I'm reposting this
from the General Discussion for Virtual YouTubers/VTubers thread. One of the people who Hiroaki Matsui / Gauo (宏晃松井 / がおう) was commissioned by, Yuuki Sakuna (結城さくな), has responded about incident of Gauo:
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Sakuna in this video is speaking Japanese, but the subtitles are in English in the video, so you won't have to read Japanese. Sakuna was unaware of this incident when it happened, and when it did she described as a "whole city burned away" (take this lightly). She says it has caused "shocking big damage" to her image, and financial damage(she says that you would be shocked by the amount). She was unaware that this even happened until she woke up and saw all of the news, and when she found it she herself was shocked.
Because of this incident, she says there is no issue with her current design. She says she is considering changing visuals/doing a redesign (but is a half decision, as it is a big change). She says she is making 2 versions, both might be different illustrators but it may be the same illustrator (not Gauo, but by someone else). After all of the comments, many creators reached out to Sakuna and she herself says that she will "slowly stand back up on my feet".