May 312016
 

With the summer season inbound, Glico Japan thought now is the time to advertise how their popular Pocky candy also makes for a great chilled snack. Who else but Hatsune Miku could make such a commercial so cute and fun?

The newly uploaded commercial features Miku enoying Pocky frozen instead of right out of the box. The music was composed by HitoshizukuP and yama△, and the animation work was created by Kasoku Sato (Composition Inc.). Check out the commercial below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkxkBozWWHc

May 302016
 

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Miku Symphony main visual by KEI

Sega has made a surprise announcement today to hold a Hatsune Miku orchestra concert titled “Miku Symphony“. The orchestra concert will be held at Tokyo International Forum on August 26th with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, widely known as Japan’s oldest classical orchestra. Presales lottery will begin on May 31st~June 13th.

Interestingly, there’s a mention of “Miku and Friends Anniversary Orchestra Concert 2016-2017” in the upper right corner of the official website. More information regarding the matter is expected to surface at a later date.

> Visit the official Miku Symphony website

May 282016
 

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The next album from Gatling Tune, the music label who brought you Vocaloid Parade and Vocaloid Dance Carnival, has been released today and titled “Vocaloid Future Classics”. The album comes with an amazing set of 35 songs and features various Vocaloids from Hatsune Miku, Megurine Luka, KAITO, Kagamine Rin to Gumi.

The album is now available on iTunes and Amazon Music at the prices of $9.99 and $9.49, respectively. Be sure to also check out the popular albums Vocaloid Parade and Vocaloid Dance Carnival if you’re interested!

Listen to the demo here! → Vocaloid Future Classics feat. Hatsune Miku demo

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May 262016
 

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The Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone receives major site renewal today, as well as a few game features introduced via Sega feat. Hatsune Miku Project official blog. The site now features lists of over 220 songs and 340 modules for Future Sound pack, Colorful Tone pack, and Prelude.

The main app needed to launch the game, Prelude, will contain 2 songs and 40 modules. Additional songs and modules require purchases of either the Future Sound pack, a selection around the Project DIVA home console series (around 120 songs/over 200 modules), or the Colorful Tone pack, a selection around the Project DIVA Arcade and Project Mirai series (around 100 songs/over 100 modules). More details in our past article.

One of the introduced game features is the hair customization feature, where players can freely apply hairstyle to a module from other modules of the same character. Some modules, however, will be exceptions due to their outfits or other restriction factors.


Advanced players can also challenge themselves with the Survival Course, a continuous play using a single life gauge. Songs will be selected at random after the first song of the player’s choice. The number of combos will also pass on to the next song.

In related news, the next Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X DLC has been announced, and will feature two songs: “Sharing The World” by BIGHEAD and “Hand in Hand” by kz(livetune). The contents will be released on August 25th for free on PS4 and cost 500 yen for each on PS Vita.

May 242016
 

It’s been over a month since Magical Mirai 2016 main visual was revealed, and fans have taken great interest in the design. This year’s Magical Mirai main visual comes from the artist LENA[A-7], and features a maid-theme uniform with lovely bows to match the outfit.

Magical Mirai 2016 will be held at Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall on September 10th~11th for live concerts and September 9th~11th for exhibitions. The live concerts will take place at hall 9, while the exhibitions will be at hall 10 and 11.

We have gathered a short gallery below featuring illustrations from various notable artists. Many More gorgeous illustration can be found with the “マジカルミライ” tag on Pixiv.

Illustration by ATdan

Illustration by 唯臣

Illustration by Eunyak

Illustration by 雪屋彦(あき)

Illustration by laejjo

Illustration by poapo/ ポプルP

Illustration by 格叽格叽贰

Illustration by hakusaiラノベ仕事募集中

Illustration by rumi

Illustration by hona

Illustration by かも 仮面