Anime Stars’ Pioneer Talent Firm Shuts Down
(Bloomberg) – The best US talent agency for virtual anime stars closed this week, and customers said the company has hidden hundreds of thousands of dollars.
According to the publication of Justin Ignacio, the founder and general manager of San Francisco-based company, VSHOJO Inc.
Uz We’re free, Ign Ignacio said, VSHOJO in his position on X, in March 2022, in a financing tour led by Anthos Capital.
Neither Ignacio nor Anthos Capital responded to a request for a comment. The closing was previously reported by Kotaku, Verge and others.
Pandemik, virtual anime idols gained popularity, Amazon.com Inc.’s Twitch platform broke the subscription records and took part in a Los Angeles Dodgers game. VSHOJO, which was founded as the first US administration company for these internet stars in 2020, represented customers with more than 5 million Youtube subscribers.
Ignacio wrote, Ignacio, “VSHOJO failed, and I managed the company wrong to the situation you’ve witnessed,” Ignacio wrote. “I’m deeply sorry for all the talents, staff, friends and community members who believe in our brand. You did not deserve it.”
VSHOJO helped to manage its customers’ sponsorship, goods and donations. VTUBERS usually prefers to remain anonymous in both online and commercial transactions to protect their privacy and security.
On July 21st, Vtuber Ironmouse, who has a 2.3 million twitch followers, said VSHOJO owes “a significant amount of funds”. The company also kept up to $ 500,000 for the lack of immune Foundation.
Ironmouse also did not respond to the request for comments.
In his note to the fans, Ignacio said that the money spent by the company was “designed for a charitable initiative”.
He says they are not fully paid for at least three VTUBER – Mint Fantome, KSON and Michi – sponsorships and other studies under VSHOJO. This month, according to publications on social media, more than a dozen VSHOJO talent announced that they abandoned the agency.
The claim that the stars were misunderstood in the creators’ economy has been the subject of magazine articles in the past. More recently, Creative Artists Agency William Morris Endeavor and Rooted Talent Agencies, including the United Talent Agency, have been employed.
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