Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-76.20.152.224-20130826231849/@comment-70.50.61.210-20130827142739

Meiko's boxart was not meant for being her avatar though but more as a portrayal of her voice provider Meiko Haigou. Anime-styled or cartoon characters is just apart of everyday life in Japan and is used very often to promote product of all sorts so that is mainly the reason why her boxart is like that. She is also the first Japanese Vocaloid thus making a pattern of having characters represent the Vocaloids rather than images of people in Vocaloids prior to Meiko. It was used with Prima and Tonio again afterward but they're not as popular.

Even Bruno and Clara had to have their boxart changed due to the outcry of fans. Appearance may matter but its not everything.

Honestly I don't find Luka's "avatar" to be "sexy". Rather that she was drawn to look asymmetrical looking different at each angle. Her proportions are really the most warped out of most of KEI's artwork so that she can be drawn in many ways. Again like in many comments prior to my own all Vocaloids can be seen as innocent and all Vocaloids can be seen as sexual it all depends on the user. Its just to those who are new to the franchise there is a stigma with many of the Vocaloids that label them based on how they are appeared as.

If anything I think that this thread should be more worried about how Meiko the root of all Japanese Vocaloids is portrayed rather than Luka because Luka gets lots of attention. Most of Luka's song that are the most popular don't even portray her in the sense that makes her "sexy". We don't complain about how people make Miku or Gumi sexy and scandalous when they have plenty of songs like that. They wear things that are just as short as Meiko can expose just as much. Yet its okay with most of the fans and is disregarded.

Though Miku may be the most used Rin and Len are typically the most favored it seems at least from my own perspective because the only thing people really worry about with them is whether they're lovers or twins or neither (though its obviously completely up to you).

I only see Luka as one of the most emotional sounding Vocaloids for Crypton Future Media and with proper editing can sound really great despite her slurring and quiet voice. From what I gathered her voice was meant to be darker, mature, and husky. I don't remember her voice being described as sexy persay but maybe I forgot. All I'm going to say is just disregard how others portray your favorite character just like any other artist in the real world, anime character or tv show character.