Last but not least are the events! As mentioned earlier, there’s an art Speaking of the charm contest, voting is currently underway! You can vote for your favorite charm design here and the winner gets to be made in to a charm design for Piko Palooza! Voting closes December 5th. You can shop Piko Palooza and other Vocarnival event goods here.Ĭharms are $9 USD, stands are $14 USD, and shipping is $8.50 USD flat Matter who wins so we decided to open up pre-orders early for those As of writing, the fan charm has not beenĪnnounced, however, we know some people definitely want the fan charm no Palooza! If you happen to be a fan of Dex, Daina, or Ruby, their 5thĪnniversary merchandise is also available!Īt the moment, there’s the “official” charm and stand available as We currently have merchandise available for pre-order for Piko Everyone is welcome to participate no matter the The event consists of a charm contest, merch sales, an art Piko Palooza is an unofficial 10th anniversary celebration for Holding Piko Palooza because we all still love Piko. This year, just months before his 10th birthday. Fans may remember that Piko was officially retired earlier Vocarnival is closing the 2020 celebrations with a very special ?Īfter two amazing events featuring Dex, Daina, and Ruby (which you can read about here), ?Īnd also August 30th overlaps the 31st because timezones and we all know what August 31st is. Both are valid dates to celebrate but anniversary celebrations work a lot better than birthdays for an event organization that celebrates anniversaries. We’re celebrating SeeU’s anniversary not her birthday.
There has been a suggestion of increasing merch prices (especially for the stands) but we’re trying not to do that since I personally really want these events to give people the chance at affordable merchandise of characters that don’t really get any merch. We should be able to squeeze out at least one other one without problems but we’re debating on if we’d be able to just push ourselves wallet wise and hope merch sales go well enough to cover all three. We have two other events we want to do budget permitting. We have to see what the budget is looking like for 2021 before we announce every event but we’re definitely doing SeeU and are already planning her anniversary celebration! The final design was cel-shaded because Zero-G preferred it.Teaser to get everyone hyped for #Vocarnival2021
According to AkiGlancy, EmissarySteel added more detail to the hunter design than the final chosen art. However, Zero-G liked the designs and they were kept as alternate fantasy illustrations, complementary to AVANNA. This included DEX as a hunter instead of a kemonomimi, in case Zero-G wished to scrap the 'Fox and Hound' theme. Older concepts were revealed during a November 2015 livestream. This version of DEX appears on the boxart. The ears were replaced by black headsets with a yellow wolf on it. The alternative design featured DEX without his wolf ears and tail. This was done to appeal to non Japanese-styled art fans. The choice was made to give a twist of the popular Nekomimi design seen in SeeU and Nekomura Iroha.ĪkiGlancy remarked that they knew many would not like the designs and focused on the vocals instead.Īfter negative reactions from distributors, DEX was also given an alternative design without the animal traits, but still retained the theme of The Fox and The Hound. His original name was "Raleigh", but "Dex" was preferred due to sounding more masculine.ĭEX made his debut as a kemonomimi modelled after a wolf. The design was chosen after the team adored the primary sketches by EmissarySteel. The theme of "fox and hound" was one of many suggestions put forward, but it was the one that stayed due to a fondness among the group despite being taken lightly.
When asked about the aims of both DEX and DAINA, it was stated that the pair were targeted towards fans and designed to give producers the voices they needed. Kenji said that DEX and DAINA were a pair, but were not twins. DEX was based on the Hound character of the story and has more "wolf"-like traits. They were intended to be counterparts that complement each other. Kenji-B), an American VOCALOID producer.ĭEX and DAINA were given the theme, 'The Fox and the Hound', at the suggestion of Kenji-B. He was released in November 2015 for the VOCALOID4 engine. DEX is an English VOCALOID that was developed and distributed by Zero-G Limited.