AHS Official Livestream 153 Highlights
Episode 153 of the AHS Official Livestream was aired on YouTube Live on January 30, 8:00 PM (JST), hosted by Tomohide Ogata, LESS Kitayama, and special guest, Keisuke Kurita of AI Inc.! Below, you can watch a replay of it and read a summary of the announcements made!
AHS Wins Best Utility Software Category of the BCN Awards
As previously reported, AHS won the Best Utility Software category of the BCN Awards for the third year in a row! During the livestream, we even get to see the trophy and plaque that they were presented with!
Congratulations once again to AHS, and we look forward to a fourth straight win next year! (No pressure!)
Tsuina-chan Nominated for a Vector ProRegi Award
Next came another reminder of an award ceremony, namely Tsuina-chan being nominated for the Best Creator Tool category of the Vector ProRegi Awards! Voting just closed today, January 30, and we expect the results to be announced on February 6, 2020. Fingers crossed for Tsuina-chan’s big win!
Next AHS Character Goods Pop-Up Store
Fans will soon have another chance to shop for AHS merchandise at the planned pop-up collaboration store in Akihabara starting next month! See details below:
Dates
February 28 through March 15
Lottery drawing prizes
Grand prize: Autographed goods
Runner-up prizes: character posters
※Customers who purchase at least ￥3,000 in goods can be entered; details on prizes to be revealed later
Official site: https://www.gamers.co.jp/shop/museum/121757/
Location: AKIHABARA GAMERS Main Shop
The main visual for the store event shows Wedding Ver. Yukari, as well as a new design for Maki, looking like a receptionist! Stay tuned as news for available goods are announced, some of which will only be available at Gamers!
AHS at Koetsuki 6
Before the pop-up store, however, there will be another big event for scoring some AHS merch: Kono Koke Todoke, Tsuki Made mo 6!
Also called Koetsuki 6 for short, the annual Yuzuki Yukari and Kizuna Akari-only doujin event will be held on Tuesday, February 11, where AHS will also have an official booth. Pictured below is their lineup of goods.
They made specific mention that the Yuzuki Yukari sacoche bag is running low in supply, and will likely sell out at the event, so those who want one better hurry and snag theirs! AHS also took the time during the livestream to show off the Wedding Ver. Yukari goods, as well as full graphic T-shirts of Kizuna Akari, Tohoku Kiritan, and Tsurumaki Maki!
While the Wedding Ver. Yukari merchandise will be at Koetsuki 6, the T-shirts for the other three characters will instead be made available on the AHS Store starting on February 4! Be sure to keep an eye out for them!
VOCEROID2 Iori Yuzuru
And finally, we come to the main topic of the livestream: Iori Yuzuru’s impending release!
Since he was revealed on Twitter earlier today, fans have been theorizing a lot about Yuzuru, such as his relationship with the Kotonoha sisters – given how they share the same development company and character designer – even wondering if he can speak in Kansai dialect. Kurita would just reveal that AI Inc. has been wanting to make a male VOICEROID since the Kotonoha sisters we released more than five years ago, but had a hard time finding the ideal voice provider. Ogata added how difficult it is to make a VOICEROID with a really low-pitched voice, as they discovered when developing Yoshida-kun.
As for who Yuzuru’s voice provider ended up being, Kurita would not say. This led some fans to theorize further on who he may be. Some ideas that came up during the livestream included Joji Nakata and Akio Otsuka, theories that the trio all shot down, but had a good laugh about nonetheless!
One thing that Kurita knew for sure since the beginning was that Yoshida Yoshitsugi had to be the designer for Yuzuru. They still wanted him to look more on the pretty side, but slightly masculine. When discussing what names they could call him (“Yuzuru-kun,” “Yuzurun,” even “Yuzuru-kyun” came up), LESS Kitayama remarked how “Yuzuru-kun” reeminds him of a certain world-class figure skater, and even mentioned how he gets figure skater vibes when looking at the design for Yuzuru the VOICEROID!
During the livestream, we get to hear them play around with Yuzuru’s voice and parameters, and even play many of the voice samples from his upcoming exVOICE pack! Be sure to watch the livestream to give them a listen!
For all other information pertaining to Iori Yuzuru, be sure to read our previous report!
The next livestream is scheduled to take place on February 27, 2020, which is Yuzuru’s release date! Look forward to even more information being revealed for the newest VOICEROID leading up to his big debut!
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