Sweet ANN

Sweet ANN VOCALOID2 | Songs Albums Notable Originals

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Sweet ANN
General information
Sex	Female
Age	23 :: Taiwanese
Height	162cm :: Taiwanese
Weight	46kg :: Taiwanese
Voice	"Jody" :: Identity's Unrevealed
Product information
Company	PowerFX Systems AB.
Release	June 29, 2007
Base Language(s)	English
Illustrator	Unrevealed :: V2 Standard VOFAN :: Taiwanese
Type	VOCALOID, VOCALOID2
Code	PFXV1
Affiliation	YAMAHA Corporation E-Capsule Co. Ltd

Sweet ANN, originally codenamed "JODIE", is an English VOCALOID developed and distributed by PowerFX Systems AB., and was released in June 2007 for the VOCALOID2 engine. Her voicebank was originally developed for the first VOCALOID engine before being ported. She is voiced by an Australian singer whose artist name is "Jody". Other than a name, her voice provider's identity has not been revealed.

Concept

Etymology

Her name is a pun based on her origins, meaning that Sweet-Ann = Swe-den.

Appearance

Sweet ANN has been described as a "white Lena Horne" by PowerFX. According to PowerFX, their VOCALOIDs are more like Cyborgs than Androids.

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 considered until Hatsune Miku's release a few months later. She is loosely based on "The Bride of Frankenstein". Her staples (or stitches) are often mistaken for a choker.

Her boxart image itself appears to be based on the poster art for the 1943 film "Stormy Weather" starring Lena Horne. The version used for Sweet ANN's own boxart has simply been coloured in to give her blonde hair and blue eyes. There are a number of variants of the poster in colour as well as black and white.

A DVD cover of the original movie poster of Lena Horne, The poster that the Sweet ANN boxart came from.

This is the outfit Sweet ANN's boxart is of, as Lena Horne is seen wearing in the photo (hat was not included on photo)

The microphone in her original release is based on the iconic Shure Brothers microphone, the model 55s, Multi-Impedance "Small Unidyne" Dynamic which was first released in 1951.

Promotional E-Capsule version

Sweet ANN's Taiwan design is based on a bride and features some steampunk details, possibly from the fact she was based on Bride of Frankenstein.

Relations

For more on VOCALOID relationships, see the FAQ.

• BIG AL - A complementary voice bank with masculine vocals.

History

Marketing

Sweet ANN's MySpace page

She was sold under as a 'space lounge robo-vocalist sensation'.

Like VOCALOIDs before her, she was aimed at professional musicians, as there was no established VOCALOID fandom.

Voicebanks

Sweet ANN

Sweet ANN has a sweet adult female vocal designed for classic music. She is able to sound sweet and innocent but due to her accent giving her a sassy undertone can also sound wild and sexy making her a fairly balanced vocal all round in terms of tonal abilities. Her counter-partner is BIG AL.

• "JODIE" (VOCALOID), unreleased.
• Sweet ANN (VOCALOID2), June 29, 2007

Music featuring Sweet ANN

• On this wiki, Sweet ANN is featured in 58 songs , 20 albums , 2 series , 1 events.

• There are listings for notable and original songs.

Speechless

Featuring	Sweet ANN
Producers	ResoNation
Categories	Original song

One-Hit Revenge Game

Featuring	Sweet ANN
Producers	Gumbi500
Categories	Original song

@YOUR SIDE

Featuring	Sweet ANN
Producers	Shu-tP (lyics, music, arrange), i1150 (illust)
Categories	Original song

Just Be Friends

Featuring	Sweet ANN
Producers	Mr.Constatine
Categories	Cover song

Search for music featuring Sweet ANN [show/hide]

• "VOCALOID Sweet ANN" on Niconico Video
• "VOCALOID Sweet ANN" on YouTube
• "VOCALOID Sweet ANN" on bilibili
• "VOCALOID Sweet ANN" on SoundCloud

Reputation

Status

Google Trends

VOCALOID+Sweet+ANN

Reaction

At the time of release, ANN received positive reviews; many praising her "sweet" voice. Reviewers noted that on occasion she sounded realistic enough to not notice she was a virtual singer which was also pleasing to reviewers. Another positive sign was that reviewers had praised the improvements between VOCALOID and VOCALOID2. This resulted in ANN receiving a good reception upon her release. In late 2009, prior to the release of BIG AL, she was regarded as the second most popular English VOCALOID. The first most popular was Prima.

Impact

Sweet ANN's data was used as a guide for the later Hatsune Miku V3 English release.

Misc

Poll Sweet ANN was for a time, the most used English Vocaloid on Nico Nico Douga. In the Nico Nico Douga International Vocaloid ranking 2010, ANN was the 4th most common VOCALOID in the top 30 rankings. She appeared in 3 songs. "海外組VOCALOIDランキング2010（仮）" by あっちゃん ft. English VOCALOIDs An independent search on Nico Nico Douga revealed that most VOCALOIDs had less than 1,000 videos uploaded on Nico Nico Douga in 2011 between July 1st and December 15th. Sweet ANN fell into that category. In 2013 a poll on E-Capsule's website showed that Sweet ANN got the most votes of interest.

Trivia

Sweet ANN has become so popular with the Japanese audience that she became the first English VOCALOID to receive an MMD model, edited by Shuki. After Sweet ANN's MMD model was created, people began to make other English VOCALOIDs into models, such as BIG AL, whose model was created by Nukude. Her Japanese nicknames 甘音アン (Amane Ann) means "Sweet Sound Ann", and 甘いアン (Amai Ann) is a play on words. "Amai Ann/An" is the word-to-word translation from English and can be read as "sweet bean paste," a common cuisine in Japan. In Project Diva Arcade, Sweet ANN can be heard singing in the background of Magical Sound Shower, even though she is not a Crypton Future Media VOCALOID. Sweet ANN can be heard singing the words "Helvetica Standard" in the anime, "Nichijou", as well as background music. Sweet ANN's voice was used in the demo for the app for Miselu Neiro, a portable Android-powered synthesizer. Sweet ANN is the first Vocaloid to feature the model 55s microphone on her boxart. This has become one of the most notable boxart microphones and is seen also on Lily's, MEIKO V3 and CYBER DIVA's boxarts.

Achievements

First VOCALOID2 ever released First female voicebank for VOCALOID2 First English VOCALOID released for VOCALOID2 First PowerFX VOCALOID ever released First female PowerFX VOCALOID First English VOCALOID to have an "Avatar"

External links

Language	Description	Site
English	PowerFX Systems AB. official homepage	Link
English	VOCALOID2 Sweet Ann product page for	Link
English	MySpace The official MySpace page for VOCALOID Sweet ANN	Link
English	deviantArt , art and media community	Link
Japanese	Pixiv , art and media community	Link