No one can resist the temptation to make a quick buck off of virtual idol sensation Hatsune Miku these days, and goods maker Frontier Works is the latest to jump on the pile with the announcement of their Hatsune Miku hug pillow cover now up for preorder from Animate’s online shop. She’s scheduled for release in mid-January at 10,000 yen (case only) and the rather large size of 170 x 60 cm, with both sides featuring original illustrations by Miku character designer KEI. Not a particularly ero item, but given Miku’s cult status these days I’m guessing this will sell like hotcakes… Animate’s shop does not accept international orders, so a proxy service is likely your best option should you wish to procure her. Cover images below:


In other Vocaloid voice synth news, the second virtual idol in Crypton’s Vocaloid2 lineup Kagamine Rin is now available for preorder from Sofmap, with release expected in late December.
In other dakimakura news, I got word from Toranoana last night that Shiratori Amane finally shipped – followed shortly by an email saying that they had made a mistake with many of the shipments and put the wrong item in the box, and are asking customers to mail the incorrect item back to them… I hope I’m one of the ones they got right the first time. =_=;;
Argh, so close… If only the hair wasn’t cut off, I might have gone for this.
The second picture also has too much “dead” space above her… actually there seems to be too much on both…
In concept, this is exquisitely tempting, but I have to agree that the design is not quite right. It seems like an awfully inefficient use of space, fist of all. I like that they have Miku being relatively short, but then they should really just make a smaller pillow. Not a large pillow with small art. Also something about the face and hair just doesn’t look quite right to me, especially in the first picture.
wow, very nice …. but too expensive for me…
Damn, if it had been ero, it would probably be an instant buy.
That really is bad luck with Tora no Ana – that kind of thing can’t happen too often. I was lucky enough to receive mine early.
Well, for very real ero Miku stuff, I guess you can always check out the AV videos featuring Aine Yuu to be out in Feb 2008. And yes, there are leeks involved…
http://zepy.momotato.com/2007/11/30/two-hatsune-miku-av-films-for-release-in-february/
I will pass no judgment on this issue… 8|