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Crypton Future Media, Inc. is an importer of sound devices based in Sapporo, Japan. The company is also known as the developer and distributor of VOCALOIDs such as Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin & Len, and Megurine Luka. It was the very first of the VOCALOID companies to produce a series.

About

Crypton Future Media, Inc. was established in 1995 as an importer and seller of music software.

Vocaloid

Crypton joined the project in May 2002, Crypton's handling of the two Japanese Vocaloids were MEIKO (released in 2004) and KAITO (released in 2006), they also were the Japanese distributors for Leon, Lola and Miriam. Meiko and Kaito were developed by Yamaha with Crypton Future Media being used to get the product commercially released, similar to the role of Bplats, Inc. in regards to the releases of VY1 and VY2. They were not acknowledged as "Crypton Vocaloids" at the time since they belonged to Yamaha. According to Crypton themselves, they were also charged with recommending English studios for the English version of the software, these companies were Zero-G and PowerFX.

Crypton's role in the VOCALOID era was public relations, promotion, ditributor and potential recruiter of English companies for production of English voicebanks. They did not produce their own Vocaloids at this stage and would not do until early 2007 when Yamaha announced VOCALOID2. The company was small and mostly unheard of.

Vocaloid2 onwards

Crypton Future Media began production on actual voicebanks in early 2007, after the announcement of VOCALOID2, originally planning only the Character Vocal Series with 3 members,which would later produce a trend of using 'avatars' or 'mascots' to represent the VOCALOID program. The success of this commercial strategy made Crypton the leading VOCALOID developer.

It was not until Hatsune Miku was released in August 2007 that Crypton, along with VOCALOID, became popular. The success of Miku lead to the Vocaloid craze in 2007 and 2008, which continued for many years afterwards.

According to Crypton, because professional singers refused to provide singing data (because they feared that the software might create clones of their singing voices), Crypton changed their focus from imitating certain singers to creating characteristic vocals. This goal change led to them sampling the vocals of voice actors.^[1]

Yuu Asakawa noted that each recording for an update is a new recording. Pressure from rival companies cause systems and microphones to be updated regularly.^[2]

Vocaloid what is it?

Crypton's VOCALOID terms of use are as follows: Any rights or obligations arising from the vocals created by the software belong to the software user. Just like any music synthesizer, the software is treated as a musical instrument and the vocals as sound. Under the terms of license, the Character Vocal Series software can be used to create vocals for commercial or non-commercial use, as long as the vocals do not offend public policy. In other words, the user is bound under the terms of license with Crypton not to synthesize derogatory or disturbing lyrics. On the other hand, copyright of the mascot image and name belong to Crypton. Under the terms of license, a user cannot commercially distribute a vocal as a song sung by the character, nor use the mascot image on commercial products without Crypton's consent.

Crypton has also produced several voicebanks that are still in the developmental stage, to date only CV-4Cβ and Junger März_PROTOTYPE β are known. These voicebanks are intended for denominational and/or corporate purposes only; it is unknown how many such voicebanks Crypton has recorded, or if these voicebanks will later become commercial VOCALOIDs.

PomPOm, Limited (since 2010)

then in 2010 he bought PomPOm, Limited and PomPOm, Limited became the first information company

New York Comic-Con, a U.S. store announced

At the 2010 New York Comic-Con, a U.S. store was announced.

Departure from Vocaloid

On August 31, 2019, Miku received her first voicebank outside of VOCALOID, that being Piapro Studio with her NT release. While Crypton is focusing on their own program, they are still in collaboration with YAMAHA and will continue to sell VOCALOID products in parallel to the Piapro Studio editions.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Key people

	Hiroyuki Itoh (伊藤博之) is the President of Crypton Future Media. https://www.kawaiikakkoiisugoi.com/2016/02/12/interview-mr-hiroyuki-itoh-ceo-crypton-future-media/
	Wataru Sasaki (佐々木渉) is the developer of the Crypton VOCALOIDs. Better known as wat, he is the one responsible behind Hatsune Miku's creation. He often gives insight to the progress of VOCALOIDs in production using Twitter. Wataru appears as a minor character in Maker Hikoushiki Hatsune Mix. http://www.performingarts.jp/E/art_interview/1803/1.html

Voicebanks

Developed Voicebanks

Voicebanks the company developed

VOCALOID2

Character Vocal Series (CV)

Append

VOCALOID3

VOCALOID4

Distributed Voicebanks

Voicebanks the company did not develop, but distributed at some point.

VOCALOID

VOCALOID2

VOCALOID3

VOCALOID4

VOCALOID5

Promotional Involvement

Figurines

Main article: Figurines

Literature

Main article: メーカー非公式初音みっくす (Maker Hikoushiki Hatsune Mix)

Games

Project DIVA Series: Main articles: Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- (series) and Project mirai

Apps

Miku Flick: Main article: Miku Flick

Miscellaneous

Main article: Hatsune Miku Live Stage Producer

Sites

Piapro

Crypton set up Piapro to clear up some problems related to copyright issues. Under the Japanese law code, which strictly preserves the original creator's right, secondary fan arts may be interpreted as copyright violation. However, the VOCALOID movement owed much to these fan creations, so in response, Crypton approved these productions in the license^[6] similar to Creative Commons (Note: Crypton is NOT a member of the association). Users are encouraged to post illustrations, music, and lyrics onto Piapro. The site authorizes the use of these fan-made creations for the non-commercial purposes automatically when posted. This arrangement is for the products distributed by and the derivatives adopted by Crypton only. The Chinese language collaboration website for Crypton's characters, similar to Piapro, is called Poppro.

@Games/Tinier Me

TinierMe Vocaloid — Crypton Vocaloids as "Selfies"

The Japanese avatar community @Games has collaborated with Crypton VOCALOIDs, involving a special (virtual) dispenser machine called "Tinier Gacha" ^[7] which was also transferred to the English dubbed site Tinierme. This machine dispenses random limited edition items for members to equip, not available in the regular shops. The campaign started on July 20, 2010 and ended on November 30, 2010^[8] with a full line-up of all Crypton VOCALOIDs. The ones that performed songs on an outdoor stage handed out album covers. Members were encouraged to listen to VOCALOID songs on KarenT,^[9] an online entertainment site. The site gives musicians a place to feature their music.

With the success of the first release, additional gacha were released, called Music Festa*(@Games)/Persona Gacha Vol*(Tinierme). These gacha were based upon popular outfits seen in animated PVs and artwork. The promotion for them ended in December 2010 on Tinierme, but is still on-going at @Games.

As of now, the Tinierme site is closed. Items obtained through Tinierme and account details were not transferred to @Games, so the old Tinierme members are required to make a new account if they wish to play on @Games.^[10]

HATSUNE MIKU EXPO SONG CONTEST

Main article: HATSUNE MIKU EXPO SONG CONTEST

To promote the HATSUNE MIKU EXPO Japan Tour, Crypton Future Media hosted a song contest. The contest ran from August 26 to October 19. For the contest, a two week trial free trial of Hatsune Miku V3 English was released. For MIKUEXPO 2016 and 2018 U.S. and Mexico concerts, the MIKUEXPO Song contest was held again, one for each concert. For the song contest in 2018, Crypton offered a 39 day free trial of Hatsune Miku V4 English.^[11]^[12]

Sponsorships

Robot Miku

Photo HRP-4C Miku — HRP-4C dressed up as Miku

At CEATEC Japan 2009, Boffin (in joint with Yamaha), had the robot model HRP-4C react to VOCALOID software for demonstration purposes. She was dressed up to look like Hatsune Miku for the demo.^[13]

Toyota Corolla

In May 2011 Toyota used Miku for two online adverts to promote their car, the Corolla. She is also displayed on the official Toyota page. On the May 7th, USAmazon placed a preview of Supercell's hit song "World is Mine" as a single. The entry was presented as "The World is Mine Feat. Hatsune Miku."

Involvement in Super GT Series

Studie 2008
MOLA 2008
Studie 2009
Porsche 2010
GSR & Studie with TeamUKYO 2011

The VOCALOID series, particularly Miku, has been actively involved in the GT300 class of the Super GT since 2008 Super GT season, with the support of Good Smile Racing (a branch of Good Smile company, mainly in charge of car-related products, especially itasha [which are cars featuring illustrations of anime-styled characters] stickers). Although Good Smile Company was not the first to bring the anime and manga culture to Super GT, it departs from others by featuring itasha directly rather than colorings onto vehicles.

Snow Miku Sky Town

Snow Miku at Sky Town — Human-sized Snow Miku figurine at Snow Miku Sky Town

In February 2010, Snow Miku and a Miku snow sculpture first appeared at the Sapporo Snow Festival as an official contributor,^[14] where Crypton Future Media is located, and a small Miku shop opened in New Chitose Airport temporarily during the festival. The Snow Miku project collaborated with the festival won popularity, so the Miku Shop was set up each winter since 2010. With the fame of Snow Miku in winter Hokkaido, Crypton established Snow Miku Sky Town in the airport on December 20, 2014, and Miku goods are purchasable year-round at this shop.

Trivia

Crypton Future Media has previously stated they would not be making an anime based on their VOCALOIDs.^[15] However, in February 2021, they announced a collaboration with Graphic India and Carlin West Agency to create a new original series that included live-action, animation, music and comics related to Hatsune Miku. ^[16]
- This wouldn't be the first time one of their characters have made a non-cameo appearance, as Hatsune Miku appeared as a supporter character on Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion THE ANIMATION written with a different kanji (発音ミク instead of 初音ミク) to differenciate between VOCALOID and Shinkansen character.^[17]

References

External links

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Navigation

[1] 2008 How Hatsune Miku was born: Interview with Crypton Future Media IT Media News, Feb 22, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-02-28

[2] ttps://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/anime-feature/2019/09/18/yuu-asakawa-on-learning-english-why-you-should-subscribe-to-her-channel

[Mikuisleaving1-3] ttps://blog.crypton.co.jp/l/2019/08/n1908311/

[Mikuisleaving2-4] ttps://twitter.com/labopton/status/1167698329389551616?s=19

[5] ttps://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1912/25/news098.html

[6] Piapro Character License

[7] TinierMe Gacha: Hatsune Miku

[8] Tinier Me: Hatsune Miku Collab Line-up!

[9] KAREN T

[10] ttp://www.tinierne.com

[11] ttps://mikuexpo.com/na2016/

[12] ttps://mikuexpo.com/usamx2018/

[13] 新VOCALOID「CV-4Cβ」、CEATECで歌う　声は中村繪里子さん:The New Vocaloid "CV-4Cβ" Sings at CEATEC. The Vocal Comes from Eriko Nakamura. IT Media News,October 8, 2009

[14] Sapporo City Office

[15] ↑ link

[16] ttps://deadline.com/2021/02/crypton-future-media-developing-animated-series-based-on-virtual-popstar-hatsune-miku-1234700069/

[17] ttps://twitter.com/shinkalion/status/945881958399266816

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   |location    = 11F Nihon Seimei Sapporo Bldg., 1-1 Nishi4 Kita3, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0003 Japan<br />
 (060-0003 札幌市中央区北3条西4丁目1-1 日本生命札幌ビル11F)
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   |affiliation =
   |website     = http://www.crypton.co.jp/
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+'''Crypton Future Media, Inc.''' is an importer of sound devices based in Sapporo, Japan. The company is also known as the developer and distributor of VOCALOIDs such as [[Hatsune Miku]], [[Kagamine Rin & Len]], and [[Megurine Luka]]. It was the very first of the VOCALOID companies to produce a series.
-'''Crypton Future Media, Inc.''' is an importer of sound devices based in Sapporo, Japan. This company is also known as the developer of the VOCALOIDs [[Hatsune Miku]], [[Kagamine Rin/Len]], and [[Megurine Luka]]. It was the very first of the VOCALOID companies to produce a series.
 ==About==
+Crypton Future Media, Inc. was established in 1995 as an importer and seller of music software.
-Crypton Future Media, Inc. was established in 1995 as an importer and seller of music software. Crypton joined the project in May 2002, Crypton's first two Vocaloids were MEIKO (released in 2004) and KAITO (released in 2006). Meiko and Kaito were developed by Yamaha with Crypton Future Media being used to get the product commercially released, similar to the role of [[Bplats, Inc.]] in regards to the releases of [[VY1]] and [[VY2]]. According to Crypton themselves, they were also charged with recommending English studios for the English version of the software, these companies were Zero-G and PowerFX.
+===Vocaloid===
+Crypton joined the project in May 2002, Crypton's handling of the two Japanese Vocaloids were MEIKO (released in 2004) and KAITO (released in 2006), they also were the Japanese distributors for [[Leon]], [[Lola]] and [[Miriam]]. Meiko and Kaito were developed by Yamaha with Crypton Future Media being used to get the product commercially released, similar to the role of [[Bplats, Inc.]] in regards to the releases of [[VY1]] and [[VY2]]. They were not acknowledged as "Crypton Vocaloids" at the time since they belonged to Yamaha.  According to Crypton themselves, they were also charged with recommending English studios for the English version of the software, these companies were Zero-G and PowerFX.
+Crypton's role in the VOCALOID era was public relations, promotion, ditributor and potential recruiter of English companies for production of English voicebanks.  They did not produce their own Vocaloids at this stage and would not do until early 2007 when Yamaha announced VOCALOID2. The company was small and mostly unheard of.
-It was not until Hatsune Miku was released in August 2007 that Crypton, along with VOCALOID, became popular. When they began to use the VOCALOID2 engine they created the "Character Vocal Series," which would later produce a trend of using 'avatars' or 'mascots' to represent the VOCALOID program. The success of this commercial strategy made Crypton the leading VOCALOID developer.
+===Vocaloid2 onwards===
-According to Crypton, because professional singers refused to provide singing data ( because they feared that the software might create clones of their singing voices), Crypton changed their focus from imitating certain singers to creating characteristic vocals. This goal change led to them sampling the vocals of voice actors.<ref>[http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/0802/22/news013.html 2008 How Hatsune Miku was born: Interview with Crypton Future Media] IT Media News, Feb 22, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-02-28</ref>
+Crypton Future Media began production on actual voicebanks in early 2007, after the announcement of VOCALOID2, originally planning only the [[Character Vocal Series]] with 3 members,which would later produce a trend of using 'avatars' or 'mascots' to represent the VOCALOID program. The success of this commercial strategy made Crypton the leading VOCALOID developer.
+It was not until Hatsune Miku was released in August 2007 that Crypton, along with VOCALOID, became popular. The success of Miku lead to the Vocaloid craze in 2007 and 2008, which continued for many years afterwards.
+According to Crypton, because professional singers refused to provide singing data (because they feared that the software might create clones of their singing voices), Crypton changed their focus from imitating certain singers to creating characteristic vocals. This goal change led to them sampling the vocals of voice actors.<ref>[http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/0802/22/news013.html 2008 How Hatsune Miku was born: Interview with Crypton Future Media] IT Media News, Feb 22, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-02-28</ref>
+[[Yuu Asakawa]] noted that each recording for an update is a new recording. Pressure from rival companies cause systems and microphones to be updated regularly.<ref>https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/anime-feature/2019/09/18/yuu-asakawa-on-learning-english-why-you-should-subscribe-to-her-channel</ref>
+====Vocaloid what is it?====
 Crypton's VOCALOID terms of use are as follows: Any rights or obligations arising from the vocals created by the software belong to the software user. Just like any music synthesizer, the software is treated as a musical instrument and the vocals as sound. Under the terms of license, the Character Vocal Series software can be used to create vocals for commercial or non-commercial use, as long as the vocals do not offend public policy. In other words, the user is bound under the terms of license with Crypton not to synthesize derogatory or disturbing lyrics. On the other hand, copyright of the mascot image and name belong to Crypton. Under the terms of license, a user cannot commercially distribute a vocal as a song sung by the character, nor use the mascot image on commercial products without Crypton's consent.
 Crypton has also produced several voicebanks that are still in the developmental stage, to date only CV-4Cβ and Junger März_PROTOTYPE β are known. These voicebanks are intended for denominational and/or corporate purposes only; it is unknown how many such voicebanks Crypton has recorded, or if these voicebanks will later become commercial VOCALOIDs.
+<br />
+====PomPOm, Limited (since 2010)====
+then in 2010 he bought PomPOm, Limited and PomPOm, Limited became the first information company
+====New York Comic-Con, a U.S. store announced====
 At the 2010 New York Comic-Con, a U.S. store was announced.
+===Departure from Vocaloid===
+On August 31, 2019, Miku received her first voicebank outside of VOCALOID, that being ''{{IW|piapro-studio|Piapro Studio}}'' with her NT release. While Crypton is focusing on their own program, they are still in collaboration with YAMAHA and will continue to sell VOCALOID products in parallel to the Piapro Studio editions.<ref name="Mikuisleaving1">https://blog.crypton.co.jp/l/2019/08/n1908311/</ref><ref name="Mikuisleaving2">https://twitter.com/labopton/status/1167698329389551616?s=19</ref><ref>https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1912/25/news098.html</ref>
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-|[[File:Vocaconfhiroyukiitoh.jpg|100px]] || {{anchor|Hiroyuki Itoh}} '''Hiroyuki Itoh''' (伊藤博之) is the President of Crypton Future Media.
+|[[File:Vocaconfhiroyukiitoh.jpg|100px]]||{{anchor|Hiroyuki Itoh}} '''Hiroyuki Itoh''' (伊藤博之) is the President of Crypton Future Media.
 <div class="flat-list">
-* https://www.kawaiikakkoiisugoi.com/2016/02/12/interview-mr-hiroyuki-itoh-ceo-crypton-future-media/
+*https://www.kawaiikakkoiisugoi.com/2016/02/12/interview-mr-hiroyuki-itoh-ceo-crypton-future-media/
 </div>
 |-
-|[[File:Sasaki_Wataru.jpg|100px]] || {{anchor|Wataru Sasaki}} '''Wataru Sasaki''' (佐々木渉) is the developer of the Crypton VOCALOIDs. Better known as '''wat''', he is the one responsible behind [[Hatsune Miku]]'s creation. He often gives insight to the progress of VOCALOIDs in production using Twitter.
+|[[File:Wateru-Sasaki-2017.jpg|100px]]||{{anchor|Wataru Sasaki}} '''Wataru Sasaki''' (佐々木渉) is the developer of the Crypton VOCALOIDs. Better known as '''wat''', he is the one responsible behind [[Hatsune Miku]]'s creation. He often gives insight to the progress of VOCALOIDs in production using Twitter.
-wat appears as a minor character in [[Maker Hikōshiki Hatsune Mix]].
+Wataru appears as a minor character in [[メーカー非公式 初音みっくす (Maker Hikoushiki Hatsune Mix)|Maker Hikoushiki Hatsune Mix]].
 <div class="flat-list">
-* http://www.performingarts.jp/E/art_interview/1803/1.html
+*http://www.performingarts.jp/E/art_interview/1803/1.html
 </div>
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 ==Voicebanks==
 ===Developed Voicebanks===
-Voicebanks that the company developed
+Voicebanks the company developed
-====VOCALOID2====
+==== VOCALOID2====
 Character Vocal Series (CV)
-<gallery hideaddbutton="true" widths="100" orientation="square" spacing="small" columns="5" bordercolor="black" captionposition="within" captiontextcolor="white" captionalign="center" navigation="true">
+<gallery hideaddbutton="true" widths="100" orientation="square" spacing="small" columns="6" bordercolor="black" captionposition="within" captiontextcolor="white" captionalign="center" navigation="true">
 Ofclboxart_cfm_Hatsune_Miku.jpg|Hatsune Miku|link=Hatsune Miku (VOCALOID2)
-Ofclboxart_cfm_Kagamine_RinLen.png|Kagamine|link=Kagamine Rin/Len (VOCALOID2)
+Ofclboxart_cfm_Kagamine_RinLen.png|Kagamine|link=Kagamine Rin & Len (VOCALOID2)
 KagamineAct2.jpg|Kagamine act2|link=Kagamine act2
 Ofclboxart_cfm_Megurine_Luka.jpg|Megurine Luka|link=Megurine Luka (VOCALOID2)
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 =====Append=====
-<gallery hideaddbutton="true" widths="100" orientation="square" spacing="small" columns="5" bordercolor="black" captionposition="within" captiontextcolor="white" captionalign="center" navigation="true">
+<gallery hideaddbutton="true" widths="100" orientation="square" spacing="small" columns="6" bordercolor="black" captionposition="within" captiontextcolor="white" captionalign="center" navigation="true">
 Ofclboxart_cfm_Hatsune_Miku_Append.jpg|Miku Append|link=Hatsune Miku Append
-Ofclboxart_cfm_Kagamine_RinLen_Append.jpg|Kagamine Append|link=Kagamine Rin/Len Append
+Ofclboxart_cfm_Kagamine_RinLen_Append.jpg|Kagamine Append|link=Kagamine Rin & Len Append
 </gallery>
 ====VOCALOID3====
-<gallery hideaddbutton="true" widths="100" orientation="square" spacing="small" columns="5" bordercolor="black" captionposition="within" captiontextcolor="white" captionalign="center" navigation="true">
+<gallery hideaddbutton="true" widths="100" orientation="square" spacing="small" columns="6" bordercolor="black" captionposition="within" captiontextcolor="white" captionalign="center" navigation="true">
 V3_KAITO_boxart.jpg|KAITO V3|link=KAITO V3
 Hatsune Miku V3 English boxart.jpg|Miku V3 English|link=Hatsune Miku V3 English
@@ Line 76: / Line 96: @@
 ====VOCALOID4====
-<gallery hideaddbutton="true" widths="100" orientation="square" spacing="small" columns="5" bordercolor="black" captionposition="within" captiontextcolor="white" captionalign="center" navigation="true">
+<gallery hideaddbutton="true" widths="100" orientation="square" spacing="small" columns="6" bordercolor="black" captionposition="within" captiontextcolor="white" captionalign="center" navigation="true">
 box_lukav4x.png|Megurine Luka V4X|link=Megurine Luka V4X
-Box rnlnv4x.png|Kagamine V4X|link=Kagamine Rin/Len V4X
+Box rnlnv4x.png|Kagamine V4X|link=Kagamine Rin & Len V4X
-RINLENV4E.png|Kagamine V4 English|link=Kagamine Rin/Len V4 English
+RINLENV4E.png|Kagamine V4 English|link=Kagamine Rin & Len V4 English
 MIKUV4X_TRANS.png|Hatsune Miku V4X|link=Hatsune Miku V4X
 miku4english.jpg|Hatsune Miku V4 English|link=Hatsune Miku V4 English
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 ===Distributed Voicebanks===
-Voicebanks that the company did not develop, but have distributed.
+Voicebanks the company did not develop, but distributed at some point.
 ====VOCALOID====
-<gallery hideaddbutton="true" widths="100" orientation="square" spacing="small" columns="5" bordercolor="black" captionposition="within" captiontextcolor="white" captionalign="center" navigation="true">
+<gallery hideaddbutton="true" widths="100" orientation="square" spacing="small" columns="6" bordercolor="black" captionposition="within" captiontextcolor="white" captionalign="center" navigation="true">
 Ofclboxart zrog Leon.jpg|LEON|link=LEON (VOCALOID1)
 Ofclboxart zrog Lola.jpg|LOLA|link=LOLA (VOCALOID1)
@@ Line 98: / Line 118: @@
 ====VOCALOID2====
-<gallery hideaddbutton="true" widths="100" orientation="square" spacing="small" columns="5" bordercolor="black" captionposition="within" captiontextcolor="white" captionalign="center" navigation="true">
+<gallery hideaddbutton="true" widths="100" orientation="square" spacing="small" columns="6" bordercolor="black" captionposition="within" captiontextcolor="white" captionalign="center" navigation="true">
 Ofclboxart pwrfx Sweet Ann.jpg|Sweet ANN|link=Sweet ANN (VOCALOID2)
 Ofclboxart_zrog_Prima.jpg|Prima|link=Prima (VOCALOID2)
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 ====VOCALOID3====
-<gallery hideaddbutton="true" widths="100" orientation="square" spacing="small" columns="5" bordercolor="black" captionposition="within" captiontextcolor="white" captionalign="center" navigation="true">
+<gallery hideaddbutton="true" widths="100" orientation="square" spacing="small" columns="6" bordercolor="black" captionposition="within" captiontextcolor="white" captionalign="center" navigation="true">
 Mew_box.png|Mew|link=Mew (VOCALOID3)
 RION_boxart.png |Tone Rion|link=Tone Rion (VOCALOID3)
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 ====VOCALOID4====
-<gallery hideaddbutton="true" widths="100" orientation="square" spacing="small" columns="5" bordercolor="black" captionposition="within" captiontextcolor="white" captionalign="center" navigation="true">
+<gallery hideaddbutton="true" widths="100" orientation="square" spacing="small" columns="6" bordercolor="black" captionposition="within" captiontextcolor="white" captionalign="center" navigation="true">
 VY1v4_Boxart.png|VY1v4|link=VY1v4
 CYBER_DIVA_box.png|CYBER DIVA|link=CYBER DIVA (VOCALOID4)
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 Kiyoteru package.jpg|Hiyama Kiyoteru|link=Hiyama Kiyoteru V4
 GUMIV4Complete.png|Megpoid V4|link=Megpoid V4
-Dex box.jpg|DEX|link=DEX (VOCALOID4)
+dex transparent box.png|DEX|link=DEX (VOCALOID4)
 Daina box.jpg|DAINA|link=DAINA (VOCALOID4)
 RanaV4_300_boxart.png|Rana V4|link=Rana V4
@@ Line 151: / Line 171: @@
 </gallery>
-====VOCALOID5====
+==== VOCALOID5====
-<gallery hideaddbutton="true" widths="100" orientation="square" spacing="small" columns="5" bordercolor="black" captionposition="within" captiontextcolor="white" captionalign="center" navigation="true">
+<gallery hideaddbutton="true" widths="100" orientation="square" spacing="small" columns="6" bordercolor="black" captionposition="within" captiontextcolor="white" captionalign="center" navigation="true">
 Haruno Sora Complete.png|Haruno Sora|link=Haruno Sora (VOCALOID5)
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-==Promotional Involvement==
+==Promotional Involvement ==
 ===Figurines===
 {{Main|Figurines}}
-===Literature===
+=== Literature===
-{{Main|Maker Hikōshiki Hatsune Mix}}
+{{Main|メーカー非公式 初音みっくす (Maker Hikoushiki Hatsune Mix)|}}
 ===Games===
 ;Project DIVA Series
 {{Main|Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- (series)|Hatsune Miku and Future Stars Project mirai|l2=Project mirai}}
 ===Apps===
 ;Miku Flick
 {{Main|Miku Flick}}
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 {{Main|Hatsune Miku Live Stage Producer}}
-===Sites===
+=== Sites===
-====Piapro====
+====Piapro ====
-Crypton set up [[Piapro]] to clear up some of the problems related to copyright issues. Under the Japanese law code, which strictly preserves the original creator's right, secondary fan arts may be interpreted as copyright violation. However, VOCALOID movement owed much to these fan creations, so in response, Crypton approved these productions in the license<ref>[http://piapro.jp/license/pcl Piapro Character License]</ref> similar to [[Wikipedia:Creative Commons|Creative Commons]] (Note: Crypton is NOT a member of the association). Users are encouraged to post illustrations, music, and lyrics onto Piapro. The site authorizes the use of these fan-made creations for the '''non-commercial''' purposes automatically when posted. This arrangement is for the products distributed by and the derivatives adopted by Crypton only.
+Crypton set up [https://piapro.jp/ Piapro] to clear up some problems related to copyright issues. Under the Japanese law code, which strictly preserves the original creator's right, secondary fan arts may be interpreted as copyright violation. However, the VOCALOID movement owed much to these fan creations, so in response, Crypton approved these productions in the license<ref>[http://piapro.jp/license/pcl Piapro Character License]</ref> similar to [[Wikipedia:Creative Commons|Creative Commons]] (Note: Crypton is NOT a member of the association). Users are encouraged to post illustrations, music, and lyrics onto [https://piapro.jp/ Piapro]. The site authorizes the use of these fan-made creations for the '''non-commercial''' purposes automatically when posted. This arrangement is for the products distributed by and the derivatives adopted by Crypton only. The Chinese language collaboration website for Crypton's characters, similar to [https://piapro.jp/ Piapro], is called [https://www.poppro.cn/html/main.html Poppro].
 ====@Games/Tinier Me====
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 As of now, the Tinierme site is closed. Items obtained through Tinierme and account details were not transferred to @Games, so the old Tinierme members are required to make a new account if they wish to play on @Games.<ref>http://www.tinierne.com</ref>
-===HATSUNE MIKU EXPO SONG CONTEST===
+=== HATSUNE MIKU EXPO SONG CONTEST ===
 {{Main|HATSUNE MIKU EXPO SONG CONTEST}}
-To promote the HATSUNE MIKU EXPO Japan Tour, Crypton Future Media is currently hosting a song contest. The contest is running from August 26 to October 19. For the contest, a two week trial free trial of Hatsune Miku V3 English was released.
+To promote the HATSUNE MIKU EXPO Japan Tour, Crypton Future Media hosted a song contest. The contest ran from August 26 to October 19. For the contest, a two week trial free trial of Hatsune Miku V3 English was released. For MIKUEXPO 2016 and 2018 U.S. and Mexico concerts, the MIKUEXPO Song contest was held again, one for each concert. For the song contest in 2018, Crypton offered a 39 day free trial of Hatsune Miku V4 English.<ref>https://mikuexpo.com/na2016/</ref><ref>https://mikuexpo.com/usamx2018/</ref>
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 At CEATEC Japan 2009, Boffin (in joint with Yamaha), had the robot model [[wikipedia:HRP-4C|HRP-4C]] react to VOCALOID software for demonstration purposes. She was dressed up to look like Hatsune Miku for the demo.<ref>[http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/0910/08/news107.html 新VOCALOID「CV-4Cβ」、CEATECで歌う　声は中村繪里子さん:The New Vocaloid "CV-4Cβ" Sings at CEATEC. The Vocal Comes from Eriko Nakamura. IT Media News,October 8, 2009]</ref>
-===Toyota Corolla===
+=== Toyota Corolla===
 In May 2011 Toyota used Miku for two online adverts to promote their car, the Corolla. She is also displayed on the official Toyota page. On the May 7th, USAmazon placed a preview of Supercell's hit song "World is Mine" as a single. The entry was presented as "The World is Mine Feat. Hatsune Miku."
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 In February 2010, Snow Miku and a Miku snow sculpture first appeared at the Sapporo Snow Festival as an official contributor,<ref>[http://www.welcome.city.sapporo.jp/find/culture/hatsune_miku/ Sapporo City Office]</ref> where Crypton Future Media is located, and a small Miku shop opened in New Chitose Airport temporarily during the festival. The Snow Miku project collaborated with the festival won popularity, so the Miku Shop was set up each winter since 2010. With the fame of Snow Miku in winter Hokkaido, Crypton established [http://snowmiku.com/skytown/index_en.html Snow Miku Sky Town] in the airport on December 20, 2014, and Miku goods are purchasable year-round at this shop.
-==Trivia==
+==Trivia ==
-*Crypton Future Media has stated they will not be making an anime based on their VOCALOIDs.<ref>[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2011/07/21/crn-interview-the-creators-of-hatsune-miku link]</ref>
+*Crypton Future Media has previously stated they would not be making an anime based on their VOCALOIDs.<ref>[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2011/07/21/crn-interview-the-creators-of-hatsune-miku link]</ref> However, in February 2021, they announced a collaboration with Graphic India and Carlin West Agency to create a new original series that included live-action, animation, music and comics related to Hatsune Miku. <ref>https://deadline.com/2021/02/crypton-future-media-developing-animated-series-based-on-virtual-popstar-hatsune-miku-1234700069/</ref>
+**This wouldn't be the first time one of their characters have made a non-cameo appearance, as Hatsune Miku appeared as a supporter character on [https://shinkalion.fandom.com/wiki/Shinkansen_Henkei_Robo_Shinkalion_THE_ANIMATION Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion THE ANIMATION] written with a different kanji (発音ミク instead of 初音ミク) to differenciate between VOCALOID and Shinkansen character.<ref>https://twitter.com/shinkalion/status/945881958399266816</ref>
 ==References==
+<references />
-{{Reflist|2}}
 ==External links==
 *[http://www.crypton.co.jp/ Official Site]
 *[http://www.crypton.co.jp/vocaloid/ Official Site:Vocaloid Products]
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 *[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Crypton-Future-Media-Inc-CFM/123066674376453 Crypton on Facebook]
 *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBZOlipfjkQ&feature=fvw Asashi.com News Special on Youtube]
 *[http://www.new-chitose-airport.jp/en/spend/shop/s237.html Snow Miku Sky Town in New Chitose Airport]
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