"Virtual Shibuya au 5G Halloween Festival 2021" closes
Presenting a model case of the urban metaverse "Virtual City" from Japan in collaboration with local governments
The Shibuya 5G Entertainment Project is a new Halloween event "Virtual Shibuya au" that aims to contribute to society by enjoying "FUN FOR GOOD" from October 16th to 31st within the Shibuya Ward official distribution platform "Virtual Shibuya". 5G Halloween Festival 2021 ”was held. Various events were held with anime, artists, and companies who agreed with the concept of this event, and a total of 550,000 people from all over the world participated.
In this year's Virtual Halloween, "FUN FOR GOOD" = Enjoy, not only to avoid the real city of Shibuya and prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection, but also to further evolve and aim for a new Halloween from the event of just gathering and making noise. We have set up the concept of being able to contribute to society. Various virtual events will be held from October 16th to 31st with anime artists and companies that support this concept. Avatars in disguise visited the virtual Shibuya with Halloween specifications, and enjoyed Halloween in the virtual space as they wished.
This year, the avatar platform "AVATARIUM" and virtual Shibuya have collaborated to create original avatars from your own photos. Not only can you go to virtual space with your own avatar, but you can also collaborate with "Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria at Night without Stars" and "Detective Conan". You can now enjoy cosplaying your character with your own avatar.
As attractions that you can enjoy every day, Halloween Avatar Contest "V Harokos", Detective Conan "#Challenge from Conan", Sword Art Online "#Find Einclad", Idolmaster Starlit Season Photo Collection "#Stamas Photo Collection" , "FINDING BANKSY Exhibition", Virtual Shibuya Game Center held. In addition, the official shop sold original virtual Halloween goods. All proceeds from the virtual space will be donated to Shibuya Ward from November through the general incorporated association Future Design Shibuya.
In addition, during the Halloween festival this year, "official staff" avatars will appear in the virtual space, and you can enjoy the virtual space even more by providing guidance on operation methods and event information to general avatars who visited, as well as taking pictures. I supported you. This is one of the businesses of Mitsui & Co. Group's venture studio "Moon Creative Lab", and was realized in collaboration with "Metajob!", Which aims to create "a new way of working where you can work from your favorite place".
At the daily event, virtual talk live of "Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of the Night without Stars" and "Detective Conan" will be held. The leading voice actors appeared in virtual Shibuya and enjoyed the closeness of the distance unique to virtual space. In addition, various events were held on a daily basis, such as Creepy Nuts, MY FIRST STORY, virtual music live by the leaders of the new school, and Machico's new sensation solo virtual karaoke in collaboration with JOYSOUND.
Through this year's Virtual Halloween event, we were able to present a model case of a unique metaverse "Virtual City" in which local governments and virtual spaces collaborate with each other in anticipation of after-corona, as well as solving social issues in Shibuya. Going forward, "Virtual Shibuya" and "Shibuya 5G Entertainment Project" will continue to contribute to next-generation entertainment and urban development in Shibuya by combining entertainment and communication technology in Shibuya.
Shibuya 5G Entertainment Project https://shibuya5g.org/
Various event reports
October 16th (Sat) Movie version Sword Art Online -Progressive- Starless Night Aria
VIRTUAL MEETING in Virtual Shibuya
We invited Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, who played Kirito, and Haruka Tomatsu, who played Asuna, as guests to talk about this movie version with the latest video and first announcement information. The two who appeared in virtual Shibuya in the form of avatars dive from the venue without thinking, "It's still a great view of the world! The distance to the fans is close and you can never do it in real life!" While interacting with the fans who participated in the event, the tension was at its peak, saying, "Today will be absolutely fun!" The thoughts and highlights of "Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of the Starless Night" released on October 30 "This story is easy to understand even for those who see SAO for the first time" "Same scene as the TV version" Is drawn from the perspective of Asuna, and for SAO fans, one grain is delicious twice. " At the second part of the producer talk show, "Aniplex" producer Masami Niwa, "Bandai Namco Entertainment" producer Takasuke Futami, and "EGG FIRM" chief producer Nobuhiro Osawa will be on stage. "This time, Asuna is the main character, so I would like women to see it, especially for their weaknesses and strengths, and to sympathize with their way of life." I want you to enjoy a certain sound. "" The second and third times, there are fresh discoveries of detailed depictions such as gestures and emotions, and I want to do it as many times as I want. I want everyone to see it as soon as possible. " I called.
© 2020 Reki Kawahara / KADOKAWA / SAO-P Project
October 24th (Sun) povo Presents Creepy Nuts Virtual LIVE
The two of Creepy Nuts appeared on a huge stage at the scrambled intersection in virtual Shibuya, and performed "Hellraiser" as the first song. In addition, he sang "Call of the Night" while sending a shout from the stage to the fans who gathered in Virtual Shibuya, "Raise your hand to enjoy staying up late together." Next, we performed "Nuenonakuyoruha", which is perfect for Halloween. Their performance was a great success with comments such as "Creepy Nuts is the best!" And "This virtual live has only" Nobishiro "." He performed a total of nine popular songs and left a message saying, "I want to take on this challenge and learn how to deliver music together."
October 26th (Tuesday) au 5G Presents MY FIRST STORY Virtual LIVE
In "au 5G Presents MY FIRST STORY Virtual LIVE", 5 songs "Hyena", "Confession", "I'm a mess" and "Fukagyaku Replace" were performed non-stop from the first song "Underground". The spectators who gathered in avatars sent comments that they were excited and said, "It's too cool!"
October 28th (Thursday) JOYSOUND Presents Machico New Sense Solo Virtual Karaoke LIVE
In this virtual live, when Machico sings karaoke alone from a room in the JOYSOUND store, she will appear as an avatar on the stage of virtual Shibuya, decide the song to sing according to the viewer's questionnaire, and present "V item". I cheered on the performers. Machico sang "only my railgun" of fripSide and "6 trillion years and one night story" of kemu, which is difficult, and was selected by the audience's vote. The last is his own song, "Movie Healin Good Pretty Cure Yume no Machi de Kyun! GoGo! Makeover! !! I sang the theme song "Yakusoku". While touching on how to enjoy this new karaoke box, Machico concluded, "Even if I was alone in karaoke, the support from virtual Shibuya made me feel that I was not alone, but connected."
October 30th (Sat) Comic "Detective Conan" Volume 100 Release Commemoration Conan Edogawa x Toru Amuro Special Talk in Virtual Shibuya
Conan Edogawa and Toru Amuro will appear as avatars in the talk show. Conan told the fans that he was able to achieve the 100th volume of the original comic, "Thank you very much for your continued support for us! It's a difficult case, but I'll continue to do my best!" Mr. Amuro thanked him and praised the achievement of achieving 100 volumes, saying, "It's amazing that 100 volumes are amazing, Conan-kun." In commemoration of the achievement of 100 volumes, it has become a hot topic in multi-development, but among them, in the talk about the 25th movie version scheduled to be released next spring, which is especially attracting fans, Mr. Furuya, while the title has not been announced yet. Shows a hint of "Conan when in trouble". The fans were excited, "I can't wait until next year!", And the atmosphere of the venue was at its peak. In response to Mr. Takayama's guess that "this may be seen by various Mr. Amuro," Mr. Furuya called on the fans, "I want you to look forward to the release," with the comment "Mystery!"
© Gosho Aoyama / Shogakukan / Yomiuri TV / TMS 1996
October 31st (Sun) au 5G Presents New School Leaders Virtual LIVE
The four-member dance vocal unit "New School Leaders", which made its world debut from 88rising and has more than 3.2 million TikTok followers, is on a huge stage on the scrambled intersection of virtual Shibuya, and the school chime. Appeared with. The live started with a horror-like hide-and-seek shout, "Are you okay? Already?" Enthusiastic singing of up-tempo "Transparent Boy" and "NAINA INAI". Next, he sang "Adult Blue" and "Love Letter", which are nostalgic but new, with a light dance. And with the MC saying, "Now, let's all change to the new school leaders' special Shibuya mode, the same sailor suit mode as us!", The entire virtual space is warped. When the warp is complete, all the spectators will be transformed into avatars wearing sailor suits and holding pineapples in their hands! The last song is "Pineapple Kryptonite". A huge avatar appears to surround the special stage of virtual Shibuya! The audience performed a whole-hearted performance unique to virtual space, and the audience sent constant applause and reactions such as psyllium to the live performance suitable for Halloween night.
October 31st (Sun) SUPER DOMMUNE Presents "DJ IN THE MIRROR WORLD vol.3"
On the night of Halloween, Naohiro Ukawa's live distribution studio "SUPER DOMMUNE tuned by au 5G" will appear at the scrambled intersection in virtual Shibuya. Denki Groove's Takkyu Ishino appears as a real-life avatar at a virtual DJ event entitled "DJ IN THE MIRROR WORLD vol.3". Beginning with Denki Groove's popular song "Mononoke Dance" from the beginning, avatars jump around freely without worrying about social distance, and virtual to a special DJ set that inserts and removes the intro of Michael Jackson "Thriller" everywhere. The scrambled intersection in Shibuya turned into a huge dance floor and showed excitement. Along the way, Takkyu Ishino's avatar playing RUN-DMC turned into a zombie, mashing up acid house masterpieces Robert Armani "Circus Bells" and Michael Jackson "Thriller". At the end, Takkyu Ishino came down from the stage wearing a zombie, chasing the avatars who were the audience and taking a commemorative photo.
In addition, virtual live images of "povo Presents Creepy Nuts Virtual LIVE" and "au 5G Presents New School Leaders Virtual LIVE" will be delivered soon on "au 5G Channel" where anyone can easily enjoy 5G entertainment. Anyone can enjoy it for free by downloading the "au 5G Channel" app.
From advanced experiences such as XR content, please enjoy the 5G channel where you can easily experience music, dramas and animations from the following.
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