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December, 2015

  • 21 December

    MAIKA Design Contest for Art Book Announced

    Noriko Hayashi, in collaboration with Akuo and Yoistyle, has announced a design contest for a new version of VOCALOID MAIKA. This MAIKA Design Contest asks fans to design a new outfit with the theme of "Sky". The Contest The theme of the contest is "Sky". Using either the template provided or your own, you must

  • 18 December

    Vsinger Mini Figure Design Contest Winner Announced!

    A month ago, Vsinger announced a mini figure design contest using their characters in collaboration with HobbyMax. Full contest details can be found here. The contest has ended and Vsinger has announced the winner on their Weibo. The winning design was "Language of Flowers" series by 莱勒QWQ, each design is inspired by a different flower.

November, 2015

  • 18 November

    Vsinger Announces Mini Figure Design Contest!

    Vsinger has announced on their Weibo a mini figure design contest. This will be a collaboration between HobbyMax and Vsinger. The characters accepted in this contest will be Mo Qingxian, Zhiyu Moke, Luo Tianyi, YanHe, Yuezheng Ling, Yuezheng Longya and Stardust. Xin Hua and Zhanyin Lorra are not included in the contest. This is due

  • 6 November

    Sing in VOCALOID: VOCALOIDs Singing Outside the Box

    If you thought that the VOCALOIDs singing in other languages discussion was over, you are mistaken. While voice banks have designated languages, that hasn't stopped people from making them sing beyond those. Some are successful, while others could use a little more work. Either way, it's quite interesting when you hear VOCALOIDs singing outside the

  • 3 November

    YouTube Red and VOCALOID

    Late last month, the popular video site YouTube unleashed its new subscriptions-based service to the United States: YouTube Red. For $9.99 a month, U.S. users of the site can watch videos without any advertisements and even download the videos to watch on the go. However, as many U.S. VOCALOID fans have noticed, the transition isn't

October, 2015

  • 22 October

    Halloween Themed MMD Contest by Yoistyle Announced

    Yoistyle has been teasing his Sweet Ann Taiwan version MikuMikuDance model for some time now. Recently, he announced a Halloween themed MMD contest to allow fans to get the model a month before its public release. All you have to do is create a Halloween themed image or video with Yoistyle's regular Sweet Ann model

  • 15 October

    VOCALOID News Network Is Now Multilingual!

    VOCALOID News Network is Multilingual

    On July 14th, 2015, VOCALOID News Network launched with the anticipation of being an English-only site. Originally, we planned to partner with sites that would translate our articles into other languages if they had the time. Now, a little less than three months later, our plans have drastically changed. We will be providing our news

September, 2015

  • 26 September

    Art Book Contest and Release Date Announced for the Upcoming Chinese VOCALOID Stardust!

    A few months ago a Chinese VOCALOID was announced and was given the name Stardust (Xingchen, 星尘). This was a collaboration between Shanghai HENIAN and Quadimension. Stardust was originally a mascot for Quadimension's album series. Her Quadimensionko design was announced in February of 2015. Quadimensionko   When her VOCALOID design was revealed in May

  • 5 September

    Creative Minds: An Interview with Cosplayer Tawii Szöllösy

    Recently, the Vocaloid Facebook fan page shared a beautiful image of cosplayer Tawii Szöllösy wearing her SONiKA costume. She messaged the page very happy to be shared and I offered to interview her to bring more attention not only to her incredible work but also to cosplayers in general as well as her country's fandom.

August, 2015

  • 23 August

    VOCALOID Is Multisingual: The Languages of VOCALOID

    VOCALOID has been capable of giving people the chance to make their own songs and use voice banks represented by virtual idols to sing those songs. One of the things that’s very impressive is that these voice banks can sing in a number of languages. For the most part, we’re aware that VOCALOIDs can sing