Editor’s note: Work in Progress
About
Calne Ca (Japanese: 骸音シーエ)[1] is an officially reconsigned Vocaloid“Subspecies[2] created by 3D CG artist and sculptor Kotaro Maeda (前田幸太郎) also known as Deino.[3][4][5][6][7][8] She is essentially a robotic female skeleton named Calcium (シーエ)[9] cosplaying Hatsune Miku.[10] She has interchangeable parts and here “skin” is a casing that as much a part of the cosplay as her clothing so her appearance can vary from skeletal, to cybernetic (her most common appearance), to insectoid, to human. She almost always has a stylized Isopoda (either a Ligia oceanica[11] or a Ligia exotica[12]) named Sodium Sulfite (ナトくん)[11] living on top of her head.
She is of May 2013 the face for the Nightmare Fuel subsection of the Vocaloid entry on TV Tropes.[13]
Origin
The first illustration to feature Calne Ca was uploaded to pixiv on March 15th, 2009[14] previewing a model Deino was working on for an upcoming music video.
The music video was uploaded to Deino’s Nico Nico Douga (NND) account on July 2nd, 2009[15]; it was for the song “Machine Muzik” by Ding Saya (鼎沙耶).[16]
A day later a music video with only a few illustrations and some limited animation was released for “Corpse Attack!” by Utsu-P (鬱P) on Utsu-P’s NND channel.[17]
Further Works
Deino continued to periodically provide illustrations often featuring Calne Ca (or Calcium as other Vocaloids or Utauloids) for various songs and album covers. The most regular series of collaborations seems to be with Sime-Saba Twister (シメサバツイスターズ) creating the cover illustrations for several of Sime-Saba Twister’s albums.[18][19][20]
In March of 2010 Deino along with his friend Hinoi released a lower polygon model of Calne Ca for Miku Miku Dance. The MMD model has been periodically updated.[21][22]
Two additional full music video featuring Calne Ca have been created:
“Nehanshika” (ネハンシカ) by Nehanshika-P[23](August 10th, 2010)[24]
“Bacterial Contamination” (細菌汚染) by Kanimiso-P (カニミソP) a.k.a. mathru[25] (February 12th, 2012)[26]
Spread
As of May 2013 there are over 1300 results with the “骸音シーエ” tag on pixiv; the majority of the work were uploaded after the release of “Bacterial Contamination”.[27]
Official Recognition
On January 21st, 2011 Sega announced that Calne Ca would be one of the characters featured in Project Diva Aracade skins.[28][29]
An animation of Calne Ca was among the videos shown during a mural painting by Doppel as part of the Snow Miku for Sapporo 2011 event held on February 21st, 2011.[30]
The card “Broken Virus” for the virtual card Alteil was included as part of a Hatsune Miku event held in October of 2011.[31][32]
Notable Examples
Illustrations
Cosplay
Search Interest
External References
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[1]pixiv Encyclopedia – 骸音シーエ (Japanese)
[2]pixiv Encyclopedia – VOCALOID亜種 (Japanese)
[3]Deino’s Offical Site – Self-Portrait
[4]pixiv – Deino’s Profile
[5]niconico Video – Deino’s Profile
[6]Paipro – Deino’s Profile
[7]deviantART – Deino3330’s Profile
[8]YouTube – Deino3330’s Profile
[9]pixiv Encyclopedia – シーエ (Japanese)
[10]deviantART – Machine Muzik
[11]pixiv Encyclopedia – ナトくん (Japanese)
[12]deviantART – Calcium 3 / Posted on 09-12-2010
[13]TV Tropes – Nightmare Fuel: Vocaloid
[14]pixiv – 骸音シーエ / Posted on 03-15-2009
[15]niconico Video – 【初音ミク・3DPV】machine muzik / Posted on 07-02-2009
[16]niconico Video – 【初音ミク】 machine muzik 【オリジナル】 / Posted on 12-19-2008
[17]niconico Video – 【初音ミク】 骸Attack!! 【オリジナル】 / Posted on 07-03-2009
[18]pixiv – 花を焼く / Posted on 06-16-2009
[19]pixiv – 【シメサバツイスターズ】Progrematica / Posted on 03-06-2012
[20]pixiv – 【通販】シメサバさん4thアルバム / Posted on 03-26-2013
[21]pixiv – 【MMDモデル完成！】骸音シーエ / Posted on 03-14-2010
[22]MMD Wiki – Calne Ca (Deino)
[23]niconico Video – 【初音ミク】ネハンシカ【オリジナル】-Ver.Full / Posted on 10-27-2007
[24]niconico Video – 【初音神威・3DPV】ネハンシカ / Posted on 09-10-2010
[25]mathru’s Blog- mathru.net
[26]niconico Video – 【初音ミク】 細菌汚染 – Bacterial Contamination – 【3DPV】 / Posted on 02-03-2012
[27]pixiv – Search results for “骸音シーエ” Tag
[28]Sega’s Miku Site – Project Diva Arcade News / Posted on 01-21-2011 (Japanese)
[29]Sega’s Miku Site – Calne Ca Skins (Japanese)
[30]Paipro Official Blog – 【雪まつり2011】DOPPELさんによる「初音ミク」ライブ・ペイントをご紹介♪（後日レポその８） / Posted on 02-18-2011 (Japanese)
[31]Alteil’s English Language Site – HATSUNEMIKU joins forces with Alteil / Posted on 10-13-2011
[32]Alteil’s English Language Site – Broken Virus