(Old thread died, needed new OP)
Senbonzakura is song arranged by Kurousa-P and is sung by Hatsune Miku.
It was uploaded on October 17,
2011Still in the Top 30 for the weekly rankings. Possibly in the Top 30 the entire time? I wouldn't know, but it's probably got the record for most weeks in Top 30 by now in any case. 5.7 Million views to date.
Anyways, Vocaloid, I guess I don't really need to explain it but I will anyway - it's a series of voice synth programs that are super popular in Japan, in a nutshell. The most prominent Vocaloids you'll likely see are:
-Hatsune Miku (the first one, arguably the most popular)
-Rin Kagamine and Len Kagamine (the second ones, two sound banks made from the same person's voice)
-GUMI (whom you may recognize is made from the voice of Ranka Lee from Macross Frontier)
However there are MANY more Vocaloids out there, and there are unofficial ones too known as UTAU. It's like the Touhou of the music industry, if you will.
Useful links:
http://www.nicovideo.jp/mylist/9352163 - An updating list of released Top 30 Weekly Vocaloid Rank vids. Now features top UTAU songs as well. Useful for keeping to date on the newest and coolest songs!
This link optinally, does a tag search for the newest one if the Mylist isn't updated.
http://ex.nicovideo.jp/vocaloid/ - The official English Nico page for Vocaloid!
Regarding Nico, you need an account to watch the videos. Thankfully, Nico now has an english translation available for it's website (there was a seperate site for English users but it merged with nicovideo)
If you don't have a Nico account, however, you can always use the
Redirector.
There isn't any dedicated Vocaloid uploader on Youtube that I know of (that isn't banned), although popular songs will regularly find their way onto the site. You're better off just looking around NND's Vocaloid page or watching the Rankings for something new and interesting. If you want classics though, they aren't hard to find.
