There’s a lot going on with Anycolor, the company behind the Nijisanji Vtuber agency, with the English branch seeming to fall apart in December 2023 and January 2024 following situations surrounding Selen Tatsuki. However, this is more than just some recent issue, as the decline could even start to be traced as far back as 2022 when the Korean and Indonesian branches were first folded. It’s a lot! Especially if you’re new to Vtubers.
What’s going on with Anycolor, Nijisanji, Selen Tatsuki, and its other English and Indonesian Vtubers?
This timeline will only go over confirmed and known information and announcements as of February 14, 2024. As the Selen and Dokibird situation is a bit more specialized as a result of Doki specifically saying requesting people tell others "this is where I am now” on social media on February 5, 2024, that is the only performer identity that will be discussed out of respect to the people behind the Vtubers. In addition, not all Nijisanji graduations between 2022 and 2024 will be noted.
- February 17, 2022: Anycolor announced Nijisanji Indonesia (ID) and Korea (KR) will be folded into the Japanese branch.
- December 14, 2022: Nijisanji English (EN) Vtuber Yugo Asuma graduates. This is specifically labeled as a graduation and not a termination. There is no graduation stream.
- February 8, 2023: Nijisanji EN Vtuber Zaion LanZa suspended.
- March 10, 2023: Anycolor terminates the contract with Zaion LanZa. The company’s announcement listed 12 offenses as the reasons for the dismissal.
- April 9, 2023: Anycolor announces four Vtubers who started out with Nijisanji ID will graduate between May and July 2023.
- May 14, 2023: Former Nijisanji ID Vtuber ZEA Cornelia graduates.
- May 28, 2023: Former Nijisanji ID Vtuber Taka Radjiman graduates.
- June 15, 2023: Former Nijisanji ID Vtuber Siska Leontyne graduates.
- July 16, 2023: Former Nijisanji ID Vtuber Amicia Michella graduates.
- March 23, 2023: Anycolor suspends Nijisanji Vtuber Gundo Mirei following a World Baseball Classic comment.
- May 24, 2023: Nijisanji Vtuber Asahina Akane graduates.
- June 21, 2023: Nijisanji Vtuber Gundo Mirei graduates.
- June 30, 2023: Anycolor announces four more Vtubers who started out with Nijisanji ID will graduate between August and October 2023.
- July 8, 2023: Nijisanji EN Vtuber Nina Kosaka graduates. This marks the first English branch departure that is also accompanied by farewell streams due to the nature of Yugo’s abrupt departure and Zaion’s termination.
- August 3, 2023: Anycolor announces its Virtual Talent Academy expelled a number of second, third, and fourth-generation students training to become Vtubers.
- August 8, 2023: Nijisanji EN Vtuber Selen Tatsuki announces her Fall Guys International Tournament has been canceled and Anycolor has said she can no longer host international tournaments. (The images were archived on the Nijisanji subreddit by MajinAkuma, as her social media account can no longer be accessed.)
- August 27, 2023: Nijisanji EN Vtuber Mysta Rias graduates.
- August 20, 2023: Former Nijisanji ID Vtuber Azura Cecilla graduates.
- September 3, 2023: Former Nijisanji ID Vtuber Nara Haramaung graduates.
- September 30, 2023: Former Nijisanji ID Vtuber Reza Avanluna graduates.
- October 20, 2023: Anycolor announces that three more Vtubers who had been with Nijisanji ID will graduate between November 2023 and January 2024.
- October 29, 2023: Former Nijisanji ID Vtuber Hyona Elatiora graduates.
- November 17, 2023: Former Nijisanji ID Vtuber Xia Ekavira graduates.
- December 25, 2023: Nijisanji EN Vtuber Selen Tatsuki releases a cover of the Lilypichu song “Last Cup of Coffee.” It is then set to private by Anycolor. Selen asks people on social media to share the cover. It is later uploaded by multiple fans online like Zero Kanao Ch.
- December 27, 2023: A post appears on Selen’s social media account that stated she’d been hospitalized to explain her sudden disappearance after December 25, 2023.
- December 28, 2023: Former Nijisanji ID Vtuber Mika Melatika graduates.
- December 31, 2023: A post appears on Selen’s social media account noting she was discharged from the hospital.
- January 5, 2024: Anycolor announces Nijisanji EN Vtuber Pomu Rainpuff will graduate on January 20, 2024.
- January 10, 2024: Anycolor announces Selen will not appear at Anime Impulse 2024 alongside other Nijisanji EN Vtubers.
- January 11, 2024: Former Nijisanji ID Vtuber Riksa Dhirendra graduates.