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Indies
>Oren-chan, known for in-depth guides for indie vtubers, is currently impacted by earthquakes.
>Morino Kodoku, a JP indie with Actual Schizophrenia, announces a special project to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of Mori no Henya, a monthly VR event where schizophrenics can gather around each other.
>Usagi Sora, a JP vsinger, released her first album, "Sora", on 6/6.
>Nito Wai, JP Shorts queen, reaches 900k Youtube subscribers.
>Dokibird announces she will be present at Anirevo (a Canadian convention) and Dokomi (a German convention).
>Dokibird also announces she is looking for a BGM Composer.
>Yuna Virtua announces a redesign with new model coming later in June.
>Gabriel Abyssia of EVREN announces a 1-month hiatus, citing family needs. She will return to streaming activities in July.
>Noemi Hestia of EVREN releases an original song, "Mungkin Suatu Hari Nanti".
>Sakura Aoi, a JP indie, opens an APEX tournament on 6/16.
>Akami Karubi will host a public radio recording event for her radio program, "Comedy Karubi-juku", on 8/10.
>Sayu Sincro//Nisity recieves her silver Youtube play button.
>PokoPea expand the locations for their national tour.
>Dokibird seeks out a graphic designer for merch and store graphics.
>Nyaruchuu will perform at ONLive, a PH Vtuber convention.
>Shoto, known for being That Guy You Remember From Those NijiEN Collabs In 2021, debuts a new model on 6/15.
>Momotexx announces a hiatus.
>Nina Saotome is announced as one of the voice actors in Love Eternal, an upcoming indie game.
>Ayamy, known for being Your Girlfriend, opens preorders for her birthday figure. Preorders will be open until 6/30.

Other
>IntoFree relases a new StretchSense Studio Glove for motion capture, promising improved finger tracking and real-time hand movements in VirtualMotionCapture, Unity, and Unreal Engine.
>Sony releases the Windows version of their Mocopi app.
>Twitch increases restrictions on inappropriate attire, amending the ToS to specifically mention vTubers in the revised rules. However, due to the vague enforcement of Twitch's rules, the "actual" rules remain unclear, and it is possible to recieve a ban for "Not enough cover in the pelvic area", with one vtuber already suffering a 24 hour ban for exactly that reason.
>The developers of Warudo, a 3D vtubing app, speak out against the recent Twitch policy update.

Local
>As of CorpoCar Round 9, Fuyo of IdolEN is leading the pack, with Spica (V-Dere) and Chiaki (PixelLink) not too far behind.
>NASFAQ receives an update, expanding the number of hats available.
>VGTC releases a trailer.
>Lord of the Board 3 currently has 42 confirmed entrants.
>Major GET goes to "gura cute".

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T minus how many hours?

>>77826174
2 days and some change.

>>77826060
Up

>>77825748
Here's last week's crossword answers.
Probably not going to put out a new crossword for this week; maybe I'll make the next one a little bigger or something to make up for it. I was initially planning to do a NijiEN-themed one in celebration of the upcoming shitstorm, but that felt a little too on-the-nose so it's back to the drawing board for now.

>>77826174
34 hours and 45 minutes.

>>77826060

>>77826060

>>77825932

Sisters self reported and confirmed that Twisty was the one who joined /NijiEN/ VRChat >>77832756

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>>77834434
Something that gets glossed over here is "Why does /nijiEN/ have/need a dedicated VRChat".

>>77825605
>>77825652
Man, packed week for /news/.

>>77836589
ERPing with each other, and I'm unfortunately not joking. They sometimes watch streams together in a cinema-like area but the majority of it seems to be ERP. It's not all that surprising though when you read through /NijiEN/ and it's just uwu flirting.

>>77836890
Ah yes, proof that some news should stay off the presses.
Thanks anyway.

>>77834434
... She did erotic audio too? Holy hell I'm gunna have to dig around for that later, easy fap for me.

>>77836890
>ERPing with each other, and I'm unfortunately not joking.
hahaha
what

>>77836890
Each day, my hate for Niji becomes more reasonable. It doesn't go down, it just becomes more reasonable.

>>77826060

>>77826060

>>77825786
There are so many things wrong with the visual gag lol

>>77826060
bump

>>77825695
https://youtu.be/j0Pq4IrT6_U
https://youtu.be/j0Pq4IrT6_U
https://youtu.be/j0Pq4IrT6_U

>>77826060
bump

>>77826060
I have no spider chuubas and I mustbump

>>77826060
Up

>>77825695
some new details on the world tour
https://hololive.hololivepro.com/en/news/20240611-01-81/

>>77825695
Sanbaka's 5th Anniversary Live postponed to December 6th (originally scheduled for the 15th of this month) >>77855169

>>77855394
>>77825695
i should add it's due to Ange having the coof

>>77854867
Three day concert let's GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>77825786
Tick Tock anon here, I have food cooking so here a quick appropriately named lunch report.

ANYCOLOR SEES SMALL GROWTH
Anycolor is seeing some erratic movement, they're heading to lunch at 2374 yen (13)

COVER COOKED
Cover stocks are seeing another meteoric rise this lunch break, now at a solid 1885 yen (95) for now.

OTHER
The NIKKEI is up by 0.3% for lunch

See you all in a few hours. Approximately 27 hours remain till the report.

>>77858775
I wonder if this separation will continue through ANYCOLOR's Q4 report--if there are enough investors savvy enough to realize that two companies with wildly different Q4 reports are, in fact, different companies, the true Rubicon--Cover stock being worth more than ANYCOLOR stock--may happen. I don't think it's going to happen, given Riku's investor-savviness and the restrictions already and previously placed on ANYCOLOR stock, but it would be funny, and that's what matters.

>>77825748

>>77854867
Wow, Malaysia finally getting a Hololive concert.

>>77860009
kek

https://youtu.be/5rP1S3Wi2oM
https://youtu.be/5rP1S3Wi2oM
https://youtu.be/5rP1S3Wi2oM
False is revving up for the Q4 drop

>>77860047
They already got viv:id last year though

>>77860954
Wasn't this more so only if you got on a cruise ship?

>>77861374
A-anon...

>>77860009
heh

>>77861374
Anon ...
It's a normal pre-recorded concert

>>77861441
>>77861814
Damn, I'm dumb.

>>77826060
bump

>>77825932
Immy is the rratposter
>>77822659

>>77825695
News
>>77816372

>>77825695
.LIVE is increasing the shipping fee of merchs from their store
https://x.com/dotLIVEyoutuber/status/1798958074570649988

>>77825695
Adding to >>77855394
The good news is, they changed the venue from Shinagawa Prince Hotel to the larger Musashino Forest Sports Plaza with a capacity of around 10,000

>>77855394
>>77855530
>delayed by Covid
Hmm where have I heard that before?

>>77855394
>>77867705
Delayed by so much, even with a change in venue? That will be a very late party, 3.5 months before their 6th anniversary.

>>77869709
Couple of threads ago?
>>77354909

>>77825786
>>77858775
Stock Gone anon here. It's time to close out one last time before it all goes down. With that being said....

24 hours.

ANYCOLOR AND THEY CHOOSE GREEN
Anycolor stocks rise once again this week, as they close out at 2380 yen (19) despite almost getting into the 2400 barrier. Overall it's been a rather uneventful but positive day for them.
Anycolor now has one market day left to prepare for the upcoming Q4 report. Before that comes, a couple of reminders:
>The Report will drop after the market closes on the 12th in JST.
>Furthermore, that means we'll be waiting about 40 hours for when the market opens up for the first time since the report
>The limit on it's price change regardless of loss/gain is 500 yen.
>Don't set your expectations too high, nothings guaranteed.

COVER CORP TO THE MOON(A HOSHINOVA)
Cover shoots up the graph as they prepare for the blast from the Q4 report. Shooting past the Ohtani Zone and closing out at 1894 yen (104). They're still a solid 101 yen away from their peak after the financial report however.
Speaking of reports, don't expect Cover to walk out of this unscathed. They are still very much influenced by Anycolor's performance as Cover influences them. Going off the previous report (Anycolor Q3) the initial impact on Cover was rather small compared to Anycolor's 700 yen drop off, but Cover would eventually trend downward to the same percentage of loss over the next 2 weeks.

OTHER
The NIKKEI saw a 0.25% rise today.
Trading volumes for today:
Anycolor: 882k
Cover Corp: 17 Million (Third highest since their Q4 report.)
Most talk is on the upcoming report.

>>77872414
Lastly, here's Cover! (Also they were on the the most active threads on JP finance board.)

And with that, we've technically hit our last closing report before the Anycolor Q4 Report. Enjoy these 22 hours or so of relative peace and quiet for this board. It's about to get real busy, especially here (and me....)

I'll see you all later. God give me strength.

>>77870907
NTA but this isn't the first, nor the second time Niji canceled an event and blamed it on Covid.
Also, December is 6 months away.
Why postpone it till then? Why not July or August?

>>77872521
Good luck Comstock anon.

>>77872414
How long does it take for Anycolor's 500 yen price change limit to be renewed?

>>77873471
Never, that's not an anycolor thing, it's an all Japanese stock exchange thing

>>77826060

>>77872414
>Ohtani Zone
?

>>77874103
Sorry if im just too stupid to get it, but at 10/28/2022 Anycolor's stock price was at 6190 yen. At the 11/4/2022; 8 days later; there stock price was at 5585 yen; a decrease of 605 yen. I don't have the impression that there limit persist indefinitely.

>>77876913
The limit is based on the current market value, so a stock with a higher value can shift more, and it's a daily limit, so it could shift that much over eight days at just about any value.

There was a ban on some sort of speculative trading, locking out the short sellers for awhile, not sure if that's still in effect.

>>77866317
rrat

>>77825695
Tenma has finally recovered from COVID. She revealed yesterday that her lungs almost gave out and had to be intubated and even had a priest present who read her last rites.

>>77825695
>>77825932
no specifics yet, but Sayu will be joining a corpo whilst keeping her IP, website and stuff. see linked timestamp
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2169069396?t=6h01m40s

>>77825695
Mori x Hana Kanazawa

>>77876330
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10124260-video-yankees-aaron-judge-calls-dodgers-shohei-ohtani-best-player-in-mlb
He's #17, so 1700-1799 is the "Ohtani Zone"

>>77825932
>>77878905
>>77452253
m-masaka...

>>77875700
>general Hololive news
>puts Mori still

Ha! So much for "Mori is not Hololive" bitches!

>>77825695
Rikka of 'Stars will go on break for about two months to recuperate from a recent surgery performed on his vocal chords.
https://twitter.com/rikkaroid/status/1800474775351107603
>[Important Notice]
>Due to surgery on my vocal chords, from 6/15 I will be on break for 2 months. I'm sorry for the timing, but I'll do my best to heal up and sing better soon, so please wait for me!

>>77879648
https://x.com/triggerrecords_/status/1800483121043054868

>>77879951
it could be phase, idol, mythic or even vshojo... we'll see.

>>77880140
Man, she looks good for a woman in her 40s.

>>77825695

>>77880881

>>77880300
She's 35 anon

>>77880926

>>77878888
Damn, パチパチ well deserved

>>77881098
Eh, close enough.

>>77881118
Song list:
(1) Himitsu no Oshideto
Lyrics: TOPHAMHAT-KYO (FAKE TYPE.)
https://x.com/2z2z
Production: FAKE TYPE.
https://x.com/faketype
Song: DYES IWASAKI (FAKE TYPE.)
https://x.com/DYES_IWASAKI
(2) Magan Wink [EvilEyeWink]
Lyrics/Music: Teniwoha
https://x.com/edogawa_sampo
[See also https://x.com/takanelui/status/1800499471585051047 ]
(3) BakaBakka [Stupid Idiot]
Lyrics: DECO*27
Production: DECO*27
https://x.com/deco27
Song: Naoki Itai (MUSIC FOR MUSIC)
https://x.com/NaokI_Edge
https://x.com/mfm_jpn
(4) FIRST CRY
Lyrics/Music: kemu
https://x.com/kemu8888
(5) CHARISMA
Lyrics/Music: jon-YAKITORY
https://x.com/jon_408
(6) Overd
Lyrics/Music: Hiiragi Kirai
https://x.com/kirai_dark
(7) Tori To Re:TreaT
Lyrics: Tom Hayashibe, Takane Lui
Couldn't find out who "Takane Lui" is, though.
Music: Tom Hayashibe
https://x.com/tom_hayashibe
(8) Holohawk
Lyrics/Music: Surii
https://x.com/iii0303_8
(9) Yumi ga Dekita no [I have a dream]
Lyrics: Kaneki Kazuya
Music: Seiya Matsumuro
http://matsumuroseiya.com/
(10) TSUBASA
Lyrics: Takane Lui, Katsuhiko Sugiyama
Music: Katsuhiko Sugiyama
https://x.com/sugisansugisan

>>77826060

>>77825695
News
>>77884126

>>77825786
Neo-Porte is selling rainy day-themed merchs, starting from June 18th
https://x.com/NeoPorte_info/status/1800452925153563117

>>77825786
NoraCat is partnering with HICAT energy drink to release a special edition energy drink, with an original label, stickers, and a stirrer for cocktails
https://x.com/VR_Girl_NoraCat/status/1800504719703716082

>>77825786
>>77885294

>>77887237
forgot to add channel link
https://space.bilibili.com/3546694188796294/

>>77825605
wao

>>77826060

>>77825605
i been thinking: wouldnt it be good to have a subsection in every news section between the jps and the ens?

I know pretty well who is where in hololive but when i read other corpos and indies i dont know its a jp or if its a western with a japanese wanabe name

>>77880086
neuro sama is a woman and all women are horny for mori so obviously the algo choose her

>>77892389
I disagree, it should encourage you to research and discover more about things.

>>77892389
It would frankly just end up being the "I don't care about these people" list, because of the high EOP lean this thread has. That isn't a dig at EOPs in particular (english-speaking board, after all), but if you see a story you're interested in, you should probably google the names.

>>77825786
https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/ANYCOLOR-INC-137315116/company/
Bilibili no longer shows up as part of anycolor's major stockholders

>>77894056
Oh, that's not good.
Is there a threshold to being removed from that list, or does it indicate that they've completely dumped their stock?

>>77894479
It only shows shareholders who own at least 1% of shares so it's possible they sold enough stock to drop below that level, but given they used to own 3.5% of stock that'd still be a major dump

>>77881753

>>77894696
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>>77894822
>>77894930
>>77825786

>>77894592
>Go into b2
>B2 gets out
Pure cinema.

>>77826060

>>77825695
>>77899217
Apparently Sayu is joining LITERAL WHO TALENT AGENCY

>>77825695
>>77899217
Sayu's agency is the one Bri's in, but I've not heard of it.

>>77900434
and Rita formerly of Prism. Doesn’t seem like anyone who has recognized the fourth girl has posted yet.

>>77900388
>>77900434
Doing a bit of poking around, NOA Talent, founded in 2023, is a subsidiary of Metishon (a Chinese MCN founded in 2020), which is itself a company affiliated with Billibilli and Hoyoverse (yes, that Hoyoverse).
There is almost nothing on the company, and most of their LinkedIn information is obscured. They're based out of Los Angeles. They have 3 employees, one of which signed on in March 2024. Interestingly, the Talent Audition Manager seems to have been a Virtual Idol under another Metishon brand previously, AuroraLiveVR.
>So what about Metishon?
Established January 2020, they claim to be a Virtual Entertainer company, focusing on Virtual Idols. They have a couple of brands under them, but nothing noteworthy. In fact, I would say the most noteworthy thing about this company is that there is absolutely nothing noteworthy about it, positive or negative. They merely exist. NOA Talent's most notable asset is that the guy in charge is also directly involved with Hoyoverse, which is possibly how Sayu got involved with him to begin with.

>>77902360
>>77902803

>>77902360
someone hold me and tell this isnt a black company. im scared.

>>77903058
>THREE of the biggest stories today are directly linked
What in the hell is going on?

>>77903647
AuroraLiveVR definitely was, so the connection there is a bit of a worrying indication.

>The talent listings on Youtube are gone
>None of those talents has any listing on the NOA site
WHEN WILL THESE FUCKING COMPANIES LEARN
THE STREISAND EFFECT IS REAL
THE INTERNET DOES NOT FORGET
COVERUPS JUST MAKE US MORE CURIOUS

>>77904058
Yeah, but that's a talent who was acting as auroralive's unpaid manager for the entirety of that company's western presence. I don't think she's part of the aurora live black company stuff

>>77904050
I can see two, but what's the third?

>>77904718
No way leaking this wasn't an inside job. Noone even knew these guys exist until two hours ago.

>>77905376
>noa talents
>kobo on billi
>blilli dumping all their niji stocks.

>>77905415
For posterity, here are the posts that contained the leak.
>>77897840
>>77898323

>>77904718
Let's be honest, they knew exactly what they were doing

>>77905769
of course they did, they probably posted these >>77905670 too
>>77825932

>>77900434
>>77902360
>>77904718
Bri denies being involved.
>>77906201

ChingChongScamCorp CEO is aware of the situation and taking appropriate measures.
>>77906563

>>77905670
>>77905897
They've restricted the discord. >>77906563

Bilibili anon here, the chink corpo you guys are talking about is the shadow chink corpo that is managing pretty much all of the jp indies on bilibili and they were managing cover's account in b2. Coincidentally in one of the shadow chink corpo guy stream, he also mentioned about acquiring overseas chuubas after his deal with holo. This chink corpo is kinda like mythic who manage accounts, social medias and provide mods.

>>77907101
shadow as in black or as in dont like to be public

>>77825932
Qu/in/n is joining Vshojo. LETS GOOOOOOOO

>>77908238
They stay out of public, also shadow chink corpo loves ex-nijis. Two of the fired vta trainees got recruited by them to stream on b2 after one week.

I dug further and found more stuff, some of holo's cover music were dmcaed by this company so they can reupload it on the proper b2 accounts. Said company is the chinese parent company for meticon in shanghai.

>>77905456
I read the thread on the third one and seems like it's actually old news, not a recent happening but from after the SEREN SHOKKU.
>>77897188
Not really sure if I should tag it with the anchor as it's a correction, but eh. >>77825695

Be careful discussing this story. It's entirely possible that >we are being exploited for free advertising.
I'd advise not spreading it anywhere else, even on this board, and keeping discussion of it to the absolute minimum necessary.

>>77825605
>Abi Kadabura graduates, effective immediately, with no reasons given.
Just to amend the headline here, there was actually a post-graduation farewell video posted by Abi explaining the sudden graduation as pursuing a new entertainment industry opportunity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yUXpiNV74Q

>>77909533
I agree it's most likely viral marketing, but in terms of the board there are already about three active threads about it and one dead one.

>>77909533
>It's entirely possible that >we are being exploited for free advertising.
it has always been a possibility. as long as my oshi will be happy there, I'll be happy too.

>>77909533
I'm not against people discussing the story outside of a thread, so the facts can be collected. That's... well it's not explicitly what /news/ is for, the discussion half anyways, but getting the facts and rrats straight is absolutely our MO. A still evolving story deserves coverage even if a portion of it is coming from internal leakage. And, to be brutally honest with ya, most of /vt/ would rather die before they watch and shill chinatubers.

>>77825695
Gamersupps, a company that sponsors tons of vtubers on twitch, has been forced to discontinue the LEAN flavor after getting a cease and desist warning from The Secret Service for using Joe Biden's likeness on the packaging

https://x.com/GamerSupps/status/1800607969312412126/photo/1

>>77910946
This... has to be one of the most wild pieces of news I've seen here. Hell, even on this entire board. I have so, so many questions but one google search leads me to believe the creator of that flavor was a group of MrBeast wannabes.

>>77910946
>could be detrimental to national security
And I thought the government of my country was petty. Jesus.

>>77910946
I don't get why they don't discontinue the packaging and not the flavor. Man...

>>77911674
Devils advocate, but it's Gamersupps. They're pretty much universally shit imo. The flavor and packaging could not be more disconnected if they tried, they'll just rebrand it as some other brand of trash.

>>77910946
Is the LEAN flavor specific to any VTuber or was it a different flavor?

>>77909533
This is an actual big story with big ramifications though
This is Hololive's live or die moment
I remember getting pissed to the point of boycotting Hololive altogether when Coco "graduated"

>>77910946
this post has been since deleted

One of the NOA managers, as seen in picrel, posted her picture on /vt/.
>>77912944
>>77913038
>>77913188
>>77913655

>>77914687
what the fuck is happening today

>>77914687
Let's say "allegedly", this is a serious news thread after all.
Verification not required.

>>77914520
that was quick
their lawyers probably told them not to post the C&D

>>77913655
>>77913038
>>77914687
Really milking those last 15 hairs huh

>>77914972
Fuck off, it takes balls for a woman to post a pic looking like that, I can't even hate.

>>77914972
a lot of asian women have high hairlines, and that's about the best you can do with it styling-wise. considering their prevalence in EN vtubing, decent chance all of our oshis look like that.

>>77914687
The manager (or larper pretending to be her) seems to have stopped posting so here are the posts for posterity

If legitimate there appears to be animosity between NOA and ALVR (Aurora Live VR), or at least a personal grievance on the part of the manager
>>77912944
>>77913038
>>77913157
>>77913250
>>77913368
>>77913655
>>77913831
>>77913942
>>77914059
>>77914215
>>77914538
>>77914627

>>77915980
Holy shit. They are all /here/

>>77915980
I'm the one that originally reported on Metishon and ALVR being connected. The main issue seems to be that there was an old DR Music article that Quinn herself personally commented on, which served as the link. That combined with both companies using "Virtual Idol" as key phrases seems to have gotten Google confused on the companies being related, as well as a few other websites. Any deeper investigation was blocked by the Great Firewall Of China, which also blocks the VPN I use for research purposes. Chinese companies really do not like it when independent investigators poke around.

I'll chalk this one up to a research failure due to poor CN access. If I had a nickel for every time my poking around somehow caused an incident that made the story more relevant, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't much, but it's weird that it's happened twice now.

>>77915980
if real i told her a couple of times i wanna fuck her ass. I THOUGHT IT WAS A LARP IM SRY

>>77916395
i tried to ask her about it but she didnt comment. if real she has beef with her old company. gives me hope.

>>77916525
She definitely has beef with AuroraLiveVR, whether that poster was her or not.

>>77916395
You have a journalist blood in you smol ame. Poke around and news gushes out like a geyser.

>>77894056
HOLY SHIT. Q4 must have been that bad for the major players to be jumping ship immediately.

>>77915980
Related. For context one anon in the thread asked her to marry him for a greencard.
https://twitter.com/eoisvt/status/1800630644160266660

>>77917196
When did x become /soc/?

>>77917196
>>77914520
>>77904718
Is today ACTUALLY the "Post retarded shit" day?

>>77917196
Sayu's manager Rae replied to that, and is clearly also /here/ since she knows what it's referring to

She's cute. Would let her peg me

Okay, so with AuroraLiveVR and Metishon not connected at all outside of NOA employing some ex-ALVR talent, that means Metishon has a pretty clean and unnotable record.
So that's better, right?

>>77825605
Holy shit that's literally me on the right, can't wait to show up to the concert in my suit and tie

>>77916423
I'm not. She's kinda hot

>>77917408
Rae you bitch I hope you fucking tell Sayu how much /ss/ loves her and supports her menhera ass.

>>77917945
At least their CEO seems to have good written English skills (probably better than all of niji management) and has had a decent "creative field management" career trajectory

>With eight years of international marketing and public relations experience, five years of project management and planning, and a year of translation under my belt, I am a seasoned professional skilled in operating both in English and Chinese. My diverse experience spans several industries and roles, making me well-rounded in handling various tasks and responsibilities.
>In China, I am recognized as a prominent producer and lyricist, known for my proficiency in writing. Over the years, I've penned 10 popular songs, all of which have been utilized as theme songs for renowned Chinese anime and video games. My ability to combine artistic talent with an understanding of consumer desires has led these works to gain widespread acclaim.
>In addition to my creative pursuits, I am an experienced entrepreneur, having founded the well-known animation studio "Eclipse Animation". The success of this studio attracted the attention of Kuaikan Comics platform, which eventually led to an acquisition. Furthermore, my entrepreneurial achievements were recognized when I was included in the "2019 Hurun Under30s Entrepreneurial Leaders" list.

>Director of operations of mobileshit game
>Manager at Live2D studio

>>77917196
Has there ever been a case where management from a company confirm that they're /here/ before? I know for a lot of small corpos there's suspicions that they browse their generals but I can't think of another time they've openly admitted it.

>>77917945
A redditor is highly concerned about the parent company Metishon and the tactics of its CEO
>>77918826

>>77918917
It probably doesn't count since it's not directly from management, but a NEXAS talent directly confirmed that their manager (and some of the livers) are /here/.

>>77919205
>No sources
>Researching the story he's talking about doesn't turn up anything in English
I'm suspicious, because smear campaigns are very common in the CN business world.
I would give this more than the usual level of apprehension.

>>77916395
>spoiler
And that's why you're our best agent on the case for any case.
>>77919205
Aye yai yai...

>>77919418
To be fair, we just learned first-hand that the Great Firewall obscures information incredibly well. Which is uh, not really something that wasn't already obvious, but you get what I mean. At the very least I'd say hold it with the same grains of salt rather than more. Especially in this newfound Feudal era we're living in where everythings happening all at once where salt is once again worth it's weight in gold. This analogy sucks.

>>77919685
It's because all information about it would be in the fog of war that I'm suspicious. We can't get any verifying information one way or another, and smearing competition is common in chinese business practices. There is no "trust but verify" because you can't verify and the trust doesn't exist.
It may as well be a giant rrat that sounds plausible, because we don't have any real information to go on.

>>77919685
>>77920033
Are you guys searching in chinese? Maybe the info is locked up in moonrunes
I think a lot of chinese forums have urls that are just a bunch of numbers too, the chinese /vt/ could be something like 84828592.cn or smth idk

>>77918663
>ever crediting this hellhole
lmao, discordfags always try their best to pretend this place doesn't exist

>>77920033
Well, at least we can both agree the entire thing is just a mysterious mess of nonsense regardless. Only thing left is to have an anon who didn't listen to /biz/ about learning chinese to show up.

>GamerSupps v Joe Biden
>NOA managers shit
What a day for /news/

>>77919205
Here is the redditor's source
>https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Mx4y117yK/
>Here's the link to a video clip showing Yuefu is the person behind Noa Talent. This was on Feb 7. The title reads "Former Nijisanji talent Selen to join Yuefu's company? Mengge EN project start!". The person you see on screen is Yuefu's avatar. At 3:20 he showed the website he was making for Noa Talent. At 3:45 he said "I will ask if Selen wants to have a Bilibili stream". At 4:27 he said "nobody cares about Wanwan (a pejorative word used for Taiwan)".
From https://www.reddit.com/r/kurosanji/comments/1ddmfgk/comment/l86zecn/

So much Bilibili today

>>77921888
Hope he archived that shit before posting it, otherwise it's gonna be taken down as soon as the guy can.

>>77922292
Protip: yt-dlp works fine on it, it's just 480p without logging into the CCP

you are all dramaniggers. Kys

Why the fuck are today's dramas all related to china?

Opening 15 mins of D-Day and anycolor is down 1%. A blip on the radar or the harbinger of doom?

>>77922884
China preparing to tear riku's asshole for Q4

>>77922884
Retarded rrat: Riku calling in favors with the CCP thinking people would forget about Q4 report if they spam yabs.
Too bad, Riku.

>>77922987
The hours before Chernobyl meltdown, inshallah

>>77922987
The report has yet to drop. Wait for the final bell, and then the kill shot will come tomorrow.

>>77923230
I will laugh if they manage to hit the circuit breaker even before the report comes out. Wishful thinking but we all live in hope

>>77923537
I highly doubt it would happen during market opens even though it would be funny as fuck. After market is a different story if it repeats what happened after the Q3 report, which I think is more likely to be the case.

Christ, I swear if today is actually a calm before the storm I might be fucking cooked.

>>77924544
I was expecting it to be a rather boring wait for the report to drop, funny how things turn out.

>>77917196
>For that one special 4chan user.
Lol, thanks to confirm you are /here/.

>>77918106
Is it news worthy that this owl played overwatch 2 two days in a row?

>>77925474
No.

>>77926909
>>77925474
Yes, her meltdown that led to make Gura play OW2 plus Ame

>>77924544
If this is the calm before the storm then Gura's graduating

>>77825695
Aglio Olio E Peperoncino will sing the ED of the second season of Goddess Cafe Terrace. The song will be released digitally on July 3rd
https://x.com/PP_aldente1027/status/1800543791251927223

>>77825605
>Tokino Sora's song "Okaerinasai" will serve as the OP for the upcoming anime "My wife has no emotions".
That's based. Is she going to be singing it or will it be one of the cast members? I don't know how these things work.

>>77930425
https://x.com/hololivetv/status/1800037678982775215
It seems that she will be singing it, as well.

>>77825932
There's some account reporting that False got kicked out of the charity event VShojo is participating in this month. Can we get some confirmation?

Dawn of the last 30 minutes....

>>77825695
Layna has been banned.

>>77825786
Stock Watch anon here. 3 hours and 10 minutes to Midnight. But we still have some time for lunch.

ANYCOLOR TRENDS DOWN
Anycolor starts off the final day badly, currently at a loss as they head to lunch at 2342 yen (-38). There's been some upward momentum, so it's possible they can gain some ground still.

COVER FLOPS
Cover stocks do a complete 180 today, as they crash down to to 1821 yen (-73) as we head to lunch. Unfortunately not much upward momentum here, but you never know. It'll be a day to minimize losses for them.

OTHER
The NIKKEI heads to lunch at a loss of 0.78%

That's all for now. Closing will be short and to the point today.

3 Hours. I'll see you soon after. If I don't appear after this week, give me a viking funeral.

>>77935651
Godspeed you magnificent bastard

>>77935413
is a temp ban on twitch really that newsworthy?
isnt that just what twitch does?

I still don't see the report being all that bad and why people are hyping it up so damn much. Is it an emotional thing?

>>77935968
Men being emotional? You must be lost.

>>77935759
It's not. I feel for her and wish for nothing but the speediest of unbans, but Twitch's ban system is a revolving door.

>>77935759
It's the implications of the ban that are newsworthy. Layna was banned because of her model. This may set the precedent of banning people with similar models like hers.

>>77935759
>>77937085 (me)
Read the "Other" section for more context.

>>77937085
You should probably lead with that then. I hesitate to call it newsworthy but given today's D-Day it's not like this one'll be a long one anyways.

>>77937085
ok so, the majority of people on this board do not know what this chuuba looks like on stream. I for one dont even know who you are talking about.

>>77937646
Good for you.

>>77937646
look it up then.
though it must be her older model(s), as she mentioned on her xitter it was the pelvic area they hit her for, and i think her newer princess one isnt tat revealing there.
cause if it WAS her newer one, expect even more to be hit by that new rule than expected.

>>77938172
>post news about something visual on an image board
>dont post an image with your reporting

>>77938172
Lanya said in her own discord that is was the pelvic region and that the twitch rep has clarified that exposed hips on vtuber models/Leotard style outfits are against TOS and will be enforced upon going forward.

Since someone asked for an outfit for context, this is the one that got her banned.

>>77938857
The announcement about why she was banned

>>77938617
im not the og anon, and yes he was retarded.
but he was already retarded and clearly that isnt going to change, so, use those fingers to look her up if you care so much.

>>77829304
Any way to get the past editions?

>>77938947
>twitch being retarded
just like grass is green and the sun will rise and set, this will never change.

Reminder that /news/ is not a thread for arguments or discussion. Post your news, give citations, and if you can't do that then make a thread a reporter will link at some point.

>>77935968
Now this is cope

>>77939270
Suck my balls, that's why we have thread anchors for

>>77937476
>>77938617
>>77939028
This was talked about in the last thread and in the OP. This >>77935413 was an addition to that story. I tend to not repeat stuff that was already said.

>>77826060
bump, can't die now

>>77915980
>>77916395
>>77917196
>>77917408
I don't even care that much about Sayu, but this shit is hilarious. I will keep track of all of this just for my own amusement.

One hour left

>>77825605
This is the only thread worth a damn on this board

>>77945147
It will be a nothing burger.

>>77947924
Have you learn nothing from invoking the "nothing burger" law for the past 3 years anon?

>>77947924
Probably, but the trend will remain the same. I don't think Anycolor's stock will reach 3k ever again.

Speaking about Metishon, someone put this on their tweet. It's connected to Kobo's first live stream.
https://x.com/fo_get/status/1800706730277658657?s=19

Put on your helmets and try to protect your equipment, you're on the front lines now reporters.

It's time

The time of reconning is upon us.

Don't forget to put on your hard hats and press vest, reporters.

>>77825786
>>77935651
Stock Watch anon here. One more time before it goes.

Anycolor closes out at 2364 yen (-16)

Cover closes out at 1806 yen (-88)

I'll be back with the summary/review in a moment. See you soon.

>>77948549
I've reached the [Catalog]. Standing by.
If I don't make it back... tell my oshi I love her.

>>77948573
Reckoning, anon

>>77948616
I'm prepared and OSHA compliant...

>>77948744
Fuck. No wonder I never passed journalist school...

https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5032/ir_material_for_fiscal_ym2/157569/00.pdf
https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5032/ir_material_for_fiscal_ym2/157569/00.pdf
https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5032/ir_material_for_fiscal_ym2/157569/00.pdf
https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5032/ir_material_for_fiscal_ym2/157569/00.pdf
https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5032/ir_material_for_fiscal_ym2/157569/00.pdf

>>77948792
Anon, it's journalism school...

https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5032/ir_material_for_fiscal_ym3/157570/00.pdf
https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5032/ir_material_for_fiscal_ym3/157570/00.pdf
https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5032/ir_material_for_fiscal_ym3/157570/00.pdf
https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5032/ir_material_for_fiscal_ym3/157570/00.pdf
https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5032/ir_material_for_fiscal_ym3/157570/00.pdf

>>77825786
Anycolor is planning on spending up to 7,500,000,000 yen to buy back up to 4,000,000 stocks, of which there is 63,229,540 currently outstanding. This is what we in the biz call, a double down on a 15.
https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5032/ir_material1/231219/00.pdf

>>77825786
https://www.anycolor.co.jp/en/ir/news
They are out

>>77825786
It seems like NijiEN's YoY earnings for Q4 are down by roughly -21.78%.
NijiJP is up by about +69%.
Total YoY improvement is +47.0%

>>77949001
Another billions of yen wasted on the gambling table.

>>77949109
the EN version is available anon >>77948987

>Increase of 1 for both JP and EN... lmao they are debuting at the same speed the conga line moves.

>>77948173 (me)
So, was I correct?

>>77949505
Technically no, since Anycolor is spending 45 million dollars to POOMP with another buyback.

>>77949170
I know. I just grabbed that image from an active thread about the report for the sake of posting quicker.

>>77825786
Since the charts for both branches were merged, here's the detailed breakdown of how much each branch made in each quarter. As can be expected, it looks like JP is doing fine but EN is declining.

GET YOUR EN VERSIONS HERE
https://litter.catbox.moe/ztwemk.pdf
https://litter.catbox.moe/ztwemk.pdf
https://litter.catbox.moe/ztwemk.pdf

>>77949605
So, it might rise up to 3k again?

>>77933775
This one Not a good look if true

>>77951049
That's a sister, they follow most of the NijiEN organs and tweet the usual NDF talking points.

>>77933775
>>77951049
>>77951202
They provide no evidence, they're just "95% sure" because False is a bad person in their eyes.

>>77951202
Ah, of course

>>77950087
Possibly. Expect number to go up.
Cover's number will keep going down.

>>77825695
News from /warkop/
>>77723224
>>77950553
>>77950881
>>77950361

>>77951348
They do provide some points. If he's not invited to cons then more than possible the same will happen with other events. Done some charity before and they are sensitive as fuck with guest reps

If he doesn't end up involved NDF gonna be gloating for weeks

This highlights the differences between Cover and Anykara in terms of what they can do because of who they're beholden to. Cover investors are gonna see this and put even more pressure on Yagoo to copy the "success" of the other company and will start to pivot towards """a broader market""" and other activities that closely mirror Anykara's.

>>77951442
why would cover's go down with anycolor's going up?, If one moves in a direction the other almost always follows

>>77951202
Whole account is dedicated to shitting on anyone criticising Niji. Could be an alt for a Niji talent?

>>77951644
Investors have already tried that. They will continue to do so.

>>77951644
Clearly you don't remember the investor meeting where yagoo told investors that he in fact will not pay his talents less money.

>>77951575
>INACON
I can't believe they made an entire con dedicated to Ina.

>>77952087
INA is the international country code for Indonesia

>>77952052
Nothing is happening soon, but over time, change is inevitable.
If you're a publicly-traded company, your only responsibility is to shareholders. Not to employees.

>>77952052
That's all well and good until the board decides to kneel to the money and fire YAGOO as CEO.

>>77952229
The last time Cover did this was in the chinkout and they absolutely got blasted by fans and almost immediately backtracked their statement.

>>77952229
I hesitate to keep this discussion going, but going public is an evil that can be tamed. Not often, and never entirely, and holding any hopes for a CEO of a multi-billion dollar company just because his PR is good is retarded, it's not really worth considering those scenarios until they become plausible. Maybe when Cover starts spending tens of millions of dollars in stock inflation can we worry about shareholders, but until YAGOO's mask starts slipping there's nothing to be said here imo.

What's the after market numbers for Anycolor after the IR drop?

>>77952916
Currently 2,600 +236 (+9.98%) but I defer to Stock Explainer anon for the details

>>77949001
>>77949109
> 7.5 bil buyback operation
> Around 9 bil revenue
I’m not a math expert but unless their new liver is jesus christ multiplying stuff something is off here.

>>77953976
It is, what we in the business call, "a mistake".

>>77825786
Stock Watch anon here. It's time for a summary of the Anycolor stock report. I'll provide links at the bottom.

Before we begin, they've interestingly separated their typical report into two PDFS, one for “Financial results of FY2024.4” and the other for “Management policy for Mid-Term Growth” they are for the most part the same size as previous reports, and are mostly the same. There's also a document hosting an announcement regarding shares, which I’ll get to last.

But for context, we’ll first be going over “Financial results of FY2024.4”

PDF 1: Financial Results for FY2024.4 Q4

FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER/YEAR
Anycolor has missed their yearly forecast by 3%. This quarter they saw 8.7 billion yen in revenue. Interestingly, no separate charts for the two branches, but they show the real details in the appendix (we'll move to that later).
While Anycolor claimed that Q4 would be their biggest year, that honor still goes to Q1 2024. And while revenue has increased, profits have started to stagnate. For comparison, Anycolor went from 19.7% profit in 2022 to 26.4% in 2023, this time they've only increased by 0.9% for 27.3% net profit. Interestingly, revenues by business areas show that while Commerce, Event, and Promotions saw growth, Livestreaming has taken a small loss.
Direct costs (related to their VTubers i’m assuming) went down, however costs outside of that like spiked due year-end bonuses an office related expenses of their new studio.
For their forecasts for next year, Anycolor expects to see 39 billion yen in profit, a 21.9% increase. They "plan" to stabilize quarterly fluctuations across the fiscal year, as performances like Q1 2024 were heavily weighted.
In Revenue by Business area, Livestreaming saw 16% of Revenue, Promotion saw 18%, and Events saw 6%. Commerce takes the lionshare, with 59% of revenue coming from them.
The Finance section is where you'll find the numbers on how the two branches truly did. I'll keep JP short. They did quite well and it seems NijiJP's failure to get to the west was a blessing in disguise of not getting hit by the NijiEN drama. As for Nijisanji EN...

NIJISANJI EN'S PERFORMANCE
Nijisanji EN this year saw an approximate 24% loss from 2023 to 2024. Going by last year’s quarter, we can now safely say that Selen’s termination led to a 20% decrease compared to last year’s Q4.
Going by last year’s Q4, Livestreaming revenue saw a 35% loss, Promotion revenue saw a 15% loss, and their biggest revenue maker in commerce (I.e merchandising) also saw a 35% loss. However, for the first time, we do see revenue from Events in Nijisanji EN. They however fail to even cover half the losses from the rest of their revenue sources.

PDF 2: Management Policy for Mid-Term Growth.

This is where the reports begin to be repetitive, to keep it brief here are the few notable things featured.
>According to Anycolor, 68% of their fanbase is female, and for age groups 20-29 make up 57% of their fanbase.
>Interestingly, nearly half of their revenue comes from VTubers that debuted in Anycolor’s first two years. With those that debuted in their first year accounting for 30% of revenue.
>Anycolor’s Mid-Term goals currently are to see nearly double in revenue and profit. With generic plans of strengthening their structure, hiring 10-15% more talents, and expect avenge revenue for talents to grow by 10-15%.
>3-5 Million yen are being invested into various projects
>They have approximately 20 billion yen on hand.
>Interestingly they for the first time show policies risks such as reliance on popular talents and reputation risks. Unfortunately it seems they’re response to reputation risks is more compliance training, as well as “strengthened internal controls, such as actions based on findings from third parties.” (potentially a reference to the Raziel/Luca document? This is just my speculation.)

PDF 3: Notice Regarding the Decisions on Matters Related to Stock Repurchase

ANYCOLOR REPURCHASING STOCKS
The most notable thing tonight outside of Nijisanji EN’s performance however, is that Anycolor is once again buying back stocks from tomorrow to August 31st. They will be purchasing up to 4 million stocks, or 6.4% of total issued shares. With a total amount being paid out to be up to 7.5 billion yen. For reference, their January buy-back saw them spend 2.5 billion yen. Do keep in mind however that total stocks/amounts are approximate, and it may be more cheaper/expensive.

TLDR/OVERALL REVIEW
To put in simple metaphorical terms, Anycolor got a D+ for their financial reports. While Nijisanji JP continues to be quite successful, They failed their forecasts, growth is starting to slow and their Overseas is looking dire by the month. The future in my opinion, is looking quite uncertain if they can’t replicate their success outside of their top talents in JP.

(Expectations/prediction regarding the Stock in next post.)

>>77954985
(Continuing from previous post.)

WHAT HAPPENS TO THE STOCK?
In any other situation, this stock would most definitely be cratering. However, the stock buyback potentially changes things. We could instead potentially see Anycolor rise back up due to the stock buyback instead. Looking at the PTS at the time of writing, Anycolor is seeing around a 200 yen jump. However we’ll need to see what actually happens when the market opens. Next month is important however, as July will be the annual Shareholder’s meeting, so we’re not done yet.

But that concludes this write up on Anycolor’s 2024 Q4/FY. Don't go in expecting what you want tomorrow when the market opens.

>>77954985
I know it might be obvious to some, but nearly 60 fucking percent being just merch is just... wow. It's baffling to see how the actual activities of a vtuber aren't even second fiddle to their income.

>>77955100
And i forgot to provide link like a idiot.
Here they are for your perusal, ordered by first to last of what we went thru.
PDF 1: https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5032/ir_material_for_fiscal_ym3/157570/00.pdf
PDF 2: https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5032/ir_material1/231226/00.pdf
PDF 3: https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5032/ir_material1/231219/00.pdf

That's all from me tonight, any questions you'll have to ask from me tomorrow. I'm going to sleep.

>>77954985
Thanks for the hard work anon. I have to ask, any idea why they would spend almost all their quarter revenue in buyback, inflating the price despite the current low cost? Is that even possible without hitting the repurchase delist limit?

>>77955168
This is honestly a clear indicator of why nijisanji fans are so insufferable and toxic even towards their own vtubers, They genuinely earnestly don't care at all about the actual vtubers or the wellbeing of the people behind them, All the care about is The Brand, The vast majority of their money goes to The Brand and NOT the livers, And anything the livers do that "Damages the company" is met with immediate retaliation, The demographics are also important to note here, Almost 2/3rds women, the majority of which are in their 20s, It is literally a hivemind of K-POP stans who've hopped over from THAT toxic fandom to nijisanji, And with how competitive and vindictive those circles are known to be, It is very little wonder why the sisters behave the way they do

>>77955168
It’s relative host honestly. merch is cheap to do and easy to sell high, generating immense profit base purely on fan engagement value.
Even a 3view indie somehow selling 100 plushies has basically broke even for an entire quarter. Holo had a 74% market revenue.
What is important is however not fall in the fallacy that the rest doesn’t matter: no livestream and event engagement, no fan engagement, and thus no cusotmers to buy merch.
Videogame industry fell into the same retard hole “Investors make most of our money, we should cater investors, not costumers” and you saw the results with the industry crisis and massive layoffs.

>>77955100
The main thing is that the buyback is there to cushion the blow from not hitting expectations on the quarterly and yearly earnings and I don't think it's enough, the shareholders especially the fund managers who invested into the company and lost a bunch of money for their clients aren't going to be too happy and the biggest foreign shareholder, Bilibili, pulled out months ago that was only really discovered around now. Riku is going to get bombarded during the investors' meeting next month with fire and brimstone. The buyback isn't going to solve the fact that Nijisanji effectively killed their growth and the revenue is basically stagnant.
What other prospects does the company have left other than to milk what they have left? JP will keep trucking along, sure, but everything else looks grim and I fear for if Nijisanji has no more leverage to keep talents from graduating. A merge will "fix" the issue at hand but that would basically mark the end of the era for Nijisanji overseas outside of China given that they've tapped all the major Vtuber markets overseas and has failed in every single one of them with the end result being a merge back to the main branch.

>>77955211
Thank you for your service Stock Explainer anon, goodnight.

>>77954985
>3-5 Million yen are being invested into various projects
I'm sorry, but for a multi-billion dollar company like Anycolor, this is fucking chump change.
It's like if I put aside 50 bucks every month as "investment for various projects" aka sweets money

>>77954985
So NijiEN is basically equivalent now to HomoEN in more than just ccv?

>>77954985
Thank for your work as always.

>>77956319
The entirety of NijiEN being compared to what.. 2.5 gens that debuted under 2 years ago?, That is honestly a grotesque fall from grace for them.. especially Luxnoc who were basically the entire company's biggest earners for 2022 and 2023

>>77956584
>Luxnoc
I don't doubt the Lux part, but was Noctyx really the second biggest earner in nijiEN after Luxiem?

ho. what a roundabout way to soften the blow

>>77956222
It's not a multi billion company.
Apple is. Microsoft is. Meta is. Nvidia is. Anycolor IS NOT, they are not even close.

>>77959163
I think anon meant multi-billion yen, compared to the 3-5mil yen they're using for projects

>>77959163
>>77959226
Wasn't their initial appraisal something like 2 billion dollars or am I just imagining it?

>>77959163
>>77959226
Back in October 2022 it was multi-billion dollar company ($2.5 billion) but those days are gone I suppose.

>>77959328
>>77959438
According to Google, their market cap is 149 billion yens. Which is 946 million dollars. Microsoft is 3.2 trillions.

>>77959791
>market cap
Anon...

>>77959871
I can't find their valuation, I'm not on a computer, but I can assure you they are not a multi billion dollars company.

https://x.com/SocksAgency/status/1800556937316311087
https://x.com/SocksAgency/status/1800845513719169189

Looks like socks is hinting at something. Debuts soon?

>>77960067
You're also forgetting that 2022 yen was not as weak as 2023-2024 yen.
Even if we're taking 149 billion yen value, that'd still give you about 1.3 billion dollar.

>>77954985
> “strengthened internal controls, such as actions based on findings from third parties.” (potentially a reference to the Raziel/Luca document? This is just my speculation.)
it’s gotta be consultants based on the wording, that’s the only kind of party whose work would be described as ‘findings’. the creation of the internal whistleblower program is likely one of those actions.
fwiw it’s a positive development if an expected one if they did hire a third party consultant to investigate what went wrong during the selen affair. it’s still ultimately ass-covering but a bit less crude than doing the investigation yourself.

>>77960474
This guy has negative charisma

>>77960474
Nice.

>>77960532
I have the lowest of expectations for this affair tbdesu, I don't believe the result will live up to the hype.

>>77960591
What hype?

>>77960651
I mean people being excited about all those "hags" and whatever else he promised.

>>77955287
holopro has an only slightly narrower ratio of streaming to merch revenue. it’s normal for the industry.

>>77956222
5 Million Yen with the current change is basically nothing any EN project worth mentioning. Unless they plan to buy another license and fraud it as a “collab”.

>>77955929
Ok, rrats time, but question first, you said they are bound into doing the buyback as a company right?
So, what if this is Riku cashing out? He invest all the revenue into stocks, takes his golden parachute, and then sells back his 40% for some nice billions and peaces out?
The investors want his ass but they will be happy with him leaving, Niji gets a nice “grace period” with the new CEO and he doesn’t have to deal with the fact things keep looking down.
Sounds like a win-win to me.

>>77948987
Wait a minute…
>During Q4, there were no debuts and 2 graduations from Nijisanji EN.
>Pomu graduated on Jan, Q3
>Kyo graduates on Feb, Q4
>No other graduation….
Either translator-chan is an high schooler or Nijisanji is attempting the biggest revisionism of 2024 holy fuck.

>>77952306
Grimmest timeline.

>>77961911
Sorta correct because Selen got terminated

>>77962230
You really want to call that entire thing “graduation”?

>>77962356
NTA, that's the point.
Selen was terminated, not graduated.

one thing to consider when interpreting the revenue breakdown, if AR Live hadn’t happened then the revenue in the events section wouldn’t have disappeared completely, some of it would have been spent by consumers instead on merch or donos. it’s accurate to say that events revenue helped to plug a hole, but it’s not possible to say how big the hole really was.

>>77825695
Cover released a video of Sora promoting Gen0 merch subbed in Chinese on b2
Another merch collab for Gura is announced, with iPASS (Taiwan)
Fubuki will be doing the 4/20 challenge
hololive closet merch announced, with Laplus, Lui, Koyori, Chloe, AZKi, and IRyS

>>77963043
on the other hand I can also imagine events increasing spending in other areas due to increasing fans’ attachment and feeling of commitment to the talents. either way it’s not a straightforward relationship, and I wouldn’t encourage running with the idea “everything is down -30% if not for the live”.

New thread is nowhere near ready, but it's being baked.
Don't be concerned if we go down for a little bit; just keep your eyes out.

>>77963771
Oh based bread baker... Let's just hope we aren't down when the market reopens and it comes time for Shlonk Bonk's next report.

>>77916307
we are literally the biggest vtuber community on the internet, twatter, discord and r**dit can't compete with us.
>Verification not required.

>>77964906
I'm typing up a new round-up for the OP, and I'm about a third through the thread. A lot of that is the NOA scuffle and the Q4 report, though.
I figure we might be down for 30~60 minutes at most.

>>77916673
>insta is down
damn.

>>77921245
yes, we do, and one of you fags coming in yesterday stuck out like a sore thumb

>>77929311
>inb4 Gura joins NOA

>>77905670
Bri has explicitly denied joining any corpos, or even looking into joining any corpos.