ME Campus Opens VTuber-Ready Character Design Major
The course responds to a market where the number of VTubers in Japan exceeds 30,000 and where Coconala data shows VTuber-related service transactions grew about 2.1 times and distribution value about 4.2 times since 2020, signaling demand for creators who can design characters that move well in Live2D.
Key Facts
- ME Campus began accepting applications for the VTuber-Ready! Character Design Major on August 3, 2026.
- The course is supervised by creator and VTuber Eha Mashiro, with Live2D modeler SeraCrom participating in production.
- The curriculum covers CLIP STUDIO PAINT basics, character personality, motifs, colors, hairstyles, and costumes, plus Live2D part division and streaming-screen visibility.
- The number of VTubers in Japan exceeds 30,000, and Coconala data shows VTuber-related service transactions grew about 2.1 times and distribution value about 4.2 times since 2020.
- ME Campus is operated by Edutainment-Lab Inc., a Sprinx group company headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo.
Reporting from 2 sources: MoguLive, PANORA.
ME Campus, the online school run by Edutainment-Lab Inc., began accepting applications on August 3, 2026 for its new VTuber-Ready! Character Design Major. The course is supervised by creator and VTuber Eha Mashiro, with Live2D modeler SeraCrom contributing production know-how. It teaches character design concepts for VTuber avatars, covering illustration plus VTuber-specific skills such as planning for Live2D range of motion and part division that keeps the character visible on streaming screens. The curriculum starts with CLIP STUDIO PAINT basics and moves through personality, motifs, colors, hairstyles, and costumes. It also trains students to verbalize character traits, a skill the school says is often handled intuitively. Learning combines video materials with individual coach meetings and chat support from community managers. The target audience includes beginners new to digital illustration, freelancers seeking VTuber project commissions, and people who want to create their own avatar. Enrollment is open on the official website, and free online consultation sessions are available for prospective students.
- Eha Mashiro is an illustration-focused VTuber who makes drawing and commentary videos, and she shares character-drawing perspectives aimed at beginners.
- SeraCrom works as a Live2D modeler, offers beginner Live2D modeling lessons, and releases models for lessons.
- The course is run by Edutainment-Lab Inc., a group company of the education firm Sprinx Inc., based in Shibuya, Tokyo, with Kenta Takubo as president.
- ME Campus frames the course around three features: video materials supervised by a popular creator, a path from digital tool beginner to completing an original character, and support meant to keep self-study from failing.
- Support includes individual meetings with specialized coaches, chat support, and community managers who track each student's pace until completion.
- The school also offers an output-centered learning cycle, with students creating assignments and receiving advice from coaches and AI assistants.
- ME Campus runs other creator courses, including a VTuber Modeling Specialization, a CG Modeling Introduction Specialization, and a 2D Game Development Specialization.
- Students can also enroll in a correspondence high school program through Shoin High School to earn a diploma while studying.
- The Coconala trend report cited for market growth was published June 19, 2025.
- Applications are accepted at any time after the August 3, 2026 start, and free individual consultation sessions are offered online.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.