/vt/ - Virtual Youtubers

Other Corpos
>NEXAS announces it will cease all operations as of 1/31/2025. Talents are being given the option to retain their existing models and IP. While the two remaining debuts in Class Tensei will debut as planned, any talents intended to debut after will not be permitted to debut, nor will they be given the opportunity to retain their models. At time of writing, the majority of talents have indicated they intend to continue as indies. For the full up-to-date list of talents that will be continuing after NEXAS' closure, please consult /brg/.
>VirtualZeven, a Thai corpo, announces BA NA NA, the first member of their "VZ KIDS" group, a vtuber voiced by an actual IRL 9-year-old. Claiming that the child would not be subject to chat, would have a caretaker (known as "Babysitter Pim"), would only be on Youtube Kids, and had parent permission did not quench public concerns. After a significant amount of backlash, BA NA NA's debut was postponed indefinitely, then cancelled. The channel will subsequently focus on Sitter Pim as she guides kids through activities. In the fallout of the story, VZ's CEO claims that she will be filing police reports for defamation against a number of the people that issued particularly scathing complaints on Twitter. All announcements regarding this story were subsequently deleted from Twitter.
>StellarVersePro debuts 4 talents on 12/7.
>Roca Rourin of idol is hospitalized due to a severe accident. Needless to say, she is on indefinite hiatus, pending her recovery.
>AOI ID announces their closure, effective immediately. All assets, channels, and IP will be transferred to the remaining talents.
>Prism:NOVA announces a "Volunteer Trainee Program" that allows participants to learn more about the background managerial work behind vtuber organizations.
>NanaRika of MAHA5 announces her graduation, effective 1/12/2025. After the graduation, all accounts will be closed.
>Yomi Quinnley announces she has joined Socks Vtubing Agency.
>Jibakurei Ruki of v4lour releases a cover of "Goodbye".
>Lucentia of Project Dexter releases a cover of "Honeymoon Un Deux Trois".
>Hoku Amaya of Project Dexter is terminated, citing violations of the group's Code of Conduct.
>Whicker Butler, an upcoming corpo, announces that they are hiring for Talent Managers.
>VirtuxVE announces its dissolvement, with multiple ex-talents, contractors, and other parties speaking out about mistreatment, failed payments, fake partnerships with VShojo, and various illicit activites taking place within the company. Cursory investigation shows that the business does not properly exist, and is not registered as an LLC or any other form of corporation.

Indies
>Isla Coleman debuts as an indie, featuring a new assassin-themed outfit. She also released a cover of "Shanti".
>Sara Nagare of EverAfter debuts her 3D Showcase on 12/7.
>Jelee, a JP VA, debuts as a vtuber.
>Natasha Madelyn unveils her L2D Model, which will debut on 12/17.
>Kirigaya Raveanne announces her debut for 12/14.
>Nihmune, better known as Numi, debuted her L2D 4.0 Model with a 48-hour subathon, which also includes the 12/11 release of her new album.
>Donna Darkstar of FlaVR achieves Twitch Affiliate.
>Nia Redalion celebrates her birthday.
>Mai Kumala announces she will cease activities as of 2/16/2025, citing a desire to focus on finishing her college education.
>Menace Mamaki debuts her new outfit on 12/11.
>WeeGeeB00, an EN part-timer partnered with Twitch, announces they will be quitting all streaming and vtubing, and deletes their Twitch channel.
>Dokibird reaches 800k Subscribers on Youtube, and opens preorders for her Nendoroid.

Region-Locked
>EN Indie Coalition 3AM announces they will appear at Vket on 12/14 for a meet & greet.
>Phase Connect confirms that they will appear at Holiday Matsuri.
>Ririsya, Nene Amano, Rin Penrose, and Sayu Sincro//Nisity are confirmed to appear at Holiday Matsuri.

Other
>Sanrio announces a Virtual Festival to take place from 2/9/2025 to 3/9/2025, featuring a wide range of vtubers and other performers from both sides of the Pacific.

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Include at least a one-line description, links to the source, and make a screenshot if relevant.
Please note the corpo and use full names, when applicable, to make searching easier.

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

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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.

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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.

Like the news anchor, add links to sources.

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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.

thanks for baking

>>91460856
Taking the bump anchor's virginity.

>>91460839
mall AI Company VedalAI Faces Backlash Over Hiring of Convicted Groomer

VedalAI, a fledgling artificial intelligence company, has found itself at the centre of controversy following revelations that it hired an individual with a criminal history. The employee in question was convicted of grooming a 16-year-old in a highly publicised case.

The news has sparked widespread outrage, with many questioning the company’s hiring practices and its oversight of potential risks. Critics argue that such a lapse in judgement could severely damage the reputation of a young company already navigating the competitive AI sector.

VedalAI has yet to comment on the situation, but calls for a review of its internal hiring policies are growing louder.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r4J-tBcPG0z_g3WnjWyM2q4HcSagt4Cg1J5XwIgkoYM

>>91460839
Small AI Company VedalAI Faces Backlash Over Hiring of Convicted Groomer

VedalAI, a fledgling artificial intelligence company, has found itself at the centre of controversy following revelations that it hired an individual with a criminal history. The employee in question was convicted of grooming a 16-year-old in a highly publicised case.

The news has sparked widespread outrage, with many questioning the company’s hiring practices and its oversight of potential risks. Critics argue that such a lapse in judgement could severely damage the reputation of a young company already navigating the competitive AI sector.

VedalAI has yet to comment on the situation, but calls for a review of its internal hiring policies are growing louder.

Proof of grooming
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r4J-tBcPG0z_g3WnjWyM2q4HcSagt4Cg1J5XwIgkoYM

>>91460839
Small AI Company VedalAI Faces Backlash Over Hiring of Convicted Groomer

VedalAI, a fledgling artificial intelligence company, has found itself at the centre of controversy following revelations that it hired an individual with a criminal history. The employee in question was convicted of grooming a 16-year-old in a highly publicised case.

The news has sparked widespread outrage, with many questioning the company’s hiring practices and its oversight of potential risks. Critics argue that such a lapse in judgement could severely damage the reputation of a young company already navigating the competitive AI sector.

VedalAI has yet to comment on the situation, but calls for a review of its internal hiring policies are growing louder.

>>91452715
Proof of grooming
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r4J-tBcPG0z_g3WnjWyM2q4HcSagt4Cg1J5XwIgkoYM

This goes to kuro.

>>91460856
thanks for the bake

>>91460822
>>91462508
Fix'd thank you >>91463082

>>91462508
Note that nobody in /swarm/ gives a fuck about two teenagers, so jealous jack is trying it on here for attention.

>>91462508
>>91464816
From what I gathered basically a 19yo employee had a relationship with a 16yo? 3 years age diference is hardly what I'd call grooming.
Is there more to it, or is it a random schizo? Also how widespread is the "widespread outrage"?

>>91465041
is it even considered grooming if they're both underage?

>>91465041
is it legal in their jurisdiction? if it is, there's nothing to talk about. if it's not, call the police.

>>91465041
Judging from the screenshot here, there's barely any attention yet
>>91452715

>>91465041
>>91465541

One is an adult (19y old ) other is a child ( 16y ), yes anon its grooming.

>>91466408
is 16 legal there or not?
>adult who's at risk
that's everyone.

>>91466408
It's a 3 years difference, no anon its not grooming.
Substantiate your claim, so far it looks like some schizo wanting to dunk on Vedal.

>>91466408
By the letter of the law, maybe, but realistically no one fucking cares. Even a 19-year old is effectively a child, they're still developing mentally. It's the whole reason so many places have romeo and juliet laws. And like >>91466593 says, we don't know the jurisdiction so we can't even say whether or not legal ages of consent are being met.

>>91466408
>>91466593
16 years old is the age of consent in the UK. There is no sliding scale or anything like that so a 16 year old can have a sexual relationship with a 116 year old legally - you can argue about the morality of that but it doesn't change the fact that this is legal. Therefore not really news.

>>91462508
>she was SEVENTEEN AND THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY TWO DAYS OLD YOU SICK FUCK, REE, REE, CARE ABOUT MY DRAMA. REE. FALSE, CANCEL THIS MAN.

no.

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>>91460856

>>91462508
>>91466408
>they missed out on highschool love
Truly a miserable existence, no wonder you're this spiteful.

>>91460799
Late Report Anon here. It's a week in review

COVER STUTTERS
Despite Cover's best efforts, they would flounder in neutral as they close out the week at 2744 yen (-3). Performance overall was quite erratic, but it seems the performance of Japan's economy prevented them from catching on to any momentum.

COVER'S WEEK IN REVIEW
Cover's week closes out strong with a 207 yen gain for the week, fully recovering from last week's collapse on December 2nd. However, even though they've recovered in the first day they've only grabbed a relatively small 46 yen gain from the two days this week after Anycolor's Q2 report. Things are looking good, but considering someone else's week there is a very real chance they might become reacquainted with the bottom of the totem pole soon.

ANYCOLOR HAS LIFT OFF
Anycolor stocks reach new heights as they shoot up to 2654 yen (250) to close out the week, a staggering 10.4% increase from yesterday. Their performance saw little resistance to their consistent rise, only slowing down in the last hour and a half. This marks the first time Anycolor has breached the 2600s since July of this year.

ANYCOLOR WEEK IN REVIEW
Anycolor's week is a roaring success with a 544 yen gain for the week. Seeing decent rises throughout the week, before Friday's all star performance. But that's what record revenue can do for you, even if you *barely* miss forecasts. The next two questions of course will be if A.) Anycolor can hold onto these gains unlike the previous few times and B.) If they can retake their place at the top from Cover Corp. Regardless, Anycolor has started off strong in a post Q2 Report world and already beat their peak price between the Q1 and Q2 report (2594, September 26th.)

Of course, there's a looming threat of another major EN controversy. However, the potential victim in question is not at the level of Selen to have the ability to set them on a downward trend like Selen's termination did. Still, it's something to keep a eye on.

OTHER
The gap has been into a third, as the gap between the two companies is now just 90 yen in Cover's favor.
The NIKKEI flops with a 0.95% loss.
Trading Volumes!
Anycolor: 5.14 Million
Cover Corp: 7.61 Million

>>91460799
Late Report Anon here. It's a belated week in review!

COVER STUTTERS
Despite Cover's best efforts, they would flounder in neutral as they close out the week at 2744 yen (-3). Performance overall was quite erratic, but it seems the performance of Japan's economy prevented them from catching on to any momentum.

COVER'S WEEK IN REVIEW
Cover's week closes out strong with a 207 yen gain for the week, fully recovering from last week's collapse on December 2nd. However, even though they've recovered in the first day they've only grabbed a relatively small 46 yen gain from the two days this week after Anycolor's Q2 report. Things are looking good, but considering someone else's week there is a very real chance they might become reacquainted with the bottom of the totem pole soon.

ANYCOLOR HAS LIFT OFF
Anycolor stocks reach new heights as they shoot up to 2654 yen (250) to close out the week, a staggering 10.4% increase from yesterday. Their performance saw little resistance to their consistent rise, only slowing down in the last hour and a half. This marks the first time Anycolor has breached the 2600s since July of this year.

ANYCOLOR WEEK IN REVIEW
Anycolor's week is a roaring success with a 544 yen gain for the week. Seeing decent rises throughout the week, before Friday's all star performance. But that's what record revenue can do for you, even if you *barely* miss forecasts. The next two questions of course will be if A.) Anycolor can hold onto these gains unlike the previous few times and B.) If they can retake their place at the top from Cover Corp. Regardless, Anycolor has started off strong in a post Q2 Report world and already beat their peak price between the Q1 and Q2 report (2594, September 26th.)

Of course, there's a looming threat of another major EN controversy. However, the potential victim in question is not at the level of Selen to have the ability to set them on a downward trend like Selen's termination did. Still, it's something to keep a eye on.

OTHER
The gap has been into a third, as the gap between the two companies is now just 90 yen in Cover's favor.
The NIKKEI flops with a 0.95% loss.
Trading Volumes!
Anycolor: 5.14 Million
Cover Corp: 7.61 Million

>>91472412
And lastly here's something that's right behind Cover.

Things are looking good for the two companies, albeit the real star right now is Anycolor. It'll be interesting to see how they'll perform the rest of this month, even if EN is looking at a another meltdown. At the very least for them, they're not important enough like before earlier this year to make it matter.

Anyway, that's all from me this week. Make sure to cherish your oshi's through thick and thin, and I'll see you on Sunday/Monday.

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>>91472412
this is like a shounen!

>>91472412
>>91472612
Many thanks.

>>91460766
https://x.com/idol_corp/status/1867679948627923088
Roca Rourin has a Spotify drop (that I assume that no one could stop) of her new cover of Suisei's GHOST that probably would've been revealed on her birthday alongside a PV which has been delayed. You can listen to it here:
https://open.spotify.com/track/4F6HwcPVftt4okrk2ocZyY
Please continue wishing her well and hoping she recovers quickly.

>>91476448
Do some due diligence. She has had that cover for a long time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rghnNC1lRXc
I assume it was an oversight or something considering her Pretenders cover was on there for some time already. It is still somewhat news but it's a lot more minor. I can see why the tweet gave off that impression given she has not released a cover in some time. But yes, let's all hope that she recovers and gets better soon so she can go back and start doing that again. To share some actual news, it was clarified that the release was planned prior to what happened and that Roca is still hospitalized and not in a life-threatening situation which is good, but no other details are being divulged to the public.
https://x.com/idol_corp/status/1867688118037463422

>>91477211
Not Hololive, nobody cares.

>>91477211
>She has had that cover for a long time.
oh yeah, I remember it. Pretty cool.

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>>91460839
This would make for a funny future rrat anchor

>>91482774
I know people tend to type differently when talking quickly in DMs but this seems far too verbose for her considering all the discord messages.

>>91460811
>>91180145
Another update of /vt/ teams on Divegrass Before Christmas 5: Christmas on Easter Island:
/HAHA/ advanced to the playoffs by beating /rats/ 7-1 and being the bottom of the 2nd place teams and ultimately failed to go to R16 falling against /tm/ 3-2
/skynetFC/ recovered from the early loss with 2 wins; 4-2 against /PRR/ and 2-1 against /ux/, but also failing to qualify to the next round with a devastating loss to /ahem/ 0-3
/joshu/ made 5 goals in 2 games, but failed to move from the group phase; 3-4 against /essex/ and 2-3 against /fluff/ were the games that this team couldn't win
/AG/ dominated their group, winning all their games: 2-0 against //nijiID/ and 4-3 against /4ccg/ (the last one to decide who would top the group). With that result, they qualify to the R16 and will go against /trinity/ tomorrow
/nijiID/ fell to /AG (previously mentioned), but got a good win for their final (don't know if they'll be revived again) game 4-1 against /miiverse/
/pcmx/ went big on their wins against /San Marino/ and /copalib/, 5-2 and 5-4 in that order. With that, they topped as the best 2nd place and skipped the playoffs, straight to R16 where they will face /srt/, which is the best 1st place of the tournament.
/myth/ lost heir next game against /暁Records/ 2-0, but came back from behind to win against /2huremix/ 3-2 with 2 late goals from Gawr Gura. Just they needed the result from the final game from the group: either any team win, or they had to tie for no more than 2 goals each.
and for last:
/hfz/ went BIG time againt /2huremix/ 5-1, and for the last match, either a win or a tie would make them qualify. At the end, they tied against /暁Records/ 3 goals each team, which dooms /myth/ to not make it past the group stage.
For tomorrow, there will be 3 /vt/ participating in the Round of 16, so please make sure to cheer for them.
And for the end of the Friday match day, there was an exhibition match of /vt/'s /rrat/ vs /rats/; which it was won by our chaotic team 5-3, with all 5 goals made by 5 different players.

>>91460811
CCWS S6 rounds 4-6 live stream going live in a few minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa5ntswQRO0

Will have race results and top 10 up at end of stream

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>>91460766
VShojo announces a move to in-house merch fulfillment after they got fucked over by their previous merch partner.
https://x.com/VShojo/status/1867722979314217324

>>91460799
EONIA, indie idol group of the former Production kawaii gen 1 members, announced a set of acrylic dioramas as group merch.
https://shop.geekjack.net/products/eonia-indie-debut-acrylic-diorama

>>91467835
pretty much this
>>91460856

>>91460856
>AnyColor announces they will be investigating claims of sexual harrassment within the company, as well as unauthorized internal leaks.
>In COMPLETELY UNRELATED news, Twisty Amanozako announces that she will be taking a hiatus from tweeting and streaming for the forseeable future. Again, readers should be clear that this is COMPLETELY UNRELATED to any recently-announced investigations, and has definitely not happened two other times with this exact timing.
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>>91460822
>>91460839
In similarly COMPLETELY UNRELATED news, totally unknown vtuber Delulu Deliria is having a Christmas party with friends on Arial Yuriko's channel:
https://xcancel.com/51U1_4_2UN/status/1867406819326652796#m
https://xcancel.com/ArialYuriko/status/1867359796367671476#m
youtube.com/live/Agz3iIsCtKQ

Also Delulu Deliria seems to be receiving a whole lot of hate from the sisters, for some unknown reason.

>>91460811
>>91486922
Edmonton top 3:
1. Immy (VAllure)
2. Kokone (V&U)
3. Alias (V4Mirai)

Puebla top 3:
1. Planei (Specialite)
2. Ciccino (V&U)
3. Victoria (Specialite)

Homestead RC top 3:
1. Nikki (Idol; 3rd Worlds win)
2. Airi (V-Dere)
3. Tomomi (V&U)

Top 10 in picrel; next stream, rounds 7-9, tomorrow morning (12/14) at 10 AM ET (maybe 11 AM); here's waiting room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I-N_38oQNc

>>91460766
Sayu Sincronisity of NOA (I still feel a little sick saying that) has her Christmas Charity stream at 8pm PST tomorrow:
https://xcancel.com/NOA_Talent/status/1867285064964616590#m
(Think this is separate from Holiday Matsuri.)

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>>91500234
>I still feel a little sick saying that
We wouldn't have this charity karaoke stream without them.

>>91506540
Don't think Sayu really needs NOA simply to arrange a charity stream. Indies far smaller than her and doing them just fine.

>>91506540
>>91506694
I think she did a charity stream a while ago, didn't she? An animal charity or something.

>>91506694
The emphasis was on the karaoke. The last time she sang live was during her 2023 subathon.

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>>91460766
Polka debuted her new outfit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYsFCJRb8YM
And released a new cover to go along with it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWAfJffxDM8

>>91460766
holoGAMERS announced anniversary merch (image pending), bromide case, cap, among other things. If you get the bromide case, you get a holoTCG card too.

>>91513567
>The entire Maid Hologra was just to introduce the idea of maid Polka
I kneel

>>91460766
Quinn's makeship plushie failed to get funded

>>91514661
>(image pending)

>>91462508
Jack, a former member of the Minecraft event community, shared insights about his role in raising allegations against Maya, a former hire at VedalAI. He explained his awareness of the situation, referencing previous controversies in the Minecraft event scene involving grooming allegations. Though not directly involved in the investigation, Jack highlighted his personal concerns about Maya, citing ethical implications and her background in the Czech Republic, where the age of consent is 15.

Jack reached out to VedalAI's moderation team regarding these allegations. Following a review, Vedal confirmed Maya was no longer employed with them. Jack later deleted his tweets about the matter, deeming the situation resolved.

This swift action underscores the importance of addressing community concerns transparently.

More info:
>>91515562
https://rentry.org/VedalAIscandal

>>91515293
KWAB

>>91516472
>VedalAIscandal
lol, lmao even
no one cares
stop trying to create drama

>>91516472
>This swift action underscores the importance of addressing community concerns transparently.
Does a single schizo count as "community concern"?

>>91516472
>FALSE PLEASE CANCEL THESE EVIL SLAVS FOR ME
can we tell this guy to kill himself?

>>91516472
>Jack highlighted his personal concerns about Maya, citing ethical implications and her background in the Czech Republic, where the age of consent is 15.
So let's get this straight

Because Maya grew up in a country where the AOC is 15 and she followed the law and her partner followed the law

But a Californian didn't like it and demanded a brit fired her because she grew up someplace where she followed every letter of the law

She gets fired?
Do I got that right?

>>91498918
Stream starting now, will have race results at the end

>>91518756
>Do I got that right?
yes, welcome to eternal current year.

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>>91460766
Aegis-Link made its debut yesterday (12/13), complete with four talents and a group orisong.
https://x.com/AegisLink_GL/status/1867215332869361832

>>91460811
>>91498918
>>91519234
Aragon top 3:
1. Koa (Idol)
2. Nikki (Idol)
3. Suri (V&U)

Trenton top 3:
1. Utahime (Specialite; 2nd win this month)
2. Alias (V4Mirai)
3. Maeve (V&U)

Grand Valley top 3:
1. Kokone (V&U)
2. Ciccino (V&U)
3. Maeve (V&U; podium sweep!!!!!!)

Top 10 in picrel. Next stream tomorrow (12/15) at 10 AM ET, Sonoma, Denver, and Milwaukee next; will have waiting room up tonight

>>91460766
maemi song :D
https://x.com/tenmamaemi/status/1867816571131113481

>>91518756
Yes, law is meaningless, xitter seethe is forever.

>>91460766
Layna Lazar will be presenting the award for Best Indie at today's Horror Game Awards
She is also nominated for their Content Creator of the Year award
https://x.com/HorrorGameAward/status/1867907395588137018
https://x.com/ResiEvilCentral/status/1863402498775490905

In other news Zentreya debuted two Christmas outfits for both of her designs
Dragon on Dec 10
https://x.com/_Mari_Art/status/1866525283458707742
And Cyborg right now
https://x.com/zentreya/status/1867974016017031306

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>>91526225
>her

>>91529709
Yes, the character of Zentreya is a woman. Take your seethe to the catalog.

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>>91460766
>>91460839
Idol's Cersea Soulstorm has her channel demonetized by youtube, allegedly for bot-like activity
>>91481984
>>91483350
>>91508184
https://x.com/cerseasoulstorm/status/1867829393512657306
>>91510226

Gamersupps VTuber card you can claim for free
https://gamersupps.gg/pages/vcard

>>91513567
Finally, a worthy opponent.

>>91535576
>hololive has a card game that made them a lot of money, so we should too!
I wonder how much this will fail

>>91536499
Gamersupps had the card game thing planned at the beginning of the year.

>>91516472
>he's using chatgpt because he's too retarded to write his own rrat
Aren't we supposed to take accusations of pedophilia seriously or something? It didn't embarrass you when you started venting about this to an AI?

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>>91460856

Noticing no post about the VTA, is someone gonna report all winners at once?

>>91543796
Probably make it easier for the roundup if it's all in one post.

>>91460766
Majokko Meimi news
>she has joined GLITCH STARS
>she keeps her IP
>new voice pack and acrylic stand available, link below
>she'll hold a meet and greet at Holiday Matsuri
source: redebut stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOGgE1z1-4M
>>91460799
https://www.glitchstars.com/merchshop

>>91536499
>Card is 80% art and credits for art
>15% flavor text, set symbols, and copyrights
>Actual mechanics make up roughly 5% or less of the card's design, and amount to clipart and a number.
What game? I only see collectibles.

>>91546398
>credits for art
Cards with art credit the art, although this card is significantly more art than usual. This card is really funny, though; is the entire game just having cards with higher numbers?

>>91536499
And this is why shitposters without facts should be jannied. This has been announced way before the Holo game and doesn’t even use the pokemon system.

>>91546398
>80% of the card is art and flavor
Confirmed underage that has not seen season 1 cards from MTG and YGO.

wait, there are dancers at tva?
also, because i forgot the name of the awards, i thought tva was that doxxsite. but now i can't rememebr the name of it. hmm.

>>91552539
TVA is also the dox site, they unfortunately share an acronym. The owner of TVA is currently seething on Twitter about the awards though.

>>91552539
it is, dyslexic anon. vta is not tva.
i actually thought they were talking about the Niji VTA at first, i was like, that still exists? kek

>>91552773
should be FVA [Filian's], or maybe VTA [VTuber Awards], to avoid the confusion. also lol on whats-his-face (forgot his anme too) hes stupid. i kind of want to check but also dont want to give traction yk
>>91552821
i was thinking that too. why is everything tva??

>>91460766
Following a hit Post, (https://x.com/elfinpsyop/status/1867766638143320239)), Elfin announces new design:
https://x.com/elfinpsyop/status/1867991435229761973

>>91550730
I played original release OCG YGO before it came to the States; I'm aware. That doesn't make it good or okay.

>>91460766
Doki and Mint put on the FantômeThief's Revenge concert. Turnout in the 2,600 seat venue seems to be strong:
https://x.com/MintFantome/status/1868103053758660830
https://x.com/dokibird/status/1868102522830725509
This is their respective 3D debuts and first concert. (Wow, they really like corpo VTubers the way they've set it all up.)

>>91557965
AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE NIJISIS DON'T LOOK

>>91460766
On the note of popular VTubers' concerts selling tickets, sales for hololive English -Myth-'s Mori Calliope's 2nd concert "GriMoire" started and concluded within a minute:
https://x.com/calliope_info/status/1867835101448745203

>>91556105
Says you. I feel strong mechanics instead of “how much text I can cram in a card to make it do one of five meta actions otherwise it’s shit” is a good direction.
You have no idea how many times these card need 15 lines of tect just to say “I bring X from the deck then I die.”

>>91556105
Also people buy Holocards because of Holo. Whoever wants to be competitive with them just buys Pokemon and anyone eho disagrees is 100% coping. So why not just focus on the art?

>>91460766
The vtuber awards have concluded
https://x.com/VTuberAwards/status/1868118859191902422
Fuwamoco won vtuber of the year
https://x.com/VTuberAwards/status/1868114463997722977
Melody won best lewdtuber
https://x.com/VTuberAwards/status/1868113063179939903
Zen won gamer of the year
https://x.com/VTuberAwards/status/1868110010867417357
Lethal company is stream game of the year
https://x.com/VTuberAwards/status/1868108376305254694
HoloGTA won event of the year
https://x.com/VTuberAwards/status/1868107604435620040
Nanoless won parent of the year
https://x.com/VTuberAwards/status/1868106196244414818
Hololive won best vtuber org
https://x.com/VTuberAwards/status/1868104563552555154
Dragoons won most dedicated fanbase
https://x.com/VTuberAwards/status/1868102253170893093
Mythos won best rising corp
https://x.com/VTuberAwards/status/1868101946722460080
Kiara won miss vtuber
https://x.com/VTuberAwards/status/1868099757379575986
Some girl won mister vtuber
https://x.com/VTuberAwards/status/1868094690320666701
Ironmouse won league of her own
https://x.com/VTuberAwards/status/1868092839852232858
Ariell(who?) won rising star
https://x.com/VTuberAwards/status/1868090515675029942
Reya won hidden gem
https://x.com/VTuberAwards/status/1868088110363431075
Gigi won most Chaotic vtuber
https://x.com/VTuberAwards/status/1868085409743618549
Chibidoki won funniest vtuber
https://x.com/VTuberAwards/status/1868083788485656714
Vedal won best techtuber
https://x.com/VTuberAwards/status/1868081790956798234
Suisei won best music vtuber
https://x.com/VTuberAwards/status/1868079042794033483
Fauna won best ASMR vtuber
https://x.com/VTuberAwards/status/1868076503365571054
Doki won best FPS vtuber
https://x.com/VTuberAwards/status/1868074873555399135
Roara won best art vtuber
https://x.com/VTuberAwards/status/1868073065953067296
Fauna won best chatting vtuber

>>91567760
In addition, Phase Connect (which sponsored the awards) had a half-time show, in which they announced a new member of Phase Invaders.
(Also, some of the above names are misspelled.)
(Also also,
>rising star
>who?

>>91569132
I have legit never heard of her so for a "rising star" that's pretty indicative of how rising she is

>>91569606
>The rising star award is a who and I’ll judge it based on my knowledge
You could have just reported the winners in the most objective and netural way possible and avoid this but no, you had to try shitposting still. Literally why?

>>91571403
I could but why would I do that?

>>91567760
>Arielle(who?)
a vshojo orbiter

>>91536499
VCard was announced shortly after Lily became a partial owner, well before the Hololive TCG got announced

>>91546398
Have you never seen full-art TCG cards? This isn't uncommon

>>91569606
Oh, they really should have consulted you first as the pre-eminent authority on vtubers

>>91573906
yes they should

>>91460856

>>91567760
>Fauna won best ASMR of the year
That's how serious these awards are

>>91460766
indie Charlotte Suzu debuted a "Vampire Bloom" outfit and accompanying acrylic stand merch
https://youtu.be/WWRUtVasnpg
https://shop.geekjack.net/products/charlotte-suzu-vampire-bloom-acrylic-stand

>>91460811
Waiting room up for CCWS S6 rounds 10-12 tomorrow morning, 11 AM ET (needing a bit of extra time to sleep in before going live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZwHNHWcB9Y

>>91579938
uh oh salty

>>91583035
retard

>>91584586
cope

>>91460822
>>91460856
nijiniggers are seething again

>>91585145
This was the guy that posted picrel the other day and then complained about receiving hate by the way.

>>91553756
>Elfin griftop the whore who anti'd loli vtubers gets a loli model

>>91460856
0

>>91460856

>>91460856

up.

>>91585392
Oof

>>91585392
They shouldn't be throwing stones when they live in a glass house

up.

>>91460766
Tokoyami Towa announced Holo New Yes Game Festival 2025, it will replace the usual Mario Kart Tournament on January 13th 2025 https://x.com/tokoyamitowa/status/1868266156823617553
it consists of holos being divided in four teams and playing various games.
on December 21st, there's a stream on Towa's channel to confirm the teams for the event.
picrel are the participants.

>>91598818
>Yes
>Year*

>>91460766
https://x.com/anisama_vkami/status/1868273612953948561
Animelo summer live 2024 has successfully concluded
Amongst the participants are Lamy, Nene, Kanata and Mio

>>91567760
>>91569132
And Dan Clancy, CEO of Twitch, made an appearance using a L2D model during one of the show's clips (a mask-singer type of activity), and to give an award. His tracking was scuffed during the live event.

>Some girl won mister vtuber
You could do a better job and report his name like everyone else's. PorcelainMaid, aka Jowol. And yeah, he's a dude.

>>91460766
Botan revealed her new outfit today
https://www.youtube.com/live/ZlOAyrZCNdU

>>91600754
Don't Ayame and Fauna already have near-identitcal outfits?

>>91601522
It's just jirai-kei which is popular in general. If anything Botan's version is more restrained in the detailing.

>>91600754
cute! shoes?

>>91497853
Maybe because of how ridiculous it is to see people supporting and enabling (without realizing) a dysfunctional grifter that shits on her 'fandom' in favor of some schizo groomcord fest who makes explicit how they enjoy the type of pedo coomslop she also does consume? It's in the same level of a Gumpai, if not worse.

>>91602313

>>91603602
I was wondering how the sisters were rationalizing this one. Guess I shouldn't be surprised. After having dismissed attempted murder, sexual harassment shouldn't really be a challenge. Impressive that they didn't even need to change the buzzwords though.

>>91604645
>change the buzzwords
It's actually too full with buzz, I can't understand what sisteranon is trying to say.

>>91460766
hololive English announce a new song, "Odyssey", with artistic direction by Calliope Mori.

>>91460856

>>91600754
Feels like some sort of Virgin Killer Outfit

>>91460856

>>91603602
Meds or stop using AI, the level of buzzwords combo nonsense in this post is honestly something to behold.

>>91460811
>>91582817
Sonoma top 3:
1. Reina (globie)
2. Liora (V&U)
3. Cerenity (V&U)

Denver top 3:
1. Kanna (Pixel)
2. Lottie (Pixel)
3. Enya (Idol)

Miwaukee top 3:
1. Suri (V&U)
2. Koa (Idol)
3. Cerenity (V&U)

With 3 rounds left in the championship, Kokone leads via tiebreaker; she has 1 win and 2 2nd's, while Maeve has 1 win and 2 3rds. CorpoCar season 6 finale (and the last VTRP stream of the year) is next Sunday morning, 10 AM ET. See you all then!

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>>91607259
it's just the aesthetics.

>>91460766
Geega debuts her new 3D models, one for each of her existing outfits
https://x.com/GeneralGEEGA/status/1868080162366980522
Commemorative merch is released as well as a restock of her debut merch
https://x.com/VShojo/status/1868390287313449332

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>>91460766
AuroraLiveVR's EN branch is shuttering its doors (temporarily?) after its only member, Yuka Momiji, announces her graduation.
https://x.com/YukaMomijiVT/status/1867079440296976633
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDHLAHyWMB0
As a side note, this is the most soothing graduation stream I've ever listened to.

>>91460856

>>91460839
Some kind of new lewdchuuba agency like Vallure?
>>91586030

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>>91486392
Final update:
After a good group stage, /hfz/ unfortunately falls to /ytp/ 4-2
Also, from being dominant, /AG/ untimely gets knocked off from R16 against /trinity/ (also same score as the previous team) 4-2
And the last team, /pcmx/, got a dominant win against /srt/ 4-0. But lady luck took away their good fortune, getting UNO reverse carded on the Quarterfinals 0-3 against /4ccg/, thus ending the /vt/ competition on the DBC5. The champion would become /ytp/ who won beating /trinity/ 4-3.
With that, all divegrass competition for /vt/ and related teams will come to end for this year. Look forward for /vt/ league 8 next year, and salute to Fauna Mart and /uuu/'s new stadium next year.

>>91623941
Qrd? Is this the corpo that had only her left with some sort of contract or something else? I never seen a corpo so confident to try again after a full closure.

>>91626011
No, it's actually from a (soon-to-be-released) pornographic video game:
https://milkfactory.jp/comingsoon/

>>91628974
>porn game
>didn't use cumming soon
Missed opportunity for a cheap gag.

>>91629105
It's a Japanese company, I don't think they're aware of that specific wordplay.

>>91628231
Funny enough, not the first time they've only had one chuuba on the roster.
I have some questions myself on how the situation got to this point, but I don't care enough to pester them further.
She states in the video that the decision to close was a result of the only EN manager leaving, which happened at the same time as the other talents leaving the company. I see Mion (>>77521505) was reported on, but there were two others that made their debut and graduated on that day, June 15th. And the first pre-debut tweet I see from Yuka is June 13th. So they went ahead with debut without a manager? I have to assume her management from that point on was CN staff using DeepL, them failing to find a new manager for months, then deciding it isn't worth the hassle.

>>91460822
Despite the claims of nijiniggers, Elira's sub count loss didn't in fact stop

>>91460856

>>91460856

>>91604264
SEX

>>91631628
I predict she goes below 500K once the fallout from Twistygate hits

>>91460856

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>>91628974
Was this some kinda guerilla marketing?

>>91460856
Woah nelly, back up we go.

>>91460799
Gros Michel Anon here, welcome back to the new week! Big changes are afoot so let's get to it.

ANYCOLOR BACK ON TOP
Anycolor is once again crowned king as the stock surges high to close out at 2796 yen (142) for the day. Their performance would be rather flat despite a decent start, it would only be until a hour after lunch would Anycolor see a inexplicable meteoric rise up to barely miss the 2800s. Anycolor has now seen a 467 yen gain since the release of their Q2 report.

I will say, I think my predictions in my write up we're heavily flawed in retrospect. With two major factors I simply didn't evaluate properly in Cover's Q2 performance building a foundation of positive reinforcement for the industry and secondly dividends not being paid out until the 14th of January.

Looking back at Anycolor's performance in the days between the Q2 report for Cover's and their own, the lack of movement may be attributed to the consecutive large misses on their forecasts to begin with as well as the degrading of their potential overseas leading to some apprehensive on buying to not be burned again. But now that Anycolor has shown the ability that they can still hit record revenue numbers as well as Q3/Q4 being more heavy hitting with events like NijiFes, this finally gave investors confirmation to hold/buy in. Even if Anycolor barely misses forecasts on the almost slimmest of margins.

I won't speak on where I think they'll plateau at, they already forced fed me enough crow to last until New Years. But I will say, Cover managed to jump up by over 1000 yen to get back to the late February/March numbers they had (and currently have) at the moment. It's not too far fetched to say they could see a similar path.

COVER STUTTERS
Cover stocks won't be able to take advantage of the surges still, as the stock crumples down to 2665 (-79) yen to start off the week. Their performance saw them firmly in the red, but they would at least stabilize around the mid to high 2600s after lunch. It seems for now Cover is settling around the 2600s-2700s for now (just ignore the first week of December.)

OTHER
The positions have changed, and the gap is now 131 yen in Anycolor's favor.
The NIKKEI is rather neutral, but still sees a 0.03% loss for the day.
Trading Volumes:
Anycolor: 4.34 Million
Cover Corp: 5.14 Million

>>91650601
And lastly here's the return of Cover holding 2nd.

That's all for today's report, let it be a reminder that I am idiot who just know who's how to sound smart and shouldn't take everything I say/predict as gospel. Regardless, I'll see you tomorrow as we continue this already historic week.

>>91460766
In more Holiday Matsuri news, a bunch of indies/small corpo VTubers (and Geega) are going thanks to Novel Horizons/Horizons Merch:
GX Aura, Sigrid & Bird, Arielle, PorcelainMaid, FeFe, Fleshy, Saruei, Hootyhoo, Mimcubus, Vexoria, Sansin, Overezeggs, PapaMutt, RomiChi, Geega, FroggyLoch, Kwite, Yoclesh, GhostySaige, Fream and Isaa.
Too much to link, so just scroll on their merch Twitter: https://x.com/HorizonsMerch

And here's a few more:
>Indies
Miridae the Giraffe
https://x.com/GiraffeMiridae/status/1868415149331411128
Dokibird
https://x.com/HolidayMatsuri/status/1865170234631487716
>NEXAS
Mizuki Akemi
https://x.com/mizukiiakemi/status/1868483689048629622
Moka Roki
https://x.com/MokaRoki_/status/1868441708339630572
>Astraline
Lucius Merryweather
https://x.com/HolidayMatsuri/status/1865546894719557796
Lumi (the Finnish wolf girl)
https://x.com/HolidayMatsuri/status/1865501642860138999
>StellarVersePro
All of their new talents: Tokaku~ん, Lemi Lichen, Serena Starstruck, Goro Gaomi, Usachi Yui, Rina Lunette, Nanako Niku, Perry Winkleton
https://x.com/StellarVersePro/status/1868455944126165156
>Cieste
Hachiko Echo, MiIa Marlenka, Buoy Afuru, Chiyo Moberi
https://x.com/HolidayMatsuri/status/1860783464695357567

Might be more, but that's what I've got for now.

>>91460766
Suisei x Google android music sponsorship announced
https://x.com/googlejapan/status/1868506335672766954?

>>91460856

>>91460856

Niko-tan reached 300k subs

>>91651168
also
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>>91648284
The thread? I don't think so, as I had to reverse-search the image to find the source (and even that was difficult), because the source wasn't mentioned in-thread.
>>91460766
hololive friends with u Magical Girl holoWitches! plushies announced:
https://hololive-friends.hololivepro.com/information/news27/

>>91460856

>>91460766
StellarVersePro releases a gen-wide original song, "INFINIUM":
https://x.com/StellarVersePro/status/1868171611905609909

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>>91460766
Phase Connect's Kaneko Lumi announces her new song, "Middle", which premiered at the VTuber Awards 2024:
https://x.com/Kaneko_Lumi/status/1868769376910049471

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>>91460856

https://youtu.be/SHdGk9WlpXk
https://youtu.be/SHdGk9WlpXk
https://youtu.be/SHdGk9WlpXk
It's news time

>>91460856

>>91692327
not giving him a click, who/what did the vkeks terminate?

>>91696272
It's clickbait; they've terminated their contract with their merch distributor and might be pursuing legal action against them.

>>91460856

>>91696407
Thanks anon. Their merch department has been disastrous for years, from the nendo thing to Henya's daki from a year ago getting outright scrapped when it was supposed to be fulfilled (I was refunded, thankfully).

>>91460856

>>91460766
Ina is back
https://x.com/ninomaeinanis/status/1868844899698983014
https://x.com/ninomaeinanis/status/1868897354671374682

>>91460856
Slow day it seems.

>>91460799
Cavendish anon here, it's a Tuesday afternoon over in Japan. Let's see how the market performed today.

ANYCOLOR FUMBLES
Despite Anycolor soaring to new heights through out the day, the stock would fumble their gains to settle at 2780 yen (-16) for the day. Their performance saw a continuous climb, with them peaking just after lunch at a immaculate high of 2965. Unfortunately for them a pair of collapses, one soon after their peek and another a hour prior to closing would be their undoing to send them back down. Despite this small setback, their are still a impressive 126 yen up this week so far.

COVER CAN'T COMPETE
Cover stocks refuse to settle as the stock collapses down to 2572 yen (-93) for the day. Their performance despite a start in the green saw the stock in a consistent slide down for the most part. Cover's refusal to settle now lands them in a 172 yen deficit, as the crown they once worse gets further away.

OTHER
The gap widens further, with it now being 208 yen in Anycolor's favor.
The NIKKEI sees a 0.24% loss for the day.
Trading it, and by it I mean my volumes:
Anycolor: 5.34 Million
Cover Corp: 3.62 Million

>>91707007
And here's our other loser for the day.

That's all for now, I'm gonna go collapse now. See you on Wednesday and stay safe.

>>91707061
Thanks anon!

>>91460766
https://youtu.be/QjiwO8WdCYE
New hololive voice packs released

>>91460856

>>91707007
Jesas that’s one hell of a post-lunch swing. I guess that was the set time for operation dump or something happened.

>>91460856

>>91460856
bump

As a heads up, I won't be available for a couple of days starting tomorrow evening. I intend to do a mid-thread round-up tonight or tomorrow morning, but after that, /news/ will be absent of my presence until probably Saturday.

I sure hope nothing crazy happens between now and then, like some random indie streaming that sets the board on fire.

>>91460766
YAGOO interviewed by NMIA:
https://nmiagaming.com/youtube-only-accounts-for-25-of-hololive-revenue/
Research paper in the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences" about Holo X Break:
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-physics-emote-quantifying-clarity-digital.html
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2406735121

>>91716383
oh no, you are like half of this thread's purpose!

>>91716383
>spoiler
you know something we don't?

>>91717421
I've had to take leaves of absence before. I trust in /news/ to manage without me for a few days.
Remember, I am not special. Anybody can put on the hat.

>>91717546
Not this time, but call it a hunch.

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>>91460766
[indie] Lua Asuka will also be at Holiday Matsuri

>>91692327
can you please stop posting this faggot unless he does shit that /news/ hasnt covered? hes a fucking leech, a leech off of US.

>>91721784
>unless he does shit that /news/ hasnt covered
that never happens, he leeches off of /news/ without credits

Archive anon here, I just found that the interview of YAGOO with Niche Gamer (reported in >>89628636) has been deleted. The interview was mostly about the USA expansion, and did cover a bit about the Chinese market and BiliBili.
A public archive can be found here: https://web.archive.org/web/20241119000535/https://nichegamer.com/interview-cover-usa-and-hololive-with-ceo-motoaki-tanigo/

>>91721784
You may as well ignore and report for advertising/begging, his discord shills just start an endless loop of calling everyone nijifags if you reply to them.
>>91722600
Many thanks.

>>91722600
That seems rather odd. Any theory as to why it was deleted? Searched around a bit and it doesn't seem they simply moved it.

>>91724101
maybe they delete older than 1 month blog notes?

>>91722600
https://archive.vn/rU9EW

>>91724254
https://nichegamer.com/the-winners-and-losers-of-the-2014-vidya-gaem-awards/
I don't know, they leave some pretty old stuff up there, and I don't think that they regularly delete anything. Could someone shoot 'em an e-mail?

>>91724280
Thanks for the alternative.
>>91724942
>Could someone shoot 'em an e-mail?
Sure, here goes nothing.

>>91460856

>>91460856

>>91651168
Here's one more, Piko Halo from NEXAS
https://x.com/PikoHalo/status/1868654011202830472

>>91722600
I wouldn't be surprised if it was fabricated, Niche Gamer has been caught with stealing and plagiarizing stuff already. They're also bottom of the barrel retards so I'm not sure how them of all people would be able to interview Yagoo.

>>91729294
Has Yahoo said anything about this supposed interview?

>>91730422
Yagoo*

>>91730422
Not sure what you're expecting, he doesn't mention/share every interview.
From around that time, the only one he retweeted was this one: https://x.com/fnlwpn/status/1856019060124725360

>>91722600 (me)
>>91724942
>>91726040 (me)
They replied.

>>91732541
hmmm...sussy... could be the China thing? they don't want to jump the gun, but realized afterward? why would it change?
when was Kobo's thing in China? it was just the other day right?

>>91460856

>>91460766
Twitch makes a Post, celebrating a number of VTubers on its platform:
https://x.com/Twitch/status/1869095807800250579
They include hololive's Hoshimachi Suisei, who doesn't stream on Twitch. In addition, they also tagged the wrong X handle (@officialsuisei instead of @suisei_hosimati).
[Unrelated, but it's interesting that Suisei's official X handle uses nihon-/kunrei-shiki and not Hepburn, given that her name is officially romanized with Hepburn.]

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>>91735232
Got community noted, at least.

>>91735232
She made the handle when she was still an indie, and kunren-shiki is used by most native Japanese when they aren't worried about foreigners trying to read it.

up.

>>91460766
>>91460822
In a major update on the story from earlier this year about now defunct talent Agency MSM Talent, anons in /lig/ have discovered that Seth Weinstein, known the former CEO of MSM talent who ripped off multiple vtubers and tried to blacklist many others, is likely working either with or for Figure company Novel Horizons, who is launching a new Merch company called Horizons Merch. It's worth noting that we suspected this *could* happen because Horizon's Merch warehouse was also the wearhouse for Glitchless.gg, MSM's old merch company.

>>91748866
Sorry forgot to cite my source, this post has all the information plus images >>91741165

>>91748866
Didn't False directly ask the owner of Novel Horizons if Seth was part of their company and they said no?

>>91749640
yes, which means the owner of Novel Horizons was likely lying because current evidence shows otherwise

>>91460856

>>91749640
Yeah, despite the records saying otherwise. That’s the problem with scum, they have always someone covering for them.

>>91735232
fuwamoco have responded
seems like twitch intern just took random sampling from the recent vtuber award winners and assume they're on twitch or something

>>91749640
Pretty sure they openly decried his actions and tried to distance themselves from him, too.
Pretty brutal if it's a fabrication.

>>91749640
>>91749780
>>91753019
>>91754476
https://youtu.be/fS6kUKET2gc?t=722&feature=shared
Found it

>>91460766
AniLive announces that, starting Feb. 1st, 2025, it is pulling the AniLive app from app stores and shutting the app down.
It claims it is "not shutting down", but "growing up", but it is not stated what that would look like and sounds like corpospeak for "we're bailing and trying a new scam".
All Jumpstarts who were previously locked to the app will be able to stream on other platforms.
Folks, AniLive is now AniDead, along with NEXAS. The great Battle Royale is over, and Harry and Captain both lost.
https://journal.anilive.app/posts/newsletters-24-1812

>>91756843
Oh there's a shock

>>91756843
>Captain's not making money because AniLive is a shitshow with multiple scandals piling up
>Harry can't keep the lights on without AniLive's partnership
Yeah that's not surprising.

>>91756843
>All Jumpstarts who were previously locked to the app will be able to stream on other platforms.
That sucks for the Vol2s since they just have PNGs and will presumably have no rigging at all (even the shitty automatic rigging) off AniLive.

>>91757099
Remind me again, the Captain guy used to be a decent owner for some smol corpo right? Does his decency image still hold up, or does it deteriorate after this streaming app shenanigans?

>>91758033
He was the head of PRISM, and seemed to do right by the girls.

>>91758033
Captain founded PRISM Project before he sold them off to Sony.
The PRISM talents still held him in high regard, some of them even joined AniLive (although streamed rarely).
Before AniLive his company was trying to hop on the crypto/blockchain and AI hype train but it didn't go anywhere. Now he will probably pivot to another scam du jour.

>>91460766
NIJISANJI EN's Vantacrow Bringer on indefinite hiatus:
>>91758542

>>91753352
Mel's response

>>91758284
>>91758470
Aah, right. Sankyu

>>91759552
To be fair to Twitch, there were a lot of categories, so they would have to pick and choose some to display. That four of their ten choices are non-Twitch VTubers, though, is pretty embarrassing. (Also, while they showcased nine VTubers plus hololive GTA, they only linked to six of them, leaving out FWMC, Reya, and Nanoless. They give Twitch IDs for all except FWMC and hololive GTA; Suisei's is wrong.)

>>91759552
KWAB

>>91759420
That goes into >>91460822

>>91460856

>>91756843
this one actually belongs in kuro >>91460822

>>91460766
>>91460799
News from /warkop/
>>91500240
>>91762395
>>91763421
And this is for the Economics Anchor
>>91762308
>>91763565

>>91460766
>>91460799
News from /warkop/
>>91500240
>>91762395
>>91763421
And this is for the Economics Anchor
>>91762308
>>91763565

>>91756843
Oh no, the thing everyone saw it coming from a kilometer away happened.
Seriously, shutting down and proclaing you are “growing up” is wild, investors truly have zero IQ if people think this may work.

>>91748866
>>91749132
Wasn't the merch company a wrinkle in the previous discoveries, e.g. the story False covered? So Seth might have been involved in the creation of the company but he's not actually doing anything.
Seems like /lig/ is just retreading old info and pretending it's new.

>>91460799
Gift Wrap anon here, currently buried amidst obligations for the holidays so today will just be numbers.

ANYCOLOR: 2900 (120)
COVER CORP: 2622 (50)
NIKKEI: -0.55%

Trading Volumes
Anycolor: 3.8 Million
Cover Corp: 4.09 Million

>>91766036
And lastly here's the graph for Cover.

Apologies once again for just the bare minimum, it's just that time of the year. Regardless let's hopefully meet up for the Thursday performance tomorrow.

>>91460811
Voting for KWABOTY 2024 has opened: >>91766411
Voting on nominees will take place from December 21st to December 30th.
Winners will be announced on December 31st.

>>91766497
Why don't you just make it a strawpoll or something, I wouldn't want my google account associated with this shit

>>91766578
Then use a burner.
Surely you have a burner gmail in 2024, right anon?
You're not some newfag tourist doing everything with your personal email active, right?

>>91765331
nice try weinstein

>>91460856

>>91765331
You would have had a point if it weren't for the fact lig proved in a screenshot he was following the company at launch and then removed himself from following one the twitter account started to get eyes on it, and that twitter was made in November, far after Novel Horizons denied him being involved to FalseEyeD

>>91460856

>>91460856
bumpo

>>91651678
https://youtu.be/ZM7gdMkOgtw?si=V1OLd_iFc1Osj3Fm

>>91460856

up.

>>91769289
Oh, Twitter follows, such damning evidence

>>91460766
Otonose Kanade announced 500k subscribers celebration merch. Including a keyholder, totebag, keychain plushie, stainless steel bottle.

>>91460856

>>91460856

>>91460856

>>91460856

>>91460856

>>91460856

>>91460766
Motoaki Tanigo (CEO, Cover Corp.) is interviewed by Austin Wood for GamesRadar:
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/hololive-boss-yagoo-on-getting-vtubers-into-more-games-building-a-fortnite-style-open-world-game-recent-graduations-the-10-year-plan-and-his-famous-dream/
hopefully this interview won't get deleted

>>91460766
very arguably news, but
https://x.com/darlingstrawbie/status/1869402126771999101
drama re: advanced GG sponsorships in VTubing
someone complaining about AI again. yawn

>>91784596
yeah, won't happen this year.

>>91784874
>this year
next year*

>>91784874
>Yahoo

>>91716929
Just adding a note that YAGOO was interviewed by Otaku USA Magazine here, NMIA just took a snippet from it and added some context and fluff.

>>91785161
>his answer
>One thing is that this is about idol agencies and the creator's agency. It's not like we're just looking for a pure ideal idol. Regarding my dreams, they're fine!

Here's the round-up for today.

HoloPro
>Omaru Polka debuts a new outfit.
>Holo Gamers celebrate their anniversary.
>Tortilla Towel announces Holo New Years Game Festival 2025. This event will replace the traditional Mario Kart Tournament, and will take place on 1/13/2025. Teams will be confirmed in a stream on Towel's channel on 12/21.
>Shishiro Botan debuts a new outfit.
>Koganei Niko reaches 300k Youtube Subscribers.
>Ninomae Ina'nis returns to streaming after an extended absence.
>Holo X Break appears in a research paper regarding digital clarity and its effects on physical cognition.
>NMIA covers an OTAKU USA Magazine interview with YAGOO.
>Otonose Kanade celebrates 500k Subcribers on Youtube.
>YAGOO is interviewed by GamesRadar regarding industry plans, HoloEarth, and whether vtubing and pro wrestling are similar.

Nijisanji
>Vantacrow Bringer announces he will be going on indefinite hiatus due to needing to rest his throat.

VShojo
>VShojo will switch to internal merch fulfillment, following continued issues with their previous merch vendor.
>Zentreya debuts 2 new Christmas outfits, one for her Dragon form and one for her Cyborg form.
>Geega debuts her 3D Showcase, which includes a 3D Model for each of her outfits. As part of the celebration of her 3D Debut, her debut merch is restocked in addition to the event-specific merch drop.

Phase Connect
>Tenma Maemi releases a cover of "Treat Your Mother Right".
>During the half-time show of the VTuber Awards, a new Phase Invader was announced.
>Kaneko Lumi debuts her new original song, "Middle", at the VTuber Awards.

Other Corpos
>idol announces that Roca Rourin is still hospitalized, but her current condition is "not life-threatening".
>Sayu Sincro//nisity of NOA hosts a CHristmas Charity stream.
>Aegis-Link debuts as an agency, with 4 talents.
>Cersea Soulstorm's Youtube channel is demonetized, with Youtube claiming that she was engaging in "bot-like activity". At time of writing, this issue has not been resolved.
>Majokko Meimi redebuts as part of Glitch Stars, retaining her IP.
>Yuka Momiji graduates from AuroraLiveVR EN, leaving the branch without any active talents. No offical announcement of the branch's continued activities has been made.
>As part of their debut, StellarVersePro releases a group original song, "INFINIUM".
>Virtual Agent Sacrifice announces their dissolution, following a mediation with former talents that sacked the CEO.

Indies
>EONIA, an indie group made of Production Kawaii's former Gen 1 members, debut as a group with an acrylic diorama.
>Dokibird and Mint Fantome hold the FantomeThief's Revenge concert.
>Charlotte Suzu of EONIA debuts a new outfit.

Region-Locked
>The following indies have confirmed appearances at Holiday Matsuri: Miridae the Giraffe, Dokibird, Lua Asuka.
>The following corpos/corpo chuubas have confirmed appearances at Holiday Matsuri: Majokko Meimi, Mizuki Akemi, Moka Roki, Piko Halo, Lucius Merryweather, Lumituber, Tokaku~ん, Lemi Lichen, Serena Starstruck, Goro Gaomi, Usachi Yui, Rina Lunette, Nanako Niku, Perry Winkleton, Hachiko Echo, MiIa Marlenka, Buoy Afuru, Chiyo Moberi.
>AKA Virtual's SOL.4CE will appear at Chibicon.

Other
>Filian hosts the VTuber Awards. You can find the winners here: >>91567760.
>Dan Clancy, CEO of Twitch, appears at the Vtuber Awards using a Live2D avatar.
>Animelo Summer Live 2024 concludes.
>Twitch posts about the VTuber awards, mistakenly telling people to go watch Hololive channels on Twitch that do not exist.
>New information surfaces that indicates Seth Weinstein, known as the former CEO of now-defunct MSM Talent, is forming a new company with Novel Horizons, and may in fact be in charge of Novel Horizons, despite previous claims from the company that they are not related. Readers should be advised that Seth Weinstein has admitted he is /here/ and has threatened to doxx members of MSM /here/.
>AniLive announces that the app will be shut down and pulled from app stores as of 2/1/2025, claiming it is not shutting down, but "growing up". Readers confused about what the hell that even means are advised to just smile and nod. All Jumpstarts will be permitted to stream on other platforms.

Local
>Divegrass Before Christmas 5 concludes. /skynetFC/, /joshu/, /nijiID/, and /myth/ failed to qualify. /HAHA/ loses in playoffs. /ag/ and /hfz/ die in the Round of 16. /pcmx/ loses in the Quarterfinals. The ultimate winner of the tournament was /ytp/.
>CorpoCar World Series 6 concludes Round 12 with Yurikago Kokone currently tied with Maeve Kagekiri in points. The Season Finale will take place on 12/22.
>Voting on KWAB Of The Year 2024 has opened. Voting will take place from 12/18 to 12/30, with the winner(s) being announced on 12/31.

>>91460856
Have a free bump

>>91786661
hey, wait a minute...

>>91786661
hfz once again putting over the winner

>>91786661
>may in fact be in charge of Novel Horizons
You mean "Horizons Merch" there?

Round-up looks a bit anaemic today. And skipped a few entries.
HoloPro
>hololive releases six new "hololive friends with U" plushies on 12/16 for "Magical Girl holoWitches!".
>hololive releases a new whispering voice pack "Tender Words of Solace" on 12/17.
>A previous interview between YAGOO and Niche Gamer, published on 11/15, was pulled offline. Contacted by email, Niche replied: "They asked us to remove it for now. No other reason was given as to why." The interview was mostly about the USA expansion, but did cover a bit about the Chinese market and BiliBili.

Other Corpos
>Fuyumi Celestia of MAHA5 is taking a break until 12/24.
>Magie Catnova will be graduating from RancomTeam on 12/24. All of her accounts will be closed/deleted.
>Frederett of AKA Virtual will celebrate her birthday with a new outfit on 12/31.

Indies
>Alicia Ravenna announced an indefinite hiatus due to Herpes Zoster.
>Kirigaya Raveanne re-debuted with a concert on 12/14, and releases a new original song, "Kisah Harapan".
>Quiver Rannette announces their 2.0 "reboot" debut on 12/21 @ 7p WIB (7a ET).
>Natasha Madelyn officially debuted on 12/17.

Other
>Indie horror VTuber Layna Lazar presented the award for "Best Indie at the Horror Game Awards on 12/14. She was also nominated for their Content Creator of the Year award.

>>91786661
>>91789442 (me)
Looking more at the differences from my draft, I see two more in HoloPro:
>During a recent karaoke stream with guests, Mori Calliope announces an upcoming holoEN group song titled "Odyssey".
>Google and Hoshimachi Suisei collaborate to promote Android's "circle to search" feature, with a special music video of "Stellar Stellar" centered around it.

>>91789442
And you've left out a quotation mark in your "Other" category.
>>91460766
Notorious VTuber Kirsche Verstahl signs with Mythic Talent:
https://x.com/MythicTalent/status/1869472777398620305

>>91460856
Plap

>>91460856

>>91460799
Ligger Sinder puts up a rather spectacular figure for sale:
https://xcancel.com/SinderVTuber/status/1868449639223206356#m
https://www.novelhorizons.com/product-page/project-sinder-demon-sinder

>>91460766
>>91460822
Yet another statement from Nijisanji threatening to sue people over "defamation" (but it's perfectly fine when we do it to their ex employees), this time regarding their merch artists and such:
https://x.com/nijisanji_app/status/1868906495204790746?s=46&t=aQgQGtMXzBNe-oblIHLI7Q
https://www.anycolor.co.jp/news/uaicw4pcov

Also might be worth noting for Kuro, though a little late, that Doki and Mint performed "Last Cup of Coffee" at the FantomeTheif concert, at Mint's suggestion, about a year after "the incident":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJwglEFyqbs

Mint and SunnySplosion reportedly met up in Atlanta as well.

>>91460856

>>91795812
I know they do threaten to sue for shit, but that post doesnt say that? its asking for people to stop emailing negative shit to them

>>91460856

up.

>>91797803
Have they considered not doing shit that warrants angry emails?

>>91460766
Phase Connect euphoria gets one-year anniversary merchandise (LED Table Lamps; Manjuu Plush Keychain; Diorama set and Keychains):
https://x.com/phase_shop/status/1869187808025579992

>>91797803
the mtl seems to make it sound like it was the mamas/papas getting harassed "creators who are in charge of the visual design of our company's livers"

>>91460822
>>91460839
Speaking of nijisanji, niji livers are now finally trying to rein in their psychopathic audience after they started eating their own for the countless time

>>91803032
You know, it's kinda based that Doki also got the similar type of audience as them, but successfully used it, unintentional or not, against the corporation

>>91804294
Nah, Doki's fanbase doesn't eat each other nearly to the same degree, unlike nijisisters who instantly start eating each other the moment they get bored
>>91770187
>>91770534
>>91770556

>>91460856
fun times

>>91460766
late update (sorry i've been out)
FSP (REALITY Studios) terminated their contract with 3rd gen member Big Guilty Akuma Guilty Chan. They claim that on October 17th she posted false facts on the official yt channel that damaged the reputation of the company and its staff. And she basically ghosted them since then. All accounts will be made private and deleted on December 27th.

annoucement: https://x.com/1stpro_official/status/1867781562508439629
her channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GuiltyChan_fsp

i haven't been able to find this "false facts" they're talking about. i assume management deleted it before anyone got a screencap.

>>91807504
Literally fucking who? The only people from FSP anyone here knows about are the en boyband

>>91808373
jp side is kinda a mess
sio is part of their 2nd gen

>>91460766
https://x.com/hololive_En/status/1869563355914215501
Hololive Christmas 3d live on the 20th

>>91460856
Plap

>>91460766
Obake PAM's 4th annual VTuber concert is scheduled (300+ guests):
https://x.com/obakepam/status/1869230064749203914

>>91460766
In connection with >>91801723, a new single, "Space Opera 9000", is announced:
https://x.com/PhaseConnect/status/1869200915288240326

>>91460856

>>91460766
>>91786661
https://xcancel.com/NOA_Talent/status/1869434590492086296
Sayu's charity stream raised over $7k in total.

>>91816157
Grim...

>>91460766
Phase Connect announces "Season of Frost", a line of holiday-themed merchandise:
https://x.com/phase_shop/status/1869201275247894716
These include a calendar, voice packs, greeting cards, and a gacha box with random merch inside.

>>91804294
Selen's audience was kind of unique in Niji, as she never GFE'd or attempted to have more than an ounce of sex appeal. She was just gamer tom boy and her audience treated her, more or less, like one of the boys.

Granted, it also helped that she gathered that audience BEFORE the only fans left in Niji were those so psychopathic that they can actually overlook the company attempting to publicly humiliate a popular suicide victim, as if they were trying to get her to finish the job, twice. (And more recently, suspending a victim of sexual harassment, after they ignored her cries for help for months.)

>>91460766
Mori covers Otonoke
https://x.com/hololive_En/status/1869591003075944832