Toyota Dumps Macho Miku
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Jun 25, 2011 08:51 JST
- Tags: Cars, Character Design, Hatsune Miku, Marketing, Toyota, USA, Vocaloid
Toyota’s decision to aggravate all Miku fans everywhere by insisting on using a bizarre American comic styled illustration of the world’s foremost virtual idol has finally been rescinded – not only is the new version not a flagrant rip-off of Tony’s artwork, it is rather tasteful and even displays a tantalising glimpse of Miku’s upper thigh.
Before (with Tony Miku for comparison):
Sadly Toyota still does not offer a negi-green colour scheme for the car itself, or even a free wallpaper of its tasteful art, but other than the awkward CG version of Miku it still employs it is at least not actively antagonising the very demographic it was so clumsily attempting to court.
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the colors are flashy o.O
Anything is an improvement over that horrible manmiku they tried to pass off as the real thing.
"Anything is an improvement over that horrible manmiku they tried to pass off as the real thing" SHUT UP NAKKINYAN!!!!!!!!!
"Sadly Toyota still does not offer a negi-green colour scheme for the car itself"
I'd finally get my drivers license if I could get a car that colour... Maybe
It's great, though knowing westerners, the delicious 2D thigh and buttock would not interest the consumer much.
nope, we prefer horsepower or actual women
well why dont you leave this site then its mostly for otaku you dipshit
The Irony in the comment is quite high.
lol good even though that last pic her with angel wings looked nice i still prefer Original JP art
Don't compare it with the best, which Tony pretty much unquestionably is. The fact that Toyota heeded the message was a good call on their part.
Tony is unoriginal and boring. People think that the art being fappable makes him some artistic genius. We've had better artist spots on this site alone.
Sorry friend, but Tony has a severe case of same face symptoms with all his arts.
I think thats somehow a common problem among Artists, i mean the issue with the same face used in every art.
bullshit, this destroys the original in every category. tony's stuff looks like crap from some low budget hentai game. everything "official" for miku has barely qualified as fanart quality, especially the 3d which looks like some F project from a highschool class. dumbass fanboys.
Needs more neon.
dat new artwork would've been appropriate for Mountain Dew ad...
Fosho. Imagine shipping boxes of Dew to Japan, think of the profits.
Fund it!
Wow, Toyota caved and changed macho Miku. Next on the list for Toyota: No Scion brand on the FT86.
>ft86
NEVER GONNA RELEASE
I wa shock!
I'm glad! Never liked the machomiku version of her anyways.
Go girly girl!
I'm interested to know the artist of the new neon Miku.
obviously u don't know art when you see it. good lord u people are so easy to scam, with doing the least amount of work for a simpler finish with lesser details.
kanbanmusume.....sorry my ass, but that OTHER miku looks MORE masculine than before SHE LOOKS MORE LIKE A FREAKING BISHONEN FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!!
Now why didn't they just use this one from the start...
where did macho miku even come from....who even thinks about that lol
And they say trolls are useless...
The "macho" Miku is simply a more realistic one, you have to be some sort of deranged pervert to prefer the les human one.
I know I am :)
even a human doesn't look that bad
a human is fine too (as long as it doesn't look like M****Miku)
with make up that is.
the "macho" miku that you and everyone else dispaise and hate, was made by a talented artist name ALVIN LEE....so to you haters, screw you! the original prototype was HOT!!
despite the flashy colors it is a great improvement. I guess all those requests to change it really paid off
now we should return to them to thank them, so they know for sure they did well
the art design and pose is way too similar to that of Panty from PSG
Well it has been localized so by next year we might have PSG inspired theme cars soon
More like rage request
Finally the official version released!
"Machomiku?" that was the artist doodling XD
The vibrant colors made me step back a bit but when the pot smoke finally cleared so was I
Ita option required
They changed her? She was fine before. Toyota changing her just makes them look like pussies.
And to make matters worse, the majority of people in America have NO idea who Miku is and don't care. So it was a waste of time to change her.
It was not a waste of time, since redemption is never a waste of time...
And for the ones that DO have an idea of who she is, I'm glad Toyota has come to their senses...
They may be p*ssies as you said, but they are SMART p*ssies...
Less flaring nostrils, an original pose, and she doesn't look like Lady GaGa...
I'll take this "Persona" Miku any day over "Macho" Miku...
You must be a giant faggot to believe that. What a shame.
"You must be a giant omni-sexual hentai fiend who believes in Miku, and I'm nothing but a fool who loves macho monstrosities. What a shame."
Fixed...
"It was a waste of time to use Miku as a mascot in the first place". There fixed it for you.
Though it means more money for Miku anyways and Toyota is rich as fuck. In the end, it's us that lost. While they get richer.
Toyota commissioned various artists to draw Miku in their style. The image of Miku on the main page will change with each commission.
Alvin was (May)
Zain is (June)
Either way, Miku still sucks.
Please, go away.
anonymous dont tell him to go away tell that little shit to bow down to miku then afterwards go commit suicide
Punctuation. Ever heard of it?
Punctuation, there is none. You might even say there is Zero punctuation. USEEWHATIDIDTHAR?
It's a shame her voice is so obviously flawed. If they could have made her sound more natural, I would like her.