While Steam’s Golden Week Sale is a fitting time for Lord Gaben to pick the wallets of JRPG and visual novel lovers, what better way to promote Netflix’s upcoming 40 new anime series this year than with a virtual moe sheep-girl? You heard correctly; VTuber fever has now reached the headquarters of mega-corporation Netflix as they too jump on the bandwagon of virtual waifus with their new anime ambassador, N-ko Mei Kurono.
Here are some details that N-ko has shared about herself so far:
- was born in California, US.
- loves singing, dancing, and massages
- dislikes writing Japanese kanji and anything that contains elements of horror
Starting this Friday, the Netflix Anime YouTube channel will hold the weekly N-ko Show that features mini-discussions such as:
Weekly Favorites – anime recommendations for binge-watching
- The Promised Neverland
- Re: Zero − Starting Life in Another World
- Attack on Titan
- Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
- Devilman Crybaby
N-ko English – learn a popular anime phrase in Japanese and English
This weeks phrase:
N-ko’s Q & A – fans get to know more about N-ko
In this week’s inaugural episode, N-ko revealed the following additional characteristics about herself during the Q & A:
“てめぇは、踏み込んじゃならねぇ領域に踏み込んだ。”
- Devilman Crybaby is her favorite anime
- her favorite animal is the cheetah (even though she’s a sheep)
- has an allergy to yams
- prefers aquariums over zoos
- wants to visit Europe someday