Bilibili

Bilibili is a Chinese video-sharing and live-streaming platform known for user-created videos, anime, gaming content, and comments that scroll across the video as it plays.

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Danmu: Danmu are comments displayed as text over video playback, often moving horizontally across the screen. Bilibili’s signature scrolling comments let viewers react together while watching.
Mikufans: Mikufans was the predecessor website from which Bilibili developed. Bilibili began in 2009 as an anime-focused successor to Mikufans.
User-generated content: User-generated content is material created and published by users rather than produced solely by a professional publisher. Independent uploads make Bilibili a venue for tutorials, commentary, animation, and entertainment.
A-SOUL: A-SOUL is a Chinese virtual idol group whose members perform through animated avatars. Its popularity illustrates Bilibili’s role in developing virtual-performer fandoms.
YouTube: YouTube is a global video-sharing platform for user-uploaded, licensed, and live video content. Both host creator videos, but Bilibili foregrounds danmu and Chinese fandom communities.
Video hosting service: A video hosting service stores and delivers videos for playback over the internet. Bilibili combines video hosting with community features and live streaming.
Anime: Anime is animation produced in Japan or made in a style associated with Japanese animation. Anime fandom supplied Bilibili’s original audience and much of its early culture.
Let's Play: A Let’s Play is a video or stream showing someone playing a game, often with commentary. Gaming videos and streams are a prominent part of Bilibili’s catalog.
Bilibili World: Bilibili World is an event organized by Bilibili featuring anime, games, creators, and fan activities. The convention extends the platform’s online communities into a large in-person gathering.
Twitch: Twitch is a live-streaming service best known for gaming broadcasts and real-time audience interaction. Twitch centers live broadcasts, while Bilibili also has a large library of uploaded videos.