The final design was cel-shaded because Zero-G preferred it. 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. RUBY is based on a female singer with a standard American accent. She is voiced by an active American VOCALOID fan, Misha. She was released in October 2015 for the VOCALOID4 engine. This included DEX as a hunter instead of a kemonomimi, in case Zero-G wished to scrap the 'Fox and Hound' theme. RUBY is an English VOCALOID that was developed by Prince Syo, a VOCALOID and UTAU producer and Anders, an audio engineer and distributed by PowerFX Systems AB. Because of this, it is much easier for a beginner to get a good sound. Older concepts were revealed during a November 2015 livestream. VOCALOID (hereafter stylized as Vocaloid) is the term for voice synthesis technology that was developed by Yamaha. What are the major differences between Vocaloid and UTAU In Vocaloid, you don't have to draw in rests and it tries to 'do more' for you automatically, that is, its default settings are more expressive sounding than UTAU's. 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. All these stories are told within Ghosts of Artificial Trees. 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. and an age of rebirth before inevitable destruction. 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.