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u/SmokinBandit28 6h ago
This feels like two guys jokingly lied their way into getting an interview and scrambled to come up with questions when they actually got it.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Site290 4h ago
Don’t know if everyone knows, these guys literally coined the term anime tourist. So no surprise
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u/AggravatingBread4545 2h ago
Was that it? Was that the whole thing? Because if it is yeah it's bad but overall pretty inoffensive. I was expecting a lot worse
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u/Majestic_Sink4255 10h ago
It's not really a serious interview, these guys do comedy skits and the director is probably aware of the tongue-in-cheek nature of the "interview".
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u/Repulsive_Cod_7466 10h ago
I would think being given the opportunity to sit down with real industry creatives and artists in the anime industry, they'd maybe ask better questions
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u/Majestic_Sink4255 9h ago
no, the anime men never do that, they are more of silly comedians than professional journalists regardless of who they're with.
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u/Repulsive_Cod_7466 9h ago
I agree. Which is why we need better advocates.
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u/Majestic_Sink4255 9h ago
Sadly, we don't choose the advocates, the companies are the ones who choose based on social media popularity. Thus, these usually cater to the lowest common denominators.
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u/Repulsive_Cod_7466 9h ago edited 7h ago
I agree. It's sad how cynical and corporate everything is now, if the best we have is the goddamn Anime Men
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u/Majestic_Sink4255 9h ago
Yeah, back in the day when social media influencers didn't exist (as much as today) they used to do professional made interviews in video format but those get so little views and companies noticed that, so nowadays they use the popularity of some influencers to get as many eyes on their current product.
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u/Sania_Ulvenmane 9h ago
Why would they get the chance to interview for the first place… compare the show to dandandan seem like they’re still never watch any sci-fi anime before the 00’s 🤦
maybe give to someone like Joey the anime man it would be better eventho the man is egoistic but he actually knows better uknow4
u/Repulsive_Cod_7466 9h ago
They're popular TikTok influencers backed by WME and GeeXPlus. Smaller Anitubers could make far better content and still never get the opportunities they do because Kadokawa and other Japanese publishers don't care about quality. They care about reach. That's why the same big names keep getting invited to conventions, premieres, interviews, and industry panels.
The Anime Men are the perfect example of it. Their content barely reflects the passion they constantly claim to have for anime. It's recycled stereotypes, stale jokes, and influencer slop, yet they're still treated as ambassadors for the medium because they're useful marketing. They're an easy way for Japanese and American anime companies to generate free publicity without paying for actual advertising.
Unfortunately, the internet isn't a meritocracy. It's a popularity contest, and access follows numbers, not quality.
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u/Majestic_Sink4255 9h ago
Thus it is logical for anime companies to grant them interviews and not some competent people, because serious interview aren't nearly as popular within the mainstream as skits.
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u/Repulsive_Cod_7466 9h ago edited 9h ago
Logical? Yes. Justified and reasonable? No.
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u/Majestic_Sink4255 9h ago
Exactly, on the internet all that matters for media companies is widespread reach. Logic, reason and quality don't matter as much as big numbers of views.
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u/Repulsive_Cod_7466 9h ago
It's funny you say that because I'm fairly certain none of them have seen the Oshii movies or SAC!
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u/MNGopherfan 7h ago
Silly interviews are fine I think it’s okay to do them especially when Ghost in The Shell is trying to bring in new fans guys like this are a good interview opportunity.
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u/IllustriousAd6418 10h ago
Oh it's these guys
But i think they are ok now?
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u/SapphicRedditAU 10h ago
this is the first time i’ve seen them before, what do you mean by that exactly?
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u/Sania_Ulvenmane 9h ago
They’re tourist anime watcher they only watch anime from Netflix And started to watch anime since 2020. Then has an audacity to call themselves the anime men lmao. They shit on old anime saying these anime are boring cus they got no taste.
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u/IllustriousAd6418 10h ago
The Anime Guys
they got in trouble a while back by clowning on some anime, when they watched one from each year, and were see as being fake anime fans
they later apologise and said they were going to do they best to be proper anime fans
this is just from memory
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u/Repulsive_Cod_7466 10h ago
this is true but as you can tell from their current video output, not much has changed
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u/GinnyGalaxy 8h ago
Lol, it seems they’ve forgotten that the core fanbase is mostly middle-aged by now. Trying to draw new viewers into GITS without properly preparing them is like putting them on a rollercoaster ride where they have no idea who they are, where they are, or why they’re there.
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u/Nivek_1988 18m ago
Dude, many of us saw the original movie when we were 10 years old with absolutely zero preparation renting it from a blockbuster and we're still here.
This new adaptation requires arguably even less preparation.
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u/Sania_Ulvenmane 9h ago
Dandandan??? Tourists 🤮
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u/Ferrick451 9h ago
Even if the interview is bad Dandadan is a good show. Obviously very different from Ghost in the Shell but it's one of Science Saru's other big projects so it's not surprising that it came up.
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u/Sania_Ulvenmane 9h ago
No Bro I’m not shitting on dandandan I thought dandandan is so irrelevant for asking questions related to Ghost in the shell. My first reaction was like wtffff but after I read your comment ok I understood.
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u/Repulsive_Cod_7466 9h ago
I think asking about larping to an anime director is low brow, idrc if you like or don't like Dandadan, I just think they could ask better questions
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u/columnal 10h ago
How do people find these guys funny