On Thursday, April 4, the Hatsune Miku Expo 2024 North America concert tour took place at Thunderbird Arena in Vancouver, Canada. However, longtime Hatsune Miku fans expecting a traditional hologram experience were instead presented with an impressive display on their TV screens.
On social media, attendees of Miku Expo 2024 are voicing their displeasure over the mishandling of what should have been a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Hatsune Miku's Vocaloid concert performance uses an optical illusion technique known as the Pepper's Ghost trick to make it appear as if the virtual pop star is performing live on stage. For reasons currently unknown, the North American tour abandoned the Pepper's Ghost technique in favor of a simple LED TV. The results, as frustrated attendees fiercely emphasized, were mixed. A TikTok video humorously comparing Hatsune Miku's traditional hologram performance to her TV performance has gone viral.
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Social media sites like X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, TikTok and Reddit are being flooded with complaints about Miku Expo 2024, warning others not to spend money on tickets with fluctuating prices in the $55-$300 range. On the official Miku Expo website, there is no mention of the use of LED TV screens in the Hologram performances. However, the gallery page is filled with screenshots of Miku's previous hologram performances, making it seem like North American attendees will experience the same.
Hatsune Miku fans demand refunds from Crypton & Crunchyroll at North American Expo
As a result, a Change.org petition with over 5,000 signatures was created demanding a refund from Crypton Future Media and Crunchyroll. Here are some examples of social media posts praising Miku Expo 2024 for its lackluster LED TV performance.
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Although the 16-year-old virtual idol is not real in the traditional sense, Hatsune Miku's reputation is nothing more than fake. The character, powered by Crypton Future Media's Vocaloid software voice bank with vocals sampled from Sakiko Fujita, is a worldwide phenomenon with multiple chart-topping hits and many other franchises. together. Hatsune Miku has collaborated with popular game series such as Pokémon and starred in video games such as Project DIVA Mega Mix+ and Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage! In 2019, a Japanese man named Akihiko Kondo made headlines around the world for “marrying” a digital idol.
Source: X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, Reddit, Miku Expo 2024