VTubers: The Culture and Business (NDK 2023 Panel)

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…

VTubers: The Culture and Business (CoAF 2023 Panel)

I didn’t make a blog post about Colorado Anime Fest this year because it was largely the same as the previous iteration. I reprised my Kirito cosplay on Saturday and spent most of the weekend attending panels, relaxing in the manga library, and hanging around the video game room; the video room was unfortunately not…

Hololive Merch Arrives Nine Months Later

Okay, the title’s a bit of an exaggeration, depending on what you mean by “arrives.” I’ve been watching Hololive for a few years now, as I discussed in a podcast a while back. While I mainly watch stream VODs and don’t tend to keep up with the music (or current events), last year, I stumbled…