Vocaloids Attack!
Just come across an awesome new thing. Vocaloid is a computer tech developed by Yamaha to take lyrics and melody and output a synthesised vocal line. It's disturbingly almost realistic lying right in the middle of "Uncanny Valley". This first clip is a beautiful use of it to provide a soundtrack to some Anime. Tower of Sunz (English Sub) via http://kitschstortion.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/tower-of-sunz.html

Clearly the next thing to do is to add it to a virtual dance partner. http://gharrhome.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/making-your-own-3d-dancing-vocaloid/ Vocaloid Honey

And there's an obvious crossover with AKB48's newest member Eguchi Aimi who is an Idoru; a computer generated composite of some of the other members. Hre's a short vid explanation AKB48 アイスの実 Making of Eguchi Aimi 江口愛実「CMメイキング映像」 At the moment she (it?) has an overdubbed human voice but how long can that last? I expect to read soon that legions of soushoku danshi[1] (literally translated, "grass-eating boys." or herbivores that have turned their back on competitive society) have fallen in love with her and are wasteing away in their bedsits.

Vocaloid-Animated version of an AKB48 hit. Vocaloid Academy~RIVER And there's plenty more where that came from! http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=akb48+vocaloid

This was all prompted by http://kitschstortion.blogspot.co.uk/ Which seems to be a most excellent blog.

[1]http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2009/06/the_herbivores_dilemma.html