On August 9th I posted a piece on actual, "Dead" Vocaloids, and it looks like someone at Wikipedia read it.
Project If, the childlike voice originally accused of being an early Yuki Kaai, is officially Unisex, but may never see the light of day. VY1 and VY2 are the only unisex voices to have made it out so far, but each has a decidedly "male" or "female" voice, negating their unisex status. v Flower was almost unisex, but is now classified as female.
Adding to the list of cancelled projects, Internet Co., Ltd and Crypton have now admitted to cancelling a Falsetto voicebank for Miku and Gumi. The data would have made them opera singers, just like forgotten Vocaloids Tonio and Prima.
BUT WAIT!! Gumi's cancelled voice wasn't killed off the way Miku's opera voice was. Instead, it became... KOKONE!!!
If this is true, then Megumi Nakajima is now the third (known) person to voice TWO different, non-fan-made Vocaloids, behind the artist behind Anon and Kanon, and of course, Asami Shimoda, famous for Rin and Len.
This also makes Kokone the first Vocaloid to be born from a dead project, providing hope, that with just enough fan support, these other projects may also rise from the dead. But it's too early to tell.
Project If, the childlike voice originally accused of being an early Yuki Kaai, is officially Unisex, but may never see the light of day. VY1 and VY2 are the only unisex voices to have made it out so far, but each has a decidedly "male" or "female" voice, negating their unisex status. v Flower was almost unisex, but is now classified as female.
Adding to the list of cancelled projects, Internet Co., Ltd and Crypton have now admitted to cancelling a Falsetto voicebank for Miku and Gumi. The data would have made them opera singers, just like forgotten Vocaloids Tonio and Prima.
BUT WAIT!! Gumi's cancelled voice wasn't killed off the way Miku's opera voice was. Instead, it became... KOKONE!!!
If this is true, then Megumi Nakajima is now the third (known) person to voice TWO different, non-fan-made Vocaloids, behind the artist behind Anon and Kanon, and of course, Asami Shimoda, famous for Rin and Len.
This also makes Kokone the first Vocaloid to be born from a dead project, providing hope, that with just enough fan support, these other projects may also rise from the dead. But it's too early to tell.