May 152018
 

The Hatsune Miku GT project, the racing team run by fans, has reached its 10th anniversary this year! In celebration of the project’s 10th anniversary, Goodsmile Racing has launched a special site with new exciting announcements to share. Featured on the site is all the Racing Miku designs to date.

The artists for each year are as follow, from left to right: redjuice, Yuichi Murakami, GAN, saitom, OguchiShigeto Koyama, Taiki, Mai Yoneyama, Tony Taka, and Hiro Kanzaki.

Firstly, a special 10th anniversary exhibition will be held at Akiba CO Gallery in Akihabara on May 30th~June 17th. Secondly, due to various requests from individual sponsors and fans, the past Racing Miku will be getting new merchandises! Stay tuned for more details!

Lastly, a memorial photo contest will be held, where the contest is divided into three categories.

Ten Years Memories of Races

Ten Years Memories of Racing Miku Supporters (Racing Queens)

Ten Years Memories of Figures/Goods

Special Prizes

  • The first and second places for SNS prizes will be decided by votes
  • The Director & Drivers prize will be selected by the team manager Ukyo Katayama, and the drivers, Nobuteru Taniguchi and Tatsuya Kataoka
  • The Miku Supporters prize will be selected by the Racing Miku supporters 2018 (Racing Queens)
  • The Aki prize will be elected by the entrant representative Takanori Aki.

Official site: http://www.goodsmileracing.com/10th/
Photo Contest’s Gallery: http://www.goodsmileracing.com/photo-contest/

First launched in 2008, the project has long been running under its slogan “the racing team run by fans”. With supports from fans and sponsors worldwide, the team has conquered over three championships in the last decade (2011, 2014, and 2017, respectively). The next round of this season will soon take place at Suzuka circuit this weekend on May 19th~20th. Fight, GSR!

May 102018
 

Good Smile Company’s live stream event has finished, and there’s quite a bit of news to share! If you missed your chance to watch it live, you can still cast your votes for Snow Miku 2019’s outfit design on the web poll → https://event.goodsmile.info/snowmiku2019/en/index.html

Here’s everything we saw announced and revealed during the stream!

New Figures, Goods & Reveals

  • Nendoroid Hatsune Miku: Magical Mirai 2017 ver.
  • Nendoroid Racing Miku 2013: Sepang ver.
  • Racing Miku 2017 SPA ver. 1/7 Scale Figure
  • Hatsune Miku: Vintage Dress ver. 1/7 Scale figure
  • “Piyokuru” Product Line Announced
  • Hatsune Miku V4 Chinese ver. GIFT Plushie
  • Tony returns to draw Racing Miku SUZUKA 10HOURS ver. for 2018


 
The last part of the stream was of course the long-awaited community vote! There were 6 finalists to choose from.

Finalist #1: RAHWIA – http://piapro.jp/t/liso
Finalist #2: – L F – – http://piapro.jp/t/70Dn
Finalist #3: mgr – http://piapro.jp/t/1oP2
Finalist #4: ermo – http://piapro.jp/t/Mne6
Finalist #5: トバキョーコ – http://piapro.jp/t/e6cX
Finalist #6: 三日 – http://piapro.jp/t/579f

Outfit design #2 by “- L F -” was the live stream vote with 27.5% of viewers voting in the outfit’s favor! However, this was just the first phase of the voting. You can also cast your vote on the official online poll until May 17th JST! → https://event.goodsmile.info/snowmiku2019/en/index.html

May 092018
 

Hatsune Miku V4X is finally joining the figma series of poseable figures by Max Factory, and can be yours with preorders launching today!

The virtual diva joins the figma series dressed in her V4X outfit!

Hatsune Miku’s V4X edition the allows for more natural and expressive songs than ever before has transformed into a figma! The original illustration for the V4X edition by iXima has been converted into figma size as faithfully as possible!

  • The smooth yet posable figma joints allow you to act out a variety of different scenes.
  • The unique gradient from the original illustration on her hair, arms and legs has been preserved on the figma.
  • She comes with three face plates including a smile, a singing expression and a winking expression.
  • Optional parts include a microphone, a microphone stand as well as a guitar to display her performing.
  • An articulated figma stand is included to facilitate various poses.

The Hatsune Miku V4X version figma is available starting today from Good Smile Company’s online shop for 7500 JPY (70.99 USD), with preorders closing on June 7th at 12:00 PM JST. You can also order her from various partner shops, which we’ll link below! Her expected release date is October 2018.

> Tokyo Otaku Mode (Use code MIKUFAN1 for $5 off)
> CDJapan
> Good Smile Company
> Amiami
> Hobby Search
> Nippon Yasan

May 082018
 


Goodsmile Racing Team at Fuji Speedway

Goodsmile Racing’s result at Round 2 in Fuji on May 4th was definitely better than the result from last month’s race. The team started the 110 lap race from 4th position and ended in 5th for a 9 point gain, placing them at 15 points and position 7 overall in the SUPER GT 300 class.

GSR’s Mercedes AMG GT3 and the rest of the GT 300 class were simply out-maneuvered and outpaced by ARTA’s BMW M6 GT3, which showed clear dominance on the Fuji track, finishing the race with a 49.116 second lead over GSR, and a comfortable 25.929 second lead over the 2nd place winner, apr GT’s Toyota Prius.

Let’s cheer for even better results at the next race! Fight, GSR!

Photos via GSR Blog

May 082018
 



The official theme song for Hatsune Miku Expo 2018 in the United States and Mexico, “Decade” by Dixie Flatline, now has a promotional video available in 4K resolution at 360 degrees from the official Hatsune Miku YouTube channel. Time to break out your 3D headsets or Google Cardboard and jump in to enjoy the experience!

Note that the wording for theme song mentions “United States and Mexico”, but not Europe. This gives the implication that Europe can expect their own unique theme song at a later date. Only time will tell!