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.
Read More »Hoshi
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
Read More »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
Read More »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
Read More »IA/VT Colorful Released Today!
One year ago, fans were eagerly awaiting the release of the video game IA/VT Colorful as its release date was set for July 31st, 2014. Unfortunately, a delay was announced shortly before and then another delay was seen after the first. But after a long wait, the PS Vita game is finally being released! http
Read More »ARSMAGNA VOCALOID Arsloid Pre-orders Open July 30th
The first demo of the upcoming VOCALOID Arsloid was released on June 15th, 2015 and ARSMAGNA fans were absolutely thrilled. The idea of there being a VOCALOID based on one of the characters in the cosplaying dance group was exciting. However, no one was sure if the VOCALOID would be private or distributed. Many assumed
Read More »VOCALOID Summer Wonder Festival 2015 Highlights
This year's Summer Wonder Festival (also known as WonFes) was an exhibit filled with VOCALOID related reveals (as well as an UTAU). Though Miku dominated, many other VOCALOIDs have figures in the making as well. Below is a collection of information on the exhibited figures. Hatsune Miku Figures For image sources, click the names
Read More »Enka Singing VOCALOID Announced: Sachiko
YAMAHA recently announced a new VOCALOID to their lineup: Sachiko. Using the voice of famous Enka singer Sachiko Kobayashi who is known for singing everything from songs in the Pokémon anime to covers of VOCALOID songs such as Senbonzakura and Akahitoha, as well as her elaborate costumes which are wonderfully represented by VOCALOID Sachiko's design.
Read More »Ruby: The Controversial VOCALOID
On July 4th, 2015, English VOCALOID Ruby was revealed at Anime Expo in Los Angeles in front of a television crew and many expecting fans. Just the day before, Ruby's voice actress Misha was shown the design set to be unveiled. And it wasn't the one that those outside of PowerFX had created. Instead, it
Read More »“Gohatto Disco” Featured in the 24th YOSAKOI Soran Festival
The popular song Gohatto Disco was released earlier this year on the official Miku Channel with talk of it being part of the YOSAKOI Soran Festival in Sapporo, Crypton's home town. Now Miku Channel has given us a video of the young dancers who took to the streets in the festival, dancing in the Yosakoi
Read More »