Weekly Vocaloid Ranking #222

The final Vocaran of 2011 is here! (It includes a bit of 1/1/2012 but they don’t show up in the top 30) Doriko’s song hits the number one spot due to being released on a Sunday the previous week and not getting enough time to make it up there, Orebanana is also back with another
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Weekly Vocaloid Ranking #221

  Riding atop a new computer with a faster, better wireless connection, redemption2 returns with a mission, to bring everyone their Vocaran fix! This one up, #221! As if to make up for last week’s lack of new content, we have a distinct lack of old content.

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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The Harsh Realities of VOCALOID on Nico

A video detailing the “harsh realities” of VOCALOID videos on Nico Nico Douga had been uploaded recently. In it, the video draws on statistics collected about VOCALOID tagged videos that were uploaded between July 1 and December 15 of last year and highlights some conclusions, such as the fact that less than five percent of
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Miku goes snowboarding

Crypton Future Media, developer of VOCALOID software such as Hatsune Miku, has now joined the sponsor list for TOYOTA BIG AIR 2012, a “big air” snow-boarding competition held in Sapporo annually with Toyota (of Japan) as its major backer. As a result, Miku will be used in the promotion of this event, in both static
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