Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-85.69.97.180-20160130152732/@comment-53539-20160210172831

RenQuenDren wrote: Angel Emfrbl wrote: @Yohimiku, the obsession with male vocals our fandom section has is not shared within Japan. Even here in the west, whenever I see a voting poll for genders, the most notable vote goes towards females over males. The reason for so many females is the majority of producers are male. When Kaito was released the majority of consumers for DTM magazine was 80% at least.

Considering that the expectations within Japan towards male and female roles is not yet on par with the western world, girls likely aren't still pushes towards this kind of industry yet too often (times are slowly changing though). Thus its safe to presume that 70% at the very least are still male. In short, you should expect the Voclaoids to reflect their cultures and Japan is going to produce 1 male for every 10 females. Things are more even in the west, hence why we have a male for ever 2-4 females instead. But still the majority of producers will end up being male even here in the west where the option for girls to take up music is much easier.

To sum things up, Noboru pretty much highlighted how he wanted to produce a male vocal, but can't. their company works with professional singers mostly, so its going to be expensive to find a male singer to do it. Sales of male vocals were still low in Japan, which is why whenever we get males from Japan their always gimmicky. Fukase has XSY and English... Arsloid 3 vocals. We haven't had a single vocal release male in Japan for while.

The lack of males is a reult of the Japanese culture; don't expect males and just be happy when you get them. 1st place is still a company who has to fork out money for each vocal it makes and Vocaloid is still a consumer product. Unless the sales start doubling, the ratio isn't going to change. And being that Japanese vocals are aimed at the Japanese market, this is an issue that Japan itself has to resolve, we can do nothing but wait. This is the same thing we've had to say to people fretting over chinese vocaloids such as Lorra's cancellation.

In short, just forget the gender of each Vocaloid and be thankful there is a vocaloid on its way.=_= "In short, just forget the gender of each Vocaloid and be thankful there is a vocaloid on its way.=_="

How about no?

I'm not gonna be all hypy and excited just because a VOCALOID is coming up. If the gender is a girl, and since a lot of us are tired of female VOCALOIDs, we WILL complain about it.

Yes yes, Japan loves females yeah yaeh.......How about English? Spanish? A new language?

Tbh, most female VOCALOIDs sound like each other, and you're telling me that I should just shut up and be thankful? NU-UH!

Of course I will not complain about it everywhere, but if an uninteresting (A Japanese female VOCALOID, as a great example) I will not even care about it, and ignore it'S existent.

I don't care how big and popular VOCALOIDs will become, the lack of male VOCALOIDs will piss off people in the West. I covered other languages... =_=

But again, it doesn't matter. For all the weabooism here in the west, Japan has its own culture and its not what most of the anime/manga nuts think it is. Pardon for me saying all this, but I'm not telling you to shut up; I'm saying "who are we to tell them what they can and can't do?". Its not our place, we hardly buy any Vocaloids compared to the amount bought in Japan by the Japanese. Even though this is now slowly changing, the majority of sales still occur within Japan.

As I said, the Vocaloids are a consumer based product, and its subjected to trends. Those female Japanese vocaloids are aimed at that 80% producer market within Japan; who cares what the west think, they've (us) got their own Vocaloids and they (we again) don't buy enough to impact the Japanese ones.

Pardon me saying, but its just something you have to accept about Vocaloid here. You CAN complain, but you CAN'T change it. Their not YOUR vocaloids, their JAPANS Vocaloids. :-/