Mikucolor

Collecting the artwork of official Vocaloid character illustrator, KEI Mikucolor collects KEI's dazzling illustrations of your favorite Vocaloids like Luka, Rin & Len, and, of course, the supreme musical idol herself -- Hatsune Miku Included are magazine & book illustrations, DVD covers, rare pinups, exclusive new artwork, and much more

It's a spectacular new collection of Hatsune Miku artwork from official Vocaloid character illustrator, KEI! Hatsune Miku is a world famous vocal synthesizer and cyber celebrity, and this volume presents some her best illustrations. Joining Miku are her friends Luka, Rin & Len, Meiko, and Kaito. It's a full-on Vocaloid celebration!

Pirate Plunder Panic - Part 4 - BUCKLE YOUR SEA-BELTS, BUCCANEERS, THE END BE NEAR! The thrilling high-stakes high sea adventure concludes, with the Egg o’ War ready to launch, and all th’ worlds in peril! It’s Blaze vs. Captain Metal. The power of the Sol Emeralds a’beckons, as does the transformation into Burning Blaze—blimey!

The award-winning video games of 5TH Cell have captivated gamers with their innovative mechanics and unique visuals. Whether it's the endless freedom of Scribblenauts, the exciting battles of Lock's Quest, or the joy of creating your own game world in Drawn to Life, every 5TH Cell game is an engaging new experience. Now the wonderful artwork behind these digital worlds has been collected in The Art of 5TH Cell. Inside you'll find character designs, rough sketches, rare promotional art, creator interviews, and more!

Researching Live Music offers an important contribution to the emergent field of live music studies. Featuring paradigmatic case studies, this book is split into four parts, first addressing perspectives associated with production, then promotion and consumption, and finally policy. The contributors to the book draw on a range of methodological and theoretical positions to provide a critical resource that casts new light on live music processes and shows how live music events have become central to raising and discussing broader social and cultural issues. Their case studies expand our knowledge of how live music events work and extend beyond the familiar contexts of the United States and United Kingdom to include examples drawn from Argentina, Australia, France, Jamaica, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, and Poland. Researching Live Music is the first comprehensive review of the different ways in which live music can be studied as an interdisciplinary field, including innovative approaches to the study of historic and contemporary live music events. It represents a crucial reading for professionals, students, and researchers working in all aspects of live music.

Superstar Japanese idol Hatsune Miku and her fellow Vocaloids return in an all-new artwork and story collection! Volume 1 collects oodles of wonderful tribute artwork devoted to these virtual idols, including exclusive new pieces from some of the hottest names in manga.

The lead singer on Supercell's eponymous first album is Hatsune Miku-a Vocaloid character created by Crypton Future Media with voice synthesizers. A virtual superstar, over 100,000 songs, uploaded mostly by fans, are attributed to her. Supercell is a Japanese creator music group with the composer Ryo leading ten artists, who design album illustrations and make music videos. These videos are uploaded onto Niconico and other video-sharing sites. By the time Supercell was released in March 2009, the group's Vocaloid works were already well-known to Niconico users and fans. This book explores the Vocaloid and DTM (desktop music) phenomena through the lenses of media and fan studies, looking closely at online social media platforms, the new technology for composing, avid fans of the Vocaloid character, and these fans' performative practices. It provides a sense of how interactive new media and an empowered fan base combine to engage in the creation processes and enhance the circulation of DTM works. 33 1/3 Global, a series related to but independent from 33 1/3, takes the format of the original series of short, music-basedbooks and brings the focus to music throughout the world. With initial volumes focusing on Japanese and Brazilian music, the series will also include volumes on the popular music of Australia/Oceania, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and more.

It's Hatsune Miku, the Vocaloid--the synthesizer superstar who's singing your song! She's a global cyber celebrity and a cosplay favorite at conventions. Now Miku's creator, KEI, brings you Hatsune Miku: Unofficial Hatsune Mix--an omnibus manga of the musical adventures of Miku and her fellow Vocaloids Rin, Len, Luka, and more--in both beautiful black-and-white and charming color!