Tokyo Ghoul taught me to remain single and NEVER to go on a date ..

Boku no pico taught me to listen to other people's warnings

Attack on Titan taught me to give up on my dreams and die

Dear mom, I’ve made friends. I, who thought I’d be fine by my self forever, now have friends. They’re all a little weird, a little frustrating, a little broken... But i have friends who were willing to travel to Antarctica with me. We fought, we cried, we had problems... But they were willing to travel this far with me, to this place where you were... I was able to come this far because of them. Mom, what can you see from where you are? Will i be able to see the same sights that you saw? I’m going to be there soon... the place where you are. - Hits hard.

Death note inspired me to eat chips

Naruto inspired me to use the Naruto run everytime im late for school.

Violet Evergarden taught me that helping others is the most human thing that matters beneath a world shrouded by chaos. That Anime, Ghibli, there are things that are beyond of what separate tears from rain. That everyone has a story to tell, and being able to witness, be there, the stories that brings us can be stories but that aren't even our own, but stories enough to make us feel enough, that's the beauty of filling a void.

"You're the Protagonist of your own life" -Arataka Reigen

HXH taught me that the bungee gum possesses the properties of both rubber and gum...

Death Note inspired me to take a potato chip and eat it.

**Anime** has taught me that real life sucks.

It's been 4, almost 5 years since this video came out. Back then, this video made me cry and reflect on my life on multiple occasions. I was lonely, suicidal, anxious, depressed. There is nothing spectacular about this video, but for some reason it sparked something in me that helped relight the kindle of life in me that dreamed of a better future. Thank you, Gigguk. This anime may have inspired you, but you helped inspire a teenage me to not give up hope of the chances of living. 5 years on, I am feeling better than ever, thank you for being a part of that.

Your Lie in April inspired me to confess to my crush when I’m dead.

promised neverland taught me to go outside even when mom says not to

I don't have an Anime that inspired me. But Anime as whole has taught me that "Everyone dies eventually, whether they have power or not. That’s why you need to think about what you’ll accomplish while you’re alive.”

"Another" inspired me to not walk around with an umbrella.

Attack on titan taught me to spend over 1k on merchandise

"The grave of fireflies" taught me how grateful and lucky I am of having a roof above my head and abundant food to satisfy my hunger...

"Place Further Than the Universe" made me realize how lonely and boring my life is

Durarara taught me to randomly throw a fridge on people.

Parasyte has taught me that the most horrible creatures in the world are people

A silent voice taught me that our words and actions have affect on our and others Life.

I realise that this video is 3 years old, and that no one really cares about this comment. But the piece of media that affected me, is this video. Which kinda makes me feels sad, but somehow hearing someone say all this stuff about things that are relatable, reviewing this anime I've never seen before just kind of hit hard. So I'm gonna go and do something I feel is somewhat fulfilling

Weathering with You taught me how not to drown a whole city for a girl

Demon slayer inspired me to practice breathing techniques

Attack on titan taught me -"the world is cruel but it's beautiful at the same time"

Attack on titan thaught me our whole history is a lie.

Re:zero has taught me to respawn to my last checkpoint instead of just dying.

A Silent Voice told me that there is always a reason to keep living, so don’t give up before you find it.

"Your lie in April" inspired me to pursue piano again, after quitting for 5 years. Shortly after, I won interstate piano solo 1st place. This is one anime that you HAVE to watch.

“Another” inspired me to not not to go to school.

Violet evergarden taught me to appreciate everyone in my life, dead or alive. They are who made me the person i am today. :3

Konosuba inspired me to respect all the genders,EQUALLY.

Attack on Titan taught me that the true enemy of the world is humanity itself

A Place Further than the Universe made me remember how fun stuff in life can be, how people can make a great impact in your life. I just loved every second of it. I’ve just finished watching it, gonna rewatch it, because it’s an experience I wanna feel again!

Mob psycho taught me to never mess with the quiet kid in your class...

Demon Slayer taught me that if you're in danger then just fall asleep.

"The silent voice" taught me to respect the people with disabilities and also that a bad person can change too if they try

The Anime That Inspired Me - Gigguk - 1782 words, 10 : 25 When was the last time you watched an anime that really had an effect on you? No, I'm not talking about the last anime you enjoyed, the last time you had a cute waifu or husbando you cheerfully followed along with, the last time you laughed or cried during a show. I'm talking about the one that really made you rethink something in your actual life. One whose area of effect extended beyond the confines of the screen you were watching it on. That embedded itself deep into your psyche, long after you had finished watching it. It's a bittersweet feeling whenever you get it because as you grow older, that feeling becomes increasingly harder to find. Mostly because the older you get the more you learn about yourself and the world around you, that it becomes rarer for you to find something that really makes you reflect on an aspect of yourself in a different light. So, today, I wanted to share my experiences around the latest show that managed to have this effect on me and...that was with "A Place Further than the Universe." Now if you've kept up with the anime seasons or even just my Twitter, you probably already know about this show as it's made its rounds on the community as the "New critically acclaimed show of last season." But you know past all the hype and the praise of its writing and direction and technical aspects that people normally talk about. For me, it was one of the most inspirational anime I've ever had the pleasure of viewing. It's been a long time since I've seen the show that's affected an audience on such an intimate level, and I was definitely one of them and all it is is about a group of normal high school girls that journey to Antarctica. Which many people have already happily pointed out, that is still very much within this universe. Here's a little tangent about myself as a person. As a kid, I was a daydreamer. I'd spend so much of my time in my own head that people thought I was this really quiet uninteresting Asian kid that didn't have too many friends because in my head I daydreamed about going on these grand adventures and doing something exciting one day - even though I was just a lazy nerd who rarely got out of his room.But I think that was why I was so drawn to the escapism in anime and why I was so intimately drawn to this show, right from episode 1 when we are introduced to one of the girls who wakes up one day and realizes that she feels...like she's wasting her youth. She hasn't done all the crazy things she wanted to do and, cliche as this may be, I'm sure it's a feeling everyone's had at least one time in their lives. You have these plans, you have these ambitions that you tell yourself you'll eventually get to....someday. . . Someday. . . But not today. Today you have school, or today you have a job, or you're just not feeling up for it, or you have commitments, or it's just not the right time then days past, weeks, months, then eventually years and that someday never becomes... today. A lot of the times we are just waiting for that one thing to push us over the edge, and many of us never stop waiting. But in the show's case she meets someone who couldn't be more different from her. Someone who had the craziness and eccentricities she didn't, who was not going to let anything or anyone get in the way of achieving her own ambitions, which was to go to Antarctica. That was her push, that was her signal, and seeing her take that first fearful step towards the journey she always wanted hit me, so much harder than I thought it would and plastered this smile on my face that wouldn't be removed throughout the whole show. I remember thinking "Man, if they get to Antarctica in Episode 3 and this turns out to be a moe show about a bunch of cute girls messing around with penguins, I'm going to be SO disappointed." But luckily it only expanded on moments like this on the journey that they undertake and the bonds that they make. It's so energetically captured that spirit of youth and adventure, seizing the day and all that cheesy inspirational stuff you've heard before, but portraying it in a way that feels so close to home. Not as a quest with stakes bigger than people involved but as a personal journey one shared with the friends you hold most dear with a destination that was as breathtaking as the journey that took us there. There's this scene in Episode 7 I think, where the girls are on this ship to their destination, and it's the first time they've travelled by sea, so of course it's the first time they've experienced sea-sickness, and it's just an absolutely awful time. They can't sleep, they can't eat, they're constantly feeling like complete trash and yet it turns into this little..bonding experience for the group. Like the girls just start laughing because they're having an absolutely awful time...but they're having an awful time, together, and that's what doesn't make it so bad. I love this scene. Anyone who's been on a trip with friends knows that nothing goes exactly to plan. Something always goes wrong, and you may end up experiencing new things that you're...you're not too fond of but, It's sharing this experience, this journey through its ups and downs with the people you care about that really secures the bonds you have with them. It's those moments that you'll look back on together in years time and laugh at that as a tender memory even if at the time you absolutely hated it and that's kind of the beauty of this show, that it manages to hit on such a... A human level. It isn't an incredibly deep show, but it is a tender reminder of aspects many of us can find in ourselves. Whether it'd be the feeling like you're wasting your youth, that you need to do something to come to terms with an event in your life, putting on a brave face even though all you want to do is kick and scream on the inside, or never finding the friends who really cared about you. Watching these characters grow over the course of their journey and fill in these aspects that they were missing in their lives has this incredible power to ignite this desire to fill in some of the gaps in your own life. And that to me was way more powerful than the seas of motivational posters, quotes and speeches I've seen floating around on the Internet, but I guess that's just it. We've become desensitized to a lot of the things we see through a screen. Reality shows commercialize their relatable sob story. News turn tragedies into compelling narratives, social media has put a glossy filter over everyone's lives, that it's hard to distinguish what's real anymore. It's so easy to become cynical with the amount of bull we are exposed to in this ever more connected world. But maybe that's why something as innocently fake as four cute anime girls felt way more real and was able to blindside the cynical voice in the back of my head that tells me not to get swayed over something like this. When the show ended, I was greeted with a bittersweet void I hadn't felt in so long. I didn't want to watch any other anime, I didn't want to immediately log online and share my opinion. I just wanted to let it sink in and truly reflect on the experience it had given me and...When I realized that, I just thought, how long has it been since I've felt this feeling?How long has it been since I truly cherished what a show could do and really let it run its course? And that brings me to what I was saying at the beginning, every so often you find that anime, or that movie, or that song that has a profound effect on your life and makes you think deeper about yourself, and it really sticks with you for a while. That feeling is becoming harder and harder to find in this day and age, not just because you get older, but because we consume so much media now, that new things are constantly pushed in our face, that we don't even have time to reflect on the last thing we watched to let it sink in. And I don't know if I'm being old-fashioned in feeling like...when you always have something to move on to immediately, you forget to hold on to the things that you find truly special and, I think it's something we're slowly losing in this modern world of abundancy. So I decided to do something stupid. I decided to let myself BE inspired by this innocent show. Go on a journey to a place I've never been before, and do things I had never done, without any pressure to keep up with anime or the internet. Because I wanted to remember. Remember why anime had such a big effect on me when I was younger. Remember the craziness I felt when I abandoned my career to pursue this medium as a job. Remember that it showed me more than just a commodity we watched, discussed and forgot, and cement myself that just because I felt inspired by a fictional constructed story of four cute girls doing something amazing with their lives. It doesn't mean the experience was any less real for me. Because it wasn't. [Music] That's really what I wanted to get off my chest. I'm not sure if I was trying to say anything aside from, "Hey I think this is a pretty good show and you should give it a shot."But for me it reminded me a few things I might have known, but have forgotten over the years. It reminded me that I value looking at the world through an optimistic lens. It reminded me to value the bonds I've made with the friends that I have and, as someone who did do something as reckless with their life as quitting their career that I had sunk years of their life into for an Internet job, it was my personal reminder that I could turn that someday...into today.

“Your lie in April” inspired me to learn the piano 🎹

Violet Evergarden inspired me be kinder to others and to leave people better than I've found them.

Spice and Wolf inspired me to never hope for a 3rd season of an anime ever again

Code Geass taught me to never stare into the eyes of someone with red contacts

Maybe the real Antarctica is the friends we made along the way.

Silent Voice really affected me, and really did inspire to be a sign language interpreter and help the deaf kids in my school 😊❤️

Hentai Haven taught me that all good things come to an end

This video has become my "Place Further than the Universe". Whenever I lose sight of my goal, it always finds me, or I always find it, and it never ceases to rekindle that flame in my heart.

During my darkest times, when i was losing purpose in life, your name changed me forever. It gave me something to look forward to everyday, and changed the way i saw the world. Looking back the plot have holes, it is not the “perfect anime”, but it is an anime i will never forget.

Bunny Girl Senpai taught me that quantum physics is always the explanation.

Berserk 2016 and 2017 inspired me to give up hope for a decent berserk adaptation

• Nagi no Asukara taught me that there are different forms of love. • One Piece taught me that family isn't always blood related. • Naruto taught me that those who break rules are scum but those who leave their friends are worst than scum. • Fairy Tail taught me that friendship is important. • Angel Beats taught me that you should be thankful of your life. • Your name taught me that if you really love someone it doesn't matter where they are fate will bring you together. AND • Clannad taught me what is life and how precious it is. There's so much anime can teach you about life.

This is the only one of his videos I come back to time and time again. And everytime. I feel emotional and inspired in such a raw sense. Its a shame and a blessing at the same time that this is the only time he's done a video like this.

Anime in general thought me more valuable things in life than school.

This is a major tonal shift dude. Props for you on making something that came from the heart!

Clannad and Clannad After Story Taught me to stop wasting my life. To care and not take my family for granted. To treasure and care for the friends I had. To be kind and help all those around you. To find someone to love. To never give up. To be more sensible to my surroundings and lastly To find my happiness and something I wanted to protect in my life. Clannad truly changed my life because of its subtle yet beautiful themes on life and family. I reflect now on why I was very touched by the anime, and now that I think about it. It’s because it somehow exaggerated and put into perspective the true image of life and what came as responsibilities after graduating school. Clannad struck me to be profoundly beautiful. Not only did I enjoy watching it, it also influenced my attitude that has mostly been pessimistic my whole life. Go and check it out sometime you won’t regret it. It’s quite the adventure. 😁

Here a not-trolling comment 3:58 that was literally me right before starting this show (but knowing it's considered a great one) and very few times in my life I was so happy of being so fuckin wrong on my expectations about anything. I used to have many friends, maybe a lot of them, and on these days I could say I'm really alone - I could count one or two friends of mine in the present though- but this show not only made me remember those friendship-enough-reason-to-be-alive-moments and beautiful travels with friends and stuff but it also made me enjoy reliving those memories (a thing I usually but painfully do) which is a thing i had not experienced in a very, very long time; and I also enjoyed A LOT to watch those four fictional girls growing up together, turning a cry into strength and enjoying their adventure because, besides those amazing and neat technical aspects and plot, this show is human and it is emotionally ...real. It just depicts humanity as it is, and is strong enough to remember us that life maybe is not a shit at all but quite the opposite. Considering all analyzable stuff in it, this show is a masterpiece. Thank you Madhouse again.

Classroom of the elite taught me to crush anyone who comes in my way

"I want to eat your pancreas" taught me live is unpredictable. So enjoy every moment.😁

Doraemon is actually an underrated anime. It actually inspired me as a kid, how Nobita from a dumb kid he turned out to be a smart guy in the future.

Death Note taught me - HuMaNs are InTeResTinG.

DEATH NOTE inspired me to TAKE A POTATO CHIP, AND EAT IT

For me, it's Oregairu, when Hachiman said "I want something genuine" it hit me hard

rent-a-girlfriend taught me to never jump straight to conclusions

Attack on titan taught me : you are special just because you were born

Tokyo ghoul taught me to never simp 🙈✨

This comment section taught me that troll comments get more likes than serious comments 😆

Honestly this show made me realize how lonely i am and how im wasting my life too...but too bad. I don't have the financial capability to try new things and im also on college and im so busy and i will be even more busy as im in the med field...but im just too tired and burned out, and the covid situation just made it worse, i keep asking myself if i am really in the right path in my journey in life, i really need a break. IDK how or when can i really experience things like the girls did in this show. I just hope someday. . . Someday I'll get the chance to do the things i really want.

Dude. I first watched this video 3 years ago and it really touched me. So I come here once every few months when I just need to feel moved again. This is beautiful

Have you ever watched an anime so good that u actually feel sad maybe even depress that it ended

I LOVE WHEN YOU MAKE VIDEOS LIKE THESE. These are what differentiate you from regular youtubers or anitubers even. The type of video where you tap into this common and emotional sentiment we all share and I finish the video and hit up a friend with a "we are college students, we ought to go journey somewhere after the semester ends!" because you realize how fleeting time is. TURN YOUR SOMEDAYS INTO TODAYS!!!!!

The anime community is such a wonderful thing to have, i can tell all sorts of feeling i have and even cry with strangers online but not to my family, friends, and social service workers

I will never not cry watching the second half of this show. It's easily the best anime I've seen because it's just so relatable on such a deep level, in so many things. It's the most beautiful pain I've ever felt watching an anime because it's so hopeful and yet also so down-to-earth. If there's ever a show that comes anywhere near this one, I'll be surprised.

Tokyo Ghoul has inspired me to never date again.

Lolis inspired me to turn myself in to the FBI and accept my fate

K on really taught me to appreciate every slice of life and every moment we can experience but shirase woke up something in me. Her drive and goals are incredibly inspiring and I love how sure she is of herself. This anime hits some serious feels it was excellent and beautiful.

This may be the best show I've ever seen. There's no reason for it to have the impact on me that it does, but every time I watch it I feel like it's trying to pull me somewhere. Like its quietly but directly telling me I need to move.

Kimi no Na Wa taught me that we should not be rushed in finding love because destiny will make it do for you.

MadHouse inspired me to make an anime, end an anime in a cliffhanger and then never give that anime a sequel, *EVER.*

"The rising of shield hero" thought me to take responsibility for my actions and keep going and improving day by day even if the world turns against me.

Man, everytime I come back to this video, it always brings me to tears. This show means so much to me. It is an absolutely beautiful anime. It's always a great reminder everytime I watch this video. Such an inspiration

The feeling of "wasting my youth" as you mentioned is exactly what I'm feeling right now. I know that I can be very hard working and can achieve big things if I put my mind to it, the problem is... I don't know what I want to do with my life, I haven't found my passion. Without something I really like to do I find it hard to motivate myself, which in turn keeps me from doing stuff, which in turn makes it really hared to find my passion since I'm not exploring anything. I just wish to find my passion.

“That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime” taught me that getting stabbed hurts

Orange taught me how to be proactive when dealing with someone with depression

Clannad taught me family is everything.

Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day taught me that everyone grows up and time will always go on, whether you want it to or not

Violet Evergarden inspired me to become more human

Boku No Pico inspired me the meaning of life, it's tranquility, the necessity of inspiration and the battle of intellect and ethics.

Although a little late... I just finished watching the anime.. I felt inspired but conflicted about the life I am currently living and that's when I found this video... Thank you for helping me sort out my thoughts and feelings and giving me the closure I needed after completing it.

5 Centimeters Per Second taught me that you can’t hold on to precious things and that live moves on and won’t stop for no one.

Fullmetal alchemist taught me to never give up. "there is no such thing as a painless lesson, they just don't exist. sacrifices are necessary, you can't gain anything from losing something first. although, if you can endure that pain and walk away from it you'll find that you now have a heart strong enough to overcome any obstacle. yeah a heart made fullmetal" this anime literally changed my pov.

"Violet evergarden" taught me to live my life to the fullest and learn to respect and love my parents while they are still here with me.

ReLIFE taught me to enjoy the small moments in life (notably youth) while it last because they happen once in a lifetime

"when you feel like you're wasting your youth" damn

*Stein's Gate* inspires me to become mad and say- *"El. Psy. Congroo."*

It was actually Gintama. It got me through a dark period, and literally changed the way I view life, and made appreciate it more. I would've probably gone insane if it haven't been for that show.

Banana fish taught me how cruel is this world and how much lucky me are to have a normal life

Anime is not trash, and neither are we.

Hyouka taught me how to say "I'm curious" in Japanese

After 3 years, finally finished this anime. Every episode seems like a gem yet to be discovered. Thanks for the recommendation :)

*Kuzu no Honkai* has taught me so many things, it’s hard to find the right words for it or just try to explain it to somebody. This anime just hit in a different level.