Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-3076833-20130530155924/@comment-3076833-20130916203022

The fact you stated about Meiko introducing the idea of an "Avatar" is actually incorrect.

The woman you see on her boxart was never intended to be "Meiko" and was simply there because Crypton wanted a woman on the box, in the same sense that Yamaha wanted a hair pin on VY1's boxart; it's not mean to represent the vocal at all.

The first Vocaloid therefore to introduce the avatar idea was Sweet Ann although was not accepted in fandom until Miku's arrival.