Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-216.186.132.194-20150928173920/@comment-170.253.187.47-20170617004737

Not sure if any of these are unpopular or not, but here are some of my opinions:

-I can't stand it when Japanese producers make their vocaloid sound high pitched on purpose. When the song is nice but the vocals are too high pitched, it really makes me want to find covers of that song. Japanese producers think it sounds cute or something. I see that a lot with Miku and Gumi.

-Anon and Kanon both have very unique pronunciation or accents or something that sets them apart... I really can't explain, but it's different than a lot of other vocaloids. Same with the new vocaloid Lumi, her accent or whatever is unique too. There has been a lot of diversity with accents or pronunciations in the past couple of years, I hope it continues like this.

-Kokone and Chika sound NOTHING like Gumi to me. I think people just say that because Gumi, Chika, and Kokone are all connected to Internet Co.

-YAMAHA/b-plats vocaloids definitely need to be appreciated more by their own company... Most b-plats vocaloids, if not all of them, have unique voices and/or high quality voicebanks. I think b-plats should put more effort into promotion and updates. Cyber Songman and Mew's promotions were terriblly handled, and it's like they've just forgotten about VY2 on purpose. (but I heard it's more expensive to update an exsisting vocaloid, than it does to create a new one.)

-Same with Internet Co. Most of their vocaloids have pretty high quality voicebanks as well, but terrible promotion if it isn't Gumi and sometimes Gakupo. People get salty about Crypton and Miku, but at least Crypton (and AHS too) promotes ALL of their vocaloids from time to time, it feels like none are left behind.

-It doesn't bother me if companies continue making vocaloids with anime-like designs and official biographies. Some people complain when a vocaloid has a biography and an anime-like design, but why complain? Why should that change your opinion on the vocaloid voicebank?

-It also doesn't bother me if companies continue making Japanese female vocaloids. I do think companies need some variety, but I don't get upset if it's another Japanese female vocaloid.

-Every time a new vocaloid is announced, people always have something negative to say, complain, and/or compare. It never fails. Back in simpler times, people used to say VY1 and Miku sounded alike. Or Len and Luka. lol I've learned to ignore this "trend" until it passes.

-A vocaloid can be well known in Japan but not anywhere else. Mayu, Yukari, Rana, Zunko, Kiyoteru, and Una are all pretty well-known in the nicovideo community but not really in the vocaloid YouTube community. When I browse nicovideo for talkloid videos and video game commentaries; I see these vocaloids a lot, especially Zunko, Yukari, and Una.