Hatsune Miku
Hatsune Miku | |
Developer | Kei Garou |
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Publisher | Crypton Future Media, Sega |
Platforms | As noted below |
Released | August 31, 2007 - present |
Added to Museum |
As noted below |
Miku Hatsune (初音ミク, Hatsune Miku) is the Crypton Future Media singing mascot that was created using multiple versions of the Yamaha Vocaloid singing synthesizer software as well as Crypton Future Media's own Piapro Studio.
Premiering on August 31, 2007, she is part of a Japanese multimedia franchise, including music, video games, comics, television series, and films.
Hatsune Miku is the playable character in the Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA series. Miku is a guest character in several anime series, including Dropkick on My Devil!!, Sayonara, Zetsubō Sensei, and Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion.
While the synthesizer software remains commercial, on December 14, 2012, the illustration of Hatsune Miku was licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 Unported license, which allows the free use of the character for non-commercial use provided Crypton Future Media is credited as the creator.
Fictional character biography
Hatsune Miku is a teenage android singer.
She lives in a near-future world.
She sings music to make up for the fact that songs are lost.
Video games with Hatsune Miku
Comics featuring Hatsune Miku
Title | Writer | Illustrator | Release | Notes |
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Hatsune Miku: Unofficial Hatsune Mix | Kei Garou | Kei Garou | January 2008 – December 2010 |
Television series featuring Hatsune Miku
Title | Studio | System | Release | Notes |
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Sayonara, Zetsubō Sensei | Shaft | Blu-ray, Digital, DVD | 2008 | Hatsune Miku is in episode thirteen of Zoku Sayonara, Zetsubō Sensei, the second season of the Sayonara, Zetsubō Sensei anime. |
Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion the Animation | OLM | Blu-ray, Digital, DVD | 2018 | Hatsune Miku is a recurring character. |
Dropkick on My Devil! X | Nomad | Blu-ray, Digital, DVD | 2022 | Hatsune Miku is in all twelve episodes of Dropkick on My Devil! X, the third season of the Jashin-chan Dropkick anime. |
Films featuring Hatsune Miku
Title | Studio | System | Release | Notes |
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Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion the Movie: The Mythically Fast ALFA-X That Came From the Future | OLM | Blu-ray, Digital, DVD | 2019 | Hatsune Miku is in the film. |
Toys and figures
Several toys and figures based on Sam & Max characters have been released.
Image | Name | Developer | Date Released |
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Hatsune Miku plushie | Dookilive | 2024 |