Sweet ANN

Sweet Ann is a Vocaloid released by PowerFX. She was the first vocaloid created using Yamaha’s Vocaloid2 upgraded software. Her name is a pun based on her origins, meaning that Sweet-Ann = Swe-den.

She is voiced by "an Australian singer whose artist name is 'Jody'".

History
PowerFX took steps when Sweet Ann was to be released. They advertised her by creating a MySpace page and uploaded demos to YouTube.

Sweet Ann was an enormous improvement over the past vocaloids, although, because of her boxart initial users were immediately turned off. Sweet Ann's boxart caused a new stir among the vocaloid fans. Due to her neck consisting of metallic staples, a feature that is also included on Big Al's forehead.Despite all of this Nico Nico users jumped at the opportunity to buy Sweet Ann in order to make fun of her odd looking boxart. This produced a joke on Nico, in which Sweet Ann is made to shoot beams from her eyes.

Usage for Music
Her voice is an improvement over past female voices Lola and Miriam. As her name suggests, her voice is meant to sound "sweet" and she has a varity of uses within music. She is mostly used for pop music but is ideal for early-mid 20th century rock songs. She also has a distinct Australian accent within her voice.

Her usage has increased since her male counterpart Big-Al was released so she is often heard in duets with him.

Machine in Love
Music and Lyrics by SeriousMF
 * YouTube broadcast

Sweet Ann no Uta
Song by Daisuke.S-P
 * Nicovideo broadcast
 * Youtube upload
 * A song created with Ann singing in English first then in Japanese. At one point in the song she sings that: "I don't understand Japanese".

SEVENTH MOON
Song by K. Inojo

Covered by kagura555 (may just be the uploader of video)
 * Youtube upload
 * This song is from the anime series Macross 7, which was the first Opening song, and was sung by Fukuyama Yoshiki. The upload features artwork by HOMEXさん

Luka Luka Night Fever (duet ver.)
Song by Samfree

Covered by Anmerutsu-P
 * NicoNicoDouga Broadcast
 * Youtube broadcast
 * This song was originally by Samfree and created for Luka Megurine. The upload features Ann and Luka singing the song in English.

Salamander
Song by Ellegarden

Covered by Anmerutsu-P
 * Nicovideo broadcast
 * Youtube upload
 * This song is originally from a Japanese band, the song itself was written and sung completely in English. The upload features Ann with tanned skin and a Crypton-esque design, which was drawn by Miguel Mushakoji (武者小路ミゲル).

Crazy
Composed byWillie Nelson, sung by Patsy Cline

Covered by Giuseppe
 * Youtube upload
 * This song is a country pop ballad.

Let it Be
Orginal sung by The Beatles Cover by


 * Youtube broadcast

Boulevard of broken dreams
Orginal sung by Green Day Cover by migge65


 * Youtube broadcast

My Time To Be A Star (8 bit remix)
Song by Robotech's Lynn Minmei Cover by


 * Youtube broadcast

Magnet
Duet with Big Al Music and lyrics by Ryuusei-P Covered by Leo-P


 * Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast

@ Your Side
Orginal by Shu-tP


 * Youtube broadcast

Santa Baby
Orginall sung by Joan Javits


 * Nico broadcast
 * Youtube broadcast

君、微笑んだ夜【快傑蒸気探偵団カバー

 * Nico Broadcast

Last Christmas
Orginal sung by Wham!


 * Youtube Broadcast

Golden Brown
Orginally sung by The Stranglers


 * Nico broadcast
 * Youtube broadcast

No Surprises
Orginally sung by Radiohead


 * Nico broadcast
 * Youtube broadcast

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Orginally by Tommie Connor


 * Youtube broadcast

God Knows...
Orginally sung by Aya Hirano as Haruhi Suzumiya


 * Youtube broadcast

TRAIN-TRAIN
Orginally sung by The Blue Hearts


 * Youtube broadcast

天城越え

 * Youtube broadcast

Eager Love

 * Youtube broadcast
 * Nico broadcast

Night Light Dance '08

 * Youtube broadcast

The Other side of love

 * Youtube broadcast

Night of the Magic
Orginal music by Shu-tP


 * Youtude broadcast

Crazy for You

 * Youtube broadcast
 * Nico broadcast

Trivia

 * She is loosely based on "The bride of Frankenstein". It should be noted most modern references of the character from the moive also contain the same stitches around her neck as Ann has.
 * Her boxart is styled on early 20th century posters, which has led to many users to mistake the background for other things like fire. Due to the shading of her boxart, she is sometimes depicted as having very light blonde hair and tanned skin, to which some fans jokingly refer to her then as "Tan Ann" or "SweetTann".
 * She is the first English vocaloid to have a depiction as such on her boxart, although at this point the general idea of a true "avatar" would not be not considered until Miku's release a few months later.
 * After Big-Al's redesign by Ash Georgick, the artist asked for fan feedback about a possible redesign for Sweet Ann and a competition was also mentioned by Bil Bryant from Power FX.
 * Sweet Ann has become so popular with the Japanese audience that there is an MMD model for her. So for a while, this made Sweet Ann the only English Vocaloid to have a model featured in MikuMikuDance.