Vocaboomer Quiz

How much do you know about Vocaloid? For how LONG have you known Vocaloid? Were you infected by the Miku Miku bacteria as a pre-teen and haven't been able to spend a single day of your miserable existence without thinking about that funny green haired girl? Well then, it's time for you to put your Vocaloid knowledge (Vocaknowledge...?) to the test!

Disclaimers (Expand before complaining about pedantic BS on my inbox pretty please)
  1. Yes some of these are worded weird, English isn't my first language, cry about it.
  2. Yes I use Vocaloid as a blanket term to talk about all singing voice synthesizers, most people do that and there's no alternative term that sounds as good, weep over it.
  3. Yes these are all about the Cryptonloids, they're what most people talk about most frequently, including seasoned fans, sob because of it.

1. What was the first ever song composed for Hatsune Miku?

Originally known as 01_ballade, Hoshi no Kakera was Miku's first publicly released demo song, composed by Eiji Hirasawa.

2. Which of these concerts is NOT considered by the overall Vocaloid fanbase to be of legendary status?

Mikupa 2013 was the final concert in the Mikupa line, and is still to this day the longest official Miku concert in history, clocking in at nearly 3 hours of total runtime(!) Mikufes 2009 was the first ever concert to feature Hatsune Miku as a holographic projection.

3. Which of these car manufacturers ran a series of viral ads in 2011 prominently featuring Hatsune Miku?

Toyota ran a series of 5 ads for the Toyota Corolla in collaboration with Crypton Future Media featuring Miku riding their new model and getting up to mischief during the recording of said commercial.

4. Which Vocaloid character was known by the English community to frequently die in songs featuring him?

"Len always dies" was a major meme in the early days of the fandom due to many classic story-driven songs killing off the character.

5. Which of these items is NOT associated with any vocal synth characters?

Sake and eggplants are the character items of MEIKO and Gackpo respectively.

6. Where was Project Diva Future Tone originally released?

Future Tone first released in arcades in the year 2013 as an upgrade kit for older Project Diva Arcade cabinets.

7. Why was the first half of Mikufes 2009 not included in the official concert DVD?

The first half of Mikufes 2009 was never officially published to DVD due to it being much too risqu� for general audiences. Some of the highlight events of that portion of the night include scantily clad women dancing behind the projection screens, and an equally underclothed Deadball-P allegedly getting an erection as he performed on stage.

8. Which of these non-Crypton characters HASN'T shown up in a Project Diva game?

Kasane Teto has been an equippable module in the main series Project Diva games, typically as DLC since Project Diva 2nd on the PSP, and Gumi was prominently featured as a fully fledged character with distinct Modules and Songs in the Project Mirai games on the 3DS.

9. Which instrument inspired certain aspects of Hatsune Miku's character design?

KEI, Miku's character designer, added many nods to the DX7 synthesizer in certain aspects of her design, sch as her color palette, and the designs on her sleeves.

10. Which of these classic Vocaloid songs was based on real events?

The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku was based on an event which occurred in 2007 during Miku's initial popularity spike where her name was filtered as spam and thus made unable to be searched by Japanese search engines due to her rapid overnight growth, leading to outrage and claims of censorship by fans.

11. Why do certain fans dislike Japanese singer Kenshi Yonezu?

Kenshi Yonezu, formerly a Vocaloid producer known as Hachi, was commissioned to make a song for Hatsune Miku's 10th anniversary in 2017. He promptly made a track effectively saying that the scene that kickstarted his entire career was dead and the fans should move on. Seriously, fuck that guy.

12. Which of the main Cryptonloids never had a voicebank for Vocaloid 2?

Unlike their counterparts, KAITO and MEIKO were originally released for Vocaloid 1 and eventually got upgrades for Vocaloid 3, skipping version 2 of the engine entirely.