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HoloPro >Omaru Polka debuted a new outfit and releases a cover of "Love is à la Mode" from Tokyo Mew Mew. >Holo Gamers celebrate their 6th anniversary with complementary merch. >hololive English Myth's Mori Calliope 2nd concert "GriMoire" sold out all seats within a minute on 12/14. General admission standing tickets ($118) might still be available. >During a recent karaoke stream with guests, Mori Calliope announces an upcoming holoEN group song titled "Odyssey". >Mori Calliope releases her cover of "Otonoke" from Dandadan and by Creepy Nuts. >Tokoyami Towa announced the Holo New Year Game Festival 2025, to be held on 1/13. A stream on 12/21 will confirm the four teams. This event replaces the usual Mario Kart tournament with a selection of various games. >Shishiro Botan debuted her new Jirai Kei outfit on 12/15. >Google and Hoshimachi Suisei collaborate to promote Android's "circle to search" feature, with a special music video of "Stellar Stellar" centered around it. >Hoshimachi Suisei also collaborates with CONVERSE for a special edition pair of shoes, to be released in Feburary 2025. >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. >hololive releases a Manzai voice collection pack, with six duos doing double-act comedy, on 12/19. >Ninomae Ina'nis resumed her streaming activities on 12/17. >Motoaki "YAGOO" Tanigo was interviewed by Otaku USA Magazine, talking about their USA expansion and noting that "YouTube accounts for only 25% of the total revenue and the remaining comes from licensing and merchandising." >YAGOO was also interviewed by Austin Wood for GamesRadar, focusing on video games with holo Indie and holo Earth. >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. >Otonose Kanade of hololive DEV_IS ReGLOSS reached 500k subscribers and celebrates with merch. >A 3D holoHoliday live with holoEN talents will be streamed on 12/20 @ 6p PT, with new outfits and annoucements planned. >The Feburary issue of V-Jump, on sale from 12/20, includes a Shirakami Fubuki TCG card. >hololive TCG's first major expansion, Quinted Spectrum, goes on sale. >hololive Alternative releases "Yamato God Kaiiitan" t-shirts on Amazon, to celebrate the manga's 100,000 sales.
Nijisanji >NIJISANJI EN's Vantacrow Bringer announced going on an indefinite hiatus, citing a doctor's recommendation to rest his throat. He still went live two hours later but used a TTS to talk.
VShojo >VShojo announces a move to in-house merch fulfillment, following issues with their previous vendor failing to manage orders in time. >Zentreya debuted two Christmas outfits for her Dragon and Cyborg designs. >Geega debuted new 3D models for each of her existing outfits on 12/15. >Ironmouse and Froot-themed tea, previously only sold at conventions, is now available through VShojo's online store.
Phase Connect >Tenma Maemi releases her cover of "Treat Your Mother Right" by Mr. T. >During the VTuber Awards, a teaser for new Phase Invader members was aired. >Kaneko Lumi releases her new song, "Middle", which premiered at the VTuber Awards 2024. >Phase Euphoria celebrates their one-year anniversary and releases an original song, "Space Opera 9000". >Phase Connect announces "Season of Frost", a line of holiday-themed merch. >Phase Invaders releases a short seasonal visual novel and four thematic wallpapers for free.
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/. >Current standings for CorpoCar puts Yurikago Kokone in a tie with Maeve Kagekiri at 381 points, and Suri Solari being third with 340 points. The season 6 finale will be streamed on 12/22 @ 10a ET. >Voting for the /vt/ KWAB of the Year 2024 is now open until 12/30. >>91766411
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Indies >Dokibird and Mint Fantôme held their FantômeThief's Revenge concert along with guests PiaPiUFO, Phoebe, Dobby3D and Juna Unagi, on 12/14. >Former Production Kawaii members Charlotte Suzu, Isla Coleman, Nene Amano, and Reina Sun form an indie group called EONIA. An Acrylic Diorama Set is on sale to celebrate their indie debut. >Charlotte Suzu debuted her new "Vampire Bloom" outfit on 12/14. >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. >Sinder and Novel Horizons open preorders for a 1/7 "Demon Sinder" figure that lights up. Batteries not included. >Lilly Alessa, a talent that was expected to be part of ID-based agency Genesix, will be debuting on 1/11 @ 8p WIB (8a ET). >Mozumi Pichi is going on an indefinite hiatus following the passing of a family member. >MOTHERv3 has been indefinitely banned from Twitch for "Fraud". They have sent an appeal and will stream on YouTube in the meantime.
Region-Locked >More VTubers have been announced to be holding meet-and-greets at Holiday Matsuri including Majokko Meimi, Lua Asuka, Piko Halo, and more (>>91651168). Schedules can be found on HM's Twitter. >AKA Virtual's SOL.4CE and Pira will make an appearance at Chibicon on 12/21~22.
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. >Fillian and ShyLily's VTuber Awards concluded on 12/14 with FUWAMOCO winning VTuber(s) of the year. Full list here: >>91567760 >During the awards, CEO of Twitch Dan Clancy debuted a L2D model to appear during a clip and to give the "Best Music VTuber" award to Suisei Hoshimachi. >Twitch posted on X (formerly Twitter) a celebrating message with a few of the awards winners, without mentionning the event, but noted that Suisei's channel is "/Suisei" (she doesn't have a Twitch account) and tagged a crypto Twitter account who's using Suisei's name and likeness. FUWAMOCO quoted the post with a link to their YouTube channel. >An anon in /lig/ is reporting that Novel Horizons, despite denying being associated anymore with former CEO of MSM Talent Seth Weinstein, may still be working with him for the launch of Horizons Merch. >AniLive announces the closure of their mobile app starting from 2/1. The company cites a "transition period" from their Alpha, and that they're "not shutting down" but "growing up". All Jumpstarts who were previously locked to the app will be able to stream on other platforms. >Obake PAM, mascot and CEO of Play-Asia, will have her Christmas Concert on 12/23 @ 7p ET with over 300 guests.
