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Here's a round-up of the news from the past couple of days.
Hololive
>ID Gen 3 and UPROAR all celebrate their 2nd anniversaries this week.
>HoloXBreak releases on 3/29. Gameplay is based on Little Fighters 2.
>Koyori will be hosting a Hololive Mahjong Team Tournament on 4/6.
>The Holo x ABEMA collab show previously reported on will feature JP seiyuus interviewed by Holos, with the gimmick that the seiyuus will also be in virtual avatars.
>Marine releases a new Original Song on 3/25
>Koyori wins vtuber koshien, in a 12-5 victory.
Nijisanji
>Katsuhiro Harada, known for wearing a shirt that says "Don't Ask Me For Shit" (and Tekken I guess), shows off Rosemi merch on Twitter, in celebration of her 3D Debut.
>At the time of this writing, Rosemi's 3D Debut is still down due to copyright, but the issue seems to have been identified.
>JP Investors on Yahoo Finance begin scrutinizing leadership after noticing 3D Debut CCV declines.
>Joe Rikiichi will appear on Nippon Television on 3/29
Small Corpos
>idol announces the graduation of Pochi Wanmaru, at her request, and follows an internal debate between Pochi and idol regarding fulfilling donothon goals and her own mental health. In a compromise, idol has agreed to issue refunds for any donators on the second donothon until 4/10, and will pay out the remainder to Pochi after the refund period ends.
>Akemi Nekomachi, a shorts-focused male Indonesian vtuber with AKA Virtual, reaches 2 million subscribers on Youtube.
>Enogu holds 4th collab cafe in Akihabara from 4/5 to 4/21.
>Rana Ianna of VReverie hosts her final graduation stream. At the end of the graduation stream, mods notably shilled another vtuber that is "just like" Rana.
>Nova of VReverie gets a new outfit on 3/29.
>Yumenos, an all-male corpo under Brave Group, reveals their first wave of 4 chuubas.
>AkioAir officially shuts down, following a 5-month period with no talents, due to investors pulling out. No word on whether talents will be allowed to retain the IP rights. All further communication will be handled by the legal firm they are working with.
>VPI Cafe hold their 1st Live event on 3/28
>NoriPro will host a Spring Song Relay on 3/28
>Project:LIVIUM, an ID corpo, hosts an IRL Breakfast event at Tea Time Cafe Gajah Mada in Jakarta on 3/30.
>EVEREN, an ID-based group, hosts a charity stream event from 3/25 to 3/31. 100% of donations will be distributed to the ASIH Extraordinary Orphanage.
>Neo-porte Gen 1's 3D Debuts have been delayed, citing unexpected issues with the provider.
Indies
>PokoPeaLand, a VR World created by Ponpoko and Peanuts-kun (two notable JP indies), is celebrating its 1st anniversary.
>Fen Riru, recently de-incarnated chuuba, apologizes for previous statements regarding idol, and asks for closure on the donothon incident she recently had with idol.
>Bao, notable whale vtuber, and Kenji, notable gag model vtuber, are accused of fatshaming. Neither could not be reached for comment at time of writing, presumably because they're too busy for this shit.
>Dokibird announces she will be part of Twitch Rivals' Apex Legends Trios tournament, partnering with NiceWigg, notable Apex fleshstreamer.
>PiaPi, longtime /lig/ger, finally gets Twitch Partner after 3 years.
>Aglio Olio E Peperoncino, JP indie of more note than everyone else in this round-up, debuts her 3D on 3/31.
>Kiki Pyon, local /here/ vtuber, delays her 3D Debut to 3/25 @ 9p ET, citing jetlag and prep issues.
Other
>The Indonesian Ministry of Tourism & Creative Economy released documentation indicating that they have noticed a positive economical impact from vtubing, particularly in animation and entertainment sectors.
Local
>Coni Confetti of idolEN currently leads the CorpoCar West Series, followed by Raki (Pixel), and Roca (idolEN).
>Siu Aisaka of Specialite JP currently leads the CorpoCar East Series, followed by Michiru (Phase), and Mero (Yume+).
>CorpoCar's 5th season will continue 3/24 @ 3p ET
>Onolumi retains her title of Clash of Chuubas Queen after a defense against Fuyo Cloverfield in Clash of Chuubas. Fuyo relinquished her Chosen Champion title belt as a requirement of this title match, thus the title is currently vacant. Post-match interviews with fans indicate "CoCOP is a filthy riggerfaggot and I hate her so much".
>Jeff McBiceps debuts in Clash of Chuubas, mercilessly stomping Lord Aethelstan's back in his debut match. Anon: "holy shit Jeff I kneel".
>Clash of Chuubas will return in April, for what is ostensibly its last episode(s).
>Watame comes out on top of the adjustments today in NASFAQ, due to her outfit reveal.
>/vtwbg/ begins outlining international relations; discovers that Phase has their finger in every godamn pie under the sun.
>vDriver's dev discusses stats; promises to make descriptions less confusing in next update.
Future News Round-Ups will be at a more consistent time of day (probably about 8~9p ET), due to scheduling conflicts.
