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September, 2015

• 26 September

  Art Book Contest and Release Date Announced for the Upcoming Chinese VOCALOID Stardust!

  

  A few months ago a Chinese VOCALOID was announced and was given the name Stardust (Xingchen, 星尘). This was a collaboration between Shanghai HENIAN and Quadimension. Stardust was originally a mascot for Quadimension's album series. Her Quadimensionko design was announced in February of 2015. Quadimensionko   When her VOCALOID design was revealed in May

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• 20 September

  New Rhythm Game Featuring Chinese VOCALOIDs Set for Release Soon!

  

  Note for all the up to date information check out our newest article "What is Zyon" for the download link and up to date information A new rhythm game featuring Chinese VOCALOIDs titled "Zion" in China and "Zyon" internationally was announced for mobile devices a few months ago. This game is a collaboration between Vsinger

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• 18 September

  VOCALOID Fukase Design Contest Winner Announced!

  

  On September 18th, pixiv announced the winners for the VOCALOID Fukase design contest. The contest itself was held from August 4th to August 31st with the grand prize being that the winning artist gets to design and draw the box art for VOCALOID Fukase. Winner Artist: mikuma pixiv Upload The winning artist was mikuma. A

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• 9 September

  VOCALOID Rana to Receive V4 Bank!

  

  YAMAHA's twitter devoted to VOCALOID just announced that VOCALOID Rana, originally exclusive to those with a magazine subscription only available in Japan, will be updated to V4 to celebrate her first birthday (September 9th). This bank will be available in the VOCALOID online store as a Limited Edition for those who don't have her

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• 5 September

  Creative Minds: An Interview with Cosplayer Tawii Szöllösy

  

  Recently, the Vocaloid Facebook fan page shared a beautiful image of cosplayer Tawii Szöllösy wearing her SONiKA costume. She messaged the page very happy to be shared and I offered to interview her to bring more attention not only to her incredible work but also to cosplayers in general as well as her country's fandom.

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• 1 September

  Hatsune Miku and Kagamine Rin and Len V4X Releases Announced

  

  Earlier today Crypton Future Media made two announcements concerning their upcoming releases, Hatsune Miku and Kagamine Rin and Len V4X. The first includes more information on the previously announced Hatsune Miku V4X and the other of the long awaited upgrade of Kagamine Rin and Len. Hatsune Miku Illustration by Ixima (This is not her final

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August, 2015

• 27 August

  VOCALOID Unity-chan Announced for V4 Engine

  

  Recently, YAMAHA announced a collaboration project between VOCALOID and the Unity game engine. To mark the occasion, Japan's moe mascot for the engine will be receiving a VOCALOID 4 voice bank. VOCALOID Unity-chan is set to be released in December of this year. VOCALOID Unity-chan Not much is known about the Japanese VOCALOID at the

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• 23 August

  VOCALOID Is Multisingual: The Languages of VOCALOID

  

  VOCALOID has been capable of giving people the chance to make their own songs and use voice banks represented by virtual idols to sing those songs. One of the things that’s very impressive is that these voice banks can sing in a number of languages. For the most part, we’re aware that VOCALOIDs can sing

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• 19 August

  The Road to Producers: An Interview with Mimi

  

  Chances are if you are not in China or do not follow the Chinese VOCALOIDs much, you most likely won't be very familiar with songs or producers from there. VNN, however, is and is here to bring you into the world of Chinese producers. VOCALOID CHINA (now Vsinger) Promotional Art Who Is Mimi? Mimi is

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• 14 August

  VOCALOID 4 YueZheng Longya Approved! Fans Can Recommend a Voice Provider!

  

  On July 30th, Vsinger announced a possible delay on YueZheng Longya due to investors doubting his popularity. Vsinger made a post on Weibo asking for 100,000 shares by August 31st to show the interest of fans. Vsinger's post asking for fans to show their interest in Longya. On August 8th, only 9 days later

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• 9 August

  “Unique Antique” Album by Yunosuke

  

  Yunosuke is a producer from Japan who mostly does EDM and has been uploading music for roughly a year. I recently purchased Yunosuke's first album "Unique Antique" and was not disappointed. The album has a variety of 11 great tracks and an intro that covers many sub-genres in the EDM category. The variety makes it

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• 7 August

  The Road to Producers: An Interview with EmpathP

  

  Ever wonder how producers got their start? Or what VOCALOID to choose from if you are just getting started? Aki Glancy happens to own many VOCALOID voice banks. Therefore, I approached Aki to see if she would be interested in giving us some tips on getting started as a VOCALOID producer, as well as how

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• 4 August

  Design Contest for New Male VOCALOID Fukase Now Open

  

  YAMAHA has surprised the fandom with an announcement of yet another male VOCALOID. The new library will be VOCALOID Fukase and its voice provider is none other than Fukase from SEKAI NO OWARI. This marks the second high profile singer (the first being Sachiko Kobayashi voicing VOCALOID Sachiko) and the third high profile person (the

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• 4 August

  VOCALOID UNI Illustration Revealed!

  

  A while back we got an announcement for VOCALOID UNI, a new Korean VOCALOID created by ST MEDiA. The project went quiet for a while. However, recently they have started answering fan questions and it seems like a release was on its way in the near future. Today they released a silhouette of UNI and

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• 3 August

  Is There a VOCALOID Anime?

  

  If there's one question guaranteed to set forth a fury of flames from angry fans, it's someone asking what anime a VOCALOID is from or if there's even a VOCALOID anime in existence. The short answer is, of course, that there isn't a VOCALOID anime. An anime would give characters a canon personality and history

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