I love this man's corpo speak and his subtle sense of self importance.
He doesn't say much of anything he hasn't already said before, most of it is just his thoughts on events, this isn't anything other corpos don't already do.
It works really well for others but if he doesn't think he can keep himself from getting more of an ego than he already has... (see below)
What does that even mean? Kizuna and vtubing in general didn't take off because of the models, or the tech, those are gimmicks, vague novelties that only serve as accessory to the real appeal. The personality, the characters and the disconnect between reality and kayfabe is what made vtubers popular, otherwise they are nothing more than regular streamers with a dumb gimmick. Being virtual has little to do with it.
Agencies didn't "Pop up" in 2020, they have existed since the beginning and both of the current industry leaders have existed since 2017 and 18 respectively. 2020 only marked the popularization of vtubing overseas due to covid lockdowns, spearheaded by hololive and then vshojo.
It is pretty presumptuous to think that he is the one who knows what the industry lacks in, and just throwing money at talents and letting them do whatever they want isn't it as Vshojo has already shown.
The only true "innovation" idol can claim is their excellent methodology to wring as much money out of people as possible, which doesn't help the industry as much as it will probably help shorten its lifespan and make people loose trust in agencies and see them as purely profit focused (which they are but you could at least pretend).
Idol's only foray into niche markets was HE, and well...
Some people just aren't cut out to be entertainers, most vtubers are very driven and passionate people who have clawed their way to achieving their dreams, not everyone has that in them.
I wouldn't call Israel small by any metric except respect for others.
So they didn't prove their idealistic point, big whoop. Of course we aren't going to be told exactly why they actually graduated, which isn't much different from the rest of the industry's way of communicating, way to go.
So they stumbled upon a working formula, that was already proven, in an advantageous period with little new competition.
What task? Didn't we just establish that hiring randos without experience and catering to niche markets with no prospects doesn't work? Oh now it's a "Mission", wow they really are saints, helping the poor menhera women of the world become 4chan shitpost/fapping material.
Look, other corpos might say "Oh hello random internet person, why don't you audition and if we like you we could help you become famous!" but I haven't ever seen any other corpo frame it as some sort of philanthropic venture. It ain't a mission dude, you just want shitloads of money and everyone knows that.
I seriously doubt many of idol's audience is converted normies, most of them are probably veteran vtuber fans who looked away from the big corpos to find smaller talent that they can
