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!

Nov 092016
 

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The bright and colorful Racing Miku 2016 Ver. 1/8 scale figure is now available for preorder! She takes on the original design by the artist Mai Yoneyama,

The official character of the 2016 Hatsune Miku GT Project!

The official character of the Hatsune Miku GT Project ‘Racing Miku’ has been transformed into a 1/8th scale figure based on her 2016 design! The illustration by popular animator Mai Yoneyama has been faithfully captured in figure form for fans to enjoy in their collection!

Racing Miku is posed taking a break at the race track with her parasol opened out as she sits on a pile of tires with an adorable smile! She is posed together with the colorful ‘Weight-chan’ characters that were created based on the handicap weights added to GT cars!

Preorders are now available until December 8th at 12:00 JST. She is priced at 13,800 yen on Good Smile’s Online Shop, and is scheduled for release sometime in September 2017. She’s also available for preorder from the following online shops (prices, preorder end dates, and release dates vary by store):

> Racing Miku 2016 Ver. 1/8 Scale Figure on Tokyo Otaku Mode
> Racing Miku 2016 Ver. 1/8 Scale Figure on CDJapan
> Racing Miku 2016 Ver. 1/8 Scale Figure on Good Smile’s Online Shop
> Racing Miku 2016 Ver. 1/8 Scale Figure on Hobby Search
> Racing Miku 2016 Ver. 1/8 Scale Figure on AmiAmi

Below is an image gallery, and a special video released by Good Smile Company. Also check out the review by Kahotan (part 1) from Good Smile Company!

Nov 092016
 

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Racing Miku 2016 Ver. 1/8 Scale Figure Photos by Kahotan

Kahotan from Good Smile Company has released a review on the Racing Miku 2016 Ver. 1/8 scale figure! The figure is based on the original illustration by Mai Yoneyama, who is known for art direction in anime such as Kill la Kill, Sword Art Online, Black Rock Shooter (TV) and more.

The final race of the season is coming up this weekend. Fight, GSR!

The official character of the Hatsune Miku GT Project ‘Racing Miku’ has been transformed into a 1/8th scale figure based on her 2016 design! The illustration by popular animator Mai Yoneyama has been faithfully captured in figure form for fans to enjoy in their collection!

Racing Miku is posed taking a break at the race track with her parasol opened out as she sits on a pile of tires with an adorable smile! She is posed together with the colorful ‘Weight-chan’ characters that were created based on the handicap weights added to GT cars!

Preoders for the figure will be available starting tomorrow, with prices, release dates, and more details to follow at the same time.

Below is the gallery provided on Kahotan’s blog (EN/JP).

Dec 232015
 

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Goodsmile Racing’s year-end live stream and website update brought some news about the upcoming 2016 racing season, which includes the new Racing Miku design, racing vehicle choice, and team drivers. To start, both previous drivers, Tatsuya Kataoka and Nobteru Taniguchi, will continue racing for the team in the 2016 race season.


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GSR caused some suspense during the live stream by opening a quick poll for fans to guess which car Goodsmile Racing will be using for the 2016 season: The Huracan GT3, Bently GT3, M6 GT3, or the AMG GT3. Most fans during the live stream picked the AMG GT3, but it was all in good fun. Goodsmile Racing will continue with the Mercedes AMG GT3 (2016 model) for next year as well, with #4 as their race number.

Racing Miku 2016 (C)Mai Yoneyama / Crypton Future Media, INC. www.piapro.net

Official Racing Miku 2016 Artwork
(C)Mai Yoneyama / Crypton Future Media, INC. www.piapro.net

A front-side view of the previously teased Racing Miku design was finally revealed, showing bright and vibrant colors that truly match the themes of a blazing phoenix. The official illustrator is Mai Yoneyama, who is known for art direction in anime such as Kill la Kill, Sword Art Online, Black Rock Shooter (TV) and more. The art design was directed by Shigeto Koyama, who shares a fairly similar work experience with Mai.

Good luck to Goodsmile Racing in 2016’s SuperGT competition, may your burning spirit speed you to victory!


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