New Multiplier, New Effects

Source: sakurapanda

Though my time with Vocaloidism has so far been very short, I’ve been very busy analyzing the rankings each week, making charts to compare and contrast the methodology of the countdown.  With the addition of the new multiplier for the Mylist points, a lot of questions come out about how it will affect [...]

UTAU vs Vocaloid: The Tides Turn

The battle is on between Vocaloid and UTAU, even moreso than ever before. With the release of the new sampling method for UTAU and the relative speed of their release, the Vocaloid universe may have to [...]

Niconomics: The Anatomy and Trends of the Vocaloid Countdown

An evaluation of Nico Nico Douga’s MyList and Countdown system, why the MyList subscriptions are tapering off, and how to better represent the most popular [...]

Editorial: R.I.P. 炉心融解

Artist: Lento

NOTE: The following contains comments that are based on the opinions of the author and does not necessarily represent the views of  Vocaloidism or its staff.

“Roshin Yuukai,” literally “nuclear fusion”, but more commonly referred to by it’s English subtitle of “Meltdown,” has been taken off of Nico Nico Douga.  To non-Japanese speakers like [...]

Weekly Vocaloid Ranking #97

I really wish I could, GUMI… ;_; (Image source: ISM)

“See what happens when college consumes my time? Hopefully this won’t be the case next week (just pray to God my professors don’t give me a whole load of work to do).”

-DK, on Weekly Vocaloid Ranking #96’s review

Unfortunately, it was the [...]

Weekly Ranking #55

Well now, it have been a while since I reviewed a Weekly Ranking… But now I’m back to reviewing those rankings again! And speaking of rankings, the daily rankings can be checked in the “VOCALOID Ranking Watcher” flash widget on the top of the left sidebar of this blog. In the last two [...]