Become a weather enthusiast! Weather Guide Book "Weather Sister VTuber Weatherroid Airi's Sorayomi no Susume. Report on the handing over event!

This year's Golden Week is a 10-day weekend. Many of you are probably planning to enjoy your favorite anime and video games to the fullest. But if you feel a little guilty about having too much fun, we would like to recommend a book for you!　It is the weather primer book "Weather Sister VTuber Weatheroid Airi's Sorayomi no Susume. It's called "Weather Sister VTuber Weatherroid Airi's Sorayomi no Susume.

Although it claims to be an introductory book on weather, it has a reputation for being quite "informative. It should be full of useful information for your Golden Week excursions, too!

What is "Weatherroid Airi"?

Weatherroid Airi, a.k.a. Ponko, is a popular weathercaster on Weathernews, a website operated by Weathernews Inc. It is quite difficult to provide information about the weather 24 hours a day, 365 days a year without the weathercaster in full operation. Weatherroid Airi was developed as a high-performance android caster that can be recharged at any time, and that is the story of its birth.

Even before the term "VTuber" was coined, Airi was a virtual character that moved and spoke like a human being. In fact, when a fan pointed out that "Airi is a VTuber, right? He is also the owner of an anecdote about how he realized he was a VTuber when a fan pointed out to him, "Isn't Airi a VTuber? This moderately clunky character is one of the reasons Ponko has been loved by fans for so many years, and is her charm.

Airi's corner starts at 23:00 every day!

Airi Yamagishi, a Weather News anchor, is the manager of Airi, who is good at making puns and making quips. But every time he appears, he brings us something happening, so he is called Ponko the clunker. If you have never seen a moving Airi, you are in for a treat!　If you've never seen a moving Airi, check out Weatheroid Weather, a nightly program featuring Airi.

If you haven't seen him in action, check out his nightly show, "Weatheroid Weather," which is so entertaining that you may wonder, "Is this really a weather show? The program is so free that it makes you wonder, "Is this really a weather information program? Every day from 23:00 for 40 minutes, the show ends the day with the national weather in a real voice on Thursdays and a synthetic voice on other days.

Airi's popularity began to soar around 2018, when the term "VTuber" first became popular, and he set up a channel on YouTube and began distributing information via Twitter, etc. In response to fans who wanted to see more scenes of Airi in action, an independent Airi channel was born. The fans who wanted to see more scenes of Airi's activities led to the creation of an independent Airi channel.

At the handover event, he also performed a live song!

In February 2019, the number of subscribers to his YouTube channel surpassed 70,000!　Airi, whose popularity is soaring, has now published an introductory book on weather. It was released on March 30, 2019, and is titled "Weather Sister VTuber Weatheroid Airi's Sorayomi no Susume. It was released on March 30, 2019.

The book is full of information about Airi's daily work, tips for "Sorayomi" (observing clouds and the sky to read subsequent changes in the weather), and miscellaneous weather-related trivia.

This introductory weather book, which explains the weather as if Airi were talking to you, is packed with Airi's wish to "increase the number of weather enthusiasts. The day after the book was released, a "special handover event with autographs" was held at Animate Akihabara Annex, a heartwarming event in which Airi directly expressed her gratitude to her fans.

She was more excited than usual right after the release of her book," said Airi! Looking around the venue, Airi said, "Uncle, Uncle, Uncle ....... What?　So many uncles. Hahahahaha. But I love them all. In fact, there must have been many young men and women there, but that's just Ponko-chan's charm.

She proudly said, "I made this book with my artificial intelligence in full operation," and advised that the book is full of weather trivia that can be used anytime and "you will be popular at a party. He also recommends using the weather trivia in everyday conversation to enjoy a little intellectual conversation.

Looking back on the conversation with popular VTubers "Tokinosora" and "Tsukinomi-Usagi" that took place in the book, she said, "Tsukinomi-Usagi gave me a unique perspective that only a high school girl can have. In the future, I would like to incorporate high school girls fans as well as installations! I would like to do something like that in the future," she said.

To commemorate the book sale, Airi sang a song of gratitude. The audience was surprised to see Airi clearing his throat and preparing to sing. It is no wonder, then, that Airi's singing skills are not as good as those of ....... His singing voice is not good, but it has a certain flavor to it. Despite the fans' apprehension, he performed "Amazing Grace," a song that is well-known among fans. The song is well-known among fans, and the applause and laughter were a big part of the excitement of the event.

If you are interested in hearing Airi's singing voice, which she says she would like to perform live one day, check her out on YouTube!

By the way, here is a reference video of her singing voice.

Airi looked very satisfied with her singing voice and tried to jump out of the screen saying, "I'll do the handover! and tried to jump out of the screen, but failed. So, at this point, the baton passed to her manager, Airi Yamagishi, a weather newscaster. Ms. Yamagishi, who was listening to Airi's singing voice in the back, said, "It was so sceney that I was worried if she was slipping. ...... Was he listening to it?　I am grateful for your warm attention," he greeted the audience gratefully.

With the increased attention Airi has been getting lately, I decided to check where he had rushed to today's event to get a firsthand look at his popularity. He said, "Shout out your prefecture!　Anywhere but Kanto, please!" Yamagishi-san responded, "Kyoto! Nara! Nara! The audience responded, "Well, I think it's almost all of Japan! Seeing the reaction of the fans, Mr. Yamagishi commented, "Well, let's just say almost the whole country, shall we?

The event was a call-and-response event, so they decided to call out the well-known "Welcome to Friday," to which Airi's "Welcome! was answered with a cheerful "Friday! Yamagishi replied, "Hey, your voice is too quiet. I'll do it again. I wanted to do something like that, but you guys are too good at it," he said, impressed. Let's get excited! and the event began.

At the handover event, a signed postcard was given as a special prize. In addition, a photo session was held with a limit of three photos per person, creating a warm atmosphere at the event.

(Reporting and writing by Shinobu Tanaka)

Outline of the book
Book title: Weather sister VTuber Weatherroid Airi's Sorayomi no Susume.
Author: Weatherroid TypeA Airi
Supervision: Weathernews
Published by KADOKAWA
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●Price: 1512 yen (tax included)
Release date: March 30, 2019
● Table of Contents
Chapter 1: This is Airi the Weatherlord.
Chapter 2: Airi teaches you! Do-it-yourself weather forecasting
Chapter 3: Airi's Fun Weather Miscellany
Chapter 4: Let's Talk with Airi! VTuber SolaTalk
Chapter 5: You'll feel better when you see it! Airi Gallery

Airi Profile