https://youtu.be/6w7j2YnuX7khttps://www.reddit.com/r/VirtualYoutubers/comments/163ph0z/comment/k151vho/Norio did another update on the ongoing NoriPro audition so I tried translating it again. Timestamps included.
21:46 10 applicants have been marked as absolutely want. 25 applicants have been marked as really good. (For reference, previous update was 1 absolutely want and 2 really good)
24:57 Last minute applications are fine and won’t have a negative rating because of it. Potentially people may think last minute applications could give a bad impression of someone who does things last minute but Norio understands that there is only a 3 week window.
34:46 Aiming to have debuts start in January 2024.
36:41 The existing 1st generation, Gamers, is classified as a unit. The newcomers will not be grouped as units.
37:58 Male:Female ratio for applicants is 55:45. Again reiterates theory that many auditions are female only.
41:27 Age distribution for applicants. 10s 11% | 20s 58% | 30s 27% | 40s 3% | 50s 1%
46:33 Very few of the interested illustrators for vtuber model are suited for drawing hot boys/men characters and is requesting for more illustrator applicants suited for it. Most of the illustrators specialize drawing female characters.
1:01:35 Norio believes in the potential of creators and that creators are well suited as vtubers. Vtubing is coordination work like contact people for collabs, picking an artist, commissioning art/logo, create thumbnails. People with these skills are creators. Creators mainly work is make things but the need to coordinate for example editors, clients for their work. Citing creators like Itou Life and Shigure Ui are successful because of their coordination skills. (FYI struggled to translate this and still sounds a little off)
1:03:33 There are also famous creators who become vtubers/youtubers but their channels aren’t growing. Believes they lack the knowhow of youtube that NoriPro could provide.
1:06:36 “For Nijisanji, variety. For Hololive, idol. For VSpo/Neo-Porte, gaming. Then what’s NoriPro?” Norio wants to have the image of creative for NoriPro.
1:07:42 Norio’s ideal is like what Yuzuru and Warabe have done, for NoriPro talents to appear in other livers songs credits for art, mixing etc. Potentially even all done purely by NoriPro talents.
