'Like family': Japan's virtual YouTubers make millions from fans - CNA

The videos are designed to make fans feel they are interacting directly with their favourite animated idols - with viewers sometimes paying hundreds of dollars to have a single comment highlighted on a livestream.

Mayu Iizuka sheds her soft-spoken personality and starts cackling, screaming and waving wildly in a makeshift studio in Tokyo as her avatar appears on a livestream before hundreds of fans. Virtual Y… [+4584 chars]

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