The inaugural MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN ceremony, the largest music awards in the country, is set to take place in May in Kyoto. Embodying the theme of “Connecting the world, illuminating the future of music ...

Living near Paris, Iyane (He/Him) is mainly covering Japanese media on DualShockers. He started his writing career in 2018 after being scouted for his blogging and talent for live-translating Japanese ...

The most famous vocaloid songs from the 2000s has everything they need to create the perfect mordern fantasy anime.

While there are other virtual singers, it would be the twin-tailed, turquoise-haired, virtual diva Hatsune Miku that would take over the world. As the first Vocaloid made by Crypton, she had a lot to ...

An interesting thing can happen with Vocaloid songs. Since these are characters who don’t have defined roles or personalities, people will sometimes use the music to create personas and situations for ...

The “Niconico VOCALOID SONGS” mid-year ranking for 2025 was recently announced. This chart, which was launched on Dec. 7, 2022, tracks the top 20 songs on Niconico created using voice synthesis ...

: [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: In this report, we incorrectly say that the Hatsune Miku voice synthesizer is "entirely AI-generated." A version of the software that powers the "vocaloid" singer Hatsune ...

I can't dance. I can feel a rhythm, but coordinating my limbs in time to that beat and making it not look ridiculous is just a skill I have not mastered - the chaos of a mosh pit is much easier to fit ...