On 26 December 2014 in response to a fan e-mail, Zero-G confirmed that they will still offer LEON, LOLA and MIRIAM in download format only. Zero-G have since responded explaining that due to financial reasons, it is not feasible to update any of the 3 VOCALOID vocals and it is unlikely they will ever be updated. They were all officially retired on the 1 January 2014. In mid December 2013, Zero-G's regular newsletter reported that on the 31 December 2013, LEON, LOLA and MIRIAM would receive permanent retirement and would be removed from sale. In 2008, LEON, LOLA and MIRIAM were put back on sale for the first time in several years, this was thanks to the renewed interest in VOCALOID. However, LEON and LOLA failed to impact the American market due to their accents. At the time of their release, LOLA and LEON had no rival software to contend with and were the first vocal synthesizers to be released of their nature.
They were one of the exhibits at the Zero-G Limited booth during Wired Nextfest, and the VOCALOIDs won the 2005 Electronic Musician Editor’s Choice Award. LEON was released along with fellow VOCALOID, LOLA, by Zero-G Limited. Both LEON and LOLA were known to have been around at the early days of "Project Daisy" and were the only vocals to have been ever be shown to the general public using "Daisy".
However, very little information is known about their early development at all and much of the early development of VOCALOID, such as even the name of "VOCALOID", was yet to be finalised. Īs noted by the existence of a early "Soul Singer" boxart, originally Leon and Lola may have been intended to be sold from the start as a duo. According to later production notes, it took 8 hours each day for 5 days to record the vocals of Leon and Lola.
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