User blog comment:Angel Emfrbl/Defending Miku English/@comment-35301431-20141014171931

What I like about the Miku English project is that it is a huge risk and an attempt to make a popular product more international. Besides it being something that Yamaha wants for their software, it is also something that Crypton is working hard on. I know anime fans (particularly Westerners) feel that their "hobby" is some how forbidden from expanding beyond them, but they really need to get over themselves. So what I don't like about the Miku English project are fans showing their bigotry. I also don't enjoy people expressing anger when they don't understand a Vocaloid singing in English. I can get people feeling frustrated because they want to understand what is being said, but angry? Really?

Saki Fujita worked hard on the first English voice bank and I can't even begin to imagine how it is trying to learn the nuances of a language you're barely familiar with. However, she will need to work harder to make Miku sound the best that she can in English. Miku will never be English Vocaloid level, as it largely depends on the recordings, but that doesn't mean Fujita or Crypton should give up based on disgruntled fans. Because, if anything, it will show just how challenging it is to create an English voice bank and it will show Yamaha where to improve the engine for the language.