>>68033311Hololive is the inevitable conclusion of Japanese anime and idol related market forces converging.
There's not a lot of stuff you can do with 3D models that you can't do with just using your face. Chuubas like Azulim and Omesis go the extra mile for their type of content, but it's possible to do that stuff without the VTuber avatar - and get a much bigger normie audience along with it. Heck there's even some campers that never show their face if anonymity is your issue.
What else do you even do with 3D models? All that's left is to do stuff like variety shows (wrestling, on-site karaoke, irl games but in VR) and singing/dancing. All of which Holo attempts.
Imas and Love Live already paved the way for Anime-style Idols, and Hololive is simply the inevitable end point of that market.
Well you could just do streams like a normal streamer, never bother getting a 3D and just.. stream 24x7 I guess. Like VShojo or NijiEN.
But then how do you grow? How do you reach new audiences? Just like with streamers, you're just "another VTuber". You'll need to either stand out with innovative content, or follow the market leader and hope for the scraps from the high table.
Most would prefer scraps, but Americans also have a contrarian culture, so there's some groups forming around the idea of "anti hololive" as well.
And hell if they actually bothered creating some form of content that's different from Hololive to compete with them, maybe it might have even taken off. But they just yap yap yap all day, so they just get ignored like everyone else trying to take potshots at holo.
3D idolu concert is the "measure of success" because that sort of proves that you're at a level where you can do that kind of stuff and have people come and pay to watch you do it.
And it will stay that way until someone else comes along and starts innovating or popping open a market in 3D content that no one knew existed.
