Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-25147000-20150320032731/@comment-32500188-20150425123759

@Mistery: That info that's being talked about is from the annual Niconico Chokaigi is currently in progress this weekend. (I just noticed tend to spell it "Choukaigi" a lot, since it really does have the long "o" vowel sound... but no need for phonetics technicalities.) XP

Official page for the VOCALOID side of it.

Expect a decent amount of new info to come up within the next few days or so on some of our favorites here. They also hold a live VOCALOID performance in the VOCALOID area, as well as have featured producers mix it up in the DJ booth. And of course, lots and lots of merch, on top of game/preview booths, etc.

Also noting, those huge cut-outs of the characters seen on Twitter recently? Look to the bottom of that page link, and you'll see that ALL of them will be featured in said stage performance this year. So in addition to the regulars that have been appearing in the majority of the VOCALOID NNCKG Stage performances (on top of the return of KAITO and MEIKO, since they haven't been back since the very first Chokaigi), we're getting 8 additional VOCALOID appearances (one of which is a different language outside of Japanese for once!), plus an actual CeVIO entry into the fray! YES XIN HUA! YES FLOWER! YES ONE! YES ZOLA PROJECT! YES MAYU! YES YUKARI! YES IROHA! YES OVERALL TO MORE VARIETY!! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

As you can tell... yeah, I do get a kick out of seeing the Chokaigi lives. Mostly because it's fun to hear how the band is going to remix the featured music... as well as getting the chance to see a decent unofficial live with the mix of different VOCALOIDs and an actual band, as opposed to watching ones that only rely on playing the pre-recorded tracks with the projections. (I get picky with those... it's like I could very well watch a YT/NND video and enjoy it better than when tracks are played in place of musicians actually producing the sounds live. The band is what makes the performance that much more exciting.)