
With classes moved to the virtual space due to coronavirus covid-19 concerns, a digital art professor at Shanghai University’s Fine Arts College has created different avatar versions of himself to help students concentrate during live-streams and recorded lessons.
Professor Jiang Fei cycled through different versions, including monsters and robots. But according to China’s The Paper (via SCMP), the students’ favorite was an anime schoolgirl.
The professor even wrote the software, which transforms him into different avatars in real time as he teaches and transports him to a virtual classroom.

China Tech City reports that he hoped this would make the online classes fun for his students and learned that they actually seemed more engaged with the avatars, with the anime schoolgirl being the biggest crowd-pleaser.
DISCUSSION
Coming soon to a Kotaku Summer 2020 Anime Guide near you:
I Became An Anime Schoolgirl Professor!?!
Studio: Pending
Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life, Ecchi
Premiere Date: Summer 2020
Where to Watch: Only in my brain
What It’s About in One Sentence: A reclusive NEET magically becomes a young female professor in his favorite anime RPG game; harem shenanigans ensue.