AKB48's Eguchi Aimi

[Drunk Monk]

I just gotta post this here. Japan bubblegum pop has created a digital mix starlet. They didn't tell their fans Eguchi was a CG creation until recently.

Here's Eguchi, slinging candy.
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Here's how Eguchi was created.
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Imagine if DEVO had this technology back in the day.

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

This was also the theme of a science fiction book from about twenty, maybe twenty five years ago . . . .

[Drunk Monk]

...we'll all be carrying communicators and tricorders. Oh wait...

I need a phaser. Where's my damn phaser.

[Haggis Killer]

A "making of" for that commercial? I don't get it. What was supposed to be tricky about it? Shooting one girl a bunch of different ways and comping stuff together? Greg could do that in Photoshop.

Favorite part: Glico!

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

I could? Time to got start my own girl group. Unfortunately most of the girls will look members of the brotherhood.

[Drunk Monk]

We could use him to sell.....donuts!

Wait...wasn't this the plot to Frankenhooker?

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

Frankenweenie.

[Drunk Monk]

AKB48 is said to currently hold the Guinness World Record for being the pop group with the greatest number of members, which fluctuates but is usually around 48.

Also, allow me to introduce you all to Hatsune Miku, Japan's hologram pop star.

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Dayum, I wish I could make this stuff up. Japan rocks!

[Drunk Monk]

It's sold out, but you so gotta go!

Hatsune Miku

A digital diva famous worldwide for her ankle-length aqua-colored pigtails and distinctive voice, Hatsune Miku will light up the stage at Nokia Theater on July 2nd in her U.S. live concert debut presented by The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation, Crypton Future Media, Inc., SEGA Corporation, Tokyo Kawaii Magazine (ASCII Media Works) and Toyota Motor Sales, USA.

Created by Crypton Future Media, Inc. in 2007, Hatsune Miku’s voice is synthesized using Yamaha’s VOCALOID (= Vocal + Android) software application, to produce a fully synthetic voice with unprecedented quality and remarkable realism by typing in lyrics and setting a melody. To date, her voice has been featured in more than 100,000 songs and videos created and shared by fans worldwide. She has been sampled in CDs, DVDs, games, novels, and figures and her sell-out, computer-graphic-driven live performances have become legendary. Attesting to her unique star power, Toyota selected Hatsune Miku to star in a U.S. ad campaign for the 2011 Corolla.

http://www.anime-expo.org/guests/ax2011-...sune-miku/

[Drunk Monk]

Meet Kagamine Rin

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Okay, I really got to get back to work now.... but just one more Hatsune Miku video. Just one more short one.

This is so calling to my Japanese ancestry.
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[Drunk Monk]

Megurine Luka. I think I like her the best so far.

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[Drunk Monk]

At least, I think its a boy. Hard to tell with vocaloids.

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[Drunk Monk]

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okay. back to work now. for real.

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

Press Pass . . .

[Drunk Monk]

I cannot think of a way to justify this for KFM. Surely you can sell it to some other publication? Or at least you can bluff it.

I would envy you if you got a pic with Hatsune. Wait...oh never mind.