Bruno

Bruno is a Spanish VOCALOID developed and distributed by Voctro Labs, S.L., and was released in December 2011 for the VOCALOID3 engine. He, along with Clara, were among the first Spanish voicebanks commercially distributed. His voice provider has never been revealed.

Etymology
Bruno is a male given name. Its comes from Brunus, a Latin word with Germanic origin meaning "brown or brunette".

Appearance
His initial concept and overall appearance were done by Raimon Benach, including his iconic fedora.

When the illustration contest was performed, the Spanish company requested to the participants to keep the overall design of the original illustration. Rumple's winning entry was adopted as the new official art.

With the release of the boxed versions, the design had a new revision done by Rumple. The new design had a more confident look, but kept his previous design. Among the major changes, his design is more elaborated, with brighter colors and including some accessories, his hair color now has a lighter hue and his body frame is different.

Relations

 * Clara; a complementary voice bank with feminine vocals.

Marketing
Bruno and Clara are aimed at Spanish music professionals and are the first VOCALOIDs aimed at Spanish culture. They do not incorporate the moe-esque style of some Japanese VOCALOIDs. Their designs lean more towards a retrospective European art style.

Design Competition
Clara and Bruno had a fanart competition, where the contest was done in response to the disappointment in the original artwork from anime fans. The winners were announced on the 19th of December and the winning artwork replaced the original boxart.

Facebook
Bruno and Clara have an official Facebook page which Voctro-Lab's cast controls.

Song Competition
A song contest for Bruno & Clara is being hosted by VOCALOID.cl.

Trivia

 * When the first demos of Bruno were shown, there was an interesting reaction from English VOCALOID fans as they often did not think Bruno had much clarity. However, a few Spanish speakers confirmed that he had relatively good clarity instead.

Notable for...

 * First VOCALOID by Voctro Labs
 * First Male Spanish VOCALOID
 * First Male VOCALOID by Voctro Labs
 * Along with Clara, first VOCALOID to be redesigned by the VOCALOID fandom