/vt/ - Virtual Youtubers

NEWS ANCHOR
Post news regarding vtubers here. Please include at least a one line description, links to the source, and a screenshot if relevant.

OC ANCHOR
Reply to this post with Editorial Comics, Cooking, Puzzles, Games, and Movie Reviews.

ECONOMICS ANCHOR
Post about Merch, Stocks, Sponsorships, Markets, Economics, and Business affairs pertaining to the Vtuber industry and community. Whether corporate or indie, it does not matter as long as it involves Vtubers.
We also report vtuber advertisements related issues on this tag, including corporate ads or indie ads.

BOARD EVENTS ANCHOR
Divegrass, Formula, HFZ, Tournaments, birthday plans, cards, group projects, anything goes.

Any board activities you want to share go here.

KURO ANCHOR
Post black corpo happenings here: bad business decisions, talent cliques, management mishaps, cryptic tweets, graduation letters, google docs, and other substantiated activity of dubious corporate legality and morality.

RRAT ANCHOR
Post only the freshest, most delectable rrats. Nothing else will do.
Discussion should be avoided, as this is not news, but at best potential news.

Bump anchor, so you can easily hide any bumps that have to be made.
Please remember to delete any bumps that don't contribute, so that we can keep /news/ alive as long as possible.

>>85518659
https://x.com/bexide/status/1836617922770538772
Regloss added to hololive treasure mountain

>>85518659
https://x.com/hololive_En/status/1836612484163068415?
Kronii's third anniversary is here, along with her anniversary merch

>>85518659
vtuber-adjacent platform news. Youtube announces new features.
https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/made-on-youtube-2024/

>>85518659
Froot releases a 90 page Google Doc about her abusive ex bf / husband.
https://x.com/LichVtuber/status/1836571162479866181
http://docs.google.com/document/d/172xAfLSinIk1k3tgvueCTQcYahmy_3e71WPjW8cIBl4

>>85518659
NEXAS announces it has terminated the contract of Leobel Purson, stating "Leobel had made the decision to leave NEXAS."
https://x.com/NEXAS_live/status/1836653035889770894

>>85518739
Slowbro Anon here, not much news today huh? But we do have a report for Thursday.

ANYCOLOR CLIMBS UP
Anycolor stocks are outpacing the economy's growth today as they step up to 2466 yen (94) for the day. For the most part they stayed relatively stable around that price outside of slowly drifting downwards before lunch and recovering after the break. Despite this they are still 65 yen in the red this week so far, but a similar performance to today would get them out of the hole.

COVER CATCHES UP
Cover isn't letting themselves be outdone however. They will hitting the triple digits in gains as they rise up to 1924 yen (103) for their Thursday price. A significant milestone for them as they finally return to the 1900s for the first time since July 31st. In addition they now clock in a impressing 119 yen gain for the week.

OTHER
The NIKKEI has a rallying cry as they rise up by 2.13% today.
Trading Volumes
Anycolor: 722k Million
Cover Corp: 3.5 Million

>>85521836
And here's today's breadwinner.

That's all for tonight, get some rest. We'll discuss the week tomorrow after the market closes.

>>85518659
can we get a correspondent who sprache deutsch to investigate?
>>85517126

Re-anchoring since the OP wasn't updated.

NEWS (>>85518659)
>>85396084
>HoloOCG Booster set 1 cardlist out
>>85400824
>Specialite EN announces an FPS-focused vtuber group called EVE.EXE. The debut of their five members is scheduled for Sep. 28th, starting at 6:00PM ET.
>>85405254
>成海ミャオ / Narumi Myao of Mixtgirls has to take a break due to health reasons
>>85408223
>There's a new idol vtuber group called Sugary Ribbon / しゅがりり. Their first stream will be on 2024.09.28
>>85433408
>Vallure is looking to hire script writers for adult content
>>85436792
>Ame Rose graduates, citing just about every reason imaginable
>>85438365
>Indie Lumin Tsukiboshi's original song, which is not even published yet, was copyright claimed by some entity calling themselves "state51 conspiracy".
>>85442266
>Vera Avantgarde of NEXAS has graduated, citing creative differences.
>>85445990
>Fuwamoco collab with SAO
>>85450361
>news from /warkop/
>>85452929
>it seems all the females [in NijiEN] will be featured in some event in Anime Impulse BA.
>>85457217
>Showcase started with 4 talent, but 2 had already graduated and they decided to give up
>>85496443
>some shady mobile ap called "Maple Tale" [...] stole Ironmouse's gifs and Birdman's animations for a Tiktok ad campaign

KURO (>>85518794)
>>85398802
Nijisanji apologize for copystriking an ad from Claynosaurz, a collection of NFTs.

>>85520582
Here's a copy: https://files.catbox.moe/5go3jh.pdf

>>85518854

>>85520582
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

>>85525007
new editions being baked without the news being properly updated is becoming annoyingly frequent.

>>85529682
There must always be a news thread up

>>85530151
No, this is not the case - originally if it died it was to be re-baked between 6pm and 6:30pm CST. Considering there were so few replies to the news anchor in the last thread it would have taken 15-20 minutes (if that) to write a new OP or add them to the existing one. It's pure laziness and it would be better to have no thread than just the same OP repeated again again - don't bake if you can't be bothered doing it properly.

>>85520042
most of it is just AI slop unfortunately

>>85529682
Not sure about it being frequent, it's been a while since I saw that happen.
But yeah, it's annoying, considering it only took me 3 minutes to list and re-anchor them.

>>85530388
Yeah well that's how it works now. Don't like it? Go make your own thread.

>>85532156
If it only took you three minutes then why was the thread dead for four hours?

>>85534798
>Don't like it? Go make your own thread.
No, I'll continue to call you a lazy faggot.

>>85534798
>Yeah well that's how it works now
watch him never bake again

>>85534932
And I'll continue to make shit ops until you lazy bums learn to bake

>>85535064
now you just doomed /news/ because they won't bake out of spite and everyone else will just leave.

>>85535064
I've baked multiple times in the past - once I had to do it on my phone because I was out and there were no available bakers but the thread was past bump limit - still managed to collate new info into the OP unlike you. Bit difficult to bake this one when I was sleeping.

>>85518854

>>85518854

>>85535219
I feel like /news/ being dead for a while would be good, as the schizos would get bored waiting for news to pop up so they can troll it and just move on back to the catalog. If you actually want to report the news then wait for the proper baker to bake.

>>85541724
NTA, but I don't think /news/ being down for awhile is going to mysteriously make the schizo population drop. If anything, /news/ being up gives them less opportunities for engagement as people avoid getting embroiled in the catalog wars.

Still wonder what happened that made the board go brrrr so much the bumpers couldn't keep up though.

>>85542064
Stuff that breaks post 1 of the board.

>>85520042
>Hype
Surely they have measures to prevent bots from artificially hyping videos, right?

>>85542409
YouTube seems to be doing everything BUT addressing the blatant bot problem on the platform.

>>85542547
Yoytube and twitch don't give a fuck because it raises the value of thr platform visually, "look at all of the people watching, numbers go brrr"

>>85518854

>>85542678
Counterpoint: if botting is too blatant, people stop trusting the numbers at all and giving a shit.

>>85544477
Tell that to the monkey suits up top.

>>85542547
>>85544657
Don't worry. Youtube is offering AI generated comments from your oshi to devalue the comment section forever. Yay.

>>85518854

>>85518659
https://x.com/moricalliope/status/1836799553493995588
Mori at times square!

>>85549828
West Coast, East Coast, one reaper to rule the nation!

>>85549828
I can only imagine the amount of seethe her Twitter haters are experiencing kek

>>85518659
https://x.com/takanashikiara/status/1836813386329510112
Kiara's PC crashed mid-stream. Anons think it's a dying GPU problem given the photos.

>>85550409
What is this Ringu shit

>>85550451
The Ghost in the Machine...

>>85550409
yeah thats a gpu issue

>>85549828
Are Times Square ads worth a shit?
Sure, you're in a worldwide famous location with lots of foot traffic and livestreams but it seems overpriced imo even factoring for that.

>>85550409
Wait, you can have the chat separately from the OBS window, or it's another app?

>>85554611
you can pop out the youtube chat to be in a separate window. she even has the hyperchat extension installed.

up.

>>85518659
>>85518739
Tan, Yee Heng, Greene, Barbara R. "Can a 2D shark girl be an influencer? uncovering prevailing archetypes in the virtual entertainer industry." Journal of Business Research, vol. 186, 2025.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148296324004557
Cluster analysis of vtuber channels published in a reasonably reputable journal by PhDs who are a professor and a senior lecturer at actual universities.
If you search on scholar.google.com there is actually a fair bit published on vtubers but most are papers for conferences, so it's hard to tell if their authors are a graduate students fooling around or whatever.

>>85553589
You can pay to show anything on those screens save for sex and racism I think.

>>85558207
>From a commercial perspective, VTubers are ideal social media influencers as they are based on a persona and thus are less likely to get into scandals. For instance, VTuber Sakura Miko used a swear in a stream and that moment catapulted her to fame (Miko, 2019). The same swear uttered by a real streamer created backlash for the streamer affecting his channel and his partnerships with companies (McGirt, 2017).
I never thought I'd see her GTA moment referenced in an academic journal, kek

>>85558207
It depends on the subject matter talked about but for most papers on Vtubers, I imagine it's on the same level as people writing papers on video game plots and history.

>>85559522
Having read through a bit of it and skimmed through the rest it seems to be looking at it from a business perspective.

>>85559633
I mean, that's fine but if it's just bloviating about the business model and etc. and classifying them somewhere in the entertainment industry, it's really not doing that much more than the discussions on financial health of the industry /here/. But hey, at least they can be cited and published somewhere.

>>85518854

>>85518854

>>85518854
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>>85518854
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>>85518739
>Whether corporate or indie, it does not matter as long as it involves Vtubers
Can this be removed or amended?
This thread should be focused on corpo talents, not indies.

>>85518761
Forgot to post this a couple days ago, but here's the waiting room for tomorrow night's CorpoCar season 6 opener. Fresh new link as I accidentally hit live on OBS for a few seconds trying to record B-roll for the track schedule release video for the 2025 FHWC, thus using up the old link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP0GmNQI5KM

Speaking of the track schedule video, I just completed it a couple days ago, and it will go live on the evening of October 9 (my birthday)

>>85566804
feel free to bring it up on irc

>>85518854

>>85518854

>>85520582
i really don't get compilating all of this and not actually taking this into police/law matters or whatever

>>85566804
lowqualitybait.jpg

>>85573687
Almost like it's about internet clout or something. When has an eceleb ever done that before though? They wouldn't.

>>85575993
ironically this makes people desensitized and actually discouraging real victims from what i've read a while back, what does she even have to win/lose with that?

>>85573687
>>85575993
Depressed Nousagi recently put out a video about her - which is most likely why she's decided to release it now.

>>85573687
I hate to be the one to inform you, anon, but it is generally known that Froot belongs to that class of people generally called "women". There are many actions characteristic of this class, but the one relevant here is a propensity to treat any and all matters of dispute and conflict as the seeds of ego-fueling talk with others: viz., in this case, despite Froot having the ability to resort to the legally constituted authorities, it is in her nature as a woman to keep to herself so that she may (in the future, which is now) release such information as pity-bait. In this case, additionally, it is attention-seeking--I mean, more so than usual--because she wishes to draw attention to herself as a streamer and profit thereby. It is also wrapped up in her ongoing struggle to improve her public image--by painting herself as a victim, (and in the process showing messages she allegedly sent which show her to be aligned with certain groups,) she in turn implies that the people who agitate against her do so unjustly and seek to "blame the victim". This is also pity-baiting and attention-seeking, as mentioned above, with the added measure (since she, a VTuber, is somewhat of a public figure) of profit-seeking mixed in.
The 90-page report is /news/worthy, since it issues from a VTuber, but I don't think it's necessary to examine the contents for any statements relative to other VTubers or VTubing in general. Just a single line item will do.

>>85518739

>>85577078

>>85576735
what was it about?

>>85577386
I've no idea, I'm not giving the doxxing faggot views - but it's titled "Why People Dislike Apricot Froot"

>>85577748
I didn't want to, either, which is why I was hoping someone else had.

>>85578119
It's all the same half-baked, poorly-researched talking points and rrats that you get on the board

>>85518854

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>>85518854

>>85542064
GTA RP unironically sped up the board.
There hasn't been much of anything else going on that would have provoked this sort of catalogfaggotry speed.
It's not just /news/ struggling to keep alive because there's no news, it's a problem with all of the slower threads since GTA started.

>>85518637

>>85558519
>save for sex and racism
Tch. Party poopers.

>>85576510
>win
Twitter likes and 10 minutes of fame
>lose
A night's sleep without attention because she ain't as popular as her co-workers.

>>85586880
Not everywhere is /b/.

>>85585056
>>85542064
If you really are a no-life autist like I am, you will notice the board gets slower as a whole when certain shitposters eat a ban that sticks for more than 5 seconds. My dead /vt/ theory says that a disproportionally large portion of the traffic is a handful of mentally unwell posters across many threads.

>>85585056
wasn't there the froot thing?

>>85588536
I know for a fact that /vsj+/ is much slower when the resident schizo gets slapped
Nigga will spam literal nonsense on cooldown for hours

If other threads have people even half as insane as that guy, yeah, I'd say that theory holds water

>>85518854

>>85518823
https://youtu.be/MPb3HMp5clg
Bracing for impact

Ame is gone

bye bye guys

>>85518659
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPb3HMp5clg
Amelia Watson of HoloMyth announces a cease of activities. More info will be put out by Cover soon.

>>85590958
>>85591285
>>85591334
>>85592015
Damn.

vtuber said WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?

>use Ame op
what did op know

>>85592440
Someone knew, or had a timely guess >>85542976

>>85592630
but people say '[chuuba] will graduate tomorrow' all the time
that's like saying it will rain tomorrow, somewhere

>>85518659
https://x.com/hololive_En/status/1837024026482594066

>>85592015
>>85593642
https://hololivepro.com/news_en/20240920-01-115/

>>85593642
>>85593771
>ceasing all channel and social media
>stopping the fan letters
>but remaining affiliated with the company
This explained nothing

>>85593642
>>85593771
>>85594040
Manager Ame OL arc go.

>>85593771
Even live events and merch? What's left then to not call this graduation?
Good for her if she (apparently?) becomes an employee, but the character will be gone.

>>85593771
>>85593642
I don't understand what the affiliation means for this. This is like the first time this has ever occurred in Hololive.

>>85594112
All that's left is either retired mascot or staff.

>>85594112
recorded performances

So she'll either be direct staff or technically-independent expert contractor.

>>85518739
Tired Watch anon here, it's a week in review!

ANYCOLOR REACHES NEW HEIGHTS
Anycolor continues it's momentum from yesterday as the rocket up to 2570 yen (104) to close out the week. Marking a new peak in their post Q1 Report.

ANYCOLOR WEEK IN REVIEW
Despite a terrible start on a short week, Anycolor comes out on top at a 39 yen gain for this week overall. Narrowly defying a doomed fate and even soaring to new heights. I think it's safe to say that they won't be as limited as with the buyback now, but outside of that it's been too erratic to draw any further conclusions. At the very least, the NIKKEI is giving them a helping hand as it is in the midst of a upward trend.

COVER GOES BACK
Cover for the most part drifts along the low 1900s as they close out at 1909 yen (-15) to end the week. Quite a disappointment considering the NIKKEI's performance, but regardless they stay in the 1900s.

COVER WEEK IN REVIEW
Cover sees a impressive 104 yen gain in this short week, and even manage to reach heights they haven't seen since July. However outside of their sudden jolt on Thursday it has been rather neutral, with the rest of the week totaling to a 1 week gain compared to Thursday's 103 yen gain. but it's only been one day since the sudden jolt, so it's not a guarantee this is their new normal.

And speaking of new normal, that may not happen. As of writing Amelia Watson has announced her conclusion of channel activities. There's a definite possibility that may bring them back down to earth. But we'll have to see if the market remembers during the weekend.

OTHER
The NIKKEI sees a promising 1.53% gain for the day.
Trading Volumes Doko:
Anycolor: 970k
Cover Corp: 2.08 Million

>>85593642
>>85593771
Sticky for discussion/reactions: >>85593958

>>85594611
And in comes the graph of today's loser.

That's all for this week, see you on Sunday/Monday. My condolences to my fellow correspondents/readers that are teammates. I know your pain too well.

>>85593642
Mori will talk about it on stream later.
https://x.com/moricalliope/status/1837024393836581375

Smol Ame anon...

>>85593642
Yagoo's message.
https://x.com/tanigox/status/1837025490257031279

>>85594197
I think this is the first in vtubing ever.

>>85595199
>Looking forward to working with you again
>Please keep in touch
This is so weird.

>>85595485
>Amelia Watson, idol for hire.

>>85518854

>>85595632
>soon to be Ms. A aka A-san.

The talent takeover arc of Cover begins.

>>85518659

https://x.com/famitsu/status/1837013909850763472

https://www.famitsu.com/article/202409/18299

Hololive Gaming Keyboard announced on TGS

>>85598640(me)
>>85518823

The one with graduation queue turned out to be Hololive...

>>85518854

>>85518659
>>85593642
>>85593771
She clarified some things in the comments of her stream.
>hello thank you all so much for the kind comments and wishes
>To sum everything up: I will be concluding my general activities such as streaming, event participation, and regular content. BUT every once in a while, I will be participating in different Hololive projects! This is a new step for every one, so please wait patiently to see where it goes
>I did get a little emotional as so many memories of amazing times on stream with chat and friends flew through my mind though...sorry about that
>(and just to clear up some misconceptions: I will not be joining Staff, but if anyone ever needs any tech help, I will still try my best to assist if I can )

>>85604935
This both clears up some things and confuses me at the same time. But I guess that's just the Ame way.

>>85604935
So she'll be in certain Hololive projects still. I'm curious to see where this goes. Still don't know how to take this, personally.

>>85518659
ame graduated
>source: everywhere

>>85604935
>BUT every once in a while, I will be participating in different Hololive projects!
But to what capacity is the question.

>>85518854

>>85604935
I hope it's frequent...

>>85593642
>>85518637
>Ame OP picture
How did he know

>>85593642
I haven't watched Ame (or Myth) for a few years at this point, but this is still unfortunate news to wake up to. Feels like the end of an era. It also seems somewhat cruel that teamates haven't really been given any kind of finality.

Holy shit Ame is Pregnant

>>85518854

>>85518854

>>85612647
this actually might be it. she'd need a few years till the kid's ready for school and she can resume streaming without "interruptions"
>>85518823

>>85593642
>>85593771
Bros...

>>85604935
Sounds like she's being entered into a Hall of Fame sort of deal. You can bust an old legend out for special events but they are gone for all normal intents and purposes.

>>85617163
>HoloFightZ became real
Dear God.

>>85617243
>There are still people that think wrestling isn't a similar industry to vtubing.
Dunno what to tell you, brother.

>>85607725
Holofes and EN yearly concert I bet.

>>85518854

>>85611613
BURN THE WITCH

>>85518854

>>85518854

>>85593642
My condolences to the editor.

>>85518854

>>85518659
MOON PRIDE cover by kaleidoscope
https://x.com/PhaseConnectJP/status/1836721901592617463

>>85594040
she will become a mascot character instead of a streamer.

>>85629318
For holos, what's the difference?

>>85518854

>>85631389
Honestly I can't even be too sad about this even as a fan of Ame because, well, she didn't stream. I can anticipate Gura going down a similar path in the future, except without stopping merch releases because no way in shit are they giving that up

>>85518659
Suisei also appeared on the Times Square https://x.com/hololive_En/status/1837114499276636428
brought to you by the GachaPop playlist from Spotify.

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>>85518761
Day 7 of /vt/ League is happening now.
Currently AWAT is living by a prayer.

>>85518854

>>85518854

>>85518854
(Last for a bit.)

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>>85518854
>>85650233
One more from the blooper reel, in honor of the recently fallen Miss Watson.

Hope Smol Ame is doing alright.

>>85586997
>xitter likes
ohhh like the whole charity thing

>>85518659
FSP EN/Avallum will be making their first Meet and Greet appearance at Anime Impulse BA.

https://x.com/fsp_english/status/1837222246492033152

>>85518761
Day 7 of VTL7 concludes.

>>85518637
>pic of ame
>"Hololive Burns Again"
>2 days ago
OP knew...

Up

>>85518659
Ironmouse's main YT channel has been terminated
https://x.com/ironmouse/status/1837260536792174962
https://www.youtube.com/@IronMouseParty
On stream she says that her legal team is actively working on it, and even talking directly with someone at YouTube as she spoke https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2255038674?t=31h57m20s

>>85670284
Is this the VOD channel that got strikes earlier?

>>85670829

>>85670829
No, that's the link to her main channel
This is her VOD channel https://www.youtube.com/@ironmousevods

>>85522714
Checked in on this while putting together the round-up, and while it sounds interesting, I couldn't find any indication that it was accurate. The only concrete result linking vtubers with AfD was the archive post of the very post that you linked.
My German isn't great, though, so I might not have been looking in the right places.

>>85670284
If this goes like MXR did, they'll start going after anyone even tangentially related to her channel within the next few weeks, which means the other VShojo members and all her clippers - though I dunno if this is as personal to a psycho at Youtube the way MXR was. If it is, I hope the lawyers manage to track down the culprit and crucify him.

>>85558207
>Tan is Senior Lecturer of Marketing at a college in Singapore. The college itself is above-average but not enough to give credentials weight on its own.
>Greene is an Associate Professor of Japanese Studies at motherfucking TokyoU.
Yeah those are actual academics talking about vtubers in 2024 as a serious subject.
Academics in the arenas where they would matter have known about vtubers for years, so that there is a serious paper written by people with actual credentials shouldn't be that much of a surprise. Still cool.

Here's the round-up for today.

HoloPro
>Amelia Watson announces she will be ceasing streaming/social media activities, merch distribution, live event attendance, and other Hololive projects, effective 9/30. Ame and Hololive both clarify that she will not be graduating, but will be transitioning to an "affiliate" position. In a follow-up stream, Ame stated she was not transitioning to management, but refused to promise that she would return to streaming full time at some point in the future. She clarified in the comments section of a stream that she will still periodically participate in Hololive projects, but did not clarify in what capacity.
>ReGLOSS are added to Hololive Treasure Mountain.
>Kronii celebrates her 3rd Anniversary.
>HoloOCG releases the setlist for Booster Set 1.
>Fuwamoco announce a collaboration with the new Sword Art Online game.
>Calliope Mori and Hoshimachi Suisei appear on Times Square's billboards as part of promotions by the GachaPop playlist on Spotify.
>Takanashi Kiara's PC crashes mid-stream while playing Balatro, potnetially due to a GPU issue.
>Realforce announces a Hololive Gaming Keyboard at Tokyo Game Show.

Nijisanji
>Anime Impulse teases an event featuring the entire female roster of NijiEN.

VShojo
>Froot releases a 90-page Google Doc about her allegedly abusive ex.
>"Maple Tale", a mobile RPG published by Singaporean studio LUCKYYX GAME, is found to be stealing a notable video of Ironmouse for advertising purposes. At time of writing, Ironmouse has not made an official comment on the matter.
>Ironmouse's primary Youtube channel is terminated for unknown reasons. At time of writing, Ironmouse has stated that her legal team is working on the issue.

Phase Connect
>Phase Kaliedo releases a cover of "MOON PRIDE".

Other Corpos
>Leobel Purson of NEXAS announces an immediate termination of contract, following an internal incident and Leobel's decision to not continue with the company.
>Vera Avantgarde of NEXAS announces her graduation effective 9/17, citing creative differences.
>Specialite EN announces "EVE.EXE", a 5-member group focused on FPS games. They will debut starting 9/28.
>Sugary Ribbon, a new JP Idol vtuber group, will debut on 9/28.
>VAllure seeks script writers for adult content.
>Showcase, a JP Corpo, announces it will be closing its doors. Showcase was only alive for about 5 months, originally debuting 4 talents. Of the two remaining talents, Neko Mao opts to graduate, while Aoi Haru will continue activities under ANNIN.
>Yuura Yozakura of LiviPro celebrates her birthday.
>SOL.4CE of AKA Virtual will attend Chibicon Surabaya on 12/21 & 12/22.
>Gema Gathika & AKA Boys of AKA Virtual release a cover of "Kamu".
>Liesl Sekimori of Yorukaze unveils her 2.0 model.
>Ghani Wysteria of Yorukaze unveils his 2.0 L2D model.
>Avallum of First Stage Production EN will appear at Anime Impulse, as part of a Meet & Greet.

Indies
>Ame Rose graduates as of 9/14, citing a complete lack of safety in the job. She claims that within one week before the announcement, she was swatted, doxxed, had a breakup, received death threats, almost got kicked out, and got into a car accident. "At least her tummy doesn't hurt," Anon mused in an interview.
>Lumin Tsukiboshi, indie vsinger, debuts her original song "Sweet Tooth", releasing it successfully after it was issued a copyright claim from "state51 conspiracy" before even being released.
>Lala Alberich teases her 2.0 model.
>Eiko Yukashi announces a costume reveal for 9/27.

Other
>Youtube announces a number of feature additions powered by AI and designed to help engage 2-views with new viewers.
>A pair of academic researchers publish a paper analyzing the business merits of vtubers in marketing.

Local
>CorpoCar Championship Trail 6 begins on 9/20.
>Day 7 of /vt/ League 7 concludes. /rrat/, /skynetFC/, /mion/, /pcgia/, /pyon/, /2434/, /pink/, and /tsunX/ have been eliminated in the Group Stage. /who/, /lia/, and /wah/ were previously eliminated.

>>85676280
Thank you smol ame, hope you're holding up okay.

>>85676280
Teamate here, a small extra thing since I'm watching her stream right now, Ame said that she has the ability to come back. Which of course will cause unending pining for her from me.

>>85676603
I've long come to terms with the ephemeral nature of the talent in this business. Even Hololive isn't forever, and it's important to remember the good times even when they're over. Besides, Ame IS 100% the kind of crazy bitch that would find some unknown bonus route out of streaming.
My heart's out to the Teamates who are suffering, though. Losing your oshi is never easy, even if you're prepared for and used to it.

>>85676716
Thanks. I'll make sure to get that in correction for the next one.

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>>85518761
>>85567173
Standings are up for the opening rounds of CorpoCar season 6 West and East series: >>85681577

Next VTRP stream is on Sunday morning, 10 AM ET, with rounds 4 and 5 of the VGTC at Fuji and Montreal; waiting room will go up very soon

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>>85518854

slow news day huh?

>>85670284
>>85670829
the reason given is due to it being linked with the vod channel that also got striked, so until that gets sorted out it's not coming back

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>>85695810
>>85518659
>>85696747
https://youtu.be/1QPiyoQNrnk

>>85676716
>Ame said that she has the ability to come back
Oh, well in that case I'm not even sad about this whole thing at all. I was already only a little sad since it was made clear she'll still show up for some things in the future, but knowing that she has the ability to re-debut if she wants is a huge comfort to me

>>85676280
Mate, I just wanna say, I appreciate the fuck outta all that you've done. I know it mostly means nothing especially coming from some nobody from 4chan of all places, but damn do I feel for you. My absolute fucking condolences.

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>>85676280
What >>85699434 said.

>>85518692

>>85701893
Fuck, man.

>>85701893
o7

>>85701893
End of an era, huh?

>>85701893
Sad /news/ is still /news/, I suppose...

>>85518659
https://x.com/Re_AcT_KR
Re:ACT KR branch announced with debut in November.

>>85701893
Got me listening to this now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIpWpEoD60s

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>>85518659
https://x.com/hololive_OCG/status/1837115400913571959
https://x.com/hololive_OCG/status/1837111289811997012
The members that will be featured in the starter decks and booster packs in the next set of cards for the Hololive OCG has been announced

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>>85518659
nano's got a new model
https://x.com/NANOBITES_/status/1837374250971222058
>>85697599
It's good for the rrat anchor, at least--I'm very interested in what Cookie has planned for the future.

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>>85709463
>Choco starter deck
YAGOO
RELEASE THE DAMN GAME INTERNATIONALLY

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>>85518761
HoloFightZ will take place in roughly 1 hour and 9 minutes: https://x.com/HoloFightZ/status/1837090674245566775
It will also be restreamed on the /vt/ League Cytube until the two inevitably overlap.

>>85701893
F

>>85518761
Waiting room up for the next VGTC stream, 10 AM ET tomorrow; it will also be hosted on the VTL CyTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu8oSBF1uPs

>>85709463
>>85709899
It's gonna be like Pokemon TCG gosh darn it

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>>85518659
>>85518739
News from /warkop/
>>85460268
>>85693489
>>85693562
>>85695474
>>85697953
And this one is for the Economics Anchor
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>>85721101
>Happy 3rd anniversary for Re:Memories
Congrats

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>>85697599
hijacking this to ask for full Stray playthrough recommendations, could be indie or small corpo not really interested in big corpo chuubas at the moment
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>>85726030
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXjYmSgGa7T-qe4_uHnbx1UIcDu-aSDGz

>>85726030
I've seen Projekt Melody's, Silvervale's and Snuffy's Stray playthroughs (and Gura's), as part of a video editing project of sorts. Of those, I think Melody's was the most adorable, but they're all bretty gud. Should all be easily found on Youtube.

Shame Nyanners never did a run of it, near as I can tell - though there's apparently a mod that replaces Stray's meows with Nyanners noises.

>>85726333
much appreciated
>>85726971
I consider both vshojo and mythic to be big corpos even with all their protests to the contrary tbdesu.

>>85675064
Tokyo International University, not Tokyo University. Not nearly as prestigious.

>>85727198
Shucks. Shoulda said small vtubers then. I don't think there's any big ones that aren't using one outfit or another, save maybe Doki, and even then I'm sure she's signed on with some service or other.

Sadly can't think of any that'd qualify then. Now, if you want Parasocial or Slay the Princess playthroughs, I think I've seen nearly every single one of those, or at least enough to have the damn scripts memorized.

>>85728370
>maybe Doki, and even then I'm sure she's signed on with some service or other.
She has her own company with employees, so I imagine if he's not considering chuubas signed with Mythic to be indie (which is a point of view I still don't understand) then he probably doesn't consider Doki to be either.

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>>85728742
self-employer indies like Doki, Sayu, Shondo would definitely qualify, unfortunately none of them played it at least in their current iterations.

>>85729170
All of those have hired managers, just not from Mythic.

Really don't consider them corpo myself until they don't own their IP or can otherwise be shut down by the company they're signed on with. Vshojo's a bit of a gray area, as they do a lot more than your typical talent management agency and kicking you out is still a real potential threat, though it wouldn't end you, and has yet to happen. Pretty much everyone signs up for management services of one sort or another after they reach a certain size. It's more or less the next sensible investment up from a GoXLR, as the hassle and lack of connections just isn't worth it, once a good chunk of your income is reliant on vtubing.

>>85730039
>>All of those have hired managers, just not from Mythic.
>Doki
yes, but it's still not mythic. no big corpo stench.
>Sayu
Rae is more of a content manager and the one running Sayu's website (and handling the merch in-house), while Sayu does all the important bits besides streaming. I think assistant would be a more appropriate label for Rae.
>Shondo
lmao no, her "manager" is her cat, it's entirely a joke title. I don't know the legalities, but basically Shondo runs a family business with herself as the boss, and family members helping with merch distribution and such.

>>85618892
Yeah, I suspected some company sooner or later would try this approach at contract working with their respective VTubers. I just didn't expect it to be Hololive.

>>85619062
Not really, apparently she's not going to reappear in concerts so idk how or when she's going to reappear if ever, I assume maybe on some random 3D or as a narrator or doing commentary in some event. But never in her channel anymore.
Idk how this will work in the long run.

>>85730671
Shondo is the indiest indie. Which is a point of pride and also a liability given her condition

>>85518854

That fat bitch model was good

>>85676280
First of all, condolences.
Second, would you still be Small Ame even past the 30th?

>>85733458
Why wouldn't I be?
Anybody can be Smol Ame. That doesn't change just because she's gone. It just means there's probably not going to be new images to use.

>>85734713
Thanks for the answer. This news hits close to home since our oshis are not just genmates but the first gen too of a massive EN following.

>>85518637
>>"The Adventure of Ninomae Ina'nis", a title published by holoIndie, releases on 9/11.
Ina was responsible for the attacks on the WTC

>>85518854
>>85734713
Well, if you ever run out of images, Neuro-sama can always hook you up with an infinite supply.

(Or use your reporter contacts to track down and buy the mascot costume.)

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>>85740443
Bae, IRyS and Kronii?

>>85740443
VirginCast, easily.
>IRyS stuck there

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>>85741766
+1 Internetz and a jar of vegemite for you!

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>>85749422
Neuro's parents had a falling out. She might have been handled.

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>>85518659
SunnySplosion plans to start streaming again in October.
https://x.com/SunnySplosion/status/1837620633871540347

>>85518659
https://x.com/takanashikiara/status/1837616514159063161
Kiara got her 2.0 model update

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>>85761747
A fish and a literal glass of ice cream
Bruh

>>85771913
No
A fish and a PARFAIT.
Funniest shit I've ever seen.

>>85773105
"Neurochama Takes Things Literally!"

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>>85758318
Ya know, if there would be one vtuber who would stay out of drama, you'd think it'd be the fucking AI, but noooo...

>>85778641
top kek

>>85778641
Been hearing unsavory things too about Anny in recent times before this. That allegedly, she's a bitch to others and a prima donna.

>>85779274
it's pretty well documented in /lig/'s history that Anny is a fucking basket case and very difficult to deal with

>>85779937
Any notable victims yet?

To be very clear, not discounting smaller victims, but being real, nobody prolly gonna hear them over Anny.

>>85781283
The most notable instance would be when Shylily was getting big she was one of the people mean girling Lily about ripping off Vei and talking shit about her. There's a reason why Anny has nothing with Gamersupps sponsorship wise. (which Shylily is part owner of) despite them both being the same talent agency.

>>85782500
Thanks for the lil history lesson!

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>>85633410
It's basically a WWE legends contract.
Can probably do indie work but cannot be poached/join another corpo. Maybe can Collab with other corpos but idk. We won't be able to discern the specifics until we, if ever, see her stream as NotAme.
That way they stop another potential competitor that isn't not their """"allies"""" who have no-poach agreement (Nijisanji or Brave Group) from poaching Ame and ramping up their PR or even numbers.
Last time that happened, VShojo became a bit more relevant and then the Nazuna PR boost that lasted next to nothing and disappeared.

>>85518854
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>>85518794
Kson was told by Vshojo management to delete a tweet of her's in relation to the Google document that Froot put out a few days ago.

>>85795803
lol

>>85766896
Her base model rigging was already good. They only added moving eyebrows and removed the need to depend in a toggle to change expressions. These 2.0 changes however are only available on her base outfit. At least for the moment.

>>85796148
the outfits usually get slowup updated over the months to mesh with 2.0

>>85758318
literally who is this again?

>>85795803
https://x.com/ksononair/status/1837688170848399639

>>85795803
This whole ordeal is blowing up on the X site, dear God.

>>85795803
>>85796206
To think this whole thing would've been avoided if she just didn't release that doc. I still don't get what her reasoning was to post that for the whole world to see.

>>85796323
She's retarded and thinks that'll justify her cheating on her husband

>>85795803
kino

>>85795803
when I say every corpo is black, I mean it.

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>>85797485
But isn't Vshojo considered more of a vtuber group?

>>85799979
after this stunt? no fucking way.

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>>85800860
It's not like it's really the corpo which is black--just the members. In this case, it feels more like a "'take the indie pill'--the indie pill" situation, where this is drama brought on VShojo because Froot's stupid (and also a bad person, but in this instance just stupid). Similarly, I don't think that Kson deleted the Tweet because she was forced so to do, but because she thought it in the best interests of Froot, her friend.
Now, of course, this just means that Kson is unable, or unwilling, to see the truth of the situation: Froot is nice to some people and not to others. I'm sure Froot can act nice to the other VShojo girls and her close friends, but she also (clearly) has the ability to be incredibly cruel to people who are close to her but which she decides she dislikes. Froot need have no justification for this, either: her change in opinion is the only justification she needs. This is made clear by the very situation which brought about the release of her 90-page doc in the first place.
>>85796194
Neuro-sama, the AI VTuber operated by Vedal, has a fully rigged VTuber model. Neuro's mama is Anny, a notable /lig/ger. Anny and Neuro's papa (who isn't a VTuber) had a falling out. In addition, Anny has said certain things which may imply that she was sexually mistreated at some point (in the past few months), but not only do we have no details she hasn't even confirmed anything in that direction.

>>85810380
>Anny and Neuro's papa (who isn't a VTuber) had a falling out.
I've seen no evidence that Anny and Vedal have had a falling out other than rrats in /swarm/ and /lig/.

>>85810380
>It's not like it's really the corpo which is black--just the members.
that remains to be seen
>In this case, it feels more like a "'take the indie pill'--the indie pill" situation
someone (you) is too corpo brained to see the problem

>>85518659
https://x.com/koharu_yem/status/1837690539581624796
The vtuber involved with YAB with the inappropriately named discord handle has decided to stop her activities

>>85795803
lol
https://x.com/vincent_th54795/status/1837312776231903356

>>85810544
The rrat was Anny and her friend Bella, who was to be Neuro's future rigger, having a fall out

>>85810544
>Anny and Vedal
No, not those two, Anny and the rigger for Neuro, I don't remember her name. I think Anny might be jealous of Vedal but I don't think that they don't get along.
>>85811379
Honestly, I'm kind of on the fence for VShojo. Until to-day, I would have considered them to be an indie coalition--not a corpo. But if they can threaten Kson to delete a Tweet, I'm not so sure. VShojo has always been an enigma in terms of corporate-ness. I do actually follow a few indies, I just feel like "I cheated on my husband with 5 Guys while he was on deployment, but I'm the victim" is real indie-pill-meme territory. I definitely feel like most of it owes to Froot's initial action and the basically automatic defense she received from the VShojo girls.

up

>>85812058
Management only asked Kson to delete it because she fell for the cheat-cusations in Froot's QRTs in the initial post, and VSJ management didn't want Kson fanning flames that shouldn't even exist - and rightfully so imo

>>85814563
>fell for the
>cusations
Sure, you can tell yourself that. If Froot didn't want people to remind her that she cheated on her husband, maybe she shouldn't have released a 90-page document justifying that cheating.

>>85812058
>5 Guys
Just to clarify, this is a bizarre conflation of two different things - one of which doesn't involve Froot. The original compiler of the accusation document that came out a while ago, which Ant-hime then used as the premise for her video against Froot, somehow misunderstood discussions about MariMari_EN at Offkai and connected it with Froot. A bit like Chinese whispers it's now become "a fact" that Froot slept with five guys - when the original rrat/joke is that it was MariMari who did at Offkai (she didn't either in all likelihood, she was just playing Mario Kart with them and her friend who was high mispoke).

>>85815931
The random 5 guys inclusion is telling. It's all blind rratmaking atm and we'd have to wait a little longer for more tangible info.

>>85815931
I know about the _en joke, that was why I capitalized it. I don't remember offhand if it's known with how many people Froot cheated.

>>85814563
I think it's more likely because of the "I think that's what the other girls did too" because that is a direct attack on every single Vshoujo member that supports Froot.

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>>85811563
Poor girl.

>>85717279
Results are up for today's races: >>85819589
Next VGTC stream is next Sunday, the 29th, round 6 at Willow Springs and round 7 at Laguna Seca

>>85811563
Holy fuck that statenent is really fucking sad.
No wonder she gave up considering vile niggers like these spammed her replies.

>>85820552
I thought this kinda public defamation would land you in court over in Japan?

>>85558207
A well written paper if not for one glaringly obvious oversight of engagement metrics. Character vetting. Many people who are invested into a vtuber want guarantee of morality or else a social contract of etiquette that is not formalized by writing but by cultural standards. The standards are pretty common. No past yabs, no males on stream if female, no whores, no drama, etc. That's the difference between academia and experience I suppose.

>>85821515
>no males on stream if female,
that only applies if you want to cater retards here. They are an absolute minority everywhere else.

>>85821873
>They are an absolute minority everywhere else.
Not if you're a Japanese VTuber on YouTube. There, male collabs are very rare. In fact, most good EN VTubers (at least on YT side) avoid it, too. I suppose the Twitch audience is too cucked to care, though, seeing as that's where Froot and her ilk are.

>>85812058
>they're mirroring that auditions clusterfuck all over again

I see the cabal flaring their slimy tentacles again...enforcing their bs.

>>85822512
>the cabal
The juice?

>>85822563
Whaa

Also, pretend there's a Cabal soldier from the Destiny series.

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>>85833001
it looks believable.

>>85833001
Not bad.

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>>85810380
>I don't think that Kson deleted the Tweet because she was forced so to do, but because she thought it in the best interests of Froot, her friend.
>"Management told me to delete it"
Anon...

>>85518739
On Break anon here, a reminder that today there will be no stock trading due to the Autumn Equinox on Sunday.
But while I got you here, I'd like to propose a rrat

Reminder that ame is leaving to be a twitch whore like kson and show her ass on cam and collab with pornstars just like her.

>>85822003
>male collabs are very rare
>In Japan
The only way you'd believe this is if you'd barely watch jp chuubas in the first place.

>>85851463
What's with Japan and made-up holiday man

>>85851463
>I'd like to propose a rrat
Go on.

>>85851785
Being based on an readily observable and objective celestial alignment kinda makes the holiday less made-up than most.

Shame they don't celebrate Patty's day over there though.

>>85810380
She's been having lots of body pains, afraid to be hugged by her childhood friend, throwing up, is she actually pregnant?

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>>85851948
Fucking hell, I had one in mind but I disregarded it since it was flimsy at best. Thought I deleted it all.

>>85518659
V4Mirai Voltail debuts--Rara
https://x.com/RaraRocora/status/1836586007216750621
Also, I thought we weren't supposed to talk about /news/-especially rrats about how many people Twitch whores slept with.

>>85518854
bump

>>85861605
>I thought we weren't supposed to talk about /news/
no fighting in the war room is the spirit but catalogfags gonna catalogfag

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>>85861605
Literally nobody respects that rule, I'm not even sure why it's there

>>85518659
https://youtu.be/qyImNNyBbvY
Saigo Max interview at animenyc

>>85870607
Excuse me, his name is Saigo Takamori Max III

>>85518854
(Last for awhile. Neuro has such a hard time with Mochievee.)

(Also thread is nearing its end.)

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>>85870575
It's not a rule, it's an etiquette thing and people disrespect it all the time precisely because it's not a rule and mods won't enforce it. We keep it around because we don't want it here and it encourages editorializing the news which is not what the thread is intended to do. By all means, make a thread on the board if you want to discuss news items but keep it out of here.

>>85518659
Phase Connect's Himemiya Rie will debut a new outfit on September 29th.
https://x.com/HimemiyaRie/status/1838055741623791771

>>85518659
Monster Hunter x Hololive Sankisei collab
https://x.com/Capcom_amuse/status/1838050664187830611?t=qTMjw_rYcRCMph9yYciWYA&s=19

>>85876101

Here's the round-up for today.

HoloPro
>Hololive OCG confirms the members that will be featured in starter decks and booster packs for the next set.
>Takanashi Kiara recieves her 2.0 L2D update.
>The Outerhaven interviews Max Kim of Cover USA.
>HoloFantasy will collaborate with Monster Hunter to produce MonHun themed merch.

VShojo
>Kson, having previously issued a tweet offering support to Froot, takes down the tweet and issues a statement indicating she "only read the first few pages of the document, rushed to show love and support" to Froot. She had also been advised by management to delete the original tweet.

Phase Connect
>Himemiya Rie will debut a new outfit on 9/29.

Other Corpos
>Re:AcT announces a Korean branch, to begin debuts in November 2024 with 4 talents.
>Re:Memories celebrates its 3rd anniversary.
>Oiruka Lovin of Snowdrop celebrates her birthday.
>Rara Rocora of V4Mirai will debut on 9/23.

Indies
>Nanobites will rebrand as "Kiba", with new name and accounts, on 9/23.
>Noemi Hestia of EVREN announces she will be taking a hiatus from all streaming activities until late October, starting 9/22.
>Gabriel Abyssia of EVREN announces that she will be taking a hiatus due to a family emergency.
>SunnySplosion announces that she intends to start streaming again in October.
>Koharu Yem, JP indie, announces she will be ceasing all activities, following a social media harassment campaign that sprung from her involvement with YAB Entertainment.

Other
>All categories for the Vtuber ID Awards have been revealed, except for one.

Local
>CorpoCar 6's Rounds 1&2 take place on 9/20, with Yae heading up the West Series, and Ciccino heading up the East Series. Next CorpoCar will be 9/27.
>Kazama Iroha takes the HoloFightZ Badass Championship from Sakura Mikoler.
>Amelia Watson beats Tokino Sora to claim the HoloFightZ Queen of Jobbers belt.
>Poko Rakan of /jidf/ takes 1st place in both Round 4 and 5 of VGTC. Next VGTC stream will be 9/29.
>The group stage of /vt/ League 7 concludes. /rrat/ takes the wooden spoon, and loses to /wvt/ in the Sperm vs Spoon match. The VTL7 Knockout Stage will begin on 9/27.
>Following the /vt/ League 7's 9th match day, the inagural "Please Yap It Up" post-matchday podcast took place.
>/vt/ League Garbage FES: Garbage Dimensions, will take place starting 9/27, and will feature sped-up matches with the participants of VTL7 that did not make it to the Knockout Stage.

Corrections
>Previous reporting failed to mention that Amelia Watson is permitted to return to full-time streaming if she so wishes.

>>85876973
Thanks, Smol Ame anon o7

>>85876973
Thanks, Smol Ame Poster

>>85876973
Thanks smol ame.

>>Rara Rocora of V4Mirai will debut on 9/23.
Already happened on 9/22, with all the new V4Mirai girls from the new gen, "Voltail", in order: Poma Pon, Lyko Lianna, Rara Rocora, Terra 404.

>>85876973
Thanks smol ame

>HoloFantasy will collaborate with Monster Hunter to produce MonHun themed merch.
Wait WHAT how did I miss this news

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>>85518659
https://x.com/hiodoshiao/status/1838126155381325985
https://x.com/hiodoshiao/status/1838126155381325985
https://x.com/hiodoshiao/status/1838126155381325985
Ao 3D

>>85883322
Wait, are Regloss members all getting separate 3D debuts? Wasn't the initial announcement that they would only get one gigantic 3D debut all together?

>>85883576
Yeah they all get one big 3D debut on the 28th

>>85883661
Oh okay, so it's just promotional images for that. Still really shitty they don't have their own because Regloss isn't treated like JP7 and its own thing which seems like a failed experiment in Cover's eyes.

>>85883841
I don't know about the "failed" thing, but Regloss has always been pushed as unit.

>>85518794
NIJI BENDS THE KNEE
AGAIN

>>85885531
Even donkey learns to not fall in the same hole for the third time.
Meanwhile, how many times has this happen already?
5th?

>>85885531
kek

>>85518659
Mouse's YouTube channels are now reinstated
https://www.youtube.com/@IronMouseParty
https://www.youtube.com/@IronMousevods

>>85518854
One last bump.
I have a new OP ready, so I'll bake… If the site still works.

>>85889254
I wasn't expecting both of them to come back so soon, and with the VODs one first, apparently. Either her legal team was that fast, or social media pressure worked again.

>>85885531
Should this be even reported here? Not the first time and surely not the last.

The news continues!

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