World’s First Virtual Pop Idol Has Become
An International Music
Sensation And
Will Be Featured In A Special Concert Film For Fans
Live Viewing Japan, a
distribution company focused on bringing Japanese entertainment media to an
international audience, has announced that it will stage a very special
one-night-only Hatsune Miku event simultaneously in nine major U.S. cities on
Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 7:00pm (local time).
Hatsune Miku Live Party 2011 39's LIVE in SAPPORO (originally organized by
5bp Inc. in August, 2011) will screen a live concert performance of Hatsune
Miku in movie theaters in select markets. More information about this exclusive
one-night-only event is available here.
The cities
that will host the Hatsune Miku event include:
Baltimore, MD
Boston (Manchester), MA
Chicago, IL
Houston, TX
Los Angeles, CA
Orange, CA
New York, NY – Two locations
San Francisco/Bay Area, CA
Seattle, WA
“We’re very excited to present this unique Hatsune Miku experience for
her U.S. fans,” says Live Viewing Japan Exective Director Hiroki Kotani. “Miku has captivated a global audience with
a mix of catchy pop music and captivating technology-inspired visuals. Her
popularity has opened an entirely new range of possibilities to blend a cute
pop idol persona with technology and computer-created graphics. We invite fans
to visit the Live Viewing Japan web link for more information and for specific
movie theater event locations. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see Hatsune
Miku perform!”
Pop idol Hatsune Miku, whose name means,
“first sound of the future,” is a Vocaloid (meaning machine-made vocals) digital female avatar and
the most popular of the Vocaloid Character Series software
originally
created by Crypton Future Media, Inc. using Yamaha’s Vocaloid 2 engine to create
organic-sounding synthesized vocal tracks.
In Japan, Hatsune Miku is a major national phenomenon and has appeared
in numerous popular video games and music videos. She’s also played several
enthusiastic “concerts,” where she performs on stage projected as a 3D hologram
and backed by a live band. Miku recently played her first live concert in the
U.S. called, “MIKUNOPOLIS in LOS ANGELES,” at the Nokia Theatre for
the 2011
Anime Expo, held this past July in Los Angeles, CA. The show sold out in only 4
hours, further underscoring the growing popularity she enjoys in North America.
Hatsune Miku was also recently featured in a T.V. commercial for the Toyota
Corolla.
Live Viewing Japan has seized on the growing global popularity of
Hatsune Miku and has plans to screen her live concert film in several countries
including France, Thailand and Brazil.
About Live Viewing Japan:
Live Viewing Japan is a Japanese-based media distribution company
focused on bringing a variety of entertainment properties to a global
theatre-going audience. More information on the company and its projects is
available at: www.liveviewing.jp.
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