The main cast and a 2024 release date have been announced for the upcoming VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral anime adaptation. Ayane Sakura is the main character in the cast list as the female lead Awayuki Kokorone, whom she previously voiced in the light novel series’ introduction.
Another name returning from the light novel PV is Yuu Kobayashi as Sei Utsuki, the 2nd generation VTuber of the Live-On company. Joining Sakura and Kobayashi in the animated film VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral includes:
alms Sayaka Kikuchi as Chami Yanagase (3rd generation Live-On VTuber)
permission Saku Mizuno as Mashiro Irodori (3rd generation Live-On VTuber)
à Machico as Hikari Matsuriya (3rd generation Live-On VTuber)
The VTuber Legend light novel series, which is published under KADOKAWA’s Fantasia Bunko label, began in 2021 and will release its eighth volume on November 17, 2023. The book is written by Nana Nanatoand illustrated by Noko Shiokazu.
J Novel Club describes the plot as follows:
Yuki Tanaka, a 20-year-old former wage slave, now works alongside his idols: live streamer Live-On, one of Japan’s top VTuber companies. As the beautiful, elegant Awayuki Kokorone, she delivers only the most feminine content. Unfortunately, her subscriber count and savings are at their lowest. One evening, after Yuki thought she had finished her live stream, she made a few cold statements—and many crude jokes—while watching Live’s video archives. On. But her viewers heard it all, and clips of her raunchy, drunken comments went viral overnight. Yuki thinks her career is over…until her manager reveals that everyone at Live-On has been waiting for her for a long time and allows her to drink freely on television. Now free from all false purity, she jumps right into her new “noisy drunk” persona and is welcomed into the group by her fellow Live-On VTubers, who turn out to be just as crazy as her! With her perspective and finances skyrocketing, Yuki’s job—for the first time in her life—is actually exciting!
VTuber Legend began as a web novel by Hameln in 2020 and began publishing on Kakuyomu later that year.
Staff
→ Director: Takuya Asaoka (Immoral Guild)
Series composer: Deko Akao (The Case Study of Vanitas)
Character Designer: Reina Iwasaki (The Dawn of the Witch)
Directing Live2D: Live2D JUKU
Live2D Motion Tracker: nizima LIVE
Animation production: TNK
Source: Fantasia Bunko Daikanshasai 2023 Online Live Streaming, @vden_anime (1), (2 )
