Month: August 2024

VTubers: The Culture and Business (NDK 2023 Panel)

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I attended Nan Desu Kan in September 2023, presenting a slightly updated version of my VTubers panel together with my co-panelist Cody (who managed to show up this time). We were placed in a prime-time Saturday night slot! Here’s a full recording of our panel: The convention schedule slightly modified my title to “VTubers: The…

Commissioning Lilly: Working with Cuddly Octopus & Shadowgrave

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Over the past few years, I’ve taken a foray into dakimakuras (Japanese body pillows) and their associated anime character covers. I wrote about my experience getting a legitimate cover from a Japanese auction website, with a design featuring Maki Nishikino from Love Live! School Idol Project. Next, I bought a print-on-demand cover from Cuddly Octopus,…