The Impact of Vocaloid on the World: The Surprising Background of 100 Million Views, edited by the *ele-king* editorial department
ISBN:978-4-911484-08-1
Vocaloid is now making an impact abroad, electrifying the world—
This is a landmark event in 21st-century pop culture.
Kikuo, the first Vocaloid producer to succeed in a world tour
Approaching 200 million views for "Shoujo A": A former manager talks about Siinamota
Interviews: Neru / Pate Ayukawa / Iori Kanzaki
A guide to 50 essential tracks you need to know
From a scene overview to gaming, anime, literature, *utaite* (cover artists), and its relationship with hyperpop and queer culture,
this book offers a deep dive into Vocaloid culture from various perspectives.
Kiku-ban 220×148 / 192 pages
Table of Contents
[Kikuo Special Feature]
Are Americans Actually Nerds? The Surprising "Kikuo Popularity" in the U.S. (Jillian Marshall)
Kikuo Interview: The First Vocaloid Producer to Succeed in a World Tour (Takune Kobayashi)
[Music Introduction] Kikuo's Expression That Enchants the World (Flat)
[Siinamota Special Feature]
The Context Behind the Support for "Shoujo A," Approaching 200 Million Views—What a Former Manager Can Say Now (Akane Komachi)
[Reprint] In Memoriam: Siinamota (PowaPowa-P)—Ryosuke Sonehara × Yuma Saito Dialogue (Masashi Kambayashi)
[Music Introduction] Siinamota and "Living" (Shima)
[Interviews]
NERU—Neru Reveals His Creative Convictions (Mio Komachi)
Pate Ayukawa—Vocaloid Transcends Sex and the Gender Binary (Kenta Ueyama)
Iori Kanzaki—The Reason He Cherishes Lyrics (Kazufumi Iida)
[Song Guide]
Vocaloid Music You Need to Know: 50 Essential Tracks by Theme (Shima, Flat, highland, Kurumi Onimiya)
[Columns]
What Is Happening in the Vocaloid Scene Now?—Major Changes Over the Last 5 Years (Shima)
The Urgency Expressed in High-Speed Singing (Flat)
The Deviation of the Helpless "Self"—On Queer Bodies in Vocaloid Culture (haru takitoh)
On the Expression of MARETU—Modern Pain Written in Pop Form (highland)
Twenty Years of Music Games × Vocaloid—From *DIVA* to *Project SEKAI* (Kei Ichimura)
How "25-ji, Nightcord de." Influenced Vocaloid's Expression of "Pain" (highland)
The Present of Mechanizing Humans—The Dynamics of Vocaloid and Capital (Shiori Kitade)
The Vocaloid Producer as a "Non-Singing Singer-Songwriter" (Flat)
Descendants of the Kataru (Kei Wakabayashi)
The Wonder of the Anime *Super Kaguya-hime!* (Shotaro Miya)
"Story" in Vocaloid Music (Kurumi Onimiya)
A History of Vocaloid Novels (Kazufumi Iida)
Let’s Go Meet Distant Relatives—The Phenomenon of Hyperpop Close to the Vocaloid Cultural Sphere (Hiroto Matsushima)
The *Utaite* as the "Vocaloid Scene" (Shiori ni Fit Suru Kado)
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