English Hatsune Miku + Vocaloid Store Plans

[oftendistracted]

Those of you on Facebook, take heed - At the New York Comic Con, Crypton are trying to get an idea for the demand for Vocaloids in US territories, and have asked people on Facebook to go friend Miku's page on the proviso that if she gets 39,390 friends on it they'll go and give her an English-speaking release. They've also mentioned looking into

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[asamidori]

Wait, the store's gonna be online?

[oftendistracted]

... I don't know for sure but I honestly assumed that from the get-go. Less running costs, no need for a physical presence, much easier to set up and allow for people across the US to buy. I can't imagine they wouldn't.

[artrica]

[iori]

Original Miku voice with improved English or no dice. The Miku that is dubbed is not the true Miku.

[jianna]

I'd rather have a Luka Append than an English Miku, but Miku rules the world, so I'm guess we'll be seeing that first. Alas.

[thyried]

If the US store will ship anywhere outside Japan instead of just the US, that'll be awesome. Otherwise it's just more middlemen service for those not in the US...

English Miku... not sure if want. I'm all for improvements in Vocaloids, but I heard Fujita Saki can't speak English? That might be problematic.

[oftendistracted]

Well, true. I'm in the UK so it's a bit of a muchness either way (and it makes the question about PowerFX even more important, since it's the company's home region) but it'd be nice for there to be another source for Vocaloid stuff in the US - right now you're looking at that one import bookstore as pretty much your only option, stateside.

[asamidori]

Well, think about it: It's easy to find someone in the US that can buy things for you.

Japan? Not so much.

[thyried]

Hm, true. I just thought direct delivery w/o needing middlemen services would be nifty, but I guess that might be asking too much, eh?