Poll: Hatsune Miku gets a Toyota. Any thoughts?

[Loop Stricken]

Subaru made an anime. This surpises me not a jot.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

...

Fucking hell Japan.

I like your games, and a few of your animated shows. But fucking hell. Keep this holographic pop star shit away from me. And out of advertising.

 

[mireko]

None of you have taste. Miku is hardcore.

Synthesized, holographic, digital pop star > regular pop star.

 

[Okuu_Fusion]

So, I drive underage without an adult, and I get a fine... Miku drives underage without an adult, and she gets a commercial?

 

[hypovolemia]

I absolutely hate crowds, but I'd go to a Miku concert. And now I'm sad, because there are none here. At least there is Youtube. And Project Diva.

Still, I don't particularly like this commercial. Maybe because I don't like cars. Also, Miku is not that famous (beware of the understatement) in the West so this kinda baffles me.

 

[mireko]

None of you have taste. Miku is hardcore.

Synthesized, holographic, digital pop star > regular pop star.

A musician with talent >>> a pop star in general.

That's the good part: Unlike what you get with a human pop star, any musician (preferably one with talent) can utilize Vocaloid software.

 

[DefunctTheory]

/facepalm

Fucking Vocaloids.

And this is the worst use of Vocaloids I've ever heard. You'd think a big company like Toyata would do better then random people in their basement, but alas, no.

 

[Lullabye]

Is anyone else bothered by the fact that she sounds terrible?

 

[Worgen]

Im mostly wondering why the voice over is in english, I mean I know shes popular in japan but for the most part here shes unknown

 

[RivFader86]

Either a)toyota marketing fail (for not making a new commercial to use outside japan) b) they are trying to make the software more popular outside japan and thus promote each other (more likely)

 

[Lesnik]

That Vocaloid stuff is extremely popular in Japan, but I don't think they'd have any success selling that anywhere else.

*obligatory second line of text*

 

[Vonnis]

I thought that was really cool, though there was something off with the sound. I wonder how many people actually know hatsune miku/vocaloid though.

 

[BabySinclair]

For Japan, this is a good move. In the US... few people know who "she" is and more people will be wondering why the hell a hologram needs a car.

 

[FamoFunk]

Meh, it makes no sense. Plus it's for an American audience who won't really know who she is.

 

[TheRealCJ]

So, a synthesiser program is telling me to buy a boring marque of car. I think I'll stick to my Volkswagen, thanks.

Wait, you counter "boring marque" with "Volkswagen"? Ha.

 

[NathLines]

She already has a train and have been in space... So this is pretty meh.