Place, Japan

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[@capnminus]

aztrosist being in denial for 8 minutes and 40 seconds about being a weeb, love it

[@epicentre7152]

the sienfeld voice was too accurate

[@zanderwithaz5315]

fr, caught me off guard with how good it was

[@ProbablyNoob]

The jerry voice, you can hear it’s not him but it’s distinct Lmaoo

[@gamermx7]

it really felt like jerry

[@theboiyouddate5722]

Really, I think the only time this train of thought is bad is when people treat Japan as exotic, special, perfect, basically act like it's something that it's not and put it on a weird pedestal or glorify it despite the flaws and brush them to the side, or warp it to a fetishized stereotyping of the original culture. This video is great, while of course it points out how weird people can be about Japan, I also love seeing the genuine and respectful amount of love aztro has for Japanese culture! Also, I just love her stuff.

[@Ebbie155]

Yeah i feel the same like obviously I wanna go there because saw it in funny Japanese show and I wanna buy stuff. But I also do wanna see the beautiful scenery irl and culture. I wanna go to a temple irl and all idk if I am being cringey or not

[@Xenon_Proto]

It is basically a second wave of japanophillia

[@ca678.4]

That’s the point of the place, Japan meme. People treat it as if it’s on another planet and that nothing bad goes on there, and nothing bad can be said about it. Meanwhile, place, China, people get upset and say a lot of bad things. Last year exactly this happened, with a video at an airport.people thought it was japan originally and were praising it at first, but as soon as the word spread that it was actually in China, people began to react negatively instead

[@wildfire9280]

@@ca678.4 wtf Sinophobia literally isn’t real, how much does Winnie pay you?

[@zackanderson7440]

Almost all discussion online about Japan is either “Japan is full of pedo’s and they need to be corrected” Or “Japan is very good because it isn’t woke” And nothing else, and I’m so tired of it

[@huachimingoh.h2283]

You think theres japanese people that look at seinfeld like westeners see cowboy bebop

[@Nixxori]

the creator of jjba (araki) loves old american rock bands, so maybe idk

[@Clickbaitdetective]

Yes, and in fact they are no joke called “westaboos”

[@soup-de2jf]

from experience, japanese ppl idolize western culture a lot. the same if not more than ppl in the west. in the second grade when i was going to school in japan, i was reading a small book about willy wonka or smthing and just for doing that i gathered a crowd of japanese kids who were so amazed that the text was so small it was in english.

[@saratoga6663]

@@Nixxorihe also loves Italy, a lot

[@mydeadsaint]

they get obsessed with the west too, hence the paris syndrome happens when it doesn't match their fantasy

[@OhHiTessa]

The 5 stages of grief, Japan.

[@nobody08088]

:O

[@cripplingtoast8383]

Chanel: Chanel Aztroist:

[@brennanoconnor433]

Every time your avatar switches between the skeleton and the cartoon you, I imagine that you’re repeatedly dying and going to space and then being reincarnated between videos

[@cashwarior]

6:09 the funny thing about those fishcakes is that they're called Naurotomaki 💀

[@FeeshUnofficial]

Okay but we should elect Miku as president of the world. She'd be a horrible president but it'd be fine

[@pink_earthworm]

omg! I love place, Japan! It’s my favourite place, in Japan!

[@that1guy324]

I love Japan, I can't stop eating it!

[@thellyeah]

にほんはおいしいです！d(⌒ー⌒)!

[@VoloPlush]

うわあーΣ（・□・；）

[@kanasesesee8944]

I love the fact that the fight against pain is absolutely one of the best fights in Naruto and the way Pain stretches is a super original way to convey movement and way more dynamic than most anime and people still say it's goofy...

[@Aztrosist]

Don't worry I actually love the pain fight it's one of my favs ngl

[@ruller8901]

Regardless it's still goofy and experimental

[@kanasesesee8944]

@@ruller8901 true

[@moonwhooper]

​@Aztrosist you have been spared by the naruto Council

[@pizzagumby7049]

the big ass crab in osaka is peak and would be awesome everywhere. the proof is how many "let's make a big thing for the hell of it" shit there is in bumfuck nowhere, Australia that's also awesome.

[@griffinrails]

I LOVE THE BIG POTATO IN ROBERTSON, NSW SO MUCH BIG ASS TURD AS THE ONLY FUCKING TOURIST ATTRACTION

[@saratoga6663]

BIG TROUT W

[@hhm4480]

Osaka like azumanga daioh?!

[@fishsticks..]

3:00 absolutely cackling at the american psycho bit. one of my favorite scenes

[@eliasmsv3156]

Whole video was just for Aztrosist to show her new trinkets at the end

[@jamyboss1345]

6:56 NO That is NOT SOLID SNAKE!

[@unfortunatecrab]

STOP IMPERSONATING HIM!

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

The metal gear resurgence is HERE baby

[@PliskinYT]

NO that is NOT Solid Snake!

[@ralfians2130]

This feels just like an old school aztro video nice one editor

[@thebugscome]

Nice Seinfeld joke, it actually made me laugh, and I agree that the flygon plushie was necessary there's no denying it

[@lunanovaa_]

this is edited like an apandah video, satsfied my brain rot response. 10/10

[@walroooos]

Yeah but japan is still admittedly pretty cool if you ask me

[@Ksescel]

But i didn’t

[@ozwilliam4987]

Hey is Japan still admittedly pretty cool

[@Jacob_Hingst]

I'm cooler

[@archithrough]

Mexico is pretty cool because of the Breaking Bad reference

[@Zexceeda]

​@@archithroughthat's like saying Colombia was pretty cool because Pablo Escobar lived there. Wtf xD Edited for correction. See below.

[@Pedrosimp069]

This just made me look around my room and realize I also like place, Japan. Loved the editing in this as well!

[@Amunt_Valencia]

Aztro upload = yipee

[@duroburo7039]

mcdonald’s pfp but anime

[@moonfolkpm]

I also went to Japan basically just like you same time frame everything. The amount of times I said "place, Japan" to stay in denial of my weebiness was austounding

[@wildfire9280]

Isn’t this just the inverse phenomenon of “bad thing, Africa”?

[@ws7831]

I have been to Japan twice, once over the new year and it is by far my favorite foreign country in the world. The vomit on the sidewalk of osaka really ads to the drunk business guy ascetic.

[@dontletmebrown]

was not expecting the Seinfeld impression to be incredible

[@Ilovecaties]

Never knew Aztro was the voice behind Patrick Bateman, but it totally fits!

[@KevJac]

7:16 Look, there is no need to feel ashamed of yourself; the Evangelion train, in the Rei Ayanami colors, is indeed a good investment.

[@nocharge7189]

these impressions are way too good :0

[@owen2376]

i proudly watched this Aztrosist video ad free

[@ShockedTaiLung]

The editing in this is so great

[@Pandawo]

That’s pretty kawai

[@jesuisfudgeman874]

i don't like how accurate aztro's seinfeld is

[@xerzy]

Honestly, they clearly have a thing over there for aesthetics. They're well known worldwide for having the most powerful ad agencies with some of the most memorable ads of all time, every single street is clean even in the rural outskirts, you go into a konbini and everything is cutely shaped and decorated **including the food itself** , if you don't comply by gender standards wearing tidy clothes and using the expected manners you're eternally ostracized and rejected away from society, like it makes sense. based peepy owner based peepy owner

[@Ahnock]

zoomer girl spends 2 trillion on japanese funko pops

[@tambettammisto7423]

6:56 NO, that is NOT Solid Snake!!! (That is Naked Snake / Big Boss) 7:58 NOT, that is NOT Jack Frost!!! (That is Black Frost)

[@Lee-tt5zc]

5:25 “I am Astro, this is a very bad video, right?” Something like that 👍

[@Ketamin1234]

Fentanyl overdose😒 Fentanyl overdose, japan🥵

[@killernazrat]

6:57 Grrrr..... That is NOT Solid Snake!

[@harsheta.5285]

Is this what u r doing w sleep deprived pateron money. amazing

[@AsherIsNotSober]

podcast about planes pays for plane tickets, makes sense to me

[@Mrbuttlicker]

The editing of this video hits the sweetspot in my ADHD brain, keep up the good work !

[@DawnOnDopamine]

7:20 thats actually a plairail model, you can unscrew the bottom and put a battery in it and it does actually run, im (pretty?) sure they are quite big over in japan (thanks thomas and friends brainrot) they got a whole track system kinda like model trains do.

[@andys2801]

This has been the realest Astro has ever been

[@seaseaseaseaseaseaseasea]

this is like if aztrosist was japanese

[@dizzy4198]

Why is no one talking about the macdonalds burger WITHOUT MEAT??? immediately ruined my day

[@neeeeeeeemo]

the seinfeld voice was crazy

[@tmsh_]

literally the same thing happened to me last year when I visited Japan, it really snaps you back into reality, which is nice

[@BetriebAnin]

6:57 DAAAAAMNNNNN look at that HALOSUKA!!! I have car, Japan syndrome

[@aevanford]

The omori music 🤌

[@mememan9890]

I just adore how walk-able it is there.

[@Qwertype315]

Ok but place japan syndrome should actually be a thing people study. Like i think all the time, this place looks like it could be in hawaii, but because i know its not it has a completely different feel to it

[@kekswaffel207]

Relatable. Very relatable.

[@tynesucks]

The way you showed the youtuber merch with a "Japanese" aesthetic,,, amd i litterly own two of those peices you showed 😭😭😭 (the dan and phil merch was on sale, and i got the misfits hoodie second hand for like $5)

[@GamingGame-pq3xy]

aztrosist never failed to make my day worse!

[@zeeqwan6477]

Place: 😐 Place, Somalia: 💀💀💀

[@anti_acido]

all jokes aside, i like how soft power works and influences us, it's so subtle and all of a sudden you're a weeb. japanophilia has actually been a thing since centuries ago, and japonisme was pretty popular at that time too. when you go a bit further into history, specially art history, we see that orientalism has always been a thing as well. i wonder why japan, though. maybe it's because they understood soft power was the only option to clean their image after the terror they brought to neighbouring nations, but that doesnt explain pre-ww japanophilia so i dont really get it after all

[@_blank-_]

Japan remained independent while the rest of the world was colonized so it might explain why Westerners looked up to it compared to other "exotic" places that were under Western rule, so by definition "inferior" to us. Colonialism needs to denigrate the local indigenous cultures in order to justify itself. "Why aren't they independent? Why do we exploit and massacre them?" - "Because they are savage, uncultured and backwards". "Why is Japan not under our rule?" - "Because they are superior like us, we can't lose to someone inferior". This reminds me of how modern racism developed as a way to justify slavery of black people.

[@anti_acido]

@@_blank-_ ohh i didn't think of that, very interesting!! it reminds me that some racist people in brazil think indigenous people are superior than black people because they were ”harder” to enslave in colonial times...💀

[@PhilipSheppard111]

My first exposure to Japan was in Gran Turismo so I just imagine it's alot of the cars I grew up Idolizing. Same thing pretty much but just with cars.

[@Gaia_Gaistar]

Literally the only thing i've ever bought while in Japan was a Big Mac. Technically I was just laid over at the airport but i've been laid over in Narita a lot over the years, only ever ate there once. Maybe, maybe it's fucked up but the best takoyaki i've ever had in my life was at a tako stand in Singapore at a mall in Yishun I used to go to every day for lunch. The lady that ran it used to give me free extra tako balls all the time.

[@wickedsickster]

i have a crippling addiction to looking at empty fields in japan

[@Marcke8899]

That was an impressive barry impression

[@xuanbachpham9752]

2:22 I don't really agree with it. The use of OOH ads in different countries are really cool and I love seeing how they do it, even if the ads are in the US, Japan, Vietnam or somewhere else. Some of them are really creative! 3:47 IMO, I like the ad because of the aesthetic, the vibe and the music. The anime is cool, and there is a wholesome vibe of a happy family. Some ad campaign in Vietnam did the same thing or some even more emotional things and I like the vibe of it. But I can see your point tho.

[@flixelgato1288]

The turbotax anime skin…I think you’re onto something. Can I get the same treatment for my medical textbooks please?

[@lucituci97]

This was a genuinely entertaining(wow it talked bout Japan so cool hehehe)

[@maxrichards5925]

The music you used in this vid was great! I hope that someday I can go to Japan to get a few Sega Saturn games. Btw that Neo Geo pocket has a decent classic Sonic game you can get for it that has some nice music & collectible puzzle pieces that you can get

[@xajiru]

in denial yapping is hilarious,

[@Ocha431]

aight so I'm boutta go get me some supper, I am hunger. what a great show and uh

[@voidkarnage]

I love your editing

[@Hellish996]

This reminds me of Diamondbolts transformers addiction

[@The_Great_Penguini]

japan is solely better because they have more Pikmin merch than in the US

[@oxygenenjoyer8440]

4:28 this one’s kinda true though American cars should be classified as war crimes

[@coolbeans7z539]

Finally a video that pokes fun at people without going too far

[@emmaroni]

5:04 JUST ONE MORE LANE 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@pumpkingamebox]

I spent a whole month in Japan last year. I thoroughly traveled all the way from Tokyo to Fukuoka. People were looking at me strange when they would see a white guy in bumfuck nowhere yamaguchi (I was there for the locomotive.) And despite all of that, and knowing the geopolitical situation in Japan. “Place, Japan” still works hard af on me. And I’m planning to keep it that way. By forever being a tourist and never a resident.

[@kestreltate5340]

watched this whole video cause it was about japan

[@Archorin]

Hey did I just hear cybergrind in the middle of this

[@Dalekscientist]

7:45 LEGO GALAXY EXPLORER!!! SO BASED!

[@dinge_12]

music in this video is sso good

[@TroyBrophy]

"Sidewalks" in Japan (not Tokyo) are often less than two feet wide and literally just a painted green area on the road.

[@politoed06]

congrats on 900 mil!

[@realkingofantarctica]

In a very bizarre, alternate universe this same trend would exist except with "Place, Zimbabwe."

[@probrobly]

Nice Lego Galaxy Explorer

[@RSJiyutoAnzen]

That’s BLACK Frost to you

[@lakeslake4122]

I went to Japan a few months ago and I thought it was place, Japan. It exceeded my expectations actually! I want to Osaka, Kyoto, and Tokyo, and also some rural areas I can’t pronounce.

[@lakeslake4122]

I also saw what looked like Johnny Somali being on live and making an ass of himself in public. He was arrested the next day.

[@kazooke]

Your videos are like apandah’s but actually consistent

[@blackcatdreams2011]

i just want to go to japan to see cool architecture, eat food, maybe go to temples, maybe see an artist or band like masudore, and buy video games. im a bit of a weeb, but mainly for video games, film, music, and art rather than anime. i do like some anime though.

[@blackcatdreams2011]

oh yea and public transit and walkable cities (mixed city urban planning seems magical). same reason i want to visit europe. i love the idea of biking everywhere and riding busses being a cultural norm.

[@thaitoan4760]

I don’t like being called out for 8 minutes and 40 seconds like this

[@erickjoestar1561]

6:57 NO! THAT IS NOT SOLID SNAKE!

[@warweasel2832]

2:51 I genuinely think if you refined that impression, that would be the only good Seinfeld impression I've ever heard.

[@hundvd_7]

1:52 I genuinely don't know what it is, but this immediately gets my neurons firing, while the next image is just whatever. Keep in mind, I'm European, and I've never been to the US. Both are somewhat foreign to me. (Though of course I'm more familiar with it than Japan, even despite being a megaweeb.) One thing that always surprises even myself, is that I can always notice in GeoGuessr or similar contexts when it is Japan. Because it just releases the endorphins. I cannot explain it any other way. I look at the plainest fucking vegetation on the side of a road, with no hint of kanji or anything particularly Japan-specific. Nor without any color-correction or other such aspects that would inherently elevate any image. Just a plain old streetview, and I can just tell. Same thing with South Korea, for the same reasons. Even though I'm not a Koreaboo at all. And not to dissimilar to the entire Eastern half of Asia-from Mongolia, to Malaysia. I think there _is_ something inherently interesting about Japan in particular, even if the internet goes way too overboard with it.

[@hundvd_7]

2:58 Gray trees desaturated grass overly exposed sky messy composition, taking your eyes all over the place 3:01 Centered image bright green fields a single tree breaking the monotony bottom 2/3 is plain nature top 1/3 is the busy civilization, but framed by the mountains/hills in the back perfectly leading your eyes through the image to see everything beautiful in it Similar for the next few images, they are just objectively better.

[@hundvd_7]

4:22 Hey! Their flags are top notch. Terrible empires just happen to have cool flags. That includes the Soviets and the Nazis, too. But if it's Japanese flags, then let's talk about the prefectural ones. They are genuinely marvelous, almost every one of them. Easily the best group of flags in the world (2nd is probably Scandinavia)

[@hundvd_7]

4:28 Eh, that looks nothing special. A kei-car, though? Yes please. Genuinely the only reason I don't have a car here in Hungary is because they don't sell such tiny ones here.

[@SkyeLimelight]

3:33 I think you are missing the point on this one. The thing most people loved about this, at least on the side of people who will cry cry about Funko Pops and Superheroes, it was the family here. An equal example would have been Captain America and Carter with a child maybe animated. Or just any random just made up family in a nice looking article. The talk around the ad was “Japan can still show its people families using good to look at art but we can’t do that anymore”

[@PliskinYT]

6:58 NO! That is NOT Solid Snake!!!

[@jamyboss1345]

6:58 NO! That is NOT Solid Snake!!!

[@futabasakurairl]

Comment, Japan.

[@zizirobinson]

0:55 THUNDER FORCE 4 OST ACKNOWLEDGED ‼️‼️‼️‼️🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Hetsu..]

Anime is cool and people like the aesthetic, it has less do with "haha japan so cool"

[@CatholicDraft]

The one about the McDonald’s ad is because it’s promoting family and you never see that in ads in the west

[@dr.kaspar7856]

The end of the video is just funko pop Japan

[@Kelswagsinandballin]

Dragon Ball is my favorite anime tv show as a child >:)

[@PadaiOS]

6:11 the spiral fish cake is called a naruto.

[@noahgarcia111]

idk about you but i fucking exploded when I saw the travis scott ad for mcdonalds

[@Clammychow]

Bro these thumbnails are so cute