
This is the signature tune to the original Ghost in the Shell movie, 謡Ⅲ~REINCARNATION / Utai III Reincarnation, by the esteemed anime composer Kenji Kawai, and hauntingly styled on a Noh chant; however, it has here been given a rather interesting Vocaloid workover, with singing provided by Meiko and Ren.
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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:
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Juggling Miku is under attack! Can rival Vocaloid Akita Neru best her in a duel of katana vs juggling balls?
A tremendously entertaining MikuMikuDance battle, though some would say this is too uneven a match:
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If you’ve ever wondered at the awesome possibilities of an Idol Master/Vocaloid crossover, with Hatsune Miku becoming one of Producer’s charges, these extremely appealing, and well executed, videos may be essential viewing:
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This outstandingly animated Vocaloid all star production, entitled Honey – Nanameue All Stars, has been released to celebrate the birthday of the much overlooked Meiko, and features some rather beautiful 3D CG visuals, along with some fantastically choreographed (if this is the right word for rendered characters) dancing.
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Record of Lodoss War fans will doubtless already be familiar with the legendary opening song 奇跡の海 / Kiseki no Umi / Sea of Miracles; anyone who isn’t familiar can of course listen to it below. But all will likely be interested to hear that the song has been given a variety of interesting alternative Vocaloid versions, the best of which you can compare below:
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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.
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Some interesting Vocaloid crossover action features in this image; all manner of anime crossover and gender swapped charcters feature.
There’s some rather amusing wordplay (Hatsune-Zumi, etc.) present in the naming, so you if know any you might care to fill in the names and base characters using notes on the Channel.

Supreme CG artist Ino, whose works we are hopefully all familiar with by now, has once again provided a fascinating video of himself creating an illustration from scratch, in this case of Vocaloid Meiko, one of the prototype virtual idols eventually culminating in Hatsune Miku.
That is to say, a well endowed lady in some revealing clothing.
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This tune, making heavy and hectic use of Kagamine Ren is fantastic enough, particularly if you can make sense of the rather amusing and converstional lyrics, but recently it was given a redubbing by a human – a lady who can certainly sing.
Both versions are presented below for your inspection.
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Some very pleasing Hatsune Miku wallpaper oriented images are collected into this gallery, though most are splendid high resolution images in their own right. You may also wish to refer to the earlier MikuMiku Mega Gallery, and consider the fact that you can also browse these, and many more similar images, on the Channel.
In fact, if you are seeking higher resolution images, you may be interested in using width and height in your search, like so. You can of course do this for any search you see fit…
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Hatsune Miku gets ecchi with some negi (leeks). Or maybe she just got it stuck in her pantsu. One of the pleasures of Figma is the sort of warped things you can have them do, and the massively anticipated and just released Figma Hatsune Miku is no exception. More negi action below.
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