This week... well, umm... slow day is slow. That is all.

If you bought a Nendoroid Puchi and wondered, “Wait, why is Meiko’s hair yellow?” You have bought a counterfeit Nendoroid Puchi! Today, Good Smile has posted an article on counterfeit Puchi Nendoroids.   Differences are quite easy to spot actually.  Even so, anyone who is planning to buy a set should be on their toes!  So,
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Winter is birthday season in the Vocaloid world.  2/3 of the current roster (12 of 18) celebrate in December, January, or February, with the most relevant to this week’s column being the birthday of KAITO.  The character made whole by Naoto Fuuta’s voice is celebrating his 4th anniversary this week.  He’s a real classic, so
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Ah yes, it’s been four years since Kaito was officially released back on 17th February 2006 by Crypton. The staff here at Vocaloidism are glad to be celebrating Kaito’s birthday so just hop right in for some of the memorable and birthday songs as well as images created especially for his birthday~

Well, even though we had a major event this past weekend, everything seems to be normal here on the UTAU front. Or is it? Well, we’ve got some more good tunes in store, so yeah, it is! We’re trying something new this week, something that I’d been thinking about doing for the past couple of
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This week, DK laments being single and stuck in the office for most of the week... Bitter... so, very bitter... ;_;

Sorry for the late report; life got in the way.  The DirectX9 version of MikuMikuDance is now up to Version 7.0, with major changes coming to the Self-shadow mode.  Both the high-end and low-end versions got a new model in the “Rin act2” which is displayed at right in the above picture (using v5.22a). Also
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This week in Cryptically Titled Song Feature Column we celebrate a very popular holiday.  No, not that one.  I’m talking about Singles Awareness Day. Now, I won’t be participating in this holiday (for the first time since 200…7?) but I know some of you are.  Therefore, I waste your time today by highlighting some of
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Information from Crypton’s Vocaloid CV Twitter account has revealed that a new demo song made using Miku’s Append vivid has been announced. The song is “shoelace” by DotP and you can listen to it here. Info source: Hatsune MikuMiku

As the gap between Vocaloid and UTAU closes bit by bit, there have been more and more instances of popular songs combining the two groups, such as the more recent 向こう. This week’s ranking should prove that Vocaloid and UTAU can be in harmony, with fantastic results. Curious? Read on to find out what the
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