The world's first virtual anchor, called by fans? Virtual anchor の the first emperor? Kizuna AI, who was announced at the fifth anniversary ceremony, will go to sleep indefinitely after the concert on February 26th next year.
In other words, love will say goodbye to us.
Fans are shocked, puzzled and sad about this? But when you think about it, retiring from love is completely predictable.
On the contrary, in today's fast-paced virtual anchor industry, it is a miracle that Kizuna AI can persist until the fifth year.
Virtual anchor: virtual YouTuber, referred to as VTuber. The virtual anchor is also called Vup, that is, virtual anchor. ※.
Who's Kizuna AI? Even if you don't know Kizuna AI, you must have seen her expression pack or stem map somewhere. so this is it？ First emperor? The popularity of.
However, at 20 16, when the live broadcast was just on fire, what was the debut virtual anchor like? Kizuna AI didn't attract much attention.
When attending the exhibition, the door was empty. Although Kizuna AI has been trying to interact with people, not many people are willing to stop for her.
At that time, people had no idea about virtual anchor, thinking that it was just a pure virtual role like Hatsune Hatsune.
But this is totally different. Behind the virtual anchor is actually a real person playing it in real time through mobile capture technology. The only difference between him and the real anchor is that she only appears in the camera with an avatar.
Behind the cute virtual anchor may be a fat uncle.
Can be said to be a virtual anchor? Real people.
The real person (seiyuu) who plays the virtual anchor will only hide under the skin and be summoned by the image in order not to destroy the role? China's people? .
People in love? Wang Chunri (seiyuu, actor)
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Kizuna AI has always stressed in the video that he is? Artificial intelligence? Instead of a pure virtual character killed by a script and a setting box.
She can make rich and realistic expressions and body movements, and can interact with fans in real time during live broadcast.
And because she is a real person, we can often see her imperfect side in the video of falling in love, which is cute and grounded.
Like yelling while playing "Resident Evil" live? Flower q! ? .
go to hell
As an artificial AI, clothes are actually projected. Who the fuck are you ? Naked? Status (later blocked by youtube as bad content).
Occasionally rub a hot spot and carve a wave in sand.
Brainwashing divine comedy PPAP
There is even the mistake of biting your tongue when you speak. This embarrassed and polite smile is really vivid.
Of course, perhaps the most talked about is a series of mentally retarded operations? Is this the so-called Kizuna AI? Artificial mental retardation? Source.
Many people have asked: What is the selling point of the virtual anchor, or the people in the skin?
The answer is actually very simple: both. Just like delicious jiaozi, the skin is its beautiful and symbolic appearance, but the stuffing gives it the existence of soul.
Virtual anchor is undoubtedly the perfect combination of skin and stuffing, and it is this superposition of reality and reality (excellent performance of beautiful girls and people in China) that attracts countless fans in Kizuna AI.
The little expression is pinched.
Coupled with the scarcity of the market in those years, Kizuna AI took away millions of fans on youtube in just one year and became a well-deserved virtual anchor 1.
It seems that she has become a popular actress, not only making records, taking photos and giving concerts, but also participating in TV programs and receiving advertisements. The development situation is excellent.
Kizuna AI was a Japanese tourism ambassador.
However, in 20 19, just as the cause of falling in love was booming, an important thing happened, which was recognized by fans as the beginning of Kizuna AI's decline in popularity. It is also from this time that the retirement of love is almost a foregone conclusion.
From Top Stream to Dead Anchor 2065438+June 2009, Kizuna AI Operation Company Activ8 (hereinafter referred to as A8) released? Is Kizuna AI busy planning? Besides the familiar Kizuna AI, there will be three Kizuna AI played by people from different countries.
They are: former Kizuna AI? First love, and split second love, third love and fourth love.
The fourth love is China love who can speak Chinese, which is called by fans? Brother ai? .
On the left is China's love.
Suddenly there are three more avatars, and the fans are stupid, but they are not angry.
What really annoys fans is the official follow-up operation: it has been hinted since the launch of the avatar plan? Your favorite first love is leaving? .
Originally, only China Ai appeared at the meeting of China Branch at the birthday party of Tripping Love on June 30th, but Chu Haoai did not attend.
Of course, this can be interpreted as? Special offer for China fans? .
But the lyrics in the new song "Tiangao" released that day? The prototype will eventually sleep? It is inevitable that people will think very carefully.
Then, in July 1 1, in the video "Tripping over a Love Game", some fans found that this was the third love and deliberately imitated the sounds and actions of the first love.
In addition, the appearance rate of first love is getting lower and lower, and all kinds of things at once? The popularity of first love is too high to control, and capital wants to be overhead? Conspiracy theories are rampant. And the person who directly explodes the anger of fans is the first love? A tweet released by Chunri.com on July 26th:? I don't want to lose to annoying adults, I want to protect myself. ?
Has been deleted.
Almost a stone hammer? Is first love marginalized? The truth is.
However, in the face of angry fans, A8 was not to be outdone, and it didn't take long to release a video of Kizuna AI's black face, which was obviously insulting.
The non-spring performance of this trip is far greater than praise.
This has also become the direct fuse of the famous fan defense war. In order to protect the first love, countless China fans shouted? Love her and lock her up? Slogan, began to persuade people to win Kizuna AI in the comments area and barrage, in order to put pressure on the official.
At that time, Kizuna AI's account in Mile Mile was about to exceed1million, but it immediately lost more than 200,000 yuan. In the end, the official did give in, but it was too late.
In May 2020, after a lapse of one year, A8 finally announced the establishment of a new company to operate the first Kizuna AI independently, and Erai and Sanai will also transform and set up their own channels (China Ai has long been independent).
Love II and Love III were actually forced to wear different hairpins as early as the end of 19 to distinguish them from Love I. ..
At this point, the year-long wrestling between fans and the company is over, and everything seems to be developing in a good direction.
? Don't!
Just like an artist who missed his career rise, the popularity of love after this battle has long been worse than before. If Kizuna AI in 20 16 is outstanding, then Kizuna AI in 2020 is just one of the virtual anchors, as Kizuna AI said in his retirement declaration:
I'm not special anymore.
The virtual anchor industry, which is highly competitive in the virtual anchor circle, has gone from single-handedness to a hundred schools of thought, but it takes only five years.
During this period, countless new people emerged and countless old people fell, especially 20 18, and virtual anchors with different styles and positioning were born almost every month.
As the first emperor of virtual anchor, it is a miracle that Kizuna AI can persist for five years. After all, I was once called Kizuna AI? The four kings of Vtuber? Hui, Future Ming, Uncle Fox (five of the four kings are not common sense) have all become memories in the tide of the times.
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At first, the virtual anchor, as the product of the combination of reality and reality, was as important as the people in the middle. Even sometimes, a professional and interesting middleman can completely revitalize an ugly person.
For example, Uncle Fox Niang, which is independently produced and operated, has gained a large number of fans by virtue of the contrast between male voices and Lori images and the unique sense of vicissitudes of social animals.
Kizuna AI can be liked by so many people, and it is also closely related to the outstanding performance of China people.
However, the reality is that many operating companies don't care about people's feelings. In addition to the incident of tripping over the head of love, a Japanese company also made a scandal of squeezing people in the game department. The final statement not only did not mention compensation, but also directly replaced the original person.
In addition, there are virtual poisoning incidents (Vtubr devil draft), bat girls retiring due to sexual harassment and so on.
This shows that the people of China have a hard life. Not only did they not enjoy the applause in front of the stage, but their rights and interests were violated and they could not defend their rights through normal channels.
This may also be one of the reasons why people in the profession have not been developed so far. But even so, the virtual anchor industry is still in full swing, because with the improvement of technical strength and the popularization of ideas, the threshold of virtual anchor is almost low enough for everyone. For example, the two-dimensional image of the right (left) lower corner of the live broadcast rooms of major games is a bit of a virtual anchor?
But is there an essential difference between such a virtual anchor and a real anchor? Just don't show your face
Once you become a virtual anchor, the people behind you need to play a role, and their words and deeds must be in the role. They really manage this role and live for it. Nowadays, virtual anchors are mostly just a cover. They don't play, only themselves.
This of course reduces the difficulty of the interpretation of the virtual anchor, but it also loses the taste of the virtual anchor at the beginning.
Maybe times have really changed. In order to maintain popularity and retain fans, Kizuna AI once needed to attract users with creative live video, which was really effective.
However, after busy planning, she missed the golden period of her career and had to be abandoned by this fiercely competitive and rapidly changing market.
From the video released this year, we can see that she is also following the trend to make some high-quality cover and game videos, but the cruel data only shows one thing: what was once brilliant? First emperor? I really can't this time.
Thousands of broadcasts
When he made his debut, Kizuna AI would laugh at himself for his silence? After all, I'm not famous yet. ;
When he retired, Kizuna AI said frankly that he was helpless? After all, you see I'm not special anymore? .
Never been asked? Success? Retirement, five years later, many things have changed, but only Kizuna AI (the man in the middle) is still full of energy and dancing as always, whether she is sharing her joy with you or saying goodbye.
She has never changed, but only this time.
PS: Kizuna AI said in the retired video that he was sleeping indefinitely? Update? Maybe one day we will meet Kizuna AI again ~