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Hololive
>Hololive appears in the LA Times as part of a story on the Dodgers collab.>Hololive Friends to Go, a series of keychain plushies, will release in July.>Hololive releases a new voice pack, "Wishing to the Starry Sky", themed around a "Tanbata date".>To promote the anime adaptation of "Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin", Polka will host a watchalong of the first episode on 7/8.>Goodsmile announces that the Gura Pop Up Parade figure will be resold, as well as the release of an Amelia Watson figma.>Max Factory unveils a Houshou Marine figure.>OMOCAT announces the OMOCAT x Hololive STAGE World Tour '24 -Soar!- concert merch, coming in August.Nijisanji
>In the wake of the concert cancellation, NijiEN cancels a large portion of their advertised merch lineup for Anime Expo.>Anycolor announces that their stock buybacks have concluded as of 7/3.>Nijisanji announces that two of the four life-sized statues intended for use at the Anime Expo booth have been delayed in the mail, which will delay and possibly prevent their appearance.VShojo
>VShojo opens JP auditions until 7/31.>Goodsmile announces a Pop Up Parade Ironmouse L-Size Figure.>Goodsmile also announces a Zentreya Nendoroid.Phase Connect
>Airi Chisaka confirms that she is wearing a neck brace as a result of the previously-reported non-descript incident.Other Corpos
>NEXAS opens rolling auditions for talents.>Bearwear, an indie band from Tokyo, is collabing with Riot Music's Yuka Nagase on an EP, ever_changing, to be released on 7/30.>Shibuya Hal announces a 3D Live to celebrate his birthday on 7/7.>NoriPro releases a statement regarding their policy on slander, citing a recent act of slander against Tamaki Inuyama. The culprit in that incident was forced to pay a settlement in June, and the statement declares that similar legal action will be taken against slander in the future.>aLLLien, a start-up property company, is collabing with 774inc's Izumi Yunohara to promote their real estate agency service for VTubers and streamers, VTuber's Room.>Hoshimeguri Gakuen will hold a virtual Meet & Greet on 7/28.Indies
>Kaisa Akarine announces she will go on an indefinite hiatus as of 7/24, after 3 years of streaming.>Unnamed appears as a special karaoke guest at Dokibird's Anime Expo booth with HYTE.>As thanks for 20k likes on Twitter, The Budapest Scoring Orchestra performs a new track, "【Dragoons - Opening Theme】 Welcome to the Tomato Farm".>Dokibird and Goodsmile announce a Dokibird Nendoroid.>Dokibird will appear at Animangaki, a Malaysian convention.>Goodsmile also announces a Filian Nendoroid. In the wake of this announcement, Jingo, the creator of the Rindo model Filian uses a recolor of, stated on Twitter that they were not contacted regarding this nendoroid, and have contacted both Filian and Goodsmile to get the issue resolved. Review of the Terms of Service for the model reveals that merch production is to require Jingo's permission. Readers should be advised that this is a story developing in progress.>Sayu's Meet & Greet at Anime Expo is announced to be an in-person meet & greet, not a virtual one.>valknee, a Tokyo-based rapper, collaborates with Peanuts-kun on "Even If", her single released on 7/3.Other
>Chocotabi Saitama, Saitama Prefecture's official tourism site, hosts a virtual event on 7/7, featuring their officially appointed VTuber partner, Kasukabe Tsukushi, and two other VTubers, Yoruno Neon and Mawata Spica.>AniLive, a portable vtuber streaming app, releases on Android.>VKet, a VRChat market festival, reveals their lineup of streamer collaborators for the event they will run starting 7/20.>Takeshobo Kaidan, a book publisher focusing on horror stories, will release a book that covers horror stories by 30 VTubers written by Kageyama Zou.>ClaN Entertainment & Sanrio open nekosaba Rust, an invite-only Rust event featuring over 100 various vtubers and streamers, to run from 7/18 to 7/28.>Kadokawa releases a new statement regarding the Dwango data server leak, requesting that people not circulate any information from the leaks, and threatening legal action if any leak dissemiation is discovered.Local
>The /vt/ Divegrass team opens polling regarding team updates for Summer Elite Cup.>The /vt/ League Unity Cup will take place on 7/6 and 7/7.>A series of friendly divegrass matches will take place on 7/9~7/11, then again on 7/16~7/18.If the thread goes down for any reason other than hitting bump limit, it will return between 6~9p ET.
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