Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-24.214.82.9-20160329213055/@comment-53539-20160404080118

I think the comparison between Minecraft is legit as both gained their popularity via word of mouth method, with the fans creating content that sold the software. The raise to notice occurred quite quickly too originally. In many respects, Five Nights at Freddies is also a legit comparison as it too had a sudden growth, or Flappy bird... But... Notice the one odd thing here with Vocaloid? Its that unlike all the other examples off the top of my head I know, Vocaloid, though all of these are "software" per say, is the only non-game item here. By all rights, its not logical that a random music software would get such notablity like this.

The fact its maintaining a plausible popularity and creating its own subculture is also "odd". I saw a article (forget which one, otherwise I'd link to this one also) noting that is odd because while stuff like autotune is popular, its not treated the same as Vocaloid.

I admit though, I struggle to find interest in the Japanese Vocaloids at this point because there are so many like-sound vocals. Top it off I'd been uninterested in anime and manga since 2006. So I've hooked onto Engloids as my interest to be part of the fandom but not too part of it I'd be back into anime/manga. I have tried to take up things manga and anime since, but I just don't have the interest anymore I had in 2996 before I quit. I used to ever everything that appeared on scanalation sites and thing like that... I also used to watch/read anything I could find, even if it was a golden oldie series (which is why many anime/manga fans frustrate me as they only fix on the modern series, missing out on a lot of golden gems...). Still the fact that I can sit comfortably in this fandom despite all the Engloid bias/hate does mean something about this fandoms diversity when its allowed to settle and while I guess Vocaloid may indeed have many subcltures within itself. :-/