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  1. sketchesofpayne

    Unpopular Opinions

    "We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could eventually produce the complete works of Shakespeare. So far, on the internet... not yet." "No single raindrop believes it is to blame for the flood." "These people sit at their keyboards all day long just waiting for the thrill...
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    Being An Anime Fan in the Early 2000s and The Lead-up to Vocaloid

    (I'm sorry my story is a real, "Back in my day we appreciated the anime we got, 'cause we had to work for it! You young whipper-snappers don't realize how good you have it with yer simul-cast streaming malarkey!" But I think it is always interesting to appreciate the history of how we got to...
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    HATSUNE MIKU: COLORFUL STAGE!

    Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage Sega’s Top Performing F2P (From Article at Siliconera) Sega Sammy released its Fiscal Year Ended March 2022 Results Presentation on May 13, 2022. Among the details were figures going over income from its free-to-play titles. It turns out Hatsune Miku was the queen...
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    Hatsune Miku & Piapro Characters General News & Happenings

    twitter Due to positive response the Acaric x Hatsune Miku collaboration has continued. She is on the cover of their new journal.
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    Characterizing Hatsune Miku - (Who is she, really?)

    (This started as a response to another discussion thread by @REDD that I kept expanding until it needed its own write-up.) [via pixiv のくはし] I think part of the difficulty in characterizing Miku is due to her being more of a meta-character instead of a character in the traditional sense. From...
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    Otomachi Una Has Her Own Train for Going on Three Years! (Plus other Una Promos and Merch)

    SPACE DIVE !! 2022 -GUMI & UNA Virtual Reality LIVE- [vocaDB] [DMM] [Internet Co] The first "Space Dive" was a virtual concert streaming event to celebrate GUMI's 10th anniversary. It had a 25 song setlist that included three featuring Otomachi Una. A new streaming event has been announced...
  7. sketchesofpayne

    Is Vocaloid For Kids?

    "Is Vocaloid for kids?" A post expressed concern about other people who had made snide remarks about things such as Vocaloid seeming to be for children, and not something adults should be involved with. I wrote a reply that turned into something I felt should be its own post. People who say...
  8. sketchesofpayne

    Vocaloid Merchandise News

    New noodle-topper figure announced! (BBTS)
  9. sketchesofpayne

    Figure Preferences: Posable or Non-Posable

    I currently own mostly non-posable figures aside from three Nendoroids (MM 2018 Miku, Halloween Miku, and "if" version Miku). It's inevitable that I'll buy more Nendoroid figures in the future. And lately I've been sorely tempted to get a full set of the Snow Miku Figma figures. My current...
  10. sketchesofpayne

    Magical Mirai 2013 Quiz & Trivia

    Before Magical Mirai there were several different concert series. In fact, Miku has been doing live concerts every year since 2009! Currently we have Magical Mirai, Snow Miku, Miku Symphony, and Miku Expo. Next year will be the tenth Magical Mirai. Hearing that, I decided to go back and...
  11. sketchesofpayne

    Other AH-Software Co Ltd Merchandise, Collaborations, and Promotions

    Tsurumaki Maki Jam Band Mini Acrylic Key Chains (via Official Twitter) Available at AHS Store ❖ ❖ ❖ BONUS (unrelated) Plushie Photo (via Twitter)
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    SynthV New Voicebank "Rosa" announced for SynthV and CeVio or AiVoice!

    Still love how her cosplay looks. And for those who haven't seen it, her Miku cosplay.
  13. sketchesofpayne

    Hatsune Miku & Piapro Characters General News & Happenings

    Little update to the Acaric collaboration. Found a few nice images on Acaric's website. They were also offering another wallpaper download if you friended them on the LINE app (I don't have the app, so I don't have that wallpaper version image). _____
  14. sketchesofpayne

    Vocaloid Merchandise News

    Vocaloid Hatsune Miku (Cinderella) Wonderland Figure - Taito prize figure announced (I composited the product shots into a single image)
  15. sketchesofpayne

    Unconventional opinions

    What about Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Beauty & the Beast, and The Lion King? Those are musicals. (also Jungle Book and Sword in the Stone. Those are the ones I like, that I can think of at the moment. And I'm talking about all the originals, not those live-action abominations.)
  16. sketchesofpayne

    Having Listened to Over 6000 Songs, Here are 29 Playlists to Help You Explore New Vocaloid Music

    I really hope people are finding good Vocaloid music that they might have otherwise not found! It has been nearly a year since I first started putting together this playlist project. I took a bit of a break during the summer, but now I'm back into updating and curating these playlists every...
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    SynthV New Voicebank "Rosa" announced for SynthV and CeVio or AiVoice!

    Rosa's voice provider doing an awesome Rosa cosplay:
  18. sketchesofpayne

    Hatsune Miku "Mirrorball Idol" by Reiramuru (Amazing Funk Song)

    Wow, this is one of those instant-favorites songs. It has everything I want in a funk song like this. Can't get enough of that bass!
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    Otomachi Una Has Her Own Train for Going on Three Years! (Plus other Una Promos and Merch)

    (via twitter) Not a collab/promo, but I just had to share it. This gets more adorable the longer I look at it. I love the idea of Kaito being Una's big brother.