Hatsune Miku – Project DIVA Extend – DVD  .

The Hatsune Miku – Project DIVA – extend: Complete Collection came with more than a long name. It also came with a music video DVD, containing five clips for Miku fans to enjoy. Unfortunately, four of them are game footage clips, which Miku fans were already able to enjoy by playing the game.

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Sekiranun Graffiti — by Ryo (Supercell)
This is a pretty cool video that first made the rounds on Nico Nico Douga a few months ago. It’s a serviceable song about friendship, and the imagery — of Miku flying through the blue sky atop a cloud and dancing on the water below — matches the positive (but not cutesy) tone of the music. If you want to read more about this particular song, I recommend you check out what Carlo Santos at ANN wrote. He clearly enjoyed this one a lot more than I did, but it’s a nice opener.

If only the rest of the DVD had built upon that opener.

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Kocchimuite Baby — by Ryo (Supercell)
The second video will seem familiar to anyone who played Project Diva 2nd. It borrows concepts from that game’s opening movie (and is set to the same music), but also adds new footage. I don’t particularly care for the song — some of the vocals have a harsh, grating edge to them — but the video is cute. Most of the various vocaloids appear in surprisingly expressive CG form. When the male vocaloid Ren tries to shut off the boombox, a miniature Miku angrily tries to swat his finger away with her trademark leek. On the school’s rooftop, Miku and the ultra-cute Kagamine Rin get caught up in the moment and almost share a kiss. And apparently they’re all in a rock band.

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Sekiranun Graffiti — by Ryo (Supercell)
And then Sony slaps me in the face. The third song on the DVD is the same as the first song. It’s not even a remix. And this time, it’s set to a clip of the PSP game footage, replete with Miku watermark and large borders (since the image doesn’t fill the screen). Repeating the same song on a five-song collection is lame, and this clip pales in comparison to the nice animation from before.

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Kodoku no Hate — by Hikarishuyo
This is another clip from the PSP game. Although I’ve watched this several times in the past, it’s still an enjoyable video that shows Kagamine Ren and Rin jamming out in their basement. I appreciate the clever details littered throughout these videos; in this one, the blonde siblings have shoved all the furniture into the corners so that they’d have room to perform.

This isn’t one of my favorite vocaloid melodies (how about some Toraboruta-P next time, please) but it’s got a nice beat, acceptable guitar work, and a cool bridge that contrasts heavy distortion against the cutest vocaloid of them all.

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Palette — by Yuyoyuppe and meola
This is a nice song. It’s slower-paced than the others, but the long notes demonstrate the richer nature of Megurine Luka’s voice. She may not be the most popular vocaloid, but her strong vocal presence proves the potential of this whole “virtual idol” concept. Along with Mr. Kaito, she’s my favorite of the bunch. Especially when she’s wearing her bikini outfit in the PSP games. No, I’m not weird. Not at all.

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But once again, it’s the same footage that I was already able to watch on demand via PSP. . . along with dozens of other (superior) videos. They didn’t even smooth out the jaggies. It’s like I’m living in 2001, baby! Considering this DVD actually costs money to purchase, it’s pretty lousy. Thankfully, this disc arrived alongside two CDs stuffed with 38 tracks of vocaloid goodness.