Rin ga Utau, Mirai no Neiro Review

Circle: Supplement Time (Doujin)
Game site: 鈴が歌う、未来の音色
Release date: August 16, 2008 (Comiket 74); August 21, 2008 (DL ver.)
Links: DLsite, DiGiket.com

Rin ga Utau, Mirai no Neiro (shortened to Suzunone) is the ’sequel’ to doujin circle Supplement Time’s previous work Mirai no Kimi to, Subete no Uta ni. It is a short all-ages kinetic visual novel. This time the plot focuses on Miku’s little sister, Rin.

Fall Nendoroid Preview

A scan from a hobby magazine reveals a couple of upcoming nendoroids. With a new line of petit nendoroids and normal nendoroids, there’s more reasons for me to go without food x_x Shown above is a set of petit nendoroids from the Vocaloid series. For those who never got the chance to purchase the many variations of the Miku nendoroid, here’s a good chance to grab your own Miku and more. As I already have two Miku nendoroids (The normal, and Wonderfest version) and a Kagamine Rin nendoroid, this purchase isn’t exactly prioritized highly on my list of stuff to get. But in the long run, adding more to my army of petit nendoroids is heavily tempting me …

Other than that, two Type-Moon nendoroids of Ryougi Shiki (Kara no Kyoukai) and Canaan (Canaan) seem to be ready for a fall release as well. And to milk the franchise even further, we get a petit set of of Death Note nendoroids. Seeing that most of the cast depicted in the set has already been released in a normal sized nendoroid forms, we’re seeing a lot of repeat nendoroids in petit form. Seeing that I do not own even one of the original Death Note nendoroids, this does not affect me at all as this gives me a chance to grab some more variety in my nendoroid collection ^_^ I can’t wait to grab some more petit nendoroids including Churuya-san (Haruhi) above. But with the rate they’re releasing nendoroids, we’ll probably see a nendoroid version of everyone’s favorite anime/game characters.

Mirai no Kimi to, Subete no Uta ni Review

Circle: Supplement Time (Doujin)
Game site: 未来のキミと、すべての歌に―
Release date: December 31, 2007 (Comiket 73); April 4, 2008 (DL ver.)
Links: DLsite, DiGiket.com

Mikukisu is an all-ages kinetic novel by doujin maker Supplement Time. It is a short and sweet tale of an unexpected Christmas encounter and the making of happy memories. Recommended for Miku fans.

Kagamine Rin goes on a Solo Debut!

Nemuiwanko here! Kagamine Rin recently arrived as a nice delayed shipment. I didn’t order her brother since I wanted other nendoroids more so I won’t be seeing the pair together for awhile. Maybe she can join Keroro-tachi and start a band with them >_>;; My nendoroid shipments are going to lower immensely until I get a nice source of revenue flowing in to support these future purchases.

At the moment I’m trying to work in more posts, but I’m caught by the World of Warcraft expansion: Wrath of the Lich King. It’s too addicting to play as Death Knight, but now that I’m 80 that should allow me more time to watch anime and write more posts hopefully…. and of course finish Umineko now that episode 3 has been fully translated!

Finally I just wanted to say that MMOs are pure evil….

New Kagamine Twins Figures!

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiin~!!!!!!! ヽ(ﾟ∀ﾟ)ﾉ

Two new 1/8 scale figures of popular Vocaloid idols Kagamine Rin and Len have just been announced at Good Smile Company and will be out in May 2009. They stand at around 170mm and are priced at 5800 yen each. Figures are so expensive, but….

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiin~!!!!!!! ヽ(ﾟ∀ﾟ)ﾉ

とかちつかちて～

I want it!!!

For more information and pictures, check out the following links!

Good Smile Company product page – Kagamine Rin (JP)
Good Smile Company product page – Kagamine Len (JP)
Mika-tan blog – 昨日の夜はお楽しみでしたね！引き続き「鏡音 リン・レン」をご紹介しちゃうお！

「初めての恋が終わる時」歌ってみた（ちょうちょｖｅｒ.）

ちょうちょ sings “Hajimete no Koi ga Owaru Toki” by ryo (illust. by 三輪士郎)

I listened to the original version by ryo a few days ago when it came out on December 12th, but I wasn’t that impressed with the rendering of Miku’s voice. I thought it was a little high and awkward. The song itself is alright, about the ending of a first love. However, today I came across upon a version with ちょうちょ singing it and I love her voice. I feel that it feels the song really well. The only thing that I thought wasn’t that nice was the 「あのねー」, which I’m assuming is because she wanted it to sound spoken instead of sung. It is quite popular on Niconico for people to sing popular songs, the most notable one being “Melt”.

Miku ver.

ちょうちょ’s blog (JP)
ryo’s site (JP)
ちょうちょ ver. – Niconico link (JP)
Miku ver. – Niconico link (JP)

【手書き】初音ミクの消失-DEAD END-【PV】

“Hatsune Miku no Shoushitsu” by cosMo

One of the most recognized Vocaloid songs, cosMo’s “Hatsune Miku no Shoushitsu” details Miku’s memories during a final farewell. What makes it particularly memorable is making Miku sing extremely fast. This particular PV was created using GIFs every 0.1s for a 10FPS. The art is really nice and Miku is cute. The decision to use mostly greyscale was a good decision. My favourite parts include the large eighth note composed of 0’s and 1’s, as well as the part in which Miku is gradually disappearing into a black cloud.

cosMo’s site (JP)
Niconico link (JP)

【初音ミク】マージナル【オリジナル曲】

“Marginal” by OSTER (illust. by はるよ, animation by baker)

The latest song by OSTER is also featured on the Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- website. While I’m not familiar with はるよさん’s art, baker is definitely a name I’ve seen before. He’s the creator of popular classic songs ‘サウンド’ (Sound) and ‘celluloid’, as well as a famous arranger of other artists’ songs, as shown by Voc@loid Night v2 and Super Deadball Beat. “Marginal” isn’t the first joint project between OSTER and baker. The first was “Dreaming Leaf”. As expected from OSTER, I like this song, although it’s not among my favourites, it’s still nice to listen to. While the art is nice, it felt a bit re-used from scene to scene. For a Miku song, surprisingly it doesn’t include any Miku pictures… not that I’m complaining.

OSTER’s site (JP)
Niconico link (JP)

【ミラクルペイント】PSPモデルの初音ミクにステージで踊ってもらった

PSP Hatsune Miku model dances on stage to “Miracle Paint”

An update from the upcoming Hatsune Miku game for PSP from Sega! Here’s a sample of the in-game play with my favourite song “Miracle Paint” by OSTER project. It looks awesome and I love how they kept the original PV by fla3 in the background. Checking through the official site, I’ve also noticed that Rin and Len will also be in the game! Rin looks sooooo cute!!! >w<

I wish I could play it, but I don’t have a PSP…

初音ミク -Project DIVA- Official site (JP)
Niconico link (JP)

【初音ミク】Innocence【3DPV】

“Innocence” by KazuP (PV by axties)

Some of you will definitely recognize this song. “Innocence” is a popular song by KazuP from last year, released December 21, 2007. Recently, a 3D PV of this classic was posted on Niconico by axtiesさん. He’s been working 2-3 hours day on this PV for a year and the results definitely show. This definitely looks impressive and is one of the best PVs I’ve seen to date.

axtiesさん’s zoome site (JP)
Niconico link (JP)

みくのかんづめ

Rejoice OSTER project fans! OSTER’s first Vocaloid album “Miku no Kandume” will be released on December 3rd. You can order it off Amazon Japan for 2200 yen. My favs would be Choco☆Maji and Miracle Paint.

Amazon Japan product link (JP)

鏡音リン「えもラブ」

“Emo Love” by samfree (illust. by かいわれさん)

A peculiar name for a lovely song. We’re not talking about depressed emoness, but deep emotional love. I love how samfree rendered Rin’s voice; it works very well. I’m impressed how fast he makes these songs and keeps them so high quality. Wasn’t the last one a month ago? Rin is soooooooo cute! >w<

E・M・O・L・O・V・E♥
E・M・O・L・O・V・E♥
E・M・O・L・O・V・E♥

samfree’s site (JP)
Niconico link (JP)

【初音ミク】bpm -full ver.-【PV】

“bpm” by Aliced Twilightz

Aliced Twilightz is an amateur musician group that releases songs on Niconico and is composed of two members, Linco and KTG. They also go by other names, such as チーターガールP and サーセンP. bpm is one of their early songs, which recently got a full fledged PV. I love the beat and the PV itself. It’s something that I’d listen to over and over. The art is so cute! Miku and Rin are so cute and Len looks awesome! I love Rin’s ribbon placement.

Aliced Twilightz’s site (JP)
Niconico link (JP)

【鏡音リン with 初音ミク】たゆん！たゆん！【オリジナル】

“Tayun! Tayun!” by かたほとりP (illust. by 神埜、kjun、かや、sacrow)

（゜∀゜）0彡゜たゆん！たゆん！

Awesome Rin song about getting bigger. I love this song so much. It’s cute and catchy and the lyrics are pure gold. I laughed so hard when 「牛乳飲め！」 came on. Then it hurt even more when they referred to デP as 偉い誰か… more like エロイ誰かｗｗｗｗｗ

Miku-oneechan keeps on trying to dissuade her, but Rin is determined! Trying out everything from exercise to massaging, and of course drinking milk!! ＞▽＜

「ちっちゃいのが好きって人もいっぱいいるのよ」
りんはそのままでいいんだよ！

Niconico link (JP)

【初音ミク】 グレープ 【オリジナル曲】

“Grape” by X-Plorez

I didn’t know that a song about grapes can be so emotional. Actually, it’s not about grapes, but of separation. I like the soft feel and sad lyrics.

X-Plorez’s site (JP)
Niconico link (JP)