Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-99.71.121.131-20150614195741/@comment-53539-20150621204237

@Otter; you like SeeU who has neko ears headphones, which while doesn't put her on par with Dex and Daina, is a sort of "spirit" of a animal-concept... This is just a step further.

As for designs... you can alter things for fanart. To be fair, Avanna's art wasn't a perfect fit and neither was Iroha's. Its a very stylised art like Kaito/Meiko's V1's were which means your going to be a fan of the art regardless, or not, at first glance.

But with Uni and Star both being hit by "Miku-clone" crap... I'm relieved they at least stand out and can't be accused of this. Plus noone else so far has taken design this direction. It means the defination of "vocaloid design" broadens with them and helps fight the people who want to define "vocaloid" by design based on about 4 designs (Miku, Len, Rin and Luka... Added Meiko and Kaito).

They do fit in with the overall "feel" modern Engloids are going for, as said elsewhere on the wikia a lot of Engloids have this "mystic" theme now. Sonika has hair that changes colour, Al, ann and Oliver are monsters, Yohioloid has a hint of it via the CD floating in his hand and Avanna's an elf (or was, but the elf-ears are still on the boxart in the background).

I admit they took a second glance to get used to and I'm uncomfortabe with the way they look overall as I think its perhaps too different... But part of me is relieved to see the category done and resolved at this point.

Theproblem I find is not so much they are animal-trait guys, but that their not in the style I'm used to. As someone who was part of the sonic the Hedghog fandom... Their not so "cute" and this is the style I'm used to... And why it took a second glance to define them in my mind... I'm really not used to mature-thin eyes on a design I've pretty much seen with big-cute eyes on. >_<