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avatar Vocaloid Hatsune Miku: All About Her Fame
Posted: May 12th, 2008 10:01 am (Mon) by Divine Fang
Last Edited: May 4th, 2010 11:37 am (Tue) Views: 74224 [Permalink]
Tag: Figure, Hatsune, Miku, Cosplay
As a PVC figure collector, I just could NOT miss Hatsune Miku (初音ミク). So who the heck is this girl who suddenly pops out of nowhere and jumped into the PVC figure scene exactly? If you would have asked me this question a while ago, you'd see lots of "???"-signed halo on my head. She was discovered when I was lurking around at Play-Asia & Amazon and she was ranked top (#1 on both sites in fact) in their figure pre-order listing. Having that informed, I could not resist but to study more about her. After some 2 hours of consultation with ゴード グーゴル ('God' Google), I was pointed to the mega virtual library, Wikipedia and all following findings.

About Yamaha's VOCALOID
Excerpts From YAMAHA Corporation Official Site:

VOCALOID is a vocal-synthesizing software that enables song writers to generate authentic-sounding singing on their PCs by simply typing in the lyrics and music notes of their compositions. The software synthesizes the sound from "vocal libraries" of recordings of actual singers, retaining the vocal qualities of the original singing voices to reproduce realistic vocals....

About VOCALOID Hatsune Miku 「初音ミク」

While there are English version of VOCALOID softwares available, Hatsune Miku is generally designed for Japanese songs. To date, Hatsune Miku is not all about vocal synthesizing, she has been regarded as a virtual idol, especially among otakus. Proceed for countless derivative works of Hatsune Miku.

Excerpts From Wikipedia:

Hatsune Miku (初音ミク) is the first installment in the Vocaloid Character Vocal Series released on August 31, 2007. The name of the title and the character of the software was chosen by combining Hatsu (初, First?), Ne (音, Sound), and Miku (未来, Future). The data for the voice was created by actually sampling the voice of Saki Fujita, a Japanese voice actress. Unlike general purpose speech synthesizers, the software is tuned to create J-pop songs commonly heard in anime, but it is possible to create songs from other genres...

Before that, head to Miku's very cool official page and download some MP3 samples there. You'll also learn that Hatsune Miku is a 16-year-old idol who is 158cm in height, weighing 42kg and enjoys pop and dance music.


Pre-ordering Status Of Hatsune Miku Figure
As of time of writing, I am aware that the allocation of GoodSmile's 1/8 scale Hatsune Miku which is set to be released Sep '08 at Play-Asia is full. However, Yesasia (ridiculous price for figure usually) is still taking pre-orders but they have an 'early-bird' deadline which is on 16th May 2008, only 4 days left from now. Locals (KL, MY) might just want to secure their copy at XiaoLoong in which their 'early bird' deadline is on 16th May 2008 also.

Hatsune Miku Figure Shops
• GoodSmile 1/8 Scale Hatsune Miku Figure Yesasia, XiaoLoong
• Nendoroid Hatsune Miku Yesasia, HobbySearch

Hatsune Miku Figure
Above: Hatsune Miku 1/8 Figure by Good Smile company (released Sep '08)
 
Hatsune Miku Nendoroid
Above: Hatsune Miku Nendoroid (getting a re-run July '08)

It is simply amazing that the craze of Hatsune Miku extends to '痛車' ('Itasha' basically means custom painted car):
Above: Hatsune Miku Painted Mitsubishi FTO Hi-Res Wallpaper (1200x800)

I would really like to point out who the first cute babe cosplaying Miku is but unfortunately this pic has been sitting on my PC for quite a while and I could not recall her name. However the second and third picture shows the infamous cosplayer Usagi-chan and Arisa-chan.

Above: Hatsune Miku Cosplayer Above: Cosplayer Usagi Tsukimiya Above: Cosplayer Arisa


YouTube Videos
The fame of Hatsune Miku didn't end just here, in fact, she skyrocketed her fame on YouTube since her debut. Doing a simple search of "Hatsune Miku" or "初音ミク" on YouTube returns a significantly great amount of cool and impressive videos of this virtual idol. I had gotten myself down and dirty digging some worth watching YouTube videos for you readers :)

Above: Ievan Polkka Above: Hare Hare Yukai

Above: 初音ミクに倖田來未の「real Emotion」を歌わせてみた Above: 千の風になって

Above: 合唱組曲『ニコニコ動画』 featuring 初音ミク Special-Edition Ver Above: 雪、無音、窓辺にて、Solid Snake & Hatsune Miku。(修正版)

Above: 3D初音ミクで涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱OP Above: melody... (Miku Hatsune PV) - English lyrics translation

Above: [勝手にコラボ] 『粉雪』 初音ミク&レミオロメン Above: Miku Is An Alien

Listed below are the videos in the rar file. I highly recommend using VLC player otherwise have K-Lite codec installed on your PC for video playback.

  • Hatsune Miku - Hare Hare Yukai.flv
  • 『創作のミクエリオン』.flv
  • 【3DCG】くるっと・おどって・初音ミク【ねんどろいど】.flv
  • Hatsune Miku - Miku Miku wa Uchuujin.flv
  • 千の風になって Miku Arrangement.flv
  • 合唱組曲『ニコニコ動画』 featuring 初音ミク Special-Edition Ver.flv
  • 雪、無音、窓辺にて、Solid Snake & Hatsune Miku。(修正版).flv
  • FFX-2 Real Emotion - Miku.flv
  • melody.flv
  • Evangelion OP - Zankkoku na Tenshi no Tense - Miku.flv
  • ZOE Beyond The Bounds - Miku.flv

If you have made your readings until here and have watched a few vids about Miku, you'd realize that Miku gains big part of her fame by... umm... COPYING! Please do not get the wrong idea, no bad impression here, it is because that IS part of Miku's 'job'!

Extras

There are just too much to show you about Miku and if this carries on, your browser's scrollbar would shrink needle thin. I was going to post some random pics of Miku but there are just too many out there! Go Google them!
Hatsune Miku Hi-Res Wallpaper
Above: Hatsune Miku Hi-Res Desktop Wallpaper (1920x1200), Source: Unknown


That's all folks!

PS: A few of above videos are in which their origin are songs and openning of anime "Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu" a.k.a "The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi". Future entry shall feature the fame of this super high-profile anime as well as its figurines. Heck I am a big fan of Suzumiya Haruhi!

Blu-ray, CD/DVD and possible related releases:


Hatsune Miku 1/8 Scale Append Ver. (Figure)
Release Date: 2011-10-31
Buy It Here: • Play-asiaHobby SearchAmiAmiYesasia USYesasia GlobalCDJapan


Description:

Miku Hatsune: Append is an additional library pack that was added to the Miku Hatsune software to add more to her voice, and featured a design of Miku in a new costume - and now that design of Miku is becoming a 1/8th scale PVC figure, sculpted by Asai Masaki.

Hatsune Miku Lat-type Ver (Figure)
Release Date: 2011-08-31
Buy It Here: • Play-asiaAmiamiHobbySearch


Description:

Arranged by the illustrator LAT, Miku shows that small and simple touches give people a completely new image. The summer uniform is stylish, and extremely smart looking. Small accessories such as the red framed glasses and the bracelet up her arm adds a tint of vibrancy to her look and the checkered chain on her skirt highlights her waist.

figma Hatsune Miku Append Ver. (Figure)
Release Date: 2011-08-31
Buy It Here: • Play-asiaAmiamiHobbySearch


Description:

Celebrate the production of the 100th Figma figure release with Miku. A variety of voices are born when Miku released her vocaloid sound library expansion pack - Miku Append. There are cute voices, as represented by the smile, the calm voice which is shown by her sleeping face and her serious, grown-up face.

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2nd (Game)
Release Date: 2010-07-29
Buy It Here: • Play-asia


Description:

Miku and her Vocaloid friends are back for their second game on the Sony PSP. There are more game modes and more fun. Edit your music videos and test your reflexes. The games are more challenging now, with eight buttons, long presses and simultaneous presses. The song list is updated with recent hits and the edit mode is easier to use. There are more options for you to customize the characters or their stages.

Miku No Hi Kanshasai 39 Giving Day Project Diva (Blu-ray)
Release Date: 2010-09-01
Buy It Here: • Play-asiaCDJapan


Description:

Live Blu-ray release of VOCALOID event "Miku no Hi Kanshasai 39's Giving Day" featuring 39 stage performances of the event on March 9, 2010. Hatsune Miku's second music game on the Sony PSP has been a great success, to thank all her fans for playing and memorizing the beat of her songs, she's giving her first live, on the big screen!

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