From June 23rd to July 24th, 2017, the first leg of the Hatsune Miku Summer Festival in Shibuya Marui will take place! The event will be held at the Marui Department Store in Shibuya, where many exclusive goods will be up for sale as part of Hatsune Miku’s 10th Anniversary …

Last week, the first batch of UTAU voice banks used for the characters in the anime Zunda Horizon were made available for public download and use. This week, two more voice banks have been released, getting fans ever closer to having access to the voices of the entire cast! Hokkaido …

Following the immense success of “Yuzuki Yukari Fest! -KANADE- 5th Anniversary Music Festival” (or “YUKANADE” for short), VOCALOMAKETS has announced the next big anniversary event for Yuzuki Yukari, entitled “Yuzuki Yukari Fest! -KATARI- 5th Anniversary Talk Festival (or “YUKATARI” for short), to be held on July 2nd, 2017! While “YUKANADE” …

Some may remember VNN’s story about the Tokaido Diva Hatsune Miku series of ukiyo-e style woodblock prints, and how their initial 100-print run sold out in mere hours on Hobby Stock and Ticket Pia. On May 5th, 2017, the 1st Annual AniMonozukuri Award and Commendation Event took place, where Ukiyo-e …

Zunda Horizon is the first-ever anime musical to use voice synths for all of its musical numbers. For instance, the main character, Tohoku Zunko, uses her actual VOCALOID voice bank to sing throughout the whole film! And she’s not the only one; every character who appears in Zunda Horizon has …

If you enjoyed last year’s “Hatsune Miku and the Wizard Twins LICO & GLI” collaboration campaign between Hatsune Miku and snack food company, Glico, then you’ll be ecstatic to learn that a continuation of that campaign entitled “Magical★Shiny Picnic” has been announced for 2017! The motto for this year’s campaign …

Crypton Future Media‘s collaboration with Megami Meguri allows the game’s main character, Tsukumo, to dress up in the outfits of Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin, and Megurine Luka. Doing so would even open up some fun new conversation options between Tsukumo and the player! About Megami Meguri Megami Meguri is a …

When most people think of Niconico Chokaigi, they tend to think of a large gathering of anime fans, gamers, cosplayers, J-pop dancers, itasha drivers, and others who represent modern-day pop culture in Japan. But in reality, Chokaigi is a celebration of all facets of Japanese culture: modern, traditional, and sometimes …

Napoli-tan’s promotional campaign has come to an end, and throughout Niconico Chokaigi 2017, fans who visited the Cho Napoli-tan Stadium booth got to learn a whole lot more about her! Voice Actress and Winning Song First up, it was confirmed that Napoli-tan will be voiced and portrayed by famous voice …

Dempagumi.inc. has announced that VOCALOID yumemi nemu‘s first compilation album is set for release on July 5th, 2017! The albums will pool together the talents of numerous titans in the VOCALOID world, as well as those of several famous contributors to Denpagumi.inc.! 7/5（水）にV.A.『VOCALOID 夢眠ネム』リリース決定‼『夢眠ねむ』の声を忠実に再現した『VOCALOID4 Library夢眠ネム』を用いて豪華クリエイター陣が楽曲を制作?見逃せない1枚になること間違いなし✨お楽しみに?https://t.co/vD3IMFnMwm — でんぱ組.inc (@dempagumi) April 22, …