User blog comment:Angel Emfrbl/What got me thinking..../@comment-70.50.61.205-20140106180122/@comment-53539-20140107111309

Ironically the original 3 vocaloids failed because they were "british" sounding, yet the Japanese ones only were successful abroad because the anime fandoms picked up on them.

Otherwise, they'd not been able to jump cultures at all. Ihate to say it, but as once anime fan I quit myself because I noticed over praising of Japanese culture even when it wasn't warranted. I found Japanese culture fascinating myself, but Japan was also labelled as a paradise by some, which made things hard to swallow. Its like their version of Japan was different to what they even saw in their own Japanese shows they were watching at times. :-/