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I've heard good things about Astral Chain, and I really dig the cyberpunk aesthetic of it, so I'll keep an eye on it.

I played the Switch port of Undertale over the summer, but work, education and family have severely ate into my gaming time. Not to mention there haven't been too many games published by established developers that have caught my eye. (I'm looking forward to Pokemon Sword & Shield next month...

Does anyone else know any fan artists on Instagram? I set up an account two days ago, but I'm struggling to find people to follow because there's tons of gorgeous images on there. ^^; I'm following Noririn now - thanks for the recommendation!

I don't get some of the hate for Gumi's original art style either. My personal preference for Gumi's avatars are V3 > V2 > V4. I love the bomber jacket on V3 and the cuter art, and I don't have a problem with the V2 art and design, but the V4 designs are just ugly. :sad:

I think that's just because not much of the Western fandom can actually read/speak Japanese, so they can't communicate with the Japanese fandom and see what their community is like. (Needless to say, the Japanese fandom has just as much drama as the Western fandom. :tongue:) The Western fandom...

I've spoilered a few of his most popular tracks:

My number one is Shu-t - there's a reason he's called the master of Meiko. His Meiko usage is godly, and it's backed by electronic music that's completely distinct from modern EDM (which I'm admittedly not a fan of.)

It probably doesn't mean much in the grander scheme of things, but... German VBs for Synth V? :3

I like Gachapoid/Ryuto, and I don't care if he's just a goofy dinosaur (or a young boy dressed like a Vocadinosaur) - his voice works for lighthearted, happy songs. It's also why I secretly want a SpongeBob VB, or just a Western moe-equivalent Engloid - there's a niche hole missing within the...

I used to be on a SpongeBob forum a few years ago, and our equivalent of Discord before that existed was a chat box where members and anons could drop messages and talk casually about things without derailing forum threads. I didn't post on the chat box super often though - my activity on that...

I'm really hoping Crypton becomes brave enough to create original Piapro Studio characters. Maybe CV04 could be resurrected this way.

Back in the day, Japanese producers pointed out the flaws with Rin and Len Act 1, so Crypton had to release the Act 2 bug fix because Yamaha doesn't allow patching for Vocaloid... Only for producers to complain about new issues with Act 2. Crypton can't win with tone and quality sometimes. :tongue:

I'm glad to know that Meiko and Kaito are getting updated at least - they got skipped over in V4, and I think their English banks could be improved. I can see that the (possible) redesigns are incorporating elements of all the character designs that have appeared so far, perhaps as a way to...

I'm guessing V5 in general and his somewhat short timeframe as a V4 kinda hurt Songman as a VB. Aside from being a male VB, and we all know about the male VB curse. :cry: Diva in comparison had a slightly longer shelf life on V4 compared to Songman. I love Songman's voice as well, but making him...

I definitely agree with the fandom maturing a lot over the last 10+ years, and I have noticed there are less kids and teens in the fandom than there used to be, and this is coming from someone who pretty much joined the fandom in 2008 when I was around 11 or 12. But I must admit, I'm very glad...

I mostly saw anti-Crypton sentiment in the early days of the Western fandom (so give or take the entire V2 era). Mostly it was just hipsters trying to be cool by jumping on to a company like AHS and praising the hell out of their Vocaloids while bashing Crypton. I don't really see...

I'm still down for a new Crypton VB, even if at this point they would be on a different engine. It's been way too long since Luka was released (2009), and people have always been wondering where CV04 disappeared to (my guess was that Crypton was happy enough with Miku's success and the group...

As a native English speaker, I'm also curious as to how moving to Piapro permanently would affect the English Crypton banks in the future in terms of updates. I'd love to see even more fixes to Miku English, especially if the patches were regular, though Kaito, Rin, Len and Meiko English also...

I'll be shocked if they discover there's more to the UK than London and host it in Birmingham or Manchester. (I'm praying for a Birmingham date though, because I only live an hour away from there.)

Europe? I'm kind of hoping this extends to the UK and more Miku/Crypton merch turns up in shops like HMV. They're already selling Vocaloid posters, but it would be really cool if more general merch (like shirts or something) turn up in there and similar shops. (Geek shops are a bit hard to find...