Tokyo Anime Dispatch

On July 6, 2026, Dwango said that its cross-border Vocaloid project BEYOND BORDERs had premiered its first collaboration EP, EMERGE M♡DE MIKU , together with an official trailer at Anime Expo’s stage event JAPAN MUSIC VOCALOID in Los Angeles. The project announcement came with a collaborator reveal that stretches well beyond Japan: Grimes, slayr, MOLIY, Odetari, George Clanton, Frost Children, and XAMIYA are among the artists involved, alongside Japanese producers such as さたぱんP, picco, jon-YAKITORY, 八王子P, and kz (livetune). What Was Announced The press release frames BEYOND BORDERs as a Japan-U.S. collaboration built to export VOCALOID culture to a broader global audience. Rather than positioning Hatsune Miku as a closed domestic subculture, Dwango is treating the format as a shared production language: Japanese VOCALOID creators working with overseas artists, producers, and songwriters, with Nebula17 handling U.S. market A&R and marketing. That makes the project less...

On June 19, 2026, Dwango announced new details for The VOCALOID Collection ~2026 Summer~, the online Vocaloid festival better known as BokaColle. The update matters because it does two things at once: it gives the event a concrete schedule, August 20-24, 2026, and it shows how the Vocaloid scene keeps linking fan creativity to official platforms that still reach a large audience. What Was Announced The main announcement is that The VOCALOID Collection 2026 Summer will run from Thursday, August 20 through Monday, August 24, 2026. The press release also lays out two participation paths that will shape the event. First, Dwango is launching a collaboration with Project Sekai Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku, called "Bokaseka." Under that plan, the No. 1 song in the TOP100 ranking and the No. 1 song in the Rookie ranking will each be added to Project Sekai. In practice, that gives creators a direct incentive to publish new work during the event and to think beyond the festiv...