User blog comment:763492/Hatsune Miku on Hollywood's Walk of Fame/@comment-24.17.74.245-20141021021549/@comment-5051846-20141021153432

I partially agree, but I think even Miku's lower pitches would be off-putting to a Western audience. You see, it is not the pitch necessarily, but her young-cutsey tone which gives the 'chipmunk' effect. For example, Prima can reach very high pitches, but she is never accused of the same things Miku is, as her maturity is in her tone.