Talk:Hatsune Miku/Archive 1

Note: Just to point something out
There is no point in just copy +pasting from the main article, otherwise this page doesn't need to exist at all.

Can we... Just fix this page up quickly to make it not more or less a clone of the main Vocaloid article with bits missing. ^_^' 94.168.119.106 (talk) 15:39, 6 August 2010 (UTC)


 * People wanted this page, so I just created a stub by copying and pasting the material from the main article. Sorry, I can't quickly fix it because I know next to nothing about this subject. ja:初音ミク is more informative, but I don't think I can translate it. I usually work on articles of the Nikkei 225 companies, which include Yamaha.
 * I'll leave it up to other editors. --Shinkansen Fan (talk) 17:55, 6 August 2010 (UTC),


 * Fair enough. Its relying on someone else to come along at the moment though. I'll attempt a few bits later on next week if no one else does.  94.168.119.106 (talk) 13:51, 7 August 2010 (UTC


 * All right. Perhaps we can merge Maker Hikōshiki Hatsune Mix into this article. People of WP:Anime could delete it if they think that it is not notable enough. --Shinkansen Fan (talk) 07:26, 8 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Okay, i'm kinda new to this, so just wanted to add a bit of info in~ i hope the person usually in charge of this page can just add it in in the spirit of wiki. You guys should know that there's a reference to MIKU HATSUNE in the Intro of "The World only God knows", check it out at 0:06, keep an eye on the left side~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.184.153.8 (talk) 01:47, 28 October 2010 (UTC)


 * OH, i get what those dots are for now~ anywho, sorry forgot to post the link~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pcHyKtpqzo —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.184.153.8 (talk) 01:50, 28 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Cool! Miku finally has her own page! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.0.238.222 (talk) 03:36, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

This article...really needs to go.
It's essentially a clone of the Vocaloid Wiki article, and Miku's presence here means all other Vocaloids are also entitled to an article as well - can't we leave the fandom to Vocaloid Wiki? All the necessary unbiased information is already in the normal Vocaloid article. Only dead fish go with the flow. 00:49, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Not necessarily, because "she" is, or has done, a live concert tour, appearing as a 3-D hologram on a real stage with real human band members. She is a "Japanese pop star" according to this article in the LA Times. Pretty strange, yet interesting, and the first of its kind, so she is now more notable for a separate article here. -John in Cinci 74.83.23.189 (talk) 05:48, 16 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Nothing you see there hasn't been done before for one other thing or another, Miku DIDN'T do anything first. She was the First Vocaloid to have a concert, however she isn't the first Vocaloid, the first one to have a hologram concert, etc, etc, theres nothing unique enough to say Miku is special above the others. 94.168.119.106 (talk) 21:46, 18 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Forget about the hologram non-sense and the technology behind the latest concert at the Zepp Tokyo. I think we need a specific article focusing on what makes Miku Hatsune standing out of the other Vocaloid voicebanks and personae: She's probably the first virtual idol. This article should link to the Moe_(slang) and Japanese_idol traits of the Japanese culture, while the prosumer concept be left in the Vocaloid article. Remember that recently Miku Hatsune received a lot of coverage from the mass media who were more puzzled by the virtual idol than the Vocaloid & prosumer behind it; this article should thus be a bridge to the Vocaloid Software, not the other way around. (Slb (talk) 12:21, 28 November 2010 (UTC))


 * Another source here at the Daily Mail. I see there is a short sentence about it in the article, but the mention is not correct because it is Original Research because they are guessing it's 2D when the sources say it's 3D. And like I said before, this is the first of its kind, a hologram as a pop star performing on a live stage with paying customers coming to see her. 74.83.23.189 (talk) 06:00, 16 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Just FYI, it's not a hologram, and I don't care what the sources say - most of them wouldn't know a hologram from a lithograph. It's just rear projection onto a sheet of glass. This is very obvious in the clips on YouTube. Nor is it real-time CGI, it's just a pre-rendered animated movie. And most certainly live audiences have paid to see movies before, even movies with live music accompaniment. Jeh (talk) 16:00, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

The main problem here is really that all the info already in this article has to be removed from the main Vocaloid article, so there's no overlap. Miku seems to at least be notable by herself, but that doesn't mean that we need articles on the other Vocaloids.--  十  八  07:32, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

I disagree on there being a Miku Hatsune article. If we cannot make articles for all the Vocaloids - I suggest we don't make 'em for just 1 of them. Even though I supported it, I only did so when the time was right and so far nothings been done to really make it stand out more overall. Some of the information on the page, doesn't help get it out of its problems. 94.168.119.106 (talk) 21:44, 18 November 2010 (UTC)


 * I did try and redirect the page but its now locked. Unless the page gets more information on it, its not worth having it and I'm annoyed on whats happened.  Its not "demolishing the house while its being built", its "theres really no need for it".  94.168.119.106 (talk) 17:53, 19 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Even though the page is locked, if we start looking for unique information here, we can get it on the page as soon as its unlocked. Honestly; theres nothing more to add here that isn't on the main vocaloid page which has been a disappointing result.  BUT for this page to remain, it needs to get unique to Vocaloid pretty ASAP as soon as the unlock begins to save it from the worst case scanrio of AFD.  Thats how far it could end up if the issue isn't resolvable.  But as I said, the main problem is finding stuff to seperate it from the main page, and why I haven't rushed to create pages for the other Vocaloids after this one was made. 94.168.119.106 (talk) 22:52, 19 November 2010 (UTC)


 * If you truly believe there is no need for the article, nominate it for deletion, editing it to remove all the content is not the right way to go about this.--WikiSolved (talk) 00:32, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
 * It was a redirect, which is a perfectly legitimate thing to do if something is non-notable but a plausible search term. AFD is where you bring pages for deletion discussion, and I don't think anyone's advocating for deletion here. There are really only two outcomes from a deletion discussion: keep and delete. Merge or redirect closures are non-binding; editors are free to discuss it later and reach their own consensus. The page was protected in the hope that this dispute would be discussed on the talk page, which is what we should be doing now.
 * Now, I do believe that Hatsune Miku is more notable than the other Vocaloids, and should have article. There are sources that discuss Hatsune Miku that are not merely about the Vocaloid software in general. But just because Miku is notable enough to have an article does not mean that the other Vocaloids should have their own articles too. There's no policy-based justification for that claim. They have significantly less cultural impact and there are less sources discussing them. Yes, it may seem weird to have an article for one, but not the others. But until sources are found that sufficiently demonstrate notability for the others, they shouldn't have their own articles. Reach Out to the Truth 01:43, 20 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Suppose there were two articles: Vocaloid (software) and Vocaloid (singer). The latter begins as a clone of the former, then almost all information about the singers gets removed from the software article, and vice-versa. Appropriate "This article is about... for the (other), see..." templates at the top of each. Hatsune Miku, as the most successful Vocaloid singer, gets a much larger section of the latter article than the others. "Hatsune Miku" would redirect to the latter article, as could all of the others' names for that matter. Jeh (talk) 08:38, 21 November 2010 (UTC)


 * That might be better, though when Vocaloid 3 was released I was considering splitting the main Vocaloid page up anyway. I issue is just that Miku's page really is JUST repeating the same information as the main Vocaloid page, which is something we still have to get worked around.  Regardless of the situation, we don't want to have the page unlocked and a month later see nothing done to make this more unique from the main Vocaloid page.  I'm leaning towards agreeing with Jeh here, at least this way, the page could develope as a independant page free of worrying about being a direct clone of the other.  It would also be possible to move content from Vocaloid, thus that page would not need to host everything.


 * Though at the moment, with the note I was seperating upon the release of Vocaloid 3, I think page Vocaloid would serve best as a general page like Mortal Kombat. You would then have the first Vocaloid software as the first MK game has its page set up Mortal Kombat (video game) as something like "Vocaloid (software)". Theres room for this to expand in more ways then we have it set up here, because theres 161 references currently on the page, thus theres enough content to make a decision on the matter right now. 94.168.119.106 (talk) 12:06, 22 November 2010 (UTC)


 * I am going to agree with Jeh. I was never too sure about the combined page of software and singer, I have a fair ammount of knowledge about both parts and have far more to offer should this page be kept in some form [I have had very little time to contribute recently]. However when I created the two seperate sections I noted that although I was able to find plenty of information suggesting that Miku's popularity as a singer sometimes outweighed the technolgical advancement aspect of her software, I always felt the artical didn't properly represent this. The combined page also made other things difficult for me, it was awkward trying to reference information where the line between the technology and character was blurred; I would not be repeating myself but it would be frustratingly close and would become awkward to write around. It was also difficult to keep the information presentation on the page consistant, Miku's character is a partly subjective matter whereas the software is definate and objective. I would be very willing to aid in the seperation of singer from software. Shatteraura 1:35, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

It's not a hologram
Just because the LA Times says so doesn't mean it's true. It doesn't even appear to be holographic. As you clearly can see in the HD youtube videos, it's just a 2-D projection on a screen. No holographic technology of this kind even exists as of today. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.106.8.173 (talk) 03:27, 26 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Agreed. A dead giveaway is in the shots with two figures (e.g. Luka and Miku) where you can see the beam from the projector separating to make the two figures on the screen... exactly as you would see from a movie projector, at times when the image has a couple of highlights in an otherwise dark background. QED, the image is already in the beam when it leaves the projector, and doesn’t depend on your viewpoint. That isn’t how true holography works; if it did, it couldn’t be variable-viewpoint. Circle around to the side of the stage and the light from the projector will still be in two separate beams, so you won’t be seeing one figure in front of the other from your new POV. Jeh (talk) 18:57, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Singer or Software ?
The purpose of this article should be to describe Miku Hatsune the "virtual diva", not the software package. There's no reason to create a specific page about Crypton's CV01 since the only difference with the other packages are pure music instrument consideration. If we agree that Miku gained more fame than many singers who have their page on Wikipedia and that the million of listeners of Miku Hatsune's music are behaving exactly like they would for any other flesh & blood singer, then we need to redesign this page using the template of music artists, not computer software. A specific chapter should of course be done regarding the uniqueness (so far) of Miku being a virtual singer and the links with cultural & economics articles like Moe_(slang), Japanese_idol, prosumer. Note that this latest topic is not strictly specific to Miku but there's already a few books or reference who are illustrating it using Miku like in Computing Virtual Communities. Slb (talk) 10:20, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
 * The point is that Miku is a singing synthesizer product first, character second. Gearing the article towards a character-centric page would be more pandering to fans of her character, not of her software. That doesn't mean you can't have material on her cultural impact and influences, but don't put undue weight on that stuff i.e. you'd have to balance it out with information about her software and its history. You can't just ignore that Miku wouldn't even be here if she were not a Vocaloid.--  十  八  11:28, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
 * "singing synthesizer product first, character second" I agree chronologically but in matter of recognition and understanding that would be the other way around. All the mainstream news are interested in Miku the character first, Miku the software second. The point for this article is clearly to address this "character" issue. This is the reason I think the article should be about an artist which is virtual/software rather than a software product which is viewed as an artist. We can avoid the fan pandering symptoms as long as the article is factual and clearly remind the link to the Vocaloid software and of course that Miku could not exist without the software, the producers, and the public. Slb (talk) 14:23, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
 * An other practical point: Isn't the Musical Artist template far more appropriate in this context than the Software template ? For a starter, obviously the picture should not be one of the software package but rather the character. Also many chapters of this template (Music, Literature, radio, films and TV, Awards and honors, Discography) would be exactly the same as any other artist, and typically human chapters like Biography & Personality could be merged and adapted to describe more precisely the artificial nature of Miku. Slb (talk) 14:42, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Be that as it may that the news media is more interested in her character that her software, that still doesn't mean the article has to follow suit. It's about what came first and what deserves more of a focus when the article is first introduced. For example, this comes up a lot in WP:ANIME where the first media type is how the subject is introduced and then the adaptations are explained later. In the same way, while you can find a good amount of stuff on her character being represented in the media, that still doesn't mean that there isn't also stuff on her software. The way I see it organized is you'd more or less keep the article organized how it is, with first discussing her software development, and the going into her characteristics and what impact that has had. --  十  八  21:49, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
 * "[...]that still doesn't mean that there isn't also stuff on her software." you are wrong here. There is really nothing specific in CV01 software development or marketing that would require a separate article. The specificity of Miku Hatsune compared with any other Vocaloid is its/her recognition as a mainstream character, the software part of CV01 is already pretty well covered in vocaloid. If you think the topic of the article must not be the character, then we should mark this one for deletion or create a redirection; but otherwise I don't understand your insistence to use a software template to speak about a character and it's recognition as a full-fledged musical artist. I just want to be sure we have an agreement in this area before starting to work on the article in order to prevent unexpected reversals. Slb (talk) 18:15, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Is Miku really "recognized as a full-fledged musical artist" though? From what I've seen, the media doesn't talk of her as if she were alive, but as a tool that human artists use to sing for them. In any case, the description of her "character", which entails her appearance, and short bio (if any) is marginalized in lieu of what people actually want to read about: how she is used, in what contexts, and what impacts that has had on the music industry. The point I'm trying to make is that a section on her "impact" or "influences" would be based on her from a software point of view, since Miku has made a significant impact on the music industry because she is a tool used for singing and was the first Vocaloid to sing well (compared to her predecessors). I will agree that her perceived character as a 16-year-old Japanese virtual idol does come up too, but there's no reason to build the entire article around that while marginalizing the other stuff I already mentioned.--  十  八  23:12, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
 * "full-fledged" is undoubtelly too much I give you that :). Still the media speak about the artist who's virtual or hologram, etc. not the software and the way it is used. Have a look on the latest big mainstream media cover she had, it's a proprely written article and it's about what is "special" with this pop star, not how Vocaloid work or is used. Anyway, if we speak about the software, the only difference of CV01 with all the other vocaloid is that it sells more, but the way it is used is the same. The reason it sells more is because the listener and the Producers are atttached to Miku while they recognize there are better voicebanks around (i.e. Megpoid). If we stick with the actual template and remove all the redundant parts already covered in vocaloid, we will end up with an almost empty development chapter and will need to beef up the characteristics/cultural impact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Slb (talk • contribs) 22:03, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

In regards to this, all I have to say is "Wikipedia is cold and doesn't care about the fans". In other words, it goes without saying she is software and nothing more. So therefore sadly gets treated that way. Juhachi is right here. 94.168.119.106 (talk) 22:37, 14 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Also from my of view, going down the lines of anything but software has potential to enter the SAME problem the main Vocaloid page had. I never want to see this kind of thing again for the Vocaloid related pages.  While chances are it won't happen, once you let something happens it builds up, I've had to adjust both Vocaloid and UTAU for the same reasons and really, honestly, as cold as it seems, thats the only way we can approach this.  Afterall, if you don't accept what she is to begin with, it invites other misconceptions along the way.  When I look back to the pre-update to wikipedias Vocaloid page, people didn't have access to what they have now and were a more clueless on WHAT vocaloid was.  People do look at wikipedia first sadly, and take its word as gospel.  94.168.119.106 (talk) 22:42, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I think it's perfectly OK not to care about the fans, that's not the purpose of an encyclopedia. Not that fans can't post proper information, but they tend to be biased or provide too much uninteresting details drowning the essential stuff. On the other hand, I really think that describing Miku as a virtual singer is factual, since that's obviously what she *is* in Japan. And I think that it's the purpose of this article. But it seems that to 十八 presenting Miku this way wouldn't be objective. I just hope that we'll agree on the template and spend more time on the article and less on the talk page soon ^^ Slb (talk) 00:13, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm not saying you can't have a section on "Miku as a virtual idol" (as long as there's reputable sources to back it up), just that there's no reason to build the article around that concept, while basically ignoring her software aspect. I mean, even Crypton introduces her as a computer music software. A funny thing to note is that they refer to her as an "it", which technically is more "correct" (even though they give her bio of age, height, weight, etc), though perhaps is a little too cold, even for me.--  十  八  00:22, 15 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Again I'm in agreement here on Juhachi, but I will note a section on her as a idol might be a good direction to take her page in instead of a "cutlural impact" place. Trouble is, its only those outside of Japan who tend to regard her as that because they don't understand what their dealing with.


 * The concept of "it" is commonplace in things non-human/objects and she is never regarded as human (another example, the bit-beasts or "saint spirits" of Beyblade are also called "it" for the same reasons as Miku is) is familair to me. But she has "female" gender applied to her. Yeah I don't think it has to go that far although I do note offically Miku is a kind of "andriod" as far as things go in concept ideas. 94.168.119.106 (talk) 10:40, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Outdated article
There are some awards that are missing in the current article: There was also another live concert today. -- 84.134.19.131 (talk) 13:06, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Seiun Award 2008 in the Free Category (software or character?)
 * Animation Kobe, Network Media Award, 2008 for the vocaloid character, 2010 for her live concert


 * Thank you for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the  link at the top. The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills.  New contributors are always welcome. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). &mdash; flamingspinach | (talk) 07:26, 30 April 2011 (UTC)


 * The japanese version of the article has a lot more info, presumably because it comes from Japan itself. They might have the info there, although to check it, you have to translate the article first. 2601:153:400:2664:7401:CB37:344C:C08C (talk) 02:11, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Marketing for Toyota Corolla
Would this fit in the Marketing section?

http://www.toyota.com/corollamiku/

Sera404 (talk) 02:40, 6 May 2011 (UTC)


 * It isn't notable enough, not enough sources. Ryou Hashimoto (talk) 07:15, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

I disagree. It's from Toyota's official website, therefore it is credible. FF3TerraAndLocke (talk) 06:26, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Voice of Nyan Cat
Hatsune Miku is apparently the voice singing on Nyan Cat, but all the sources for that information are not authoritative. --John Nagle (talk) 20:52, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

The voice of nyan cat is actually Momone Momo, Miku sang the original version of the song though though. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.89.137.233 (talk) 02:21, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

New Hatsune Miku commercial
New toyota commercial.

Less talk, more updating!
Would you guys just stop arguing and get the article updated already!

Player017 (talk) 09:46, 15 September 2011 (UTC)


 * This article is still missing a large amount of information. I think history and additional information surrounding the development of both the vocaloid as well as the character, a discography, additional information about the live shows, and perhaps some media/popular reactions and viewpoints from inside and outside Japan. 24.211.7.213 (talk) 05:47, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Concerts
http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/conner/9580849-452/lets-hear-it-the-best-concerts-of-2011.html

11. Hatsune Miku, Nov. 10 at the AMC River East 21 Definitely the most unusual concert of the year (and possibly contrary to my opening sentiment above), this in-theater broadcast of a “live” performance by this Japanese chart-topper was both a fascinating and unsettling glimpse into the future. Backed by a live band, Miku sang, danced, flew, changed clothes, even swapped genders. She’s not human, you see — she’s a computer-generated avatar, a three-dimensional projection of a blue-haired, teen pop and video-game star with a sampled voice. The theater audience cheered and sang along as if the whole thing were real, and in this wired world who’s to say it wasn’t?

--Gwern (contribs) 18:12 5 January 2012 (GMT)

Suggested Genre?
I've seen this on many sites, and I would like an explanation. It says that Miku is best for pop/dance songs. Who out there keeps trying to limit the Vocaloids to different music genres? Shouldn't the person who buys the software be the one to judge what kind of song(s) Miku or any other Vocaloid can sing?

For example, Rin and Len are listed as pop, but some users have made videos of Rin singing metals. There isn't anything wrong with it, so why are there "suggested" genres attached to each voice? FF3TerraAndLocke (talk) 06:27, 7 March 2012 (UTC)


 * It is a huge pain to even define genre, just because the software manufaturers want to define them does not mean that it is Wikipedia's job to follow suit. 109.176.208.190 (talk) 21:31, 19 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Regrettably the pop/dance limit stands. There is a trivia that Ms. Saki Fujita provided Miku's voice. This is only a half-truth, however. Her recorded solfage snippets weren't simply organized into a voicebank by Crypton, but also artifically (using racks of audio gear) raised with a huge amount, some sources say more than 1 full octave! Her voice, as boxed in CV01 Miku product is not really a soprano any more, she sounds more like the mixture of a cat skinned alive and a piezo-electric ultrasonic generator. (Cue Miku's first big hit "Melt" by Ryo.)
 * This is a problem, because she can't cover Brunnhilde of Wagner operas or best Ella Fitzgerald with this kind of a sound bank. Really only (j)pop dance genre can tolerate Miku-voice. Even rock/light-metal poses bad problems for Miku, e.g. Ryo's "Love is War" sounds more enjoyable in german and russian fandubs, where a live singer performs the vocal (since there are no .DE/.RU capable vocaloids.) The second "head-banger" section of "LiW" is audibly weak in the japanese original, due to limits of Miku's artificially high and thin voice and this is where live singers, teenage girls themselves, easily best her. 82.131.151.110 (talk) 23:20, 14 December 2014 (UTC)


 * The official sources say she's best for J-pop and dance pop. We should respect that. I don't know where the other genres we have listed came from. Reach Out to the Truth 00:11, 15 December 2014 (UTC)


 * It's only a suggestion to use Hatsune Miku in (J-)pop and/or dance music. But because you can create what you want, you are not limited to those 2 genre's. I don't think it's such a problem and only better that it's not limited to those 2 genre's (not that I don't like them). Nobody is limiting the song's to the suggestion, but if a company wants to make like a metal specific Vocaloid, then they can suggest that, but you are not limited to it, it's just what the makers think it suites their Vocaloids singing style the best. Wariostarx (talk) 13:08, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

5th Anniversary Song Dedication
Mitchie M made a birthday song in dedication of Miku's fifth anniversary. From what I'm reading, I get the impression that it was requested. Here are two links of interest news like post, and interview with Mitchie M. AngelFire3423 (talk) 09:53, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Hachune Miku
This article should be merged into Hatsune Miku. There is already a reference, and with out asserting that this character is only notable because of Hatsune Miku, which is simply a design derivative, the article lacks enough notability for a standalone article separate of Hatsune Miku. Mkdw talk 06:59, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Original article creator contested the first redirect, but after a declined CSD and redirect by the reviewing admin, has seemingly given on Wikipedia. Also, they were introducing some problematic grammar errors that had to be reverted. Merge discussion closed until someone else brings it up. Mkdw talk 08:13, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Use of the word Vocaloid
I'm confused, Hatsune Miku is just software that uses Vocaloid's technology, why does the article later begin to refer to it as "a" Vocaloid? This usage seems strange — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.117.149.3 (talk) 19:22, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
 * "Vocaloid" refers to both the technology and any "character" built on it. Hatsune Miku is only on such example. —017Bluefield (talk) 20:32, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

Hatsune Miku's Hair Color
This has got my attention. On March 13, an edit was made to change Hatsune Miku's hair color as Green, where it was originally Aqua. Juhachi reverted the edit back to Aqua and then I changed it to Teal, based on this list of colors. Now I noticed the color was changed again to Turquoise. However, when I read this link from MTV, it states that her hair color was Aqua-green, it could probably mean another existent color. Stranger things are that, in the same link, the hair color of Miku in the picture, which is Aqua and in the video, which I presume to be Paris Green are very different. So how should we identify her hair color? --(B)～（ー．ー）～(Z) (talk) 05:26, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Coin Icon.svg Turquoise appears to be the closest.--  十  八  05:52, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
 * This debate is absurd in the sense that japanese people, the inventors of Miss Miku, don't and possibly can't fully differentiate between the green and blue colour gamuts. For them, a well-watered grass, the clearest sky or a traffic light's free-to-go lamp are all "midori". Based on Miku's pictures and videos, apparently all of her hair colour shades are authentic, as long as bright and falling within the boundaries of "midori" gamut. But nowadays official Project DIVA software also has pink-eyed Miku option with peach hair colour. 82.131.151.110 (talk) 22:55, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

Miku's Boxart, Name Meaning, to much edit form fans, vocaloid users need to be editing this, not otaku.
Her boxart image is outdated It should be her vocaloid 3 Boxart. Her page has WAY to much unneeded, her page needs to be edited by people who use her program. And her name meaning is Sound from the Future. Its what crypton says, so it shall be stated here. Other than that, Stop treating her like a program. Shes a singer in her own right. Vocaloid or not, this is about the singer, Hatsune Miku. Not the Program. It should treat her like a normal singer, not someones otaku vocaloid page. Way too many Anime otaku people are editing her page. Shes a program and singer, not an anime character. --69.71.121.215 (talk) 02:51, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Treating the program "like a normal singer" is exactly what would make it look like "someones otaku vocaloid page". The article does need to go into the detail of what the program does, though, I agree. If you want, be bold and add it in.--  十  八  03:03, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Just wondering, if someday a certain editor decides to create a new article entitled "Hatsune Miku in Popular Culture", would anyone object to it if it was written from an encyclopedic point of view with well referenced sources? --(B)～（ー．ー）～(Z) (talk) 04:41, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm assuming there would be enough information in such an article to deserve a separate article, yes? If you do it the way you say, I see no problem with it.--  十  八  05:38, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Boxart?
I was wondering about how we should go about her boxart. Should her Vocaloid 3 Boxart be uploded? I cant uplode it myself, So should I wait till im auto-confirmed or should I have someone uplode it for me? Thanks to who ever an fix this sorta major problem. Udate: signature was messing up for some reason..--ミク-ボーカル 03:58, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I think to boxart should signify whatever version came first, so I don't feel there's a need to change it. If the character gained popularity as a Vocaloid 2, it makes sense to keep that in the infobox because it is the most recognizable cover, being the first one. By the same token, we generally use the first edition cover of a book for the infobox in the case of an article on a book, and the first cover of a video game (despite any re-releases).--  十  八  04:27, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

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Creative Commons license
It's been a year already, but Hatsune Miku's visual character (not voice nor software), as well as other Vocaloids, went into Creative Commons, bearing a CC BY-NC license. This "change" hasn't made much (any?) noise, since use of her visual character was already extensive in many vieos and pictures. An article was written on CC's weblog, celebrating this. However it should be noted it's not just BY-NC alone, see question 11 ("Q11") on the official announcement, it has an additonal clause to "protect" Crypton's reputation, clause which was criticized here as being a "joke" as is constraints our freedom furthermore.

(Moreover this additional clause is not applied, and was not even before being written: "Some examples of prohibited uses include use in an overly violent context or in a sexual context.", apparently they don't know the thirthy-fourth "rule of the internet". (Not safe for work!) Example case.)

I think this legal status should be noted somewhere in the article, do you think so?

Gravgun (talk) 21:29, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Some sources to use
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/vocaloid-technik-der-unechte-popstar-1.1943371

http://velvet.hu/trend/2014/04/26/o_a_vilag_leghiresebb_nem_letezo_popsztarja/

http://twitter.com/notalyce/status/460064838103089152

http://filmaticfestival.com/event/mikumentaries/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjQWrjMX3fg

Some sources that could be useful for the article. --Rev L. Snowfox (talk) 16:11, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

"Live" concert not.
She probably did not have any "live concerts". According to available info, while Miku is dancing on the DILAD quasi-holo screen, her songs play from pre-compiled and stored wave recordings. That is not a live concert by any definition, just like the Milli Vanilli band whose lipsync tape got stuck on stage, never had a live concert. Unless the organizers run a multiple redundant Vocaloid server farm in-concert and procedurally generate Miku's singing on-the-fly, it should not be called a live performance, not even in parantheses or apostrophes or quotation marks.

It may sound nitpicking, but consider the following scenario. If any of the musicians performing live BGM for Miku in-concert, made a mistake with a note or suffered an instrument problem on stage or got hit by a wild fan thrown object, a competent and quick-reaction sound engineer sitting at the Vocaloid console could bend Miku to adapt her singing in near real time and continue almost as if nothing happened. But when the vocal plays from stored wave recording, either the band manages to patch up or the performance falls apart. 87.97.107.114 (talk) 23:38, 18 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Yes, but the band is playing live with the original (mostly not publically shared) recording of the voice directly from the creator (mostly .vsq, .vsqx, .wav or .mp3 form). It's not that the crew can edit something in seconds, but the song's are specially edited for the show, most instruments are not played via the singer audio, but by the band. Then the fact that she is standing there on stage is still a bit live, because they only save specific poses and the computer generates then live the moves between those poses smoothly. Then the crew still need to make sure light, movements, sound and some other things are good while performing. But because she is not there, it was already not live, because she is not there and she is there at the same time.


 * To not make confusion we just say it's live, because it's different then on your computer. You are there, seeing her and the other Vocaloid's, while there are people around you which also like the song's and want to see her in a different way then just on their computer's or phone's. But I think this is an interesting way to look on the "live" show's.


 * Also, DJ's these day's are only on a concert with their laptop full with ready to play music to hit the play button and then to make sure the sound is good. Technically speaking with your point of view, that is also not live. Wariostarx (talk) 18:33, 19 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Im going to agree that its not "live" on Miku's part at least. One of the things being worked up right now by Yamaha's supportive groups is method of making the vocals "live".  This is why they have invented the "Vocaloid Keyboard", it allows live vocaloid vocals.  They also have the "Vocaloop" in development for the same reason. 84.13.239.200 (talk) 22:46, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Age being 16

 * Hatsune Miku is portrayed as a 16-year-old girl

Do we have a reference to support this? Is she specified as being this age in some kind of official material? I don't recall reading that anywhere. If it is not referenced, should this claim be fact-tagged until it is sourced? Ranze (talk) 15:31, 11 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Yes. Her age is given as 16 on Crypton's websites:
 * http://www.crypton.co.jp/mp/pages/prod/vocaloid/cv01.jsp 154.20.96.229
 * http://www.crypton.co.jp/miku_eng (talk) 14:06, 13 August 2015 (UTC)


 * The Wiki article should change wording and omit the "portrayed" phrase, which confusingly implies official visual depiction that just doesn't exist for the 16 year old Miku. It is better to print "Hatsune Miku is stated to be a 16-year-old girl by Crypton Future Media" which is both true and non-confusing.


 * The root issue lies in that she is stated by CFM to be 16 y.o., but not officially "portrayed" as such anywhere. Her boxart (and DILAD hologram form) are visibly 14-like, in puberty with minimal bosom and officially licensed Project Diva games use a further 1-2 year younger visual style, while Project Mirai games display elementary school "Hachune" aesthetics.


 * There is one exception, where Miku is officially portrayed OLDER than 16: in the Goodsmile motor racing promotions. Pit-lane queen Miku of Sepang and Thailand is depicted with an adult's (over 18 y.o.) curved anatomy, as her rather scantly bikini outfit would be scandalous on a puberty body. Please change the wording, as mentioned above, to avoid misleading patrons. 87.97.111.150 (talk) 19:16, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Miku v4 is not a promise, she is already beta.
> Hatsune Miku will receive an update for Yamaha's Vocaloid 4 engine.

The beta version of Miku v4X should be mentioned in the article, to make the above statement less nebulous. Her (japanese tongue) beta was released as download to a limited part of the public in mid-Sep 2015, for those who already own Miku v3 and Luka v4X. There are already many newly made covers on NND, YT and Soundcloud, with noted massive improvements in the diva's solfage skills. The vendor's Twitter also forecast an RTM version availablity for Summer 2016. 87.97.111.150 (talk) 19:34, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Common misconception
This is a common misconception that Meiko and Kaito were developed by CFM. They were not. They were made by Yamaha themselves. CFM in the V1 era was a distributor for Vocaloid, they hadn't yet enter Vocaloid production at this point. Their role in V1 was not to make vocaloids, but focus on finding studios for the English version and promote the product. This makes Miku their first Vocaloid.

Sources are on the V1 engine page for this. 84.13.239.200 (talk) 22:14, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Incorrect song reference
The last sentence of the last paragraph of Section 3.2 (Characteristics > Appearances in other media) is incorrect. It states:

"In 2016, a remix of 'Ievan Polkka' appeared on an LG G5 commercial."

It is not a remix, it is a sample. The song is actually "Sports Day (Everybody Move)" by Busy Signal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.111.101.179 (talk) 05:37, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

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Miku no longer a Vocaloid per se after the announced synthesis engine change.
Miku rights owner and developer Crypton Future Media has announced that Hatsune Miku v5 won't be released for the "Yamaha Vocaloid version 5" environment. They are building a new, in-house brewed singing synthesis engine called Miku NT (New Type) instead, with a demo already available, the beta version forecast for March 2020 and RTM version in August: https://www.mikufan.com/next-generation-hatsune-miku-nt-new-type-software-version-announced-preorders-and-demo-songs-released/

This means Miku is breaking with the 20+ year old succession of Vocaloid technology (Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain -> Yamaha Music Corporation) and she is now a cryptonloid, rather than a vocaloid. The other CFM character voice creations (Luka, Len, Rin) have also been announced to abandon Vocaloid tech and migrate to CFM's own "New Type" synthesis engine. 94.21.237.83 (talk) 22:18, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

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Hatsune Miku does not write songs
I think it may be valuable to put extra focus on clarity and intent while referring to songs featuring Miku. Hatsune Miku is not a real person and does not write any of the songs she's used in. Songs are not "by Miku", they're by specific producers and may feature Miku. Wording it as if Hatsune Miku herself is the one writing and releasing these songs is confusing and simply untrue. The fact that she can be used by anyone is a vital aspect of her as both a character and music software, so paying special attention to the phrasing may be useful in the future. Axolotlanarchy (talk) 16:11, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Absolutely agree. I've already made a quick effort to de-personify the article as a whole, as Hatsune Miku is just a popular character who originated in software that a. does not "own" anything outside of their characterization and b. cannot write songs, but rather have songs written and attributed to them. Over-personification as if the character is a living being is at best inaccurate, at worst downright confusing.  Mr. Spink  talk★ contribs 06:22, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
 * A lot of Miku's cult popularity owes it to her having character in the first place, so I think some amount of that personification in the article is fine, but if it gets to the point where readers are confused on who/what Miku is, it's definitely gone too far. I think it might be alright to refer to live performances in that way though? Considering her whole "virtual diva" characterization, official shows are effectively the closest thing there is to "the real-life Hatsune Miku". It's not objectively inaccurate like calling vocaloid producers' creations "Miku's songs", and it's probably the least clunky way to write about them. Axolotlanarchy (talk) 13:24, 10 October 2022 (UTC)