Last night as I was doing my daily check through the top 100 ranked videos on nicovideo.jp, it dawned on me that it's been more than 2 days since the Kagemine Rin/Len combo pack have been released. And it was incredibly apparent, with the top 100 dominated by tons of songs by the twins. After watching a few though, I have to say I'm incredibly impressed by the Rin/Len rendition of the Levan Polka. It sounds less robotic than the Miku version, and really demonstrates what the system can do. I've embedded the videos after the break.

You heard right! Thanks to Cospa, the overpriced otaku goods store, you can purchase some nifty Vocaloid2 apparel and goods to flesh out your collection!

Cospa will be offering 8 items at their booth: 4 T-shirts, 1 tote bag, 1 shoulder bag, 1 mug, and 1 wallet chain. Pictures after the break.

Via 初音ミクみく

Yes, you heard right. Rin just got a new twin brother: Kagamine Ren (鏡音レン). Both of them will be "voiced" by Shimoda Asami, exactly as declared before.

Ren has the following descriptors:
• 14 years old
• Height: 156cm
• 47kg

and he excels at:
• Dance & Rock Style Pop/Pop Songs ~ Enka Style Pop
• Song Tempos: 70~160BPM
• Ranges: D3～C#5

It seems like Rin was also slightly updated. She is now also good at Electo Style Pop music.

Seems like Ren has a slightly lower range than Rin does (obviously), and enjoys the frilly boy style of music made popular by kid boy bands. Nonetheless, I'm looking forward to when Crypton finally releases demo songs for their new characters. New boxart and big image after the break.

From the Vocaloid2 Main Site

First of all as of 11/16/2007 the Kagamine Rin site is finally up. I don't know how I missed that, but I can probably blame Vegas. It describes Rin with the following traits:

• Age: 14 years old

• Height: 152 cm (~5 feet)
• Weight: 43kg

She excels at:
• Genres: Rock-style Pop / Pop Songs ~ Enka-style Pop
• Song Tempos: 85-175BPM
• Ranges: F#3～C#5

There have been no changes or clarifications to her release date, which is still set for December 2007. Voice samples are also still under preparation.

Her age finally confirms what we all were thinking: that she really is Miku's 妹 (Miku is 16). You know what that means... Hawt sister duets (and other more suspicious doujinshi... Unfortunately they probably won't feature Symmetrical Docking though).

In Hatsune Miku news, it has apparently been announced that the theme song of Nippon Ichi Software's new title Tori no Hoshi ~Aerial Planet~ (トリノホシ ~Aerial Planet~) will be sung by Miku. (Via ミクミク)

Frankly I'm not sure how to feel about this announcement. While I'm ecstatic that Miku will be getting a large amount of publicity for this, I also used to work for the US branch of the company. Disillusionment with the gaming industry, I suppose.

Anyway, some Nico Miku links after the break.

No... but I wish. I'd be on these figures like Takeru Kobayashi on a pile of hot dogs.

Source: Moetto Web|Moe Style (Via Danny Choo)

As teh_dave said, I am going through another big Hatsune Miku phase. The last one ended fairly abruptly after I picked up a copy of the actual software and tried to do anything with it. My god, these people must have tons of time on their hands to create anything that doesn't make their ears bleed.

Anyway, in Vocaloid2 news, Crypton has finally announced the face and voice behind their second character in the character series. The cute loli-ko on the left will be known as Kagamine Rin (鏡音リン). Much like her older sister, whose voice was created by sampling voice actress Saki Fujita's voice, Rin is "voiced" by another no name voice actress Asami Shimoda.

Anyway, you can find out more about it at DarkMirage.