Mental Repository (M.R.)

[zero_kanipan]

So like, what's up with Hololive?

I've been seeing it everywhere, but I'm not curious enough to look into it. I know it's like a series of Virtual Youtubers like Kizuna AI, but how come I've been hearing about them a lot lately?

after the inital boom of the big four (kizuna ai, kaguya luna, mirai akari, ciro), vtubers went into sorta a decline. they were popular in japan and increased in number but didn't reach really mainstream. around this time a lot of groups/agencies formed, the biggest two were nijisanji and hololive. the former mostly focused on japanese audiences while the latter tried to cater more to an international audience.

the newer vtubers changed their content delivery format from recorded and edited videos to mostly streaming. use of 3D avatars were limited to special streams (concerts, birthdays, subscriber milestones etc) with live2d being used for their normal streams.

as for why hololive is hot news, it's prolly coz of their recent issues dealing with chinese censorship. this ended in two talents being suspended and recently, their chinese talents "graduating." additionally, they debuted an english branch two months ago that has gained a lot of popularity. another reason why hololive is gaining ground is simply because some of their talents are walking memelords XD while some are just really fun to watch.

gigguk made a good video explaining more, i recommend you and anyone curious about the vtuber thing to watch it