Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25153933-20140801104830/@comment-3076833-20140825212622

Samth1815 wrote:

Although if a magazine such as Rana's were to be made for the West, Miku would probably the best way to introduce new users, honestly. Especially with this Act2 and/or Append thing Miku English is getting. No. While Miku is the most well known the best way to put users off Vocaloid is to have an unappealing voice as a test bank such as her English (I know there's the new one but I doubt it's going to change the quality that drastically). Even the otaku side of fandom has a large distaste for English Miku so that reasoning isn't going to work here either.


 * If* Sonika was of much better quality than she is then she would be a more valid Vocaloid for western distribution given her anime inspired avatar and voicetype that will appeal to the otaku side, as well as professionals. Of course we don't have HQ Sonika so that's out the window.