About this Project
HAPPY BIRTHDAY INA!
From: The Tentacult Temple and HololiveEN Fan Server discords, and many other fans who joined in!
DISCLAIMER RIGHT AWAY: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL PROJECT, WE ARE JUST FANS!
Original Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/n2nmjz/see_inas_birthday_in_times_square/
Ina's initial reaction to the plan: https://www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/n54k7m/inas_opinion_on_times_square_billboard_project/
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For those who don't know anything about Ina
An explanation by UnstoppablePhoenix
Hello, New York City! My name is UnstoppablePhoenix, and unless you know who this is, you might be confused about what you're seeing right now.
This is a fan-organised project celebrating the birthday of Ninomae Ina'nis of Hololive English generation 1 (also known as HoloMyth)! But you may be asking yourself, "What is Hololive, and who is Ninomae Ina'nis?". That's why I'm here to help you out and explain.
Hololive is a talent agency based out of Tokyo, Japan that manages Virtual YouTubers (VTubers) - content creators who stream using digital avatars. Think of someone like Pewdiepie when he had videos using an avatar. That's what a VTuber is. There are many reasons for using a digital avatar. It's fun, it's unique, and it provides a degree of anonymity. It's also a showcase of how technology has advanced over recent years. Within Hololive, most of the talents are Japanese, but there is also an Indonesian and English branch too! The talents provide all sorts of entertainment, including but not limited to: gaming streams, karaoke streams, drawing streams and talking streams. Some of the content is family friendly, others a bit more risque.
Now, to understand Ina more. According to her lore, she was a normal girl until she found a book which gave her strange and wonderful new powers. She's accompanied by this book, known as The Ancient Ones (or AO-chan for short). She is very cute and an amazing drawer, and this is our way to give back! You can find clips of Ina by searching her name or Hololive on YouTube.
Throughout this website, there are messages and artwork from the Takodachis (Ina's fan name), so please take the time to look at them! Enjoy, and happy birthday, Ina!
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Tako Times Square Project Description:
This project consists of a website (congrats, you found it!) to host image/animation/video submissions as well as text submissions from fans all over the world! Pretty much this is the birthday present part of this project. The other part of this project is the billboards at Thomson Reuters Tower, which are set to display approximately 99 fan illustrations and 4 animated works on the day of Ina'nis' birthday, May 20th. They will be shown for seven minutes an hour for the duration of the day, displaying a number of fanworks and an animation specifically created for usage with their vertical screens.
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Special thanks to:
Thalio: Animation
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEDU-c4SayEkbI9QaoXGYLQ
Xenefia: Animation, Timing, and Splicing
https://twitter.com/xenephia_artist
JGblkshot: Editor/Video compositor
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnpY3i6nP_P3-4wLFMzQPaA
And all the fan artists, the people who submitted messages, as well as the planning team on the Discord servers! None of this could have been done without you!
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Details and Links:
The advertisement will be running from 06:00 Eastern on May 20th to 01:00 Eastern May 21st in Times Square, on the Thomson Reuters billboard. Our submission for the billboard is 60 seconds long, so it will play 7 times per hour. If you want to go see it in person, that's your time window!
If you're tweeting out your fanart, make sure to use the hashtags #TakoTimesSquare and #inart! Also, if Ina decides on a birthday hashtag, be sure to use that as well!
Also, if you're sharing a video of the billboards at Times Square, make sure to use #TakoTimesSquare for that so it's all organized!
WILL UPDATE HERE WITH A POST OF WHAT IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE IN-PERSON
The Hololive EN Fans youtube channel, where we'll post this project's videos and maybe future ones if the project needs it: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUfJeupVxEnF8o5rtOWtWHw
Sneak-peek at what will be on each display - you'll have to use your imagination to see what they'll look like put together!
Display 3 Animation by Thalio and Xenefia
Display 4 Animation by Thalio and Xenefia, art compilation by JGblkshot
Display 6 Art compilation by JGblkshot
Display 7 QR display by Xenefia
Display 8 Art compilation by JGblkshot
Display 9 Art compilation by JGblkshot
For those of you who just want to see what the video would look like if you were in Times Square (this is a mockup, not actual footage) it will go live when the billboard does (06:00 Eastern time May 20th), and has a premiere linked here: https://youtu.be/qFAwCpXTzqo note: this is not monetized or anything of the sort, it's just a premiere so people can have a countdown and those who can't physically be there can have a little bit of a watch party
Discord Server Organizers (links):
Tentacult Temple Discord Server and their Twitter
HololiveEN Fan Server yes it's a mouthful just call us HEFS and their Twitter
Website for our affiliated EN fan discords and their projects: You're on it!
Ina's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMwGHR0BTZuLsmjY_NT5Pwg/
P.S: Art is in the Submissions, just need to scroll past the text submissions - it starts past submission 553 or so!
Gallery
Community Submissions
Super Shotgun
Go to submissionThank you for having graced us with your great art, soothing voice, and puntastic (haha, get it? XD) sense of humor, Ina! There have been a lot of great Ina moments, but some of my top favorites have to be the Ina's antics in the Holo5 x HoloEN Among Us collab showing her pun mastery, as well as Ina's Read-Along stream of the Spice and Wolf Novel. The read-along stream in particular helped me to be calm and motivated for the day after getting really down due to a somewhat frustrating all-nighter. Your dedication and passion for art has also definitely helped inspired many aspiring artists to pick up their drawing pen. I remember the wholesome moment just around your debut where there were messages from people thanking you to be their inspiration and motivator to get back into drawing. In fact I can't wait and see a future where there are dozens of artists who'll claim Ina as their role-model and inspiration for their art. I can go on and on about the many other great moments, but I think I'll stop here before the message gets too long haha. Once again, thank you so much for deciding to become a VTuber and bless us with your presence, Ina. And no matter what you do and decide in the future, rest assured the Takodachi-s will have your back and always support you. In the end, all we want to say is: Happy Birthday, our favorite resident seiso (cuz Ina "says so"!) Tako artist, and may you accomplish all your dreams and aspirations well into the future!
Anonymous
Go to submissionHappy Birthday, ina~! I hope you stay healthy and happy this year. Hard to believe how time flies by so fast, my favorite moment of you was ramune zatsudan stream with amelia, would be looking forward with podcast soon as a guest. I really enjoy watching your comfy streams especially your puns and flirts, tehe. hopefully you have many more fun moments with us and hololive/stars <3333
Anonymous
Go to submissionHappy birthday Ina! I'm usually too shy to even write simple message like this, but I want to celebrate this special moment. Your drawing stream, and your WAH are always blissful moment that are a joy to watch. I decided to join the tentacult after your cover of "I beg you", I don't know why but it was an inAcredible experience that made me decided to become a fellow takodachi. And again, happy birthday Ina!