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Here's the round-up for today.
HoloPro
>Momosuzu Nene will be at ACGHK2024, tweeting that she even learned Cantonese for the occasion. This confirms that she might still appear in events, as noted in her hiatus announcement.
>The holoEN spelling bee, hosted by Watson Amelia and Gawr Gura, was held on 7/27. Anon reports the event to be a huge success, and we regret not being able to announce it in a timely manner in previous reports.
>hololive Advent held their 1st Year Anniversary stream with an off collab on 7/28. Celebration merch is now available for preorder until 9/2, including a rubber mat, a pin badge with the group's logo, individual button badges with a case, and motif keychains.
Nijisanji
>Michi Mochivee from VShojo shared some of her bad experiences while she used to work in Nijisanji, without citing the company's name, including being pressured by management to perform better and overwork, or being almost kicked out of HQ after she joked about taking back her silver play button.
>NIJISANJI EN's Summer Sports Showdown will start on 8/4 @ 11p ET, on the official EN channel. A list of the four teams has been published.
>The ticket lottery period for "Nijisanji Department Store" has ended, the results will be announced 7/30. The event will be going on 8/5-18.
>ROF-MAO is doing a country tour with their Kigurumi, basically mascot costumes of the talents, first spotted at the Mitsui Outlet park on 7/28. Their next stop will be at LaLaport Fukuoka on 8/19.
>Nijisanji is holding an art contest in collaboration with Clip Studio Paint, to promote Nijisanji Koushien. Fanart drawn using the software can be entered to win various prizes, including an iPad Pro.
Phase Connect
>Hakushika Iori, Japanese deer from 1st gen, did a "Summer Festival Date" roleplay, which was set up to end with a NTR scene. While she did add a "BSS/NTR-ish warining" [sic] after the fact, she made the video private due to backlash.
Other Corpos
>JRE Mall Cafe at Yokohama Station is partnering with my dear.nest, to have 36 VTubers promote local products from Nagano.
>Mokota Mememe from .LIVE will hold her 2nd solo live at harevutai on 9/28.
>Preorders are open until 8/14 for a puppeteer of Inari Iroha, from NoriPro, on Karel's online store.
>Anovix, an Indonesian agency, presents its latest gen, INTEL UNIT. Aloisa Arbeiter, Code: Delta, and Chikazuki Stellar will each debut in this order, from 8/2 to 8/4.
>Pia Mealeo from JKT48V doesn't stop and released another cover, Siapa Yang Mempertemukan Kita Berdua. The next one is already teased for 7/30.
>Fuyumi Celestia debuted as part of MAHA5's 5th gen. She's the "little sister" of the recently-graduated Lumi Celestia.
Indies
>Suou Patra will soon get her own Pop Up Parade figurine from Good Smile Company, in addition to a previously reported Nendoroid.
>MSI sponsored a Dokibird Short animation (DokiBites), featuring their mascot Lucky The Dragon, to promote one of their monitors.
>Kano, Nanahira, Kagura Nana, and MKLNtic will hold a live XR event at Katsushika Symphony Hills Mozart Hall on 9/14.
>Poppy Aletha, a talent that was expected to be part of ID-based agency Genesix, will be debuting on 7/31.
Other
>Parti Grande, a card-based battle RPG gacha game, is adding G.I.N to their roster of VTubers available in the game on 8/1. Hoshikage Lapis was previously added, and they will soon be joined by Koihane Nyau and Ria Aoba.
>The "VTuber Studies" book will be released in Japan on 8/28 with a Kizuna Ai cover. Co-authored by indie Virtual Girl Nem, it includes interviews of Cover's Tanigo, Activ8's Osaka, and Brave Group's Noguchi.
>Currently-airing anime "VTuber Legend" had multiple cameos of indies, hololive talents, and Arurandeisu of HOLOSTARS, while the heroine was browsing "OurTube". Notably, a YouTube channel has been publishing actual content, like ASMR, a Getting Over It montage, a cover of Stellar Stellar, and a commentary of Japanese Derby.
>KalystC has left MSM Talent as their talent director. This agency, operated by Seth Weinstein, supports various streamers (mostly VTubers) for sponsorship deals and events. Anons quickly noticed that some VTubers were removed from their website, while others have quietly left the Twitch team. Readers are advised to do additional search about the establishment of the LLC and Seth's past companies.
Local
>First round of VGTC at Surfer's Paradise is done, with /swarm/ standing first (45 pts), followed by /jidf/ (37 pts) and /fbk/ (35 pts). Next rounds at Bathurst and Macau Guia on 8/25.