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Crunchyroll Expo 2022 - Interview with CoverCorp CEO Motoaki Tanigo

hololive production's Virtual YouTuber talents have earned millions of fans around the world. ANN sat down with Motoaki Tanigo, CEO of COVER Corp. discuss the company's current plans and future ambitions. ― hololive production's Virtual YouTuber talents have earned millions of fans around the world. ANN sat down with Motoaki Tanigo, CEO of COVER Corp. (COVER for short), at Crunchyroll Expo to discuss...
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Waifu Watching: What I've Learned from Joining a VTuber's Pack

You'd be surprised at the kinds of people you'd meet in these kinds of circles. In my time, I've met electricians, veterans, geologists, musicians. There are also people old enough to have watched Max Headroom back when it was new. ― Losing a friend doesn't just mean losing a beloved companion. It can also mean having to deal with the plain old minutiae of their absence. In my case, the loss of a clo...
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Meet Cover Corp CEO Motoaki “Yagoo” Tanigo, The Man Behind Hololive's Virtual YouTubers

Cover Corp just introduced its fifth generation of VTuber talent, now meet the man behind Hololive! ― I was honored to interview the beloved Cover Corp CEO Motoaki Tanigo also colloquially known as “Yagoo” by the Hololive Community. Cover Corp is the parent company that runs the all-female Virtual Youtuber idol group known as Hololive, and the all-male Virtual Youtuber, or ‘VTuber’ idol group known a...
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How Fan Translators Made Virtual YouTubers a Global Phenomenon

By this point in 2020, a mere four years after Kizuna AI's debut, there's just so much VTuber content out there that it gets a little overwhelming figuring out where to begin watching. ― Lately, I've been watching a Virtual YouTuber called “Usada Pekora.” She has a resting smug face and a quirky laugh, and she says “peko” every second word. She streams herself playing video games, often taking on way...

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