How Godzilla & Miyazaki Beat Hollywood |  

Way back in 04, I journeyed to Japan during a difficult moment in life. Spent 10 days falling for every tourist trap in Tokyo. I've longed to return every year for 20 years. Happy to say that finally I will be traveling once again to beautiful Japan with my now 21 year old son this May. Originally we were gonna stay in-and-around Tokyo but after doing a deep dive of your videos, We will be exploring Japan from North to South ( from Aomori to Hiroshima) with many Chris Abroad approved stops along the way for 30 days! I'm so excited to return and If I should run into you, fried chicken is on me! If I see Natsuki, we will run in terror!

Connor has a classic RYF (Resting RU-vid Face).

Congratulations Chris on hitting 3 million subscribers.

PD was struggling to find Seetharaman Narayanan

NEVER BEEN TO NIKKO???? Yes, there are lots of tourists, but it didn't seem overcrowded the last time I was there, a couple of years ago. The Toshogu shrine is spectacular, and so is the scenery around Chuzenjiko. Make a weekend of it, you and Charla can both get an episode out of it!

Hello Pete and Chris, Just wanted to thank Pete for introducing me and the world to Coolish! I was addicted to the stuff and considered bringing some home, but decided that it probably wasn't a great idea to let ot melt on the plane. But I'll be back for more next month. @Chris, have you ever considered running a marathon (or half)? I ran the Osaka marathon last month and they had what was called the 'Maido Aid' where they would hand out food such as karaage chicken, takoyaki, senbei and other random foods. I had so much fun eating along the course that I decided to sign up for the Tohoku food marathon (its actually a half) next month. Yes, I am flying back from Sydney to Japan, just to participate in a fun run because they are offering food and sake along the course lol. This fun run with food was started up in 2012 to encourage tourism in the Tohoku area. This year will be its 10th anniversary. Maybe you could cover it in a video if you ever decide to run it. Thanks for the podcasts and everything you do. Jo from Sydney

Hello Chris and Pete, I know both of you two are not huge on anime and manga, but I wanna know your thoughts on the death on Dragon Ball’s creator Akira Toriyama? Mainly because the news is everywhere around the world and I know that Natsuki sing the song Cha La head Cha La and Ryotaro put a DBZ reference of you and him in his videos.

22:57 - Kamikochi is really nice. It was in the middle of summer (early August) 2010 when I went there and getting out of the city's heat was amazing.

They beat Hollywood by actually putting out quality film. As are you and other quality RU-vidrs.

True Classic Tees is what I believe Pete was talking about, I got a little sick of their ads all the time with Jimson or whatever, but (not affiliated in any way) I now have 2 black polo shirts, 2 heather navy, 1 grey, and 9 black crew t-shirts (4 unopened yet) and they're what I wear almost all the time, love that the sleeves and neck are tighter, the advertising lived up to it. However, there was an issue with the shirts in one order of a 6 pack of black where 3 were too small, and two were the tall cut, but they sent another 6 pack free and all good.

People go to Japan to find their Natsuki the way people go to India to find their Guru...Legend.

Nikko is great, but the big shrine is not worth the insane price it costs to enter. Also because until the shrine itself everythign is free. The moss covered shrines in the forest behind it and generally the whole area is amazing for hiking. Nikko is phenomenal, just go away from the one road and shrine where all the tourists are. We even cought a bus ride to the other side of the great lake and went hiking there along a stream, with an even prettier waterfall.

Perfect Days, don't forget Perfect Days! Great movie.

shout out to BAHRAIN. 2 years living here time for me to go back to Japan

Trivia: Star Wars was actually filmed in Tunisia.

Somebody feed Phil on Netflix went to Kyoto this season. That would have been a great one for Chris to do....

I wish Chris would do a show reviewing movies

Nikko's nice. And at some point I've decided tourist spots are fun sometimes. If I'm drunk enough, I'll even go to Voodoo Donut.

I was disappointed to not see that golden RU-vid Face in the thumbnail of the video, there's always next time!

Chris I love you for the seven reference. WHATS IN THE BOXXXXX.

Abroad in Bahrain. One wonders...

Chris talking at 1:34 how Johnny Harris visited him in his studio and then at 25:02 saying there is a big announcement coming in the next episode?! 👀👀👀

Wow, I’ve been somewhere in Japan that Chris hasn’t! We went to Nikko on our trip in 1997. Kegon falls and Mt. Nantai as well as the Tokugawa shrine, all beautiful, but yeah I was with an American tour group. I don’t recall it being crowded when we went in late November though…

Hey Chris

Bahrain dreams 😄😂👍- Which job did Ryotoro in Frankfurt?

Dune Part I was better than Part 2 but still incredible film by everyone.

Pete, your glasses are awfully reflective. 🤓

"Beautiful lady contest" sounds like the BEST reality show!

Dune 2 is indeed amazing.

Is the big announcement bike based by any chance? That would explain why you never see Chris's legs on this channel, he's hiding his colossal cyclist calves out of shot. At this point Chris ought to change his surname to Froome and go professional.

Ryotoro is married????

It really is a Wonder Story of Natsuki Aso! Nobody could have predicted that one night a Drunk Hair Stylist that is going home from his "Asubi" will meet worldwide Stardom gateway in the form of a Sarcastic British Guy on a street in Rural Japan? Now Natsuki is Loved by Millions of Fans all over the World! Ryotaro is an OK guy ^_^

Nice chat today. Still not sure exactly where I can and cannot go in Gion

The creator definitely had amaIng visual effects but i cant remember too much of the plot, so iff kong beat t, ill have to have a look

please don't get SFX and VFX mixed up...pet peeve of mine

I’ve got to ask, does anyone else watch this or other podcasts at 1.25 or 1.50 speed?

Chris, why don't you just start a new YT channel and make some short films. You keep talking about wanting to direct movies. Go do it.

While I'm happy about anime getting more global recognition it honestly feels kind of insulting as well... The boy and the heron was a fine film, but it wasn't an amazing movie and it almost feels like it won simply because it was a Miyazaki movie... Anything that isn't Ghibli usually never even receives as much as a nomination yet alone a win. In the past 10 years we've had several amazing anime movies, Your Name, A Silent Voice, Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms, In This Corner of the World, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, Promare, Liz and the Blue Bird, Josee The Tiger and The Fish, and although they haven't quite lived up to the success of Your Name both Weathering with you and Suzume were still really good and visually stunning movies. To see all of these fantastic movies come out and be pretty much completely ignored and then Miyazaki releases a movie which as far as Ghibli goes is kinda middle of the road, and suddenly he wins an oscar for it... It almost can't be anything but insulting...

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Johnny Harris is not the best person to look up to. He pushes a lot of faulty RU-vid journalism and gets a lot wrong. I would encourage anyone who enjoys him to do a little further due diligence.

You gave up your dignity for 20% more traffic.. those thumbnails are cringy.

That miyazaki film was trash watched it in shinjuku at the toho cinemas when it first came out And then again in america Both times it sucked 😅