Virtual YouTubers, called VTubers, have transformed a niche Japanese subculture into a thriving industry where top accounts can rake in more than a million dollars a year. 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.

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