Ai Yazawa: how clothing shapes identity (a costume review) 

I just really want a proper Nana ending. She doesn't have to draw. A paragraph! I would have been thankful for a paragraph of an ending.

I find funny when People say Gokinjo Monogatari has a bad animation, it is an old animation style which can't be compared with Nana or Paradise kiss since both are digital animation and respond to a different demand on visual culture. Maybe for People that are used to an animation that has refined aesthetic could be a little difficult, but I think they should try to understand this anime on it's time context. Also Toei animation on 1996 had other anime productions as priorities. I think MadHouse has better anime producción quiality and have always been more confortable with experimental animation

As an animation student, I thought Gokinjo Monegatari had a comparatively unique style as opposed to the copy/paste aesthetic of today. It was a bit rough at first, but got better and definitely was less monotonous.

"Victorian Cowboy" is honestly the best and only way to describe George now in my opinion 😄 You nailed this video! 👍

NANA will forever be one of my all time series and the series hurt so much when I rewatched the series when I reached my 20s. I’m 23 now and my perspective completely shifted in regards to how I view the show and characters. Many of the events that occur in the series along w/ the characters themselves are something that you can only truly understand once ya reached young adulthood.

Ai Yazawa's first anime adaptation was an OVA called "I'm Not an Angel" release 1 years before Neighborhood Story and the main characters of OVA did make appearance Neighborhood Story

Just some general notes, Risa from Neighborhood Story wears a more general diy goth, sometimes punk style rather than Gothic lolita. A better example of Gothic Lolita is seen in Misato from Nana♥️ Great video though, I enjoyed seeing a retrospective on Ai Yazawa 's series

I remember watching nana at my older cousins house back in the day, around the time it first aired & I never really payed any mind to the story since I was so young but the art style & fashion was so pleasing to me when I was little I couldn’t look away from the screen i rewatched nana last summer & not only did I enjoy the fashion 10x more but the story took me thru so many emotions & the manga absolutely destroyed me, I hope miss yazawa can eventually continue with the series but her health & happiness come first

Love Gokinjo Monogatari! I can vividly remember the first time I read Nana and worked backwards to Paradise Kiss and then Gokinjo Monogatari and every one had its own charm for sure. Re-reading these as an adult definitely gave me better insight into the characters and their actions. Bonus: Wasn't expecting to see Honey and Clover talked about for 2 seconds 🥰my absolute favourite. A must watch for those who like getting contemplative about stories lol

love nana so much, so realistic the troubles of going through life, i really hope this great artist gets the strength to finish this series

Ai yazawa & asap rocky introduced me to high end fashion fr fr

I recently finished parakiss, and after that watched velvet goldmine (a 1998 movie i'd read had inspired yazawa for creating george). it was pretry Interesting seeing them kind of together because the aesthetic influence is pretty prominent

just finished nana and now is one of my favorite animes ever btw, your portrait is so cute

Just a little correction, Mikako from Gokinjo Monogatari appears in Paradise Kiss as Miwako is her younger sister, at this point in the universe Mikako has become a top designer with her brand Happy Berry which she creates in Gokinjo. This video kind of got the two sisters mixed up. Also as an Ai Yazawa freak, a lot of names were mispronounced, especially Vivienne Westwood which kind of threw me off, you don’t have to take my constructive criticism but maybe search the names and pronunciation before hand? I understand Japanese names can be challenging but it’s always good to have a go!!! Really enjoyed this video!!!

I have this crazy theory that Isabella has a crush with George and was a dramatic version of his vision for Yukari. George is bi so everything is posible lmfao

This video was awesome, I’m always inspired by ai yazawa’s art! Could you make a video about Yamato nadeshiko sichi henge? I think this anime is way too underrated and deserves some recognition!

I just want Nana to be finished, I need it.

Thank you for the mention in the Inspos

My first video of yours. Very good analysis and you have such a wonderful & soothing voice❤️

Thank you so much for covering this! It's one of my favorite manga's and it's great to see it covered more.

awesome, you presented this stuff so well! Looking forward to seeing more from you

This was awesome!!!

Whaaaat this is so good! You deserve so many more followers!!

Ah I love Ai Yazawa works

no joke i love ai yazawas work

Thanks for this video. It inspires me to giving more thought to how my characters dress and what it represents!

I’m so happy you covered this! Thank you so much!

Thank you for making this video!!!

Aw thx ☺️ this is amazing

I love your video!!!super cute ,nice and stylish

since you mentioned honey and clover, if you haven’t already you should totally look at the art book for it!! the clothing in it is immaculate tbh

Thank you for making this ☺️ Really enjoyable and relaxing

Loved this!

Watched this first a few months ago for paradise kiss and neighborhood story. Now that I recently finished Nana I've come back to finish the video

Really interesting overview of fashion and art background of these three shows. Thanks! I definitely need to look at oldest one, since I've watched Nana and Parakiss now. Or maybe Honey and Clover first? Hmmm..

I've only watched Paradise Kiss so I'm only giving my pov on that section. I suggest digging deeper into the characters and doing a bit more research. The costume review on each character sounds like a vague description - those two-liners on a wiki page, and I ended up becoming confused on whether this is a costume review or a character overview. Some statements are also just... not it. Yukari doesn't start out as a wallflower, and even though she does end up becoming a successful model, "transformation...to confident girl boss" isn't even close to what the story tells. Then there are instances where I'm just confused, like the phrase "She (Yukari) then is more open to exposing more skin..." I'm not entirely sure where'd you get that idea from, since Yukari never hides her body intentionally or feel insecure, and the outfits just don't expose more and more skin throughout the episodes. Lots of places in the video require more thought + better wording for this review to be meaningful and accurate.

i know this is mostly manga but Tite Kubo has crazy fashion covers

I love your content you go into so much detail , while still making sure you content is engaging. You've got yourself a new sub :)))

ahh this was a really nice video:) your voice is really soothing to listen to

nana fucked me up, let me un watch everything after the pregnancy

Great video!

damn just subbed can’t believe u only have 245 subs ! keep up the good work

Imagine if Hirohiko Araki becomes Ai Yazawa's husband....

Omg Beck too they had some good ah fits😍

i love this video!💗 i would like to hear ur opinion about moyoco anno because her manga style is also incredible! my first anime was sugar sugar rune by moyoco and it has a special place in my heart

I would love to see you do a video on Princess Jellyfish 💜

I love the video, nice to see the visual and thematic threads strewn across yazawa-san’s work. Would you like an editor? I noticed a few instances where words/phrases were used incorrectly which kinda undermines the points being made. I mean no offence by it, but I do have some experience with essay and script editing if you’re interested (free of course)

need her to finish nana ngl

i actually love gokinjo idk why there was hate

I know this is old but the reason George dresses that way is bc he is half Western half Japanese

Funny I was watching Honey and Clover a bit(it was airing on Pluto tv it's an free streaming app)😂Also Yeah I see the fashion in these show look pretty nice and unique 😊the first one kinda reminds me of Bratz in a way 😅 Anyways Nice job👍I'm no fashion expert myself really 😅I'm kinda the worst at this kinda stuff but I'm doing my best at it..my main problem is trying to match clothes really..I'm terrible at it:'/

chanel by karl lagerfeld? whats that supposed to mean? (8:23)

14:55 is that Shin ? (my guess)

Hey please talk about other shoujosei too

Damn Jojo flashback

peep me

give me your voice >:(

Its wacky to hear someone discuss the importance of camp in the emerging y2k resurrection, then immediately attack woke social commentary in the same breath. The reason Nana, Gokinjo, and Paradise didn't do well in the US their respective releases was because there was no "woke" understanding of why it was good. Arguably it is only because of the current social commentary that reifies the importance in the contributions of women like Ai can this video even exist in the first place.

Nana started to get annoying when Nana got back with the toxic singer, I dropped immediately At first I thought it was gonna be on my top 10 but turned out to be on my top 25 💀