AVANNA

AVANNA is an English VOCALOID developed and distributed by Zero-G Limited, released in December 2012 for the VOCALOID3 engine. Her voice is provided by an Irish female singer, Rachel., whose last name cannot be revealed due to privacy reasons.
==Concept==
AVANNA was designed to be a soft voice with a "Celtic twist" to it. AVANNA is 18 years old, female, and her artist has stated that AVANNA herself is of Irish descent. According to the artist, in AVANNA's early concept design, her height was 5'6" and her weight was 156 lbs. The artist had stated that in her final design, her weight is around 110 lbs. Again, it should be noted that these are just the personal preferences of the artist and not official canon. A white horse named Lancelot was originally planned as a pet for Avanna, although this never came to fruition. 
===Etymology===
While it is unknown why Zero-G chose the name "Avanna"; according to the name's origins, it is a combination of the old English word "Ava," meaning "breath of life," and the Latin name "Anna," meaning "gracious." This results in the implied meaning of her name being "gracious breath of life."link
===Appearance===
Zero-G requested that AVANNA should have a -based look to her.link According to AkiGlancy, AVANNA's artist, the model for AVANNA's body figure was her own sister, who was particularly curvy.link
AVANNA was originally designed to be an , but this concept was scrapped when she had to be re-designed upon YAMAHA's request. However, a faded version of this design can still be seen on the final boxart. AkiGlancy has stated that fans can draw AVANNA with elf ears if they wish to do so,link and upon request, has also uploaded her own version with elf ears.link YAMAHA also requested that AVANNA be more "anime"-styled.: Yamaha was concerned that Zero-G’s approved design was not “Anime” styled enough and asked for me to revise it into a cuter, modern anime style.
During the process of AVANNA's design, even though alternate colors were considered, Zero-G specifically asked for her to have black hair. According to AkiGlancy, the reason why the AVANNA's hair was lengthened was because she was requested to make her look more feminine.link
AVANNA’s outfit was inspired by , specifically, the who received Roman influence during the first century of ’s occupation by the . AkiGlancy has shown several specific historical clothing references she was inspired by on her twitter.https://x.com/AkiGlancy/status/1184485985540890626?s=20 The little flower shapes worked into AVANNA’s outfit are , hinting at her . The rings around AVANNA's waist float/spin with the power of her voice, but will stay motionless when she is not singing. The gems on her skirt and the rings were inspired by .
During her responses to DEX and DAINA, AkiGlancy spoke on her art of AVANNA with a violin specifically. Though she liked the design very much, Zero-G did not think it was a good idea, as customers who did not read the product description would think the product was for a violin instrument.link She also stated that her art of Avanna always has 7 freckles on each cheek.link
===Relations===
* Celtic male - A conceptualized complementary voice bank that would've had masculine vocals.
==History==
===Marketing===
For AVANNA, Zero-G seemed to adopt a similar technique to the one used for OLIVER's promotion. Upon AVANNA's official unveiling, AkiGlancy was able to talk directly to English-speaking VOCALOID fans and answer questions about her involvement with AVANNA. Most of the focus was on the VocaloidOtaku forums,VocaloidOtaku Avanna topic and also the topic about her official artwork.VocaloidOtaku topic about her official artwork This led to bonus promotional art material, AkiGlancy's "developer's diary" and design notes being handed out quite freely.
===Voicebanks===
;AVANNA
:AVANNA had improved consonants over past English vocals. Her vocal was that of a Celtic female. She sings with a clear and sweet vocal.
* AVANNA (VOCALOID3), December 22, 2012
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