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
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    5 months 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
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      5 months 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
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        5 months 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
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          5 months 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
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            5 months 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.