Forgotten Friday #25 - Kantaru Aratane / 新た音カンタル

Who is Kantaru Aratane? Why is there kana in the surname? The power of lasagna is that when you put one atop another, you have simply created a larger lasagna.

Forgotten Friday #25 - Kantaru Aratane / 新た音カンタル

Another case of "I should know you. Why don't I know you?" 

Nick S. / Zengodnick's only social media link given is a YouTube account with, what seems like, one unlisted video. He only has four subscribers, but he has 2,880 views views across his channel. The only way to access the unlisted video is by searching "Zengodnick" which only brings up the (other than playlists) empty channel and that one video. (It's a fandmade anime music video.)

There is no readme or character file in Kantaru's bank, so no hopes of finding info there. There are no videos of this UTAU on NicoNicoDouga or YouTube. I understand completely why there's no videos made by other people, but it is strange that an UTAU this old doesn't at least have a release video.

Who is Aratane Kantaru?

Image from UTAU Wikia

When you look up Kantaru, the first thing you're greeted with is the fact that this UTAU is abandoned. 

He loves cantaloupe and is a Capricorn. I don't know if there were two Sukune Suikas, but if he's talking about having deep feelings Summer's Sukune Suika, I am really confused by the timeline here. Regardless, there's not much info about this kid out there.

How is the bank?

You know when you start doing something, then realize it was a really bad idea, then say "Oh, well, it can't be that bad!"

This bank only has 24 WAV files. I'm not even kidding. To use this to sing an actual song would require splicing samples. Can I do that? Very well, actually. But is it worth it? 

not particularly. 

Where can I download Kantaru?

The download link is on his UTAU Wikia page. If I was more manic and had more time, I would totally have spliced the samples to make him capable of being a plug-and-play bank. But as it stands, I don't have that kind of time.

If you aren't willing or able to "pull a full Rev" and basically recreate this bank, it's not very much worth using. However, bits of history like this are important to write about. Maybe someone will see this and want to do a full restoration. That would be awesome! If not, at least the public learns about another UTAU that was forgotten long ago.