Kaai Yuki the Little Apple

Trigger warning up front for creepiness around children/child aged characters and discussions about those topics

Jonathan gets passionate in this one! Today we talk a lot about Pokemon before getting to vocaloid's little apple Kaai Yuki. Kaai Yuki is the first vocaloid to have a voice provided by an actual literal child, and has some really neat aspects to her whole design, but because of creeps we cannot have nice things. Get ready for rants and anger over the bad things people do.

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Hatsune Miki

Welcome back comrades and countrymen to your favourite Vocaloid content ever created. This week, after a discussion on the beauty of malaphors and delightfully silly expressions, we discuss Miki, everyone’s favourite Android J-Pop Star. Be ready for hot takes on the sexualisation of characters, our feelings on the updating of character designs, and the eternal question of Vocaloid; should they sound like their voice providers. We also do our usual anime tangents, Jonathan gets passionate over tabletop RPGs, and we get angry over a motorbike. Take a listen and enjoy!

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Sonika the Hedgehog

Hello and welcome back to Rate-a-loid. This week we talk about Sonika, the world’s first twitter Vocaloid! Jonathan also does a Gundam summary as usual, this time featuring Gundam F91 and a character’s cuck mask, how war is hell, and the where to actually start. We also plug various games, Skatune Network, and do an extended sidebar about Sonic the Hedgehog cause we’re awful. Sonika holds a lot of firsts in the Vocaloid world in regards to fan interaction and the idea of fan interactions but ultimately might be a little uninteresting? Take a listen and let us know what you think!~

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Gumi is Valid

Welcome back good friends and allies to Rate-a-loid, our intrepid exploration into the depths of Vocaloid. Before we get into our review of today’s Loid we talk My Hero Academia and Shonen Anime, Promare, and of course Jonathan talks about Gundam. In the Vocaloid world however we are ranking Gumi, a pure and delightful lady. Our discussion takes us to the world of Dreamcast games, whether or not barefoot is legal, and the wild world of Macross. Take a listen and enjoy!

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Disembodied Luka Head

Hello and welcome back good friends to the Vocaloid-zone. Today in Rate-a-loid we talk about what games we’ve playing this week before discussing the delightful character of Luka, the first bilingual Vocaloid and the first Vocaloid to impact Hatsune Miku’s popularity! We talk about J-Rock idol toes, Jonathan makes obscure podcast references, and we head-canon wholesome images of Vocaloids. Take a listen and enjoy!

Ps. Go listen to Lemon Demon and 100 Gecs

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Gackt Fackts

This week on Rate-a-loid we discuss anime (as usual), Jonathan gets passionate about music, (as usual), and Harper says cursed things (as usual). Today’s Vocaloid is Camui Gackpo, a celebrity Vocaloid that uses the voice of J-rock star and known handsome man Gackt! Throughout the episode, Jonathan gives us the run down on a number of fackts about Gackt himself, and Harper tries to comprehend this wild man and his Samurai robot-sona. Sit down, get ready for possibly our most over the top Vocaloid yet, and enjoy the content.

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Prima and the Diamonds

Hello and welcome back to Rate-a-loid! Y’all keep listening so we’ll keep releasing. This week we get to talk about our current game interests before moving onto our review and ranking of Prima! Neither of us our familiar with Prima so you get to hear us trying to understand this character, her various art works, and just how little content there is to find about her. There is so little info, folks. Throughout we get strong opinions on looks, the blandness of designs, and a surprise aspect of her voice. Take a listen and enjoy.

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Rin and Len not Lin and Ren

We get it wrong so many times friends. Todays episode we review the iconic twins (?) Kagamine Rin and Len! That’s right folks we got a two-fer. We start off with good anime discussions about Hunter x Hunter and Gundam, before diving into our Vocaloid exploration of this week. We discuss the future of Vocaloid, the parallels between Rin and DIO, and for the most part are incredibly happy about these loids. Take a listen and enjoy our very serious review show.

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I Hate Sweet Ann

Hello and welcome back to Rate-a-loid, our deep dive into the depths of everything Vocaloid! Today we talk about Sweet Ann, a 2007 Vocaloid aimed at professional producers with a pun for a name. In our discussion we discuss the flaws of Steampunk and Jonathan gets passionate about music production. Listen in for hot takes about Vocaloid’s space lounge robo-vocalist sensation and bride of Frankenstein.

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KAITO the JRPG Protagonist

Hello anime fans and Vocaloid fools and welcome back to our intrepid podcast where we do what no one else will. In our second episode of Rate-a-loid we discuss Kaito, a Vocaloid created to be Meiko’s counterpart. Tune in for discussions on Kermit the Frog, obscure JRPG protagonist aesthetics, and only the hottest of takes. FYI towards the end of this episode, I (Jonathan), definitely make a mistake while talking about next weeks episode, so look forward to next week’s discussion of Sweet Ann, who we definitely do review.


Songs this Episode

Crescent Moon by Kurousa-P/WhiteFlame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r_sn_pF5Pw

Cantarella ~grace edition~ by Kurousa-P/WhiteFlame:https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm20224929

Our theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awIV87DBxrw


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Meiko’s Uggs

Hello and welcome to Rate-a-loid! This is a brand-new podcast devoted to the reviewing and ranking of Vocaloids, singing voice synthesisers with characters associated with them. This week our hosts, JT and Harper take a look at Vocaloid’s original rock’n’roll girl Meiko. First made in 2004, Meiko is one of the earliest Vocaloids to receive a personality and appearance and has a good amount of history we got to draw on. From casual alcoholism to ugg boots, this episode has everything.

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