Weekly Vocaloid Ranking # 203 (August 15-22, 2011)

[fascinates]

Apologies that this is late again. I'm having problems with Nicodou today and I can't load the individual videos, so I just settled for the ranking video itself and the song previews. Sorry of the comments are much more unhelpful than usual ^^;.

It's MMD cup season so you'll be seeing a lot of MMD videos. There's also quite a lot of Rin, which means variety from the GUMI-fest we had recently. You'll notice in the history from this ranking and the previous that last year, around this time was the time popular producers started using GUMI (hachi, SignalP, etc.), probably signifying her rise in popularity, too :). It's been a year since Matryoshka, WTF.... I am still looping it..........

↑# - the song moved up from a previous top 30 rank
↓# - song moved down from a previous top 30 rank
↵ - song is a re-entry to the top 30 rankings

original nicovideo link

Songs are arranged from 1-30.



01. Tokyo Teddy Bear (Kagamine Rin) - Neru
- I've seen this retweeted tons of times this week and it's a pretty interesting. The song has a strong rock melody with really sharp guitars against Rin's own sharp voice. I think the good part here for me is how Rin still sounds clear against those guitars.

02. Mushroom Mother (Hatsune Miku) - PinocchioP
- ↑03

03. Time Capsule (Hatsune Miku) - buzzG
- As expected from one of the best rock VocaloPs, buzzG releases another beautiful rock ballad. Miku sounds enchantingly clear and ringing against the muffled drums and guitars which eventually rises to a powerful chorus as per buzzG's style.

04. Kami no Kotoba (Hatsune Miku Append) - Yuyoyuppe
- Title means "Words of Gods". I like this! It's not as loud as most of Yuppe's works but more emo-ish/ambient-ish. ....It's so hard to describe when I can only listen to a few parts ;;.

05. Freely Tomorrow (Hatsune Miku) - Mitchie M.
- ↑07

06. Koukan Note (GUMI) - YM
- Title means "Note of Sympathy" A rockish number quite different from YM's previous works although I can't really put my finger on it (since I haven't listened to the whole thing). But it's pretty interesting.

07. Shiryokukensa (GUMI) - 40mP
- ↓01 Title means "Eyesight Test".

08. Alice in Musicland (Hatsune Miku, etc.) - OSTER Project
- ↑10

09. 86,400 (Hatsune Miku) - Nishijima Sondai
- I wasn't familiar with this and it's dangerously catchy. The piano melody is just looooove.

10. Kagaribi (Kagamine Rin) - Junky
- Title means "Bonfire". I love this song. Rin sounds a bit haunting and breathy compared to most of Junky's works.

11. Tropical Summer (GUMI) - Dios/SignalP
- ↓02

12. Natsuyasumi Yummy (Kagamine Len) - Satsuki ga Tenkomori
- It's my first time hearing Satsuki's Len and he sounds shota-ish and really cute. A bit robotic than usual but the song is happy so it's okay, I guess.

13. Sayonara Bokutachi no Terebi Kyoku (Hatsune Miku) - HobonichiP
- ↑14

14. Twinkle (Kagamine Rin) - Junky
- ↵70 Junky released his album "Lapis" on the 24th, hence the rise, probably.

15. Hatarake! Neet (Yowane Haku x Akita Neru) - OwataP
- ↓05 Title means "Go to Work, NEET!"

16. [MMD] P Na Ittemiro! - kum
- This is awesome if not so random XDD.

17. Lost Destination (Kagamine Len Append) - 150P
- ↓11

18. Planetarium (Hatsune Miku Dark) - HeavenzP
- ↓06

19. Aspirin (Megurine Luka) - MuryokuP
- ↓09

20. [MMD] Card Captor na Mahou Shoujo - tomo
- This is a parody of the Card Captor Sakura opening.

21. EAT ME (GUMI) - OSTER Project
- ↓04

22. Fantastic Story (Hatsune Miku) - Ananii
- ↑24

23. Peaceful Days (Hatsune Miku) - KusoinakaP
- A wonderful rockish song from KusoinakaP with really strong drums. Miku seems a bit drowned at times, but it's not entirely noticeable.

24. [MMD] Outplat Home (Hatsune Miku) - Mayutama
- I don't really know how to romanize the title. It's a really pretty PV, though!

25. Kuwagata ni Chop Shitara Time Slip Shita (GUMI) - UramanbouP
- ↓21 Title means "When I chopped the stag beetle, there was a time slip". I translated this song here.

26. MMD Lemmings - Yamada Tarou no Uta - OsakanaP
- This video is a hypnotizing PV made to look like a platform game....about lemmings who look like people. And...yeah I'm not very good with MMDs as you might have noticed ^^;.

27. ANEMONE OVERDOSE (GUMI) - ORYO
- ↑28

28. Ama no Jaku (GUMI) - 164
- ↓25 Title means "Heaven's Weakness".

29. Karakuri Pierrot (Hatsune Miku) - 40mP
- ↓18 Title means "Mechanical Clown".

30. Aircon Kitte Terebi wo Tsukete Nechaushou de Shinimashou (Hatsune Miku) - HobonichiP
- Title means "Let's unplug the fan, turn on the TV, get a heatstroke and die." It's your typical fast-phrased, random but meaningful song from Hobonichi ^^;.

PICKUP:
What is right? (KAITO) - SukeP

ED:
Yakusoku (Megurine Luka) - Yama△

HISTORY
1. Matryoshka (Hatsune Miku x GUMI) - Hachi
2. DYE/Re:flection (Megurine Luka) - AVTechNO!
3. Mitsubachi (cover) (Kagamine Rin, etc.) - OrebananaP
4. Hitori Kakurenbo (Hatsune Miku) - cosMo x DeadballP
5. Aitai (GUMI) - Dios/SignalP