Rana

Rana is an upcoming Japanese VOCALOID to be developed by We've Inc. She will be released for the VOCALOID3 engine. Her voice was described by Kasane, a producer granted early use of Rana, as tomboy-ish and suited to rock. Currently she has only been confirmed to be available from the magazine, VOCALO-P ni Naritai, whether she will eventually receive a digital or physical release is still uncertain.

 days until release

Concept
Her birthday is on September 9th.

Appearances
Her design is based on a rainbow. She has amps on her head that give off a rainbow light when she sings. It was revealed they chose the rainbow motif to represent producers' creative freedom when using Rana. The company described it as, “so you can color with the color that best represents you”.

Her hood in the shape of a bear's head, when it is pulled over her head, the light bulbs on her head fit into two cut outs on the hood, making them resemble a bear's ears.

Relations

 * Morio Shishou (森男師匠) - resembles a pink panda
 * Jasmine Kenkyuuin (じゃすみん研究員) - resembles a green puppy
 * Sacchan/Sakiko (さっちゃん/咲子) - resembles a yellow bird

Marketing
Rana has been marketed by VOCALO-P ni Naritai as be easy to use for beginner producers. It was announced upon reveal that a series of tutorials will be released in the magazine Vocalo-P ni Naritai (ボカロＰになりたい！). These tutorials will cover how to use the VOCALOID software, as well as how to use Singer Songwriter 7 Lite for Rana and the 3D Animation software MikuMikuDance.