Otomachi Una x Leaping Destiny Song and Illustration Contest
Our lovely, bubbly Otomachi Una will be having her fourth anniversary soon (July 30th 2020)! And in celebration, she has some competitions lined up for us!
Song competition
VOCALOTRACKS are holding another song competition, similar to the Gackpo one we recently covered!
Contest details:
Must produce a song using Otomachi Una V4. You cannot use Otomachi Una TalkEx as the main voice for the song, but the additional voice material from the package may be used.
Submission dates: July 30th, 2020 -September 1st, 2020 15:00 (JST)
Prizes available:
Grand prize (1 winner)
- An autographed shikishi (illustrated cardboard panel) from Aimi Tanaka (Otomachi Una’s voice provider!)
- Amazon giftcard worth ¥50,000
- 1x Otomachi Una 2021 calendar
- Tenryuhama one day free ticket (where Una’s “Unapipigo” train runs!)
Excellence award (2 winners)
- An autographed shikishi from Aimi Tanaka
- Amazon giftcard worth ¥20,000
- 1x Otomachi Una 2021 calendar
- Tenryuhama one day free ticket
Other winners (7 winners)
- An autographed shikishi from Aimi Tanaka
- 1x Otomachi Una 2021 calendar
- Tenryuhama one day free ticket
Rules:
If you do not have an account with VOCALOTRACKS, you can sign up for one here where you will need to fill in the following information:
A: Last name
B: First name
C: Last name in kana
D: First name in kana (we suggest using a name converter if you need help typing your name in kana)
E: Email
F: Email (to confirm)
G: Phone number
H: Password (at least 6 characters long)
I: Password (to confirm)
J: Check the box to agree to the contest terms
K: Hit 登録する (Register)
Your song can be of any genre, provided that it is an original song that does not infringe on any copyright laws.
You will need to supply the following:
- Song data in .wav format, 16bit, 44.1kHz, STEREO; file size must be within 65MB (no more than 6 minutes long)
- Lyrics in .txt format
- Thumbnail in .jpg format, 2500×2500 pixels, aspect ratio 1:1
- Photo of the art in .jpg format, 2500×2500 pixels, aspect ratio 1:1 (may be used for distribution sites)
- Creator/Artist name for one representing member
- All creator/artist name(s)
- Song title
- Name of the song recording rights holder
- Name of the copyright holder
Each entrant can enter up to 2 song entries.
Winners will have their songs distributed on various music distribution services such as:
- iTunes
- Amazon
- AWA
- KKBOX
- LINE MUSIC
- MORA
- SPOTIFY
- YouTube
- Recochoku
- And more!
Overseas distribution sites may include
- iTunes (any country)
- amazon
- eMusic T-Mobile WorldWide
- KKBOX
- SPOTIFY
Also note that
- entrants under the age of 20 may need to provide written consent from a guardian in regards to application guidelines and precautions to allow the entrant to participate properly and be able to win the competition outright (especially if you come from/are based in Japan).
- In certain cases, VOCALOTRACKS may ask for certain aspects of a song to be edited or changed prior to its release, should it be the winning entry.
Leaping Destiny song submissions :
Up to 10 songs (from the above VOCALOTRACKS competition) will also be adopted for use in the smartphone rhythm game “Leaping Destiny”
There are some other things to note if you intend to have your song featured here too:
- If you would like to participate in the music contest with Leaping Destiny, please clearly express that this is the case.
- Please be aware that when you announce your participation in the music contest, you agree to the license for the 3D rhythm game “Leaping Destiny” .
- If your song is to be adopted in the game, please submit the WAV data edited to about 2 minutes and 30 seconds, the MIDI data of the main melody (including interlude) edited in the same way, and the thumbnail image for announcement . (For further details, you will be sent the specifications after being chosen)
- If it is a collaborative work, please get the permission of all collaborators.
- The copyright of the adopted song belongs to the applicant, but the work and author’s name (pen name) maybe be used in the games, websites, or events by DWARF PLANET Co., Ltd., MTK Inc., or Internet Co., Ltd.
Calendar Illustration Contest
This competition is a way to have your artwork featured in the Otomachi Una 2021 calendar! Upload your illustration to Tinami during the submission dates to enter!
Submission dates:
From July 30th, 2020 to September 1, 2020
Prizes available: (12 winners )
- Comments from Saito Naoki (the official illustrator for Una Talkex!) and Aimi Tanaka
- A signed shikishi from Aimi Tanaka
- Amazon giftcard worth ¥5,000
- 1x Otomachi Una 2021 calendar
- Tenryuhama one day free ticket
Note: Up to 50 illustrations may also be used inside the Una train cars running on the Tenryu Hamanako Railway (potentially also including calendar competition winners). If you would like to opt out of this, you need to add the “ラッピングNG” tag when applying.
To get an idea for what how calendar might work, check out the one from 2019 here!
Visit the official illustration contest page here!
Rules
If you do not have an account with TINAMI, you can sign up for one here where you will need to fill in the following information:
- A. Your email address
- B. Your username
- C. Password
- D. Password (again)
- E. Male (男性) or female (女性)
- F. Date of birth: Year (年)/Month (月)/Day (日)
- G. Whereabouts you live. You can either choose a prefecture in Japan or select 「日本外国(Outside Japan)」if you are an international entrant.
- Once finished, click 「登録する」(register) at the bottom of the page.
To finalise your account, you’ll need to fill in:
- H. Profile picture (You can choose an image file for your picture, or select the 「デフォルトに戻す」(stay with the default pfp image for now))
- I. Your self introduction. You can edit this later, so you don’t need to write a lot here just yet if you’re not ready to. Just make sure to add at least a greeting so that you can finish account setup.
- J. Select しない to not show your gender on your profile, or する to make it visible to anyone.
- K. Select しない to not show your age on your profile, or する to make it visible to anyone.
- L. Select しない to not show your location on your profile, or する to make it visible to anyone.
- M. Select しない to not show your support history on your profile, or する to make it visible to anyone.
- Once finished, click 「プロフィール登録する」(register profile) at the bottom of the page.
Then all you need to do is check your emails for an account verification email from TINAMI, and follow the link to use your account!
Note: in order to enter the competition, you’ll need to upload your artwork to TINAMI.
- Make sure to use the tag 「ct107una」to make your entry elligible. Please also make sure to add a seasonal/month related tag, to allow the judges to choose one piece of art for each month of the calendar. You can add tags for months like 「1月」 (January), 「2月」 (February) etc. or add a season: 「春」 (spring), 「夏」 (summer), 「秋」 (Autumn) or 「冬」 (winter).
- Your piece needs to be an image featuring Otomachi Una, in a way that it is clearly her (i.e. completely changing her hairstyle or body type would make her look less recognisable.)
- Your artwork needs to be 1376 pixels (width) X 2039 pixels (length) in size and 350dpi.
- Imagery featuring anything train related aren’t necessary, but feel free to add them!
The main prizes will for be winning the calendar competition, but you may also be able to have your art featured on the Unapipigo train anyway too!
This sounds like a couple of really fun competitions to go in for! Make sure to get ready for applications to open on July 30th, and good luck to anyone planning on submitting an entry.
**UPDATE ON JULY 24, 2020**
Fans of キノシタ (Kinoshita) and their music will probably know that their new song entitled 「ごーまいうぇい」/ “Go my way” came out today!
This is the first song to be added to Leaping destiny before the aforementioned competition officially starts! You can check the game out now by downloading it from the links below, or you can wait until we drop updates about the contest winners to try it out!
**UPDATE ON JULY 30, 2020**
Applications for all the above mentioned competitions are now OPEN!
You can enter the song contests here:
https://www2.ssw.co.jp/contest/login2.asp
Or the illustration contest here:
https://www.tinami.com/upload?genrekey=ct107una
**UPDATE ON OCTOBER 7, 2020**
The results for both competitions have now been decided! Check out our follow-up article to hear all of the adorable songs and see how them and the illustrations will be used! :
https://vocasphere.net/2020/10/otomachi-una-anniversary-song-and-illustration-contest-results/
**UPDATE ON OCTOBER 23 2020**
The songs “ウナナナナナ！” (Unanananana!)” by 魚井カズキ/Sakanai Kazuki, “crack” by num, and “アンカーチェイン (Anchor Chain) by 一筆かもめ / ippitsu Kamome have all been added to Leaping Destiny to play! For the moment they’re only available on iPhone, but Android players just need to wait a little longer before they can play too!
**UPDATE ON DECEMBER 1 2020**
Join in with the Christmas campaign to win an exclusive can-badge, featuring the collaboration promo image! All you have to do is play Leaping Destiny and earn “Jewels”. Then you can apply for the competition via the game! 30 players will be able to receive one of these limited items! Good luck everyone! The competition is running from December 1st ~ December 12th 2020.
Links
- Official competition page
- Otomachi Una official Facebook
- Otomachi Una official Twitter
- DWARF PLANET Co., Ltd. official website (JP)
- Download mobile rhythm game “Leaping Destiny” on Android or iOS
I think they don’t meant that voice clips unsung Talk ex are allowed but rather the recorded voicefiles that come along with the software. The ones with her talk ex are different from the ones that come with her V4
Hiya, Tanudama here! After re-reading the competition guidelines, I believe you’d be right! It does say “please don’t use Otomachi Una TalkEx (voice material may be used), and I just checked the official product page which explains about the 300+ “voice materials” included with the package. Now I remember seeing the said “voice materials” myself, so that helps a lot. I’m just working to update the article now, so thanks for bringing this to our attention! I haven’t actually got any experience with VOCALOID packages yet, so it’s good to hear from someone more familiar.
Thanks again!