161 articles published in 2009
Earlier on Monday Mikatan updated her blog with preview images of the upcoming “Snow Miku Nendoroid Puchi” by Good Smile Company which will be released as part of “VOCALOID SEASON COLLECTION ～SNOW SONGS～” music CD that will officially be out on February 3rd, 2010. For more information on the song list in the CD just […]
So after an eventful rush to the end of 2009, we’ve come to, well, the end of 2009. And that also means the end of the Vocaloidism Awards. We have the winners for the big big awards, plus some well-wishes from some of our staff. If any of that interests you, come inside.
This week, we put aside our differences and just enjoy the Holiday Season... oh, there's a ranking to be reviewed, too!
Yes, it’s been two years since Rin and Len were officially released back in 2007. By now I am sure there would be more good Kagamine songs on your minds ever since Rin and Len celebrated their first birthday a year ago. This date holds great importance to me as I first became a Vocaloid […]
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 change.
Christmas has come and gone all across the world. I hope you all got you wanted. Looks like those two did. :3 Anyway, as Kwanzaa gets into full swing and 2010 heads around the bend lets look at some of the songs of the season.
Earlier today Mikatan updated her blog with more preview images of the upcoming 1/8 scale Black★Rock Shooter Black Blade Ver. figure by Good Smile Company which will be released in April 2010. More figure images and reservation links available after the break~
Information from SEGA has revealed that the PSP game “Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA-” will be getting a DLC add-on and SEGA has named this as “Additional Songs Deluxe Pack Vol.1 – Hatsune Miku: Miku Uta, Okawari (Tentive)”. A total of 9 songs together with the edit data will be available for download from the PlayStation […]
(Portions have been edited for cleanliness. Also, I didn’t know this was vetted so quickly.) …the article I wrote, that got deleted, got me and everyone else a bunch of flak, and the article for which I have written this very apology. Here’s the short version: I wrote something that was haphazard, over the top, […]
Engloids Leon, Lola, and Miriam are now at a special discount price of $79.99. For those of you interested, better get them while they are still available at this low price.
Information from PowerFX’s twitter page has revealed that Big Al has now been released and you can now go over to their site to get your copy of him at the price of 149 USD. And here’s a demo below of Big Al singing to a few songs. For more song demos and information about […]
In the spirit of the season, V-ism wishes to give its fans a heartfelt apology. V-ism has not been living up to everybody's expectations. Hopefully everything will change for the better after this.
Even in the midst of flowing time, oppression spins round and round. I can't even see the heart that's leaving me, didn't you know? I can't even get myself to move, slipping through the cracks of time. I don't know anything about what's around me, I'm just me and no more. -Bad Apple!! English Lyrics
Earlier on Friday Mikatan updated her blog with images of how the final 1/8 scale Black★Rock Shooter figure by Good Smile Company will look like before it’s released on December 21st 2009. More images as well as information about the Vocaloid plushies will be available after the break~
Welcome to what I hope will be another regular feature here on Vocaloidism, especially since this category seems so very unused. D: Every Saturday (blog local time), we’ll highlight some fun Vocaloid goodness and whatever I or whoever ends up writing this feels is noteworthy. What are you waiting for? Come on in and have […]
Information from 5thstar has pointed out that a new spacecraft from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) named Akatsuki which will be bound for Venus sometime next year and this time round, Miku could be going to Venus as well provided that an condition has to be met first. For more information and background story regarding […]
You are looking at the winning entry for the Sonika’s New Look contest. The name of the winner has not been disclosed, but a copy of Sonika software is making a beeline to his or her door as we speak. Congratulations. This had absolutely nothing to do with the new Sonika box art, which was […]
A long time ago, in a countryside far, far away... ...uh, no, nevermind.
Welcome back to the Vocaloidism Awards. Before we continue, I must say hello and welcome to those who were pointed to us by the Hatsune MikuMiku blog, who translated Part 1 of our show to Japanese. Whether it was to laud us or mock us is moot, because we like being famous. 日本語が苦手ですけど、日本のみんなあさん、いらしゃいませ。 m(_ _)m […]
For those of you who have been interested about the 1/8 scale VN02 Miku figure from Max Factory, information from Good Smile Company has announced that she will be released in June 2010 at a price of 12,800 yen. For more images and reservation links just continue reading after the break! Update on Dec 11th […]
Information from Hatsune Miku Miku blog has revealed that songs made using Miku’s new Append have been uploaded onto Nico Nico Douga as Crypton recently released more information regarding the new Miku Append. For more information just continue reading after the break~
Earlier today Mikatan updated her blog with preview images of how the final World Is Mine Miku figure by Good Smile Company will look like just before it’s about to be released.
Miki, Kiyoteru and Yuki finally got released and made their way to the WVR, but with only a couple of days to make a good first impression. Let's see if they're up to stuff.
Well, looking back it has been an exciting year for Vocaloidism. Ever since we reached our last milestones a few months ago we are proud to announce that the Vocaloidism blog has broke 250,000 views and this was actually achieved back on November 30th 2009 at around 1100 hours GMT+7. Of course, all this wouldn’t […]
This is a bit of a tale, so listen closely. Cy Ross was browsing through the Synthesizer Festa catalog when he caught a glimpse of this box art. The Hatsune MikuMiku blog (who translated our Vism Award article, which is totally cool, and we’re eternally grateful to them) got a hold of Cy’s article, and […]
After Kagamine Len’s “Servant Of Evil” which hit one million views back in March, Rin’s preceding song “Daughter of Evil” has finally achieved that feat on Nico Nico Douga as well and the million views was reached on November 26th at 23:20 hours Japan Time. More images and information about the song will be posted […]
As a semi-hearted attempt to implement featured articles on a regulated basis, I’m going to start doing an MMD article at or around the 1st of the month to recap the news and notes. This won’t stop major stuff from being posted immediately every now and again, but this will be the main one-stop shop […]
This week, GUMI strikes back, DK burns out from working on Krystal's award, DTKel develops insomnia, and JM is still M.I.A. Their only hope now lies in Dez and Red2's hands. Will they make it in time...? Tune in to find out!
Welcome to the 2009 Vocaloidism Awards, the show 3-part blog where YOU decide the winners. We have an exciting lineup of awards, some great surprises, and competitive categories. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed, and if we do, well, there’s always next year. The way this will work is that in this entry, we’ll announce […]
Well, it may be a bit late posting this after the Anime Festival Asia (AFA) event ended on last Sunday. But that’s because we are busy preparing the cosplay photos ready to be included in this post. And just to refresh everyone’s mind on what AFA is, it is an animation convention event held in […]
Update on November 26th 2009: Included reservation links for the Vocaloid Nendoroid Plus set. Just earlier Mikatan updated her blog with preview images of the upcoming “Vocaloid Nendoroid Plus Pull-Back Vehicles” which will be released by FREEing. This set will feature the Vocaloid in their fan-item vehicles such as Hatsune Miku with her Leek Car, […]
"GO! GO! POWER RANGERS~!!!" No...? Okay... how about, "TASTE THE RAINBOW!!!" Still no good...? Then, "Care Bears STA-" *gets shot* Alright... I'll shut up now...
Earlier today Mikatan updated her blog with more preview images of the upcoming “Vocaloid Nendoroid Puchi #01” which will be released by Good Smile Company on the 25th later this month. This time round the secret figure has finally been revealed as Hachune Miku (pictured below) so do continue reading after the break for more […]
Thank you to everyone who voted on the logo contest. I voted for DK, but of course he had to go and choke away the victory, but LF’s design is quite nice. It will be used with love forever and ever and ever. If you have a problem with this, then you should’ve voted. Besides, […]
Heya peeps! Remember that little quip I said at the end of the WVR #111 review article? Something about Utatte Mita and “Just Be Friends?” Well… okay, maybe it’s not much of an Utatte Mita as it is an English-translated Vocaloid song done by a western singer, but trust me on this, it’s not as […]
On November 11th, the Vocaloid Promotional Video Project has released a brand new version of MMD. Version 6 is going to be a new, souped-up version of the software we all know and love. Because of this, it’s in a “pilot” version available in the usual places. It’s still not top-of-the-line software, but Vista or […]
Earlier yesterday SEGA has put up the official website for the new Project DIVA Arcade and you can go over to view about it as we will be providing you with more information on some of the songs nominated so do continue reading as always!
Hoo-hum... Nothing out of the ordinary this week in WVR, I guess. cosMo does the clever move of uploading his new song moments after the previous tally to get the top spot, but really, that's nothing new.
After AH-Software announced the upcoming arrival of the three new Vocaloid, it seems they aren’t completely done yet. Information from their official website has pointed out that they are also planning the release of a new speech synthesizer software called VOICEROID which will be out on December 4th, the same day as their Vocaloid software. […]
Following the news that there will be two new Vocaloid that will be released along with Miki, information from Hatsune Miku Miku blog has finally revealed the identities of the new Vocaloid as more information will be provided right after the break so do continue reading!
Update on Nov 12th 2009: Included pre-order links for the Kagamine Rin and Len plushies. Earlier on Monday, Mikatan updated her blog with preview images of the upcoming “Nendoroid Plus Plushie Series 04: Kagamine Rin & Kagamine Len” which will be released by Gift.
Oh hi. Thanks for donating, but we’re not done with you yet. Vocaloidism, as with most blogs, is always a work in process. This time, we’re working on our image. Literally. We don’t have a shiny logo yet, but several of our forum patrons have provided some very nice options. Go to this thread and […]
This week, all of DK's nightmares come true! Now he's forced to type the WVR review article... FROM SCRATCH... ON HIS KEYBOARD... WITH HIS BARE HANDS!!! Dun-dun-DUUUUN~!!!
If you’ve visited our site recently, you’re probably wondering why there’s now a donation button on the side. Well, it has to do with our forums. Vocaforum ran on leased vBulletin technology, and that lease has expired, so there is currently no forum. A year’s lease is $95, but Kevin (the site owner) is looking […]
Once again, the days are fast approaching where we reflect on what we’re thankful for, at least, those of us users in the USA. With the seasons changing and people completely forgetting about the holiday between Halloween and Christmas, let us gather around the table and give thanks while we pig out on food that will inevitably make us too sleepy to remember which new Miku tune we last listened to.
Yeah, just in case if you didn’t remember it’s actually MEIKO’s birthday today. And we here at Vocaloidism do remember about her so this will be a special post dedicated to MEIKO on her special day. Anyway just read on for more information, birthday fanarts as well as some of the notable songs from MEIKO.
And so it seems we will be having a new Vocaloid joining us as well, and this time round it’s not by Crypton or Internet. Information from HEARTFAST mentions that an X’mas song album from HEARTFAST and Yamaha A&R titled “VOCALOIDS★X’MAS” featuring the new Vocaloid will be released on November 18th 2009 at a price […]
I guess it would be safe to say that Sonika has been getting a bit of a cult following. To her credit, she has the most well-defined personality of any Vocaloid on Earth, and it’s that personality that Zero-G is playing up in its new contest. It’s quite simple, really: Sonika wants a makeover. Give […]
This week, we investigate the mystery of the fluctuation of song "popularity" in the WVR. Looks like someone... crossed out MyList. YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH~!!!
Following information from the Crypton blog, it seems Crypton has just started on an experimental project called “Project if…”, this concept will be different from the popular and successful CV (Character Vocal) series and hopefully something unique and special will be coming out of this. And in the sample video below you can hear the […]
【ニコニコ動画】1925歌ってみたゴム There’s been a lot of changes happening on the Internets recently. For instance, MikuMikuDance has ticked up to version 5.22 with a truck load of fixes between this and 5.19, which is the version I had on my computer. This is the 6th update in the last two weeks, and with Windows 7 now […]
We showed the Miku cosplay vid earlier, and comments about this fusion of gynoid and moé seemed to fall somewhere within the (alleged) Uncanny Valley. Being that it’s Halloween, it only makes sense to give you another scare, this time with V-ism staff favorite Megpoid! WhooooooooOOOOOOOoooooooh! There’s actually three videos. The other two are accessible […]
Just like American Idol... the V-ism blog team finally got what they've been desperately needing: a fourth editor. Now the role of Kara goes to deztora!
Thanks to Miyuki for giving us a heads-up to this. Tech/Music blog Close Box and OpenPod got a leak on what is going to be a new male Vocaloid. From my translation: The voice actor is young and well-known. He DTM’s He volunteered himself for the job. He’s also a client. Obviously, we’ll be anxiously […]
Yes, one of Miku’s most famous song since she started out back in 2007, Miku Miku ni Shite Ageru♪, has finally reached 7 million views on Nico Nico Douga and this was achieved on October 20th 2009 at 0:25 hours Japan Time. This is the first Vocaloid song to have ever achieved such a feat […]
Just yesterday Mikatan updated her blog with preview images of Megurine Luka Nendoroid by Good Smile Company, which will be up for reservations today in Japan. For more preview images as well as information about the new Character Charm Collection by Good Smile Company, just continue reading after the break~ Update: Included pre-order link for […]
Shhhh… be vewy vewy qwiet… I’m hunting Vocawoids… The nostalgia barrage continues on as more songs from way back (figuratively and literally) return to the Top-30. But V-ism marches on to give our fellow Vocafans the latest review of WVR! (yeah, I ran out of things to say… sorry ’bout that.) Update: Included information from […]
Duhnuh nuhhhh nuhhhhhh. Duhnuh nuh nuh nuhhhhhhhh….oh hello. We took a deliberate pause >_> to talk about the recent Vocaran but now it’s time to get back to business. It’s time for the virtual rubber to hit the information superhighway. It’s the Vocaloid Ranking Special Top 10. Over the past 25 weeks (76-100), these are […]
If you believe that the Vocaloid characters all act as a family unit, then Sonika must be the red green-headed middle stepchild of the group. She’s always trying to make herself noticed, whether it’s through her music or her Twitter feed, and now she has an incredibly self-aware comic with help from web artist and […]
WHAT THE-!? Why is this thing up so early this week? Last week it was so late, I actually missed reviewing it! Not to mention how SP4 got past the radar… IS THE RANKINGS TRYING TO SKREW ME UP!? Then again, I’m actually running out of things to say to start out these weekly ranking […]
Greetings, true believers! In our last episode, we ran through not one, but TWO episodes of the 4th Ranking Special. We covered over 6 dozen songs and a big interview with asaP (with special guest shippotan). Today, we start breaking down the Top 40. A friendly reminder: these scores are determined from their performances from […]
Apparently, our tinfoil hats have prevented us from seeing that SP4 was up. These are your top songs from Rankings 76-100 (Which means only 6 more months until SP5!) so sit back and relax as we startup the Wayback Machine. D’OH~!!! How could’ve I let this slip through me!? I’m terribly sorry folks, we’ll make […]
Yes, you heard that right. Hatsune Miku will be in next month’s Anime Festival Asia (AFA) and this will be her very first overseas appearance outside of Japan. Anime Festival Asia is an animation convention event held in Singapore celebrating all things related to Japanese animation and popular culture. Seriously it was a pleasant surprise […]
According to information posted on the Piapro blog back on Oct 5th, it has been revealed that the new sequel to the Vocaloid game will tentatively be called “Project DIVA Arcade”. SEGA has put up a notice as a competition inviting members of the public to submit original and unreleased Miku songs. The length of […]
Robot dresses up like Hatsune Miku at CEATEC 2009.
It’s been a bit of a hectic couple of days for the Vocaloidism staff. We all sorta found VocaRan SP4 at once, and since apparently none of us can translate without babelfish, we don’t have the full story, and that’s sort of put the Weekly Rankings on the back burner, but do not fret (as […]
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 videos.
Hmm… looks like the “Site Busy!“-errors are gone for now. Better make this article quick before they come back. Anyways, we are now at the final testing phase of “The MELTDOWN Effect”-theory. So far, we’ve only seen a slight decline of points (which can also be attributed to fan interest) in the previous rankings. This […]
Time for donating blood for Miku. XD Actucally, she is not hurt at all. Japanese Red Cross Society has started a new activity named with [AKIBA:F] to demonstrate their new blood donation room in Akiba, the room is near located in JHR station. It will begin from October 1st and lasts for 3 months. As […]
MikuMikuDance has been updated to 5.13 on both the English and Japanese versions. (The one you want is dependent on your regional setting. Just setting your non-Unicode setting to Japanese doesn’t work anymore.) This is all well and good, but there’s something better on the update front. Nanami Watabe has uploaded a .pmd of Megpoid! […]
Well, please don’t be alarmed if you have been experiencing the “Site Too Busy/Situs Sedang Sibuk”, “Out of Memory”, or a similar error message while on the blog. Currently we are transitioning the blog from the old host/server (Indonesian based, but the server location is in the US) to a new host/server (US based, and […]
Alright, seriously… this is starting to get really irritating. I’m really not sure about you guys, but we here at Vocaloidism have been experiencing some “Site Busy” problems that have been messing up our time in creating articles. What happens is that whenever we try to save the draft, “Situs Sedang Sibuk!” pops up, and […]
Before I start, lemme just apologize for my erratic behavior during the previous ranking review. It’s not that I suddenly hate all the mainstays in the WVR, but the fact that fans would do such underhanded tactics just to keep them on top just makes me wonder that the rankings really is all about… MELTDOWN […]
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 myself, […]
Earlier yesterday Mikatan updated her blog with more preview images of the upcoming “Black★Rock Shooter – Pilot Edition” anime, which will be made available on September 30th 2009 in the format of DVD and Blu-ray discs together with CDs for the music. More screenshot previews and information will be posted so just continue reading as […]
Earlier this week Mikatan has updated her blog with preview images of the upcoming Vocaloid Nendoroid Puchi Race Queen Set which will be released by Good Smile Company. For more preview images and information about the RQ set just continue reading after the break!
Yes, you haven’t heard this wrong. According to AnimeNewsNetwork (ANN), a figure of Hachune Miku will be set to launch aboard a rocket in the US later this month. This month’s launch, part of the eXtreme Performance Rocket Ships (XPRS) contest that will take place at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada from September 18 […]
It’s official: MELTDOWN is never coming back to the WVR. This is due to WVR’s rule not to include songs that were not uploaded by their original producers; MELTDOWN’s producer is iroha(sasaki), while the new MELTDOWN video using the DVD PV was uploaded by nagimiso. The whole mess started because of the fact that iroha(sasaki) […]
As is the case with most of our MikuMikuDance reports, we’re a bit behind, but I think this is noteworthy. On the 29th of August, MMD upgraded to version 5.10. Amongst the various fixes between our last article and this one is featured in the above picture. A new “metal” Miku model comes with the […]
In retrospect, while it is sad that GUMI doesn’t have as much songs as she should from the P’s in NND, I think it was still a fair turn of events. Otherwise, kz’s Crosslight wouldn’t be an epic album with an awesome COSMiCA single, and I wouldn’t ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! This is the break GUMI […]
Yes, our leek-loving virtual idol will be celebrating her birthday today and everyone here at Vocaloidism have definitely not forgotten that, and so this post will be dedicated to Hatsune Miku on her very special day. Happy Birthday, Miku! 😀
Update: Included pre-order link from Hobby Link Japan Recently Mikatan has updated her blog with preview images of the upcoming Vocaloid Nendoroid Puchi Set 01, in which there will be 10 different ones together with a secret figure in the set. For more preview images of the 10 different Vocaloid Nendoroid Puchi known so far […]
Right off the bat, lemme apologize for my extreme lateness in making this article. My ISP decided to be dead and, subsequently, poofed-out our cable and Internet… and now, for some other reason, I can’t view the video for WVR 99! What the Hell is wrong with me today!? Ehem, anyway, I’m viewing it on […]
[Update: Included preorder links on Amazon Japan] Information from Good Smile Company has it that Black★Rock Shooter, an original character by huke, will be having an anime based on it which is projected to start in Spring 2010. The Pilot Edition of the anime will be made available in September 2009 and supposedly it will […]
I am seriously running out of things to say for my opening statements in these articles… I think it’s due to the slight decline of interest in Vocaloids from the community in general, which naturally affects me as well. Internet virtual idol-worship is such a tiny niche to fill, after all. It’s also part of […]
Yes, following Megurine Luka’s “Double Lariat” last month we now have another Vocaloid song which has hit two million views on Nico Nico Douga as well. And this time round it’s none other than Hatsune Miku’s well-known song “The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku” (Hatsune Miku no Shoushitsu or Shoushitsu in short) which achieved the feat […]
Following the release of the video documentary a few months ago about Hatsune Miku and how she has managed to change the world with her music, Channel Asahi has released another video late last month as we go in depth into one of the Miku’s music creators, Tripshots, who made the popular song Nebula as […]
It’s been a while since we last had an actual MMD post, but that doesn’t mean things have been happening. The freeware animation program had six updates in the interim, mainly dealing with problems with the MMDxShow.dll file. I don’t know the whole story, but I’m guessing that new problems arose as old ones were […]
“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 case. Now I have a Thesis, a “Mini-Thesis”, and a JAVA program […]
By now, you’re probably tired of V-ism’s coverage of the 3rd MikuMiku Dance Cup. After all, we’ve previewed all three themes’ top entrants pretty extensively and got you aware of something you may not have initially known about. You can’t think there’s anything else, right? Well, you’re wrong. 46 of the 80+ entries score got […]
I just want to share this attractive model from KiyoP. For lolicons out there it must feel nice to watch this little cute Miku to dance about. I first found out about her in this video over on youtube (Nico link). You can download the model from the link in this video. Avoid ecchi poses, […]
So far in our MMD Cup shenanigans, we looked at the seasons, we looked at the future, and now we’re gonna take it easy. No, not in the above sense. Honestly, I’m glad yukkuri isn’t one of the themes. There’d be no originality whatsoever, just a bunch of floating heads. Instead, we’re doing raku, which […]
Let’s look into…the future Reader: The future, Joe? That’s right, loyal reader, the distant future! All the way to the Year 3000! Reader: . . . Okay, then how about August 14, 2009, which is when the Finals of the 3rd semi-annual MMD Cup will commence. 86 entries have been submitted and we have been looking over […]
As we move closer to August 14th, Vocaloidism will preview some of the top vids from the 3rd MMD Cup Qualifying and see if they’re up to snuff. With over half of the 86 entries earning a perfect score, leave it to V-ism to sort the trash from the treasure. In our last installment, the […]
【ニコニコ動画】週刊VOCALOIDランキング #96 T’is time for another edition of the WVR review! But… umm… unfortunately this is gonna be quite brief since I didn’t do prior research (I was busy with other stuff during the week), so I won’t delve too much into the new songs that made it to this week’s rankings. As a side note: […]
One of the neat things the Vocaloid community does is the semi-annual MikuMikuDance Cup. For those who don’t know, it’s an Iron Chef-style MMD video contest with the winners determined by the fan community on Nico Nico Douga. The qualifying round for the 3rd meet is now in the books, and with 86 videos in […]
Honestly, I think we at V-ism should post at least 1 non-Vocaran story per week, even if it’s going to be fluff or something barely relevant. Here’s this week’s article: The folks at the VPVP have released version 5.02 of MikuMikuDance, fixing a bug involving sound playback. So if your audio’s been wonky, well there […]
【ニコニコ動画】週刊VOCALOIDランキング #95 Another week, another review of WVR… Funny, it seems like only yesterday (looks at article below). Last week we saw GUMI going the way of her “brother,” Gakupo and many other Vocaloids who are not named Miku, Rin/Len or Luka. Seems like she’s destined to play second fiddle, which is very unfortunate (since I […]
【ニコニコ動画】週刊VOCALOIDランキング #94 Ahh… it is good to be back, after all. Well, as I promised, here I am reviewing the Weekly Vocaloid Ranking (which will henceforth be abbreviated to WVR) for the English Vocaloid community at large. The link above leads directly to the NND upload of said ranking and is for registered NND members only, […]
It seems as though the posting of Weekly Ranking reviews is now a sorta lost art to Vocaloidism. It all started way back in ArmyCats’ Vocaloid blog (with a full list of songs to boot!) but seems to have been lost in transition to this place. So allow me to (re)introduce myself. The name’s DK, […]
The Vocaloid community likes to prank us every now and then, so when the latest Weekly Vocaloid Ranking mentioned the arrival of Sonika, I was skeptical. I mean, look at that box art. It honestly, looks like an avatar for IMVU or something and uploaded to a deviantArt account, and I’m not just saying that […]
So it’s been a couple weeks since Megpoid has been released to eager music-makers everywhere, and now that Ms. Nakajima can sit back and start collecting her checks (I’m only speculating, though), now’s a good time to take a look and see how Gumi has fared in the early goings. (Note: For sake of consistency, […]
Earlier this week Mikatan has updated her blog with preview images of the upcoming 1/8 scale Hatsune Miku CM Version by Good Smile Company as well as the Hatsune Miku Live Stage Version figma by Max Factory, both of which will be on sale exclusively at the Wonder Festival 2009 event. And for more preview […]
MMD Version 5.01 has been released, stronger than the version 4, changes from the last version would be added model and more detailed work and you can view the list below, the download link for it would be here. (If the link doesn’t seem to be working then you can just go to the VPVP […]
A video has emerged some time ago on Nico Nico Douga, featuring Vocaloid family such as: Miku (Yui), Rin (Ritsu), Meiko (Mugi), and somewhat fitting Neru as Mio. 【ニコニコ動画】【MikuMikuDance】けいおん！OP再現 And here’s the YouTube video just in case some of you are unable to access Nico Nico Douga. I left the omake part to the patient […]
Well, this article will contain all the known Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- updates currently up to July 2nd 09, in which all the 39 songs and 39 costumes as well as videos related to the game revealed by Sega will be listed for easy referencing for anyone wanting to know the complete songs and costumes […]
Well, this post is Vocaloidism’s big fat welcome to Megpoid, whose software has already hit the streets of Japan on June 26th. This is SSW’s Internet software company’s 2nd venture into the virtual idol business–their first featuring the ubiquitous J-rocker Gackt. To know more about Gumi’s voice actress just continue reading after the break.
Anime News Network and animeanime.jp report that Exit Tunes Presents Vocalostar feat. Miku Hatsune cracked Oricon’s Weekly Top 10 Album list. Last August, Re:Package hit #5 with nearly 20,000 copies, and this is presumably the first Vocaloid album to crack the Top 10 since then. The exact position is currently unknown since the rankings haven’t been published […]
Following the reaching of one million views back in October 08, the song “Black★Rock Shooter” has finally hit two million views on Nico Nico Douga on the date of June 13th 2009 at 23:53 hours Japan Time, making it the 6th Miku only song to achieve that feat on the Nico Nico Douga Two Million […]
Earlier this week Internet software company has released new official illustrations for their latest Vocaloid 2 character, Megpoid, in which the software will be released on June 26th retailing for 15,750 yen. Also, a new demo song titled “BLUE BUTTERFLY” has been revealed and you can view the official illustrations right after the break~
Yes, Kagamine Rin’s popular song Meltdown, also known as “Roshin Yukai”, has become the first Rin song to reach two million views on Nico Nico Douga and this feat was achieved on June 11th 2009, at 23:08 hours Japan Time, which is less than 6 months after the video was first uploaded. This will be […]
We’re so close to Hatsune Miku Project DIVA’s release date! Only less than a month to go. And of course, as usual, more information is released today. 2 new costumes by SEGA, since as we know a few days ago, the PIAPRO x SEGA Costume Collaboration have been completed and all 22 costumes have been […]
If you’re a Miku fan, chances are that you have heard the song “Melt” – which was composed by ryo/supercell. He have released an album a few months ago, which ranked 4th on the Oricon Chart when it first came out. He’ll be releasing his first single called 君の知らない物語 (Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari), or “Your […]
I have always loved 8-BIT music. Chiptune is music that is performed and composed by using retro game hardware like the Famicom and the Gameboy as instruments – it’s how music was made for video games back in the old Famicom days. And 8-BIT PROPHET is trying to combine Chiptune with Vocaloid. And I have […]
Remember when Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin and Kagamine Len used to be in PangYa almost exactly last year? Now it’s Megurine Luka’s turn as the Vocaloid event is back in PangYa! This time, the theme is Shining Sand, and the song “Nowhere REMIX” can already be heard in the actual event site. Hatsune Miku was […]
The Internet Company, who sells Kamui Gakupo and is about to release Megpoid, have posted four demo songs for Megpoid in their Megpoid demo page. Two of them is “Be MYSELF” (one is a chorus version), and the other two is “Fly me to the Moon” (divided into two parts). You can check all of […]
This post will contain every information that is currently known about Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA-, including the songs and costumes. SEGA have finally released the full-length promotion movie for Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- and announced a lot of new costumes and songs for the PSP game which is releasing in 2nd July. The promotion movie […]
Asami Shimoda recently aired a radio show, where she talked about Prism and played a short snippet of the song by signalP. Fortunately, one of our forum members, Hisana, have ripped the song and I embedded it below so that we can all listen to it. [audio: http://www.vocaloidism.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/prism.mp3] I love it. I’m a fan of […]
Yep, they’re finally confirmed by PIAPRO to be in the game. This means that all Crypton Vocaloid (as in Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin, Kagamine Len, Megurine Luka, KAITO and MEIKO) are in Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA-. Along with this information, PIAPRO also revealed three new Hatsune Miku costumes. And of course, I’ll explain how the […]
Ah, it may have been less than a week since the design for Megpoid from Internet software company was revealed but fanarts of her have since been appearing on image sites everywhere, especially PIAPRO and Pixiv. This post is just a gallery of some of my favorite fanarts of her, so just read on after […]
Well, I just happen to be browsing on Amazon Japan when I saw that the Prism album by Asami Shimoda, which will be released on June 10th, has finally updated the song list to reveal all 13 songs that will be included in the album and here are the songs as listed below, songs in […]
Internet software company, which was revealed to be releasing a new Vocaloid character to be voiced by Nakajima Megumi earlier on, has now unveiled the design of their latest Vocaloid character which will be titled “Megpoid”. The new Vocaloid character was designed by manga artist Yuuki Masami (of Mobile Police Patlabor and Birdy the Mighty […]
Finally, after the song “Double Lariat” by Megurine Luka which reached one million views on Nico Nico Douga back in March, we now have another Luka song on the million views list as well. “RIP=RELEASE”, a song which was uploaded just hours before the end of Luka’s debut day on Jan 30th, has managed to […]
Earlier last month, Mikatan has updated her blog with preview images of the upcoming Hatsune Miku Race Queen Nendoroid together with the Nendoroid car set as shown below. Unfortunately though, this Hatsune Miku Nendoroid set seems to be an exclusive item limited to Japan and you can only get it at Nicoshop or Ure10. For more […]
Yes, another song by Hatsune Miku has managed to hit one million views on Nico Nico Douga recently and this time round it’s the song “Packaged”. Originally uploaded onto Nico Nico Douga back in September 2007, this song has finally achieved the one million views feat on April 21st at 23:41 hours Japan Time. To […]
Information from the supplemental issue of DTM magazine has revealed that Nakajima Megumi (best known for her performance as Ranka Lee in Macross Frontier) will be the voice actress for Internet company’s next Vocaloid character. Internet company has previously released their first Vocaloid software Gackpoid about a year ago which is voiced by musician and […]
How hard is it to actually make a Vocaloid sing? You probably knew what a Vocaloid is and often go to Nico Nico Douga to check out the newest Vocaloid songs. And you also probably know that it costs a lot of time and requires that the user be very familiar with the knowledge of music in order […]
I know many of you came here looking for MikuMikuDance or how to operate it. For those of you who have downloaded the MikuMikuDance program wanting to create your own Vocaloid MMD videos but aren’t sure of how to use the program or need help with it, then this post is for you. Over the […]
Earlier yesterday Mikatan updated her blog with preview images of the 1/8 scale World Is Mine Hatsune Miku figure by Good Smile Company, which is scheduled for release in September 2009. And as you can see she will be coming along with a nice wooden frame as a display base. She’s retailing at about 8,800 […]
I first knew about this application about a month ago from ASCII news. So I went to the iTunes Store right after I read the news but I couldn’t find any information about this application. Apparently it was still in the approval process back then. Today, though, the application went for sale for free, and […]
A few days ago, Vocaloidism hit 50,000 views. My old blog also reached 50,000 views recently, so in total, we have hit 100,000 views. We recently posted our 100th post, made our 100th tag, and we recently got our 500th comment. All at the same time, for some reason. Thank you all for your support! […]
This was told to me a few days ago by a friend who’s also interested in Vocaloid, late last month a video documentary featuring the history of the 3D PV models of Hatsune Miku from 2007 to 2009 has been uploaded on YouTube and it was subbed in English for fans’ better understanding. From the […]
According to DTM and Gpara news magazine, Asami Shimoda, the voice actress of Kagamine Rin and Len, will be releasing a new album titled “Prism” (Kagamine Rin and Len featuring Asami Shimoda) in announcement of the “PIAPRO x Asami Shimoda Special Collaboration Project” results celebrating Rin and Len’s birthday a few months ago. Prism will […]
According to information released from SEGA’s Consumer New Works Presentation Ceremony 2009 held on April 14th, it seems likely that ryo’s song Melt will be included in -Project DIVA- as well. (Pictured below) You can’t see it? Let’s zoom it in below. We know it’ll come sooner or later anyways. For a list of all […]
This post is just for you BRS fans. Earlier today the Black Rock Shooter main page has been updated with another new BRS wallpaper by huke and this time round, the image is based on the actual model of the 1/8 scale Black Rock Shooter PVC figure. Once again, the BRS figure is simply awesome […]
Information from SegaPrize has it that they will be releasing another set of Vocaloid Hatsune Miku and Kagamine Rin EX PVC figurines and this time it’s Version 1.5 compared to the ones released last year. Set to release in the third week of June in Japan this year, pre-orders have already started in online shops […]
Last month, we surprised you with a certain news about Sakura no Ame. We told you that they are looking for people who wanted to audition in the upcoming Sakura no Ame movie. Of course, no detail were revealed until yesterday, where ORICON made a news about this movie. It’s confirmed that Tetra Film Studio […]
While browsing Amazon Japan just now, I noticed that they’ve added a box art to Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA-. As you can see above, it’s nothing major. It’s the exact KEI illustration we saw earlier. What’s really new is that small writing in the upper left of the box art, which reads as “Kono utagoe, […]
Remember the Akikan! news I told you about recently? I’ve been able to get a hold of the maxi single of the Ending themes used in the anime. Even though the quality of the anime was a dissapointment since they decided to went with a low budget for animation of this show, I still love […]
Vocaloidism is a big open community of English Vocaloid fans. Anyone in here can post a news. Just register and write a new post if you want! Of course, that post will have to have my approval first. Anyways, in this post, I’ll introduce DT, who have been writing many articles in this blog in […]
Following the release of the video featuring Hatsune Miku last month on Channel ASAHI, Asahi Shinbun has produced an article about Hatsune Miku on March 21st and although the article is issued only in Japan, a Japanese fan masatopia has kindly translated and uploaded the article as a video on Youtube with narration using VoiceText […]
Earlier today SEGA has just released a short movie version of the opening theme for the PSP game Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- on Japanese video sharing site Nico Nico Douga. Watch Miku’s transformation in the OP as she turns from a ordinary school girl into the famous virtual singing diva that we all know. Hachune […]
From Mikatan’s blog it was known that the 1/8 scale of the Black Rock Shooter by Good Smile Company has received very good pre-order sales reviews throughout Japan and in celebration of that, GSC has decided to give away the “Black Rock Shooter Visual Works” doujinshi by the original illustrator, huke. Released in August 2008 […]
As the graduation season ends in Japan, a new Vocaloid Ranking Special have been uploaded. As opposed to the two before, this Top 100 countdown with a Cherry Blossom theme focused on the best songs from the 8-month span since the 2nd Special. To do so, any video that appeared before SP2 had their score […]
Just yesterday Good Smile Company updated their Black Rock Shooter main page with the new April commercial which features the 1/8 scale of Black Rock Shooter and World Is Mine Hatsune Miku. To view it just watch the video below: Also, on the Black Rock Shooter main page there will be a free BRS wallpaper […]
Well, it’s late. But at least we still didn’t forget Teto’s birthday which is on the 1st of April, and that happens to be April Fools’ Day. Originally born as an April Fool’s joke by 2chan users to trick Nico Nico Douga users into thinking that she’s a new Vocaloid released by Crypton Future Media, […]
Remember Jewel Colors? It was an album released by ave;new feat. Hatsune Miku. ave;new is one of my favorite artists since 5 years ago. I love all of their songs, since they’re so cute, and was thrilled when they released “Jewel Colors”, a song made by them featuring Hatsune Miku. Now, they are going to […]
Well, with so many Miku songs already on the Nico Nico Douga million views video ranking chart it should come as no surprise that another song by Hatsune Miku would be added to the list sooner or later. And that would happen to be Sakura no Ame, which hit the million views mark on 30th […]
Akikan! is one of the anime I’ve watched until the end this in the last Winter 2009 season. The last episode of the anime sure have some surprises. Firstly, a girl named Miku appeared in the show, and then Hatsune Miku sung the last ending theme. If you’re not aware of this anime, it’s about […]
Last week Channel Asahi released a video documentary about Vocaloid Hatsune Miku and how she has managed to change the world with her music, as we go into further detail with the creators and music makers behind Miku’s success. Just recently the video has been translated with English subtitles to help viewers understand Miku and […]
I’m pretty sure most Vocaloid fans would be familiar with this song. Created by halyosy and played by halyosy’s band “absorb”. The song itself concerns the thoughts and emotions surrounding graduation, and was played live for a high school graduation this month. The song itself is now used throughout Japanese high schools as their graduation […]
At long last, following Rin’s “Meltdown” which broke the one millionth view mark on Nico Nico Douga last month, now Len finally has a song which have more than one million views as well. And that’s none other than [悪ノ召使], or “Servant Of Evil” by AkunoP (悪ノP氏). It’s been said that if there was going […]
Apparently I’ve missed the event, thanks to the fact that school was too exhausting and I had a 16 hour sleep last night. But fortunately, pKjd from moetron☆萌えトロン listed those 39 secrets revealed in the Yappa Asobina 09 event. Some of our forum members also went to 2ch and collected some information, especially Miyuki. And […]
This is one of the happiest day in my life. Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- got a release date and I pre-ordered it, and then this news got posted in PIAPRO’s blog. Thank you so much for @Molokheiya, the creator of Typenist, the online Hatsune Miku lyrics typing game, for letting me know about this news! […]
Just this morning, an hour ago, I got an e-mail from Amazon Japan saying that Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- is up for pre-order. I pre-ordered it instantly. Release date is 2nd of July, and the price is 6090 yen, although Amazon is currently selling it for 20% less. For those of you who doesn’t know, […]
There’ll be an announcement on Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA-, the upcoming PSP game by SEGA on 14 March 2009, at an event called “39 Secrets: Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA-“. Fujita Saki and some of the guys behind this game would be there too. The event would be held in Tokyo Fashion Town Hall 1000, at […]
We just had a major downtime for about half a month. Please read this forum post for more information. The good news is that we’re now on our own server! Expect no more downtimes and faster loading times, and of course, more frequent posts! Welcome back to the new Vocaloidism, where the Vocaloid spirit would […]
After Megurine Luka was released 2 days ago, Nagimiso.SYS released a new UTAU, Haruka Nana (春歌ナナ), voiced by Nanahira. For those who doesn’t know what UTAU is, it’s basically a fan-made freeware vocaloid-esque program. It’s just like Kasane Teto. For those of you who’re interested in UTAU, here’s a full description by Krystal. “A freeware […]
So it have been 2 days since Luka is released… Let’s count up the best 70 songs of her I found while browsing on Nico Nico Douga! Read on for the songs!
The Vocaloid family finally gets another member. Megurine Luka (巡音ルカ) is released today. And dozens of songs of her are already uploaded on Nico Nico Douga and YouTube. Even a Ranking of her songs is already uploaded at Nico Nico Douga. Luka was originally planned to be released last month at December, but she was […]
Yesterday night Crypton’s blog was updated with the concept of CV03. The concept of CV03 is going to be “巡り”, which would translate as “going around”, roughly. Hatsune Miku’s concept was 初, which means “first” and Kagamine Rin and Len’s concept was 鏡, which means “mirror”. So CV03’s last name is going to be 巡り音. […]
