Hatsune Miku Expands World Conquest, Set To Gain English Voice

[4kyiyw4k]

Sources:

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/11/16/hatsune-miku-set-to-gain-english-voice/

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/11/15/mikumiku-world-conquest-argentina-brazil-italy-romania/

 

Hatsune Miku’s ongoing media blitzkrieg has racked up yet more conquests – this time Argentina, Brazil, Italy and Romania fell to the overpowering might of her charms.

 

Argentina saw much coverage – rag Clarin and news service Todo Noticias both covered her, with both insisting she is “un holograma 3D”:

 

 

Her offensive also saw her take neighbouring Brazil:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBT6JvNXcnI&feature=player_embedded

 

The BBC is also obediently helping spread her influence across the rest of Latin America by way of its Spanish language World Service – shamefully their wretched English language service seems yet to have followed suit:

 

 

Top Italian rag La Repubblica also rendered tribute unto Miku:

 

 

Finally, she seized more east European territory in the form of a Romanian news report.

 

It seems Miku may be on the verge of an international breakthrough…

Hatsune Miku appears to be on the verge of gaining an English version, providing her fans are dutiful enough in fulfilling her wishes.

 

The announcement of sorts comes by way of an address given to Vocaloid fans at a recent US convention, with Miku creators Hiroyuki Ito and Wataru Sasaki suggesting an English version will be forthcoming if Miku’s demand for 39,390 likes (the odd number is the result of Japanese wordplay: “miku” and “sankyu”) on her Facebook page is met.

 

 

As gathering likes on Facebook is akin to catching flies on flypaper, the statement can basically be taken as an announcement that there will be an English version and the decision is already something of a fait accompli; certainly making a business decision based on Facebook likes is not something which anyone would expect from the decidedly canny businessmen at Crypton.

 

Crypton have in fact been talking about the need for an English version since 2008, so her recent burst of publicity may well form the momentum for an imminent announcement.

 

Facebook users wishing to accelerate the inevitable or simply bathe in her exalted virtual light can proceed to her profile here – with over 33,000 likes already it seems it will not be long in coming.

 

Just whether this will be a success is another question of course – Miku’s success so far is essentially the result of an extremely strong community of (Japanese) artists and musicians, rather than any central group under the control of Crypton, Yamaha, Sega or others, so her dual nature of both being a virtual idol and a creative tool may yet complicate her establishment overseas.

Edited November 15, 2010 by Delinius

[Andrew]

[Eazy]

Holy shit

[Parumpapapums]

lol

[Aceman]

Who knows? If it becomes english I might get obsessed too

[4kyiyw4k]

Who knows? If it becomes english I might get obsessed too

be sure to like Hatsune Miku's facebook page!

 

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/goto/http://on.fb.me/cB1xga

[Flynn]

nice nice... i love hustano miko...

[Jimi]

old news tbh, she already has a few english songs and they all suck.

 

i'll stick with japanese ty

 

edit: apparently she did get the needed facebook shit and they will be making an english version

[Flexa]

what the fuck LOL

[Daniela]

i dont know about all this comic shit but usually when something thats really good in a foreign language is recorded in english it sounds retarded