We are in the final 24 hours of the MikuExpo 2021 Online Kickstarter. At 58 million JPY of its 25 million goal, it is more than 200% funded with 3,341 backers at the time of writing. It was reached all of its stretch goals and has expanded the concert from its initially planned 10 songs to 16. Pledges start at $10 for enroll credits and VIP newsletter subscription.
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To celebrate The NAMM Show 2018 (National Association of Music Merchants) BigFishAudio is having a sitewide sale of 20% off most products with the coupon code “namm18”. This includes the entire lineup of Vocaloid products including Vocaloid from Crypton Future Media and Zero-G Co. Ltd.
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“Hatsune Miku Retrospective” is a series of blogs relating to the like-named panel to be hosted at Anime Los Angeles 14. This blog “Lost History” is the first in the series and chronicles issues encountered in the research phase of the panel.
Preparing for my upcoming panel was quite a nostalgic experience.
I got to reflect on my decade of being a Vocaloid fan and look back at old videos and all of a sudden I am a freshman in college, Bleach had just come out and this viral video with a girl spinning a leek became a hit between my friends. There wasn’t a term for this at the time but I guess I can say ‘lolituma’ and ‘leek spin’ would become one of my first exposures to a “meme”. From this meme would spawn the infamous video by Otomania, Hachune Miku, and my first exposure to Vocaloid.
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Who: Engloids.info, UtaForum.net, & TQF Present
Where: Anime Los Angeles, LP3 (Room 200C) on 2nd Floor of Convention Center
What: Hatsune Miku Retrospective: 10 Years A Virtual Diva
When: Saturday 1/27 @ 11:45am-12:45pm
Why: Relive a decade of Miku music videos. We will be giving away ribbons to attendees.
[Twitter Annoucement] [Facebook Event]
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For those that missed it Omakase (Japanese for dish of chef’s choice) is Viewster’s defunct mystery box subscription service. After spending a lot on advertising, sponsoring various conventions the service was eventually canceled after experiencing slower than expected growth. Before it closed however it shipped out its final “Omakase” a Hatsune Miku themed Vocaloid Myster Box.
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Like a Vocaloid related advent calendar, Crypton has opened the final window and has given us our first look, or rather listen to, the “English” append of their upcoming Vocaloid 3 revision of KAITO. Originally a...
