I thought I had better bring this charming animation to the attention of anyone who missed its appearance on the Channel, as within a few hours it became the top scoring image there by an almost embarrassing margin. Enlarge to play, or view it in situ below.
The latest Vocaloid blockbuster is edged out of the charts only by the latest Touhou legend; it combines some rather impressive 3D CG with 2D visuals, and of course has excellent music:
Eyebrows have been raised at the steady rise in popularity several potentially Vocaloid inspired names have enjoyed in Japan’s baby naming; Ren (ranked 4th), Rin (7th), Kaito (13th) and most notably Miku (up to 24th from 50th last year).
You can see the results below:
We heard about the racing debut of a Hatsune Miku pro-itasha recently; now the news is followed up by the debut of another Vocaloid racer, which as you can see is a Kagamine Rin/Ren themed Fairlady.
Both cars are racing in the GT300 round 9 race at the Fuji Speedway, set to commence in mere hours.
Seeing the superb job done with reworking this Kagamine Rin/Ren classic, giving it a full visual workover, I couldn’t resist posting it. Definitely amongst my favourites, especially now with the interesting mix of rap, text and manga style visuals.
The touching story of a robot who gains a heart, told musically and starring vocaloid Kagamine Rin; certainly a masterpiece in all respects.
