VTuber New Costumes Planned a Year in Advance, Live2D Roundtable Reveals
The discussion offers a rare look at how a VTuber, modeler, and illustrator coordinate long-term production cycles, with the modeler's schedule reserved a year ahead and costume design beginning months before modeling starts.
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A roundtable discussion hosted by Live2D and Celsys revealed that VTuber Ema Kayamori coordinates new costumes about a year in advance with Live2D modeler Himono Himo no Shi and illustrator Ryosuke Fukai. The trio emphasized building generous schedule buffers and early communication between the modeler and illustrator to avoid production risks.
In a roundtable hosted by Live2D and Celsys, VTuber Ema Kayamori described a production cycle where new costumes are planned roughly a year in advance. Live2D modeler Himono Himo no Shi said Kayamori consults her about a year ahead to reserve her schedule, and that she may not be able to start a new request for up to a year depending on timing. Illustrator Ryosuke Fukai said Kayamori contacts him early to begin costume design a few months before the modeler starts work. Himono noted that Kayamori shares rough sketches with her early, and they hold meetings when the costume tailoring is mostly done, with screen sharing to confirm movement details.
Himono stressed the importance of building generous buffers into the schedule on both sides, advising requesters not to set the illustrator's deadline as the day before handing the illustration to the modeler. Kayamori said she intentionally leaves about two weeks of leeway for emergencies. The panel acknowledged that direct consultation between the modeler and illustrator from the early stages is unusual, but offered it as a reference for other productions.
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