Hoshi

She's a huge VOCALOID fan, a figure collector, and an all around nerd. Hoshi's been in the VOCALOID fandom since 2008 and has been a hardcore VOCALOID fan since 2013.

“ECHO” Novel Promotional Video Released

A promotional video for the novel based on"ECHO", a song by Crusher-P featuring GUMI English, has been uploaded by PHP Comix. The PV introduces fans to the four main characters and sets the mood of the novel. You can see the faces trapped in televisions, and the character seen in the original "ECHO" video makes

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Alter/Ego ALYS Preorder Now Available

After much anticipation, ALYS is finally receiving a commercial voice bank. She will be able to sing in both Japanese and French. ALYS will be for the Alter/Ego engine. According to Plogue (the creator of Alter/Ego): "Alter/Ego is based on the award winning technology featured in chipspeech but instead of targeting Vintage voice technology, it

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IA and ONE Illustration Contest Announced

1st Place has announced an IA and ONE illustration contest to celebrate the first anniversary of ONE and the fourth anniversary of IA. Main Information Deadline: Monday, February 29th. (No exact time has been announced so it's best to be early! However, it's probably safe to assume that the deadline is at 11:59 JST.

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VOCALOID Week in Review: Feb 1st to Feb 7th 2016

The first week of February brought with it tons of VOCALOID news. Here's your VOCALOID Week in Review. Project Diva X News Character Interactions, Friendship Level, and New Songs Information on becoming friends with VOCALOIDs in Project Diva X was revealed as well as info on how interactions with those characters raise friendship. In addition

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IA and ONE Anniversary Celebration Plans Announced

January 27th marks the anniversaries of both IA and ONE, and 1st Place has recently announced several plans for an IA and ONE Anniversary celebration. They've created an official webpage and have also posted on the IA World page about their plans. Gallery art from the official anniversary website Main Details On January 27th, a

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VOCALOID Fukase Demos, English Bank, and Release Date Revealed

YAMAHA is gearing up for the release of VOCALOID Fukase. After several months of not hearing anything about him after the design contest winner was announced in September, we're getting a lot more than we expected! Release Details VOCALOID Fukase's Box Art The digital download of VOCALOID Fukase will be released on January 28th while

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New Information on Unity-chan and PROJECT AKAZA Revealed!

Lots of information about Unity-chan and PROJECT AKAZA has been revealed since the Comiket announcement. It seems AKAZA will be a VOCALOID while Unity-chan's VOCALOID title is questionable. There are also several demos available for Unity-chan and VOCALOID SDK for Unity. VOCALOID SDK for Unity Demos On the official VOCALOID website, one can download three

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