9th ProSEKA NEXT Song Contest Announced
February 2022 is a big month for fans of Project SEKAI Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku who wish to make their mark on the game and its community. Not only do we have our next outfit design campaign and ongoing Cup Noodle collaboration illustration contest accepting entries, but the latest ProSEKA NEXT song contest has also begun! And this time around, there is no set theme to what the songs should be about, so producers are free to enter music of their own style for the chance to see (and play) it in Project SEKAI!
Continue reading to learn about the specific entry details!
※All translated information on this page is unofficial
Details of the competition
- Submission dates: from February 1st until March 31st, 2022 at 17:00 JST
- Theme: Free
Winners will…
- Have their song playable in the game in 2D (Lite) mode
- Win an Amazon giftcard worth ¥50,000 JPY
- Have their name featured in the game credits
How to Enter
- Upload your song entry to YouTube or Niconico
- Include the text “第9回プロセカNEXT応募楽曲” in the video description
- Include the tag #プロセカNEXT in the video details page (on YouTube) or video info entry page (on Niconico)
- Include your Twitter handle or an email address that can be used to contact you in the video description; if you include your account, then you must follow the official Project SEKAI Twitter account (@pj_sekai)
By entering the contest, you agree to the following:
- Your entry must be the full version of the song.
※The game version will be a roughly 2 minutes long with one chorus and the outro - Your entry must be an original song that has no contract or trust agreement with any music publishing company or management organization, and has never been entered into any contest except a ProSEKA NEXT contest.
- You may enter a previously published song of yours as long as all other rules listed are followed, and it was first posted after the date of February 1, 2021.
- Your song must be sung by Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin, Kagamine Len, Megurine Luka, MEIKO and/or KAITO (multiple singers are allowed).
- Song entries will not qualify for this contest if they use any other voices besides the above-mentioned characters (including human voices) anywhere in the song (including the chorus and as background voices).
- You may make as many song entries as you like.
Other Notes
- This contest is organized by SEGA Games and Colorful Palette (hereafter “the contest organizers”).
- Contestants can be of any skill level (professional or amateur) or age (those under the age of 18 must obtain parental or guardian consent).
- You are solely responsible if claims are filed against your entry for infringing on the rights of any third party. The contest organizers bear no responsibility.
- Edits and changes made to entry information (such as song titles) will not be be reflected in the works after the entry period ends.
- All entrants agree to not claim or exercise any rights in regards to works that they submit to the contest organizers. Furthermore, under no circumstances will the submitted works be returned to the entrants.
- Contest entries may be used in announcements or sales promotions by the contest organizers, or posted on their websites compensation-free and without prior consent from contestants.
- While contestants hold the copyright for winning song entries, the contest organizers will be the ones managing the songs. The organizers also hold the rights to commercialize the songs.
- After the winning song entry is determined, the rights to use the song with the game Project SEKAI Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku (recording, live performance, PR campaigns, etc.) will transfer to the contest organizers.
- Winning entrants must provide all data necessary for adding their song into the game (lyrics text, midi data, game-size song data*).
*One-chorus version of no more than 2 minutes in length, including the outro. - When adding the winning entry into the game, the song chart, jacket illustration and more will be created at the contest organizers’ discretion.
- Winning entrants must provide all necessary data for PR campaigns, such as the song’s audio data.
- The winning entry may be deleted or modified without the contestant’s consent due to circumstances of the organizers’ publishing and usage of the song.
- This campaign may be cancelled or have its content changed without prior notice.
After eight song contests with contestants competing in a specific music type, Project SEKAI is now accepting entries of any genre and theme that contestants want to write in, which is quite a turn for the popular rhythm game. Will players soon be seeing an even wider variety of music being brought into the game’s already vast and impressive library of songs? Time will soon tell!
If you are looking for a little inspiration, make sure to look up the #プロセカNEXT tag on YouTube, Niconico and even Twitter to find and listen to entries from this and past ProSEKA NEXT contests! Best of luck to all!
Links
Download Project SEKAI Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku
Japanese version:
Global version:
Traditional Chinese version:
Official Pages
Japanese version:
Global version:
Traditional Chinese version:
Character Profiles
Virtual Singers
・Hatsune Miku
・Kagamine Rin
・Kagamine Len
・Megurine Luka
・MEIKO
・KAITO
Leo/need
・Hoshino Ichika
・Tenma Saki
・Mochizuki Honami
・Hinomori Shiho
MORE MORE JUMP!
・Hanasato Minori
・Kiritani Haruka
・Momoi Airi
・Hinomori Shizuku
Vivid BAD SQUAD
・Azusawa Kohane
・Shiraishi An
・Shinonome Akito
・Aoyagi Toya
Wonderlands×Showtime
・Tenma Tsukasa
・Otori Emu
・Kusanagi Nene
・Kamishiro Rui
Nightcord at 25:00
・Yoisaki Kanade
・Asahina Mafuyu
・Shinonome Ena
・Akiyama Mizuki
