Anon & kanon

**anon & kanon** (杏音(あのん)鳥音(かのん)) are Japanese VOCALOIDs developed and distributed by the YAMAHA Corporation, and were released in March 2014 for the *VOCALOID3* engine. Their voice providers have never been revealed.

## Concept

### Etymology

"音" means "sound". The "杏" in anon's name means "apricot". Apricot is a sweet fruit, matching her more sweeter sounding vocal. The "鳥" in kanon's name means "bird". The full meaning of the names of the pair are "apricot sound" and "bird sound".

### Appearance

anon and kanon are identical twins but have differences both physical appearances and personality. Like their vocals, the girls' outfits are similar, but not identical. Some details are mirrored or slightly altered. The largest difference applies to their facial expressions on the boxart, with kanon appearing perkier than her sister, anon.

They have play (▶) and stop button (■) symbols on their shoes. anon's has the play button on the left, while kanon's is on the right. kanon has long, grey/black boots, and short, black socks, which stop just below her knees, while anon has long, white, thigh-high stockings and short white boots. Their hair colours are almost identical: a "light reddish blond" (also known as "Apricot"). kanon has a mid-thigh length ponytail on the side of her head, which gradates to purple. anon has short hair cut close to her head with no gradation.

anon wears a white outfit and headset, while kanon wears a black outfit and headset. They both have microphones attached to their jackets, but on anon, it is on the left side of her jacket, while kanon has her's on the right. Their skirts are cut with one side being longer than the other. On anon, the long side is the right side of her skirt and on kanon it's on the left. They both have the same colored earrings, both purple eighth notes. anon's are small and dark-purple while kanon's are light-purple and slightly larger than her sister's.

They also have a binary code design on the inside of their jackets.

### Official profiles

They are marketed as identical twins and 12th grade senior highschoolers.

anon
'A spontaneous, slightly air-headed girl with a short haircut. Since she's a bit scatterbrained, she's the type to not listen well when other people are talking. You could say she’s only really focused when she's dancing. Her favorite person is kanon.' She is the younger of the pair.
* Special skill - Dancing
* Favorite food - Bread
* Subject she excels in - 'I don't have one, but if I had to say one, I guess History'

kanon
'She has extraordinary reflexes. She's a class representative type, a very capable person. She's a very focused and level headed girl. Right now, the thing she's worried about the most is anon's future.' She is the older of the pair.
* Special skill - Dancing
* Favorite food - Bread
* Subject she excels in - PE and mathematics

## History

### Marketing

In April 2014, an application for their trade was submitted.

## Voicebanks

anon
anon has a similar tone to her sister kanon, but manages better slower tempo songs than kanon and but has weaknesses for fast tempo songs.
* anon & kanon (*VOCALOID3*), March 3, 2014
* anon & kanon (*VOCALOID NEO*)

kanon
kanon has a similar tone to her sister anon, but manages better faster tempo songs than anon and but has weaknesses for slow tempo songs.
* anon & kanon (*VOCALOID3*), March 3, 2014
* anon & kanon (*VOCALOID NEO*)

## Reputation

### Misc

In 2015, a survey was made based on the popularity of VOCALOIDs on website niconico. For the year 2014, anon and kanon came joint 33rd with YOHIOloid and together were the 4th least popular Japanese vocals.

## References

1. ↑ Japanese schooling system used for reference of their grade in high school
2. ↑ https://archive.is/20140218221238/deztora.tumblr.com/post/77041378928/new-vocaloids-anon-and-kanon
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/trademark\_bot?original\_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mikumiku2ch.jp%2Farchives%2F38230988.html&tw\_i=454076057399099392&tw\_p=tweetembed
4. ↑ http://ch.nicovideo.jp/kadotanimitsuru/blomaga/ar699704