Film: Colourful Stage The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing
Cast: Saki Fujita, Ruriko Noguchi, Kento Itō, Rui Tanabe, Akina, Yui Ogura, Mayu Yoshioka, Ai Furihata, Rina Honnizumi, Tomomi Jiena Sumi, Fumiya Imai, Daisuke Hirose, Hina Kino, Machico, Shunichi Toki, Tomori Kusunoki, Rui Tanabe, Minori Suzuki, Hinata Satō
Director: Hiroyuki Hata
Rating: 2/5
Runtime: 110 min

This first feature film with popular fictional character, Hatsune Miku, a globally popular vocaloid (a singing voice synthesizer software product) that was introduced in 2007, based on a mobile rhythm game, Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!, is a confusing anime adventure.

In the game, twenty teenagers discover the existence of “Sekai”, an alternate world made from people’s feelings. The teenagers grouped in a band of five members each have their own version of Miku. The film follows the same plot but without much backstory. Each band is unaware of the other’s existence. The sudden appearance of Miku, of a different design than the teenagers have seen, is what brings the different strands together.

Various versions of Hatsune Miku exist as virtual idols adored by fans across Japan. This virtual character performed on stage at Coachella in 2024 and also opened for Lady Gaga`s U.S. tour as early as in 2014.