Author: Joe Mello

Help Design Weatheroid

The picture site Nico Nico Seiga is hosting a contest to find the design for Weatheroid, a female forecaster for the weathernews site.  Much like the Vocaloids we know and love, this character will consist of voice data provided by WN reporter Airi Yamagishi.  The winning design will be used for the character’s launch date
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Hello Snow Kitty Miku

If you like Snow Miku and Hello Kitty and will be in the Japanese island of Hokkaido during the Sapporo Snow Festival (or thereabouts, a release date has not been given) then you can pick up some nifty character goods.  Sanrio and Crypton Future Media have joined up to combine their two powerhouse characters into
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What To Watch For: MMD Cup 7

As summer comes to a close, it is once again time for one of the most anticipated Vocaloid events of the year, the bi-annual MikuMikuDance Cup. This August will feature the 7th edition of the contest, and will once again bring together hundreds of impressive, cute, and/or funny videos produced by MMD veterans and newcomers
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Cantarella: The Musical!

【ニコニコ動画】『KAITO・ミク』カンタレラ(第二版)『オリジナル』 If you’re planning to visit Shibuya in August, you might want to get your theater on.  A stage production of the Kaito+Miku song “Cantarella” (seen above) will be playing at Space Zero from August 3 to 7.  There is some pedigree behind this, though.  Both show director Yukio Ueshima and leads Kentarō Kanesaki and
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A Very VOCALO.ID Interview

We normally don’t talk about the Indonesian Vocaloid scene around here (which is actually sort of odd) but that may all change quite soon.  Some of the country’s most fertile music minds have come together to produce VOCALO.ID, a collaboration album set to greet the world on June 1. I was able to sit down
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MikuMikuDance v7.39 is the final release.

After approximately 3 years of advancements and upgrades, Yu Higuchi has announced that the latest version of MikuMikuDance will be the last version.  Earlier this May, Higuchi updated the free 3D animation program to include support for .pmx models, which have greater functionality and customization than traditional .pmd models.  It is partly because of the
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