Well, the guy’s not immortal, so what will the world do when Gackt moves on from this world? They’ll keep right on keepin’ on, using a new version of Vocaloid– of Miku Hatsune fame –with Gackt’s voice, called Gackpoid, according to Canned Dogs. Apparently it was actually announced on April 1st, but everyone thought it was a joke…

Anyway, there’s a sample song here, and the software will be released in June. It still sounds pretty electronic to me, so maybe it needs some of that VocaListener magic. Still, maybe Gackt WILL be immortal. All we need now is to keep boosting our CG abilities…

If you thought that Vocaloid’s Miku Hatsune sounded realistic straight out of the package, you’ve got to check out this post at Moetron. Combining Miku’s voice with VocaListener, which adjusts the synthesized voice to sound more human, results in a pretty phenomenal-sounding fake voice.

Perhaps even disturbingly-realistic…

Canned Dogs has reported on two doujin games– which are, of course, fan-made/amateur games, often based on copyrighted works (but sometimes original, like the Touhou series) –that have been cracked down upon by copyright owners lately. The first is Tatakae! Ore no Hatsune Miku ver 1.2, a game based on the heavily-marketed (and uber-viral) character of the Vocaloid voice-generation software. The second was a Haruhi game called Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekitou (”The Fierce Fighting of Haruhi Suzumiya”).

The interesting thing is, it looks like neither of these games were ero (and therefore not “damaging” to the characters’ reputations), and apparently Vocaloid owner Crypton won’t allow doujin games even if they’re distributed for free, and Kadokawa has never been fond of doujin games.

…But before you get mad at the Japanese companies for keeping down the fans, keep in mind that in the USA these games would probably never even get made to begin with @_@ Though I somehow feel so tempted to grab a copy of RPG Maker and get started on some Haruhi sprites. As if I don’t have enough to keep me busy already.