Pokemon sent me to Japan! 

What a whirlwind! We're glad you had a great time! 🤗

i love this era of jaiden promptly forgetting about her youtube channel for a while and instead doing all sorts of wacky side quests. she seems to be having a lot of fun!

It was such a surreal experience walking right out of a karaoke and seeing Jacob and you walk past my girlfriend and I in the busy busy streets of Japan (around Nishishinjuku??)- thank you very kindly for being so nice and letting me take a picture with you!! As a big fan from New Zealand, it was absolutely not in my 2023 bingo cards to bump into one of my all time favourite RU-vidrs, and it absolutely made my whole year.

Major props to the Mantyke fan, they came to Japan with a mission and succeeded

The Pokemon Company would not have ever expected Jaiden to be such a high contributor to Japan's economy

Imagine being a TSA guy in Japan and you see two tourists come through with eight suit cases and multiple backpacks. They load it onto the X-ray machine and you see HUNDREDS of cute little plushies and merchandise slowly cart its way through on the monitor.

THAT THING WHERE U ONLY REGISTERED CHIKAWA IN THE PHOTO IS SO REAL IVE DONE STUFF LIKE THAT BEFORE TOO 😭😂

I love that ever since Jaiden made that video about Genshin, she's now including Genshin music in the background of her videos. I'm a hardcore Genshin nerd so hearing them while watching makes me smile.

I love the flat out admission of "Gengar is my favorite so we draw him a lot"

Oh my goodness. That person who liked Mantyke got their wish, Mantyke got a new card AND an Art rare. That’s adorable

5年前の日本旅行の動画が突然おすすめに上がってきたのはまた日本に来てくれたからなのね！ おかえり〜！！

It’s always amazing to see someone experience the euphoria of fully experiencing their favorite nerd thing. While this stuff isn’t what I’m interested, I’m so glad you got to experience everything you did. It’s making me excited about a trip I’m about to take to France, my hyperfixation is history (and European sword fighting, HEMA) and one of the places we will see is the Pope’s castle from the Second Schism (a time when there were like 3 popes). I’m so excited to see such a historic castle. I just know I’m going to nerd out like you did in Japan.

Jacob getting called Sanji is wild 💀

I love that you portray the entire Pokémon company as Ball Guy, that is everything

Lol that Pokémon card director is a legend for just literally picking thing because HE likes them

Your trip is like a bucket list for me, Miku live concert, anime shopping, anime cafe, anime scavenger hunts

I love the fact that in the first videos about her going to Japan, she said how she didn’t want to animate a 30 minute video but then this one is she proceeds to animates a 30 minute video.

31 minutes of full animation in just a few months is dedication I can’t even comprehend. It takes roughly 2 years to make a full animation from scratch and the fact that Jaidens team finished this in such short time is beyond enough. Jaiden and her team deserves a break. Phenomenal job!

また日本に来てくれてありがとう！嬉しい！ 日本語の字幕は無かったけれど、何を言っているのかは何故かなんとなく分かったし、アニメーションがおもしろ楽しかった😂 Jaidenさんのアニメーションめっちゃ好きだなぁ

可愛いキャラクターはとことん可愛くアニメーションされてて なんで可愛いのだろうか… 素晴らしい動画だ

I love the sudden panic whenever Jaiden thinks the Pokemon company might dislike what she said and then quickly going "it-was-still-awesome-thank-you"

31 minutes of Jaiden telling how she and Jacob spending their life savings in Japan (and Pokémon), totally worth watching every second of it. Great Job to everyone on the animation team, this must of taken so many brain cells!

This was so incredibly wholesome, seeing youtuber friendships is awesome. Amazing video as ALWAYS!

I'm so glad you enjoyed your trip! Thanks for sharing the experience with us! I also like how fluid your animation has gotten :)

There’s absolutely no way you’re gonna see this Jaiden, but I was that super anxious fan that chatted with you as you waited in line for that Star Wars restaurant at Disneyland a few weeks ago as of writing this (it’s okay if you don’t remember it, the park was busy that day lol; also fun fact I was originally going to say hello to Jacob-he never spoke to me but in my excitement I failed to take into account how introverted he his, REALLY sorry about that Jacob, as a fellow introvert I can relate-& I had no idea you were even in line until you turned around 😅), & I just wanted to say thank you so much for that! Our conversation may have only been less than a minute long, but it really was a once-in-a-lifetime experience that I nearly passed up, but I’m glad I mustered the courage to do it, and it meant so much to me!! *Edit: omg I did not expect everyone in the replies to be so kind, tysm!! Even if she never sees this, your words mean a lot too

Never in my life have I had a moment of complete clarity as much as "Usually we make cards on pokemon I like, for example I like Gengar" The only thing my brain could process is; "That explains so much"

I loved how this video was animated! Was smiling through the whole thing. The comedic timing of them bursting into flames and the expressions were wonderful! Great job animation team!!!

Word of advise from a veteran japan weeber, dont buy suitcases, buy boxes, go to fedex, send them to yourself in the U.S. but put a week or two delay on the post. So that the boxes arrive when you are back home. Rinse and repeat during your stay, but having 1 extra suitcase for stuff is always a must. Btw, you didnt even make it past level 1 depth ice berg weebing out in japan. Theres some giant 24hour manga/figure/comic/card/games stores that will suck up every single penny you own. You would have been able to buy some of the most obscure original titles on cartridges second hand at these places. They are amazing. When I say huge, I mean huge, the manga sections are like Libraries. Its insane

I love how as time passes, Jaiden grows more and more attached and obsessed with Chiikiwa, to the point she literally ignores everything else whenever she sees one. It's both hilarious and simultaneously creepy at the same time

One of the best achievements Jaiden has ever had was being recognized by POKEMON

I loved the background music to your story. Great picks. 😁 I would have lost my mind (in a good way) if I got to go on a trip like that! I'm glad you had so much fun (sorry you couldn't find more of your favorite One Piece character).

Pokemon plushies at Jaiden's home: "I bet she will bring home more Pokemon" Chikawa: "Hello, she's mine now"

Jaiden getting kicked out of the Gacha store might be the funniest thing I've seen in a while. I've been laughing for 5 minutes straight. This whole video is hilarious tho!

Wow. You experienced nerd heaven. Thank you for (metaphorically) taking us on this wonderful voyage with you.

i love to see you happy! smiling all the way through this video! :D amazing !

Zoro ignoring the audience and just bowing at the end sounds like something he would do.

Pro Tip for gachapon shops! You can ask the owner if you can change any multiples you have and they'll look to see how many multiples you've got and depending on the case, you can switch them out for different ones that you don't already have! I've done this once for these adorable soju bottles where I kept getting the original bottles instead of the cute green ones and the dude was SO NICE he let me exchange almost like all the boring ones for the designs I wanted. He was funny too when he was like "Shhhh" as like "don't tell anyone" but I'm sure this is a normal occurance if you end up getting multiples!!

I swear I’ve watched this video so many times because of how well made it is and it is amazing

I stg everytime I see someone talk about going to Japan, I get extemely jealous. You really have it all Jaiden. You have so much money, so much fame, and get to do so many cool things. You definitely deserve it and I'm glad to see you happy. I wish I had what you had and I'm sure many people feel the same. Who wouldn't want to go to Japan and Pokémon Worlds for free basically and even be recognized by them? It really sucked missing out on Worlds and seeing all these people there having a blast while I'm at home doing nothing... it feels like such a huge worldwide event for us Pokémon fans. I love how you described it as the Super Bowl because it really is like that lol. I'm not that interested in the competitive scene but it would've been so cool to be there. I would also want to buy as many Pokémon stuff as I can but holy crap... I'd go so broke and I cannot control myself. I sadly also don't have a lot of room for more stuff so... that stinks 😔 I really hope one day I'll be able to go to Japan and experience all the wonderful things there. That's definitely the dream Also where are the other sitting cutie ranking videos? At the end of that video you said that you bought the other ones and would rank them but um... I don't see them clearly. It's been a pretty long time since that video too. I'm waiting Jaiden 👁👁

That kid’s reaction to a real life blonde person is hilarious. He thought they were a myth like the queen of England, but it turns out they were real.

My take aways from this video: 1) Jaiden and Jacob had a lovely time and rewarding experience 2) Jaiden has a Chiikawa obsession and I'm glad she's been diagnosed since the trip 3) Jaiden should never take up gambling after the gacha store incident 4) With the amount they bought, thank god the airline didn't mess up and lose their baggage

I've been saving my first view of this video because I knew it would be stuff that just makes me feel wierdly happy and joyfull inside. Works as expected!

recently i went to scotland, and was pretty nervous because my sister, my mom, and I have celiac’s disease so we cant have gluten (wheat, barley, etc.) i also have emetophobia (fear of puking) so i was very nervous if we were going to random restaurants we might get sick. but, when we went, it was SUPER gluten-free friendly and we never got sick ONCE. rather, if i was doing it in the us, i was told a story that my mother went to this restaurant and told specifically that one of their foods was gluten free, BUT IT WASNT!! so, i just told this bc i heard there werent many vegan/vegetarian options in japan, which really surprised me because usually the us in my opinion is worse when it comes to allergies because me and my family have gotten sick *many* times… i hope you had fun in your next trip to japan as well!! you are a true inspiration to me and so many people 🙂

The fact that the third Mantyke card they made is a full art makes me sure it was because of that guy

I really appreciate the inclusion of “yeah I was exhausted” points in the video. I tend to push myself way past my limits on trips, and it’s unironically helpful to see that others struggle as much as I do over extended periods of trip time

That's so cute!!! Hearing you and jacob being so close and having so much fun in a dreamland place like NERD-Japan, and it's so touching to hear how lovely of a friend he is to you and you are to him! Just.. one quick thing though... ... what is a Chiikawa?

Alpharad: *opens up about his struggles as a content creator and burnout* Jaiden: CHIIKAWAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

The little boy calling Jacob “Sanji-San!” Is too adorable! God bless that kid and his embarresed mama

Pokemon, one piece, kirby cafe, miku and eve concerts?!! I'm officially jealous of your trip! 😭 The video was awesome, thank you for your good work :>

英語の意味は理解できなくても話し方やイラストの表情で日本を楽しんでくれたことがすごく伝わる動画です😊

I don’t think I’ve ever been this jealous of another living creature this much in my whole life up till now

I didn’t even realise how much the animation had improved throughout the years until I saw how smooth it all was with all the additional in between frames and it’s insane 💀

I'm so glad you had a fun time in Japan! I hope you come and visit us again soon!

your art has improved so much jaiden! i watched at least 10 of your videos straight and saw the art styles change, then i saw this video! it was even better and the script is really funny and interesting. it got me laughing like crazy! i hope you can get even better in the future and more famous. best of luck! -a 10-and-a half yr old in hk that really appreciates your videos :)

Can we appreciate how she does these long form videos, side videos, work with wildcard, guest appearances with Jacob, and more while still giving them 100%. It is beyond me how she is able to do all this, so I feel you definitely deserves trips like this.

6:05 THIS GUY IS MY ACTUAL HERO! Mantyke has been one of my favourite Pokémon since I started playing the series, and I have literally met NO-ONE who likes it more than I until today!

That's amazing you had one of the best trips of ur life hope you can do more that relates to traveling instead of just doing animations only it's freshening to hear ur experience feeling alive

21:12 I know that feeling so well. Happen to me and my family during our last trip to Disney and I wanted to go on the Thunderbolt Mountain Rollercoster ride (I think that was the name) just when I got to the ride... it rain and the rides were shut down as a result. I get your pain. Also, I'm so jealous you want to Universal Japan. I hope I get to visit it one day too. Either way, I'm glad you had fun on your trip. Also, didn't know you were a vegen. Learning a lot about you in this video Jaiden.

TRIP IDEA: NEW ZEALAND. (This is just a suggestion as it will probably cost a bit) New Zealand is amazing, we’re known for greenery and beauty, and as a kiwi myself I just wanna give you a suggestion on what to do down here and why (This will cost a lot so if you can’t I entirely understand, even though you probably won’t see this anyway). 1: Zealandia: Location: Wellington. Island: North. Zealandia is a beautiful nature reserve holding trees and birds native to New Zealand. This place is trying to help endangered species by clearing out pests in the area. They’re also part of an organisation that is dead set on reducing the amount of pests in the Wellington region. The place is beautiful and you can’t miss it. 2: Hamilton gardens: Location: Hamilton. Island: North. Hamilton gardens is a place full of, you guessed it, gardens. These gardens are based off different things, like Tudor garden, or the Italian garden. The place is incredibly big, it’s hard to actually see all of it. The gardens are beautiful and I definitely recommend. 3: Kellytaltons: Location: Auckland. Island: North. Kellytaltons is the only underwater aquarium in New Zealand, and although it may be small, it’s absolutely amazing. The conveyor belt, the penguin area, all of it is amazing and picturesque. I don’t have much else to say about Kellytaltons though, because I haven’t been there in ages. 4: Any zoo. I know of 3, Auckland zoo, Hamilton zoo, and Wellington zoo. The good thing about our zoos is that we treat our animals well. Unlike heaps of zoos in America which obtain the animals by shooting them with tranquilliser darts and kidnapping them. 5: Rotorua and Taupo. These are their own locations and the reason I’m putting them both together is because they’re both volcanic. While lake Taupo used to be a supervolcano, it’s now a picturesque, and absolutely ginormous lake, and Rotorua is full of geysers and those boiling mud puddles. These places are amazing and I would definitely recommend. 6: Te papa. Location: Wellington. Island: North. Te papa is a museum that is actually really fun to go to, and not really boring like most are. There’s a nature section, one about what happened to the ANZAC forces in WW1 (You probably won’t know what that is), and so much more. I can’t think of much else to say, but it’s still really cool. All of these places are from the North Island, because that’s where I’m from. Anyone in the replies who can give her some ideas for the South Island please do. I hope you end up seeing this and I love your content!

I love the comparison from Jacob's video to this one. Jacob: "Yeah, we bought more than we probably should have." Jaiden: *Feral Growling*

Watching Jaden slowly go insane over the unidentifiable bear thing is pure comedy.

When she explained her hype with doing nerdy stuff i felt that harder than a rocket hitting the moon😂❤thx for ur lovely vids jaiden (u tbh built a nice childhood for 2010s or something kids and teens along with other amazing yt animators ❤)

omg I love this video! Keep up the good work! I enjoy all of your work!

jaiden getting progressively more obsessed with chikawa was really funny because i know exactly what it's like and i'm experiencing the same thing with pompompurin right now...i can only imagine how much worse i would be if i had jaiden's money💀 congrats on that diagnosis btw💪

The lesson we learned from this story is: pokemon has a clear favorite, jaiden and jacob have no self control, jaiden has chronical chikawa brainrot, they somehow have infinite money, and japan is very awesome

I'm glad you came to Japan again! I’m glad you enjoyed it! There aren't many places in Japan where people can speak English, so I think it's difficult for travelers, but there are so many fun places and delicious food, so I'd be happy if you could come back. I don't speak English either, so I use a translation app. Sorry if there are any strange words.

Jaiden’s slow decent into Chiikawa madness is hilarious

The fact that Jaiden had to add the fact she annoyed Jacob the whole flight just shows they are so close they are practically siblings. Edit: DUDE WTF 1.2K THATS INSANE TYSM GUYS

I love your animation style, it's so fun to watch!! 🤩

yo thanks for sharing this story, it was very lovely

I almost started crying at the end, seeing and hearing about Jaiden and other creators having so much fun brings me insane amounts of joy. I remember when she put out her ED video, and knowing that someone who was once in such a low place can have such an amazing life, really gives me hope for the whole world.

The end of this video made me remember just how much Jaiden used to hate being in photos and socializing with people. Seeing how much progress she made is heartwarming and I think I speak for all of your fans, Jaiden, when I say that we are all happy for you, and only hope to see you do more in the future.

OBSESSED with aLL the background music throughout the video

im confident at this point jaiden could submit her own pokemon oc design and gamefreak would gladly make it real. (Edit) SUNMASTER! MOONMASTER! IM FAMOUS!!!

creator of those funny fnaf renders (minus freddy) here, can't believe my stupid bonnie render was in the same restaurant as masuda. it's an honor to have contributed this much to society at large 💝

I didn't even realize this was 30 minutes till you mentioned it 😂 I was just having fun watchin

Love this video! I have watched it like 10 times already. I am obsessed!

This is so corny but I’ve been watching Jaiden’s videos since the 2016/2017 era and it makes me so happy to see how much she’s grown and how incredible her videos are. The part at the end where she mentioned her friends made me genuinely tear up. Thank you for all the laughs over the years :)

The Jacob/Jaiden best friendship is what I love for. That end was so heartwarming I can’t

Love the Zelda songs you played throughout the video! Wind waker is my favorite game so I was very happy to hear it playing! 😊

I find the response that Atsushi Nagashima (the Pokemon TCG Game Director) had given to the question to be very funny. And I also find the outcome of the question itself to be very sweet. That they made more cards because of that fan's Mantyke question.

Jacob side eyeing Jaiden due to seeing her having a obsession of a tiny bear and him side eyeing could be seen that Jaiden of being goofy, or she did it purpose is such a true way to showcase friendship ❤

I am a VA for one piece and have been a fan of your content for years. Hearing that you are a big One piece fan, makes me smile. It is peak. Rock on Jaiden. 🎉

This is so cool that you got to go to Japan 🇯🇵 and am really happy you had a good time

I am so jelly 😢 Glad u had so much fun !!!

It's so cool to see how Jaiden's animation style has so distinctively evolved and or improved, you can clearly tell that she has experience with vitalizing every single stroke of a pen. (this came out more sophisticated sounding than I meant to, also all hail to tuxedo Magnemite)

The chemistry between Jaiden and Jacob is incredible. Every time I see them together just makes me so happy of how great friends they are.

I believe this kind of video represents most of us that already visited or about to visit Japan at least once. I also have this enthusiasm and it's one of the few countries that i definitely wish to visit again. I also got obsessed with collecting stamps during my trip. 😂

Couldn't help but notice that literally every song I'm PRETTY SURE was a song from pokemon. Very small detail but it stood out to my lil geek brain.

Jaiden and Jacob’s friendship is one of my favorite things that has happened to RU-vid in the last couple years

I LOVE the way Japanese audiences do encores. It builds suspense and hype. American encores are good, they keep the momentum, but having the energy drop like a calm before a storm really makes the encore hit

Girlie, if I hadn’t subscribed, I would be ashamed, your animations are legendary and your stories are amazing, they way you tell them,…😅 has literally rewritten the way I interact with other human people 😅

I honestly love how they have No self control what so ever ! Love you Jaiden

What absolutely cracks me up is how not once did Jaiden ever contemplate just mailing everything back home so she wouldn't have to lug it around the entire time and on the plane too.

ur animation style has improved so much over the years, like I can't believe how much I laughed due to the comedic timing of ur animation and the angles and facial expressions

I'm a fan of Jaiden, but she's an actual person who has talent & an endearing personality! How can she (& so many others) be a fan of a "Vocaloid software voicebank" developed by 'Crypton Future Media' to work on both Mac & PC... I mean I get being a fan of Saki Fujita, but she's an actual person who has actual talent, not a vocal synthesizer app!

I definitely understand about spending a lot of money while you're out. I actually went to a Railway Museum in another country and spent a lot of money buying a Marklin start up locomotive and an exclusive wagon they have there. Luckily I didn't buy so much it didn't fit in the back of the car but it was still very expensive. so glad I got it! Also next time Jayden you're in Japan or in any other country maybe try downloading the app they have regarding their railway systems. It might make things easier if you understand how they work.

I found your videos through the bird story about the eggs and now I'm sticking around for your adventures. You are a fantastic animator! Your story was so funny! Congratulations on your trip! Looking forward to more of your content!

Hearing Jaiden just talking about Eve, made me just smile so much as everyone I know doesn't even know who he is and they watch a ton of anime and anime games so it is very nice that people like Jaiden knowing about him

For those who haven’t read that description Jaiden did say “also yes i've been diagnosed since this video, thank you for asking” and I just find that so hilarious and amazing. Was relating to Jaiden so hard this entire video especially with Miku bc I am OBSESSED with vocaloid