Don't Be a YouTuber in Japan (ft. Abroad in Japan) | Trash Taste #5 

Well this was obscenely fun. Many thanks for welcoming me in to the Church of Anime lads. It was an intense and hilarious couple of hours! 10/10 - Way better than being on Japanese TV.

British accent in this room is ASTRONOMICAL

It's weird seeing Connor be nice and polite to Chris

It's so weird seeing Connor being so professional and conserved while to talking to Chris. Not one insult thrown at each other.

Chris doesn't need to watch anime, together with Natsuki and Ryotaro he is living the best slice of life anime of all time

I just really like how Trash Taste isn't actually about Trash Taste, but more about 3 lads that are besties and enjoy talking for hours

Don't mind me just admiring the winner of the laziest drip

As a youtuber watching this, the whole 2 hours are SO INSIGHTFUL when it comes to making content and the decision behind how you guys manage your youtube channels. Literally had the same thoughts about evolving content, getting editors, the thing about clickbait, and even some history stuff from how youtube was 5 years ago and how it is now. Even the conscious decision of quitting jobs, making ultimatums and all that bit just gave me meaningful flashbacks. This is a podcast episode every struggling and starting RU-vidrs should watch.

Chris is a RU-vidr? But I don't see a single camera in his hand to verify this claim!

Oh hey it's that guy who's friends with Ryotaro

Chris has such a strange charismatic personality to him, even taken to the next level with his soothing voice and british accent. He's like british tony stark.

29:07 "What does she do to afford such frivolous expenditure?" I absolutely love how Chris just naturally uses this kind of vocabulary. Frivolous expenditure.

A proper intro for these guys should be Gigguk: Gig UK Arizona Joey: The Hentai Man Connor: Cosplay Dawg Virginia Chris: A Bloke in Japan

Timestamps : 0:00 Coming up 0:11 Intro, channel names 3:13 Beer time, -196˚C Strong Zero 6:10 1 guy & 3 weeb priests, what anime do Chris watch, American anime opening 9:44 The reasons Chris chose to move to Japan and start his channel, filmmaking & VLOG-ing 16:43 Staying in a bubble and the stress that comes with it, the fear of copying other creators' ideas 21:16 Originality, finding their styles and evolving, switching personality when doing certain videos 26:03 Connor's off camera experience filming the host club video, flirting as a Japanese host (and a gaijin) 33:22 Japanese snack bars & (more) host clubs, RU-vid economy vs hosts' salary 38:27 Chris' love hotel video experience, Chris' favorite video, Chills (the RU-vid channel) 41:45 Connor got e-mailed by a prostitution website 44:07 The state of RU-vid, copyright claims/strikes, Garnt's channel(s) termination, demonetization 50:15 Japanese TV and Chris' & Joey's experience with their inflexible script 56:16 Clickbait & the "fair" ones, Logan Paul, RU-vid thumbnails & titles 1:03:13 Raising the bar of creating content, personality as the backbone of a channel 1:04:55 Chris' "Journey Across Japan" series, editing their own videos & getting editors 1:14:45 Scrapping videos, RU-vid analytics tool, the pressure of making the perfect video 1:20:01 Keeping a schedule, "kore wa pen desu", (more) Japanese TV, criticizing Japan 1:25:49 Chris & leaving Japan, his future plans & goals, running out of idea & evolving, Jelly TheMus1cMan??? 1:35:04 Building their brand & getting inspiration 1:37:48 Garnt & quitting RU-vid, coming back as an AniTuber because of Joey, the impact of Patreon 1:43:38 RU-vid as a long-term career, the supportive and the demanding parents, backup jobs if RU-vid fail 1:54:12 Chris' TED talk experience, public speaking 2:02:18 Doing RU-vid in secrecy back in the day, interacting with the viewers, accepting hate comments 2:10:44 Swearing 2:13:07 Closing words, first guest's signature, Patrons shoutout

Garnt ditched the life of being a scholar to pursue enlightenment in anime boobas

This was fun, and Chris is rapidly becoming one of my favorite people. In a non obsessive way. I think what makes him great is that he’s a perfect blend of intelligent adult reactions and attitudes, and adolescent humor and craziness. I hope you get as far as you want with films. I think both your films on Fukushima were excellent and all of your vids are fun.

"I went from 4 years of engineering to realize I don't want to do engineering". I don't think any phrase has hit me as hard before.

I just clicked so fast when I saw “ft. Abroad in Japan”

I am here 3 years (almost 4 years) later, and everyone still in Japan ❤

Nice T-Shirt Chris. I absolutely like your style

i love how this series is giving us a reality check that it isnt all rainbows and hentai if you move to japan

This podcast episode is mostly Connor simping to Chris. I'm here for it.

Chris is like that likable old person in an anime that appears every once in awhile

I love how they still speak respectfully with chris on this podcast... little did they know that eventually, they'd treat him like a permanent member of trash taste lol

I just realized that before Chris even walked into the studio he was greeted by the dakimakura Gigguk bought displayed very prominently on the door. Talk about setting the tone.

I actually learned a lot from this one. Good video!

Can we talk about how Garnt rose to the top of anitubers left for years then came back and rose right back to the top past everyone else? That's talent.

I feel like the reason Chris is the biggest Jvlogger is the incredible amount of effort he puts into his videos production value. His media background certainly helps his videos stand out from the rest 90% of which are just discussions at a desk with jump cuts intermixed with poorly shot iPhone footage lol.

Joey: Do you know why he’s called the 93%? Chris: *Cuz he’s a white male?*

Chris needs to be a recurring guest, his sarcastic British humor perfectly balances out with the three of you.

"it should work but ...it just, doesnt" Connor out here thinking that his jokes saved him when he actually just explained the problem at the heart of all mechanical engineering

Wow "abroad in Kazakhstan" sounds nice, did not know someone even knows about my country

This is literally just the weeb friends I dont have

Garnt: Do you know why he's called 93%? Chris: Because he's a white male?? LMAOOOOOO

I found myself watching all of this..... I can honestly say that I learned some very valuable info and some life lessons. especially the part about getting hate and how you all deal with it. I relate a lot to Garnt in getting tore up over people just disliking you whether it be you blowing up or if they're just a hateful person in general. Thank you, I needed this.

Man seeing how big this podcast has gotten and how close these guys are now is so bizarre especially seeing Connor being so polite and nice to Chris is hilarious

I reckon that, whenever the camera cuts to Connor and Joey, the camera is more focused on the sexy figurines rather then them, camera priorities~ XD

Im still amazed at just how GOOD the quality of this podcast is right from episode one. Usually it takes most podcasts a few dozen, (sometimes well over 100) episodes to get this good. The guys bounce off eachother really well, they have there own office with high quality cameras and several angles as well as eye catching graphics. Fucking kudos to you guys and your team, doing a fuckin banger of a job on these, always excited for next weeks episode

19:00 - Obligatory Pun insert

I can't believe Chris has been on RU-vid for so long, it seems like a couple years ago.

Can I just say that Gigguk is unironically the best host so far in terms of serious topics and clean transitions between topics.

From this, I found out Garnt worked at the BBC in the past. He still hasn't updated his LinkedIn, it still says he's working there. It's been 7 years Garnt, 7 years lmao

The strangest part of haters is that many of them continue to watch the content even though they seem not to enjoy them. I never reached this devastating level of boredom to start watching videos I don't enjoy AND taking the time to blame him for my own dissatisfaction.

Just wanted to say I'm a fan of your individual channels and thoroughly enjoyed listening to you guys get together and discuss RU-vid, Japan, anime, your lives. It was a pleasure. You guys all seem like genuinely good people and I wish you all the best in your individual and group endeavours. I've never thought anyone would be able to cater to more than one of my niche interests at once but you guys fucking nailed it with this episode. Looking forward to supporting you in future eps and projects! Stay strong and believe in yourselves and your creative talents. If you like what you're doing, so will other people. I know I certainly did here! Happy New Year!! 💜💜

when they asked chris why connor is called the 93% and he said “bc he’s a white male?” literally had me burst out laughing

"I drink beverages alcoholically" is 100% my new catchphrase

I LOVE these older podcasts almost as much as the new podcasts, after dark really added something to this timeline.

I’ve watched this podcast so many times and I never get tired of it. As a very small content creator this episode has so many valuable pieces advice and experiences from people who knows how youtube works. Also, I’ve been following Joey and Garnt for years and they definitely influenced how I approach my videos.

I vote for Chris to be a permanent member of the podcast until he's given a thourough analysis of Neon Genesis Evangelion

Me trying to explain this podcast to someone: “It’s like the Avengers Initiative ... but for Weebs”

It's funny rewatching this and seeing them being all polite with Chris

Thank you so much, guys for making this. This will really helped us new content creators. I love you guys

00:00 Start of Podcast 00:40 Origin of Chris' RU-vid Channel name 4:36 Chris and Connor's Experience with Strong Zero 7:38 Discussion about Digimon then anime opening 9:45 Chris' Reason of going to Japan (Side Discussion)12:00 Chris' Experience in Japanese Class in Uni 13:16 Chris' origin of vlogging in Japan 18:37 Discussion about the possibility of copying other people's content 20:09 Reason of why Connor is called "The 93%" 22:59 How they found their style in making videos 26:03 Connor's Experience with outside vlogging and hosting 33:23 Hostess Bar, Snack Bars, and Joey's experience with a snack bar 37:40 How Youtubing in Japan is like 40:25 Chill's Video that covered Chris' video going to a tunnel 41:46 Connor receiving an email from a soapland company 44:06 Their experience on Youtubing in general 50:18 Chris being brought to a Morning TV Show and about Japanese TV 56:29 Chris' video got viral 57:22 Discussion about Clickbaiting 1:05:00 Chris attempting to upload every day for his series "Travel Across Japan" and his experience with it with Joey 1:11:00 The Strengths and Weaknesses of Self-Editing Videos 1:15:30 Having Bad Videos and RU-vid Analytics 1:17:53 Their RU-vid Schedule Upload 1:20:33 Why Chris created his recent video 1:25:45 The possibility of Chris leaving Japan 1:28:23 The possibility of running out of ideas to create content and how RU-vidrs will eventually evolve their content 1:30:37 Joey's interest in Music 1:31:34 Being stuck in a specific content that discourages the creator 1:33:55 How Natsuki nicknames Joey "Jelly" 1:35:14 Discussion about anime reviews back in the day 1:37:48 The Decision for Garnt to either pursue RU-vid or pursue a full-time job 1:43:47 Chris' Decision to pursue RU-vid 1:45:25 Connor's Decision to Pursue RU-vid 1:47:13 Joey's Decision to Pursue RU-vid 1:54:12 How Chris was able to be in a TEDtalk and his experience 1:58:54 Garnt's first time doing something that's not scripted 2:02:12 Keeping RU-vid a secret from roomates 2:05:58 How they deal with hate comments

Whoever cuts these podcasts is a god. Makes the whole experience even better. Its less podcast, more like a long entertaining video to watch.

I was a volunteer organiser for Chris's TEDx talk and he was a real nice guy to talk to irl and I thoroughly enjoyed his journey through Japan. Also I was super surprised to hear Tohoku University mentioned by anyone who lives outside the northern region of Japan.

I watch Chris’ videos on repeat, its nice background noise that keeps me engaged and he has beautiful video graphics and they are really funny!

Every weeb's dream: *Being a anituber in Japan* Trash Taste: "Don't be a youtuber in Japan"

Enlgland: Japan is too far USA: It´s just some water Me *living in South american and having to conect through Europe the US or the Middle East to get to Japan* : AMATEURS

gosh just listenin on how hard their career on youtube has been. I almost cried no joke damn mad respect to all these lads.

Love Chris! His videos helped my time in Japan be even better. I'm gonna watch the Fukushima vid as it somehow missed my radar

Whoever focused Joey’s and Connor’s camera on Rias, CC and Rohan is a literal god.

*Connor posts, Aki posts, the podcast* Me: *Imma watch all of 'em*

You guys are always so upbeat and enjoying life. Thanks for the entertainment

Chris: I wasn’t really into anime when moving to Japan. Connor, Garnt and Joey: *The council shall decide your fate*

Connor talks about Sebastian being his channels primary thing "I still don't know how you got out of that" Me: Probably by getting his ass into Chinese cosplay

Chris's response to anything kind of bad: "Yeah it's terrible innit?"

I started this episode ages ago and never finished it so I'm happy I went back and watched it all. I love Chris' work so I have no idea why it took me three months but I'm glad I returned :) I'm still behind on some of your newer podcast episodes so I'm trying to convert my obnoxiously long hours on RU-vid into catching up with them.

i still remember watching this and not knowing much about Chris and Connor. Now a year later I love them all.

I gotta say, I really loved how they treated Chris as a guest. I'm guessing it was easy since they were friends before this but I feel like a lot of RU-vidrs want to watch their guests in uncomfortable situations. Either they treat it as a spotlight, in-depth interview about everything in their life or make them engage in some cringy game or questionnaire. I like how they were super respectful of Chris's content and didn't try to force any anime taste on to him even though that's what they mainly talk about. They made it a point to discuss HIS videos and compare it to theirs and made it clear that they loved them. I didn't feel like they were leaving him out of the conversation at any point or ever thought "why did they even bring this dude on?" They made him an essential part of the narrative without making it seem unnatural. 10/10/

*Episode ideas* : * *Hentai episode* . ( that's almost guaranteed since joey is involved ) . * *Animation and budget episode* . * *Manga that'll never get an anime episode* . * *Manhwa and manwa episode* . * *Anime and streaming services episode* . * *Preserving the old anime in the original quality episode* . ( A lot of the older anime are hard to find or be available in good quality ) . ( Ok i lied those aren't episode ideas those are episodes that i want to see )

I love watching you guys! It’s honestly so much fun!

Wow, I never was a big anime person, but you just made me remember an old anime that I used to watch as a little kid and it brought back some fond long lost memories. It was called "Moero! Top Striker" and it was about a Japanese boy who came to Italy to play football. This is a great value RU-vidrs like you can bring to our lives by sharing your passion. Holy f**k. Haven't thought about that show for 20 years at least. So cool.

Poor Chris gets so quiet when the topic goes anime.

Honestly the longer these podcasts are the better. It's not like I have anything to do anyway :)

This was a REALLY good conversation. Thanks guys!

You know, it never occurred to me before now but... Chris really would be the biggest Japan-based youtuber wouldn't he? Which definitely explains how he gets into some of the places he gets into.

Talking about Chris Broad's style: 50% sarcastic, cynical Brit/ 50% love of Japan. He doesn't try to exalt or sugarcoat, but presents in an amusing way. Brilliant.

omae wa mou youtuber

This was so much fun. Chris should be like a yearly guest or somesuch

This was super inspirational. I’m a freshman in college, and learning how you guys all started your RU-vid careers in college is really cool. I can’t say I’ve every seriously wanted to be a RU-vidr, however I want to be a published author and have been thinking about building a RU-vid channel for my author platform, so your experiences are like super insightful.

Garnt: "Oh hahaha I don't remember, haha *ANYWAY*" Connor: "OH DONT WORRY BUDDY I REMEMBER ALL YOUR SHAME. Your Twitter BIO. Your DEMONETIZATION. My man Garnt can't get a break

Loved to see Chris on here, never thought I'd see him here since he's not into anime. Really enjoyed Conner's questions he had for him, glad he brushed up on Chris' channel and asked the same questions I would have wanted to ask myself lol

Chris abroad could be my first introduction into Japan I founded on RU-vid. From Chris, I founded Rachel and Jun, Sharla, Emma, TheAnimeMan and all here in this video. Thank for your videos Chris.

Chris Broad just consistently nodding at everything give me life.

Camera facing Garnt and Chris: Perfect quality 👌 Camera facing Connor and Joey: look at these waifus in the back

Chris feels like that one guy who’s friends with everyone and just likes to sit with the weeb table from time to time

Here to watch Chris. And wow, thanks guys. My 10 mins break from my thesis has just become a 2 hours plus break. haha. The contents are so good! Anyone who wants to become a youtuber should watch this. Good to know what happened behind the scene in creating your videos. Makes me appreciate them more! Cheers, to more amazing contents in the future!

1:46:27 Best bit Chris: I'm going to Japan Family: *scoff* sure you are 1 Week Later... Chris: Im off to Japan now Family: *scoff* okay At the Airport... Chris: I'm getting on the first Atlantic flight now Family: yeah...sure you are In Japan... Chris: okay I'm in Japan now Family: well...good luck with that

Chris is a Bad Ass. An English regular guy lost in the Awe that is Japan. Abroad in Japan is way way underrated. The guy is British stiff humor straight out of Monty Python I swear.

honestly i really love this video guys!!

I have keeping up with Chris’s videos since March, and I’ve recently been watching some Trash Taste after watching the RU-vidrs’ channels 😆. I’m only seeing this now, but I’m glad because it touches on things I’ve considered or had a hard time with when considering a career. It was great to hear from people I admire and think are doing an excellent job as RU-vidrs 👍🏼

Just the sight of Chris surrounded by anime figures and plushies is enough to make me crack up. The setup is so out of his element LOL Super hilarious conversation as usual that was surprisingly insightful :D loved it!

I was waiting for when you'd get Chris, guess the wait wasn't long. Enjoyed today's podcast like I always do. Nice going fellow weebs.

This is hands down the best episode yet

I like how the intro was about their RU-vid names and a drink. I love it

At this point, Joey is just universally accepted to be The Hentai Man

Connor or Joey: *talks about japan and youtube* camera: *R I A S*

This is honestly super insightful. Bless ✨

Amazing how great these podcast are doing.

Conner: *the anime priest* Me: *”I’m now converted”*