As we have previously reported, “Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing” is a new film that includes the participation of Hatsune Miku, the virtual diva of Vocaloid. Some consider this to be the first time Miku has starred in an anime, and this is true considering that most of her previous appearances in an anime have simply been in an incidental role.
Maybe the fact that this is the first time we have Hatsune Miku in a leading role is the reason the moviereleased last weekend in Japan, easily surpassed 300 million yen in revenue through more than 23 million viewers. With this, it achieved first place in average revenue per theater during its first weekend, a true feat!
In fact, even though it is only being screened in 148 movie theaters (a considerably low figure), The film outperformed other major releases at the time, demonstrating the power of the fan base of both the video game “Project Sekai: Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku” as Hatsune Miku herselfwhich is also going through its moment of glory in Fortnite.
In case you didn’t hear about this movie produced by PAWORKSthe synopsis writes:
- At a CD store, Ichika Hoshino listens to a Miku song she’s never heard before. On the monitor, he sees a “Hatsune Miku” with a shape he has never seen before, and he couldn’t help but say it out loud: “Miku?” Miku is surprised to hear the voice, her eyes meet Ichika’s, but it disappears shortly after.
- Later, after a live performance on the street, the Miku Ichika saw earlier appears on his smartphone. Miku seems sad and dejected, and when Ichika calmly asks Miku about her story, she tells Ichika that there are people she wants to give her songs to, but no matter how much she sings, her songs don’t reach them.
- Miku, who saw Ichika sing to the hearts of many people in her live performances, thought that if she learns more about Ichika, she can do the same, and approached Ichika. Ichika smiles at Miku and says, “If that’s okay with me.”
And of course, there was no shortage of community comments:
- «The people who go just for the in-game extras?».
- «Miku without being able to sing has no value».
- «This is kind of like a comedy movie, right?».
- «300 million yen? Isn’t that too little?».
- «Box office receipts are low compared to the number of attendees, so there will probably be a high proportion of children».
- «If children like it, in the end there will be a new wave of popularity and more money».
- «I’m an older man, but I went to see her. Miku was very cute. By the way, it seems that Gundam will be able to be seen on TV at some point».
- «Miku really is very popular».
- «Don’t you have to go like 5 times just to get the limited products?».
- «Originally, I think you needed to go 26 times. In the end, because the review was so bad, they loosened the rules a little».
- «There are 6 CDs of extras, so if you want to complete the collection, you have to go 6 times. Since there is a transmission, it is more for collecting».
- «Is this Miku’s first film in the cinema?».
- «The Miku in the movie is really cute».
- «The story is completely for those who play Project Sekai. If you only know Miku, you won’t understand anything. But Miku is cute».
- «If you don’t know about the concept of Sekaiit’s going to be difficult to follow. But they don’t talk about specific stories of the characters, so knowing that the Sekai seems enough».
- «Miku is for young girls, so older men should keep quiet».
- «It seems that PAWORKS finally has a hit after many years. Excellent!».
- «Is it already in theaters? I remember hearing that something like black Rock Shooter It was terrible, but will it be interesting?».
- «Is the “broken world” the apocalypse? It sounds disturbing».
- «¿Project Sekai Is it really that popular with children?».
Fountain: Yaraon!
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