Big Al Husbando

BIG AL is an English VOCALOID developed and distributed by PowerFX Systems AB., and was released in December 2009 for the VOCALOID2 engine. His announcement was on January 21, 2007 and his provider during that time was Michael King. After another period of development, his voice bank was redone by voice actor Frank S., whose last name cannot be revealed due to privacy reasons. BIG AL's believed original codename is "RONIE" due to sightings of it alongside "JODIE", Sweet ANN's codename. There was also a third unknown provider during the "RONIE" period prior to Michael King, but the version voiced by the unknown provider was cancelled for undisclosed reasons. It is unknown why PowerFX chose the name "BIG AL". "Al" can be both a male and female name. It is usually shorthand for other longer names. When applied to boys it is shorthand for names including (but not restricted to) "Alfred", "Albert", "Allen", and "Alphonse". On his Taiwanese release, BIG AL's logo is stylized with a dash. Yamaha also has written the name as "BigAl" without a space between "Big" and "Al". BIG AL's original illustrator remains unknown while the revised illustration is by artist Ash. In both incarnations, the monster he is based on is Frankenstein's monster; according to PowerFX, their VOCALOIDs are more like Cyborgs than Androids. The original image of BIG AL came from an old Frankenstein photo. The hand on the image came from an old poster of Uncle Sam.