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[@ScamboliReviews]

DON'T FORGET TO HIT THE LIKE BUTTON ON THAT VIDEO, GIGGUK!

[@wolfpytlak2786]

Good to see you rise like this man, have to ask, did you watch demo's videos at the time?

[@thomasffrench3639]

I literally just started really watching your content today.

[@gavinzhou3168]

Lol

[@blacksowrdsman8195]

Why don't you have a verified tick mark

[@shadowlily92]

Favorite channel. Even if I don't see interest in the content your reviewing, I still watch it more than 2 times lol. It's so bold to the references you make. I love the humor. I watched Ghost Stories! So funny. Never thought I would end up finding something like that. You make them on content out of no where. Its aways a suprise. I look forward to the next video always.

[@JohnHill]

Growing a channel to big numbers on KZbin is ridiculously difficult. Staying a prominent figure in your niche through generations of new creators is damn near impossible. Keep killin it 👊👊

[@runbo]

i wonder how the anime and skate scene are overlapping

[@marsmugio]

​@@runbowalk into a Zumiez and you'll see how massive the overlap is

[@howdee_]

Sit down next to the fireplace kids grandpa Gigguk wants to tell us about how talking about anime tidies on KZbin began

[@ShadowOfMassDestruction]

You mean Gyguk?

[@menacingdoge3480]

ITS FINALLY HERE. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3vMmXxma8hsqs0

[@amitaihout]

@@ShadowOfMassDestruction GrantUK

[@definetelynothere2798]

Crust Hater

[@amitaihout]

@@definetelynothere2798 pewdiepie's ally

[@CHEFPKR]

What's interesting, even in my weird Anime/Cooking niche is I have seen the same thing. When we celebrate Anime and use something else (cooking) as a story element the videos become so much more fun.

[@يحيىوائلثجيل]

This like a grandpa told his grandkids his life story and it's very wholesome

[@menacingdoge3480]

ITS FINALLY HERE. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3vMmXxma8hsqs0

[@brh7557]

Yup

[@nourmuhsen]

Exactly lol

[@SchizophreniaHaver]

But with a gatcha game sponsorship which I find hilarious imagining a grandpa doing so

[@duelistAKI]

@@SchizophreniaHaver and an *isekai* gatcha game, no less 😅

[@urikostorm943]

Man listening to this brought a tear to my eye, remembering everything that happened watching garnt since the death note era. Him leaving and coming back and seeing all the rise up and down of other youtubers and also thinking he got cancer but learning that he was bald because he was back from being a monk lol. Jimmy being Connor's predecessor of shit takes lmao during jtaku days and people harassing to get demoD as a guest all the time on the podcast. I will purple banana good the video and keep watching your content for years to come.

[@CSFiction-]

Jimmy being Connor's predecessor LOL

[@justsomeguycalledkaraka5614]

He was a monk?

[@redfoxakame]

_"also thinking he got cancer but learning that he was bald because he was back from being a monk"_ This made me laugh so hard idk why lmaooo! XD

[@MerryweatherMedia]

Imagine making a living off anime lol lmao

[@klatonb]

lmao lol

[@يحيىوائلثجيل]

Yeah what a bunch of loserz lol

[@kingmanic]

Anime animators have trouble doing that.

[@maineman5757]

Sad your average animator barely getting by.

[@ThatOneMalaysianGuy]

Imagine watching anime lol Lmao

[@perote3]

Nice to see Scamboli get recognition, I love his videos and frequently go to his manga lists for suggestions.

[@TheTanishq]

Your sun is not centred

[@drballs2523]

@@TheTanishq That's actually pissing me off now...

[@ceberios]

just checked his videos the guy sounds exactly like mother's basement you sure it's not him?

[@sandenson]

@@ceberios They sound completely different

[@ebarobyre2720]

@@ceberios 100%. Listening to Mother's Basement pissed me off, Scamboli is a dickhead and it's great. Also pretty sure Scamboli's black while Mother's Basement lives up to his name

[@Senaru]

I’m imagining many years down the line and even now, how we’ll look back at this time period and think of Garnt as THE key figure of anime KZbin that stuck around and all these years and still keeps growing.

[@menacingdoge3480]

ITS FINALLY HERE. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3vMmXxma8hsqs0

[@jazzywuzzydoubunhgu2944]

"Sasuga Grant sama"

[@TouchingGrassYT]

Some fans already built a Gigguk statue to warship so I future generations will remember.

[@Nitro_BSQ]

He is the main Protagonist of AniTube Grant The AnimeZone 😎

[@GenerationZ313]

@@jazzywuzzydoubunhgu2944now that I think about it one thing that both Gigguk and Ainz Ooal Gowns have in common is that they basically took over the world unintentionally.

[@DarkEnchantments]

it's wild that the 15-year history of anime youtube - and Garnt's youtube career - is older than some of the people watching this video

[@giordano7199]

I'd say most

[@rancorrage5646]

@@giordano7199 c'mon, most of Garnt's audience is not under 15.

[@thenatural1278]

Can confirm -Resident 15 year old

[@nourmuhsen]

I am 20 yo so It's somewhat accurate. Though tbh anime is still being persecuted where I live so we're going through the same cycle of the west lol.

[@Nex-fw8km]

Damn I’m one of them

[@JojishiAMVs]

It still makes me sad that Demo doesn't make videos anymore, but god damn, even now, when you watch back his old videos they are still fucking amazing and still feel fresh to this day. And while he doesn't seem to upload anymore, he has still mentioned in his streams (He semi regularly streams on twitch) that if he feels like making a new video he will make one. That's the reason he randomly uploaded an anime related video 4 years after the last one, and it was stll great. Demo will always have a soft spot in my heart for one of the youtubers that put the curent type of anime content on the map.

[@coldbattery]

I like it gigguk made it as "the good old days", so that I won't feel guilty wasting so many time watching anime and not doing anything productive in my life

[@armaanb.6566]

That makes me emotional.. well, they say its not a waste of time if you enjoyed it.

[@Lisa_Minci96]

I didn't need a callout like this man

[@highlight0001]

20:22 "So many of my peers have stopped now. And I hope that one day when that eventually happens to me, someone is going to remember me in the same way" Honestly have been watching your vids for a good while and can say that some of them have really effected me as a person. You really have been through thick and then and I know for sure that everyone apprieciates what you have done for the community and always will remember if you ever do decide to stop content creating

[@nourmuhsen]

Exactly Garnt is one of the most influential people in my life(top 5 probably). I've been watching for 5 years(I am 20 yo). Because anime is a big part of my life his videos resonated with me on a deep level. He's basically the first youtuber I've ever followed and a role model for myself.

[@TheAkibaScholar]

One of the biggest questions for any content creator, across any medium, is how long they will be remembered once they stop making content. I think Garnt's going to be remembered for an exceptionally long time as being one of the earliest GOATs of anime KZbin, and one of the first (or was he actually the first?) to start making an actual living off of anime KZbin content. The more serious videos he's done over the years really hit different, like "You'll Grow Out Of Anime...Eventually" (holy shit this was 6 years ago) and "The Anime that Inspired Me", among others.

[@Goji86]

Man, this takes me back. I remember in 2015, I found Noble aka Lost Pause. Watched him for years and he introduced me to NuxTaku with his anime analysis videos. His competition videos led me to find Connor and thus leading me to watch Trash Taste. I really like that everyone was together when it came to the community and the memories they brought me in High school.

[@ihatefridays2715]

Yeah, same here.

[@edclink5068]

I'm more of a fan of Nux's sarcastic humor than his anime analysis...

[@Drayden4638]

It’s insane being in elementary now a 23yo adult and thinking back with this video feeling old but also nostalgic and on a level feeling happy.

[@armaanb.6566]

Goddamn i am 17 and by next year it wouldnt be the same.. i would become an adult with responsibilities.. when you are enjoying it feels like time is going by so fast..

[@devil_pls]

when the Anime Analysis era started that was right around when I would say I had just reached peak interest I had in anime and manga so far and I gotta say that is still something that I love about the anime and manga community. These really long, thought out essay videos that really sometimes go even further into the matter of what the an anime show is dealing and exploring with.

[@King_Jonghyun]

Don't really know what happened to him but I remember Einshine being huge as well, I loved watching his and Joey's collabs back in the day

[@AngieBasto]

He probably busy with his manga. Didn't he say he want to become a manga creator?

[@King_Jonghyun]

@@AngieBasto yeah, einshine said a lot of things lmao

[@AngieBasto]

@@King_Jonghyun True, well i hope he's doing well whereever he is

[@honklaugh2]

bruh Einshine is a p3d0

[@nexusprime2487]

He unfortunately got into controversy years back in which he was accused of being a s**ual abuser/pe**phile and also youtube not giving him a stable income. But he pretty much cut ties with everyone he knew and hasn't been heard from since.

[@TheEAK86]

Jesus can’t believe I have watched this lad for over a decade and witnessed a lot of the things he talked about, and still enjoying and watching every video of him. Keep it up dude hope you still continue many more years

[@DrRESHES]

I remember Gigguk for Lucky Strik- Star, Black Lagoon and Death Note. Also Gigguk hated Evangelion back then, or to paraphrace "was very critical of it". but was very successful with Top 20 Cool anime characters which was probably "taken" from JesuOtaku, but he picked up at Reviews like Baccano, Haruhi Movie, Gurren Lagann and Summer Wars. Those were one of the best years to an anime fan.

[@JurassicLion2049]

This was such a nostalgia trip of a video. Im around Connor & Joey’s age and remember seeing all of this go down as it happened. Thank you Garnt.

[@pasta596]

Truly the Anime Zone.

[@ShadymanX]

14:23 Man, for the longest time I never heard gigguk mention/acknowledge lost pause before. Glad to see he mentioned him :)

[@abura2980]

Obviously he's gonna mention him, this is the ENTIRE history of anitube

[@ShadymanX]

@@abura2980 Yeah of course. I remember watching trash taste and wondering why they didn't mention lost pause while they talked about AniTube. They did mention Misty thou

[@honklaugh2]

@@ShadymanX That's because this is Garnt's channel. Obviously Joey's gonna bitch if Noble is mentioned on the podcast.

[@Goji86]

@@honklaugh2 after all these years, I like to hope that they let it go and don’t even care about the beef anymore. They are both doing their own thing and both look to be happy now.

[@elpsykongroo1500]

@@Goji86 Did joey and lost pause have a beef? What was it about?

[@hollowsephiroth]

Man, this video was a nostalgia trip and a half. I remember watching some of the early Mr Anime and Hard reviews back in middle school. It’s amazing to see how things have changed so much, and I’m definitely still missing the days before he adpocalypse ruined a lot of fair use content as we know it (RIP Misty Chronexia and most of the abridging community). One person you forgot to mention from the Blip/ThatGuywiththeGlasses days is Bennett the Sage. The dude was the first guy to do reviews of older and not as well like anime (thing Mad Bull 34 and the Devilman OVAs) and is still doing reviews/analysis videos to this day. The guy is one of the only reviews from the TTWTG era that survived the Channel Not Awesome fallout and do pretty well for himself. One more recent/honorable mention would be Kenny Lauderdale. All I need to say is that he made me aware of Chargeman Ken, and that’s more than legendary enough. XD

[@shadowxxe]

I'll be honest I hold alot of nostalgia for the big explosive era of anime youtube 2014-2018. It's a shame that some of the biggest youtubers from back then like Misty aren't making videos anymore or for the likes of Noble aren't as prominent as they used to be, whatever you think of them you can't deny the impact they had in shaping the modern anituber environment.

[@sentute]

Honestly, i think Demo had a huge impact on video editing overall. It at least inlfuenced Garnt, and spread through him and others to different parts of the platform. Few can reach Demos level tho. They lack the edge.

[@samuraijosh1595]

Nah, I think scamboli has definitely surpassed demo in the anitube editing scene.

[@sentute]

Scamboli is up there, one of my current favorites. But surpassed? I don't think so.

[@mufasas111]

@@sentute scamboli x demo crossover when?

[@christopherwest671]

I feel like the analytical anime youtube content phase and Digi/YGGs content is a bigger part of the AniTube history than was brought up; but I think you did a great job man. Like how else would we know that SAO = Bad show without that content?

[@edclink5068]

It would have faded into obscurity had nobody talked about it, but instead he started the infinitely long train of "SAO bad" videos that got tired after like, the fourth one.

[@ArlanKels]

The early day of anime youtube for me was AMVs. A lot of AMVs. Introduced me to a lot of random anime and music.

[@KingSnickSnack]

I can't believe its been almost 10 years since I first came across Gigguk. Even if im more like Joey and mostly read manga and light novels nowadays its been a fun road so far and hope for another fun 10 years.

[@nickolas18]

Gigguk mentioned noble!! Hell yeah respect to him he’s one of my favourite anime tubers

[@theodoresmith3353]

I still go back and listen to podtaku episodes. Y’all helped me through a lot.

[@Jafs]

Demo would be considered the biggest influence in anime content and I’ve seen gigguk mention him before. His videos are just so well done providing a balance between well written comedy, thoughtful analysis and high production level videos. I also give props to guys like glass reflections and gigguk for introducing us to various anime.

[@kenchan123456]

Digibro was such a huge part of my life a few years ago, and defined anitube for me. I, like many others, was absolutely obsessed with all of their content. I believe they had an enormous impact on the community that is understated here, in that they basically began the entire anitube analysis phase. The discussions around anime shifted drastically toward deeper critical analysis than just (relatively) surface-level discussion. Im glad to see Digi mentioned here, despite them being quite divisive and the rocky past between them and Garnt. I would love to see more content covering the history of anitube like this.

[@samuraijosh1595]

Huh? What's the Rocky past between him and Garnt?

[@Banished_Link]

@@samuraijosh1595 Made a video calling out all the bad anitubers at the time and may have mentioned Gigguk. Then Gigguk made a response video and a while later both showed up to a panel at CRX and had a discussion.

[@David-ve8zi]

@@samuraijosh1595 Digi made a video making a tier list of anitubers on one of his alternate accounts. He rated Gigguk as C tier and essentially called his videos reddit humor and never finished watching any. He basically rated everyone low unless they were his personal friends high. (He put himself in S tier.)

[@samuraijosh1595]

@@David-ve8zi oh i see. I do see his point about Gigguk's comedy style but i feel gigguk uses only some of those reddit memes and even then repackages them into something new with his comedic timing and delivery with a dry British accent.

[@ade1174]

Thanks for the history lesson, Gigguk. You, Super Eyepatch Wolf, Fornever World, and Digibro got me into AniTube.

[@TheAkibaScholar]

It's so strange to be in a sort of hybrid position. I've been watching anime content on and off for many years (I remember Garnt's job quitting + Patreon move announcement video). After over a decade of lurking and watching anime content creators, I'm now in the (small-scale "successful") beginnings of my own anime KZbin career. Like everything else internet-related, the insane boom of the internet means that there's no more "niche communities", for better or worse. Remember KZbin Rewind? I suspect this may the only "anime KZbin" history video made, but I'm really glad this video was made because this all happened in a time where there was nowhere to document the growth of a small community. Thanks for the history lesson! Can't wait to see where things go from here for you and the rest of the anime community.

[@nguyenkhanhhailinh1721]

I actually teared up listening to this, I'm so glad and so happy at just how much influence Garnt, the Trash bois and every other Anitubers listed here have had on not just me, you, their fans and viewers, but the whole KZbin-sphere in general. I'm so so so, so so so proud of, and especially grateful for each and every of them.

[@hucklejoko4838]

I started watching anime KZbin right around Joey, Noble, Misty, Aki and Einshine era. Those were the good old days and peak of anime KZbin IMO.

[@honklaugh2]

Einshine is a groomer.

[@tuckman315]

Thank you guys for being there to listen to back when I didn’t have friends to talk anime with back in the mid 2000s I’ve been watching since you’re first podcast with glass reflections you actually Evan talked about me in a episode back when mr anime was the biggest thing and everyone was making three days grace amvs and you had channels dedicated to uploading animes in 280p with like 15parts for one episode it’s been a long road and now there’s a KZbin channel basically dedicated to every anime out there back when everyone one was basically making abridges for every anime out there from naruto to one pieac to yughio thanks for being there from when I was a little kid to the 25 year old man I am now. P.s glass reflections doesn’t get enough credit but he was the biggest KZbinr back in the day would love to see him on the new podcast also misty was amazing back in the day he still uploads and gets no views pepole should really check him out. I’m going to make a video about being a fan throughout the years and growing up with this community

[@mafu_ne]

20:47 I love when garnt brings up utaite, I hope one day we get to see more of that

[@melowmelow99]

Lost Pause was a big influence on me, to stop trying to kill the part of me that is cringe, and instead kill the part of me that cringes. I started watching his Nekopara series so fucking long ago, this feels surreal to think it is now part of history

[@NotTheRedComet]

Everything deserves a chronicler. A way to pass down the story that wouldn't otherwise be told. Thanks for sharing, Garnt!

[@knashboi3914]

Damn I actually am surprised Garnt brought up the Joey-Aki-Noble-Misty group, since it seems like taking Noble's name is like a taboo in this sphere nowadays.

[@armaanb.6566]

why taboo?

[@swiftfizz788]

​@@armaanb.6566 the 4 used to make alot of videos together and hang out all the time but they stopped being friends and joey hasn't mentioned noble anywhere since like 2016 and no one really knows why

[@armaanb.6566]

@@swiftfizz788 wow i see

[@Nikolai2i]

I think he can’t ignore noble if he wants to tell about animetubers history.

[@johnbradley7294]

Yea same. Like even years later people will talk about Mr. Anime man a literal serial killer, but Noble seems to be weirdly taboo in their cycles. Whats even weirder is that Noble is a mod for Joey's discord so you would think that this weird no talk about him is over but its still there. Like I was genuinely surprised he mentioned noble with the other 4 with how controversial everything is.

[@AlfredoMagbual]

thank you for the history lesson professor grant 🙏 it’s always nice hearing you talk about your passion and would love to see more of these wholesome talking videos :))

[@kevindouglas7025]

Props for including everyone you could

[@TheAnimeEncyclopedia]

3:56 AH YES. Grant, and his channel GuyGick XD

[@darius5066]

I think we all owe a lot to the anime KZbin community. I'm 33, and I've been watching anime since I was 7. I remember going through all of these channels back in the day and writing down the names of anime and manga to check out. They've also helped to make anime more mainstream; back when I was in middle-high school the only kids who knew or would admit to knowing anything about anime were my brother, myself, and a single one of our friends. Now almost everyone knows of or even has a favorite anime.

[@ghostoff2740]

I've been watching your vids since I was 12 or 13 and I'm 23 now and I remember waiting literal years for you to come back your still as awesome as always dude

[@sgtOOX]

Trip down memory lane from Grumpy Jisan to to DIgibro, and giving Demolition D the props he deserves. I miss that guy's content so much goddamnit

[@Diavolo]

Goated vid, great explanation! All three of you guys are a huge inspiration for me and my stuff in general, hope to see ya round for many years to come as I grow with my own stuff!

[@Blazee2897]

This could've easily been a gigguk video. Idk why he doesn't have more views.

[@HotZenny]

Shoutouts to Stevem and Beyond Ghibli who are killing it in the anime analysis department! Two of my favorites currently.

[@Flugmorph]

based.

[@anirudhviswanathan3986]

Stevem going deep into production history and his little animations during interview re-enactments is such a different way of analysing anime content.

[@TheAvidDM]

God, It really hits you when you can remember most of the names that popped up in this video just how long you've been watching Anitube. I think I found your channel wayyyy back in 2008 after I was looking for some anime recs. stuck around cause I liked your content and Arkada's. I still hold to this day that the "Men-taku" episode of J-taku was peak. Like it was just a bunch of guys opening up about their biggest fetishes and talking shit about each other. 🤣 But the landscape nowadays is probably the best form of Anitube and I'm glad to be a part of it.

[@unafflicted]

I wanted to shed some light on a channel called Hiding in Public. Reminds me a lot of Gigguk and Scam, but with a lot more heart and emotion into it. I feel like his style is going to influence other anitubers in the future. Highly recommend his content.

[@mono8476]

Yes! As a fruits basket fan, i found his video on it. It was rly poignant/personal. Which is perfect for describing fruits basket & what it means to people

[@honklaugh2]

He called the P4 hero "Yu Nakamura" his style is garbage if he can't be bothered to fact check his own scripts.

[@ft1992]

I've been watching youtube videos since 2006 with this account And I remember all these creators. Holy shit this was a blast from the past.

[@hotstankygarbage788]

Shadow ACS Glass Reflection And Gigguk were the ones I started watching in 2011-2012 that were doing anime reviews. That was a time where I could watch a review and if I found it interesting enough I'd just search and watch the ENTIRE series on KZbin.

[@mediamartyr17]

I got incredibly nostalgic when you said forneverworld that was my very first AniTuber

[@punjabenis6527]

I’m so glad you mentioned digibro. They were really an amazing analyzer who was polarizing due to their strong opinions but I found that refreshing even if I didn’t agree because it was simply interesting to watch digi talk so passionately about a medium they cared so much about :)

[@samuraijosh1595]

They?

[@12-3ictyutristangabrielm.8]

5:46 omg!! He said my name! I'm a happy man now

[@yuukianimates3318]

5:56 Oh heres another time mate

[@nzkieee]

Echidnut is one of the cultured anituber right now. He's super underrated.

[@SamTheGumMan117]

I just subbed to him the other day seems pretty chill and rad

[@yujabubbletea887]

Hearing you talk about Podtaku makes me feel so nostalgic ㅠㅠ I remember being such a big fan of your channel at the time, and subscribing instantly to Podtaku even though I'd never even heard of this thing called a podcast before haha I have really fond memories of going for walks while listening to the latest Podtaku episode, or sitting at home rewatching highlight clips over and over again (the clip of jean talking about school days still lives on in my mind almost a decade later)

[@mj23kb08]

Garnt....I hope you never leave man. When I think of anime in general, youtube-related or otherwise, you're the first name that comes to mind. You've entertained me for years, and I would become extremely depressed if you left KZbin. Please never change, and please never leave. Lots of love to you man.

[@jimthelegendsim2255]

Glad you gave demo a shout out, because the parts of him you picked up made your channel funny.

[@kunal4697]

This channel has really been a breath of fresh air. The story time with Gigguk is absolutely amazing~!!

[@felixonyango5409]

I will never forget the first video i watched on your channel: Top 20 epically cool anime characters part 1. At the time, I was bullied alot for being an anime fan here in Kenya. Nobody understood it. Imagine being the only kid in a boarding school of 1000 students and nobody to talk to about anime for 4 years and being ridiculed and beaten because of it. My mum took me to a shrink "for still watching cartoons at my age". Your videos, gave me the strength to continue liking this thing called anime and that it was okay. Thank you so much for keeping on with the content all these years.

[@vanja143]

This so interesting and kinda wholesome, thanks for making this video💪

[@zavtparticles6828]

i love scrolling through old MAL forums and running in Demo and other random creators through their past selves and ideologies

[@YokosoOtaku]

As someone new to being an anime centric channel I found this video to be pretty interesting. I had heard of a lot of the names you talked about in a lot of different places but enjoyed your take on it all. I'm curious what the future of this all looks like as it appears there's a lot of deep change in creators content and styles. I started out making a heavier load of anime reviews and talks but after having a lot of issues with using clips and such it's really taken a back seat to Japanese/anime gaming. There's a lot of things I want to do with anime topics but also a high risk with doing it.

[@jitk1]

This is a massive nostalgia trip... I forgot about a lot of these creators mentioned, lot's of memories coming back.

[@muffinzetta3670]

"And supereyepatchwolf who seemed to come out of no where" Funny enough I witnessed his raise because I was a huge fan of the now ended "two best friends play" let's play channel. As john puts it on an episode of the best friendcast, woolie a member of two best friends play said "HunterXhunter sucks" John was listening to this episode of the podcast and got so mad that he started making anime videos just to prove woolie wrong. Both john and geof of mother's basement started off as weird side characters of two best friends play but then quickly grew more popular. Now they are great friends and on woolie's channel they have a video series called "gon in 30 seconds" where John forces woolie to watch hunterXhunter through outlandish situations.

[@aremayo9262]

The pain of reading two best friends play 😭

[@thomasffrench3639]

I would say that his Simpsons video is what made him blow up, which ironically isn’t an anime. I watched his content before I got into anime, and it was nice to come back after I got into anime.

[@Benpurple4]

Where does he mention supereyepatchwolf?

[@muffinzetta3670]

@@Benpurple4 at the end

[@muffinzetta3670]

@@thomasffrench3639 oh yeah, but this was back then both Supereyepatchwolf and mother's basement had less than a 1000 subs. This was back when mother's basement said he wanted to do half anime reviews and half video game reviews but the video game part died very quickly. I believe he only ever reviewed two games. I just find it super funny because this is why John's first video ever is about hunterXhunter, because the let's players he likes said it was bad.🤣

[@Polkaknot]

This was super nostalgic, I came into the community around the same time Joey and Aki started uploading.

[@KINGDMUSTI]

I defiantly started my channel because I wanted to talk about the thing I loved most which is anime and certain content creators like Gigguk and TrashTaste , really inspired me to do so and crazy how insanely big its gotten over the past years truly is a cool community to be a part off

[@menacingdoge3480]

ITS FINALLY HERE. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3vMmXxma8hsqs0

[@Atilahunt]

crazy to see how much of the early part of anime YT I missed even though I've been on YT since 2006. Between this and the nostalgia trip that was "watching anime fan subs" these are important brief history records to protect and treasure, thank you.

[@freeway8631]

There was one thing I wished he mentioned in terms of the new anime community the what if community in the past 3 years has gotten a lot bigger

[@juliusreycalderon1998]

One of YT Channel that influenced me the most when watching Anime is TopAnimeWeekly because in my opinion he has good taste in Anime / picking the best ones airing each season. I think he needs more recognition and I think Gigguk also knows or still remembers this channel.

[@joshrogers1143]

This video kind of made me tear up for some reason.

[@neuffexx]

"A mistake" what a good way to sum up the accidental state we find ourselves in now.

[@Exilum]

Honestly I got into English anitube through Garnt's videos. Back then there was a French group of voice actors that got the permission to translate his older videos and it was very successful in France. This led me to go look at his more recent videos and discover anitube. At this time, anime was actually bigger in French yt than in English, but there was a lot of growth since then in English content's popularity while French content stagnated, and it has shown. I missed a lot of the early days of anitubing but I've still been watching English content for about 5 years now so it feels pretty good to see what it became. And also, seeing Garnt's videos become more and more elaborate, his editing becoming more dynamic and his jokes becoming dumber and funnier at the same time truly made me happy.

[@coolcatbaron]

Ah yes, a lecture about church history.

[@PHDPool]

I love your anime content, but deep down this was the thesis I always wanted to hear from you. Amazing stuff

[@luck1se7en38]

Wasted opportunity for "The history of anime youtube,i guess"

[@nathanmerritt1581]

The video went from humour light hearted to really dark when you show that murderer.

[@muhammadabuzarkhan7450]

I got into Anime community on all sites in late 2015. And I have to say; I miss a lot about the old community. As they weren't many videos banned or copyrighted. Let's not forget that people won't talk about the same show over and over again that just got released. Let's not forget the opinion and taste at that time was diverse. Because at that time the community made up of anyone who fond anime by random chances; people who got into Anime because their childhood show was still stuck inside their head or Japanese/Filipino who didn't had anyone in real life to share their experience with. I don't see anyone talk about Blue Exorcist, Escaflowne, Shakugan no Shana, Black Bullet, Darker Than Black or Inuyasha. Once in a while an obscure Anime that someone found would be talked about not just some Anime that was currently airing.

[@Icemanz666]

I love the Anitube Lore. I would love to see more on why podtaku split up. My man demo getting a mention was great.

[@ArkNeuron]

Looking at this as someone who's trying to get into the anitubing sphere, it was definitely a lot easier to get into it back during the early days of KZbin than it is now. Between the big anitubers, AMV creators, top 10 lists, reviewers, text-to-speech anime recaps, and so much more, unless you have some crazy editing skills and a semi-fresh approach to how you present your content, you'll be lucky if you get anywhere. But I do think it's still possible. You guys set the foundations for what good anime content should be. Someone's gotta fill in those shoes and continue the legacy ;)

[@zyuranger21]

What about RDCworld1? These guys were were some of the 1st black anime youtubers, their skits, parodies, and commentaries they showed that black people can be anime fans too, not just whites and asians. They even have their own convention called Dream Con to show that black people can show their love for anime. This opened the door for a wave of more black anime fans.

[@phoenyck]

I find it really funny that he did the ad read at the Trash Taste studio with all the better cameras and equipment

[@kyowomii]

as an aspiring anituber i’m surprised how little i actually know about the history

[@johnwise9811]

Dang I knew forneverworld was one of the old timers on anitube but I didn't realize just how long he had been around. Shoutouts to fornev, anime and manga for life boi!

[@Danny-px4oi]

*Demolition D+* *we will always remember you*

[@fossil98]

He does gaming streams now and then

[@Danny-px4oi]

@@fossil98 I know 😎🍷

[@DieAlteistwiederda]

The weird thing is that I can still remember a lot of this history. I've been into anime pretty much since I came out of the womb after all. I'm now almost 30 so I kind of grew up together with a lot of the current anime youtubers. I also looked for this stuff pretty much as soon as I had internet more or less readily available to me.

[@jasonseacord]

Hazel and kenny lauderdale are two other rising anitubers at the moment and pretty underrated

[@Turtleminxonthemind]

The only missing chapter is the abridged chapter. I would love to hear Garnt talk about abridged culture in the early 2010’s

[@soyoltoi]

We need more abridged content

[@yousquiddingme]

Abridged videos were part of how I got into anime as a hobby rather than just watching toonami in the first place

[@tongatapu7325]

The Essay phase was easily my favorite. I think I've been stuck there.

[@Leonlion0305]

The beginning of Anitube really started with a ying and a yang, then the first generation appeared. That just sounds so much like a lore you see in mythologies and, of course, anime 😂 Such an interesting history, I've watch anime and follow the subculture for a long time but didn't get into the western anitube circle until pretty recently. So it's quite cool to know how it evolved. I've pretty much only just been following some Taiwanese anime style artists and watching NicoNico videos reupload to KZbin this whole time until I got into the AniTube circle. Odottemita (dance cover) circle was the shit for me back in the early 2010s 😂😂

[@samuraijosh1595]

Oh wow, the Nico Nico anime circle sounds like such a mystery to us used to Western anitube. Where do I even start? Just download Nico Nico (is it still around?) Browse anime content?

[@Leonlion0305]

@@samuraijosh1595 ngl back then I just take my chances with Japanese titled videos on KZbin 🤣 Most of those are interesting enough to get reuploaded from Nico Nico. You can just browse around nico nico directly (might not even need an account). It definitely died off quite a bit imo. Not sure what you are into, but a good starting point is anime song covers (singing, dance, or instrument), since you most likely know what you'll get.

[@leonilo4468]

God damn, I already knew Demo D was definitely going to get mentioned, but it still hit me hearing how he was the top dog around the community. I miss you dad, please come back

[@_Anlex]

Man I remember looking at AMVs for recommendations, those were the good times.

[@kenet7877]

I really miss the Misty, Noble, Aki, Animeman Group. Good old days.

[@Navi15]

One channel that you didn't mention is Khornime...rip channel❤️ This channel had made a really big influence in the community back in the day. By posting compilation of anime scenes of a specific moments. Such as tsundere, funny, kawaii etc. And it's always from recent shows and always keeping up with the community. Don't forget the banger openings each video had. And based on viewership during their upload days they were prominent. I really miss waking up to a new vid and that was enough to make my day.

[@trentsuki]

12:10 glad to hear you at least mention digibro(now known as trixie), she definitely had a massive influence on the anime community, whether that be controversy or a different standard as to what anime content should be

[@punjabenis6527]

Fax :) I miss digibro but that wasn’t a sustainable way for trixie to be living and I’m glad they are doing better mentally now

[@trentsuki]

@@punjabenis6527 im glad they are doing better as well, as much as i liked digibro, i also believe that a lot of what made her content very good back then still remains in her content to this day even if a lot of it changed, and that's analyzing media with a more critical, thoughtful and insightful eye, without letting whats the common consensus sway her own personal thoughts, all while keeping an open mind to what others have to say, she may change her opinions a lot, but she never changed that aspect about the way she analyses

[@Dontreadthis0]

this was super nostalgic for someone like me who has been around watching anitube and your for like 10 years

[@lazyshinobi2861]

Let’s be real we love these history lessons 🥳🥰