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Petition for Crunchyroll to never manage Miku Expo ever again

We should rename the LED screen to ✨Miku's Void✨

Other problems: -Only 95 glowsticks sold at most of the merch booths (Some even had less) -Not every VIP ticket holder got a VIP goodie bag -No VIP early merch queue (Apparently this was supposed to be added to the VIP tickets) -Some places had it where there was no glowstick limit (Which meant some booths had their glowsticks sold out within the first hour) -Miku cutout got stolen -Miku Expo in Mexico only having roughly 33% of merch available. (Of course no glowsticks available) I really want to go to the Miku Expo 2024 in London. But with the issues, I'll pass and wait until we get these resolved.

I wouldn't be surprised if fans take this to court over not delivering the standard they've been promised For this amount of money if they get together they could have a good case

heard a joke that she became flat because she was becoming magic the gathering cards (which is real. miku is on magic the gathering cards) someone please free her from two dimensional cardboard hell

"we wanted to see the magic trick" THAT'S THE THING THAT MAKES VOCALOID CONCERTS WORTH IT!! coming from someone with no emotional attachment to vocaloids, that is THE thing other than the audience atmosphere that makes vocaloid _concerts_ make real sense, rather than just doing movie theatre showings or online streaming. seeing a cartoon character that even kinda-sorta looks like they're standing on the physical stage in front of you just scratches a particular itch in a way that a poorly integrated screen just _can't_

Yes, I wholeheartedly agree! I was at the Portland show, and we were all holding our breath about the screen. I was definitely sad as it was my first concert, but I'm still glad I went. As a side note, the lightsticks actually aren't synced to the show. There's a button to cycle through the colors! And as far as I know, the reason they usually only allow official sticks is... get this... to not interfere with the projection. So now people are doubly mad that they paid for the official sticks (which were $40 each) when there was no projection to interfere with.

Coming out on the day we get news that there are NO LIGHTSTICKS for the Mexican part of the tour, due to "transportation issues"

The *funniest* thing about this is that there *is* a way to camouflage the LED screen by using an OLED screen and a one-way mirror (the same thing DISNEY uses for holograms) so it's hilarious that they don't.

I thought my disappointment couldn't have gotten worse after I found out about the TV screen but today I woke up to the news that the tour in Mexico, where I live, is not selling the glow sticks. Bro.. they are ACTIVELY TRYING to make sure we have a bad time. This whole tour is a disaster and then some.

Yes. While the “standard” Miku performance is not quite the same thing as “live on stage!”, this is the equivalent of selling tickets to a live concert tour, but the performers stay home and each venue shows a pre-recorded performance instead.

The juxtaposition between this video about the NA Miku expo being bad vs Jaidenanimations latest video talking about how great her experience at the japanese Miku expo is night and day edit: correction, the Japanese concert is called Miku Mirai

Something else they could have done is...have a few big screens on the sides of the stage for closeups of the performers you know WHAT THEY USE FOR IRL PERFORMERS, but yeah...do SOMETHING with that black void box for cripes sake

what baffles me is that they got as screen... and then made SURE you ABSOLUTELY SAW it was a square screen. what in tarnation

Corrections: The added animations for Ten Thousand stars was already there in previous concerts, so they didn't take advantage of the LED screen and add new animations. The light sticks don't sync up to the concert. Non-miku lightsticks were banned because of the hologram screen interfering with the projection (which doesn't matter now its an LED screen).

I felt so terribly bad for everyone who paid so much money and were so excited. I hope they redo a tour sometime in the near future the proper way.

Just saw Expo in Detroit and 100% you hit all the issues. It's not the screen. It's how they used (or didn't) use it! They all looked trapped in a box. Don't get me wrong, I had a great time, but it could have been so much more! Why isn't she 10 feet tall? Why didn't they render the back of the stage? Hell, why didn't they have literally ANYTHING in the background??? I really hope they listen to the criticism and do better. The band was awesome. No complaints there. 10/10 hire them again.

I feel so honored to be a part of a Sarah Spaceman ad read Sincerely, Domino's Miku and Spamton Miku

I feel bad particularly for any cosplayers stuck in the rain, i know a lot of cosplays and props are really delicate and cant withstand the water damage or getting washed afterwards so that must've sucked to deal with

The best way I can describe it -- Hatsune Miku is like Santa Claus -- we all know he's fake, but that's not the point. It's the event, the people, the atmosphere, the cosplay, and everything in-between that manifest her into existence. She is the spirit of the season. The "hologram" is the validating factor, but when the fourth wall is literally broken, it's like telling kids they can visit Santa via a Zoom call. It just... ain't it. And ultimately that's the issue, that the people running the event genuinely didn't care enough about this experience and thought people would spend their rent money to Zoom call Santa rather than meet an old man cosplaying him at the mall.

I wanted to go but when the news about the LCD screen started going around I changed my mind also bc prices were absurdly high in the countries I was considering.

Oh lord they EMPHASIZE the LED screen by putting gawdamn lighting around it instead of attempt to hide it HAHAHHA

I think what's extra weird is that it's not like the Hologram system isn't in the states already or unavailable. They use them here. Why didn't they rent a local one for the tour?

A friend of mine went to the Atlana Miku expo. He told me that his group had umbrellas so they wouldnt get soaked and security wanted them to take them to their car and wait in line AGAIN. He ended up talking to security and so many people hand umbrellas i guess they just gave up and let them in but still he was very annoyed at that part.

My first Miku Expo was the 2016 tour in Toronto and seeing the hologram after nearly a decade of being a vocaloid fan was such an amazing experience. It was also my last since they didn’t include Canada in the 2018 tour and the 2020 tour was cut short. I’m still going to the Toronto show this Thursday and I’m pretty sure I’m going to have a good time, but I’m also really disappointed by the screen/lack of effort put in to make the screen look good- especially since their ads for the tour said they’re using the projectors. Generally though, I just feel really bad for everyone who has said this is their first Miku concert ever. They’ve been waiting for years for this, just like I had back in 2016 (and still have been since 2016), and they won’t get the same experience

14:53 NERD ALERT HERE time for a mini history of lights in k-pop and j-pop :D Penlights have been used in jpop as early as 1974 for Saijo Hideki. They exploded in popularity in the 90s, and began coming in all shapes and sizes (notably A.B.C-Z’s “Wolverine claw” penlight). K-Pop light sticks were popularized by the group BigBang in 2006! Member/leader G-Dragon wanted a way to identify the group’s VIP fans at concerts, so he designed a light with a crown on it and called it the BangBong. Before BigBang, fans held up balloons in support. J-pop penlights and k-pop lightsticks most notably differ in that penlights tend to be your specific, vs k-pop’s artist specific lightsticks which only get updates every few years (if ever). The classic light stick we know of today (dome with a logo inside it) is credited as being popularized by the BTS Army Bomb in 2015. Please do correct me if I got any details wrong!

Going to the Miku fake hologram is one thing, but paying this amount of money to see a not even that good light show on LED screen is straight up robbery. 🤡

After seeing the japanese shows with Miku, I would love to experience that too but I would be so pissed off if the result was a "huge" LED-screen. Like I'm small and it sucks if I cannot see the stage if I happen to be in the back or something while standing (also health reasons are why I prefer sitting seats which are usually in the back). Seeing the footage just baffles me.

for me the led screen makes me focus more on the cubes/lights in the background rather than on Miku whilst hologram miku blends nicely with the backround lights making it easier to focus on her

I was at the DC Miku show, I got standing room General admission tickets. NGL I cried once I found out she was led since it's been my dream since I was 12 to see a Miku concert (I'm 25 now). My biggest complaint by far was her size, she took up maybe a 3rd of the screen (half being generous lol) and I literally could not see the first 3-5 songs because I was towards the back of the crowd. My partner was literally helping me jump to see some of the performances. The crowd eventually shifted and I could see, and I overall had a great time! I just wish I could've seen her the whole time.

As a UI designer I stg them using the SAME MOTION GRAPHICS for every set was disappointing for me. I had fun, but I'm not sure it was worth the money.

I wish they did more crowd interaction and more interesting bits with the sets, at least. When miku stood on the "speakers" it was my favorite thing ever!!

I went to the show in Newark and once we were finally let in the merch line wrapped around a city block TWICE and there were 2 people running the merch stand. I had to miss four songs before I ditched and ordered a hoodie online. Her set list was insanely short for someone with NO STAMINA!!! I was also disappointed that there was no opener! When she was at NYC in 2016 Anamanaguchi opened for her and debuted Miku! This show was a HUGE let down compared to 2016

There are also see-through screens and there’s a new type of screen that came project images on it from a computer while still being see-through. Can’t remember what it called. And it’s like plastic wrap

I was at the same miku concert in Atlanta! It was my first vocaloid concert so I was just happy to be there. The crowd was definitely 80% of the fun. I'm bummed that we didn't get the hologram though.

There was NOTHING more frustrating that when they would drop the lights and for just a moment it would look like she was really there. The lights and set were amazing but because they crossed behind the TV they interfered with the illusion!!! It was so frustrating!! Like you're showing me we COULD have had something close to what we thought we were getting when we paid, but no!!! The crowd energy was for sure the best part. Everyone was so excited and all dressed up. We all lost our mind for the band introduction, which was maybe the most electric part, lol. Also, attending the Portland show I was AMAZED by how efficient the venue was at getting people in the door, like holy shit. Appreciating that more seeing how you guys got rained on! Jeez!

im a casual fan but i could not imagine the disappointment everyone felt when they realized there was no hologram. its downright criminal that they didnt disclaim that until AFTER the shows started. as always, something like this is all about the fans and not the people running the show, and im glad yall still had a good time

I was very disappointed about missing the VIP tickets, I went to the last one in Barcelona before lockdown and had the best experience of my life so far. Weirdly there was no concert in this location this year so it saddened me even more, but honestly when I saw these videos of that big black screen in the middle and also that feeling of emptiness without the musicians and the big stage changed my mind LOL And I really don't agree with people trying to defend the screen because at least it looks "brighter" I had no issues with the past screen, Miku and the other Cryptonloids were visible very well, the quality is different indeed but it wasn't needed honestly.

I also went to the Atlanta Miku Expo! It was my first Miku Expo and I've been a Miku fan since 2015. The people were great, the cosplayers looked amazing. It was fun missing school that day so my mom had time to drive us all the way to Atlanta so we could get in line early. I really wish it was a hologram and yeah I'm still disappointed that it wasn't, but even with the LED screen, I still had a great time! Even my mom who only knows vocaloid because of me, enjoyed it, lmao

There was a stage in Coachella where the background was just a huge LED screen with the visuals of giant CG freaky beautiful creatures/women moving to the music was still mesmerizing.

Thanks Pins for digging through Twitter for our enjoyment 😂

not sure if anyone else has mentioned, but when HololiveEN came to LA they used LED screens and it actually looked incredible. the sets blended into the stage and they made the idols bigger (i think). if the organizers took the LED route i just i wish they would've considered putting more thought into the show.

Okay so the closest Miku expo to my home was eight hours away so I didn’t buy a ticket. But seeing how the concert turned out, it looks like I dodged a bullet. Good video, Sarah! It was very informative on why the LED screen looked so awkward.

They actually used this same LED screen at a one day concert a few weeks before the NA tour began but only in Japan did they just like you said they should put stuff around the edges, they did! In Japan. So hmmmm. 🤔smells of Crunchyroll budget cuts.

I have been waiting for this! Am I a cosplayer? No. Did I know who miku was before you told me in a video? No. Do I sew or ever seen an anime? No. But I absolutely love these videos. I watch them for Sarah’s personality and the crazy effort put into each video. 💛

twitter made a WHOLE ICEBERG of everything that happened at the miku concerts, it was truly a disaster the dashcon comparison came from someone allegedly peeing on the floor

Mexico's concert is going to be in a week. They just announced the merch we will have, and it's like 1/4 of the merch available in US and Canada, PLUS NO LIGHTSTICKS. So yeah, they're finishing the tour giving us Mexicans the shortest end of the stick ever lmao.

The stage in Dallas was a little better since they kinda hid the top of the screen but it was sooooo over sold. It was so crowded that people got over heated and passed out and I got hit by a stray light stick.

i bought tickets to the london show... i payed to see the miku hologram bc that's what ive dreamt to see for 10 years. i'm a very sentimental person so i feel like its gonna "ruin" the whole experience for me. i dont know if i should cancel (if thats even possible) and hope that the hologram will come back soon (possibly never will), or go and (worst case scenario) sour the entire concept of vocaloid for me (yeah im serious) i bought seat tickets on the side (since i cant stand for a long period of time) so any sort of immersion is probably gonna be impossible.. also a trip to the uk just to see miku on a LED screen in my condition is not a good idea but i love vocaloid so much and this might be my only chance

I am glad you covered this. Everything you said was EVERYTHING I was thinking! Make her bigger, do segmented screens, etc.if you are going to do LED screens.

I went to the Newark show. It was my first MikuExpo and I've been wanting to go since around 2011, so while I had a good time and I'm glad I went, I WAS a little disappointed too. I was a bit far back in the stadium but not too bad, but afterwards I just thought "Wow, I would've had to cough up front row/pit money if I wanted to have the experience I really came here for." The crowd was AMAZING though, I absolutely adore the energy we all have for the same thing, it's definitely what I'll remember the most. edit: words are hard

While I'm happy to see more videos talking about the whole Miku Expo thing from bigger creators there are a couple little misconceptions I guess? That I wanted to point out. The visuals talked about at around 10:55 , this is the song "Ten Thousand Stars" by Circus-P which was the song contest winner for Miku Expo 2016. You can see this exact same choreo/visuals being performed on the "holographic" screen if you look up recordings of MikuExpo 2016. The LED does not give them the ability to use these sort of graphics and imo it looks way cooler on the "hologram" screen The penlights are NOT bluetooth I have 2 Miku Expo 2024 official glowsticks that I used throughout the Newark, NJ show, the people changing their glowsticks ahead of time just memorized the setlist. And the message talked about at 15:14 about 3rd party glowsticks, *usually* this is because 3rd party glowsticks are brighter than Miku ones and cause excessively bright reflections onto the panel (and thus could ruin the show a little), not because of them 'syncing' to the music. This year I (personally) fully believe that this rule was still in place so that they could just milk everyone on $40 penlights under the illusion that it was still a "hologram" since the glowsticks went on sale a month before the Vancouver show even happened.

I requested a full refund as soon as I saw what was going on because I paid almost 300$ for vip, a plane ticket to Atlanta and a hotel stay just to see miku and they turned her into an led screen smaller than what I’ve seen in many conventions, so nope. Nothing could’ve made spending that much money on it worth it unless they actually brought the hologram back. Also the fact they didn’t have enough merch for the vip attendees was crazy. They also didn’t give vip priority so if you actually wanted any merch you would have to be in line for at least 9 hours prior to the concert. It was a huge disaster and that’s without talking about the fact that this miku expo was the most expensive expo in all of her years as an AI idol with tickets in Orlando going for as much as 3000$

I went to miku expo Detroit on the 12th and honestly it was amazing in person! The Led screen doesn’t show up good on camera, but in person its immaculate

Honestly at this point I'm blaming Crunchyroll The way they handled the Ado tour should've been enough for them to stop trying to manage touring.

I went to the atl show as well! It was my first miku concert ever and my friend and I had a really good time. Like you and many others have said, the crowd was the best part of the show. We were in VIP and everyone was super nice and respectful. I use a cane so I was pretty nervous about hitting people on accident or dropping it but everyone would move to let me through and would make sure I was okay when I did eventually drop it. Also the nicest person who sat next to us pre-show had extra earplugs and was handing them out! imo, it was worth what we paid and I would recommend going if you have tickets, even if you’re bummed about the hologram!

I was wondering if you were gonna discuss this!

Thanks for pointing out the stage issue, i really couldn't pin what was bothering me about the void and how to fix it. Im glad im not the only one that thought the could've done more with the tech.

I was waiting for this video!!!

OMG seeing how far you were on the crowd, makes me SO SCARED but also happy to see that ?? All the people i see saying "the screen wasn't that bad comon !" ARE IN FRONT OF IT i had so much trouble finding like side views and far away one, cause my place is seated and a bit on the side so i am anxious, and omg on your vids you cna barely see Miku i am soooo scared to not be able to see heeer ToT (i have garbage eyesight too) so thank you for including so many images you found AND took, very insightfull I will very much still go to the Paris concert because it's only the 3rd time she is coming in France and the first I can go, i CANNOT miss the queen 🙏 but omg i am containing both rage and hype regarding this concert 😭

Oh hey we went to the same show!! I think I managed to spot my friend and I in some of the footage though and now I wish I had complimented you on your cosplay because I do remember seeing you and getting excited when I saw a Teto Anyway, the reason I bring this up is that as someone who went to the exact show you're talking about, I found myself agreeing with a lot of what you were saying because I was actually there. While I didn't mind the screen too much, it was a little difficult to see from where I was in the floor (which looked to be ever so slightly in front of you from what I could see) especially since I was shorter than a lot of the people ahead of me. It was also a little disappointing to not have the actual hologram or for the screen to make it easier to see the performance itself, but just being around everyone was such a fun experience. I think the standout to me was when that one person pulled up a picture of the lesbian flag during Gimme x Gimme and Luka's song (I dunno if you were able to see it but I know I took pictures both times), but hearing everyone singing along to World is Mine was one of those moments that made me so glad I decided to go I do want to correct one thing: at 15:00 you mention that the official light sticks sync with the songs, but you actually had to press a button to cycle through the different colors. I remember trying to anticipate who was going to be on stage and preparing the right color only to have to go back around because it wasn't who I thought it would be (AKA I was expecting Luka and it wasn't her). Unfortunately, that makes the "no outside glow sticks" rule even stranger since it's not as though they messed with the projection or anything. Maybe it was just for the official colors, but that wouldn't explain why they said only Miku Expo light sticks and not just Miku Concert ones

Oof, this is like going to a magician's show to see the "saw someone in half" trick, but then you can see that two people get into the box. Yeah, everyone knows that there won't be real murder, but you came to see the trick! I'm glad the festive energy wasn't ruined though

I went to the Newark NJ concert, it had the normal complains of the screen is jarring and the merch line is impossible but we did have an extra issue. I think the venue wasn’t ready for the amount of people because they had the VIP line and general all messed up to the point that we had VIP’s entering the venue after the concert already started. It was really a mess I’m Lowkey glad I’m ADA because there wasn’t a chance I would had gotten inside in time otherwise

yes ugh, thank you for talking abt this

The light sticks don’t sync. People are switching the colors manually

I love your input on this

I got to see miku just 2 days ago and cosplayed gumi! It was disappointing to not have a hologram but I agree that the fans and community made it so so worth it. It was magical and definitely would go again! 💚

I went to the Lady Gaga and Miku tour in Atlanta back in 2014 and was severely underwhelmed with the hologram screen. It just looked like they put a projector on a transparent screen.

I was there and I'm a fan of you and your video's, They are so entertaining and fun. I'll be going to Momocon 2024 and I really hope to see you there this year!!

This was exactly what happen to me as well. Same feeling and Dallas felt the same way as well. Our show did not even have seats and they oversold the venue for our show night and it was not great.

i dont know how yall managed to be THAT hyped with everything that went wrong with miku expo.. but to be honest, i genuily tought "woah this is just so cool despite the LED screen" when i saw the audience acting all hyped & energetic & crazy like I WANT MORE OF THOSE-

Project Sekai Live Supremacist here (but I do want to go to Magical Mirai one day...) I was always skeptical about the "physicality" of the holograms but once you see it in person... Just wow. Absolutely crushed that a lot of peeps' first experience with Miku/Vocaloid concerts fell so short of expectations.

I was at the Prudential center in Newark at may 7th to see the show. The stadium has two main entrances, the m and ms tower and the citizens tower. Originally the merch booths were supposed to open at two but around a week before they changed it to 6 PM because they could not secure a spot outside for the merch booth. Which I think they should have planned to set up inside sooner, as anyone who’s been to there before knows it’s on the middle of a busy street with basically no safe areas to set up the booth🤷‍♀️. Me and my friends waited 3 hours in front of the prudential center to get in and buy merch, which at this point in the tour had been known to run out quickly. The door were supposed to open at six but at six no one was even near the doors yet to start set setting up the security checkpoint. They started showing up around 6:30 PM to 6:45 PM I’m not exactly sure but around then. We could see the Prudential center employees arguing with some guy who had some company uniform on. I’m not sure which company tho. at seven they started playing the Prudential Center opening warnings which sounds like you’re going on a fucking roller coaster. By the way everyone thought that oh since they’re playing the warning, it should be when the warning is over the warning then was blasted into our faces for 30 minutes. At this point remember that the doors are opening an hour late and now you have to sit there for 30 minutes as the credential center warning audio is playing and it sounds exactly like the voice opening for a lot of roller coasters at Six Flags in New Jersey, people start to get a little rowdy. People started being called from the back of the lines at our entrance to go around the building, which I thought meant the doors weren’t open yet they were just splitting the lines because there were too many people there. Turns out they let the entire line in at the citizens tower. The VIPs were not lead in first as they were promised, and an entire entrance of the line who had been there for like three hours was let in after the entire line at the citizens Tower was. The second we walked in the line for the merch was running literally around the potential center hallways going in a circle around the stadium. I was genuinely confused when I got there cause I couldn’t find the the end of the line. The merch booths were on opposite ends from each other and they literally looped so much that the lines got tangled. Only 20 minutes until the concert so most people left the birch lines, but people stayed in the merch line for the entire concert just to get merch. Literally thousands of people in that line and there were only six people working at three at each booth. Of course they ran out of light stick pretty fucking quickly, and the crowd was left diminished visually because around 2/3 of the people were missing light sticks . After the concert, people wanted to get back in the merch line, which at this point was only selling stickers and canvas bags. However, around immediately exiting the concert We were rushed out by staff not even being let to Use the bathroom. I heard from a friend that the merge lines ended up getting kicked out to around 10 minutes later which was still an incredibly long line.

Can’t wait to watch 🎉

I was a Venue Stage builder from the Austin concert. First and foremost all of the stage elements are 2D, all of the Buildings are straight lines and use diagonal perspectives while hung from the overhead Trusses in layers. Nothing like the R3 Cubes. 2nd the issue with the glass panel is likely weight and fragility, the longer glass is the thicker it needs to be or it will fracture on the road between shows. All of the equipment is road crew, nothing locally sourced. The Road crew Iirc was 3 or 4 semis and a penski truck. Each truck loaded Full without long slabs of glass. 3rd as stage crew manipulating the glass from truck to stage would be an anxiety nightmare. If crew broke it you bet we get docked on it. LEDs are far lighter, break down into road cases 10-20 panels per case and those cases can be stacked 2-3 high. LEDS also take only 120w/h per panel to power at max brightness and a full video wall can cost 10k. Where as a single projector on the low side is 1,700w/h the body costs upwards of 30k and the lenses are 3-5k each. Mind you 60-80% of the LED panels are off at any one time for the majority of the show, and they pay for electricity at each venue. As much as i would have loved to see the projectors. Crypton was likely waiting for LED tech to reach a resolution and density thats on par to the projector, and likely to keep it that way.

i went to the show in dc and left early bc i forgot ear protection LOL but i got to meet my online friend so it was so worth it

I wondered if this video was coming. I was rewatching some of your videos and heard you say about buying tickets to see the hologram... I'd literally just seen the news on tiktok about the LED screen 😬I'd have been in the refund crowd but I'm really glad you made the most of it and had a good time!

Can’t wait 🎉

I didn't really understand why everyone was upset. I get it now.

i was also at ATL!!!! i REALLY enjoyed myself, but to be fair i; 1) only paid $130 for floor tickets because of resale 2) was in the very front. like 3 rows of people away from the stage (got to witness the garfield vs miku plush battle up close!) the illusion up close was obviously better than if you were sitting on the sides or up higher, but still evident, and a hologram would have been miles cooler. to their credit, the screen quality was AMAZING up close. but for the majority of the venue not getting to be close enough AND the screen being so small to enjoy that is SO unfair. glad to hear you enjoyed yourself nonetheless! the live music was sooo good, and the energy from everybody can't be compared.

I had a really good time on the April 17th show and it was amazing

I was at the Dallas show and I personally had an AMAZING time, our venue was a lot smaller than the others and I feel like this had a big affect on the experience. From the angles I saw of the concert the illusion was pretty solid and it only really looked like a TV when I thought about it or when they used a lot of white lighting. The crowd was amazing, the live band was great, and I would go again in a heartbeat!

If the person I was going with wasn't insistent on still going and it was my decision alone, I would have definitely sold my tickets upon learning about the screen. I still had fun, but I really wanted the hologram effect. I was pretty underwhelmed, especially by the effects like you said. They could have done way more to make up for it. This was the most expensive concert I've ever gone to so I'm just a little salty. That being said, the band did really well ~

splatoon live concert got the hologram look

They should've done the led like how they did for magical mirai 2021, for that concert some songs had miku projected on the led screen above the hologram screen and used a huge projection screen and had full on decorations and visuals around the screen

Ahhhh! I see myself in the background! I saw you and wanted to say hi but it was POURING 😭

I went to Miku Expo 2024 in Detroit a few days ago. Yes, I was disappointed about the screen and the illusions not working. However, I had an amazing time! Some of my favorite songs were played. Heck, I cried at the end (I’m not an emotional person so if that doesn’t say something idk what does). I’ve been a VOCALOID fan for years now and I’ve dreamed about going to a show. I finally did after years upon years of dreaming. It was amazing!! I really enjoyed it, but I do wish there were holograms and the true Miku illusions. I guess I’ll let this slide because it’s my dream come true. However, next time, I’m seriously going to be very disappointed. I traveled 5 hours for this too. I really want to see the magic happen :( (Everyone was really nice at the venue so that was cool! I also saw someone dressed as Elmo referencing that one show ((I think it was San Josie but idk for sure)). Everyone put their lights to red and started cheering! The energy there was incredible!!)

I LOVE YOUR OUTFIT OMG!!

Your makeup in this one is MAGNIFICENT

I went to see the concert in Atlanta too with my cousin. Yeah, it's a bummer there was no hologram, but still I enjoyed the concert.

As someone who lives in NYC and saw every single live show minus the very first one, this was a huge disappointment. Every other show was glass projection. you'd see people in the very front basically leading the wotagei. I used to grab seats in the balcony and I'd still be exhausted from the energy in the room. I'm so glad they moved her from the Hammerstein to the Jersey because I didn't feel the urge to go anymore. god... even Honkai Star Rail had holo-projectors...

Miku and the others are also voiced by actually singers too and was put in the voice bank. (In my collage days a few of my colleagues thought she was completely computerized generated)

at the phoenix show the led had a panel or pixel or something that was glitching and it was so sad how they give us an led screen and can't even get that perfect😭 still so fun tho i was in the vip section and we went CRAZYYY

I got to see Miku twice during the pre-covid Miku Expo's in LA. The first one was such an incredible experience. We got free glow sticks, I bought so much merch, and it was such a banger show. The second one they defiantly pinched pennies and it wasn't as explosive as the first, but I still had a good time. Both times had "hologram" vocaloids. I would have been beyond upset if I went this year and probably would have walked out if I found out during the show. I'm sorry to everyone who had to experience Miku this way. No video of the "hologram" can do it justice. When you see it live it truly feels like she's there and there is weight. If they do it again I hope they don't make the same mistake again.

Omg Im so early!! ALSO THE BREAD EARRINGS?? 🫶

completely agree omg i’m so upset

hearing about this makes me so glad I got to see her tour in 2016. the Toronto show was amazing and I loved it back then. when I heard she was coming back i was tempted to go see the Chicago show but after hearing about the "screen" i decided against it. it just wouldn't be the same.

Another incredible thing about Mike hologram concerts is the live band and how Mike interacts with them! 🧡 Such energy!

I love how it's not just blasting it for being cheap, but blasting it for being lazy artistically. It's a much more interesting perspective imo