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====VTuber videos created by VTubers starring themselves in a video blog (vlog)?==== | ====VTuber videos created by VTubers starring themselves in a video blog (vlog)?==== | ||
In general, VTuber videos, which by definition are animated, do not count as anime, even though these VTuber videos, especially videos by larger VTuber accounts, are often professionally produced to some degree, and may meet the plot requirement. The videos are not produced for a broadcast audience (TV and/or streaming sites such as Netflix, Hulu, Crunchyroll, NicoNico, QQ, etc). | In general, {{short|t7774|VTuber}} videos, which by definition are animated, do not count as anime, even though these VTuber videos, especially videos by larger VTuber accounts, are often professionally produced to some degree, and may meet the plot requirement. The videos are not produced for a broadcast audience (TV and/or streaming sites such as Netflix, Hulu, Crunchyroll, NicoNico, QQ, etc). | ||
Adding VTubers videos to AniDB will be allowed on a case-by-case exception basis only. | Adding VTubers videos to AniDB will be allowed on a case-by-case exception basis only. | ||
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When VTubers creating videos starring themselves, they are essentially "recording a selfie as themselves" and posting these videos on YouTube as their {{short|t7250|video blog (vlog)}}. However, since VTubers are not real people, the vlog is in the virtual world; in some ways, it is a parallel to "live action" videos of a real human person recording a vlog of themselves doing something. | When VTubers creating videos starring themselves, they are essentially "recording a selfie as themselves" and posting these videos on YouTube as their {{short|t7250|video blog (vlog)}}. However, since VTubers are not real people, the vlog is in the virtual world; in some ways, it is a parallel to "live action" videos of a real human person recording a vlog of themselves doing something. | ||
Had the vlog been shot with human idols rather than VTuber idols, it would be a live action video and therefore not anime. The substitution of human idols with VTubers does not change the classification of the video as a vlog, rather than an anime produced for broadcast audience. | |||
This policy was confirmed on the Adv. User subforum [https://anidb.net/forum/thread/105123 here]. | Examples of vlogs that would not be added: | ||
# Let's play / gameplay: [https://youtu.be/EEguXrDsogQ YouTube Link] | |||
# vlog/ talk show: [https://youtu.be/iXiqdI_9oys YouTube Link] | |||
# ASMR: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9iJKmQvR18 YouTube Link] | |||
# Karaoke: [https://youtu.be/h_FqVVAs2rE YouTube Link] | |||
# In VTubers English for an English audience: [https://youtu.be/dRx95QmhQ3Q YouTube Link] | |||
This policy was confirmed on the Adv. User subforum [https://anidb.net/forum/thread/105123 here] and public forum [https://anidb.net/forum/thread/104564 here]. | |||
=====Application of the "needs to be animated" rule, "professionally produced" rule, and "doujin rule" to VTuber videos===== | |||
Similar to standard anime franchises, VTubers may also publish videos that do not meet AniDB's basic definition of anime. This includes: | |||
# The animation rule: limited animated scenes, or no animation at all in the case of a picture drama, would fail the animation rule; both formats are not uncommon for VTubers. | |||
# The professional production rule: videos self-produced by small/indie/doujin VTubers likely would not meet the professional production rule. However, VTubers supported by large corporations such as ''Hololive'' would likely be sufficiently professional if they were to produce an anime. | |||
## The doujin rule: the doujin rule is a specific instance of the professional production rule. If a small/indie/doujin VTuber is supported by a professional animation studio, then the resulting video may be sufficiently professional to meet AniDB's definition of professionally produced. | |||
If a video by a VTuber does not meet the above basic criteria, they would be excluded from AniDB on the basis of these basic rules before VTuber considerations (described earlier) become relevant. | |||
''Example 1:'' '''PUCHISANJI''' by ''Nijisanji (VTuber Group)'' ([https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLout9ZF2aCT_rl62wpTqVXgUGz-qJE4Rg YouTube Japanese airing link] and [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVmWlO7cbVuvhFT8u8FyViqobSSLetAoK YouTube English subbed airing link]) is a VTuber picture drama which does not meet the animation rule. '''PUCHISANJI''' meets the professionally produced rule, given that the video is produced by a ''Nijisanji'', a large corporation. | |||
''Example 2:'' {{short|a14583|Virtual-san wa Miteiru}} is clearly animated, so it meets the animation rule. Further, it is produced by traditional animation studios {{short|cr24618|Bridge}} and {{short|cr57333|Lide}}, so it meets the professionally produced rule. | |||
''Example 3:'' {{short|a15971|Holo no Graffiti}} is clearly animated, so it meets the animation rule. It is not produced by a traditional animation studio; however, it is produced by the VTuber's parent company ''hololive ホロライブ - VTuber Group'', a large corporation that would be able to professionally produce an anime. | |||
=====Application of the "music video / MV" rule to VTuber videos===== | |||
AniDB allows music videos ("MVs"), and has a specific anime type called "music video" for this purpose. Anime MVs are allowed; traditionally, song promoters have chartered animation studios to create anime MVs to promote their songs. | |||
Many VTubers give virtual song performances as part of their online persona. This is especially true if the VTuber is also a {{short|t860|virtual idol}}, where the song performed is potentially a first-party song that is purposefully produced for that virtual idol. While it is possible that VTubers may be contracted by a song promoter to create a traditional MV to promote a traditional song, in the current (2021) context of the VTuber environment, most VTuber MVs are self-promoting. As such, by default, all VTuber MVs are not allowed on AniDB; VTuber MVs will only be added to AniDB on an exception basis. | |||
''Example 1:'' '''ShinySmilyStory''' by 'hololive ホロライブ - VTuber Group'' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrsGNMMghKM YouTube link] is a VTuber MV which meets the animation rule and the professionally produced rule, given that the video is produced by a ''hololive'', a large corporation. However, the MV self-promotes a song created by hololive for its roster of VTubers. If idols in the MV were replaced with corporeal humans, this would be a live-action MV, which is clearly not anime. Similar to the general VTuber rule, this is an example of essentially "recording a selfie as themselves", only in song rather than as a vlog. | |||
====Fan-Made Shows/Amateur productions (doujin anime)?==== | ====Fan-Made Shows/Amateur productions (doujin anime)?==== | ||