News

April, 2016

  • 13 April

    Vsinger’s VOCALOID Spring Costume Design Contest Winners Announced

    It's been almost a month since the "Spring Costume Design Contest" held by Vsinger and BCY Painting's Channel began. Recently, BCY Painting's Channel has announced the winners for the design contest on their official Weibo. Artist Setsuya won the grand team prize while 斐翔c-拖延症候群小咩, 夕亚人, 若木生华 and icece won the single prizes for each of

  • 11 April

    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

  • 9 April

    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 below. All you need to do is click "interested" or

  • 9 April

    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

  • 7 April

    Studio Rana Event in Nakano

    When VOCALOID Rana began on September 9, 2014, she got her start as a learning tool mascot for the bi-weekly magazine titled "Vocalo P NI NARITAI – I want be Vocaloid P!". It was aimed at beginners of the VOCALOID software, where you could learn how to become a VOCALOID producer.   However, to

  • 6 April

    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

  • 6 April

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

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

  • 4 April

    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, I hopped on it. It's not often that you

  • 3 April

    Hatsune Miku’s Ievan Polkka Cover Song Featured in LG’s G5 Phone Commercial With Jason Statham

    April 1st has been full of surprises for Hatsune Miku, most of which has been April Fools Day pranks (sorry, but Miku Expo wont be having a 2039 galaxy tour), but this one is real: LG Eletronics has launched their new LG G5 flagship phone today, along with a commercial featuring Jason Statham, a largely

  • 2 April

    Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X Coming to the West in Fall 2016 For PlayStation 4 & Amp; PS Vita

    After some teasing and much hype, SEGA of America has finally announced the western release for Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X for the PlayStation Vita, and even the upcoming PlayStation 4 version! Both versions are due for their western release in fall 2016, likely around the time of Japan's Diva X launch for PS4. The