Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-207.61.101.254-20141007192044/@comment-30602727-20160131210548

"try to be more open guys. Don't be afraid of new things, It's 2016."

Oh my gosh, the irony of this phrase.

As other have pointed out, yes, it is 2016. 2016, the era when Overseas VOCALOIDs are gaining more attention, when there's many, MANY Japanese VOCALOIDs to choose from and adore, when creating an UTAU for your character is accepted as a much better option. There is no longer a need for OCs and fanmades anymore, because back in 2009, you've only had CFM, Internet Co, AHS, Zero-G and PowerFX to look at (Leon, Lola, Miriam, Meiko, Kaito, Ann, Miku, Rin, Len, Prima, Gackpo, Luka, Gumi, Sonika, Miki, Yuki, Kiyoteru and Al specifically), but Z-G, PFX, and even AHS were basically ignored, mocked or forgotten, so only 8 VOCALOIDs gained attention (BIG 8: Meiko, Kaito, Miku, Rin, Len, Gackpo, Luka and Gumi). A lot of the OCs, recolors, fanmades, Pitchloids, Boukaloids, Voyakiloids (and whatever else) pretty much stemmed from these 8 mainly, occasionally getting some from the other left-out and forgotten VOCALOIDs of the time. It was very easy to make as many fanloids as you want since the number of VOCALOIDs were small.

But as more and more VOCALOIDs were produced and even gained a little attention, people became more and more interested in THEM. Fanloids basically served their purpose and are slowly dying, no longer relevant to the modern VOCALOID fandom. You now have new Japanese VOCALOIDs like IA, Lapis, Mayu, Kohaku, Fukase, Yukari, etc who look a little more unique and a lot less like a CFM VOCALOID. You've got new languages introduced and gaining more popularity (though we can't say much for Korean right now because its fandom is hard to measure at the moment), and you've got renewed interest in the English VOCALOIDs that were long ignored and ridiculed.

And like the others said, the only reason why Neru, Haku, Sakine Meiko, Tako Luka, Hachune Miku, etc stuck around was because they were basically iconic memes. Crypton supports these characters out of billions of derivatives out there and even asked for permission to use them for marketing purposes (but cannot and do not treat them as VOCALOID products). Even today, they are still adored by both new and veteran fans (I'm not exactly one of them though), however, their reign is slowly coming to an end.

As for dead ones, like Tonarine Sai, it's best to leave them alone. They served their time. People forgot about them and moved on, people had their fun. Fanloids are no longer needed, and if the creator wanted to, they could have always given them an UTAU voice and improved them. Let's not forget that there are some creators who are absolutely embarrassed that they ever created a fanloid and want them to be left alone and die. I have no idea if this is the case for Sai's creator, but once a fanloid reached the end of its life and is no longer supported constantly, it's best to let the rest in peace.