Tensions and Contestations in VTuber Circles: The 'MetaBirthday' Project and/as Self-formation
Dados Bibliográficos
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ANO | 2025 |
TIPO | Artigo |
PERIÓDICO | Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology |
ISSN | 1743-7555 |
E-ISSN | 1743-7563 |
DOI | 10.1017/apj.2025.7 |
ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
Resumo
Virtual YouTubers, also known as VTubers, are entertainers who use two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) computer-generated characters to create entertaining virtual content online. This article explores a group project called the 'MetaBirthday,' in which VTubers and their followers collaborated to write lyrics, compose music, design stage outfits, and shoot a music video. Through semistructured interviews with the group's participants and close reading of their published textual material, this article interrogates how VTubers harness virtual and physical spaces to create a sense of mutual benefit, inspiration, and satisfaction in tension with the everyday realities of these spaces.