Mikutery World, a pun on “mystery” and “Miku”. To participate, one must login to MIKUBOOK with either a Twitter or Facebook account. There are a total of three parts to the puzzle challenge, with people who
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According to a new website, SEGA and Crypton Future Media are planning to release a rhythm game called Miku Flick for iOS featuring Hatsune Miku. In this game, hiragana characters scroll horizontally across the screen in time with the lyrics and the player has to input these kana using what is known as “flick input”.
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The VOCALOID news blog Hatsune Miku Miku brings up an interesting collection of tweets made this month from @vocaloid_cv_cfm about projects currently in planning. Of note are hints at a VOCALOID3 KAITO that supports both Japanese and English, as well as multiple female English soundbanks being in production.
In collaboration with the Coca-Cola company, SEGA and PIAPRO are running a contest for original poster illustrations that feature Hatsune Miku in a “refreshing red that matches the image of Coca-Cola.” The grand prize winner will receive a special Project DIVA Arcade IC card, a PlayStation Vita 3G/WiFi Crystal Black model with one game and
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For those who were unable to visit San Francisco for Anime on Demand 2012’s VOCALOID event, footage of essentially the entire event has been uploaded to YouTube. The event consisted of performances by cosplay dance group WVD01 (World Vocaloid Dance 01) and a concert of VOCALOID songs from Vocalekt Visions. WVD01, of which the winner
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YAMAHA has just released an update to their VOCALOID3 Editor software, with some user interface improvements. Notably, keyboard shortcuts have been added for note placement and selection, and the ability to export tracks to their own separate sound files has also been added. The Alt key can now be used to bypass quantization settings, and
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Crypton’s CEO, Itoh Hiroyuki, tweeted yesterday that he had the pleasure of meeting with Chinese children’s literature author Zheng Yuanjie. He received a copy of his book as well as a note addressed to Miku asking her to come perform in China for her fans. Zheng Yuanjie is a prolific and well-to-do author in China,
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As part of the on-going collaboration between Crypton Future Media and Romania-based world-oriented cosplay magazine Cosplay Gen, Crypton’s social networking site Mikubook is now currently taking votes on cosplay photographs submitted by fans last month. Each cosplayer was allowed to submit one photograph of himself or herself in order to enter the competition. Voting simply
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Aoki Lapis, i-style Project’s VOCALOID3 sound bank, has now received a release date of April 6, 2012. The software package will come in at 12,800 JPY for the standard Limited Edition version, 14,800 JPY for the Deluxe Edition and 19,800 JPY for the starter pack. Meanwhile, INTERNET Co., Ltd. has announced a March 16, 2012
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Sorry for the late writeup; things got hectic recently and this article kind of slipped through the cracks. In either case, we’d like to wish a belated happy birthday to Megurine Luka! (We’d sing, but then we’d get sued for copyright infringement… Oh, and you probably don’t want to hear us sing :))