Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-186.14.249.235-20140419031936/@comment-207.61.101.254-20141014153746

190.115.184.200 wrote: LOL, was gonna make a topic about this but posting here: Not implying the OP hates Miku, but what's up with the Miku haters? She has too much attention you say? LOL, she started the popularity of the software overseas, has a big following in Japan, gets 100s(?) Of songs released every weeks and an unbelievable amount of fanart and merchandise. Yeah sure! She does get attention, a lot, but she doesn't get too much, she gets what she deserves, as the starter of this trend of 10s of VOCALOIDs being released every year. But there are much better voicebanks out there, and yet she seems to get all the attention... She was the first vocal to be based off a character, A CUTE ONE! Are you even familiar with Japan were in anime, cute is usually determined by high pitched voices, and that some producers pitch it even higher? She even is wearing a school outfit, lol... And finally, it's the commercial success... Miku sold 60000 units the first year of her release(?), which makes her the most successful release of VOCALOID so far...AND the most popular. I'm not talking about commercial failures here but of popularity: Do you really expect a Rion concert soon, lol?... All that to say, I'm not defending her, Heck!I admit cringing at her pitch sometimes... But let's get logical here, if she's this popular, expect her to have more concerts, followers and everything else. Maybe this isn't connecting very well, it was typed in a hurry, but i hope I made my point. I am a vocaloid fan overseas and I became a fan of vocaloid because of Meiko not Miku, so my liking for vocaloid started with Meiko. When I first heard Meiko's voice in the song Alice Human Sacrifice, I instantly became a fan. Sure I heard Miku songs like Triple Baka and World Is Mine, but even though her voice was less piercing than some other singers, I did not find her voice enjoyable. Miku is certainly the most popular vocaloid but there is a market for concerts involving other vocaloids that the company should really tap into. There may also be fewer Miku haters out there if the company showed less favouritism.