Well it turns out the only thing I got right about the ‘live’ appearance of Hatsune Miku on Animelo was the fact that it would be a giant Miku on stage. No holograms, no animatronics, no smoke and mirrors, just a big-ass LED screen and a video of Miku playing to some live musicians, a bit underwhelming if you ask me but then again Miku doesn’t have the budget that maybe Gorillaz had. She sang a couple of songs, both from her own repertoire and from Black Rock Shooter, good stuff but it really lacked more Miku on-screen time, after the middle of the performance you might as well had been watching a video.

Thanks Julie!

While the above image of a 15 feet tall Miku on stage might not be true, at least the stage part is. Japan’s Animelo Summer Live, an annual series of concerts dedicated to anime music, has announced that Hatsune Miku will perform live on august 22.

While ‘live’ is a pretty ethereal concept nowadays we’re pretty sure they wont bring her to life in flesh and bone. Holograms perhaps? It worked for Gorillaz a few years back. Maybe motion-tracked 3D on a screen? Who knows but this will certainly be an event to remember, specially if it turns out to be a 15 feet version of Miku.

I, for one, welcome our Vocaloid overlords!

[Animelo / Via ANN]