Once again another great PV has surfaced on the internet, this time is an emotional rock/pop song titled “Rolling Girl”.. Done by “Akiakane”, a collaboration with “yama_ko” as animator with “madamxx” and “fub-koubou” for mixing and fonts respectively, this song has already garnered around 60k views at NicoNicoDouga after just 1 day since its release..

Like usual, let us take a look at the PV before we move on.. Enjoy this wonderful masterpiece~

“Rolling Girl” – Hatsune Miku:

Beginning with the music itself, it has that nice accoustic feeling when the piano mixed with the Pop/Rock tunes.. Originally done by “Genjitsutouhi-P”, it has a good mixture of music tunes, especially when playing in high tempo.. I love the drums playing in the music as it contributes to the stressful/depressing atmosphere of the song..

Hatsune Miku’s sweet voice portrays the character as being innocent but feeling frustrated.. you can say its like “Disappearance of Hatsune Miku” but toned down in terms of speed.. x.X

Now onto the animation itself, although some may say that certain scenes looks so.. meh, I feel that the overall picture must be there and I must say that it delivers itself since it synchro well with the music.. Furthermore, I do like the part where they start off simple with 2 speakers being switched on (Linking well to the Rock/Pop tunes later on which is played loudly)..

The part where the animation went into overdrive was where I instantly love the song.. I do like the part where the “Stressful” part of the song is in “Black n White” and ends on a happy note with full colours being added into the animation.. That was really touching indeed.. ^^

“Rolling Girl” – English lyrics:

Rolling Girl always looked at unreachable dreams
Making a fuss if you got inside her head and disturbed, disturbed.

“No problem.” Was murmured, but weren’t those words lost?
Fail again, fail again.
After ending your search for mistakes, it spins again!

Once more, once more.
“I’ll also roll today,”
That girl says, that girl says,
Playing her words with meaning

“Are you better now?”
“It’s still a ways off, I still don’t see the point. I’m gonna stop my breathing, now.”

Rolling Girl is at the end of the ruins, beyond unreachable colors
Overlapping voices with voices and blending, blending.

“No problem.” Was murmured, but those words were lost.
How are you going to turn out good?
Even the hill tempting me is making mistakes now.

Once more, once more.
Somehow I’m rolling.
That girl said, That girl said
Repeating silent words with meaning

“Are you better now?”
“Just a bit more, and you’ll see something soon. I’m gonna stop my breathing, now.”

Once more, once more.
“I’ll also roll today,”
That girl says, that girl says,
Playing her words with a smile

“Are you better now? It’s okay now. Let’s go, you must be tired as well, right?”
I wanna stop my breathing, now.

Before I end my post on this great song, I have another version of this PV, this time is the same movie but it is sung by the illustrator herself, “Akiakane”.. I have to say that her voice really suits this PV as it adds more emotions into the song.. If you don’t believe, do watch this one then..

“Rolling Girl” – “Akiakane”:

I hope you enjoy this amazing PV.. Till then, do wait for more future Vocaloid songs~ Take care..

Yes, it was a couple of days ago. But fret not, we have photos! >_>

To recap, SEGA hosted a VOCALOID concert event (called 39’s Giving Day) on the 9th of March this year (yesterday, if we didn’t already hammer that fact into your heads).

Actually, a VOCALOID concert event would be slightly inaccurate, since SEGA decided to split it into two sub-concerts labelled “Good afternoon, I’m Hatsune Miku” (～こんにちは、初音ミクです。～) and “Good evening, I’m Hatsune Miku” (～こんばんは、初音ミクです。～) respectively. They also start at 1.30 PM and 7.30 PM respectively.

For the sake of sanity though, we’re just going to cover the entire thing as a single concert.

You’d have to pay 4390 JPY to purchase a ticket, and earn yourself a spot in the Zepp Tokyo music hall. The ticket is also a valid Project DIVA Arcade IC card, so you’ll have bragging rights whenever you brandish it at your local arcade. If your local arcade has the game, that is.

There was also a live stream to the concert. There were 2 ways you could access this stream: via Nico Nico Douga (though it’s a pay-to-view stream), or via a giant screen in Tokyo Joypolis. Admission to watch that screen is free, though you’ll still have to pay the 500 JPY entrance fee like everyone else.

As expected, the concert featured a giant holographic screen, which is a step up from the three smaller screens used in last year’s Miku FES. Apart from being an improvement, the giant screen also allows them to showcase more than one character on-screen!

Speaking of which, Luka, Rin and Len also made their live debut (as 3D models) in the event, too! ( *A*)

Also, Miku changes into different costumes throughout the concert, too. Very cool. Here’s a video of all her costumes in action (occurring during the first medley): Sorry, video removed. >_<

There were guest stars who attended the event, too. We have Noto Arisa (a member of Ongaku Gatas) dancing along with Yui Kaori, which in itself is a pair group consisting of Yui Ogura (who was also involved in Project DIVA) and Kaori Ishihara.

We also have DANCEROID, consisting of Minka Ri, Ikura and Kozue Aikawa. I’ve never actually seen them before (much less blog about them >_>) but from the looks of it, they’re a dance group which dances to VOCALOID music. Maybe we’ll give them a look-over in another post.

Here’s the entire song listing for the event; I’ve listed each song, as well as the performers. If the performers are any of the VOCALOIDs, it’s a holographic projection; otherwise, they are real people.

Songs in bold are part of a medley, so a group of adjacent songs in bold means that all of them were part of a medley.

	Song	Performer
1	First Note	Hatsune Miku
2	Project DIVA desu.	Hatsune Miku
3	World is Mine	Hatsune Miku
4	Electric Angel	Hatsune Miku
5	Sound	Hatsune Miku
6	Koisuru VOC@LOID	Hatsune Miku
7	Dear cocoa girls	Hatsune Miku
8	StargazeR	Hatsune Miku
9	The secret garden	Hatsune Miku
10	Miracle Paint (first half)	Hatsune Miku
11	Innocence	Hatsune Miku
12	ハト (Hato)	Hatsune Miku
13	Beware of Miku Miku Bacteria!	Hatsune Miku
14	ぽっぴっぽー (Poppipo)	Hatsune Miku
15	Sayonara Goodbye	Hatsune Miku
16	Miracle Paint (second half)	Hatsune Miku
17	Romeo and Cinderella	Hatsune Miku
18	Dear	Hatsune Miku
19	Teach me! Magical Lyric	DANCEROID
20	Luka Luka☆Night Fever	DANCEROID
21	Dear cocoa girls	Yui Kaori & Noto Arisa
22	Miku Miku ni Shite Ageru	Yui Kaori & Noto Arisa
23	Ura-Omote Lovers	Hatsune Miku
24	Puzzle	Hatsune Miku
25	VOiCE	Hatsune Miku
26	1/6	Hatsune Miku
27	Stardust Utopia	Megurine Luka
28	Double Lariat	Megurine Luka
29	Just Be Friends	Megurine Luka
30	magnet	Miku & Luka
31	Alice	Hatsune Miku
32	I’m Your Diva	Hatsune Miku
33	moon	Hatsune Miku
34	Disappearance of Hatsune Miku	Hatsune Miku
35	Meltdown	Kagamine Rin
36	ココロ (Kokoro)	Kagamine Rin
37	Butterfly on the Right Shoulder	Rin & Len
38	Promise	Miku & Rin
39	from Y to Y	Hatsune Miku
40	Farthest End	Hatsune Miku
41	Strobo Nights	Hatsune Miku
42	SPiCa	Hatsune Miku
43	愛言葉 (Ai-Kotoba)	Hatsune Miku
44	Melt	Hatsune Miku

The last two songs happen to be encore performances, by the way. I’ve linked all of the titles, so if you haven’t heard of most of them *cough*likeme*cough*, now’s a good time.

Alternatively, if you have a Nico Nico Douga account, you can try this 158-minute compilation of all the songs. Unfortunately, there isn’t any video coverage of the event (that isn’t deleted) yet. =( UPDATE: See bottom.

Also, SEGA held another “39 Secrets of Project DIVA” event during the concert (though I’m not exactly sure whether it’s before or after). The obvious stuff (like the inclusion of Rin, Len and Luka) are revealed, but then this piece of info comes along.

You can play your copy of Project DIVA (on the PSP) on your PS3. By that, they don’t mean that your display will be expanded to fit the screen in all of its pixellated glory. Instead, a downloadable add-on in the PS3 will render the game in an engine on par with Project DIVA Arcade.

WHAT THE ****, how did they come up with this? It’s awesome…well, at least for those who own both a PSP and a PS3. The add-on will be called “Dreamy Theater”, and its date of release and price have yet to be announced.

Also, the list of songs for the upcoming Project DIVA DLC have been released:

• 「1/6 -d2 mix-」by ぼーかりおどP
• 「ニ息歩行」by DECO＊27
• 「celluloid」by baker remix：Aether_Eru
• 「裏表ラバーズ」by wowaka（現実逃避P）
• 「Alice-DIVA mix」by 古川本舗
• 「歌に形はないけれど」by doriko
• 「SPiCa」by とく
• 「パズル」by クワガタP
• 「＊ハロー、プラネット。」by sasakure.UK

You can also check out the merchandise sold at the event itself here. The ones by GSC aren’t all that special, but I am digging that jacket. But holy smokes, it costs 12K JPY. ( *A*)

EDIT: All previously embedded videos have been deleted off due to “a copyright claim”, but if you like, you can head over to moetron for a full concert video download link.

Also, here’s an MP3 recording of the concert, courtesy of pKjd (again). Not that you’d actually need with the concert video. >_>

(Concert information from Gamespot Japan, Famitsu and Game Watch)

(“Dreamy Theater” and DLC information from Dengeki Online via moetron, and 4Gamer.net)

Miku.. As Raiden!?! Mikuden!? @_@

I got shocked when I saw this initially but after watching this, I really love it so much.. XD

For a start, let us take a look at the video I’m talking about.. You won’t regret it~

MGS4 – Mikuden VS. Gekko:

The MMD version of the video was created by a NicoUser called “Goropeko”.. He recreated the scene using MikuMikuDance so well that it looks quite similar to the original video itself.. Although it would be expected that quality and effects wouldn’t be the similar, at least he did his best to do so like the motion blur effects and the damaged building effect.

And I do lol-ed at the robot grabbing Miku’s boobs (Following the original video where the robot did the same on Raiden~)..

Well, here is the original video from the Metal Gear Solid 4 game itself..

Original MGS4 scene:

Overall, the animated video is quite entertaining to watch.. I do wonder why “Goropeko” didn’t submit this for the 4th MMDCup.. It could get some top prize if it does~ XD

But still, it would be nice if Miku was wearing a blue-striped pantsu like she always does.. ^^;;

So there you have it, the final product. It actually looks pretty moe. Soft smile, good eyes, what’s not to love?!

Of course there are tweaks to the original design; the most prominent ones being the round twin-tail joints and the obvious screws in her back. Some fans may not appreciate the artificial look, but I do. It’s robot moe, and that’s still relevant to my interests. ^_^

Also, the chrome finish on everything (except the skin) is <3. Here are some photos(that we apparently missed, oops) from Winter WonFes 2010 to illustrate how “metallic” the figure looks:

Chōgōkin Miku comes with a microphone, a piano, a couple of leeks and the ROCKET-PUNCHING ARM. While there aren’t any videos out there demonstrating its effectiveness, it’ll sure as hell make for a good laugh at figure meets.

The included base has depressions to “slot” in the piano, leeks and the ROCKET-PUNCHING ARM, and also features a sliding drawer in the back to store the extra hands and spare leeks. Those leeks look a little different though (but the photo in the magazine scan is just too small to make it out).

Still no word on the pricing, though as I’ve mentioned before, this one is a Hobby Japan limited release, and is slated for a May release this year. Can’t wait. >_<

P.S. If you’re new to Chōgōkin Miku, I highly suggest you check out the other posts here, here, here and here.

Via Ngee Khiong. Also, images of WonFes via AkibaHobby.

KITAAA~!

(Also, header image is fan-made. Don’t get too excited now.)

The latest issue of Famitsu revealed that a Project DIVA sequel will be made for the PSP. The tentative title of the game is “Hatsune Miku – Project DIVA 2nd”, and is slated for release on the 29th of July this year.

What’s that? NPNT (No Picture, No Talk)? Very well.

The first thing you’d notice is that the screenshot near the lower-right corner of the page has both Miku and Luka singing and dancing in unison; a step-up from the singles-only prequel. If you’re not convinced yet, they’re throwing in minato’s “magnet” into the song list, and there is no way you can pull it off without two singers.

The second thing you’d notice is that the button-mashing system got a little more complicated. You’ll have to hold the button at certain points (as seen in Project DIVA Arcade), and SEGA’s throwing in directional buttons too for good measure. I’m almost a little afraid of this game already. =3

Obviously, there are other changes, like new locations and modules/costumes. Once again, some of the costumes will be derived from submissions in another Piapro-hosted costume competition; and as of this writing, four of the winning entries have been converted into working 3D models.

From left to right:
ジャー★ジ by hekopon
ＳＧコス２案 by さくらう
ワンピミク by shari
みくずきんちゃん by Tda

Gawd, the designs look so freakin’ moe. I love the 2nd one the most out of these four.

Source: Piapro by eb

Also, it looks like the other VOCALOIDs are getting the costume treatment as well! Can’t wait for this Rin one. ( *A*)

You can view the rest of the entries on the results page.

The only songs confirmed so far are “magnet” and doriko’s “Romeo And Cinderella”. If you’re not familiar with either song, here they are (respectively):

The price for this one? 6070 JPY (approximately 96 SGD). I’ll leave it to you to perform the conversion for your own currency for those of you not living in Singapore.

It goes without saying that I simply cannot wait to play this game, and there’s still the DLC for the first game, and the arcade game too.

P.S: Kitaa translates to “finally” in Japanese. Just so you know.

(Via moetron; additional source links may be found on his page)

Edit: Pre-orders are up on AmiAmi, and they’re going for 4980 JPY each! We’ve already pre-ordered our copy, so get it while it’s hot!

I can’t even recall the last time I’ve reviewed a VOCALOID PV (other than in the comments), so here goes nothing.

The Nostalogic PV (embedded above) is a collaboration between yuukiss (composer), Masataka-P (video editor), and Yumiko (cosplayer/dancer). Those in the know may recognize these names, so you can’t say they popped out of nowhere to make this happen.

Yumiko choreographed the entire dance in this video, and I seriously dig her moves. I like it when there’s a ‘flow’ maintained between scene ‘cuts’. While that ‘flow’ isn’t maintained throughout the entire video (at some points it’s a tad too jarring), it’s still enough to impress.

I know I’m not exactly a big fan of Meiko, but for some reason, I love this particular song. yuukiss did a good job on composing the music, and tuning Meiko’s voice so it fits nicely. It’ll probably be stuck in my head for some time now (which is a first for a Meiko song, hurr hurr).

Unlike his recent works (like his Chaining Intention PV), Masataka-P kept the video editing in this one relatively simple, which is a good thing.

Also, is that bearded man Masataka-P himself? I lul’d when he put on Meiko’s outfit at 3:00 (though I admit it may make eyes bleed).

I was surprised to learn that the video was shot in France; typically you’d expect a Japanese music video to be shot in Japan. I wonder what the French were thinking, seeing a cosplayer dancing in their streets. XD

As the title of this blog post implies, there is an earlier version of the PV. In fact, the song itself officially began production way back in September ‘07, and the first PV was uploaded only in June ‘09.

Unlike the latest one, the first PV only featured Yumiko in a single costume, and the video editing isn’t as refined either. The song was incomplete too (though it still sounded good).

Overall, the completed Nostalogic PV turned out to be pretty awesome. I applaud the three of them for pulling it off, and if you still haven’t clicked the play button, I recommend that you do and give it a go.

I promise it won’t disappoint.

While you don’t get to experience all the interactions available, it gives you an idea how the gameplay is like…

In the time I’ve been messing around on this demo, I’ve already gotten about 4 different outcomes. A real testament that any action you perform may have an overall impact on the way the story develops.

Now, if only Sony can get their heads of out their asses and get to work.

Just only a few days has passed and I’ve found another worthy PV to showcase, this time the song is titled, “Prism Heart”.. Sung by Hatsune Miku, the music itself was originally composed by one of the great Vocaloid composer, “samfree” who is well-known for creating other Vocaloid songs like “Dark Alice”, “Miki Miki ★ Romantic Night” and “Gravity=Reality”..

Like usual, let us watch the video before we move on to the details.. Emjoy watching the video~ XD

“Prism Heart” – Hatsune Miku:

Now regarding the music itself, I instantly took a liking to it due to its lively and beautiful tune.. The music emits such a relaxing “aura” that you want to listen to it a couple more times.. The tempo of the song is perfect if you are going from one place to another. The song is quite catchy you won’t feel bored listening to it like some songs do.. Even without the animation, the song is still wondeful to listen to..

Moving on to the animation, I was initially stunned to see the beginning of the PV which is the creating of Hatsune Miku’s movements using MikuMikuDance (MMD) program.. I thought it was one of those special tutorials for those who wish to know about the MMD program.. But yeah, it was just one of the unique scenes specially created for the PV itself.. XD

Well, the animation is very smooth to the point that you can see Miku’s hands clenching so human-like; no lagging or whatsoever.. I love the changing of scenery because it was done so beautifully it fits well with the music.. The best thing about the PV was the singing scenes where Miku moves around so gracefully that I fell I was watching a concert (though its obvious its animated)..

This PV was done as a submission for the 4th MikuMikuDance Cup but unfortunately, it was submitted quite late (24th Feb) when the last day of submission was on the 19th Feb and the result was shown on 23rd Feb.. But hey, the song is still amazing to listen to.. This is another one of the Vocaloid songs I recommend you all to listen.. ^^

Just recently, the 4th MikuMikuDance Cup has ended.. This is where people uses their creativity to create some of the most amazing MMD videos ever following one of the three categories chosen by the tournament organizers. Winners are then selected through a point system on NicoNicoDouga.. It is so good to see wonderful and even epic MMD videos..

Well, here are the top few favourites from the whole list~

「Chaining Intention」 PV (*by MasatakaP)

「東方でマイケル～Smooth Criminal～」 (*by dancho-P)

「Confeito Star」 (*by ショ大河P)

「つなわたリフティング」 (*by 6666AA-P)

「papermoon」 (*by アルカ, koishi, gomezP)

「METSU☆ミクさん」 (*by ふと-P)

「Reimu Shift Change “RED ZONE”」 (*by kiyoP)

「UTAU事件簿-All Starts are the “M”」 (*by inaphon)

I hope you all enjoyed the videos.. I will most probably be posting up the results soon.. ^^

Just a small preview on whats to come~ XD