Introducing the Vocaloid Invitational Tournament 2011

On Sunday, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament unofficially begins in the United States. 68 university-level teams will play each other over three weeks in a now-famous single-elimination tournament.  It’s believed that millions, if not billions of dollars worth of productivity will be wasted watching sports on TV and online, in addition to all the man-hours
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Y2xVOCALOID CAFE: VY2’s Voice Unveiled

A cafe where you can listen to Vocaloid music, order Vocaloid menus, learn about the latest Vocaloid developments and buy Vocaloid goodies, all that with the participation of companies such as Internet, Crypton, AHS, Avex and Sega: that’s the concept of Yamaha’s VOCALOID CAFE, which opened on March 3rd in Roppongi, Tokyo, and will close…
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Balloom, a Vocaloid P Music Label

A new music label has been announced and it consists of Vocaloid Ps. This music label is called Balloom, and mainly consists of Hachi, Agoaniki, Toku, wowaka, OSTER “BIGBAND” Project, Fullkawa Honpo, Nanou, and Scope. The first album to be released under this label will be wowaka’s 2nd album titled “Unhappy Refrain”. Tracklist and other
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Hachi Interview, IIML Fes

Some news about Hachi! First, he gave an interview to Ascii.jp. Like the DECO*27 interview, it’s been translated by vgboy. Also, Hachi will perform live at the INTERNET INDEPENDENT MUSIC LIVE FES on March 6th. The bad news is, you probably won’t be able to attend it. But the good news is that there’s a
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Weekly UTAU Ranking #120 – Even Numbers

【ニコニコ動画】週刊UTAUランキング #120 We have a very orange week this time; lots and lots of new songs and a couple of good pick ups. There’s also a commercial for Miko, reader’s picks, etc etc. Sorry guys, can’t come up with witty this week. 😛

Everyone’s Vocaloid Project

A special project is being organised to celebrate the 2nd Vocafes: the “Everyone’s Vocaloid Project”, sponsored by Yamaha. Just submit your original character’s illustration, and if you’re lucky, it will become a new Vocaloid! Follow us after the break for more info.

DECO*27 Interview

DECO*27 recently gave an interview to the Japanese website “Luvits!”, promoting his latest album “Aimai Elegy” (“Love-Lost Elegy”). This interview was translated by vgboy, who kindly allowed us to use his work. Go check his site for more interviews! Ready? Jump!

Miku featured in Music Gun Gun! 2

Did you ever wish that Osu! had more gun play in it?  Well, Music Gun Gun! may be the game for you.  This arcade game sequel released last month can best be described as a “rhythmic shooter” – just watch the above YouTube vid for a demonstration. As part of  MGG2’s library of 100 or
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