Update Blog - 11/20/21 (Patreon)

This really has been a week of meetings and Patreon. Not only talking some of you patrons and the people who work on the site, but also the projects I've released and working on now are requested from Patreon. It really shows how this website really plays a major role in my business and offer the biggest surprises of what content I'll be talking about.  To give you an example of what I mean, here's what my week looks like.

- Released my review of Baccano!: Guess I'm not as familiar with anime as much as I am with western animation. When I was requested this, it was my first time discovering what this show is, or even the whole franchise. I've never heard of Baccano before. But after I revealed the review, I was surprised to find that a good chunk of people are already familiar with it and leave comments like, "Hey, I know that anime!" or "Oh, I love that show!" Guess I'm the one out of the anime loop here :P Anyways, it wasn't easy figuring out a good theme to play with for this anime. I'll admit that it's not my most elaborate or didn't fully plan out a narrative in the review to fit with everything going on, but I decided to bring back the film noir aesthetic form my Happytime Murders review, since there is that element of mystery that goes on throughout the show like the parts with the Rail Tracer. It was fun to deliver another themed review and I do get how some would like it more than me and actually love the non-linear approach, especially when it handles its cast very well both in quality and quantity (a very rare combo). I hope this review did justice to the anime and it does help a bit to give me a bit more knowledge on the genre with one little cult anime at a time.

- Released my Interview video with Jasmine Katatikarn: Funny story, actually. The reason why this exists is because Jasmine came to me. She was the one who contacted me regarding some collaboration to talk about teaching the audience about working in the animation industry and giving some good tips about how to get in and understanding the experience. It also adds an extra level of intrigue that she did work as a senior lighting artist at the now-defunct Blue Sky Studios and give her perspective on what happened, which was surprisingly positive. It has been quite a while since I've done these type of interview videos (especially one that isn't about promoting an Adult Swim show), but it felt nice to truly make something for aspiring animators who want to work for animation and give a good perspective from a professional to create something that could inspire.I know YouTube's algorithm won't give a crap about this one, but the views ain't my big goal with this. It's for fans to understand more and to be inspired to follow their own passions.

- Working on the next Series Review: With one new series video released, I'm now at work producing another one. This time, however, this has got to be the shortest series I've reviewed this year. I started watching the episodes by last Sunday and finished it all a few days later. In fact, as you're reading this, I got to write the script, do all the recording & filming needed and now I'm working on the editing. I'll say now that I don't have any ideas for theming with this one. However, it does give me a lot of opportunities to produce some crazy gags throughout the review, so I'll be taking advantage of that. At the very least, I'm hoping to finish this off before I prepare myself for Encanto and have that review prepared asap. I do have plans for that one, but I'll explain that one later.

So that's been my big Patreon week. I never knew that day after day of meetings can be quite exhausting. However, I'm happy to get them over with and I'm ready for a new challenge to come out next week when Disney will be putting out their next big movie at an inconvenient time (at least inconvenient for me with my video schedule). So, until next time...

See ya later, dudes!