Fanloid Wiki
Register
Advertisement

This Article is about Neru Akita. For other similarly-named characters, You may be looking for "Akita"

Akita Neru
Akita Neru
亞北ネル
(あきたねる)
Biographical Information
Introduced

November 1, 2007

Gender

Female

Age

17

Height

4'11" ft (150 cm)

Weight

83 lbs (38 kg)

Alias

Neru Akita (western order)

Official homepage

Ueburi blog: Akita Neru

Technical Information
Series type

Boukaloid

Series no.

DEN2

Chara item

Cellular phone; Katana

Voice

Hatsune Miku; Kagamine Rin Act2; Kagamine Rin Append

Opt genre

Not defined, mainly Pop

Additional Information
Creator

2Channel
Smith Hioka (スミス・ヒオカ)

Illustrator

Smith Hioka

Affiliation

Crypton Future Media, SEGA, 2Channel, Hatsune Miku (derived)

Akita Neru is an officially recognized derivative. Her name is a play on words, Akita (亞北) is taken from "飽きた" or "get bored" while Neru (ネル) from "寝る" or "go to bed".

Design

Neru's design is similar to that of Hatsune Miku, a Vocaloid 2 developed and distributed by Crypton Future Media. She has yellow hair consisting of an odd length of short and long, the long hair is styled into a left side-ponytail held by a blue futuristic ribbon. She has a stray hair at the top of her head and nose length bangs, her eyebrows are thick and her eyes are tsurime (upward-pointing) eyelids/eyelashes. On her left upper arm is the red mark "DEN2", its significance is currently unexplained, however there is a controversial theory.

Her top is grey in color and sleeveless with a yellow hem, below her yellow necktie is a triangular cut that shows her navel, and the back has two circular holes. The rest of her attire is black with yellow trim. She wears detached sleeves, a pleated skirt with bike shorts and thigh boots. On her left thigh is a garter purse that holds a cellphone.

Personality

Neru came to represent the tsundere culture of Vocaloid. The fandom displays her personality mainly as hostile, but she is also known to be displayed in a more friendlier manner, such as having a crush on Kagamine Len, who is another Vocaloid 2 by Crypton. Other aspects of Neru is being a representation of a forum/bbs troll, a Miku wannabe, and a anti-hero of the Vocaloid personage.

A popular portrayal of her actions is that she's always seen texting on her cellphone or slacking about. According to the creator, she has a dislike for Otaku.

Biography

The exact origins of Neru vary and within the fandom this has caused some confusion. However, there has been a consistency with names and phrases despite different retellings. This section will list three of the most notable sources.

Source: Vocaloid Wiki

In October of 2007, soon after Hatsune Miku was released, a TV program in Japan degraded the users of Miku, Miku's pictures became unavailable to search in main search engines, and Miku's article was deleted in Japanese Wikipedia at the same time.

These news became widespread or "flamed up" in 2ch, then many writings to lay the news to rest or "to put off the fire" followed. The postings were with the phrases "飽きた、寝る。 (Got bored. Going to bed.)" or "寝る、お前らも寝ろよ。 (Gonna go to bed. Follow me, y'all!). Soon other users made a personification character for these postings as "Akita Neru", which Smith Hioka, the designer, later finalized. Neru came to represent the tsundere culture of Vocaloid.[1][2]

Source: Vocaloid Otaku

11. Neru's cell phone

On October 18, 2007, an Internet BBS website reported Hatsune Miku was suspected to be victim of censorship by Google and Yahoo!, since images of Miku did not show up on the image searches. Google and Yahoo denied any censorship on their part, blaming the missing images on a bug that does not only affect "Hatsune Miku" but other search keywords as well. Both companies expressed a willingness to fix the problem as soon as possible. Images of Miku were relisted on Yahoo on October 19. (from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocaloid#Hatsune_Miku)

In addition, some scandals that insulted Vocaloid occurred in October, 2007.
At this time, 2ch BBS was thrown into a great uproar. A rumor that it was string-pulling by the advertising agency (Dentsu Co.) which failed in the promotion of the virtual idol in the past spread. The comments which tried to quiet this uproar were posted many to 2ch by certain persons in this time. They posted many comments which insulted Vocaloid and Vocaloid fans.

When an angry fan chased the sending origin of these persons, it was recognized that their comments were made by cell phones. In addition, from another follow-up survey, it was recognized that it was an act by a famous string-pulling company.

It is Akita Neru that the person of this problem was made to be a Moe character. She works as a part timer performing string-pulling with a cell phone.[3]

(The first picture of Akita Neru by Smith Hioka)
http://neru.cdx.jp/neru.jpg

Source: Danbooru Wiki

Akita Neru (亞北ネル) in phonetic reading it sounds like "I Quit. Going to sleep." (Aa, kita. Neru) She started out as a meme on 2channel, where a troll user started thread crapping all Vocaloid related threads. Some user commented that he wouldn't get angry only if the troll was a cute girl.

Thus Akita Neru, a tsundere non-Vocaloid net-chara was born. Her image color is orange-ish yellow and her character item is a cell phone. Her design was created by Smith Hioka (スミス・ヒオカ).

Neru is sometimes written as a Miku wannabe, others as the anti-hero of the Vocaloid personage. She mainly represents forum/bbs trolls, those who don't have enough patience to use the Vocaloid software, or those who gave up using Vocaloid.[4]

Acceptance into Vocaloid

File:Image of Akita Neru bySmithHioka-img2.jpg

Akita Neru complains about Otaku


Left 1 - Huh? I don't get you! Are you some disgusting otaku?
Left 2 - Geeze, I'm tired of this!!
Right - Anyway, you're just a bunch of disgusting otaku making a fuss. Ahh, so gross, so gross.
Phone - Pi pi pip
Profile
Age - 17
Height - 150cm
Weight - 38kg
Genre of Specialty - Forum posting in place of some customers, Astroturfing
Boards of Specialty - News Bulletins+, News Bulletins, News for VIP
Regular Patrons - Den 2u, TεS and ggrUks. These two companies were once assumed to be insulting Hatsune Miku.
ggrUks = ggrks = "google it, you scum"

Neru is one of the Vocaloid derivatives that became officially recognized by Crypton Future Media, the publisher of the Character Vocal Series for Vocaloid 2, for commercial use. The other derivatives bearing this distinction is Hachune Miku, Yowane Haku, Sakine Meiko, and Tako Luka.[5]

Appearances

MikuMikuDance (MMD), 3D software
An MMD model of Neru was created in October 2008 by modeler M2 (M2gzb) who used Animasa's Miku as the base. See the Neru Akita (M2) page for details, and also see other Neru models.
Maker Hikōshiki Hatsune Mix, manga
Neru makes a cameo appearance as a music teacher (ch6), then she later appears again as a salesperson (ch7).
Chibi Miku-san, 4-koma manga
A popular 4-koma that portrays Neru in child form, she is introduced (#54) as a smug and sometimes abrasive friend of Chibi-Miku, Chibi-Neru can sometimes be seen trying to one-up some of the characters. The fandom idea of her having a crush on Len carries over in this series.
Project Diva (PD), game
Neru is an available character in the PSP game, Hatsune Miku ~Project Diva~ and again as a playable character in its sequel. Her appearance in the first Project Diva game did not carry her "official" personality, and was as cheerful as Miku. This was corrected in Project Diva 2nd, complete with tantrum-throwing if the player has not chosen her for a long time.
Fanmade Promotional Videos (PV)
Neru, Miku, and Kasane Teto are a commonly seen in fanmade videos. Fans have dubbed them the Triple Baka, after the popular song of the same name.
Merchandise
Official licensed Neru figurines have been produced, such as Nendoroid Puchi and a 1/8 scale model.
Artwork
Search Akita Neru on deviantArt Pixiv Piapro
Media
Search Akita Neru on YouTube NicoVideo

Voice configuration

Configuration: Hatsune Miku

Configuration: {{{title}}}

 EXPLAINED:
Neru officially has no defined voice, however this has not prevented users from attempting to give her one. In some cases Neru has the voice of a boyish-sounding girl, while some people have assigned her to Miku's default voice, but in a higher octave.
 TECHNICAL INFORMATION
BREATHINESS (BRE) -30 BRIGHTNESS (BRI) 30 CLEARNESS (CLE) 30
GENDER FACTOR (GEN) 15 OPENING (OPE) -15
 SPECIAL NOTES:
Breathiness in high notes and in certain words increases Neru's ability to sing higher notes than Miku normally can. Her effective voice range is at F3-F5.

Configuration: Hatsune Miku Append (Soft)

Configuration: {{{title}}}

 EXPLAINED:
Another voice configuration suggested for Neru involves the usage of the voicebank CV01 Soft Early.
 TECHNICAL INFORMATION
BREATHINESS (BRE) -50 BRIGHTNESS (BRI) 30 CLEARNESS (CLE) 35
GENDER FACTOR (GEN) -30 OPENING (OPE) -25
 SPECIAL NOTES:
The Breathiness helps in the High note, and the Gender Factor makes the Voice more "Cute and Calm".

Configuration: Kagamine Rin (Act2)

Configuration: {{{title}}}

 EXPLAINED:
First used in Nanamue-P's Honey Honey PV, Neru has a singing voice that better matches her aesthetics. Rin's previous voicebank may also work, but ACT2 is more recommended. This is not an exact configuration, but rather, tweaked settings.

If using Rin Append, it is recommended to use Rin Append "Power", to match her personality with her voice. The Kagamine appends also have better quality than the previous 2 iterations, and is recommended if available.

 TECHNICAL INFORMATION
BREATHINESS (BRE) -10 BRIGHTNESS (BRI) -20 CLEARNESS (CLE) 20
GENDER FACTOR (GEN) 39 OPENING (OPE) -20
 SPECIAL NOTES:
Some clarity issues may arise, because of Rin's voicebank. Therefore, tweaks may be needed. Her effective voice range at this point is at C3-C5, though it may extend gracefully. It is a borderline tomboyish voice.

Notable songs

Ok, midori ha, teki da.

  おk、緑は、敵だ。(Okay, green is the enemy.)

おk、緑は、敵だ。(Okay, green is the enemy.)

120px-Icon_niconico.png
Author(s) Line-P

Tsumanne?

  ツマンネ? (Boring?)

ツマンネ? (Boring?)

120px-Icon_niconico.png
Author(s) Owata-P

Gochagocha Uruse!

  ゴチャゴチャうるせー! (Stop Naggin' Me!)

ゴチャゴチャうるせー! (Stop Naggin' Me!)

120px-Icon_niconico.png
Author(s) Owata-P

Hatarake! Nito

  はたらけ! ニート (Just Work, NEET!)

はたらけ! ニート (Just Work, NEET!)

120px-Icon_niconico.png
Author(s) Owata-P

Trivia

  • Neru is regarded as a "BOUKALOID" (in Japanese, 防火ロイド or 防火LOID) - a play on words. It literally means Fireproof-loid and has the same pronunciation as Vocaloid in Japanese.
  • Neru's history, including her DEN2 arm marking, is extremely controversial due to the involvement of a supposedly-powerful entity, and this matter was asked not to be expounded for the safety of Neru's creator.
  • Despite Neru being a girl that does things her way, she is employed in a writing agency for a rate of 700 yen per hour. She sometimes she speaks in Tohoku dialect or Akita dialect. People speaking in such dialects are located in the Tohoku region. This is a reference to her family name Akita, and the prefecture's name.
  • Like Miku, Neru also has a futuristic ribbon in the shape of a blue circle holding her side tail in place. This does not need to physically touch Neru's hair to keep it in place. This is also one of the most difficult parts of Neru's outfit to recreate for cosplayers.
  • Created on the same official level (and from the same circumstances that led to her creation) is her "brother" Akita Nero. The other Akita is an unofficial "family member" although not created in Japan, is Akita Naru.

Gallery

Note; this is not a gallery for every fanart out there, just for reference

File:Image of Akita Neru bySmithHioka-conceptart.jpg
Akita Neru concept art by Smith Hioka

References

  1. Vocaloid Wiki: Neru Akita
  2. Blog: VOCALOID Description - Tuesday, March 2, 2010
  3. VocaloidOtaku: Vocaloid TRIVIA - Akita Neru - Posted: May 29 2009, 08:39 AM
  4. Danbooru: Akita Neru (Version 10) 05/29/2010 02:21
  5. Vocaloid Wiki: Neru Akita (acceptance)

External Links


W The content of this page is copied from another source and presented on Fanloid Wiki. The content has been adjust accordingly to fit Fanloid Wiki 'Manual of Style'.
The original is located here. Note, any recent updates to the original may not have been duplicated here.
W
Advertisement