Black★Rock Shooter (song)

Song History
The song was first submitted in Japanese video site Nico Nico Douga in 2008, where it is embraced by Vocaloid fans. Later, the video embraced a wider audience when it reaches YouTube, where its two versions garnered a total of more than 2,500,000 views. The song and the designs also started to gain a fanbase, and much later, was performed by famous members of Nico Nico Douga in a number of versions, including a band edition which is performed together with a chorus of human singers and, occasionally, including Hatsune Miku herself.

Upon the release of the Black★Rock Shooter OVA, Hatsune Miku performs another version of the song, this time, Supercell utilizes Miku Append, a complement of the original Vocaloid program with additional features. This version is entitled "Black★Rock Shooter 2M Mix".

Black★Rock Shooter (Original PV)
Music and lyrics by ryo (A member of supercell)

Video by huke (A member of supercell)
 * Nicovideo broadcast
 * Youtube broadcast

A Vocaloid song creator ryo was inspired by BRS and composed a song using Miku Hatsune, while huke created the movie for ryo. The video was a hit on Nico Nico Douga and YouTube, and this eventually led to the worldwide popularity of Black★Rock Shooter. Black★Rock Shooter tells of the narrator's despair and hopelessness as they wander aimlessly, searching for something important to them that they presumably lost. Eventually the narrator gains new hope and decides to move on into the future with courage. The video for the song became massively popular, featuring Black★Rock Shooter traveling through a bleak city and countryside, riding a motorbike and wielding weapons.

Ryo, member of Supercell, gained inspiration to write the song after seeing huke's works in his Pixiv account; at this stage, huke has already joined Supercell as part of their creative team. The song created was performed by Vocaloid Hatsune Miku, who also performs in the majority of Supercell's compositions. To tie in Miku with the song, huke makes a slight adjustment to Black★Rock Shooter's designs, adding the twin pigtails to her final design.

Black★Rock Shooter (Fanmade PV)
Video produced by Anomaro-P
 * Nicovideo broadcast:
 * Youtube broadcast:


 * This famous fanmade PV shows a fanmade story of Black★Rock Shooter with Anomaro-P's own interpretation, which involves two sisters and one turning evil. Black★Rock Shooter teams up with a group of fighters and tries to defeat her to stop the destruction.


 * Note, however, that Anomaro-P was not involved with huke in any way and had made up his own story.

Black★Rock Chooter

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Video produced by Joe


 * Nicovideo broadcast:
 * Youtube broadcast:


 * This fanmade PV stars Black★Rock Chooter, a chibi parody mascot of Black★Rock Shooter.