I was boredly looking around YouTube on this Sunday morning and in the mood to watch some bozo talk about anime, maybe get some insights, discover some obscure hidden gem and the like.

However, I found it surprisingly hard to find quality in that scene, beyond niche video-makers like Kenny Lauerdale. Thus I was wondering if you have any recommendations of some people you like making videos about anime.

  • Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.netMEnglish
    12·
    13 days ago

    Good anime youtubers are pretty hard to find, you often end up seeing them make like 1-5 videos where 1 was extremely controversial to anime fans (reactionaries) and then they stopped making videos forever. An obvious example of this is the Goblin Slayer ideology video https://youtu.be/VPX2fWgoiyg This person was a great video maker and just disappeared and unlisted this video because of what it stirred up, a real shame.

    • StalinStan [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      5·
      13 days ago

      Yeah, goblin slayer is too tough a subject for anime fans. They as a rule don’t have the artistic literary to not have the worst takes about it. I know my takes are awful about it.

      • Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.netMEnglish
        10·
        13 days ago

        The problem is when a show is good in a number of ways people switch their brains off to criticism unless the criticism is so blatantly obvious that it can’t be ignored. You can see this with Attack on Titan which they generally accept deserves criticism for its blatantly fascist message. Since the issues with Goblin Slayer are hidden within the art and framework rather than the explicit point of the story this gets lost on them.

        • StalinStan [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
          1·
          13 days ago

          I just like the show about a guy who fights to protect the poor people the government ignores because it is the right thing to do. Then everyone sees how cool he is for doing that and become his friends.

          • Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.netMEnglish
            7·
            13 days ago

            Yeah and that’s ok. It’s the framework and everything around it that is sus. Ranging from the idyllic towns and villages that basically all look like Hitler paintings, to the obvious depiction of women in the show (other than the elf) as tradwives, not to mention the obvious “we must perform genocide” aspect of the goblin menace. Yes the goblin menace might actually be evil but that doesn’t mean it’s not a standin for a certain message, which becomes clearer when you take into account the artistic elements. All the features of fashy shit are there and ooooooo boy does its community and “fanart” audience love SA.

  • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    12·
    13 days ago

    hazel makes a lot of cool videos - not always anime

    Colleen’s Manga Recs is pretty cool. Mostly works around josei and shojo stuff, which isn’t my typical genre, but very helpful to broaden my horizons.

    I could probably recommend more podcasts than YouTube channels, but that wasn’t the assignment lol

    Edit: fixed some autocorrect spelling errors

  • StalinStan [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    9·
    13 days ago

    Super eyepatch wolf is good.

    I think mother’s basement is probably tolerable.

    There are a bunch that make like two good videos then stop posting. Moon channel is good.

      • Comp4 [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
        3·
        12 days ago

        Thats just basic libshit though… with anime youtubers I would be more worried about them being rightwing or straight up nazis.

  • Cromalin [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    3·
    13 days ago

    pyramid inu mostly does classic mecha anime (especially tomino’s gundam) but has room in their heart for other things, including some live action stuff

    (pronouns not listed but the vibes make me lean gender neutral to be safe)