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→-- VTuber videos: Application of the "music video / MV" rule to VTuber videos: https://anidb.net/admin/creq/18913968
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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. | 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. | ||
<u>Example 1:</u> '''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 ''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. | <u>Example 1 — not allowed:</u> '''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 ''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. | ||
<u>Example 2 — allowed:</u> '''{{short|a18787|Yuurei Sensen}}''' by ''hololive ホロライブ - VTuber Group'' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfGuQELt1Tk YouTube link]) is a VTuber MV which meets the animation rule and the professionally produced rule, given that the video is produced by ''hololive'', a large corporation. Normally, this is insufficient for a VTuber MV to be counted as anime; by default if the VTuber idol was replaced by a corporeal human, this would be a live-action MV, and therefore not allowed. However, in this case the MV itself also contains "a lot of plot"; it has a clear narrative / story that's being told in the video. For this reason, this MV achieves a higher standard to be considered anime, and was granted an exception to the rule that states the default for VTuber MVs is not anime. | |||
====Doujin anime: fan-made shows/amateur productions?==== | ====Doujin anime: fan-made shows/amateur productions?==== | ||