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Avanna / Vocaloid 3

Avanna

Biographical information
Gender	Female
Age	18
Height
Weight
Product information
Company	Zero-G Ltd.
Distributor	Zero-G Ltd.
Voice provider	Unrevealed ^[1]
Illustrator	AkiGlancy (EmpathP)
Reduced no.	ZGV7DL
Affiliation	YAMAHA

Avanna is a celtic-themed Vocaloid3 voicebank by Zero-G. She was released on December 22, 2012. ^[2]

ConceptEdit

According to the artist;

In the Original full bodied design approved by Zero-G, Avanna was actually an elf and sported a pair of short pointed ears. These were later discarded from the Yamaha re-edit.
- The elf ears were kept on one of the faded pictures that appear in the background image of her boxart, keeping a hint of her original design. EmpathP has stated it's fine for artists to draw her with elf ears or normal ears because of this.^[3]
- Despite being rejected, due to fan request EmpathP uploaded the original elf-eared versions of Avanna on her tumblr account.^[4]
While many assumed that Avanna would be a red-head, Zero-G specifically asked for her to have black hair at the beginning of the designing process. While creating color schemes, other hair colors were given as examples, but inevitably it was decided black hair was best for the character.
- According to EmpathP, the reason why her hair was lengthened was because she was requested to make her look more feminine.^[5]
Avanna’s outfit was inspired by Roman-Britannia. Specifically, it was inspired by the Roman influence the Celts received during the first century of Britannia’s occupation by the Roman Empire.
The little flower shapes worked into Avanna’s outfit are clovers, hinting at her Irish heritage.
The rings around Avanna’s waist can float or spin with the power of her voice when she sings, but they will lay stationary when she is not singing.
The gems on Avanna’s skirt and rings were inspired by blue topaz gemstones.
Her artist has stated that Avanna herself is Irish.
According to EmpathP, the model for Avanna's body figure was her own sister who was particularly curvy.^[6]
Zero-G themselves asked for a fantasy based look about her.^[7]

EtymologyEdit

While it is unknown why Zero-G chose this name, according to name origins, "Avanna", is a combination of the old English word "Ava" meaning "Breath of Life" and the Latin name "Anna" meaning "Gracious", resulting in the meaning of her name implied to be "Gracious breath of life".^[8]

Vocaloid ReleasesEdit

Vocaloid3

Examples of UsageEdit

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Unemotive Entity
	Author(s):	TheIndisputed21
	Category:	Original Song
	Featuring:	Avanna
	Youtube Broadcast Main article : Unemotive Entity

Reset me with a Bullet Train
	Author(s):	Kentai-P
	Category:	Original song
	Featuring:	Avanna
	Youtube Broadcast Main article : Reset me with a Bullet Train

True Xtasy
	Author(s):	Drago UNO
	Category:	Original song
	Featuring:	Avanna and Snakes
	Youtube Broadcast Main article : True Xtasy

More examples

Heathen Quest
	Author(s):	Funes -kvn
	Category:	Original song
	Featuring:	Avanna
	Youtube Broadcast Main article Heathen Quest
Description The song is classified as Pagan metal.

Good Girl
	Author(s):	Memzir
	Category:	Cover song
	Featuring:	Avanna
	Youtube Broadcast

Want you Gone
	Author(s):	Fandescc
	Category:	Cover song
	Featuring:	Avanna
	Youtube Broadcast
Description A low-tuned Avanna.

Music featuring Avanna

	Listing of songs

	Assorted songs by Vocaloid. Page count ( 17 )
	Albums featuring Vocaloid. Page count ( 2 )

MarketingEdit

For Avanna, Zero-G seemed to adopt a similar technique to that which was used for Oliver's promotion. Upon her unveiling officially, EmpathP was able to talk directly to the English speaking Vocaloid fans and answer questions about her involvement with Avanna. Most of the focus was on the Avanna topic at Vocaloid Otaku forums and also the topic about her official artwork. This led to bonus promotional art material, EmpathP's "developers diary" and design notes being handed out quite freely.

Additional informationEdit

TriviaEdit

One of the theories put forward by the artist EmpathP was that the reason why Yamaha rejected the non-anime like style of artwork they initially put forward was owed to the reaction to Bruno and Clara's original design.
According to the artist, in Avanna's early concept design, her height was 5'6" and her weight was 156lbs. The artist had stated that in her final design, her weight is around 110lbs, it should be noted that these are just personal preferences of the artist and not official by any means.