"See with Eyes unclouded by Hate." That's a sentiment all people should strive to follow.

"Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist"~George Carlin

The difference between Mononoke and most environmentalist works makes sense given Miyazaki's hatred of the "defeat the evil" concept. He really didn't like the idea of setting up "evil" as a bad guy or bad group where everything would be solved if you got rid of them. Part of why I like his works. This movie's conflict is kind of applicable not just to the environment but to all kinds of conflict, between countries, between groups, anything really. Everyone finds it easier to think "the other side" are all evil, or stupid, or arrogant, selfish, the list goes on, while their "side" are all good people and victims, when really pretty much everyone's just trying to live and protect those important to them.

13:18 Keith David's voice makes anything sound sexy. Even a pig god.

Absolutely loved the soundtrack on this film. Evokes a lot of feelings.

Princess Mononoke= the perfect version of Nausicca's film. But Nausicca's manga is the perfect version of both films.

That Ebert quote was so wild. I know it was the times, but still. Tezuka used to go to the cinema and watch Disney movies over and over, then replicate the style in his art as a child. The style often stereotypically attributed to anime was inspired by Disney. Thanks for the awesome video as always.

Princess Mononoke: a melancholy film based on the realization of Miyazaki’s ideals and dreams.

Sage finally talking about an actual Miyazaki-Ghibli film??? *G R A B S P O P C O R N*

I would like to point out the Princess Mononoke makes me want to preserve and respect nature more than any other work with environmental themes. So I don't think adding nuance to the story really takes away from that, if anything, I think it makes the message so much stronger, by A. making it feel more real, and B. Trusting it's audience to come to the conclusion on their own. What also helps is that the work is not singularly focused on the envirement on it's own, but also upon the nature of conflict, the need of man, and an ultimate desire to find harmony and balance between many different forces and ideals.

This reminds me of something a character said in A Certain Scientific Railgun. I don't want to try to find the specific quote, but the character said something like "Why should I rely on ideals such as trust and love? When the time comes where they are put to the test, they falter and wane every time. I've learned to rely on hatred and pride. Those principles will send people charging to their deaths supporting your cause."

Miyazaki's assholery makes him more human to me. Most likely because I have never been on the receiving end. Dope review. Thanks again BennettTheSage.

I see that Monthly Girls Nozaki-Kun on that shelf, Sage. Truly a man of culture.

The worse part is, I understand Miyazaki. Mostly since my dad is the same. He is a perfectionist that wants everyone to work on his level, and wants to make sure his style is carried on. Still a pain to work with, but given how most anime are taking shortcuts (someday Berserk will receive proper love), I can see why. Though on my note of Princess Mononoke, love the movie to death and was my first Ghibli movie.

Miyazaki's apt comparison seemed to be closer to Alan Moore instead of Walt. Artists legendary in their field, whom got famous for various work that also seem to view the public's positive/obsessive opinion on said work with ire. Anime has been on a 90's nostalgia remake kick as of late (Digimon, Yu-gi-oh, Dragon ball) so they may even do something to his old films. Not sure if they would but it'd kick up one hell of a fuss from him if it did.

14:07 Miyazaki didn't write or direct Pom Poko, you can thank Takahada for that. Great video by the way! (:

Miyazaki has never really been my favourite anime director, that title goes to Shinichiro Watanabe, but I do respect the man's huge body of work even if he comes off as a massive curmudgeon. As for next episode, yeah, it's basically the anime version of When The Wind Blows.

I can definitely say that even as a fan of Miyazaki himself and his work; hell he’s one of my inspirations and models when it comes to animation and story telling; I can say that yeah looking and reading from various books like Starting Point and a new one, Sharing a house with the Never-Ending Man, over the MASSIVE attention that Princess Mononoke got here in the states(and even Miyazaki sending Harvey Weinstein a katana with a little note on it that said “NO CUTS” because the dumbass wanted to cut the film; wonder if he ever kept that katana?) and the then ever growing attention Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli got here especially after the Oscar win of my favorite movie of all time Spirited Away, I cannot tell you how many teachers in media, professors, and many others who think they are the greatest film historians(people who sniff their own farts basically) who hold Miyazaki in such high regard and don’t even mention other great anime directors. Hell, Miyazaki even hates being called the “Walt Disney of Japan” because he doesn’t see himself as that, he just sees himself as a man who freely admits that yes he can an asshole but also just a regular man who just makes movies that people love, and he’s grateful for that. Honestly, seeing Miyazaki not liking the image the world of cinema has put on him is very similar to how Walt Disney didn’t like this squeaky clean image of himself when both men know that it’s not them. I still love the work of Miyazaki and still see him as an amazing filmmaker and storyteller but even I know that behind every amazing and beautifully animated scene in his movies, it’s simply an old man who is simply telling a story and just hopes that maybe one day there will more great storytellers and animators out there and to not get a big head of themselves.

I don't remember that scene from Earthsea...because I'd already fallen asleep.

I have a lot of respect for Miyazaki, but over the years I have grown a lot of disdain for his attitude, especially in the treatment of his son, Goro. There is a video by Beyond Ghibli (AMAZING channel) that went into exploring Tales From Earthsea, and it in, it talks about Goro and how he originally did not want to be a director, but was pressured into it by the industry. That, coupled with the unrelenting criticism of his dad, must have been really hard for him. Despite all the crap he had to go through, I'm glad that Goro has found some footing as a director, and while I am not a huge fan of Earthsea, I really love From Up on Poppy Hill, and I look forward to his next film. But if he decides to walk away from the film industry to live the agricultural life he wanted in the first place, then I wish him the best too. *Edit* Well that ending was rather sobering. I still think Miyazaki is a jerk, but I do like that you went into depth as to why that is. Amazing video Sage, Thank You.

Tbh, i think with the clip of Miyazaki saying that what he saw was 'an insult to life' is out of context. From what I remember, these guys were showing him some 3d animation using AI of some disfigured human and Miyazaki took offence with the fact that this was disrespectful for disabled people, because he definitely mentioned a friend of his with some kind of physical disability - just from what I remember anyway. It wasn't that it was using 3d animation or AI, just the way they were using it. TBF, i see his point, even if Miyazaki's being really blunt.

As overall excellent as this video essay was, I feel there were some key points either missed or overlooked in it. There were a few technical flaws in the argument, such as citing clips from Pom Poko, which was directed by Isao Takahata, not Miyazaki (and as Sage discussed way back in his original Grave of the Fireflies review, Takahata is such a Japan-centric condescending asshole that even Miyazaki lost patience with him in the end), but I feel the biggest missed cue that could have filled in a lot of the holes in this narrative was the man Miyazaki had originally intended to direct Mononoke, and some claim the man he'd picked as his successor: Yoshifumi Kondo. Miyazaki and Kondo had worked closely together since the 1970's, being almost as closely attached to Studio Ghibli as Takahata or Suzuki; Kondo had worked in virtually every role in the company but was most known for being a key animator on Kiki's Delivery Service and Porco Rosso, finally directing his own Ghibli film with Whisper of the Heart. By all accounts, Miyazaki adored Kondo's work, which convinced him to entrust Princess Mononoke to Kondo. Sadly, Kondo suffered an aneurysm and died during production, a loss that shook Miyazaki to his core. For all the talk of Miyazaki being "an asshole" or "frustrated that he couldn't be the man he wanted to be", I feel that a lot of that overlooks the trouble Miyazaki was going through with the loss of Kondo; Miyazaki wanted to retire from filmmaking and felt that he had found someone who could take his place only to see that successor cruelly snatched away. It is only natural that he would express feelings of frustration and despair at this time, and to the present day as this scar never truly healed. It is also wrong to say that Princess Mononoke was Miyazaki's first American release as... it just wasn't, not even close. Miyazaki's first dealing with American licenses was with Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, licensed by Manson International and New World Pictures and butchered into Warriors of the Wind, a chop job that so enraged Miyazaki that he initially swore that he would never release another of his films in the US. This ban would be bent with limited English dubbed releases by Streamline Pictures of Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, and Kiki's Delivery Service, all of which tried to follow Miyazaki's strict "no edits" policy. Grave of the Fireflies was another major exception, gaining an American release by virtue of technically not being owned by Studio Ghibli, though again that is a Takahata work, not Miyazaki's. My point is that Miyazaki's frustration with the American film market did not come from nowhere as this narrative seems to posit. He knew exactly how shady and two-faced US filmmakers could be, which may go a ways toward explaining his lack of patience for them. P.S. Is that Crest of the Stars I see on Sage's shelf? Oh boy, I'm... not sure if I should or shouldn't be looking forward to that series' turn on the chopping block. On the one hand, it's got its rough spots, especially in the English dub. On the other hand, it was the series that changed me from a mere mainstream Toonami fan into a true anime connoisseur.

Favorite character is the priest. At the end after all the destruction. "Well you win some. You lose some."

I remember this passage about Walt Disney. That he expressed his frustration about the public image that he kept up. That he felt like he himself was playing a character. Being a completely different person that he really was. Also the whole man v.s. nature conflict was something we discussed at nausum at the art minor Arts and Nature. The mistake we all make, which is imprinted on us from birth, is that we humans, are separate from the natural world. We are a different being. We're "evolved", we're "smarter", we're "better". We put ourselves on a pedestal above nature and take what we believe is ours to take, without giving back. But we are animals, just as same as the birds on the roof or the mice beneath the floor. A mantis shrimp can see colors we literally can't imagine. A gorilla is ten times stronger than the strongest man. Ants have invented natural ventilation far before we even started building houses. We are not above nature, we are a part of nature. And the sooner we realize that, the better

As someone who didn't really know much of any of the behind the scenes stuff about Miyazaki aside from the out-of-context quote in Tezuka's memoir thing, and the "anime is a mistake" line... this gave some exceptionally needed context that just sort of... hurts. Not in a bad way - though I suppose there's no good way either - but, I feel like I've gone from rolling my eyes at an old man yelling at clouds to... something that hits far too close to home. Thank you for that, Sage.

I've always held the opinion that Miyazaki's primary impetus for the timing of his decision to finally make a movie like this was the looming distribution deal with Disney. He absolutely knew that whatever his next movie was going to be, Disney was intending to push it very hard in US theaters. What better time, in the view of a grumpy old man who despises the US in particular and Disney's meddling, to make a movie that is not only by far the most intractably Japanese-centric thing he's ever created, but also the most violent, mature and abstract? Beyond merely being a big ol' statement he wanted to make about man vs. nature, it was a great big F U to Disney and their plans. Sure enough, making money off this movie proved impossible for Disney.

It's fascinating to me how animation, Westerns, and Samurai movies do this...circular motion of inspiring the others to mimic the style of the other. It's fascinating and weird. Kind of endearing too though!

Huh, my favorite Miyazaki film. This should be interesting.

I was surprised how violent the movie was due to the art style. I consider Princess Mononoke to be one of the best anime movies though I feel the story gets very chaotic at the end.

You know I am reminded of how the film avatar just made it a film where humans bad against nature and native people. But did not give the humans point of view to go across and understand why they did the thing they did, I sorta hate films that do that where they make one side point of you the right way over the other side.

Thank you for hitting on the points that made this movie my favorite of his. Even though the Emperor is usually viewed of as the "true" villain of the piece, I always had the feeling that if the story could pull back, we'd had seen sympathy for his motivations as well. He's the bad guy simply because we don't know his side of the story. It would be like a film solely seen from the viewpoint of the Forest OR Iron Town... but not both. You don't just hate what you don't know, you almost WANT to hate what you don't know.

As someone who's been watching anime abandon for nearly a decade but i was too quiet to comment all these years It makes me happy to see how far both ben and the show has come especially since the Video Girl Ai episode up to where anime abandon is now It feels like the show came.to its own style now more when it became free from the creeping oppressive influence of doug walker and CA

Dude, this wasn't review...it was a F%*!ing *THESIS!* And it should be used in multimedia classes and shown to any true anime fan, or student of the arts. _Sage Words_ indeed. Great work! You should do a month on this man as a series of recorded Lives.

Based on those clips you began with, I’ve come to the conclusion that Miyazaki is to hand-drawn animation what Alan Moore is to comics. They both seem to present themselves as staunch traditionalists, makers who’re dedicated to the craft, but set in their ways. This doesn’t change how talented they are, they’ve written/created many well known stories. But it seems people only interview them just to get a reaction/rant out of them.

Miyazaki's outlook on the industry serves to remind me of Jack Kirby, who is often quoted as saying, "Comics will break your heart." But just as seemingly dour as that might appear, he still held some regard for the craft despite what eventually becomes of comic books once the creator no longer has any say in the matter.

Miyazaki. The Jim Cornette of the anime industry.

The "anime was a mistake, it is nothing but trash" joke quote is not entirely unearned. For many years now, almost 2 decades the anime industry has become less and less about telling compelling and well written stories. It focus more on the fan servicing aspects of the industry like the army of harem animes (usually isekais), incest, and loli/shota (pedophilia). I am not saying ALL anime is this, we still gett occasionally really well written series or movies. These last 5-6 years we have seen several of those like Attack on titan, Vinland saga, Your name, Boku no hero acadamia, etc. But it is a huge part of the industry. Even sometimes in good stories these negative aspects sneak in. The "Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid" is a great example of this since it had a genuinely heartwarming story at times, but every time Kanna and Saikawa or Shouta and Lucoa was on screen i genuinely felt really uncomfortable. It prevented me from recommending the series to people who might have liked the core story but are unfamiliar with these tropes in anime. Kanna and Saikawa sexualises the two girls relationship that are either 10 or younger while Shouta and Lucoa is essentially about an adult forcing herself on a child against his will (but it is okay since it it is a sexy woman) but both of these things are framed as either funny or positive.

Goro has the rights to have daddy issues.................

Princess Mononoke or Mononoke Hime has gotta be one of the more FORMING pieces of media I absorbed as a kid that I’d be lying doesn’t ground me in my life today when handling situations of all sorts of conflicts. There was so much baked into its narrative without being preachy - just acted out- that resurfaces to my mind later in life. Also some of the most up lifting and inspirational things that keep me going I found reflected in his work and seeing who is is as a person I cannot help but feel empathy and also look at his works as individual cries of resistance to the reality of the world we live in. Some brought strength to my mind when I needed to remember them the most. Even if the man held absolute destain for me if we met, it didn’t invalidate the lessons his works imparted. And for that, I’ll always be grateful. His films reflected lots of things; “Look with eyes unclouded by hate.” “If you make something with all of your heart that thing has a soul.” “You never really forget someone once you’ve met.” “Always trust in yourself- do this and you’ll have nothing to fear-“ (addendum) “- even failure.” “Everyone has their reason in a side of an argument and it’s foolish to assume your opposition is a pale imitation of a person in comparison to yourself. People are nuanced and complex and it’s too easy to paint them as the villain and yourself as a hero just to make yourself feel better.” “Death is a part of life and what makes life precious- it’s a cycle that repeats and it’s what we do during our lives that is how we live forever.” “Love is hard and transformative but worth it.” “Live in balance with nature because you ultimately cannot live without it.” “ don’t be afraid to ask for help from others.” “All life is precious, because it is fleeting and ‘how fleeting’ doesn’t denounce its worth.” “Keep shooting for your dreams- even if it takes longer, nothing that is worth it-is easy!” “Sometimes you gotta let things go. And the end of a dream can mark the beginning of the next.” “Beauty comes from within. And ugliness of heart cannot hide itself forever.” Ect ect- Some of these are quotes and some of these are what lessons I glean from his films. And the list goes on.

"Never meet your heroes." Miyazaki is the prime example I look to when people make the argument of "separating the artist from the person." As an artist, I love Miyazaki's work, and seeing a butchered rendition of Nausicaa (read:Warriors of the Wind) back in the mid 1980s was my intro to anime as a wide-eyed first grader. Animation has always fascinated me since, and I would love to be half as skilled as he is in storytelling, art direction, and creativity. But as a person, I wouldn't bother to sit with him for something as simple as a cup of coffee.

This is why I watch this channel. I've essentially just seen a movie, gotten a full director's commentary and even a psychological profiling of said director... All in a quick half hour video. Keep doing what you're doing Sage, you're freaking great at it.

About the lashing Miyazaki gave those 3D animators (for whom I do feel very sorry regardless): He begins his tirade by explaining that he has a very close friend with severe mobility issues, and that using what he could only see as a mockery of disability in movement to horrify an audience made him physically ill and furious. And I think that's really important to keep in mind.

Sage: *HI HARVEY WEINSTIEN!!!* Me: *Spit take*

Love the analysis, Ive had a feeling for a long time that he is a troubled man who wished that some aspect of his animations would maybe either strive to improve the world or at least animation, but having been in the animation mill for so long his tolerance for things like 3d and animation in general has smoothed him down to a nihilistic old man. I hope that he might at least take comfort that his films will be remembered for at least offering an escape into a better world then the one that it is viewed from.

you're doing barefoot gen next?? oh holy hell im already depressed enough as it is.

This is the first anime movie I ever watched and it haunted me for years as it took me that long to remember the name and find it again love this anime glad to see you cover it

3:11 - Is that Neil Gaiman right next Weinstein?!

Loved it. Keep up the good work

Well done.A right dive in the Miyazaki universe. I enjoyed it a lot.

This movie was so rich in story, animation and music. It was a fantastic spectacle for your eyes and soul. I still remember when HBO did a special reviewing the huge rise in anime; talking about La Blue Girl, Evangelion, and a special preview of Mononoke.

Pompoko is Isao Takahata's work. WTF, Sage?

Another awesome review. Princess Mononoke is probably my favorite Ghibli film, (I'm a sucker for wolves and better still "wolf princesses") and one that my "oh-God-are-you-watching-Sailor-Moon-again?" mother picked out for me. Plus, they got Neil Gaiman to work on the English translation. Also an excellent deep dive into a director that I think a lot of us have indeed put on a pedestal, not unwarrantedly, but without having a full understanding of the man himself. As often happens. That and, as an artist, I can relate to the idea of writing characters I wish I could be more like, rather than the misanthropic hermit I've grown into. And SPEAKING of Hideaki Anno, pretty sure they got him to voice Jiro Horikoshi in 2013's The Wind Rises, so, yet another testament to Miyazaki's willingness to not only be on good terms with the guy but work with him too, leastways up until then.

Probably one of your best videos, I really enjoyed the introspective at the end about Miyazaki. Now the next video coming up will be very interesting to say the least...

I really liked this video. Thank you.

Great essay. You hit on so many good and interesting points. Not just about the subject, but life as a whole. The "idealist who let his ideals become expectations" bit at the end really hit home for me.

Hideaki Anno described Miyazaki having a problem of "dancing with his underwear on" while he compared Tomino as a man "dancing completely nude with his balls hanging out"... (which is probably why he likes Nausicca the Manga as Miyazaki's Best Work, cause that probably is the most raw that man ever was)

Strange coincidence that another channel, Steve Reviews, did a video about Princess Mononoke less than a week ago.

I'm increasingly grateful for your newer commentaries. You do what you love, even if it kills you doing it. I've been watching for years, including back catalogue. You've grown and we grow with you. Thank you so much.

I will say I personally enjoy Miyazaki's work. Yea he's cold however I'm not caring about the person here. I do want that pic of him on the cigarette boat. That is just perfect.

I just realized for the longest time that Digi-bro has been cosplaying as Ano

I never even saw the lady of Irontown as a villain. She gives home and work to the "lost women" and the lepers and she wants to protect her city. This brought her into conflict with the forces of nature. She doesn't want to kill the forest god out of malice, but because she hopes her town will be more secure after her present to the emperor. I see this more as a tragedy of two sides meeting in one place and conflict simply arising by both being there. I always believed that this was meant to be interpreted it "my way" with part of the message of the movie that not every conflict has one side clearly being "the bad ones". The people of Irontown didn't move into that place to destroy nature, but simply to live their lives. Not one of them is presented as what you would expect from "the town where the bad people live", on the contrary: We're introduced to a community of human beings who all have their own lives and relationships (implicated by what we learn from the Lady and simply the way they interact with each other) and when things get tough I can't help but root for the town's brave women. At the same time parts of nature's forces - the pigs and the apes especially - are damned scary. But they aren't villains either, they fight the destruction of their world. Their time has come and humans are about to take over. Kinda like "the age of legends is about to end".

I respect Miyazaki as an artist, but he is basically the old fart yelling at kids to get off his lawn while chasing them with a belt

This is really interesting stuff. Nice video

Hi Billy Bob Thorton! Hi Claire Danes! HI HARVEY WEINSTEIN?!?! BRUH

"I feel strongly that this is an insult to life itself." God. Damn. I gotta use that one some time.

probably one of the best films ever made, but my favourite is still nausicäa. the art direction is just perfect.

I think this is one of the best film reviews/analysis' I've ever watched. And I've watched alot since 2006 lol. Very well done, Sage.

Thank you for reviewing my favorite Miyazaki film you indeed made it better!!!!!

The idea that both sides have a place and that both are simultaneously corrupt and noble is astounding. The film is a masterpiece. And Miyazaki is an A-hole. Well, more like THE A-hole.

great analysis man

I have a few requests for you if that's ok: -Tide-Line Blue -Vandread + Vandread: Second Stage -Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms -Modest Heroes: Studio Ponoc Short Film Theater I also really enjoy your Anime Abandon series. Especially the earlier episodes. Cause with this series, I was introduced to so many anime's I have never seen before. Some for better or for worse. But anyway, keep up the great work.

I don't remember where i heard it, but there's some folk lore about when a blacksmith forges something he imbues the metal with a part of himself.

In my mind I gave a standing-ovation to this video., but you've had several that made me feel that way in the past too ^_^

Wonderful video Bennett!! And OH MAN :/ Barefoot Gen? That movie leaves scars! It's more a horror movie than anything! O.o

I love this movie. Thanks Sage!

5:17 This image here points to where the inspiration of Anime came from. From the early 1920 American cartoons like Disney and the Betty Boop guy to the amazing work of Osamu Tezuka during the 1950s in both Manga and Animation that in turn gave birth to Anime as we knew it. Many younger otaku especially those who only grew up on Miyazaki films often forget about Osamu Tezuka and how Miyazaki only delved a little in manga but was mostly an Anime film producer and director. Tezuka on the other hand, spent most of his life on Manga while also working on Anime series as far back as the early 1960s (1950s if you include his early work with Toei Animation as one of the assistant animators) as well as Tezuka worked on some films during the late 1960s (including the erotic 101 tales of Arabian Knights and Celopatra) and well into the 1980s like Pheonix film and the Jungle Emperor Leo that his animation studio was working on at the time of his death in 1989. So yeah, Miyazaki is a important figure in Anime film history, but he is certainly NOT a God of Anime nor even a father of Anime movies. Westerners especially those who only grew up on Miyazaki films often forget about those who came before them.

Sage's haircut in the beginning...😂

Literally the only person who’s commentary i can listen to all day

great vid dude

I remember the first Ghibli movie I ever watched as a kid was Ponyo. Ever since I've been checking out their other films like The Wind Rises, Kiki's Delivery Service, ect. I even checked out the works of Studio Ponoc, the studio made up of people who worked at Ghibli. Modest Heroes was a great compilation of short films that would make for incredible full-length movies. Theres a ton of potential with these. (My favorite of the bunch was Kanini and Kanino.)

This was one of the first anime’s that I saw back when it came out and I still love it to this day

who the f called Ghost In the Shell "a cyberpunk snooze fest"..

this was a great video

Great video, helps to understand the psychology of Miyazaki

What a fantastic analysis, Sage. I genuinely have a new insight into Miyazaki as a man and an artist.

I'll probably watch this one more then once over time so long as its still available to watch online. Good stuff mate. Loved it. (Nes Manga)

OH MY GOD When you revealed the next episode I got chills.

Amazing video

People should look at how Miyazaki creates and not what Miyazaki says, I know too many people who dislike him because of his "Asshole" Nature and completely disregard his accomplishments because he made fun of seasonal anime. There's a lot you can learn from him as an artist and a fan and if you're going to label him as "the angry old man" because he has some different opinions of todays anime then I don't know if I can respect that sense of thinking.

Good you hit the nail on the head.

Hating is the easiest thing to do.

"Being an asshole isn't fascinating". THANK YOU. I'm finally glad someone said this.

So next week we take a look at what I watch /instead/ of Grave of the Fireflies..... oooooohhh this is gonna bring out all the feels

Watched your 1st episode and i have to say, you lost a lot of weight. That's awesome!

Yaaaay!! New Episode!!

My father in his mid 70d actually knew who Miyazaki was right off the bat, i guess some of his works are that old and my father was a big time Rankin and Bass fan.

I feel this might be your best review, makes me think you're the best reviewer out there. Not just adoring Miyazaki and his films - and seeing past the shallow obvious theme in them. Well done Sage.

1:52 - Anno judges you for not including him in that list of examples.

Well, I was not expecting to cry during one of your reviews.

Holy shit dude, I used to watch your stuff on TGWTG but you look great now