Talk:SeeU/@comment-5404339-20120828145756/@comment-5404339-20120829074349

@Angel

In Engloids' case there is a big difference between sales and popularity, yes, but SeeU doesn't fall in the same category. Engloids have less fanart and are less popular in general because they are not appealing to fandom. They are not supposed to have big fandom, because they more a tools than characters.

In Japanese Vocaloids' case it's completely different situation. They have anime-like designs and this is one of main reasons why Miku (and Vocaloid in general) became so popular. Vocaloids like Cryptonloids are treated by fandom more like characters than singing synthesizers. Neru and Haku are best exmaples: they don't have voices, they are not even Vocaloids, but they are still well known and often more popular than official voicebanks. VY series are another: they have quality at some V3 level, but they aren't as popular as they deserve, because they aren't anime-like characters. Design > voice, at least in popularity.

BTW, many sales =/= many songs. I bet some people bought Miku or other Vocaloids like her not because they were going to produce songs, but they wanted to HAVE them.

Even if SeeU doesn't sell well (I believe she sell good enough, but whatever) she is very popular. Korean fandom is still pretty young and smaller than Japanese, so they obviously haven't as many producers.

She isn't maybe that popular compared to IA and Big 8, but compared to other non-japanese vocaloids - she is madly popular.

@Anon

Maybe. Even if Piko is more popular as character than as singing instrument, his popularity still isn't a big whoop. Producers often prefer more popular male vocals like Len or Kaito, because song has more chances to become popular :P I believe half of Miku million songs wouldn't be so popular if Miku wasn't a singer. She, GUMI and IA are trendy now. Song featuring one of them will more likely end in Hall of Fame than song featuring Meiko or Gakupo, let alone Piko, Iroha or Miki.