Apr 212018
 

Teased back in the late December last year, Hatsune Miku finally makes her grand appearance as a pilot in the bullet train transforming robot TV anime “Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion“! The said episode, episode 15, tells a crisis where an enemy is spotted in Hokkaido whereas our main character, Hayato Hayasugi, is in Omiya and may not make it in time. Rose to the rescue in this crisis is the 11 year old pilot “Hatsune Miku” and her partner “Shinkalion H5 Hayabusa”.

“Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion” is a TV anime directed by Takahiro Ikezoe. The series is based on the line of transforming train toys, where gifted children pilot transforming bullet trains to combat monsters that resemble jet black bullet trains. In commemoration of this week’s episode, staffs has released special Hatsune Miku wallpapers now available for free download on the official site. Be sure to check it out!

Official site: http://www.shinkalion.com/
Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/shinkalion

Via Cho Animedia

Apr 202018
 

If you’re wishing to attend Hatsune Miku: Magical Mirai 2018 concerts in Osaka and/or Tokyo, ticket applications for overseas visitors is now open! Ticket applications will remain open until May 28th at 11:59pm JST. Winners of the application will be notified by email on June 2nd at 6:00pm JST.

Ticket Applications: https://tixeebox.tv/lp/magicalmirai2018-entry-en/

If you’d like a shot at one of the accommodation package deals, they include an optional guaranteed SS rank concert ticket, and a bonus mini shoulder pouch! Applications for these packages open April 23rd at 12:00 PM JST at the following link: http://entame.knt.co.jp/tour/2018/08/gt_mgcl_rta/en/index.html

Apr 202018
 

Good news for artists participating in the Snow Miku 2019 design contest! If you didn’t quite make the deadline in time with your Snow Miku 2019 art submissions, the deadline has been extended until April 23rd @ 11:00 AM JST. So you still have 2 more days to finalize your submissions!

Read submission details here: https://www.mikufan.com/?p=22585

Voting Livestream info here: https://www.mikufan.com/?p=22727

Apr 192018
 

A lot of you may notice we have an all-new Hatsune Miku illustration for the header image on the site, and we’re happy to announce the new artwork for MikuFan.com comes from the illustrator Asahi Kuroi! You may remember him as the winner of the art contest for Magical Mirai 2017, and we’ve featured many of his artworks on our social media. We’re really excited and thankful to have such a beautiful splash art for the site!

If you like the artwork as much as we do, you may enjoy Asahi’s other works, so check them out on his Twitter and Pixiv!

Asahi Kuroi’s Twitter → https://twitter.com/Asahi_kuroi
Asahi Kuroi’s Pixiv → https://pixiv.net/u/7640889

Apr 182018
 

Clean Tears is one of the longest standing Vocaloid producers in the community, having created music with Hatsune Miku now for over 10 years. And despite producing music in niche genres such as Vocaloid EDM, he’s grown a worldwide following of fans and similarly aspiring artists. We’ve been following CT’s works since nearly the beginning, so we were very excited when CT accepted our request for a community contributed interview!

We gathered questions from MikuFan followers on our social media for the interview, so thank you to everyone who submitted their questions! And special thanks to @xNEOxGENESISx and @gigimiumusic for providing their translation assistance. Read the full interview below!
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