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Definitely an interesting concept! I also quite like her character design - it kind of reminds me of 2000s-era anime-styled games set in the future. Her UTAU voice reminds me of a distorted Teto right now, but I assume she would sound very different and less distorted in A.I.VOICE. (As handy as...

If Crypton doesn't make an official statement soon, I'm just gonna assume this will likely become a vaporware project similar to Ring Suzune. I'm surprised we've had another Kafu-style PR disaster so quickly.

I'm surprised they're sticking with the traditional anime style rather than a Western cartoony look, but it does ease one of the many worries I currently have about the project.

The end result of this will either unexpectedly please most fans, or be an absolute disaster. I can't see any in-between reactions.

I never buy any merch from China for that reason. Apologies to any legitimate Chinese sellers, but there are way too many scams and bootlegs on places like eBay, Wish, etc. for me to take the risk. (That's not to say you can't have issues with other foreign sellers, however. Hell, even in my...

I think it would make way more sense just stick to English, Japanese and Chinese first, rather than creating lots of reclists for languages that might not even get a VB. Looking at the list, I'm stoked they're working on German, but it won't mean anything if no German VB is created for Maghni...

I know a few figure collectors on Instagram who intentionally buy bootlegs of figures they really want, but can't get either because they're too rare, expensive or both. I know it's morally dubious because they aren't buying the legit product, but I'm not in any position to judge people based on...

Probably not that unpopular, but I'll mention it anyway: I actually like it when Miku has a more mature tone to her voice, and I'm not just talking about her Dark and to a lesser extent, Solid appends. Even during the period where only the original Miku V2 existed, I always liked it when Miku...

I was gonna mention the new Police Piccadilly song here - very impressed with how Kafu sounds in that song, even though she sounds a bit muffled on the higher notes. (Though at this point, considering the issues surrounding Yukari Rei, I'm not sure if it's the VB or CeVIO AI to blame for the...

To some extent, this is true regarding the Kafu drama since she's clearly supposed to be aimed at Kaf's established fans, but the general complaints in the Western fandom focus on her obvious quality issues. On a more subjective note, I don't like voice types like Len and Piko all that much, but...

So nothing was announced about their singing banks? Disappointing, considering that ONE was always on CeVIO and it looked like 1st Place were planning to move all of IA's banks away from Vocaloid.

It's interesting to note that although searches for Vocaloid on Google have declined consistently overtime, searches for Miku have remained fairly steady despite a decline in the late 2010s.

I think movie critics crap on most comedy and action flicks because they tend to be formulaic genres. As in, you see one movie using the regular tropes that every other movie beats to death, you've seen them all. That's probably why critics dismiss "crowdpleasers" and "popcorn" movies. Of...

For a while, I didn't realise Tianyi had a different VP fill in some parts of her Japanese VB because the tones between her Japanese and Chinese banks are fairly similar. So long as they don't sound drastically different, using a different VP to help with a separate language bank isn't a...

I was gonna mention CLAMP as well! I would also nominate Naoko Takeuchi for a female voice synth, because I love her art in Sailor Moon, especially the colour illustrations. A design in that style would be amazing. I like the suggestion of Arina Tanemura - I've been reading the Full Moon manga...

I like the song, but it's making me wish it was sung by a VB other than Kafu - her cutesy voice doesn't fit the background music. The pitched down version is getting me upset over how Kafu turned out again, because a VB that sounded closer to the original Kaf would have worked with the song a...

This discussion on ages made me remember when I thought both Kaito and Meiko were officially 21 because of random fanon I saw on YouTube... (Officially they have no canon ages, but the fandom tends to depict them as adults, perhaps a bit older than Luka who's officially 20). I think the only...

It wouldn't surprise me if some unexpected V5 releases come out this year, with reveals that they were supposed to be announced and/or released last year but were pushed back due to Covid. Saying that, I do think Yamaha has been intentionally slowing down on Vocaloid development, and wants to...