Just recently, the 4th MikuMikuDance Cup has ended.. This is where people uses their creativity to create some of the most amazing MMD videos ever following one of the three categories chosen by the tournament organizers. Winners are then selected through a point system on NicoNicoDouga.. It is so good to see wonderful and even epic MMD videos..

Well, here are the top few favourites from the whole list~

「Chaining Intention」 PV (*by MasatakaP)

「東方でマイケル～Smooth Criminal～」 (*by dancho-P)

「Confeito Star」 (*by ショ大河P)

「つなわたリフティング」 (*by 6666AA-P)

「papermoon」 (*by アルカ, koishi, gomezP)

「METSU☆ミクさん」 (*by ふと-P)

「Reimu Shift Change “RED ZONE”」 (*by kiyoP)

「UTAU事件簿-All Starts are the “M”」 (*by inaphon)

I hope you all enjoyed the videos.. I will most probably be posting up the results soon.. ^^

What happened when you mix Vocaloid with one of the cool OPs in 2008? You will get this wonderful result; “Discotheque”, Vocaloid style.. Taken from the anime series, “Rosario to Vampire Capu2, watching the video makes me remember the anime itself 2 years back.. So notstalgic.. Well, enjoy the video~

Rosario + Vampire CAPU2 OP 【Vocaloid Ver.】

I really liked how well the video was edited out to replace the original casts with the Vocaloid characters, from Official ones like Miku, Kaito and the Kagamine twins and also Unofficial ones like Akita Neru, Haku and Teto.. Miki and Megpoid were not left out either but the main character for this PV is Megurine Luka who have the same pink colour hair as Moka..

I really love the song sung by Mizuki Nana (and so does Chibi.. XD ) Luka’s version seems alrite though it can be improved in some part of the songs where her voice goes slightly off-tuned.. But I still give an “A” for the effort made not just on the song, but also the video editing itself too..

Before I leave, here is the original OP from Rosario to Vampire Capu2~..

Rosario + Vampire CAPU2 OP 【Original】

Credits to BlazingAngel22 for uploading the videos.. ^^

After waiting for 2 months, the item is finally here.. Since the announcement for it being opened for reservation on 31st August 09, I’ve been getting quite excited to get the whole set itself.. Although feeling disappointed about the BRS and World Is Mine being delayed, I know they have their reasons.. Well, the item is none other than the Nendo Petite/Puchi Vocaloid Set #1..

The set, which contains 12 boxes and 11 possible Vocaloid figures including the special figure, and one extra.. The 11 possible figures are Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin & Len, Kaito, Meiko, Yowane Haku, Akita Neru, Megurine Luka, Saihate Miku and Sakine Meiko… The special figure is apparently a Nendo Petite Hachune Miku.. A very lovely set indeed..

The cover itself, showing the 11 Vocaloid figures + 1 secret figure.

Nendo Miku feeling all excited to welcome the new members..

I shall do a good review of the Vocaloid set just like how Persocom did for his.. The whole set cost me at around SGD$120 which was quite reasonable since each figure cost about SGD$10 somewhat.. There isn’t anymore opened slot for reservation since it closed as soon as it was opened..

Now, I shall await for the release of the World is Mine Hatsune Miku figurine, which is coming out on the 10th December 2009 after a delay back then.. ^^

Just last weekend, the Chara Hobby 2009 event was held at the Makuhari Messe International Convention Complex.. There are some new and upcoming figurines that the some of the companies have made and I would say that they are a Must-Get for some people like the one above for example.. XD

Alot of websites have already done their coverage on the event.. I’ve gathered some of the pictures they took of the event and without further ado, I shall post them here for all to see.. Enjoy the pics..

I shall await the B★RS figurine from Good Smile Company (GSC) that I’ve already pre-ordered and also the Alternate version which will be announced very soon I hope.. =3

Not to forget the Hatsune Miku “VN02″ figurine by Max Factory..

Via Wcloudx, Moeyo, Akiba Hobby & Hobby Stock’s Blog.

Today marks another joyous occasion for Hatsune Miku fans and as well as the Vocaloid fans around the globe..This is the day we celebrate Hatsune Miku’s 2nd birthday.. Well, technically she was created/born 2 years ago as a simple voice synthesizer program by Crypton.. However, she grew from a relatively-unknown character like KAITO and MEIKO to something like a pop sensation..

Honestly, since her debut, there have been quite alot of wonderful songs (too many to count already @_@) and also spinoffs of her were created (Akita Neru, Yowane Haku, perhaps BRS and countless other characters).. Figurines of her were made, from 1/8 scale size to figmas and nendoroids.. There is even a game made featuring her as the main character; Project DIVA..

Well, the “MIKU” franchise has come so far, what more can we expect?? o.O

1) The B★RS Pilot Project

Yes, after a couple of months since the release of the music video by ryo & huke, there is finally a anime pilot project being developed by Ordet.. More info in a previous post here..

Well, the DVD/Blu-Ray are already up for pre-orders and they will be released to the market on the 30th September this year.. It is well, a pilot project as a teaser for a full-length anime next year.. Judging by the small trailer itself, I can expect a sell-out of the DVDs/Blu-Rays within a few days.. The graphic is amazing indeed… XD

And now, I would like to present to you the trailer itself, thanks to AkibaHobby.net~

B★RS Pilot Project Trailer:

The Kyouran Kyodai will get this DVD and do an epic review on it.. XD Now, next up we have….

2) The Nendo Petit Vocaloid Set #1

What can we say, even after the release of so many figurines/figmas/nendos, the figurine companies want to burn a huge hole in our wallet make us more happy by releasing more figures, like this Nendo Petit Set..

The set comes with the whole official Vocaloid gang plus Akita Neru and Yowane Haku as the only spinoffs to be included.. Apart from them, there is also 2 nendo petit that will come together with the set; the “Saihate” Miku and the “Sakine” Meiko which I talked about here..

Well, during the Chara Hobby (which I will do a post real soon), they also displayed 3 nendo petit Vocaloid in their SuperGT outfits.. I would sure love to get my hands on them too lol.. =3

I wish all the best to Hatsune Miku in the coming years.. Most of the songs inspired people to carry on making more beautiful music videos in so many genres (VocaRock is one of them..).. She was even selected to perform for Animelo 2009..

Well, lets hope that next year and the coming years, Miku will still be ever famous.. As for now, I would like to show my gratitude to all Vocaloid fans by showcasing some Miku artworks, most of them relating to her birthday today!! ^^

Source: Pixiv by HapiBeat

Source: Pixiv by towa

Source: Pixiv by me.

Source: Pixiv by 芳原舞人

Source: Pixiv by 鈴白

Source: Pixiv by めい

Source: Pixiv by 花茄子

Source: Pixiv by 藤ひょろね

Source: Pixiv by kokuyou

Well, we can finally say that the Vocaloid Nendoroid Petit #01 set is complete, so says Mikatan who was kind enough to reveal the final 2 characters that will be included in the set.. In this Nendo-Petit set, you will get the whole Vocaloid characters plus Akita Neru and Yowane Haku..

To some who know Vocaloid quite well, the characters poses are taken from an old fan-made video called “Kurutto, Odotte, Hatsune Miku”; a parody from the Keroro ED itself.. You will see it nearing the end of the dance before Caramelldansen.. ^^

A few days back, Mikatan revealed all but 3 (The Tako Luka was revealed earlier on, but won’t be included with the set..) characters in this picture (below)..

So who are the 2 remaining characters that were just revealed by Mikatan? They are none other than “Saihate” Miku and “Sakine” Meiko.. Enjoy the pics.. ^^

Notice the difference between the original Meiko (right) and the “Sakine” Meiko (left).. The latter has bright and cheerful colours compared to the former since the “Sakine” Meiko’s cheerful characteristics was taken from the PV, “Koi no Fuga”..

On the other hand, the “Saihate” Miku was taken from the PV, “Saihate” lol.. Well, to those who really forgot where/how/what the heck the PVs are, I will show you.. Lets start off with the main one, the…

“Kurutto, Odotte, Hatsune Miku” – The Vocaloid gang:

Next we will have the..

“Saihate” – Hatsune Miku:

Last but not least…

“Koi no Fuga” – Meiko:

Reservation for the Vocaloid Petit #01 set will open next Monday.. Hope you get your wallets ready for another good Vocaloid item getto.. XD

Another VocaRock song caught my attention at NicoNicoDouga.. The song is titled, [Nai] “Nothing” Live (「無い」ライブ).. I was mesmerize by the wonderful animation in the video this is by far the best animated Vocarock song this few months since “ShinigRay” PV which is very lovely indeed..

Well, I pretty much love this song as well because this rock song begins on a nice beat, with some part of the song going slow and fast, thus listeners will surely enjoy the magnificent tune.. For this video, there are 4 people playing the song, namely Hatsune Miku as the main singer…

While Akita Neru is a drummer,

Yowane Haku being a bassist,

while Kaito is a lead guitarist..

Before I continue on about the song, I would like to present to you the music video itself.. Hope you like it..

Hatsune Miku – “Nothing” Live:

Well, although I really like the song, I find one thing weird about Miku’s singing during some part of the song.. Her high pitch voice sounds weird, perhaps just unrealistic for a rock concert.. On the contrary, it just makes the whole music video unique.. xD

Other than that, I will say that this song is pretty wonderful to listen to once again with its catchy and unique tune…

I will post more wonderful Vocaloid songs in the coming weeks.. As for now, I shall make a post about the K-ON! OP and ED.. See you~

A new week passed and there is another good song sung by Hatsune Miku.. The song is titled, “Blaze” and it is about Hatsune Miku (the main character in the video) feeling shocked that her childhood friend (Kaito) has become her enemy.. The theme of the video is “Ninja in a Modern World” it features all the Vocaloid characters together with Akita Neru and Yowane Haku..

Before I carry on with the song, I would like to present to you the music video itself.. Enjoy~

“Blaze” – Hatsune Miku:

When I listened to the song, I was pretty impressed with how nice the music is.. The composer uses an Emo-Rock tune to create the song, making it unique to most Hatsune Miku songs I always listened to.. Well, its not surprising that the art isn’t what most do want but I do like one particular scene which attracted my attention (Top).. I do love the butterflies flying around her.. xD

I can expect that this song will make it to the Vocaloid Weekly and I am pretty hopeful that it will make it to at least one of the Top 10 spots in the ranking.. ^^

Searching through the net, I once again found a Hatsune Miku video that is worth reviewing on this blog.. I actually got hooked to the song long ago.. However, the song, titled “Stripe”, was released last June (2008) and after awhile, I kinda forgot about it.. Well, the animated video using MikuMikuDance was released on 31st March 09 but it shows mostly the background and such and not on the characters themselves, especially Miku.. =3

I pretty much love how well the video was made, from the beautiful sky to the amazing stage itself.. Usually ppl will just stick to using one of the many stock stage sets to do their video but for this animator, he really creates the whole thing from scratch.. I congratulate this guy on a very job well done.. ^^

Before I continue, I would like to show you the music video itself.. Do enjoy~

“Stripe”:

So for this video, the animator uses characters from Idolm@ster, Haruka Amami and Yayoi Takatsuki, replacing Akita Neru in another version of the video.. They, together with Miku, dance quite beautifully on the one-of-a-kind stage…

Haruka takes the left spot…

Miku takes the center spot..

Yayoi takes the right spot.. xD

It is quite awesome that they comes out with another skin model for Hatsune Miku.. This version pretty much looks like she is an Idolm@ster character herself, seriously..

Now, speaking of the different version of this song, there is another video created by the same animator.. This time however, there are only 2 characters in the music video, Hatsune Miku and Akita Neru.. In this version, the camera isn’t focused on the characters but just focus on one spot facing the stage..

This time, you get to see the whole sunrise effect, unlike in the current one which focused on the characters themselves.. Without further ado, I would like to present to you the video:

“Stripe” 改装版 -Type.A-:

The music is so catchy, almost feels like a trance song.. I do love the chorus of the song, very lovely to listen to.. I hope you all will enjoy listening to the song.. xD

Well, thats all I have for this review.. I will keep on posting more wonderful Vocaloid songs in the coming days.. Till then, good morning~

Well, apart from the Release Date of Project DIVA, there is also the event by Sega called “39 Secrets: Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA-” which I already posted before.. Fortunately, Moetron was kind enough to provide more details on what the 39 secrets are about the game itself..

The event was held just 2 days ago as part of an event called Yappa Asobina 09 at the Tokyo Fashion Town at Tokyo Big Sight.. As the day draws closer, alot of details are revealed..

Here are the 39 secrets of Project Diva:

*Product Secrets

* 1.) Official game title: 「Hatsune Miku Project DIVA」.
* 2.) Retail Price: 6090 yen.
* 3.) On sale July 2nd, 2009.
* 4.) Main visual.

*Song Secrets

* 5.) 39 songs in the game.
* 6.) 7 songs from Piapro users.
* 7.) Artist ryo participation.
* 8.) Artist kz participation.
* 9.) New songs from Hata Aki and Kousaki Satoru
* 10.) Opening song: 「The secret garden 」.
* 11.) Opening movie premiere.
* 12.) New song from OSTER project.
* 13.) 「Sakura no Ame」 by absorb.
* 14.) 「Anata no Uta-hime」 by azuma.
* 15.) 「Miku Miku kin ni go chuui♪」 by HayayaP.
* 16.) 「The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku」 by cosMo@BousouP.
* 17.) Most songs are going to be new remixes.
* 18.) Kagamine Rin/Len appear in Rhythm game.
* 19.) Virtual Live 「Packaged」.
* 20.) Virtual Live 「Koi-suruVOC@LOID」.
* 21.) Virtual Live 「World is Mine」.

*Game System Secrets

* 22.) Finally, hands-on PSP experience.
* 23.) Vibrant Miku motion capture.
* 24.) Have fun with you favorite costume.
* 25.) Can take a screenshot of the game.
* 26.) Rhythm game edit mode.
* 27.) Possible to edit your favorite MP3 data.

*Character / Costume Secrets

* 28.) Costume change feature; 39 total.
* 29.) Space Channel 5 costume.
* 30.) PIAPRO costume: Gothic
* 31.) PIAPRO costume: Pirate
* 32.) PIAPRO costume: Magician
* 33.) PIAPRO costume: Kurojishi
* 34.) PIAPRO costume: Punk
* 35.) PIAPRO costume: SG Cosplay
* 36.) Megurine Luka confirmed.
* 37.) Akita Neru confirmed.
* 38.) Yowane Haku confirmed.

*Preorder Item Secret

* 39.) Hatsune Miku Nendoroid Puchi -project DIVA- version.

Yes, Good Smile Company (GSC) decides to make the Nendo Puchi Miku a Pre-Order Exclusive.. Well, Mikatan showed 2 pictures of the Nendo Puchi at her blog and I might say, she looks wonderful indeed.. Because of this, I have decided to do a pre-order instead of purchasing it after it’s release which I initially plan..

Here are some of the shots taken during the event:

From the OP sequence..

Game Cover of the Project DIVA..

The original artwork itself..

Fujita Saki (Seiyuu of Hatsune Miku)..

The special Space Channel 5 costume… See here for the info of it..

Megurine Luka will also be included in the game other than Kagamine Rin and Len, Yowane Haku and Akita Neru..

Here are some in-game screenshots.. Enjoy!!

For more pictures, do visit here.. ^^

Last but not least, I somehow managed to get a video from NicoVideo about Project DIVA’s gameplay.. The gameplay is of the song World Is Mine and I must say the animation is pretty good for now (due to low quality video, not the game..)..

Without further ado, here is the video:

Well, I guess thats all I have about Project DIVA.. I will keep you posted for any new changes about the game itself.. For now, have a wonderful week.. ^^

Source: SeiyuuNews.Com via Moetron via Kevinay