See below for the lists.
*** OVERVIEW ***
As of 13 Aug, 2012, there are about 41 official Vocaloid characters as part of officially released software or known to exist with artwork for future products. These characters include non-commercially available Vocaloids such as Akikoroid-chan (privately owned by convenience store chain, Lawson Inc.) Yamaha's own VY1 and VY2 officially do not have characters. However, many popular fan interpretations exist.
The first Vocaloids, Lola and Leon, and many other English Vocaloids released later, did not have official characters in the same way that most Japanese Vocaloids do. When those products were marked for the Asian market, they received official character images. These have been adopted by the Vocaloid community. Not included in the list are the popular fan-made characters because they cannot technically qualify to be called a Vocaloid. Names are given in alphabetical order. Japanese Vocaloids are given by their Japanese name reading order (Last Name First Name).
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Official Characters as Part of Commercial Software
(Japanese name reading order)
Aoki Lapis
Avanna (in development)
Big Al
Bruno
Clara
CUL
Gakupo
GUMI
Hatsune Miku
Hibiki Lui (in development)
Hiyama Kiyoteru
IA
Kaai Yuki
Kagamine Rin
Kagamine Len
KAITO
Leon
Lily
Lola
Luo Tianyi
MAYU
Megurine Luka
MEIKO
Merli (in development)
Mew
SF-A2 Miki
Miriam
Nekomura Iroha
Oliver
Prima
Ring Suzune (in development, western name reading order)
Ryuuto
SeeU
SONIKA
Sweet Ann
Tone Rion
Tonio
Utatane Pico
Yuzuki Yukari
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Official Characters as Private Vocaloids
Akikoroid-chan (owned by Lawson Inc.)
Galaco (given as contest prizes)
MMD, or MikuMikuDance, is not the same thing as VOCALOID, as some people may think. It is a program in which the user can take VOCALOID characters and make movies using frame-by-frame motion. You do this by moving their bones and joints, then setting it each frame.Hope this helps~
No Teto is not a Vocaloid. I have heard before that She was made to be a prank. She is mistaken to be a Vocaloid. She sounds like a Vocaloid(y) software.
There are no official fictional stories associated with any of the Vocaloid characters. This is left entirely up to the users and fans to invent their stories through song, animations, drawings, etc. There have been some published comics that tie in many of the Crypton Vocaloids and fan-made derivative characters into an episodic storyline, but this is not official background for the characters. It does help serve as a common baseline for the fans, however, people should not feel restricted to these. Well, Vocaloid doesn't really have a story line. I mean it's not a manga or anime so, I doubt it has one. Maybe the story line would be then are a computer generated and animated group of singers in Japan. Also just a little extra knowledge. Just because Hatsune Miku has a 01 on her doesn't mean she was created first. Same goes with others Vocaloid's. I think the first was Leon and Lola, and yes they are Vocaloid characters. Hope that helps clear things up! \ ( ^.^ ) /
People are not sure if the second VOCALOID for the 1st generation was LEON or LOLA. They were both released on the same day. For VOCALOID 2nd generation, Hatsune Miku was the second VOCALOID after Sweet ANN. Lastly the VOCALOID 3rd generation, VOCALOID SeeU is the 2nd after MEW.
Hatsune Miku is a "digital diva" and a "voice" version of the Vocaloid program. Currently, they are up to Vocaloid 3 as a stable release. The first release of Vocaloid was the most basic, and did not gain as wide-stream popularity as the second (the most popular I would say was the male, Kaito) - of with "Hatsune Miku" is a voice. The most popular "singers" of the Vocaloid 2 release are: Hatsune Miku Megurine Luka Kagamine Rin and Kagamine Lin So there is no "official" partner but these were the other characters released at the same time. As nearly all Vocaloid characters songs are fan-made often times Miku will sing in a duet with another. One of the most popular examples is "Magnet" sung by Miku and Luka.
Vocaloid characters would definitely win.
No, Vocaloid is not an anime. Vocaloid is a singing voice synthesizer software that allows users to create songs and vocals using virtual characters. However, Vocaloid characters have been featured in various anime and manga series.
One would assume so, They are Vocal Android's Therefore the name Vocaloid
no vocaloid is a music program and they are just characters with a voice some people like to pair characters together but there are no offical parings it is up to you you can pair any character with any character that you want.
The difference is simple - Two different programs created by two different companies. UTAU came after Vocaloid. While the programs do the same thing the characters are different (For example, Miku Hatsune is a Vocaloid and Teto Kasane is a UTAU) and if you try loading a UTAU into the Vocaloid program it won't work.
Vocaloid isn't a cartoon, it's a Vocal simulation programme which allows music producers to use to make vocals for the music they make. There are over 20 Vocaloids, and more are being improved and released. To find more about it, wikipedia Vocaloid.
MMD, or MikuMikuDance, is not the same thing as VOCALOID, as some people may think. It is a program in which the user can take VOCALOID characters and make movies using frame-by-frame motion. You do this by moving their bones and joints, then setting it each frame.Hope this helps~
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Yes, Ai is a vocaloid. A vocaloid 3 to be exact.
Vocaloid fans like Vocaloid. Vocaloid fans are located around the world. Vocaloid fans also have a tendency to like Japanese animation (anime) and comics (manga).
Piko is the name of both the Vocaloid and the voice provider, who is naturally not a Vocaloid.
I haven't been to Japan Disneyland in over 10 years, but, it seems unlikely there would be anything Vocaloid there, officially. It would seem strange for Disney to promote characters outside of its ownership. Besides, Vocaloid characters are still copyrighted by the companies that created them. For Disney to sell any goods or promote a Vocaloid character, a contract or agreement would have to be made allowing Disney to do so. It's not impossible that a deal could be made for a cross promotion of some sort, but so far, i have not seen or read anything.