Weekly VTuber News - June 10-16, 2022
> Mio is taking a break
> Tsukomo Sana's Birthday, and Sanallites have a special birthday organization planned
> Ina taking another small break to visit the doctors
> Lauren Irohas apologizes for accidentally saying a slur against Koreans without knowing the meaning. He has since been given an education course on words not to say on stream.
> Bilibili Comics hijacks popular tags to spread their comics. Pomu, Nina Kosaka, and Elira affected.
> Converse x Holostars Collab
> Kaisister Yotsuba of Nijisanji releases birthday merch.
> V-Carnival in live!
> Pekora is FINALLY BACK.
> Aqua releases a new song.
> Takane Lui Birthday Celebration.
> Hololive Alternative 2nd trailer released. Trends worldwide.
> Mumei returns from her sickness.
> A new visual novel featuring Minato Aqua named 'Aquarium' is announced. Releases this year on October.
> HoloEarth has made significant progress. They now have a menu demo and has the same look and feel as Genshin Impact.
> Ike Eveland Birthday Celebration.
> Demondice Karen, alongside the Trash Taste boys are going to Anime Expo.
> Shadowverse Collaboration with Millie, Eke, Shu, and Rosemi.
> Kiara set up a german YouTube channel for translated streams and clips
> In another episode of "Discord Drama", Laplus was caught messaging a male JP streamer named fps_shaka. Japanese fans chatter, rrats and speculations in Japanese forums and websites go boom. Laplus has since apologized for it on Twitter. However, the next stream afterwards, which was a Shadowverse sponsorship stream, got dislike bombed.
> V-Carnival Ends.
> Sakamata Chloe 3D Debut.
> Shion and Gawr Gura song cover collaboration of Renai Circulation.
> A relatively big Twitch VTuber Nihmune has been banned from Twitch and Paypal. No reason given by either Twitch or Paypal.
> Rrats float above the community, claiming that Houshou Marine might have been in a live action movie called Red Post on Escher Street. The movie was released after 2020, right after she joined Hololive. Right now, everyone is confused whether its her or not. If it is Marine, her role in the movie was minor, and as such, wasn't credited in the movie's cast list. As such, her real name isn't found.
Decide for yourself: https://youtu.be/Ag-3Epv9Zk8
Her face is also attached so you can make all the comparisons you want. You can watch the movie if you wish to.
> It seems like VShojo is suing a small YouTuber called KatzProductions for videos against Froot.
Link so you can see for yourself: https://twitter.com/DvasFeet/status/1536340670662619137?s=20&t=hH1qZEGL84UmUU5-2pWxgQ
> Nijisanji Summer Mahjong Tournament announced.
> Finana Ryugu Birthday Merch announced.
> Gawr Gura Birthday Merch announced.
> Yugo Asuma just had a mental breakdown while on a drinking stream, saying things like he hoped he was a man. It's an open secret that Yugo is actually a woman pretending to be a man, but this was just.... jesus fucking Christ. The guy has identity woes and is struggling with it.
Mental note: Yugo is an emotional drunk.
The original clip is already deleted, but here's a twitter repost
Link: https://twitter.com/ffhjugrr57854BF/status/1536726358818033666?s=20&t=hoHZyV46mNBO6ssHQKFNRg
> After learning that Kobo actually can speak Mandarin, she has gained the attention of Mandarin-speaking fans. I have a rrat that she may be the Chinese fan's favourite Holo VTuber in the future.
> Nyanner's Birthday Celebration!
> Gundo Sensei's Birthday Celebration!
> Kobo's Mantra Hujan reaches 3M views
> Finana's original song, Tsunami, is going digital
> VShojo's Advertisement campaign goes sicko mode in Japan, to a point where many Japanese content creators and audiences are now interested in applying and watching them. A VShojo JP branch may be possible in the future.
> Hololive Updates their Clipper Terms and Services, as well as opens a program for clippers.
> Hololive releases a HoloEN clipping contest. Winners get to be a clipper for the official channel.
> Calliope Mori unveils the 4 members for her solo concert! They feature Suisei, Watame, Gura, and TeddyLoid. Merch also announced.
> Kureiji Ollie got herself a lot of model updates! It now looks better and got great tracking.
> Inugami Korone has announced that she'll return this June 18th.
> AmaLee's original Album featuring Calliope Mori releases worldwide this June 24th.
> Hakui Koyori 3D Debut
> Hoshimachi Suisei reaches 1.5M Subscribers
> Gawr Gura reaches 4M Subscribers, the first VTuber in the world to ever do so.