Lawson‘s official Twitter recently announced news about their yearly collaboration with Snow Miku and Rabbit Yukine! As you can see, we have an adorable illustration of Miku in the Lawson staff uniform:
Visitors to Lawson stores in Hokkaido will be able to check out the four collaboration food items available:
In the top left we have the so-called “Snow Miku Bacon Deliciousness! Creamy pasta (ยฅ499/ยฅ539 with tax).
With our second item, we have some biiiig onigiri (rice balls), filled with spring onion and salted pork rib meat! (ยฅ221/ยฅ239 with tax)
For our third takeaway item there is the “Snow Miku White Round Bun” (similar to “nikuman”, a type of flour bun filled with ground meat) – (ยฅ176/ยฅ190 with tax).
Lastly is the adorable “Snow Miku Fluffy Chiffon Cake”, using Hokkaido fresh cream which melts in your mouth, as well as powdered sugar on top (ยฅ176/ยฅ190 with tax)
They all look super good, and we also have photos of what they look like in real life! Even Vocaloid producer BIGHEAD has checked out how Snow Miku has “taken over” a Hokkaido Lawson store:
Furthermore, it seems that Lawson will be selling official Snow Miku 2020 merchandise!
These items should be stocked in all Lawson stores in Hokkaido, but availability is limited. All prices include tax. (The numbered shop list will be shown at the end of the article!)
First up is the Snow Miku Snow Parade Ver. Plushie by GIFT, ยฅ4,400 (about ยฃ31 GBP / $40 USD)
Then there’s the complete set of clear files (and a special book-shaped storage case for them) on the right for ยฅ3,900 (about ยฃ28 /$36). Artists (Top row, from left to right: ใฏใญใใจ (Hanekoto) x2, KEI, ใในใฑ(Pisuke) and MACCO. Bottom row: soๅ (sohin), ใชใบ (Rizu) and ใชใใ (Najo).
The rubber strap collection is so adorable, and one will cost ยฅ700 (about ยฃ5 / $6). (Each strap you get is random) (Art by ใชใบ -Rizu).
On the right you can see the “Tsumamare” keychain of Snow Miku for ยฅ600 (about ยฃ4 / $5). (This term is used to describe when the art shows a pinched, dangling character in this style). (Art by ใกใจ – Tito)
Third down from the left is the 3D acrylic stand of Snow Miku for ยฅ2,750 (about ยฃ20 / $25)
Next we have a set of keyrings with the Piapro characters inside snow-globe looking domes, and the set will cost ยฅ1,100 (about ยฃ8 / $10 ).
The die-cut sticker set of Miku is also ยฅ1,000, and it includes three of the official Snow Miku 2020 designs!
Our eighth item in this section is the Nendoroid Plus Trading Rubber Keyrings, all of which feature Miku. One of these will cost ยฅ600 (ยฃ4 / $5), but they will most likely be blind boxed / blind bagged, so you won’t know which you’ll get.
Finally for this section, we have the CD of “Planet Traveller feat. Hatsune Miku”, containing the designated theme song for the Snow Miku 2020 celebration “Cozy Planet”, as well as nine other songs. The album is ยฅ2,200 altogether (ยฃ15 / $20).
The following items are available in stores numbered 1 ~ 40 in their Hokkaido shop list:
Rabbit Yukine Plush Strap : ยฅ3,900 (ยฃ27 / $36)
Card sleeve Sets (A) and (B) are ยฅ1,650 each (ยฃ11 / $15), and are used to keep collectible cards from being damaged.
There is also one B2 tapestry from Hanekoto and one from KEI, each being ยฅ3,000 (ยฃ20 / $27).
A new item included is the adorable muffler scarf with music notes on it for ยฅ4,000 (ยฃ28 / $36).
The bag charm is ยฅ1,760 (ยฃ12 / $16) , and has a small musical instrument on it!
The super cute face towel is ยฅ 1,600 (ยฃ11 / $14). (Art by ใชใใ (Najo).
The next two items are “O-mamori” (small charms which are most commonly used for bringing good luck), as well as the large shopping bag, and both items cost ยฅ1,100.
The next products are only available in stores numbered 1 and 2 on this list.
Here we have the Hanekoto- and Bisuke- illustration luggage tags for ยฅ1,100 each.
Another interesting item included is the “Snow Miku 2020 Number Plate”, for a reasonable ยฅ3,300 (ยฃ23 / $30). It’s recommended for use as a piece of interior decoration…apparently.
A pretty cute acrylic clock for ยฅ3,000 (ยฃ21 / $27) is also available, so Miku can help you to tell the time.
For ยฅ3,100 (ยฃ21 /$28) you can get a little waist pouch with all of the Snow Cryptonloids!
Popular in recent times, a smartphone ring with Miku on it is being sold for ยฅ1,400 (ยฃ10 /$12).
Particularly fetching is this Yukine shaped pouch which you can use to store small electronic devices, headphones…and whatever else you can fit in it! (ยฅ2,100, ยฃ15 , $19).
Last but certainly not least, here are the items which are exclusive to Lawson’s main Snow Miku collaboration store
In the top left and right are the portable chargers, with the first one showcasing Hanekoto and Bisuke’s art, and the other having KEI and MACCO’s art.
My personal favourite item, the Snow Miku 2020 “hanten” (a winter version of a happi), will cost you ยฅ11,000 (ยฃ77 / $100). (Art by KEI)
And to round up Lawson’s items, they’ll be selling the Full Graphic Snow Miku T Shirt (in sizes M, L and XL) for ยฅ6,600 each.
Snow Miku goods will continue to be sold until the 26th February 2020, so make sure not to miss out! Keep reading to find useful links, plus the numbered directory for Lawson stores in Hokkaido (including the main store which is decorated for the Snow Miku event!). For more information about the Snow Miku merch for this year, check out our other articles here:
First, the theme of this year’s Magical Mirai is Matsuri, which means “festival.” Anyone familiar with the IA & ONE anniversary theme song from last year will recognize this theme well!
— ๅ้ณใใฏ ใใธใซใซใใฉใค ๅ ฌๅผ (@magicalmirai) February 8, 2020
All that we know so far is that a theme song is in the works for the feature. Once the song’s producer and other information is revealed, well announce it. And considering how the Osaka stop for Magical Mirai 2020 is happening in summer, the info will probably come sooner rather than later!
MEIKO & KAITO Life-Size Statues Project
Finally, a new project for both MEIKO and KAITO was revealed! It was first hinted at earlier this week when a tweet was made by Hatsune Miku’s official Twitter account with the hashtag #MK15th_project.
We now finally know that the project is to make life-size statues of MEIKO and KAITO! A crowdfunding project on Act Now will be open from 5:00 PM on February 17 and to 11:59 PM (JST) on April 19 to make it happen! Look forward to details on how you can help, and enjoy the concept image by iXima!
Some listeners may feel that Rin’s parts sound kind of muted among all the human singers, which Crypton’s Wataru Sasaki remarked on:
(For this particular Sweet Magic, I’d like for people to think of the VOCALOID parts as one small part of a larger chorus of singers… that and if you take the song as a whole, there are many parts that sound like duets)
Among those who enter the campaign, ten will be selected to win an Amazon gift card worth ๏ฟฅ3,000 JPY! Winners will be contacted by direct message, so make sure that your account can receive them!
Best of luck to anyone entering, and look forward to more Project SEKAI reveals!
You’re most probably here because of the excitement I have surrounding the Sakura Miku Cafe in March and April… and I’m here to tell you all about the results for Piapro’s competition to design menu items for the Collabo with Animate Cafe .
So here are the winners:
In no particular order, first up we have 7:24 , with their “Sakura Miku Dual Coloured Parfait”! It’s supposed to contain matcha or sakura ice cream, small leaf shaped cookies (or senbei), hanami style dango, matcha mousse, yogurt mousse, matcha / sakura agar jelly cubes and sakura shaped agar!
Next (on the right) is ia, with the “Amazake Milk Tea”, containing amazake (a non alcoholic type of drink), black tea, milk, a small sakura blossom and whipped cream!
Third up is R_pro_09, with the “Sakura Miku Miku Mi-Cream Soda”. It’s drawn containing blue soda, a vanilla ice cream “Miku” and strawberry -, white- and milk chocolate for her accessories. They even drew a little coaster design too!
Zuu has designed a rather cute “Sakura Miku Full Bloom Chazuke”. Inside it are supposed to be small pieces of spring onion, fried onigiri, salmon flakes and sakura shaped “kamaboko” (cute, cylindrically shaped fish paste made for soups).
My favourite menu item so far would be the “Rin-chan Kirakira Orange Juice”, by ใใฟใ (Amiru). It has orange jelly, orange soda, star shaped “nata de coco”, frozen mango, canned mikan (a citrus fruit similar to an orange), square pieces of apple, all topped off with vanilla ice cream and sprinkles.
Our first design for Luka is the “Luka’s Warabimochi Ichigo Ore”, with strawberry flavoured milk and warabimochi (bracken starch dumpling, which sort of looks like jelly), chocolate sauce and Luka’s number as a chocolate decoration. Thanks to ใขใกใฟใณ (Ametako) for that!
ใใใกใใ (Ugochan) designed a “Sakura Miku Soda”, with vanilla ice cream, sakura soda, agar jelly and sakura warabimochi.
The “Mochimochi Shiratama ZenZai” is a zenzai (soup made from azuki) with flavoured rice flour dumplings, mint, red bean paste and sakura flavoured sauce, drawn by ใใใ ใผ (Kashuu)
ใญใ (Kino) drew an adorable pairing of the “Rin-chan Amber Annin” (with apricot pudding, chocolate, mint and mango sauce) and the “Miku-san Green Soba”. The latter is designed with matcha soba noodles, Miku motif kamaboko, spring onion and wakame seaweed… all in a special Miku bowl!
A particularly cute design was made by ใใใใพ (Gurukuma) the “Sakura Miku O-Hanami Bento”, with its sakura and egg flavoured rice, weiners in the shape of octopuses, and tamagoyaki (rolled omelette).
ใตใใผใใ (Felis) has created the “Luka’s Seafood Plate”, including an octopus salad, mentaiko pasta (mentaiko is a type of pollock roe usually seen in paste form), wakame and egg soup.
From ใธใใฝใ (Hekopon) we have the “Sakura Miku Fuwa Fuwa Hidden Home Dorayaki”, a tiny pancake with fresh cream, ankou and “gyuuhi” (a confectionary similar to turkish delight).
Another favourite of mine is the “Rin and Len Getting Along Picnic Combo” by ใคใใ (Yamane)… especially because of the name. There are sandwiches with a potato salad filling, some with cream cheese and marmalade inside, as well as potato cut into star shapes, and an egg salad on the side. Don’t forget about the cute motifs on top of the sandwiches (which are attached with toothpicks!).
ใชใผใ (riifu) designed a “mysterious but cute” Kaito-themed ice cream float, with a mini cone on top and sparkles inside. They’ve even added a little sparkly gummy scarf onto the ice cream!
Some really cute waffles have been drawn by ๆขๆ(Kaito), with chocolate, mango sauce and vanilla ice cream. A stack of triangular waffles with a chocolate flakes… count me in!
ๆฐดใฃใฝใในใผใ (Koorippoi Soup) wants some pink sakura style drinks with special pink cups at the cafe! The best part is that even when the drink has been finished, the cup still looks really pretty, especially with the cherry blossom motifs on the outside.
An interesting idea for a Meiko themed drink came from ่ถใ ใใ (Chadango), with their “Meiko’s Sangria Style Cranberry Juice”.
ๆฐท่ๅญ๏ผใซใ) (Koori Okashi -Kana/Aisu) has a particularly cute idea for a Kaito themed cappuccino, with the “Attakappuccino”, which has the design of Kaito’s coat on top of it!
And last but not least… a design for the “Meiko Coloured Burger”, with tomato, white cheese, onion, and Meiko written in Ketchup! (Drawn by ๅคๆใปใใ (Yoake Hoshiko).
(All winning entries can be seen properly on the Piapro blog).
Wow… that’s A LOT of potential menu items! Which one do you think you’d like best?
(Update: to see how amazing the menu items look like in real life, you can read my article here!)
And if you’d like to learn more about the Sakura Miku collabo cafe this year, you can read all about it in my main article here. If merchandise is what you’re interested in, you can learn about the cafรฉ collaboration goods here!
That’s all the news we have on the Sakura Miku x Goodsmile Company x Animate Cafe collabo for now!
FURYU Corporation made several announcements today for new upcoming prize figures.
TOONIZE Megurine Luka
First up was the announcement of Megurine Luka’s addition to the TOONIZE series! Her design by ใฌใใฌใ / Gashigashi was revealed, and her actual figure is scheduled to be showcased sometime this summer!
— ใใใชใฅใผๅ ฌๅผใPRIZE info (@FURYU_prize) February 6, 2020
The TOONIZE figures for Miku, Rin, and Len were announced last November, and are expected to be showcased this spring. Luka’s inclusion rounds out the CV series for the piapro characters, but could a certain other two be joining them? We’ll report on any updates!
— ใใใชใฅใผๅ ฌๅผใPRIZE info (@FURYU_prize) February 6, 2020
The first is called “BiCuteBunnies,” a series of 31 centimeter tall figures in rabbit outfits that will be designed by ้ปๆ็ด ็ฝ / Kuroboshi Kouhaku.
The second will the series of cute figures called “TOKYO: CartoonY” modeled after super deformed illustrations by ใใงใผใดใในใฑ / hypgonosuke.
And as one can see, both series are kicking off with new Miku figures! FURYU no doubt puts a lot of faith in the piapro brand for starting new product series!
Stay tuned for any more information on the new figures!
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In celebration of the recent Snow Miku event ongoing, Mikucolle has also decided to join in with fun things to do of its own. Here I’ll show you what’s in store for players!
First up, you get a rather exasperated greeting from Meropi:
After this greeting, you’ll get the alert that during the “Snow Miku Mikufest” (3rd February to 17th February 2020), you’ll get 3 Mikucoins every day just by logging in! But that’s certainly not all~!
Mikufest event
Participants in the event will have the chance to get exclusive items only available during this time!
There will be two sets of missions released. From the beginning of the first half of missions, you’ll be able to get Snow Miku themed hairstyles and clothing for your character!
These outfits you can earn while playing each mission multiple times.This outfit you can get by completing specific missions once. Complete them, then go to the “Mission list (ใใใทใงใณใชในใ), then “Events” (ใคใใณใ) and collect your items!
Then, once the second missions are released, you’ll be able to get Miku’s rabbit-friend Yukine as a magical item!
If you manage to clear the most difficult “boss-subjugation” mission from the first half, you’ll receive one adorable Yukine to add to your accessories inventory!
Rainbow Rush gacha
In this time’s Rainbow Rush gacha, the probability for SSRs and SSR+’s is TWICE as high as the regular Rainbow Rush ones. And in comparison to the normal Premium Gacha, SSR and SSR+ probability is 4 TIMES as high!
There will also be special tickets for this gacha included in the packs you can buy (I’ll explain this later).
Card list
Here are the cards available in the special gacha this time:
“Band of the Snow Dance Forest” (ใ้ช่ใๆฃฎใฎ้ณๆฅฝ้ใ) – SSR+
-First up we have one with three options: inside the gacha, the first button on the left is one pull only, and it costs 3 Miku coins. You can do this one once a day.
The next button also gives you a one pull gacha, but you can play it as many times a day as you like. This one costs 5 Miku coins per pull.
And finally is the third button, which gives you 10 cards plus one extra, so itโs the best value for money. You should get at least one SSR with this gacha, and it costs 50 miku coins.
-Secondly is the free gacha! With this one, you’ll be able to do the equivalent of a 10 + 1 pulls gacha without paying anything. I must say, I got some nice cards out of this one.
-With the next gacha down, you’ll need to use special gacha tickets instead of mikucoins. You only get one pull, but there’s a high probability for an SSR+
-The third Rainbow Rush gacha requires tickets too, but instead, the idea is that you’ll get no less than an SSR with your single pull.
But how do you get these ticketsโฆ.?
Snow miku 2020 event only packs!
You’ll have to buy some of these:
Pack type 1: Snow Miku 2020 Pack
Option 1: ยฅ10000 ($91.82 USD/ยฃ70.16)
-200 miku coins (Buy 100, get 100 free!)
โ One SSR+ Gacha ticket. (A ticket for the “High probability for an SSR” gacha I mentioned)
Option 2: ยฅ4900 ($44.62 USD / ยฃ34.36)
-91 miku coins (Buy 49, get 42 free!)
-One “No less than SSR” gacha ticket (for the second gacha requiring tickets that I mentioned)
Note: you can buy each of these packs a maximum of 10 times
Pack type 2: Mikufest bonus pack
Option 1: ยฅ3800 ($34.60 USD/ ยฃ26.65)
-100 Mikucoins (Buy 38, get 62 free)
Option 2: ยฅ120 ($1.09 USD / ยฃ0.84)
-10 Mikucoins (buy 1, get 9 free)
-3 King gold Jakushi
-1 God metal Jakushi
Note: you can buy each of these packs once
But wait! I just got word of a secret card floating around in the Tanuki Village!
Until February 24th, if you explore the Tanuki Village…you might find one of these beauties:
If you’re a fan of ใใฅใผใใชใ / NeutrinoP and the GUMI songs that they produce, the you’ll glad to hear that VOCALOTRACKS is now distributing four new songs written by the producer in honor of GUMI’s 10th anniversary!
On February 12 at 8:00 PM (JST), right before the release of Hatsune Miku Project DIVA Mega 39’s, SEGA will be holding a special livestream!
SEGA mentioned that new information on the game will be revealed during the show. Furthermore, there are four confirmed guests who will be making an appearance: Saki Fujita, Arisa Kamisawa, Mikudayo, and Makunano!
VocaSphere 