Another week, another edition of the Weekly Vocaloid Rankings on Nico Nico Douga.

Well if you’ve been paying any attention to the last few countdown entries, you would have noticed that Miku and the other Vocaloids have made strong comebacks after surviving Luka’s explosive debut in early January. That’s not to say Luka’s completely out of the spotlight yet as two of her songs, ago-anikiP’s「Double Lariat」and「Kokoro」famed artist TravoltaP with his latest,「Toeto」, have been enjoying a roller-coaster ride on the top 10. minato’s「RIP=RELEASE」doesn’t seem to fade away either. However, all my attention at the moment seems to be focused on HanasoumenP’s 80’s retro-style song「YOUTHFUL DAYS’ GRAFFITI」. I’m completely addicted to it!

Some of you may be still wondering what the heck is up with this week’s #1 song. Well, there’s a perfectly good explanation… 「Sakura no Ame」artist halyosy and his band absorb performed the song alongside 2000 students at Yachiyoshouin High school for their graduation concert on February 24th. This of course sparked a lot of interest on the original Nico video which first debuted about a year ago. You may check out the performance yourself from the clip below:

Along with this came the news that the song will also be used by 80 different Japanese schools nationwide this upcoming Spring graduation season.

Another piece of Vocaloid news that made the headlines is the unveiling of a mass-produced「Black☆Rock Shooter」1/8 PVC figure from Goodsmile. [PVC homepage]

She’ll be available for purchase later this August — retail priced at 9,800 yen.

[UPDATE 03.04.2009] — Just announced today is this「World is Mine」1/8 PVC figure from Goodsmile!

And finally, supercell have just released their long-awaited first studio retail album,「supercell feat. Hatsune Miku」. The limited-edition package includes all the following:

*CD Tracklist

  • Love is War
  • Heartbreaker
  • MELT
  • Black☆Rock Shooter
  • Awesome Cool Cool Mark
  • Line
  • World is Mine
  • When the First Love Ends
  • Parade of Liars
  • One Second of Slow Motion
  • Sourpuss
  • Till we meet again

*DVD Tracklist

  • Love is War
  • World is Mine
  • Black☆Rock Shooter
  • MELT

*Extras

  • supercell works (2007 WINTER-2008 SUMMER)

You can also check out the televised commercial below:

Youtube linkage: [1], [2], [3]

~History Countdown (02/19/2008~02/26/2008):

  • #05.) – [Hatsune Miku] “Swimmy” (*Original) ~ *wow, I remember when this first came out
  • #04.) – [KAITO] “Byakkoya no musume” (*Paprika ED) ~ *I’m still today receiving requests for the mp3
  • #03.) – [Hatsune Miku] “Sakura no Ame” (*Original) ~ *so glad we subbed this
  • #02.) – [Hatsune Miku] “Love is War” (*Original) ~ *supercell classic
  • #01.) – [Hatsune Miku] “Nico Nico kae uta melody – Part 1” ~ *the lyrics are so amusing

~Weekly Countdown (02/19/2009~02/26/2009):

  • PU. #36) – [Kagamine Rin] “Rin no Uta” *NEW!
  • ED.) – [Hatsune Miku] “Okuru Melody” (*Original)
  • #30.) – [Kagamine Rin] “Nodo ga kawaku” (*Original) ~ *NEW!
  • #29.) – [Kagamine Rin] “Iroha Uta” (*Original) ~ ↓20
  • #28.) – [Hatsune Miku] “Heartful Drive” (*Original) ~ ↑29
  • #27.) – [Hatsune Miku] “Black☆Rock Shooter” (*Original) ~ ↑3
  • #26.) – [Hatsune Miku] “Migite ni hitotsudake no donburi” ~ ↑85
  • #25.) – [Kagamine Len/KAITO/Gakupo] “Futago ga ano uta wo shitta you desu. Yo.” ~ ↓18
  • #24.) – [Hatsune Miku/Megurine Luka] “Hatsune Miku to Luka no hateshinaki oounabara to mizu no miko area” ~ *NEW!
  • #23.) – [Hatsune Miku] “Miku Miku ni shiteageru♪” (*Original) ~ ↑3
  • #22.) – [Megurine Luka] “RIP=RELEASE” (*Original) ~ ↓9
  • #21.) – [Hatsune Miku] “STEP TO YOU” (*Original) ~ ↓17
  • #20.) – [Hatsune Miku] “Asayake, Kimi no Uta” (*Original) ~ ↓12
  • #19.) – [Hatsune Miku] “Heart Beat” (*Original) ~ *NEW!
  • #18.) – [Hatsune Miku] “SOU” (*Original) ~ *NEW!
  • #17.) – [Hatsune Miku] “World is mine” (*Original) ~ ↑6
  • #16.) – [Kagamine Rin] “Otome Gokoro” (*Original) ~ *NEW!
  • #15.) – [Hatsune Miku] “MELT” (*Original) ~ ↑6
  • #14.) – [Hatsune Miku] “Hare Hare Russia” (*Haruhi) ~ *NEW!
  • #13.) – [Hatsune Miku] “YOUTHFUL DAYS’ GRAFFITI” (*Original) ~ *NEW!
  • #12.) – [Megurine Luka] “graduation” (*Original) ~ *NEW!
  • #11.) – [Megurine Luka] “filozofio” (*Original) ~ *NEW!
  • #10.) – [Hatsune Miku] “Gomenna sorry” (*Original) ~ *NEW!
  • #09.) – [Megurine Luka] “Saigo no Joou” (*Original) ~ ↓3
  • #08.) – [Kagamine Rin] “meltdown” (*Original) ~ ↓3
  • #07.) – [Megurine Luka] “Dark to Light” (*Original) ~ ↑xx
  • #06.) – [Hatsune Miku] “Fake Lover” (*Original) ~ ↑125
  • #05.) – [Hatsune Miku] “Yamiiro Alice” (*Original) ~ ↓2
  • #04.) – [Megurine Luka] “Toeto” (*Original) ~ ↓3
  • #03.) – [Megurine Luka] “Double Lariat” (*Original) ~ ↓1
  • #02.) – [Kagamine Len] “Kimi wo sagasu sora” (*Original) ~ *NEW!
  • #01.) – [Hatsune Miku] “Sakura no Ame” (*Original) ~ ↑74