Talk:ALYS/@comment-86.154.50.23-20140310203057/@comment-86.154.50.23-20140310220347

Oh yes, I was rather disturbed by the reaction to Bruno and Clara's original designs. I mean I was expecting some backlash on the grounds of "It's not anime!" or "It's not futuristic looking!", but not to the extent they had to give the design a complete overhaul. I also like Bruno and Clara's designs, especially the original (even though Bruno's eyes kinda scare me). Not that the redesign and the new redesigns are bad, I like them to, but the original seemed to me more like something that could be marketed to a more general market rather than just people who know what Vocaloid is. Though I never noticed any cyber elements in their newer designs, but yet again I'm bad with noticing things unless it's blatantly obvious.

I personally don't like the boxart for ZOLA. Not because it isn't anime-styled. The anatomy and stuff looked really off to me but, eh, that's what all those other alternate designs are for, yeah? (only because I find it hard to imagine the boxart designs outside the style they're drawn in).

I was pretty sad when AkiGlancy revealed that she had to made Avanna look more anime-esque to avoid another Bruno/Clara showdown. However I'm still generally happy with the overall design and that it was just the style that was asked to be changed. (though that's probably because I'm Irish/Scottish, haha!).

Pfft, people actually called Miku's English voicebank artwork "manly"? Well, they've either never seen a woman or need to take a good look at themselves or something because I didn't find her manly. As long as she's got her iconic futuristic schoolgirl outfit and aqua/turquoise/teal twin tails, she's Miku. And if they've got such an aversion to a less anime Miku then I have to wonder how they react to cosplay. But if she was manly she'd have like caterpillar brows and a Batman jaw or something (joking).

Yeah, like you, I know that they're playing it safe, the designs are still pretty nice and it's just that we're getting fed up with the cyber motives going on everywhere. Though looking at ALYS design more I must say that I prefer her over MAIKA by a long shot. *hides*