GUMI (グミ) is an official mascot character of Megpoid (メグッポイド / Meguppoido) which is a singing synthesizer application software powered by Yamaha's Vocaloid and was published by INTERNET Co.,Ltd. The avatar character of the software drawn by the
illustrator Masami Yuuki (ゆうきまさみ Yuuki Masami).
Vocaloid 3; English Internet Co, Ltd tweeted that they have begun production of an English version of the Megpoid software, however, confirm it
will take some time to produce.Recording for the data had finished in mid-2012 according to Noboru, the database for the English voicebank is 5 times the size of that of the Japanese voicebanks size, and that they are following the standard build set by Yamaha for a English voicebank.
Later confirmations expect it Feb 2013, the English version is being released in conjunction with the aim to introduce Vocaloid into America as part of "VOCALOID Trans-Pacific", this version of Megpoid is aimed at America and is therefore dubbed "the American Megpoid".
Official release date set to 28.02.2013.