Today we're going to cover the Nora Cat controversy. Nora Cat which translates as Wild Cat is one of the early VTubers to become a sensation on social media as of 2018. However at one point there was a technical glitch and it revealed that Nora Cat was a middle age man considered to be an Otaku.
The character debut in a virtual computer game titled VR Chat. The model for Nora Cat seems to have been created by Nagatoro Koyori. The Koyori Channel seems to be in sync with Nora Cat. Only Koyori seems to actually be voiced by an actual woman unlike Nora Cat.
When it comes to VR type characters they are trying to actually promote their creations. So they are playing the characters rather than being the character. Virtual characters are "you" but also another entity. We explain this here because half of the people hidden behind those characters, look nothing like what they are trying to fool the public with. And that is acceptable because nobody can look like fictional characters that do not exist.
As said anime is based on Japanese people. However they typically use Caucasians to model the anime characters. So even if a Japanese character in an anime series has small slanted eyes, he or she may have strong European features which also include the Caucasian skin color.
Japanese people have a dark and light skin tone. However it is not pink as they paint their anime characters. According to an old "How to Draw Manga" book when Japanese artists draw Europeans or Caucasians, they make the faces very pointy. Though this chart here will show you how much Japanese artists really take from Caucasians when it comes to creating anime characters.
And that is why people who are not Japanese As a Blasian I can tell you that Black people are depicted badly in anime and are considered the lowest of the low when it comes to looks. They mainly would rather go for a stereotypical look something from a Minstrel show.
Japanese people and many people who do not speak English, or different races of people are often secluded and don't really get on well with others. Japanese people are similar to Chinese people, they do not really like Westerners. Japanese people do not mind interacting but they would generally class Westerners as "foreign" or "foreigners" and have a hard time learning or speaking English which is vice versa when it comes to learning another language.
Today anime is no longer Japanese exclusive. Westerners who try to merge anime with Japanese culture are often considered to be Weeaboos.
A lot of Koreans and Chinese like to call people Weeaboos. But matter of the fact is, most anime originates from Japan not China or Korea or any other parts of Asia. They often import anime, and often have their own animation series which is similar to anime but not as interesting as Japanese anime.
A majority of Japanese anime is dubbed worldwide and can be watched in China and Korea.
A self-professed homosexual by the name of Nux Taku, a possible VTuber??? And or Jew who cites himself as the worst YouTuber in the world comes to mind. He uses some kind of "screaming" and or "shouting" New Yorker-type accent in his videos. His videos are basically just him screaming to the top of his lungs. If you are wearing earphones you are in for a ride of your life. This man can wail like a dog. Well long story short he covered most of the controversies concerning VTubers in 2020. Something we explained in a previous post.
He also explains about the "DMCA" of VTubers and how people can easily take control of your VTube model if they created it. According to Nux, the VTubers are popular on Twitch.
Drama in the VTube world revolves around doxxing in their communities. Doxxing is a considered a crime, but people often ignore and doxx people on social media. When it comes to people hiding behind avatars, doxxing them will possibly be very popular.
As explained people are going to want to know who is behind these avatars. For example a lot of your favorite VTubers could possibly be rapists or murderers or criminals.
When half of the criminals hiding behind VTubers are exposed in due time obviously in the VTube world it will be a big story. Because hiding behind a virtual character or avatar is the perfect mask. People will obviously be urged to watch the "weird" VTubers very carefully.
Weird as in you will notice something is wrong by what these individuals say. So keep a look out for them. Some of them are clearly up to no good.
So when they get exposed sometimes it is a good thing depending on their actions. But most VTubers are in it for the money. They are not VTubing for fun. It is all about the money.
Hopefully no VTubers will take advantage of anyone. We also mean sexually. If you are a upcoming VTuber and you have came across this post listen to this advice.
Don't do it! You will pay! You will be caught!
And then you will be featured on this blog here. So don't get big-headed and do not manipulate people. And that is the only advice we can give you here.
As they explained Moroccan-Canadian YouTuber Pokimane and other people who are notable for not doing much also wanted in on the VTube trend. Pokimane is a social media star of some sort who is known to be very sexual online. When people reference her they say "sex sells" indicating what she is all about which would be a kind of cam girl of some sort? One of her videos were embedded here. However the video did not show up. Indicating that YouTube are protecting specific content creators videos? There are no ads here on this blog. Nor is anyone making money. So a photo of a make-up less Pokimane will have to do. You know how she naturally looks?
Pokimane is the only person to swipe the "Pok" from the word Pokémon and not have to pay Nintendo a dime. Everyone else to pilfer, Nintendo ensured to get lawyers involved. Unless she has signed a YouTube deal with Nintendo?
Did you not know that Sony, PlayStation, Microsoft and other companies sign deals with YouTubers to promote video games? That is what they do now. For example a YouTuber who barely got any views was given a PlayStation 5 by Sony for signing a contract to continuously post Sony games. And this person in question only raked in 10K-20K views. You know not that usual 200K+ views or 100000K+ views that you'd expect when it comes to promoting something. But yeah Sony and Nintendo were really cashing out. Nintendo are known to be very strict.
Back to Pokimane. They claim that she was that powerful that at one point was making a lot of false copyright strikes against rival channels in January of 2020. However in December of 2020, false DMCA claims were then filed against Pokimane. We're just giving people a little insight onto what people like her are about. An example would be that she is one of the more popular social media streamers? Of course this will not last forever but as of now she is quite known.
If you were to search her name you would see a lot of vulgar terms they use for her. We will not repeat what we've read about her. Seems very slanderous. They claim she is one of those many "wannabe beauty" guru types, only she doesn't do beauty, she is a gamer girl. And so she and many other notable people like her decided that they too wanted to become VTubers.
It is claimed that people like Pokimane were trying to take away the future for Twitch users. As Twitch were busy promoting her VTube video and she wasn't really doing anything in her video.
VTubers summed her up as having no personality and they also claimed that her VTube model is cheap, which upset the person who rigged it. The creator of her model stated that it took a month to create. Obviously some people are cold as ice, nasty individuals who thrive off the pain of others.
Of course many people dislike Pokimane, but she does have a large following which as stated all goes down to the way she looks. However they said if she took off her wig extensions and make-up it would be a total different story. Basically she's a gimmick. So she's selling herself. As many do. Don't blame her, a lot of people do this. They can also sell stuff while hiding behind an avatar. This has been proven, so don't try me. Cherie Pye don't play!
When it comes to Pokimane we would not consider her to be a VTuber. She's only copying the trend. Being already known to the public makes no sense why she would want to be a VTuber. She'd only really be taking up the room. And that is unfair to actual VTubers.
You know dedicated VTubers who are very popular? So hopefully she will return to what she normally does. Which is nothing much. A lot of us at Star Bright Stars admit that we would rather play video games ourselves than watch someone else.
We're not really going to go in on what we like. But Pippin has a relative who likes watching Dominican video gamer DashieGames. Dashie who does a lot of rapping and likes rap music, another "screamer" thankfully won't be VTubing anytime soon. He also makes it clear that YouTube is very strict as of 2021.
Websites and applications like TikTok, Twitch and YouTube lack a discovery search engine. Specially TikTok, as they made it clear that you are unable to see recently uploaded videos. Thus being unable to search for new content.
If people don't understand. Platforms today only care about making profit. Once upon a time platforms were paid by advertising revenues. But nowadays YouTube and other platforms are paying people to use their platform making YouTube, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook and many other brand companies basically the employers of these Tubers. And that is why these people are prominently featured worldwide on these applications.
Of course when it comes to TikTok there is obvious discrimination to hide the "ugly" people and a lot of "perverted" videos have surfaced as of 2021. Which in due time will be cracked down on if TikTok do not put a stop to those individuals in question.
When it comes to Tumblr, it is a vile website full of predators. The report buttons on there do not seem to work for some unknown reason. So accounts violating rules on Tumblr are free to continue to violate. They censored the website but left all of the predators on there. The porn ban on Tumblr did not last and those people are "secretly" still posting vile and vulgar things and preying on the vulnerable on that website. Tumblr is definitely not the place for VTubing.
A warning is that if you try to VTube on Tumblr you will be unable to control the perverts and predators on the website that interact with you. This is bad, specially if a VTuber is 18 or under. As there have been the odd few aspiring VTubers out there who are 16. And this is a fact, only they often mask themselves as 18+ in age.
With all the shadow banning and censoring on social media it really makes it hard for new and upcoming people to get to where they want to be. But if they are able to break the barrier then nothing can stop them and they will succeed. Trust and believe that there will be a lot more controversy when it comes to the VTube world. All we have to do is sit back and watch.
"Renai Circulation" a song that translates as "Love Circulation" made its debut by Japanese idol turned CV Kana Hanazawa in the anime series Bakemonogatari. CV in Japanese basically means voice-over artist and means character voice. In English they mainly use VO for short instead of CV, when most English speakers see CV they often get confused. This small 6 second sample protected by the fair use act of 1976 here is covered by Pop Karaoke. Pop was very happy to do a spot of karaoke.
This post here is about the recent "Renai Circulation" craze that has been trending on social media. As all fads and trends it will eventually die out. So why not cover it while it is trending?
It is said that Kana Hanazawa's adorable singing immediately gained popularity among viewers of the anime. Thus leading the anime theme song to success in Japan.
Hanazawa is known in Japan for her extensive VO work in anime. She has voiced Nadeko Sengoku in Bakemonogatari, the anime in which "Renai Circulation" is featured from 2009 and is still the official voice of the character today in Japan. She also used to have a leading role in Namco'sThe Idolm@sterseries and has also extensive video game character VO work. Leading her to eventually do VO for Square Enix and eventually land the role of Rinoa Heartilly in 2018.
On YouTube the song was covered by a VTuber by the name Namirin. Namirin was born in the United States of America but ended up moving to Tokyo. So Namirin is of Asian-American descent being born in the USA. As said many women and men are able to mask themselves now as virtual YouTubers or social media stars. So if they have an interesting speaking or singing voice they are able to become virtual stars.
Japanese Lyrics:
でも そんなんじゃ だめ
Demo sonnan ja dame
But that's no good
もう そんなんじゃ ほら
Mou sonnan ja hora
Look, it won't work
心は進化するよ
Kokoro wa shinka suru yo
Our hearts will keep on evolving
もっと もっと
Motto motto
More and more
言葉にすれば消えちゃう関係なら
Kotoba ni sureba kiechau kankei nara
If words don't ruin our relationship
言葉を消せばいいやって
Kotoba o keseba ii yatte
Then we don't need them
思ってた 恐れてた
Omotteta osoreteta
I thought so, and I was scared...
だけど あれ? なんか違うかも...
Dakedo are? Nanka chigau kamo...
But wait, maybe that's not quite right...
せんりの道もいっぽから!
Senri no michi mo ippo kara!
A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step
石のようにかたい そんな意思で
Ishi no you ni katai sonna ishi de
So I'll go on with a resolution as firm as stone
ちりもつもればやまとなでしこ?
Chiri mo tsumoreba yamato nadeshiko?
If I bring together enough dust, will I get the 'Yamato Nadeshiko'?
「し」抜きで いや 死ぬ気で!
Shi nuki de iya shinuki de!
Without the "shi" - No, even if it kills me!
ふわふわり ふわふわる
Fuwa fuwari fuwa fuwaru
Softly, gently
あなたが名前を呼ぶ
Anata ga namae o yobu
You’re calling my name
それだけで
Sore dake de
And with just that
宙へ浮かぶ
Chuu e ukabu
I float up into space
ふわふわる ふわふわり
Fuwa fuwaru fuwa fuwari
Gently, softly
あなたが笑っている
Anata ga waratte iru
You’re laughing
それだけで
Sore dake de
And with just that
笑顔になる
Egao ni naru
A smile comes to my face
神様 ありがとう
Kamisama arigatou
Thank you God
運命のいたずらでも
Unmei no itazura demo
Even if it’s a prank of fate
めぐり逢えたことが
Meguriaeta koto ga
I’m happy
しあわせなの
Shiawase nano
That I could meet you
でも そんなんじゃ だめ
Demo sonnan ja dame
But that's no good
もう そんなんじゃ ほら
Mou sonnan ja hora
Look, it won't work
心は進化するよ
Kokoro wa shinka suru yo
Our hearts will keep on evolving
もっと もっと
Motto motto
More and more
そう そんなんじゃ やだ
Sou sonnan ja yada
Yup, I don't want it like that
ねぇ そんなんじゃ まだ
Nee sonnan ja mada
Hey, that’ll come later
私のこと 見ててね
Watashi no koto mitete ne
I just want you to look at me
ずっと ずっと
Zutto zutto
Forever and ever
私の中のあなたほど
Watashi no naka no anata hodo
Compared to your presence inside me
あなたの中の私の存在は
Anata no naka no watashi no sonzai wa
My presence inside you
まだまだ 大きくないことも わかってるけれど
Madamada ookiku nai koto mo Wakatteru keredo
Isn't as big, I know this
今この同じ 瞬間
Ima kono onaji shunkan
But at this same moment
共有してる 実感
Kyouyuu shiteru jikkan
We’re sharing these feelings
ちりもつもればやまとなでしこ!
Chiri mo tsumoreba yamato nadeshiko
If I bring together enough dust, I’ll get the Yamato Nadeshiko
略して? ちりつもやまとなでこ!
Ryakushite chiritsumo yamato nadeko
For short? Gather dust to get the lovable Nadeko!
くらくらり くらくらる
Kura kurari kura kuraru
Giddy, dizzy
あなたを見上げたら
Anata o miagetara
When I look up at you
それだけで
Sore dake de
Just that much is
まぶしすぎて
Mabushi sugite
Too dazzling
くらくらる くらくらり
Kura kuraru kura kurari
Dizzy, giddy
あなたを想っている
Anata o omotte iru
I’m thinking about you
それだけで
Sore dake de
And with just that
とけてしまう
Tokete shimau
I melt away
神様 ありがとう
Kamisama arigatou
Thank you God
運命のいたずらでも
Unmei no itazura demo
Even if it’s a prank of fate
めぐり逢えたことが
Meguriaeta koto ga
I’m happy
しあわせなの
Shiawase nano
That I could meet you
コイスル キセツハ ヨクバリ circulation
Koisuru kisetsu wa yokubari circulation
The seasons of love are greed’s circulation
コイスル キモチハ ヨクバリ circulation
Koisuru kimochi wa yokubari circulation
These feelings of love are greed’s circulation
コイスル ヒトミハ ヨクバリ circulation
Koisuru hitomi wa yokubari circulation
These loving eyes are greed’s circulation
コイスル オトメハ ヨクバリ circulation
Koisuru otome wa yokubari circulation
This maiden in love is in greed’s circulation
ふわふわり ふわふわる
Fuwa fuwari fuwa fuwaru
Softly, gently
あなたが名前を呼ぶ
Anata ga namae o yobu
You’re calling my name
それだけで
Sore dake de
And with just that
宙へ浮かぶ
Chuu e ukabu
I float up into space
ふわふわる ふわふわり
Fuwa fuwaru fuwa fuwari
Gently, softly
あなたが笑っている
Anata ga waratte iru
You’re laughing
それだけで
Sore dake de
And with just that
笑顔になる
Egao ni naru
A smile comes to my face
神様 ありがとう
Kamisama arigatou
Thank you God
運命のいたずらでも
Unmei no itazura demo
Even if it’s a prank of fate
めぐり逢えたことが
Meguriaeta koto ga
I’m happy
しあわせなの
Shiawase nano
That I could meet you
でも そんなんじゃ だめ
Demo sonnan ja dame
But that's no good
もう そんなんじゃ ほら
Mou sonnan ja hora
Look, it won't work
心は進化するよ
Kokoro wa shinka suru yo
Our hearts will keep on evolving
もっと もっと
Motto motto
More and more
そう そんなんじゃ やだ
Sou sonnan ja yada
Yup, I don't want it like that
ねぇ そんなんじゃ まだ
Nee sonnan ja mada
Hey, that’ll come later
私のこと 見ててね
Watashi no koto mitete ne
I just want you to look at me
ずっと ずっと
Zutto zutto
Forever and ever
In 2012 a young aspiring singer by the name of Lizz Robinett was asked to sing the English theme song. At the time of recording the song she was a teenage girl. Lizz seems to currently be aligned with Burnt Toast Records.The English lyrics seem to have been rewritten so they don't actually follow the Japanese lyrics 100% but the song sounds seems to rhyme. Lizz gained 11,178,724 views on the original video upload and became a Vocaloid & VGM cover singer.
English Lyrics:
One, two
It's so hard to say it
But darling let's face it
These feelings revealing
Can not be ignored
If you're scared you'll say something you'll regret
Well love is something that's best when quiet
Avoid a fight and be polite
Just shut up!
Wait a second...
That ain't right!
I'm takin' a chance
Cuz I like you a lot
So I'll give it a shot!
Give it all that I got!
La! De! Da! De! Da!
La! De! Da! De! De!
Suddenly you call my name
And I lose my brain
And I float up to the moon
La! De! Da! De! De!
La! De! Da! De! Da!
When you laugh it makes me smile
And I love your style
So I wrote a song to this tune
Thank you stars for giving to me
The greatest gift that's still yet to be
I don't mind if fate's playing games
I'm happy all the same
It's so hard to say it
But darling let's face it
These feelings revealed
Can not be ignored
So I'll work on this letter
'Til our time gets better
Sincerely, yours truly and furthermore!
As of 2021 the song became a popular meme on TikTok. When people usually search for the song they typically search for "La De Da De Da," "La De Da De De" or "Fuwa Fuwari Fuwa Fuwaru" in the search engines. Lizz Robinett decided to re-release the song ft. L-Train and Y. Chang.
The lyrics in the official re-recording of the song by Lizz has new lyrics which include "me oh me oh my" and "my oh my oh me" which is very cute. A lot of people agree that Lizz is dedicated to the song. Which she would be because her version is notorious among English speakers.
Lizz Robinett covers the English version of the song and the original is by Kana Hanazawa. Both versions are equally good. Which is rare for anime covers by English dubbers. When Lizz was picked to cover the song, they certainly picked the right person. All the team at Star Bright Stars agree.
The Hololive Sings girls include Minato Aqua who's original channel was terminated by YouTube. However she was able to obtain a new one titled Aqua Ch. 湊あくあ. When it comes to being terminated on YouTube it all goes down to copyright. Most songs being covered are owned by record labels, and most of the time they will strike channels, even though there is supposed to be fair use for coverage or cover songs. Usada Pekora who can be found on the YouTube channel Pekora Ch. 兎田ぺこ, the other girls who covered "Renai Circulation" include Botan, Miko, Watame, Haato, Nene and Shion. Please keep in mind that Hololive are not legit and is a managed virtual group. The girls do not do singing for fun they are being paid. The girls had to audition for the roles, and each and every one of their accounts seem to be verified by YouTube and Google.
Three weeks ago as of today which is the 10/04/2021 "Lizz" recorded a Japanese cover of the song, because people kept telling her that the "Japanese" version is better. In other words people were pitting Kana Hanazawa and Lizz Robinett together.
It is a shame that Lizz Robinett and Kana Hanazawa have not duet. Kana is according to reports very hard to get hold of. Someone in Japan who is not A list but only works for companies, so there would never be a collaboration between the two.
Of course the Japanese version is the original. But not everyone understands Japanese. Which is why most anime is dubbed into English by English actors, actresses and singers.
Lizz is cited as saying: "Tell me more, my fellow Americans, about how the version you don't actually understand is somehow superior just because you... can't... understand... the Japanese... lyrics...? You sub vs. dub folks are crazy. Who cares? Let people enjoy things!"
It would seem that people were hassling her since the song blew up on social media.
Lizz finished by stating: "Nothing y'all say can phase me anymore I've literally seen it all!! Cry harder and thanks for your views I guess." She also warns people to not re-upload her music videos, as she has the license on her channel and she can not give permission to use her vocal covers as she does not own the original songs.
We'll end the post with "Renai Circulation" by Lizz's cat an April Fools' Day joke.