Today, July 14, 2019, is SONiKA’s 10th anniversary! To celebrate, celestrai has uploaded the crossfade for the SONIK☆FEST album for all of her fans to enjoy!
Be sure to visit the SONIK☆FEST official Twitter here to find tweets from all the talented musicians and artists involved in SONiKA’s 10th anniversary collaboration!
Each year, Luo Tianyi’s anniversaries on July 12 are always a big deal with new songs, exciting announcements, birthday parties that fans can participate in, and more. 2019 proved to be no different! Here’s an roundup of what fans were able to enjoy this year for the Vsinger’s 7th anniversary.
New Song “Starlight”
The theme song to Tianyi’s 7th anniversary was revealed early on to be Starlight by PoKeR! With a beautiful new outfit and Tianyi with her playful dancing, the song is sure to be another crowd-pleaser at concerts.
Be sure to listen to the song here on Bilibili, and read up about it here in our previous report.
“If Tianyi Shrunk” Birthday Video
A rather unexpected but cute video called “如果天依变小了(If Tianyi Shrunk)” was uploaded next on her official Bilibili channel. In this video, Tianyi wakes up one morning to find herself tiny! It then shows how she spends the day with Mr. V in her smaller form, and how she eventually returns to normal.
The whole video can be watched here. In it, we’re treated to another rendition of Starlight, as well as another new song that was entirely in Japanese.
In fact, Tianyi’s official Twitter account – which caters to a Japanese audience – was dropping hints about the new song just the day prior to her 7th anniversary. She teased that she would sing it during her birthday party.
Then on her birthday, Tianyi’s Twitter reveals the credits for the song: Takeshi Ueda composing the music, and Seiko Oomori writing the lyrics. She then later revealed during her birthday concert that the song is called “Pink Blue,” and will be performed at this year’s Bilibili Macro Link VR concert! Now there’s something to get fans excited for! Stay tuned as more information on the song and its full release are revealed.
**UPDATE ON JULY 14, 2019** According to PANORA, the one responsible for VOCALOID tuning for “Pink Blue” is 虹原ぺぺろん / Nijihara Peperon!
Towards the end of the “If Tianyi Shrunk” video, you may have noticed some adorable little Tianyi gashapon figures. These six figures are actually now available for pre-order from ACTOYS!
Price: ￥354 RMB Release: September 2019 Size: about 6 cm in height Manufacturer: Emontoys Artist: Haku白 Painter: 谷本裕人 / Hiroto Tanimoto Pre-order bonus: colored paper set
They feature Tianyi in her outfit from the Lost in Tianyi album, which you can review coverage of from last year.
Fans should know well the many collaborations that Tianyi has had with Mirinda. On her birthday, the soda company extended their birthday sentiments to her through a Weibo post that you can find here! The post even has an accompanying illustration of Tianyi in another new litchi-themed outfit, and the remark about how they are looking forward to her performance at Bilibili Macro Link VR next weekend. We already know that Tianyi and Mirinda have something up their sleeve for the concert, so stay tuned to find out exactly what they have in store!
Pizza Hut Collaboration Dress
Mirinda wasn’t the only company sending their well wishes. Before her birthday party started, Tianyi revealed on her Weibo the dress that she wore during her collaboration, now made into an actual, physical dress! You can see the post here, showing photos of the dress for all visitors to see.
You can see below for a recap of Tianyi’s collaboration with Pizza Hut last year, and what makes this dress so special!
Birthday Party Livestream
Finally, at exactly 7:12 PM on 7/12, Tianyi’s birthday concert and night of activities began! The party was also streamed online here (now just showing a montage loop). During the party, Tianyi performed several of her classic songs like I LOVE U, as well as the above-mentioned Starlight and Pink Blue!
Here are some screenshots from the big night:
300 Glamorous Heroes Collaboration
As you may catch sight of in the above screenshots, one of the videos played during the night was for the upcoming 300 Glamorous Heroes 2.0 and Tianyi’s character in it!
The video was also posted on Tianyi’s official Weibo, which you can find here. You can also see here for more information on the continuing 300 Glamorous Heroes and Vsinger collaboration!
Birthday video from Vsinger
Finally, a short but very special video was uploaded on Vsinger’s official Weibo page, giving their thanks and support to Tianyi! Check it out here!
We hope you enjoyed this roundup of Tianyi’s 7th anniversary celebrations! You can follow her on Weibo, Facebook, and Twitter to keep up to date on everything Tianyi!
Just as IA World Page has announced, there is going to be a showcase of IA’s new concert, ARIA, during AnimeIowa 2019! 1st PLACE will also have their own booth in
Just as IA World Page has announced, there is going to be a showcase of IA’s new concert, ARIA, during AnimeIowa 2019!
1st PLACE will also have their own booth in the marketplace area, so please come to say hello and to see for yourself what awaits you when it comes to IA & ONE merchandise!
Schedule:
Saturday 2:00PM-3:00PM Main B
To be exact, it’s today, on the second day of the event. To everybody going, keep having fun!
This summer, fans will get the chance to see and interact with her again at two separate events!
Tokyo Robot Collection
SPECIAL EVENT: Tokyo Robot Collection Place: Central ticket gate, JR Shinagawa station (in front of the Equite Shinagawa) Date: July 22 (Monday,13:00 to 17:00) and July 23 (Tue, 10:00 to 17:00)https://t.co/kJVC4qYD38
The Tokyo Robot Collection is an event run by NTT Data that brings together robots and A.I. of high technology used in the service industry with the goal of making Tokyo 2020 the most hi-tech Olympics ever. Since IA is being included as one of their showcases, who knows? We may see IA being the one to guide us around Olmpic Village next year!
IA is coming back to Uneo's JR Station for be your virtual assistant once more! This event is sponsored by the JR Higashi Nihon and will be held at the JR Shinagawa station on July 22nd and 23rd. pic.twitter.com/brvMMBknkB
Then in August, IA will be returning to Ueno Station to take part in the 案内ＡＩみんなで育てようプロジェクト(フェーズ2) (“Let’s Foster Guidance AI Project, Phase 2“). This time, not only will she come with even more knowledge of the area, but she will even be able to communicate in Chinese and Korean on top of Japanese and English! Could this lead to more language voice banks in the future?
It has been announced that the Otomachi Una collaboration train with the Tenryu Hamanako Railroad, the Unapippigo, will begin its runs starting on Saturday, July 27!
The first 300 guests to attend the commencement ceremony will receive a ticket to the ceremony, and a set of goods containing some mineral water, an uchiwa fan, and umaibo stick, all bearing official illustrations.
It is now July 12, making it Luo Tianyi’s 7th anniversary today! To kick off the celebrations, she brings us our first surprise of the day: a brand new song and video uploaded to her Bilibili channel, and it looks absolutely stellar… literally!
On LINE Music, Niconico has put together an absolutely killer playlist of GUMI songs for users of the service to enjoy! The name is ” ㊗️GUMI10周年おめでとうセレクション🎂,” or ” ㊗️Happy 10th Anniversary GUMI Selection 🎂 ” and it lives up to its name!
The July 2019 episode of Tokimeki Hamamatsu is available on the official Hamamatsu YouTube Channel! This time, Una and Hitomi Kubo giving a traditional fishing technique at Lake Hamana a try.
The technique is called takiya-ryou where poles and harpoons are used to catch fish. It has over 100 years of history and is considered the oldest continuing fishing method in Japan! After successfully catching a crab, Kubo-san brings it over to Takiya Base where people can cook and eat their catches right away.
If this episode has piqued your interest in visiting Lake Hamana, trying your hand at takiya-ryou, and dining at Takiya Base, then consider a trip there someday!
During YANHE’s 6th anniversary livestream, the birthday girl performed a brand new song for her fans to enjoy. For those who couldn’t catch the livestream, the song and video are now available on Bilibili!
The video is also available through this Weibo post. In fact, those who share the post and tag a friend can be chosen as one of three winners to receive a full set of YANHE 2019 birthday merch, which you can review here!
For details on the other new birthday song that was revealed today, see here!
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