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49-500: Crypton Future Media started business importing audio products in 1995, and has been involved in the development, import, and sales of sampling CDs and DVDs, FX and BGM libraries, and musical synthesizer/synthesiser applications. Its main business partners in Japan include musical instrument shops, computer stores, and software distributors. The company has licensed software to the following organizations: Crypton Future Media also operates

98-402: A PHS service on January 7, 2008. In late 2020, Docomo was bought back by NTT for about $ 40 billion. NTT Docomo is a subsidiary of Japan's incumbent telephone operator , NTT . The majority of NTT Docomo's shares are owned by NTT (which is 33.71% government-owned). While some NTT shares are publicly traded, control of the company by Japanese interests (government and civilian) is guaranteed by

147-491: A VST/AU plugin bundled with all of their full V3 Vocaloid products (Miku V3, Miku V3 English, Miku V3 Bundle, Meiko V3, Kaito V3). This allows for full vocal editing functionality nearly identical in feature support to Yamaha's full Vocaloid 3 Editor software, which is available either as a standalone application or a plugin for Cubase. All Vocaloid 3 voice libraries include the Tiny Vocaloid 3 Editor for free, however this

196-570: A breath analyzer. On January 24, 2008, NTT Docomo announced a partnership with Google , which allowed all models after the FOMA904i models to view YouTube videos. In 2008, NTT Docomo became a founding member of the Symbian Foundation . In May 2017, Docomo launched 5G trial networks at Aomi , Odaiba (Tokyo Waterfront City) and the area around Tokyo Skytree . It commercially launched its 5G network on March 25, 2020, making it

245-512: A distance of 140 km. If successful, then Docomo and Airbus would be able to provide communication services to remote islands, mountainous areas, and to remote sea lanes. From 2008, Docomo began offering a service called the "Area Mail Disaster Information Service" which broadcasts Earthquake Early Warning messages produced by the Japan Meteorological Agency to its subscribers with compatible handsets. This service

294-455: A jacket are ignored, and general shapes are favored. If a character has a signature characteristic (odd hair, a particular accessory, etc.) this will typically be prominent in the super deformed version of the character. The chibi style easily falls under the Japanese category of kawaii, with the specific proportions being exaggerated in the ways that they are. With it being as cute as it is,

343-413: A new provider , NTT Docomo has lost many users to KDDI and SoftBank . This promotion was made in order to get more users for NTT Docomo. The company was the last major global mobile carrier to offer Apple's iPhone, which it finally did with the release of the iPhone 5s and 5c. This has been cited as one of the reasons for the steady stream of its customers switching to competing networks. In June 2011,

392-523: A number of Japanese mobile websites, mainly for i-mode of NTT docomo , EZweb of au by KDDI , and Yahoo! Keitai of SoftBank Mobile , to distribute ringtones , sound effects (SFX), and voice-based ringtones (chaku-voice), including: Crypton Future Media imports products from more than 50 international suppliers based in Austria , Canada , Denmark , France , Germany , Hungary , Italy , Russia , South Africa , South Korea , Sweden , Switzerland ,

441-564: A petition started on Facebook exceeded the needed 39,390 members in November 2010 to join Hatsune Miku's account for an English version to be released; Crypton announced that they were working on an English Miku and was planned to be released in 2013. Hatsune Miku English was released on August 31, 2013. Hatsune Miku V3 was released September 26, 2013. In response to the growing popularity of derivative works created with Hatsune Miku and

490-529: A smoother workflow. Currently Piapro Studio lacks some features of the full V3 editor, but most of these are not needed to work with the vocal composition and tuning of the Vocaloid. Crypton however has mentioned they would like to implement something similar to Job Plugins at some point in the future. Piapro Studio is also regularly updated every few months with new features and bug fixes. Vocaloid 3 Editor updates appear much less frequently, generally only around

539-555: A total of 33% stake in U Mobile Malaysia. In June 2008 NTT Docomo joined the non-profit Symbian Foundation led by Nokia to co-develop a new Symbian smartphone operating system based on the S60 platform, which resulted in Symbian^2 for the Japanese market. In December 2006 they acquired Guamcell, the largest phone company in Guam , and changed its name to DOCOMO PACIFIC . Docomo

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588-434: Is a Japanese IPTV service. It was established on March 31, 2008, and was originally owned and operated by the internet service provider NTT Plala . It launched Hikari TV Game, the first cloud gaming service for televisions in Japan, in 2013. On July 1, 2022, NTT Docomo absorbed and merged the operating company NTT Plala, and on the same day, this service was also incorporated into NTT DoCoMo's service. Along with this,

637-629: Is a Japanese mobile phone operator owned by the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT). The name is officially an abbreviation of the phrase , "do communications over the mobile network", and is also from a compound word dokomo , meaning "everywhere" in Japanese. The company is headquartered in Sanno Park Tower , Nagatachō , Chiyoda, Tokyo . Docomo provides phone, video phone ( FOMA and some PHS ), i-mode (internet), and mail (i-mode mail, Short Mail, and SMS ) services. It

686-473: Is a colloquial word for very short people and children, itself deriving from chibiru ( 禿びる , v. 'to wear down') , and kyara ( キャラ ) is loaned from the English "character". "Super deformed" and "S.D." come from Japanese deforume ( デフォルメ , 'stylistic distortion') , itself from French déformer . Compared to the average anime character, usually about seven to eight heads tall,

735-511: Is a style of caricature originating in Japan , and common in anime and manga where characters are drawn in an exaggerated way, typically small and chubby with stubby limbs, oversized heads, and minimal detail. The style has found its way into the anime and manga fandom through its usage in manga works and merchandising. The English term "chibi" derives from the Japanese chibi kyara ( ちびキャラ , 'tiny character') , where chibi ( ちび )

784-536: Is even the hero of a Nintendo DS puzzle and platforming video game, Boing! Docomodake DS on 2007 and 2009; on 2016 or 2015, Nintendo put a Docomodake Mii in the app they called Miitomo , which was also released in North America, Japan and Europe. He also has a wide variety of merchandising such as cell phone straps, keychains, and plush dolls. As one type of advertising method, there are many types of Docomodakes such as mother and father, which symbolizes

833-642: Is listed on the Tokyo (9437), London (NDCM), and New York (DCM) stock exchanges. On April 19, 2008, it was announced that Ryuji Yamada, the co-president of NTT Docomo, would be promoted to president of NTT Docomo in June 2008. Masao Nakamura would stay in NTT Docomo as a director and also the senior adviser. Since the introduction in October 2006 of the service that allows a user to take their original phone number to

882-478: Is often used to represent children and child-like characters like Astro Boy. Perhaps the most renowned use of the style is in the Hello Kitty character. An anthropomorphic cat with a head bigger than her body created in 1974 for a coin purse, Hello Kitty is one of Japan's biggest icons being featured in series, music, games, and books. In May 2016, Rooster Teeth released the first episode of RWBY Chibi ,

931-441: Is provided free of charge and messages are limited to those areas affected by each particular alert. These alerts have a unique ring tone so they can be easily distinguished from incoming calls or messages. From 2014, under Civil Protection Law of Japan, Docomo began offering a service called the "Area Mail Disaster and Evacuation Information Service" which broadcasts J-Alert messages (including Earthquake Early Warning) produced by

980-474: Is severely limited in functionality compared to the full V3 editor - serving mainly as a beginner's taste of Vocaloid editing or a way to easily test out a new vocal library. Piapro Studio was created to allow owners of Crypton's V3 products to have a fully featured vocal editor with a modernized and streamlined interface bundled free of charge. It also allows for the loading of 3rd-party, non-Crypton Vocaloid 3 voicebanks - as well as V2's that have been imported into

1029-527: Is the largest wireless carrier in Japan , with 82.632 million subscribers as of March 2021 . Docomo was spun off from NTT in August 1991 to take over the mobile cellular operations. NTT held a majority stake in the company until Docomo's re-privatization in 2020. It provides 2G (mova) PDC cellular services, 3G ( FOMA ) W-CDMA , 4G LTE and 5G NR services. Its businesses also included PHS (Paldio), paging, and satellite. Docomo ceased offering

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1078-492: Is working on implementing its FeliCa -based payment system, called iD, overseas. It has already launched the system in Guam , as well as Shanghai and Beijing, China (however, as of November 2010, it has withdrawn iD terminals from all merchants in China). Working closely with NTT Docomo's business and R&D divisions, Docomo Capital is in charge of NTT Docomo's venture investments in mobile related start-up companies, mainly in

1127-683: The United Kingdom , and the United States . In 2010, Crypton Future Media was announced as a number-one company for sound-related software, bringing a share of 21.4% of the marketing for its products. Crypton is best known for production and sales of speech synthesis software for computer music . Its products use the Vocaloid singing synthesis engine developed by Yamaha Corporation ; they were also charged with finding and contacting English studios in order to gain recommendations for

1176-632: The English version of the Vocaloid software. The company released Meiko in 2004 and Kaito in 2006, who were originally developed by Yamaha leaving the commercial release to Crypton Future Media. The company then released the first Vocaloid developed by them, and member of the official Character Vocal Series, Hatsune Miku , which used the upgraded engine Vocaloid 2 . The success of the Hatsune Miku Voicebank in Japan (and later in other countries) greatly raised Crypton's profile. The second Character Vocal Series are Kagamine Rin and Len and

1225-479: The Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency to its subscribers with compatible handsets (e.g. Sony XPERIA, iPhone 5s, Samsung Galaxy). The message is broadcast when threats are imminent (e.g. North Korea's ballistic missile launching, terrorist attack to nuclear power plant, volcanic eruptions, or an approaching tsunami.) The company's mascot is Docomodake, a mushroom, which is quite a celebrity in Japan. He

1274-637: The United States and has committed $ 100M in capital. It has invested in Cooliris , Couchbase , Evernote , Fab.com , HighlightCam, Swype , TuneWiki , and Sigfox . Docomo Digital is the international payments business of NTT DOCOMO. DOCOMO Digital partners with carriers, merchants, OTT services, app stores and payment providers in both developed and emerging markets to facilitate direct carrier billing and other payments such as e-wallets . Sold to Bango plc August 2022. [1] Hikari TV ( ひかりTV )

1323-479: The chibi style allows for easy advertisement in the culture, and even in other countries. One example of chibi 's usage in Japanese, which brought the term to the attention of Western fans, is Chibiusa ; this diminutive pet name for the daughter of Sailor Moon comes from Chibi Usagi ('Little Rabbit'). The chibi art style is part of the Japanese kawaii culture , and is seen everywhere from advertising and subway signs to anime and manga . The style

1372-475: The company announced that they were teaming up with McAfee to provide McAfee VirusScan Mobile for its Android mobile users. In July 2012, NTT Docomo acquired Italy's Buongiorno in a deal worth 209 million euros. In October 2007, Docomo and Mitsubishi Electric showcased a prototype mobile phone at the CEATEC trade show. The phone checked health by tracking body movement and measuring calories, and included

1421-512: The copyright for emoji used on platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp belong to the respective companies. Emoji are standardized through the Unicode Consortium , which sets standards for how emoji should look and what they should represent. However, individual companies and platforms can still design their own variations of emoji within those standards. NTT Docomo has a wide range of foreign investments. However, NTT Docomo

1470-404: The first Japanese operator to do so, and making Japan among the first country in the world to launch 5G. In August 2021, Docomo and Airbus demonstrated a solar-powered Zephyr High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) for use with 5G and 6G technology. The trial took place in the United States over 18 days, and involved flying in the stratosphere and transmitting data at various speeds up to

1519-473: The full V3 editor beforehand. Being a VST plugin, it allows the user to operate entirely within their DAW of choice, in contrast to the tiny or full V3 editors which are standalone applications and the user must export a wav to import into their DAW each time a change or update is needed - or export an updated wav file from their DAW as the background music to import into the V3 editor allowing for convenient editing and

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1568-449: The head of a super-deformed character is normally anywhere between one third and one half the character's height. In addition to their modified proportions, super-deformed characters typically lack the detail of their normal counterparts. As a result, when a character of average proportions is depicted as a super-deformed character, certain aspects of their design will be simplified and others will be more exaggerated. Details such as folds on

1617-549: The intention to represent that Vocaloid. Though Meiko experienced good sales, Kaito failed commercially, causing less demand for male voices for a while after Kaito's initial release. However, sales eventually picked up and Kaito later won the Nico Nico Douga second best seller award of 2008. In 2010, it was reported that Meiko and Kaito were in the discussion to receive updates. Several updated vocal expressions have already been recorded for Kaito that year. In April 2011, it

1666-411: The manga, and later several anime adaptations, Astro Boy , is an early example of the evolving chibi style. Created in 1952, the chibi style was not yet what was known as today, and yet some of the characteristics were beginning to emerge. Astro Boy has the usage of exaggerated features, like very large eyes, round heads, and small rounded limbs, and as these features lend themselves well to it, this style

1715-520: The name NT (New Type) once Crypton has removed compatibility with the Cubase editor for their speech synthesis products. Kaito was the only one sold using the Vocaloid 1.1 engine; the previous Vocaloids before him were sold as Vocaloid 1.0, which he was also supplied with. However, he needed the additional Vocaloid 1.1.2 patch to work on the Vocaloid 1.0 engine. A patch was later released to update all Vocaloid engines to Vocaloid 1.1.2, adding new features to

1764-407: The new version were released on the company's official blog. The expansion disc is an entirely different software and does not affect the original Kagamine Rin/Len installation in any way, giving the user options to either use the old or new voice sets exclusively or combine their usage. Crypton Future Media have now retired the sale of their old Kagamine Vocaloid and it is now no longer possible to buy

1813-491: The number of shares available to buyers. It provides wireless voice and data communications to subscribers in Japan. NTT Docomo is the creator of W-CDMA technology as well as mobile i-mode service. NTT Docomo had over 53 million customers (as of March 2008), which is more than half of Japan's cellular market. The company provides a wide variety of mobile multimedia services. These include i-mode which provides e-mail and internet access to over 50 million subscribers, FOMA , which

1862-460: The other Vocaloid applications, Crypton opened an online community Piapro (stylized as PIAPRO) on December 3, 2007. Vocaloid fans can upload their own content, such as music, art, lyrics, characters, and 3D models to the platform. "Piapro" stands for peer production and promotes consumer generated media . Also under the Piapro brand is Crypton's Piapro Studio, a Vocaloid vocal editor implemented as

1911-524: The plans that NTT Docomo offers. Shigetaka Kurita , who was part of the team working on NTT DoCoMo's i-mode mobile Internet platform, that has been credited as the first creator of emoji . However, SoftBank released their emoji set on the DP-211SW mobile phone in 1997. Copyright ownership of an emoji typically belongs to the company or organization that created it. For example, the copyright for Apple's emoji designs belongs to Apple Inc. Similarly,

1960-481: The rate plan for new subscribers was changed after the same day. Aside from offering access to various television channels , Hikari TV also produces its own content, primarily broadcast on the Hikari TV Channel  [ ja ] . Both of these base stations were removed or relocated after the problem was discovered. Chibi (term) Chibi , also known as super deformation ( SD ),

2009-542: The samples. Crypton released Hatsune Miku, on August 31, 2007. The second of the Character Vocal Series is the first dual Vocaloid Kagamine Len and Kagamine Rin, a Japanese male and female, released on December 27, 2007. On July 18, 2008, the updated edition of Kagamine Rin and Len, named "act2" was released. For a period of time, users who had bought the old version were allowed to get the new version for free. On June 18, 2008, beta demonstration songs using

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2058-650: The software from them. This was also the very first Vocaloid update to be done for any Vocaloid. The third product of Crypton's Character Vocal Series is Megurine Luka, the first bilingual Vocaloid. On April 30, 2010, an updated version of Miku called Hatsune Miku Append was released containing a package of six different tones of Miku's voice: Soft (gentle, delicate voice), Sweet (young, chibi voice), Dark (mature, heartbroken-like voice), Vivid (bright, cheerful voice), Solid (loud, clear voice), and Light (innocent, heavenly voice). Crypton Future Media also released Kagamine Rin/Len Append on December 27, 2010. According to Crypton,

2107-464: The software, although there were differences between the output results of the engine. Even though Kaito and Meiko were Japanese and sung using Japanese phonetics, the main interface was written in English for both English and Japanese Vocaloids. Due to the success of placing a character on the box art of Meiko, the concept was carried over to her successor Kaito and later Vocaloids to encourage creativity; however, neither Vocaloid's box art originally had

2156-443: The third Megurine Luka . Because the popularity of these Vocaloids grew, Crypton launched the website Piapro to upload fan-made content and its own music label KarenT to sell Vocaloid songs. On 31 August 2019, it was confirmed that Crypton ceased releasing new Vocaloid products on Yamaha's synthesis engine and Cubase editor. Instead, they will release new "Vocaloid" products on their newly-developed Piapro Studio engine-editor with

2205-725: The time of release of a new Vocaloid. Piapro Studio also features some Piapro social designed singer icons and vocal preview samples, added in an update in the Summer of 2014. In addition to their collaboration with Sega on the Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA series, Crypton Future Media also release their own smaller titles for smartphones, VR , and consoles. On Steam , their games are published by Komodo (formerly known as Degica Games). NTT docomo NTT Docomo, Inc. ( 株式会社NTTドコモ , stylized as NTT DoCoMo until 2008) , also known as Docomo ( ドコモ , Dokomo ) ,

2254-428: Was confirmed six vocal expressions had been created for Kaito, two of which were dropped and the remaining four were being brought forward with one having reached alpha stage at that point. The Character Vocal (Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin/Len and Megurine Luka) series Appends had been created from the vocal performances of their voice providers; however the new Kaito Appends were created by adding echo, force, and tension to

2303-640: Was launched in 2001 as the world's first 3G mobile service based on W-CDMA , Xi, a 4G LTE mobile service which was launched on December 24, 2010, Premium 4G, a LTE Advanced service which was launched on March 27, 2015, and DoCoMo 5G , a 5G NR service which launched on March 25, 2020. In addition to wholly owned subsidiaries in Europe and North America , the company is expanding its global reach through strategic alliances with mobile and multimedia service providers in Asia-Pacific and Europe. NTT Docomo

2352-496: Was not successful in investing in foreign carriers. Docomo had invested very large multibillion-dollar amounts in KPN , KT Freetel , AT&T Wireless , and had to write-off sell all these investments in foreign carriers. As a result, Docomo booked a total of about US$ 10 billion in losses, while during the same time Docomo's Japan operations were profitable. In December 2007, NTT Docomo and KT Freetel jointly invested US$ 200 million for

2401-628: Was popularized by franchises like Dragon Ball and SD Gundam in the 1980s. It is used as comic relief in anime and manga, giving additional emphasis to a character's emotional reaction. The super deformed style has also appeared in anime-influenced American series such as Homestuck , Teen Titans and Avatar: The Last Airbender , which feature super deformed shorts. It also appeared in French-Canadian shows such as Totally Spies! and Martin Mystery . The main character of

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