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Viz Media Announces U.S. License for Hatsune Miku

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Jun 14, 2011 1:53 AM
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According to their official press release, Viz Media has announced its U.S. product licensing rights for Hatsune Miku, the popular Vocaloid virtual pop singer that has become a massive pop culture phenomenon in Japan.

Recently, Hatsune Miku appeared on the U.S. market in a 2011 Toyota Corolla commercial. Supercell's song “The World Is Mine", which features Hatsune Miku as the vocalist, reached #4 on the iTunes World Music charts. This summer, Hatsune Miku will also perform at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles during Anime Expo.

VIZ Media will showcase Hatsune Miku among its other properties available for product license at the 2011 Licensing International Expo, held in Las Vegas, June 14-16, 2011.

Source: Press release
NaruleachJun 14, 2011 1:56 AM
p r o f i l e 👀
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Jun 14, 2011 1:57 AM
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Wooo, nice. Looking forward to it.
Jun 14, 2011 2:32 AM
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Oh my! Well, I wonder how will Hatsune Miku sing in English...I'm looking forward to it, nonetheless...
Jun 14, 2011 4:10 AM
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I really get bad feeling about this...
Jun 14, 2011 4:53 AM
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hahahah so stupid it's funny
Jun 14, 2011 5:41 AM
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inb4 Microsoft Mary
Jun 14, 2011 6:17 AM
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good for her
Jun 14, 2011 6:22 AM
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Ho... I want to hear her voice when she sings in english. :D nice~
Jun 14, 2011 8:00 AM
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Hmm...let's hope that more of the Vocaloids will get released as well! That would be a dream come true.
Jun 14, 2011 8:33 AM

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I sense a disturbance in the Force...
Jun 14, 2011 8:35 AM

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In before CD-I level marketing and implementation


Jun 14, 2011 9:11 AM

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SurferDude said:
I sense a disturbance in the Force...

^ this ^
Jun 14, 2011 9:58 AM

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;~;
Jun 14, 2011 10:30 AM

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YAY MARKETING.

'cause you know....more people liking something thats cool is a good thing.
Unless you're one of those weird freaks who doesn't know how to share....
Jun 14, 2011 1:09 PM

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WHO LET THIS HAPPEN?
Jun 14, 2011 1:15 PM

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ycart59 said:
WHO LET THIS HAPPEN?


I don't know but whoever did should be fired on the spot.


Jun 14, 2011 2:33 PM

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i dont even know what to say anymore...
mukuro-sama♥ hibari-sama♥fon-sama♥
My top wanted things:
1. Yato umbrellas!!
2. Mukuro's left eye
3. LEON!!! (KHR)
Jun 14, 2011 2:49 PM

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rolddy said:
good for her
she will so be the next Hannah Montana right?

So they are going to use Miku for more LOLs.
ValentilnJun 14, 2011 3:06 PM
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I have to start listen to her songs.
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Jun 14, 2011 3:09 PM

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lol @ Hannah Montana reference.
Jun 14, 2011 3:46 PM

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I thought the Corolla commercials were bad enough.. but now this? D=
Jun 14, 2011 4:06 PM

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4? sheesh i thought that commercial sucked! lol... good i guess..



"If only if only, the woodpecker cried, the bark on the tree was as soft as the sky" || ♪My mind, heart is broken♫
Jun 14, 2011 8:57 PM

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No no no, you guys should just be breathing a sigh of relief because "at least it wasn't Funimation".
Jun 15, 2011 1:05 AM

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HatenaZubon said:
No no no, you guys should just be breathing a sigh of relief because "at least it wasn't Funimation".


I lol'd pretty hard
Jun 15, 2011 10:20 AM

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This is big for VIZ, and it's not even a bad thing people so stop complaining. Crypton were the ones to announce Miku will get an English voicebank too a long while back. Also instead of being ignorant, please look at her wikia page- http://vocaloid.wikia.com/wiki/Hatsune_Miku
Jun 15, 2011 11:40 AM

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AdamHeroKid said:
This is big for VIZ, and it's not even a bad thing people so stop complaining. Crypton were the ones to announce Miku will get an English voicebank too a long while back. Also instead of being ignorant, please look at her wikia page- http://vocaloid.wikia.com/wiki/Hatsune_Miku

You only have one post....so I shall explain how MAL works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LpvN5woaKI
This is the logic put in to any announcement ever by the masses.
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HatenaZubon said:
No no no, you guys should just be breathing a sigh of relief because "at least it wasn't Funimation".


Miku isn't ecchi and crappy enough for Funi to take it.


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