KotonoHappy! 2021 Coming soon
The Kotonoha sisters’ birthday is coming up next month, and what better way to join in the festivities than by joining in with KotonoHappy? To be precise, the characters’ 7th birthday (or anniversary of their VOICEROID+ voicebank package being released) is April 25th – just over a month from now, and there are still plenty of things to organise in regards to this new event! Here’s a summary of what the project is all about.
※All translations here are unofficial
KotoHappy Contest
The contest consists of two parts – one for video, one for illustrations. The aim is to make a video/draw something related to celebrating their (7th) birthday! There are even prizes up for grabs:
Illustration contest
- Theme: 『声を合わせて』/ “Our voices, together”
- Everyone is allowed up to one entry per person
- Only new illustrations made for this event are allowed. Anything that has already been posted to the internet is not allowed.
- Applications need to be posted to Twitter using the hashtag #コトハピコンテスト2021, with the title of the artwork and any thoughts or comments about your work.
- Entries accepted from March 19th ~ April 10th 2021
Winners will be contacted by Twitter DM after the contest closes and the decisions have been made, so make sure you can accept messages from the KotonoHappy account (@kotono_happy). Winning pieces will then be posted to the KotonoHappy Twitter and Website, and potentially made into merchandise for the event!
Video contest
- Theme: 『ふたりの誕生日』/ “Both of our Birthday’s” (since both Akane and Aoi share the same birthday)
- Everyone is allowed up to one entry per person
- Only new videos made for this event are allowed. Anything that has already been posted to the internet is not allowed.
- Applications need to be posted to NicoNicoDouga, with the tag コトハピコンテスト2021 which needs to be tag locked.
- The video can be 3 minutes long max.
- The video can use any of the current voicebanks for the sisters, including any VOICEROID and AIVOICE packages. The girls must be the main focus of the video (as opposed to having lots of characters featured)
- Entries accepted from April 3rd ~ April 10th 2021
※If you win and fail to respond to the DM from the organisers, you renounce your right to be a winner and the right to win will be handed to someone else
※All copyrights belong to the creator of the artwork
Prizes
For illustrations:
- Sakakibara award (chosen by Yui Sakakibara – the voice provider for Akane and Aoi): a hand written shikishi (square art board) (x1 winner)
- Yoshitsugi award (chosen by Yoshida Yoshitsugi – the original artist who illustrated Akane and Aoi’s voicebanks and merchandise): hand written shikishi (x 1 winner)
- AI Award (chosen by representative(s) of A.I.VOICE): A.I.VOICE Kotonoha Akane and Aoi voiebank package (x1 winner)
For videos:
- Akane-chan award (where Akane-chan particularly stands out) x1 winner
- Aoi-chan award (where Aoi-chan particularly stands out) x1 winner
- Two sisters award (where both sisters stood out equally) x1 winner
- All of the above winners for the video category will receive a hand written shikishi from a member of the organisation team AND a big acrylic stand (29cm tall – see below) from かれい / Karei
>>Find out more about details of the contests here!
※Please note that the image for the acrylic stand is a reference, and the final product may look slightly different
KotonoHappy Live 2021
A (mini) live performance featuring the sisters will be broadcasted via YouTube and available in VR! With help from the creators of previous Kotonoha sisters-related events, we’ll be able to see the girls live!
- Concert name: コトノハッピーライブ2021 / KotonoHappy Live 2021
- Date of broadcast: May 2021 (specific date TBA)
- Platform: YouTube
- Cost: It’s a free livestream!
>>Find details about the livesteam on their official website here!
KotoHappy Merchandise
Merchandise, potentially featuring the artwork of the contest winners, will be announced in due course! As of now, all that was mentioned was that T-Shirts, rubber straps, memo pads and even an “archive” book will be produced, so let’s look forward to more details on all that soon.
After previous successful events featuring the Kotonoha sisters, we can’t wait to see waht’s in store for KotonoHappy 2021! Make sure you keep up to date, and come and join us to celebrate the girls’ birthdays
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