Nendoroid Racing Miku 2012 ver. Previewed by Mikatan

On her blog update today, finally Mikatan has previewed Nendoroid Racing Miku 2012 ver. According to the blog post, she will come with two expressions, a nendocar (and its decal), an opened parasol, a closed parasol, and some hands and legs of course.

She will be released on October 2012 and her pre-order is up until 7th May 2012 at 22:00 (Japan Time). Her pre-order is available at Nico Nico Chokuhan and at Good Smile Company Online Shop (GSR&Studie with TeamUKYO Personal Sponsorship).

For more pictures and information, just check Mikatan's Blog ^^

Mitani Nana Golden Best -Vocalo Kyoku wo Utattemita-

Before I get into the album, do you know Mitani Nana? Have you ever heard that name? She's one of the best utaite I've ever heard. I love her voice! If you haven't listened to her songs, now is the right time to try. Mitani Nana is known for her powerful and versatile voice. If you're a fan of Utauloid, she's also got an Utauloid under her name ^^

That's the brief introduction and now I'll talk a bit about the album. It was released on 21st March 2012 and consists of 19 songs. I think the album title doesn't lie at all. It's really a golden best of Mitani Nana. I really like all of them. My favorite tracks are Senbonzakura and Sakura Hitohira. The other songs are nice too, especially her cover of samfree's Night series. Her voice suits all the song, from the powerful tuned songs like Night series by samfree to the slow tuned song like Sakura Hitohira by Kurousa-P (it's the bonus track, btw). Really can't say more about this album, just try to listen to this and you'll know why I like her voice xD

Tracklist:

1. Shiroi Yuki no Princess wa (Noboru-P)
2. Double Lariat (Agoaniki-P)
3. Senbonzakura (Kurousa-P)
4. Mousou Sketch (40mP)
5. Kasou Kyoku (No.D)
6. Monochro∞Blue Sky (Noboru-P)
7. Puzzle (Kuwagata-P)
8. ACUTE (Kurousa-P)
9. Lily Lily★Burning Night (samfree)
10. Megu Megu☆Fire Endless Night (samfree)
11. Nana Nana★Miracle Fever Tonight (samfree)
12. Miki Miki★Romantic Night (samfree)
13. Neko Neko☆Super Fever Night (samfree)
14. IA IA★Night of Desire (samfree)
15. Luka Luka★Night Fever (samfree)
16. Kusari no Shoujo (Noboru-P)
17. ES~dirty aspiration~ (Arai Takeshi)
18. Satellite (Peperon-P)
19. [Bonus Track] Sakura Hitohira (Kurousa-P)

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Credit goes to uploader.

Mitani Nana - Sakura Hitohira

Latest song from Kurousa-P which is sung by Mitani Nana. The song is included in Mitani Nana's first major released album, Mitani Nana Golden Best -Vocalo Kyoku wo Utattemita-. The PV illustration is done by tamanezumi. I'll talk about Mitani Nana (and her album) later so this time I'll just write about this song ^^

GSC Revealed Official Pictures of Nendoroid Racing Miku 2012

Earlier today, Good Smile Company has updated the pictures of Nendoroid Racing Miku 2012 ver. in their website. So yes, after only showed the pictures in the live broadcast, finally they displayed the cute Racing Miku now ^^

 Default pose as seen in the original illustration

 Running pose. Oh what a beautiful hair she has! ^^

 Racing Miku 2012 with her parasol

Riding her GT car ^^

Just for a reminder, she will be available for pre-order until 7th May 2012 at 22:00 (Japan Time). Her pre-order is available at Nico Nico Chokuhan and Good Smile Company Online Shop. Make sure you grab her before the deadline! ^^

Source: Good Smile Company website

Illustration of Nendoroid Gakupo Revealed

The four expressions of Nendoroid Gakupo are finally revealed in the CD Booklet of Kamuizm (Kamui Musou). Besides the information that he will bring four expressions, the other details such as parts and release date are still unknown.

Source: Nendonesia

Kalafina - to the beginning

Kalafina's latest single which is the second opening single for Fate/Zero Second Series. Nice song, as usual from Kalafina (and Kajiura Yuki). The lyrics suit the anime too. In my opinion, Kalafina's music style is something new to Fate Series which usually use pop musician (Tainaka Sachi, LiSA, Aoi Eir, etc.―Actually Kalafina can also be considered as pop musician, but they don't 100% stick with it) but of course this one is also a nice one.

Well, it's a single from Kalafina after all. Just when they can disappoint me? Never, I think.

Title: to the beginning
Artist: Kalafina
Released Date: 18th April 2012
Label: Sony Music Japan

Tracklist

1. to the beginning
2. Manten
3. to the beginning -instrumental-

Download
(Password: jpddl)

Credit goes to the uploader.

Fujita Maiko - Nee

Fujita Maiko's latest single that is used as the opening single of Hiiro no Kakera anime. A nice (yet sad) song. Fujita Maiko's voice is awesome as usual. If she's said to have a voice of an angel, I totally agree with that! And plus, even the instrumental version of the songs are beautiful. Awesome single. I don't have to talk much about this. Just one word: AWESOME.

By the way, I find it funny that the artwork in the CD cover looks better than the anime artwork itself. I bet I'm not the only one who thinks that way.

Title: Nee
Artist: Fujita Maiko
Released Date: 18th April 2012
Label: MW RECORDS

Tracklist

1. Nee
2. Suki ni Naru to Doushite
3. Nee -Instrumental ver.-
4. Suki ni Naru to Doushite -Instrumental ver.-

For the download link, I found two download links. One is with password but the bit rate is better and one is without password but the bit rate is kinda low. Feel free to choose. BOTH LINKS ARE NOT MINE. Credit goes to the uploader.

Download Link 1 (Password: jpddl)
Download Link 2

Nendoroid Lily from anim.o.v.e Announced

As announced in Lily's official website, Lily will be made into a Nendoroid version soon. Looks like her Nendoroid version will comes with three expressions as shown in the picture and perhaps she will also come with her mike set.

Other details are still unknown but of course it's a good news that Lily will join the Nendoroid series. In my personal opinion, I hope Good Smile Company will make more Nendoroid from Vocaloid series in the future. Well, this is just my personal hope, but I do want an IA Nendoroid ^^;

How about you? ^^

Source: Lily from anim.o.v.e official website.

figma 082: Megurine Luka

Wait, wait?! figma Megurine Luka? Oh yes, the title is not wrong at all. I'm going to review my very first figma, Megurine Luka.

I should have posted this a long time ago but due to my laziness, finally I manage to post this now. Actually the pictures were taken long time ago ^^;

By the way, I'm in my day off mode so maybe I'll post some reviews again later.

Okay, let's just start the review~~~

Kagamine Rin & Len - Ikasama⇔Casino

It's been quite a long time since my last song review. Well, lately I often post about Nendoroid and figma stuffs so this time I'll review a song again.

This time, it comes from one of my favorite composer, Hitoshuzuku-P. Or maybe I should call "teamOS" since this song is composed by Hitoshizuku-P, mixed by Yama△, the illustration is by Suzunosuke, and the video is made by TSO. The four of them is now in teamOS although TSO just joined the team in this song. And as additional information, this latest song from teamOS was uploaded in Nico Nico Douga on 1st April 2012. Yes, on April Fool's Day xD
And another information, this song is also included in Vocalogemini, an album from Exit Tunes, dedicated for the Kagamine Twins ^^

Latest Nendoroid and figma Line-Up in GSC Live Broadcast

On the latest live broadcast (20th April 2012), Good Smile Company and Max Factory finally announce their latest Nendoroid, figma, and scale figures. The live broadcast was scheduled to be airing for one and a half hour starting at 20:00 (JST) until 21.30 (JST) although in the end the live broadcast lasted more than it.

By the way, the rain fell while I was watching the broadcast, my modem stopped working at 19:49 (in Indonesia) so I don't know if I can cover the whole line up or not. Sorry if I can't :(

More pics after the break!

Hatsune Miku Gets Highest Vote for Wax Figure at Madame Tussauds

As seen on Madame Tussauds Bangkok Facebook page, Hatsune Miku gets the highest vote to be made a wax figure in Madame Tussauds Wax Museum.

So far, she already got more than 6000 votes, beating Super Junior (again) which only got about 3000 votes.

Meanwhile in Japan, Madame Tussauds in Odaiba, Tokyo will be furnished as a full museum on Spring 2012. The museum will be located in Decks Tokyo Beach mall with fully themed areas, Japanese heroes, and some infamous celebrities.

At this moment, a survey is also being held to decided which celebrity to be displayed in the new Madame Tussauds Museum in Tokyo. You can pick your favorite star based on these categories:

1. World Leaders (ワールドリーダーズ)
2. Sports (スポーツ)
3.  Music (ミュージック)
4. Televison (テレビジョン)
5. Movie （映画)
6. Hollywood Party (ハリウッド・パーティー)

If you want to see Miku in Madame Tussauds Tokyo, then go to the survey here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MadameTussaudsTokyo

Click next until  category 3, Music (ミュージック) then write 初音ミク (Hatsune Miku) in the field. If you still don't get it, take a look at this picture as an example:

(Click to enlarge)

And since this survey is being held by Madame Tussauds Tokyo, please submit your vote in Japanese writing only (Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji).

After you filled the field, you can submit your contact details (optional) then they'll ask if you want to receive updates about Madame Tussauds Tokyo progress or not. Chose Yes (はい) if you want to receive updates, then click "Done".

If you need help about how to fill the survey, feel free to contact me or just leave a comment.

Source: 初音ミクみく

Good Smile Company Announced Polling for Resales and New Products

Yesterday, Mikatan announced about the polling about resales and new product requests being held by Good Smile Company for celebrating their birthday. In this polling, you can pick up to five products that you want for resales and you can write some requests about which characters do you want to be made as a Nendoroid or a figma.

To vote, you can go to this link: http://partner.goodsmile.info/sousenkyo/index_nendoroid.php

Please note that not all products can be re-saled. Cheerful JAPAN! and limited products can't be re-saled although they're on the list for some unknown reasons.

 

The first button is for Nendoroid, the second is figma, the third is scale figures, and the last button is for the new product request. To vote, you just need to pick what products do you want and click this button:

 The left button is to see the polling result without voting.

As for the new product request, you need to fill this form.

 

Here's the guide:

•  作品名 (Series Name). For example: Kuroshitsuji
• キャラクター名 (Character's Name). For example: Earl Grey
• ジャンル (Product Genre. Choose one from Nendoroid, figma, plushie, and scale figure). For example: Nendoroid

Since the vote page is available in Japanese only, I think when you want to make a new product request, it will be better if you use the Japanese character instead of romaji ^^
And by the way, if you want to request a Gumako's products, the product genre is "Good Smile Udon" ^^

Figurine lover, have you voted which product do you want for resale? Well, let's just see the end result ^^

The vote is opened until 1st May 2012 at 12:00PM (Japan Time)

Source: Mikatan Blog

Colored Protoype of Nendoroid Racing Miku 2012 Revelaed

After we saw the uncolored prototype of Nendoroid Racing Miku 2012, finally on the live broadcast just now, they revealed the colored one!

That's all I could grab from the live broadcast. Actually there was a picture of Miku holding her umbrella on her car but I didn't manage to grab it. Really sorry ;A;

By the way, her accessories are almost the same as the previous Racing Miku, an umbrella and a car.  From now, she comes with two expressions. I do hope that they will add another expression to this cute Miku!

Her pre-order is still available until 7th May 2012 at 22:00 (Japan Time). Pre-order can be made at Nico Nico Chokuhan and at Good Smile Company Online Shop ^^

Nendoroid Sakura Miku Announced by Mikatan

After giving a teaser on her Twitter, finally today, Mikatan announced about the official Nendoroid Sakura Miku. This Nendoroid also came from an illustration made by Puchi Devil, the same person who designed Nendoroid Snow Miku 2012. The original illustration looks like this:

Here's the pictures of the very cute Sakura Miku!

 Front view. CUTENESS OVERLOAD!

 Back view. Look at those cherries!

 Back view again. Look at the details. Nice!

 Hair detail! The sakura print is so cute, right? And don't forget the beautiful gradient!

 The cherries are so detailed too!

The sakura-shaped headphone!

According to Mikatan, the released date and price are still unknown. The parts (accessories) for this Nendoroid haven't been decided yet. The only thing that clear is this Nendoroid will be commercialized.

Well, since this Nendoroid has an epic cuteness, let's hope that this Miku will be a normal released instead of limited edition or a bundled one (and let's hope it won't be released in near future)!

Source: Mikatan's Blog