Japan is quite commonly stereotyped as a land full of crazy commercials and this belief is not wrong. Attention-grabbing attempts at trying to sell consumers on products and other tactics such as mascots only get bigger and louder with seemingly no ceiling to limit the insanity. Hatsune Miku is one such mascot, starting out as a mascot for a voice synthesizer software, Miku has become one of the most recognizable characters in many circles on the internet.