VOCALOID Week in Review April 4th to April 9th, 2016

The news picked up a bit! There’s still not too much going on but now you can have a healthy serving of VOCALOID news. Enjoy your VOCALOID week in review.

Miku News

Miku starts out the news with some nice figures!

Figma Racing Miku 2016 Sponsorship 2nd Round Courses Now Open!

If you happened to miss out the Figma Racing Miku 2016 sponsorship courses, we’re pleased to announce that Goodsmile Racing has reopened the Figma courses starting April 1st. The 2nd round courses will retain the same benefits from the 1st round, and will remain open until June 15th, 2016. For more information, see Mikufan.com.

Nendoroid Co-de Hatsune Miku: Bless You (Breathe With You) Preorders Now Open!

The next Hatsune Miku nendoroid joining Good Smile Company’s “Co-de” figure line is Hatsune Miku: Breath With You (Bless You) ver., featuring admittedly one of our favorite module designs from the rhythm game Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd! She was the second in a trio (but now quadruplet) of Hatsune Miku Co-de figures, with the Ha2ne Miku ver. announced just a couple weeks ago. Read more at Mikufan.com.

Zyon Android Pre-Registration and Release Date

The mobile VOCALOID rhythm game Zyon will launch on Android devices April 29th. They have opened pre-registrations and are offering rewards based on how many fans join the pre-registration. The rewards will be based on the amount of pre-registrations, and you can find that event in the article. All you need to do is click “interested” or “going” and you will be pre-registered for the Android version of the game and receive the rewards. To get all the rewards, more than 20,000 people need to pre-register! There’s a campaign on Twitter as well. For more information, be sure to see our article.

IA Sings “Kimi Wa Hitori Nankaja Naiyo” Acapella for Charity

While IA has covered songs sung by her voice actress before (the most famous being “Tori no Uta”), her acapella cover of “Kimi Wa Hitori Nankaja Naiyo” (“You’re Not Alone”) takes things a step further and even gives fans a new way to listen to 1st Place’s VOCALOID. And as an added bonus, all purchases of the song go to charity!

For a review of the song as well as information on how to purchase it, see our article here.

Studio Rana Event in Nakano

“STUDIO RANA” is an event that will feature VOCALOID Rana in Nakano, Tokyo, on April 23rd and 24th. During this event there will be original illustrations, a VOCALOID experience corner, guest talk, and limited merchandise. You will also find merchandise featuring Unity-chan, Flower, and Rana, as their original illustrations are by her illustrator Shindo Kamichi. The voice providers of Unity-chan and Rana will also be present. For more information, be sure to read our article!

Hatsune Miku OMAKASE Box Review

Unfortunately, OMAKASE is no more after this final box. However, they ended with something all VOCALOID fans can appreciate: a Hatsune Miku OMAKASE box featuring Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin and Len, Megurine Luka, KAITO, and MEIKO. Of course when they promised more than just Miku merchandise, Hoshi hopped on it. It’s not often that you get merchandise featuring more than just Miku! Find the full review here.