Finally, Mikatan gave us a final preview for Nendoroid Hatsune Miku: Support ver.! This Nendoroid will be sent out to Japanese buyers on today, 30th June! And for international buyers, it will sent out on late July.
By the way, there's an improvement about this Nendoroid. Mikatan already announced that those pompons are now fitted with joint which allows more movement! Nice addition to Miku! Besides those pompons, we'll also get postcards and stickers!
The stickers are for the support flag! And just look at that cheerful postcard, full of illustration! The postcard uses illustration from PIAPRO users! ^^
Talking about this Nendoroid, I'm sure you still remember that this is a charity product, right? Another good news! From Miku, GSC managed to collect ¥74.465.000 to help the victim of Japan earthquake and tsunami! I hope Japan will get better as soon as possible! ^^
Note: I actually wanna post this right away after it was posted on Mikatan's Blog. But sadly, I couldn't use the laptop because I was afraid I'd disturb my sis who was studying for her exam ^^;
And personally, I can't wait for my Miku! >.<
I just browsed at figma blog on Ameba and found this! It's still a prototype, means it hasn't been colored yet. But, enjoy! ^^
Lovely Miku with her parasol (and her smile, of course) XD
More stunning smile!
Nice pose!
Although I think she's not like what I expected, still she looks very good. I love her hair sculpture! I'm not into her expression, but I admit that her smile is stunning. I also like the parasol, suit her as a racing queen XD
If I got more money, I'll definitely buy her, sadly, I can't because her price is too expensive for me T_T
Thanks a lot from Fera-san who posted this on Facebook! As you all can see, now we can look at figma Racing Miku 2011 First Win ver. although it hasn't been painted yet. This figma will be released on December 2011 with cheapest bundling at 7000 yen. No international shipping available, so if you wanna purchase her, make sure you have extra money! XD
I'm sure this will help those who are confused whether to buy her on not. This will help you decide! After I saw this, honestly, I'm not really interested anymore because her looks is not what I expected. I was expecting for a mature yet cute look, but (honestly), this Miku doesn't look beautiful enough for me. I'd prefer her Nendoroid to her figma. Well, this is my opinion, though. What about you? XD
I just opened my blog stats and I saw a 10.004 hits!!! Finally this blog reached 10.000 hits! >.<
When I first wrote a blog I never thought my blog could reach 10.000 hits!!!
Thank you for those who has visited my blog!!!! >///<
本当にありがとう！！！！
I'll try to make good posts in the future!!! ^^
By the way, from now on, all rantings and daily life will be post on my other blog! (But there's still a chance I'll post it here if it's important, for example, event review)
Visit Unlimited★Limit if you wanna read all those babbling ^^;
After winning the Super GT 2011, finally Good Smile Company has announced about this special figma to celebrate First Win. Since yesterday (22th June) to 8th August at 10:00 PM, GSC open pre-order for this figma. Sadly, there's no international shipping service. But for those who want to buy this figma, don't worry because most of online stores will find its way to open pre-order.
And another sad news, this figma is also bundles with several things from sponsor, just like the Nendoroid. The bundled things are a bit different from the Nendoroid, but the package price is the same. The cheapest package starts from ¥7000 (about $70) and the most expensive is ¥50.000 (about $500). But since this figma isn't at international shipping service, the price will get higher.
By the way, sadly, I will skip this one due to the high price. I'm afraid if I buy this one, I'll skip another interesting product, for example, Cheerful Japan! products. So sad, right? I wish I could buy her, but I don't have that money right now. Plus, most of online stores that open PO for her ask for full payment T_T
Finally, some newbies will join the Vocaloid Family! As you can see from the picture, the left one is Hibiki Lui and on the right is Suzune Ring (but in the picture the name order is Ring Suzune). Lui and Ring were actually born from "Everyone's Vocaloid Project", a competition for people to design their own Vocaloid. And the design of them has been chosen. The original designs are like these:
Ring's original name is Suzuone Ring, but shorten into Suzune for some reason.
Ring's voice will be provided by Mika, a member of Daisy x Daisy. She ever worked with 40mP to produce "Evidence", Fairy Tail opening theme and she also has worked with DECO*27 on Bouei Honnou. Ring software will be released in Winter-Spring 2012 during the Vocafes. While Ring's voice provider has been chosen, Lui's voice hasn't been decided yet, but the release date is the same as Ring's.
By the way, here are some mentioned design on that project:
コブシキク (Kobushi Kiku), the one that will be used as VY1.
Personal comments:
Oh well, another Vocaloids and mascots are coming up! But I'll say once again, so far, no Vocaloid3 characters really "wow" me. I think no one as cute as Miku and Rin, no one as shota as Len, no one as mature and cool as Luka.... It's kind of... disappointing. For me, besides the voice, the look is also important. I think it will be a hard task for YAMAHA its own record with Miku by Vocaloid3....
Yeah! Finally I got this on YouTube! I know it's a bit late, but enjoy!!!
Kaito Append Soft Sample:
からくり時計と恋の話 (Karakuri Tokei no Hanashi)
Composer: Wonderer-P
I personally think that Kaito's voice sounds softer here, but it still sounds Kaito enough and it sounds clearer than the usual Kaito!
If Crypton Future Media has Append, then Internet Co. Ltd. has extend! The first Vocaloid from Internet Co. Ltd. to receive Append is Megpoid a.k.a Gumi. There will be 4 Extend: Power, Whisper, Adult, and Sweet. But only Power and Whisper that has been given sample. Here they are!!!
This one is so special, Gumi Extend by BuzzG. The title is Matsuri Bayashi.
I like Power Extend of Gumi! The Whisper one sounds too soft for me, but since it only sample, I hope they will make that sounds better ^^;
After hearing about Kitamura Eri and Lia will be voice providers for Vocaloid3, I decided to search more about this and share what I have found. Here it is...
Seems like Vocaloid3 is having an expansion in language section such as Korean, Chinese, and Spanish. Here's a video of female Korean voice. The voice provider is Kim Tahi, who is a part of an idol group GLAM which will start its debut in August.
And about the Vocaloid3 character, besides CUL, surprisingly Surferparadise and Studio Deen is having a project called i-style project.
And for other Vocaloid3, it has been confirmed that there will be 2 English Vocaloid from Zero-G and 1 more from PowerFX.
Personal opinion:
Well, I'm glad that finally YAMAHA will release this on 30th September, which means we all can hear Vocaloid3 soon. But about the character design, I dunno why, but I prefer Miku.....
YAMAHA already confirmed about the upcoming Vocaloid product: Vocaloid3 on last Wednesday event. It is mentioned that CUL, Vocalo Revolution Mascot that voiced by Kitamura Eri will be released as Vocaloid3. Kitamura Eri is a Japanese seiyuu (voice actor) that is well-known for her role as Otonashi Saya in Blood+ and Yui in Angel Beats!. For more information about her notable roles, click here.
Kitamura Eri and CUL
Besides Kitamura Eri, there is Lia, a Japanese singer that famous as the singer of Air and Angel Beats! soundtrack that will be a voice provider for Vocaloid3.
The two characters that take Kitamura Eri's and Lia's voice will be developed by Internet Co. Ltd. And as additional info, it is also mentioned that the upgrade version of Megpoid (GUMI) by Nakajima Megumi will be released as Vocaloid3. Both YAMAHA and all Vocaloid developers hope that Vocaloid3 will be a successful product such as Hatsune Miku from Vocaloid2. Even YAHAMA already claimed that Vocaloid3 has the most realistic sound ever. Vocaloid3 itself will be released on 30th September this year.
Well, I'm running out of topic again! And yesterday, I accidentally remembered about my accounts on other blog hosting. You know, before I decided to use Blogger, I already tried so many other hosting. So today, I'll be giving my opinion about them! (Or maybe mini review?)
Yeah, as you all know, this is my favorite blog hosting ever. The main reason why I use blogger is because Blogger is easy to use. Even beginner can use this easily. It's so easy to manage your blog here. Blogger also provides Template Designer which allows you to design your blog as you like. You can also design it with HTML code. The latest Blog Editor is also good. And with Blogger, you can also follow other Blogger. Plus, Blogger also allows you to add many things on your blog such as Java Script or flash video. For those who like to add things like me (just see my sidebar), you'll love Blogger.
But there's one thing I don't like from Blogger. It doesn't provide emoticons or special characters in the editor. To insert some characters like hearts (♥), you must search the HTML first (with Google). And to insert your own designed banner, you must know the width pixel first or else, your banner might be bigger and unfit. By the way, since Blogger is now Google's, you have to use Gmail to blog on Blogger.
Yeah, I have a Wordpress account. I don't use Wordpress because I think it's to complicated for beginner like me. It's kinda confusing to use at first time. My Senpai who use Wordpress said it is true that Wordpress might be confusing for beginners, but you'll get used to it. But unfortunately, I'm not that diligent to make myself used with Wordpress. And as far as I know, you can't add flash into the sidebar, but you still can add things like banner into it.
Still, there's something I like about this hosting. It provides special characters and emoticons in its blog editor. I admit that Wordpress' blog editor is much better than Blogger's. There's also a lot of nice templates on Wordpress. And if you wanna use your own banner, you don't have to worry about the size because you'll crop it on Wordpress. If you like simple templates, use Wordpress!
My first opinion about this hosting: THIS IS SO MUCH ALIKE WITH WORDPRESS! Can you see that dashboard look? It's just like Wordpress' twin. Since it's so much like Wordpress, the features are all the same. The difference is the name. I don't know if Blog.com is owned by Wordpress or something. Anybody knows?
FYI, I'm still active in Tumblr. In Tumblr, you can post many things like text, photos, and videos, but in different style. The editor is simple. I love Tumblr. But for me, it's not a place to write a journal, it's more like a sharing site. You can share things there and you can reblog other's posts. You can find many funny things and awesome pictures in Tumblr. There's so many templates, too! You can also add HTML code into your introduction part. So IMO, Tumblr is fun!
I ever made an account in LJ, but I don't use it because for me LJ is more for community activity than a blog hosting site. And somehow I really can't make myself get used with LJ. The templates are too simple to my likes. But still LJ is a good place to find information and community!
As you all already know, DeviantArt or DA for short is a heaven for pictures! You can find nice pics with awesome illustrations there. Besides as a photos sharing site, DA also provides journal. Its journal allows you to use many templates, including anime-themed templates! Unfortunately, I'm no good at drawing so I don't use DA except for searching pictures. But its journal worth a try!
Some of you might haven't known about this one. But yeah, I do have an account there although I don'u use it. The main reason why I don't really like Xanga is because it's too simple for me. But I'm sure simplicity lovers will like this. There's also one thing I like about Xanga: its emoticons! Yup! Xanga provides emoticons and special characters in it! And there's some pink-colored emoticons for those who wanna leave comments. I bet girls will like those emoticons....
FC2 Blog is a service from FC2, a hosting from Japan. It's the second most popular blog hosting in Japan. To use this, you must register into FC2 first. Besides blog hosting, FC2 also provides other services like web hosting, clap button, image resizing tool, etc. And besides Blogger, I have one active blog here.By the way, although it's from Japan, it provides service in other language such as English, Chinese, Spain, Germany, etc. So don't worry about the language. I like FC2 Blog because it provides many emoticons in its editor (seems like all Japanese blog hosting provides many emoticons). Besides, the templates are also nice. Simple yet interesting. You can also add free area to insert things in your blog. FC2 Blog provides many plugins.
The minus side from this hosting is it often uses HTML to edit your template and other things. For example to change your banner, you have to change it with its CSS. It's kinda difficult for beginner. And too sad that it only gives us 1GB of space to upload things like photos or videos....
Ameba is the most popular blog hosting in Japan with more than 600.000 users. But unlike FC2, Ameba is in Japanese only. I don't use Ameba although I have its account because it uses 100% Japanese (with very little katakana or hiragana). So for those who is beginner with Japanese, using Ameba will be difficult. But for those who like emoticons, Ameba is a heaven. It provides emoticons, including Japanese Kaomoji. And just like other Japanese blog hosting, Ameba also have simple yet interesting templates.
Yaplog is the 6th most popular blog hosting in Japan. And like Ameba, it's in Japanese only. But for me, it's a lot easier for beginner because for settings and menu it uses a lot of katakana. It also gives you a lot of cute emoticons and cute templates. It's a nice try if you wanna blog in 100% Japanese blog hosting.
That's all I know and I've ever tried! For additional info, here's top ten Japanese blog hosting based on the users amount:
Finally, Akutoku no Judgment is released by mothy! In the opening of this song, you acn hear the sound of hammer beat which brings you to the court. After all, it's a good song to hear and mothy manages to make Kaito sounds well.
Akutoku no Judgment (悪徳のジャッジメント) means "Judgment of Corruption". This song is part of 7 Deadly Sins series (Greed) and it has a strong relation to Hakoniwa no Shoujo~Zenmaijikake no Komoriuta 2~ (The Girl of Miniature Garden~The Clockwork Lullaby 2~). The story of Akutoku no Judgment focused on Gallerian Marlon (Kaito), a clever judge in a court in USE (United States of Evillious). But although he was a judge, he cared for money more than justice. For money, he could make the criminals "innocent". Actually his main goal was to cure his handicapped daughter (Miku), so he needed money, and more important, The Seven Deadly Sins. One day, he was bribed by a general who was sentenced to death for mass murdering. Of course, Gallerian Marlon managed to save him from the death sentence but he couldn't stop the civil war that happened because people weren't satisfied with the judgment. The general was killed during the civil war and his dead body was found in his backyard. Finally, the civil war reached Gallerian Marlon's house. As the result, he was killed in a fire. When he woke up, he had no clue where he was, hell or heaven. The one who had the right to decide is Master of The Hellish Yard (unknown, but by hair color, she looks like Gumi). Master of The Hellish Yard offered him to hand over his money so he could be saved. but Gallerian told her that he wouldn't give his money to anyone, including Master of The Hellish Yard. Then he was sent to hell, with a hope that one day after he had collected the 7 Deadly Sins, that hell would change into a Utopia for him and his daughter.
It is obvious that this song is greed, right? By the way, as additional info, Gallerian Marlon's daughter is the same girl in Hakoniwa no Shoujo. That's why this song is so related to it. Actually, I think there's a good point in this song. Although Gallerian was a very greedy man, at least he did it all for his beloved daughter. He even said that as long they're together then they had nothing to fear. I mean, at least he's a good father....
Gallerian Marlon with his daughter.
Master of The Hellish Yard
Akutoku no Judgment
Vocal: KAITO
Composer: mothy
The lyrics in [] are the texts appear in the video.
Romaji
[rengou kokka USE ni oite
seifu chokka no saibansho o shihai shi, shibutsuka suru otoko ga ita.
kare no na wa GARERIAN MAARON.
nochi no yo ni oite "collector" to mo yobareta jinbutsu de aru.]
["saa kaitei no jikan da"]
[Daiichiwa akutoku saibankan to yogosareta houtei]
In June 2009, Gackt announced "GACKPOID CONTEST" which challenged all Gackpoid/Gakupo users in Nico Nico Douga (NND) to create a song using the Gackpoid software. The producer who won the challenge will be given 10 million yen as the prize, and moreover, the song that he chose will be released as a single in 13th July 2011. NND also has announced this event in Nico Nico Daikagi 2011 in Taiwan.
And finally, on May 2011, he announced in his site the song that will be released as a single is "Episode. 0" from mathru@KanimisoP as the original creator and as the runner up, there is "Paranoid Doll" by SCL Project. Although Episode. 0 is the winner, Gackt already stated that Paranoid Doll will be also included in the single. For additional information, Episode. 0 will be Gackt's 39th single.
The limited first pressing of the single will include a DVD which features Gackt makes a live-action version of the Episode. 0 music video. The song list in both limited and regular edition will be the same. About the cover CD, it will be done by Kentaro Miura, the creator of Berserk who also made Gakupo illustration for his box. The ringtone version also can be downloaded in dwango.jp in near future.
Here's the video about the announcement of Gackt's new single will come from Vocaloid Songs, announced by Gackt himself.
By the way, I already found the music video of Episode.0 by Gackt in YouTube. Enjoy! (But the single hasn't been released yet, remember this!)
Finally, Miku and some other Vocaloids from Crypton Future Media will hold a concert in Los Angeles (LA)!!! Big things, right?!!! Miku in USA!!!! \\(^O^)//
The official name of the concert has been announced as "Mikunopolis". The concert itself will be held at Anime Expo 2011 which is located at LA Convention Center from 1st July to 4th July. Plus, on 2nd July, she will be performing in NOKIA Theatre with sponsorship from Toyota.
Unlike Mikupa 2011, this concert will be based from 39's Giving Day 2010 with some improvements. And relax, this time SEGA will do the CGI, so don't worry about it (at least I believe SEGA won't use manual black screen like 5bp). And there will be some guests stars, they are: Hiroyuki Itou (Crypton Future Media Inc. CEO), Wataru Sasaki, Onyx Kobayashi, Toshihiro Fukuoka, and the DANCEROID. Plus Danny Choo will be there as the MC!
And so sorry, I don't really know much about ticketing. All I know is the ticket has been sold since 2nd June and seems like it's now SOLD OUT T_T
By the way, here's some staffs name for Miku's Tour in LA!
The 39’s （The Thanks）
Jun Abe（Key/Pf） 安部 潤
Akitoshi Kuroda（G） 黒田 晃年
Shingo Tanaka（B） 田中 晋吾
Shin Orita（Dr） 折田 新
Katsuro Uno（Manip） 宇野 克郎
and more
I used to think that a cellphone that suited my desire is Sony Ericsson W995....
It was one of the best Walkman series I've ever known. 12 Megapixels of built-in camera, large screen, nice sound quality, nice Internet connection with wi-fi, and of course, nice model to look at. Isn't this cellphone nice?
Yeah, it was nice.... But it's not nice enough right now....
Right now, I'm really amazeb by Docomo. What is Docomo? Well, all of us (including me) must be thingking that it's a cellphone brand from Japan. Actually, no. It's not a cellphone brand. It's a cellphone operator from Japan. It's just like Telkomsel, Indosat, or Esia in Indonesia. A mobile phone operator. Docomo itself stands for "docommunications over the mobile network". Docomo also can be translated as "anywhere" in Japan. So, how could it provides cellphone? This is how it works, Docomo does a cooperation with some cellphone brands such as Sony, Sharp, Panasonic, etc. No wonder it also gives you the cellphone complete with the mobile service. I'm not very good at explaining things, but this is the main idea: it's a mobile phone opeerator which cooperate with some cellphone brands. Got it? To know more about this, you can visit Wikipedia: NTT DoCoMo and Docomo Global Website, or NTT Docomo Japanese Website.
And when I saw their products, my eyes stopped at these two models....
First, Docomo Prime Series SH-01C. From the name and specification, looks like it's from Sharp. So, no need for further explanation, this one is great. I've read the specs, and it's not bad. I really wanna have a cellphone with that large screen!
Then, the second, also from the same series, SH-10C. It looks so similiar with the previous one...
Since it says "Aquos" I'm very sure this one is Sharp! Not just large screen, just look at the picture and see what that screen can do. It makes me so damn envy....
Sadly, those two cellphones are available in Japan only. I'm really, really, really jealous with Japanese. They can own such a cellphone T_T
I also have an interest in this one!
It's Sharp 940HS. Read the specs here. Now I just realize that Sharp produces a lot of nice cellphone. But sadly, the only mobile phone from Sharp that came to Indonesia was only this one, and it didn't gain much attention back then...
Sharp WX-A92
I think the main reason why cellphone like this won't get much attention is because the high price. Sharp cellphones cost at least IDR 7.000.000 (about $700). Those Docomo cost at least IDR 9.000.00~10.000.000 (about $1000). It's not too much for foreigners, but for us who live in a cursed yet beautiful country named Indonesia, yes, it is so expensive. I myself won't be able to purchase one of them even if I save my allowance for a year T_T
By the way, all my dream cellphones aren't touchscreen. Honestly, I don't really like touchscreen. It's not very comfortable for me. My fingers are too big to type on it (well, this is embarrassing!). And seems to me touchscreen phones need "extra" care. I like simple cellphone with good Internet connection and large screen. I'm not really interested in BlackBerry but I admit I'm pretty interested in Android, but most of Android phones use touchscreen. Sadly, although I have so many dreams, now I'm stuck with Sony Ericsson T700. It's not a bad one, but it has small screen (only 2').... Q_Q
I want those cellphone! I really hope someday I can buy cellphone like that! >.<
By the way, to see more awesome cellphones from Docomo, click here and get ready to look at them T_T
