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Dictionary of Otaku Lingo, “Hatsune Miku”
May 15th, 2010 
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「初音ミク」はクリプトン・フューチャー・メディア株式会社の著作物です。 © Crypton Future Media, Inc.
explanation:
Hatsune Miku is a name of Desk Top Music(DTM) products VOCALOID which are released from CRYPTON FUTURE MEDIA and the character’s name. The price is reasonably about 15,000YEN(160US$).
Hatsune Miku (official profile)
age:16 / height:158 / weight:42
good genre:idol pops / dance pops
good tempo:70～150BPM
good range:A3～E5
character design: KEI
voice: Saki Fujita (now she is active as a voice actress of Mahiru Inami from “WORKING!!“)
The movie of introduction Hatune Miku from asahi.com
Dictionary of Otaku Lingo, “VOCALOID”
May 1st, 2010 manutaro VOCALOID
explanation:
“VOCALOID” is one of the products for DTM(Desk Top Music) which was developed by YAMAHA, or means characters of the products. The user inputs musical scale and lyrics, and can let VOCALOID sing. The voice of VOCALOID is made with real human’s voice. Hatsune Miku is the most popular character in VOCALOID and popularized VOCALOID.
Black Rock Shooter / Hatsune Miku
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Tags: Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Len, Kagamine Rin, Megurine Luka 
View CommentsDictionary of Otaku Lingo, “Otaku (geek)”
April 21st, 2010 manutaro Otaku
explanation:
“Otaku” means people who are interested in anime, manga or video game deeply, or often who have a lot of knowledge about them. Generally speaking, “Otaku” is geek in foreign countries. But in case of Japanese “Otaku”, it includes originally a contempt meaning.
This is a video which introduces a room of Otaku.
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