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Vocaloid Tarot      2012      Japan                                                   Art Medium: Digitally created. Description: Vocaloid is a singing synthesizer developed through a joint research project led by Kenmochi Hideki at the Pompeu Fabra University in Spain in 2000. Yamaha Corporation developed the software into the commercial product "Vocaloid". This is currently used in some Japanese anime. This tarot is a promotional item for Vocaloid. As Vocaloid version 3 was launched on October 21, 2011, along with several Japanese and Korean products, this tarot deck may have been associated with that launch.