• The convention, VOC@LOID M@STER, was influenced by elements of iM@S games and fan culture where artists and companies could sell and share their works (art, albums, the VBs themselves) and raise fledgling Producers/artists’ reputations in the community
more things my pea brain forgot:
• iM@S + VOCALOID gained popularity and traction around the late 2000s due to both the first console iM@S game and 2007-2008 VOCAsongs that popped off
• Kotori Kawai (Kokko) has voiced both Tomoka Tenkubashi from Million Live + the Meika sisters