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Murasaki Shion of Hololive Production announced her graduation as an anime girl VTuber on March 6, 2025. She’s the latest high-profile talent to leave the popular and highly-regarded streaming agency in the last six months.

Hololive Production, the leading agency for virtual YouTubers, has had to say goodbye to five of its most popular streamers in half a year. The first high-profile graduation began in August 2024 with Minato Aqua. Amelia Watson followed in October 2024. Celes Fauna and Sakamata Chloe followed on Jan. 4 and Jan. 26, 2025, respectively. Murasaki Shion will graduate on April 6, 2025. "Graduation" is a term used in the Japanese entertainment industry to announce the retirement of a talent who operated in a typically younger-skewing business, such as VTubers or idols. The term is most appropriate for Hololive because it has leaned more into the idol side of the company in recent years, focusing more on music releases and virtual performances --...

Following the teaser trailer introduced on Wednesday, Japanese virtual YouTuber agency hololive's new magical girl-themed mixed-media project Magical Girl holoWitches! released an main trailer on its official website today on May 17. The project features the six VTubers who belong to the agency — Sakura Miko , Houshou Marine , Amane Kanata , Himemori Luna , Sakamata Chloe , and Murasaki Shion . They play themselves in the project. The clip introduces two more original fairy characters — Aelu voiced by Rie Takahashi (Megumin in Konosuba -God's blessing on this wonderful world! ) and Lagu voiced by Aoi Yuki (Madoka Kaname in Puella Magi Madoka Magica ). The project's official website describes the project's story: This is a world where the magical world of “Holocas World” exists, created when the light of people's hearts, “Holo,” is gathered through the “Holocas” streaming app. The main characters are usually active as “Holocas” streamers. The “Yumeochi” phenomenon occurs when people who are anxious or...

New York, NY (7/1/23) – On the opening day of Anime Expo 2023, Yen Press, LLC announced the acquisition of sixteen new titles at its industry panel, including eight mangaand seven novels (Durarara!! Side Stories?!; Re:zero Short Story Collection; The Contract of the Phantom and His Servant; Babel; Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table; Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Astrarea Record; The Kept Man of the Princess Knight).

Along with these fifteen titles, Yen Press announced the print publication of the Blade & Bastard novel under its Jnc imprint.

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By Shikaku Yamamoto

Welcome to the city of Juso! The hero who once saved the city serves as mayor—now he and his two secretaries are hard at work running Juso. Elsewhere, a young elf and her wolfman butler live out a rom-com plot, and a dragon and a bard form an unlikely musical duo.