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Sega has been teasing a new announcement with a countdown, and many correctly assumed it would be related to Vocaloid superstar Hatsune Miku. Now the virtual idol's next game has been revealed as Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X , which is coming to PS Vita …Read more »
Anime fandom is not bereft of its more unexplainable trends, and even those well-versed in big name titles like Attack on Titan or One Piece can be left scratching their heads when presented with niche interests like Touhou Project, Homestuck or that whole Vocaloid business. …Read more »
Is Hypersonic Music Club the comic-drawing debut of fashion/music/pop illustrator Hiroyuki Takahashi? Is Hypersonic Music Club the manga-writing debut of pop culture critic and Otaku USA Editor-in-Chief Patrick Macias ( Tokyoscope: The Japanese Film Companion , Japanese Schoolgirl Inferno , Cruising the Anime City: An …Read more »
Pharrell Williams has been all over the place lately, so it's not too surprising to see him getting together to work with Japan's Vocaloid superstar Hatsune Miku. Pharrell took livetune's 2013 Miku hit "Last Night, Good Night (Re:Dialed)"—included on its first best album Re:Dial and …Read more »
The former Tokyo International Anime convention teamed up with Anime Contents Expo this year to put on what is arguably the world’s biggest anime exhibition, Anime Japan 2014. On Sunday, March 23rd, Tokyo Big Site in Odaiba hosted thousands of visitors, all eager to see …Read more »
Domo. Ninja Slayer is a Japanese light novel series that was definitely written by Bradley Bond and Phillip “Ninj@” Morzez and which was definitely translated into Japanese by Honda Yu and Sugi Leika. It is absolutely not written by Japanese people who are just having …Read more »
If you find virtual Vocaloid idol Hatsune Miku interesting at all, you'll want to check out the first installment of a new documentary. The eight-and-a-half minute clip takes us behind the scenes of a music video by BUMP OF CHICKEN, exploring the technology behind Hatsune …Read more »
Anaheim’s AX. Atlanta’s AWA. Baltimore’s Otakon. Tokyo’s Comiket. Ho Chi Minh City’s Manga Festival. Wait, what? Vietnam is an unlikely (but not altogether surprising) hotbed of anime fandom and even production. Despite the Vietnamese economy’s rapid growth of the past decade leveling off compared to …Read more »
It's abundantly clear by now that Attack on Titan is a straight-up phenomenon, and it's definitely one of the more surprising runaway successes of recent years. The anime is currently streaming thanks to FUNimation and Crunchyroll, and Kodansha recently ramped up Hajime Isayama's original manga …Read more »
On March 7, Japanese Domino’s Pizza franchises began a collaboration with Vocaloid sensation Hatsune Miku, packaging medium and large pizzas in Miku-themed boxes, and delivering them in Miku-themed motor scooters with Miku-themed delivery persons (sources inform us these are colloquially known as “cosplayers”). Then tragedy …Read more »
If you're a fan of electronic dance music, this message from up-and-coming electro Vocaloid music producer, Ku-Tyu-Bunkai, is for you! Ku-Tyu-Bunkai is a new artist in the electronic music scene causing a buzz after the 2012 release of his highly anticipated debut album Luminastar , …Read more »
Vietnam. The name inspires many things to the uninitiated, mostly, for cinema fans, revolving around helicopters and music by The Doors. However, the country has gone through major changes in past decades. The economy is one of the fastest growing in Southeast Asia, encouraging overseas …Read more »
Hello, everyone! I have great news for all Hatsune Miku fans! Miku is a very popular Vocaloid Singer and Japanese Pop icon, and her home company has just released her new single CD, “MIKU NO POP,” featuring a cover of Yellow Magic Orchestra’s " Nice …Read more »
By now you've either gotten the Vocaloid bug bad, or at least know someone who's been bitten by its ear-worming fangs. Japanese pop group Ryo (Supercell) is helping contribute to its ever-increasing spread across North America thanks to the release of their EP, Sekiranun Graffiti …Read more »
Last week Warwick University hosted one of England’s premier Anime conventions, called Ayacon ! Ayacon comes around every two years and typically hosts about 2,500 people on an average size college campus just outside of Coventry, England. A great time was had with many similarities …Read more »
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