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At this weekend's Wonder Festival in Chiba, Japan, collectible figures and cosplayers weren't the only thing on display. There were also super cars—and race queens. More »
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Graphic design company MokuMoku Factory also makes live-action shorts. They're fantastic. Why, you ask? Well, I'll give you thirty-one seconds to watch this clip—and that should do all the explaining you'll ever need. More »
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After a snow sculpture of virtual idol Hatsune Miku crumbled and injured an elderly woman at the Sapporo Snow Festival, officials destroyed the statue. More »
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Every winter, the Sapporo Snow Festival amazes visitors with snow sculptures. This year, a "Snow Miku" of virtual idol Hatsune Miku was erected. Today, it was destroyed after injuring a senior citizen. More »
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While North America got home-grown popstar got Justin Bieber for Google Chrome commercials, Japan got a homegrown star of its own for Google Chrome ads. Make that, a virtual homegrown star. More »
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In Japan, selling customized figures can get you arrested. It call also get you crazy amounts of money. Like this one did, for example. More »
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Hatsune Miku is a virtual idol. She exists in the virtual space. In the latest Kids React, a group of kids react to the singer. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5845966&view=rss&microfeed=true Virtual idol Miku Hatsune held amazing concerts in Japan that were put together by Sega (and some crappy ones by another company). Sega's bringing her to this year's Anime Expo for her North American debut concert. Vroom! [ANN] More »
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It doesn't matter if she holds concerts or appears in crappy commercials, Miku Hatsune is only virtual and certainly not some 12-year-old kid's mother. More »
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Virtual idol Miku Hatsune has her own Sega video games, concerts, insane game controllers, and figurines. Whether it's plastic statues for arcade redemption games or detailed collectors' statues, there is no shortage of Miku merch. More »
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Even though she's performed in concerts, Miku Hatsune is an entirely virtual creation. Pin-up model Risa Yoshiki, however, appears to be real! In the latest issue of Japanese tabloid Weekly Playboy, both idols, 2D and 3D, come together. More »
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Last year, Sega held concerts for virtual idol Miku Hatsune. The concerts enthralled fans and even garnered international media coverage. The latest Miku Hatsune concert wasn't held by Sega, and all it did was piss everyone off. More »
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Granted, it's only March, but this might be the most hardcore music controller released in Japan this year. That is, if it's released. More »
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The music might sound familiar. That's because it is. More »
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Hatsune Miku, the popular star of Yamaha's Vocaloid, doesn't only appear in video games. Japanese politicians also use her to improve election chances. Miku is virtual, but has very real fans. One of them pocketed a Hatsune Miku plastic figurine, which ended in fists flying. More »
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Paris is truly a world class city. The French are wonderful people. Know what else is wonderful? Cosplay. More »
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Democratic Party of Japan member Kenzo Fujisue apparently has a "secret plan" to tap into the country's youth for the upcoming July election. Does that plan involve a virtual idol? More »
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I do not have long, plastic, aqua-colored hair. If I did, I'd want it to look like this. More »
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SEGA music game Hatsune Miku - Project DIVA - 2nd is coming to the the PSP this July. Know what that means? More »
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In Japan, cars covered with stickers depicting anime and game characters are called itasha, or literally "painmobile". Bicycles covered in stickers are called itachari ("paincycle"). And jet skis? More »
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Crane game prizes can run the gamut of everything from rice cookers to stuffed animals. Figures are not uncommon. This figure, however, is quite nice. More »
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Project DIVA, SEGA's PSP title featuring virtual idol Hatsune Miku, is getting a sequel with the tentative title Project DIVA Arcade. More »
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To achieve the 3D character modeling for PSP title Hatsune Miku -Project Diva-, SEGA enlisted the help of 13-year-old child star Yui Ogura. More »
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Pantsu-heavy PSP music game Hatsune Miku -Project Diva- features a 3D version of Vocaloid character Hatsune Miku. More »
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Vocaloid character Hatsune Miku, is coming to the PSP with Hatsune Miku -Project Diva-. So are her underpants! SEGA has been playing up the "3D modeling" of the Miku character. This is perhaps why? More »
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