![]() The first being the uniform of Akiko-chan, the second being a Lawson themed summer kimono.Īkikoloid-chan appears in the game "鬼武者Soul(ソウル)". This is the third Lawson collaboration outfit this character has been given in the Dynasty Warriors series. She will also be receiving a unique skin for her throwing knives, which makes them look like musical notes. Perched on her shoulder is the Lawson Chicken Nugget Mascot, Karaage-kun. The outfit design for Akikoloid-chan is being used as a collaboration outfit for the character Wang Yuanji in Koei's latest installment in the long running hack and slash adventure series Dynasty Warriors 8 ( Shin Sangoku Musou 7 in Japan). On January 21, 2012, Akikoloid appeared in a Live Jam Event in 2012. On the November 2, 2011, a video clip about the 3D Concert "VOCALOID3 x LiveAR" was released on November 26, 2011, GUMI, VY1, Tone Rion, Akikoloid-chan and Aoki Lapis appeared in a 3D concert at Vocafarre 2011. ![]() Merchandise related to the concert was later produced such asa CD and DVD. Though other concerts have been done for VOCALOID, this is the first official "3D" concert, previously all concerts had been done with 2D technology. Events Īkikoloid-chan and GUMI appeared in a concert, dancing on stage. In January 2013, a campaign introduced Akikoloid-chan to Indonesia and other Asian countries. It's first appearance was September 27, 2011, with a public download on December 18, 2012. It has been converted for use in MikuMikuDance with the help of Piron. This model was used in various official promotional videos for the Lawson channel on Nico Nico Douga. The model is available for downloaded from the company's site. Included in this campaign was an Akikoloid-chan figurine and a MikuMikuDance model. ![]() This was the first campaign where original YAMAHA VOCALOID goods were won. Applicants entered via mobile phone or the LAWSON website. During the campaign, customers at Lawson stores were able to obtain an ID application upon purchase of the ten goods in the promotion, which allowed them entry into a lottery. She is said to be a university sophomore student who also works part time for Lawson.Īkiko-chan was originally introduced as a campaign character for Lawson under the profile "a university sophomore student and a part-time worker for Lawson".Ī new campaign related to the character has begun "LAWSON x VOCALOID" titled "Vocalawson campaign", this ran from Septemto September 26, 2011. Her appearance is based off Akiko-chan's, only designed to look more like an android. Her name is a combination of "Akiko"'s own name plus "-loid" from "VOCALOID".Īkikoloid is said to have been built by Akiko's older brother in a university lab within a week. Despite this, she will remain as a public character representing LAWSON. įollowing a query submitted to LAWSON on July 23, 2014, it was revealed that her usage in music had been discontinued. However, it was for display purposes only. A boxart for her has also since appeared. She was owned only as a private-license that Lawson acquired from YAMAHA and will never be released for commercial use. A video showing her "production" was made and she was revealed in an interview about VOCALOID with a YAMAHA representative. The vocal was from the VOCALOID3 engine and the voice provider was Arimoto (有本) from Koe-bu (こえ部), a voice sharing site for amateur voice actors. ![]() On September 6, 2011, Akikoloid-chan videos were uploaded on Niconico. In 2011, the LAWSON convenience store chain's new mascot, "Akiko-chan" was announced to receive a synthesized VOCALOID voice makeover to become "Akikoloid-chan," who acts as a navigator for LAWSON's new Nico Nico Douga channel. She is based on Akiko-chan's character much like how Ryuto (Gachapoid) is based on Gachapin, she is not Akiko-chan herself. ![]()
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