Release Information, New Contest and More Announced for BanG Dream! AI Singing Synthesizer Yumenokessho POPY and ROSE
The day that many fans of either the CeVIO Project or the BanG Dream! Project (or both!) have been waiting for has finally come: we have confirmed product pricing and release dates announced for Yumenokessho POPY and ROSE! What’s more, yet another contest has been announced for them, as have new social media accounts been opened for the Bandori and CeVIO AI collaborative project!
This all came in the wake of the Bandori! Presentation For 2023 livestream that aired on Sunday, November 20th, 2022. Watch an archive of it below, and continue reading for a summary of all announcements concerning Yumenokessho POPY and ROSE!
※All translated information on this page is unofficial
Release and Purchase Options
Release dates:
- Download versions to be released on December 21st, 2022
- Box versions to be released on February 28th, 2023
Language:
- Japanese (can read English lyrics, too)
Supported OS:
- Windows 11 / 10 / 8.1 (64bit Japanese or English versions)
Project planning, development, production and sales:
Pricing (all prices are after-tax; starter packs include the CeVIO AI Song Editor):
For Yumenokessho BanG Dream! AI Singing Synthesizer POPY
- Starter pack, box version: ￥21,670 JPY
- Starter pack, download version: ￥20,790 JPY
- Song Voice only, download version: ￥10,780 JPY
For Yumenokessho BanG Dream! AI Singing Synthesizer ROSE
- Starter pack, box version: ￥21,670 JPY
- Starter pack, download version: ￥20,790 JPY
- Song Voice only, download version: ￥10,780 JPY
Voice Samples
POPY sample:
ROSE sample:
Cover songs
The box versions of POPY and ROSE’s starter packs will also include a CD of popular BanG Dream! Girls Band Party songs covered by them. Music videos for these songs will be revealed beginning in December, 2022.
POPY’s covers:
- STAR BEAT!〜ホシノコドウ〜 / STAR BEAT! ~Hoshi no Kodou~
- Easy come, Easy go!
- ゆめゆめグラデーション / Yume Yume Gradation
- FIRE BIRD
- えがおのオーケストラっ！ / Egao no Orchestra!
- flame of hope
ROSE’s covers:
- キズナミュージック♪ / KIZUNA MUSIC♪
- Hey-day狂騒曲 / Hey-day Capriccio
- もういちどルミナス / Mou Ichido Luminous
- LOUDER
- R・I・O・T
- Daylight -デイライト-
Terms of Use
Where to Pre-order
Amazon
- POPY: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0BMG7C8GN?tag=doudou05-22&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1
- ROSE: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0BMGBTCRV?tag=doudou05-22&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1
- Bonus item: microfibre handkerchief
GAMERS Online Shop
- POPY: https://gamers.co.jp/pn/pd/10631627/
- ROSE: https://gamers.co.jp/pn/pd/10631628/
- Bonus items: A4 tapestry, acrylic stand
Softmap
- Pre-order page: https://a.sofmap.com/contents/?id=animega-online&sid=bang-dream#yumenokessho
- Bonus items: A4 cloth posters, logo stickers
Neowing
- Product page: https://www.neowing.co.jp/tokuten/anime_BRAI-1
- Bonus items: stickers
Amiami
- POPY: https://www.amiami.jp/top/detail/detail?gcode=GAME-0027849
- ROSE: https://www.amiami.jp/top/detail/detail?gcode=GAME-0027850
- Bonus items: can badges
About Yumenokessho POPY and ROSE
Development of POPY and ROSE was first teased in a surprise announcement from the Garupa Fan Festa Day 1 livestream. They were initially announced as CeVIO AI song voices for Toyama Kasumi and Minato Yukina, leading fans to believe that their products will actually be named after said characters, on top of having their voices provided by the characters’ voice actresses, Aimi and Aiba Aina, respectively.
It turns out that fans were only half right. The Bandori! Summer Major Presentation 2022 livestream revealed that while the new voice banks will indeed be based on Aimi and Aiba Aina’s voices, they’ve been given new names, POPY and ROSE, and brand new designs as well.
The new names are based on Kasumi and Yukina’s respective bands, Poppin’Party and Roselia.
The big reveal also unveiled a new name for the project itself: 夢ノ結唱 / Yumenokessho
Concerning the new project name, Yumenokessho, Bandori Project producer, Nemoto Yuki, explains that 夢/Yume (literally meaning “dream”) is taken from the “dream” part of “BanG Dream”, and 結唱/kessho** (literally meaning “crystallization”) represents how these CeVIO AI products are like the crystallization of all of Poppin’Party and Roselia’s experiences up to now. He also expressed hope that these voice banks can serve as an avenue for many fans and musicians to create brand new songs and music to make more dreams come true, another reason why the project is being called Yumenokessho.
**Note: the actual writing of “kessho” is 結晶, but the second kanji is replaced by 唱 which is read the same way, but means “singing” to represent that this is singing software
As for the new voice bank names, POPY and ROSE, Nemoto explains that they indeed originally considered simply naming them “Kasumi” and “Yukina” after the characters whom they are based on. But these are more than just character voices to them; these voice banks are being made from the very sounds that have come to define Poppin’Party and Roselia. Therefore, they decided to name the voice banks POPY and ROSE, short for their band names, so that they encompass not just single characters, but the entirety of their respective bands.
Designs
Characters designs for both POPY and ROSE were created by 米室 / Yonemuro.
For POPY’s design, they went for a sailor uniform-like outfit given how Poppin’Party is a high school girls band, along with a near-future twist in the form of electric circuit patterns on her cheeks given how POPY is representing AI technology. They also included both Kasumi’s signature orange character color and Poppin’Party’s pink band color for her clothes and accessories.
And in stark contrast to the always-smiling Kasumi, POPY’s face is kept expressionless so that her users can add their own expressions and interpretations to her, showing that her creators truly do understand vocal synth culture.
As for ROSE, they kept to the usual gothic look that Yukina is known for. Yukina’s character color is also used for the rings around her thighs, and the character colors for the other Roselia members are used for her hair highlights.
Story Contest (finished)
Something that POPY and ROSE’s creators didn’t provide for them were backstories. But there’s where fans could come in.
Immediately following their unveiling, a new collaboration story-writing contest with the fanfiction sharing service, monogatary.com began in which fans can write and upload their own stories about POPY and ROSE themed around “crystallization of a dream,” Yumenokessho.
What’s more, the winning entry in the contest will serve as the story for an original song to be written by kemu! The song will then in turn serve as the basis for a music video contest with Sakuga King GRAND-PRIX in which fans will compete to create MVs for it!
After collecting story entries from June 23rd through July 19th, the winning entry in the monogatary.com contest was finally announced in late September:
Winning story: 「Blooming Song」by 台形 / Daikei
Read it here: https://monogatary.com/story/399616
Commentary:
“POPY and ROSE restore a dream that they once gave up on. This is a story that expresses the world that the Yumenokessho project aims to create exceedingly well in a fresh and emotional way. We believe that the voices of these two newly created characters will reach all corners of the world, and entrust that dream to this story as it is made into song and video. Thank you very much for the wonderful story.”
– from the contest results page
Music Video Contest (finished)
kemu’s new song based on Blooming Song will be revealed in late December, 2022, and the music video contest will start at that time.
Official contest page:
Contest period:
- December 23rd, 2022 at 10:00 JST ~ January 3rd, 2023 at 23:59 JST
How to enter:
- Create an animated music video that is at least 8 seconds long for kemu’s song
- More entry details will be announced on December 23rd, 2022 at 10:00 JST
Judges:
- kemu (music writer)
- Nobusawa Osamu (character designer and art director for BanG Dream! Girls Band Party)
- Aimi (voice actress for Toyama Kasumi)
- Aiba Aina (voice actress for Minato Yukina)
- Morita Hiroyuki (director of The Cat Returns and Bokurano)
- Kojima Keisuke (director of My Isekai Life)
- Gosso (anime producer at MAPPA)
- Kutsuna Kenichi (animator)
Prizes:
- 1st Place: ￥10,000,000 JPY + music video used in a commercial for Yumenokessho BanG Dream! AI Singing Synthesizer
- 2nd Place: ￥4,000,000 JPY
- 3rd Place: ￥3,000,000 JPY
- 4th Place: ￥2,000,000 JPY
- 5th~7th Place: ￥1,100,000 JPY
- 8th~18th Place: ￥1,000,000 JPY
**UPDATE ON DECEMBER 22, 2022**
kemu’s song has been revealed during the Garupa Station #15 livestream!
Title: 花呼ぶ声 / Hanayobu Koe (Flower-Calling Voice)
Where to listen: https://youtu.be/BcgPtpYBhos?t=2511 (at 41:51 into the livestream)
Song Writing Contest (ongoing)
The Bandori! Presentation for 2023 livestream also brought a brand new contest announcement, and one that vocal synth music creators will be most interested in: a song-writing contest using POPY or ROSE!
Official contest page:
Contest eligibility:
- You must be able to compose computer music
- You must be able to use CeVIO AI Song Voice software
- You must have both a Twitter account and a YouTube channel
- You must be able to complete your music video entry for the final round
Application period:
- November 20th, 2022 at 22:00 JST ~ November 30th, 2022 at 23:59 JST
How to apply:
- During the application period, access and fill out the following form (Japanese only):
https://event.bushiroad.com/competitions/461
Click on the circled area to start a new account
1: Email address
2: Password (requires at least 1 number; minimum 6 characters long)
3: Password (re-enter)
4: Last name
5: First name
6: Last name in kana
7: First name in kana
8: Nickname (optional)
9: Postal code
10: Address
11: Address (house number, building name, etc.)
12: Phone number
13: Gender (left is male, right is female)
14: Birthdate
15: Agree to their website terms of use
16: Confirm
17: Register
18: Check your inbox for an email from @event.bushiroad.com, and click here to confirm your member registration
19: Your name, or the name that you use for your public/online activities
20: Your Twitter name
21: Your YouTube channel URL
22: URLs for websites where your own created works are uploaded (Niconico, Soundcloud, etc.)
23: Select which voice bank you would like to use
24: Click here
25: Confirm
- Then follow Yumenokessho BanG Dream! AI Singing Synthesizer on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/yumenokessho
Contest flow:
- December 9th, 2022 at 12:00 JST: Selected contestants will be contacted via direct message on Twitter
- December 15th, 2022 at 12:00 JST: The 8 selected contestants will be announced
- 4 contestants will be selected to make a POPY song, and 4 will be selected to make a ROSE song
- Contestants will be provided with either CeVIO AI Song Voice POPY or CeVIO AI Song Voice ROSE
- December 15th, 2022 through January 31st, 2023: Contestants will need to create a music video with POPY or ROSE singing the song
- The video must be at least 30 seconds long, and no longer than 1 minute
- February, 2023: Contestants must upload their music video to their own YouTube channels
- A Twitter survey will be created for fans to take and vote on their favorite music videos from among the 8 entries, separated into 2 groups at first, and then put together through another, final vote
- Based on the votes, the grand prize winner and runner-up will be decided
Prizes
Grand Prize (1 winner):
- ￥300,000 JPY
- Song will be added to BanG Dream! Girls Band Party
- Song will be compiled into an album CD scheduled for release some time in 2023
Runner-up (1 winner):
- ￥300,000 JPY
- Song will be compiled into an album CD scheduled for release some time in 2023
Toyama Kasumi Award (1 winner):
- Aimi will sing your song
Minato Yukina Award (1 winner):
- Aiba Aina will sing your song
**UPDATE ON DECEMBER 15, 2022**
The eight participants in the song-writing contest have been decided!
POPY:
Fty
おばけP / ObakeP
夢魅たぴ / YumemitaP
ますかっと / Muscat
ROSE:
イトイ / Itoi
Sumia
Hmt2(ハマタツ) / Hmt2 (Hamatatsu)
omi
Conclusion
Suffice to say, the creators of POPY and ROSE want them to hit the ground running, and are already doing more for their upcoming debut than other companies often do for their first vocal synth products! Through all the different contests, they will have a variety of fan-created content right from the outset.
The future looks very exciting for fans of CeVIO, fans of BanG Dream!, and fans of vocal synth music in general. The creation of voice banks based off established characters is a rare practice, and the existence of POPY and ROSE may pave the way for similar voice bank releases for other characters in the project, or possibly even characters from other properties. We never known which company could be starting the next big trend in the vocal synth world, and we could be staring at the next big thing at any given moment without knowing it.
Stay tuned for more updates on POPY and ROSE as they come to light!
Information Sources
- CeVIO Project official site
- Techno-Speech blog
- Sakuga King GRAND-PRIX contest page
- Song contest page
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