User blog comment:Ajkpinky/Let's talk like civil people about Ruby's design/@comment-53539-20150706172149/@comment-24510766-20150706184340

It's true that PFX's design does stand out, and I certainly don't find it ugly. And while Syo's design for Ruby doesn't necessarily offer anything "new", you're gonna have a harder time creating a "new and unique" design. Vocaloid has been around for over 10 years - that's a long time to bleed the creativity pool dry. The problem is that PFX is pushing aside Syo and Natasha, who worked for a year on that design, and disregarding a possibility for diversity. Few people draw Leon and Lola as black, despite the fact that their providers are black. Misha is Latina, and just because she doesn't "sound" Latina doesn't mean you can brush that fact off like it's nothing. You are right in saying that black and other non-white musicians have a harder time getting credit, because the industry has stacked the deck against them and decided to forget their valuable contributions.

There are better ways to expand a userbase. Springing a completely new design on your existing fans and brushing off the people working on your product is not a good way to do it.