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Thank you for your support!

Hello everyone, as many of you are aware, my microphone recently broke so I was getting a new one. Thank you VERY MUCH for your help, I've decided to go with this one. I'll keep everyone updated if there are issues.

The next video will very likely be the Stevie Suan video, followed by the P...

Progress Tracking

Hello everyone! I hope you're doing okay! This post is just to update you on current developments. I've got a few screenshots of one of the projects here. If this post is really, my apologies. My keyboard unfortunately is on the fritz, so typing is somewhat difficult.

Rough Intro P5R video

Hi everyone,

Sorry I wasn't able to update you regularly, but it's been a busy time. I've been doing a lot of projects at once. I wanted to update you on a rough introduction I've been working on for the P5R video, which is probably going to come out after the Stevie Suan video.

Here ...

Update Post on Next Videos

Hi everyone,

This is to update y'all on what's next. The current project is focusing on two things:

• Persona 5 Royal (and its application of visions of therapy, especially in the context of the post-9/11 Japanese malaise)

• Stevie Suan's video on anime performativi...

  2025-06-19 13:17:05 +0000 UTC View Post

Final Cut Akiba Video

Hi everyone, here's the (hopefully) final cut for the video. Hopefully there are no issues, I've sent it to a friend for a final passthrough, it's been OK'd by Patrick, but once that's done I'll be working on the sources page and whatnot.

May 19 Progress

Hello everyone! I am a littledrink when I am uploaing this video, so m apologies

Here is the progres for the video, I have most of the stuff doe,I jeust eed to check copyright an to send to atrick for last verifictiojs

As always, thanks for your auppost!

May 06 Progress, Basic Clip Cut

Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing well!

I've got a basic clip cut for the video now, this is the intended content length. I still need to do a lot of things like:

• create and add the AE clips

• level the audio so it's all consistent

• add preambles...

  2025-05-06 12:53:28 +0000 UTC View Post

April 28 Progress

Hi everyone, here's the current progress!

I'm uploading this now because I'll be in Tokyo this coming week. I'll be getting more footage for the video, I've run out a bit of footage, so my aim is to get some more (aim is Ikebukuro, possibly Asagaya, and then a few more places).

I thin...

Progress Log, 2025-04-21

Hi everyone,

Sorry I haven't been able to update you all on the video. This is the current progress, I think it's going to be around 45 minutes in total. I'm going to try and continue editing about an hour or so after work every night this week. I have to visit and guide people around durin...

March 31 Progress

Hi everyone,

I'm really sorry about the delay. There's not much of an excuse. Currently I moved into a new apartment, and for those of you familiar with Japan March and April are really notorious moving days. That means notorious internet setup days, so aside from cellular data I didn't hav...

No Update this week, Apartment Snafu

Hi everyone, I just wanted to update everyone that I wasn't able to get much done this week in terms of editing. Main reason is because I was moving apartments and there's a ton of paperwork I needed to do and a bunch of meetings I needed to go to for it, so it ate up the little free time I had. ...

Akihabara Video February 11 Progress

Hi everyone,

Here's the progress for the Akiba video! Technically this is around the halfway mark - the video aims to be around 45 minutes long. That said, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done (like finding footage, fixing audio, adding sounds, etc.), so this is still a rough ...

2025-02-03 Editing Progress

Hi everyone, sorry about the delays. I was quite busy with work during January, but I got a little more time starting now, so my hope is I'll have more time in February.

2025-01-04 Progress

Hi everyone, here's the progress up until 10 minutes out of an aim for 45. As you can see there's a lot of work that still needs to be done, such as getting footage and making animations, as well as getting some other footage.

I'll stop making daily updates because it would be very annoying...

2025-01-03 Progress

Hi everyone, it's the beginning of the editing progress videos again, this here is the progress so far of the basic cut with the Akiba video.

My plan is for the video to be around 45 minutes, so this should give a basic idea of my progress.

Stevie Suan Interview, Full

Hi everyone, here's the unedited full interview with Stevie Suan, which will be one of the videos after the Akiba (or Persona 5) video.

Interview: Patrick Galbraith, Full

Hi everyone,

Sorry about the delay. There's not much of an excuse, I've just been working and finishing up a lot of other projects. I was recently sick and busted my hand real good, so it was a bit of a hassle to get working on the project.

That said, here's Patrick's unedited (well, ...

Will upload Stevie and Patrick's Interviews end of week

Hi everyone, sorry about the delay.

I've been busy and have been dealing with a problem with my wrist, so it's been a little difficult getting to things. I'll be uploading Stevie and Patrick's (largely unedited) interviews up by the end of this week, and I'll be working on the Akihabara vid...

Walking around Akihabara with Patrick Galbraith

Hi everyone,

This here is an almost entirely unedited tour of Akihabara with Patrick Galbraith, which is part of the footage I'll be using for my upcoming video on the decline of Akihabara. There are several technical issues (especially the rolling blinds, I had forgotten to set shutter spe...

Stills from the videos in progress

Hi everyone,

I want to update all of you on the videos in progress, specifically the ones with Stevie Suan on Anime's Identity and Patrick Galbraith on Akihabara. It's thanks to your continued support that I was able to fly down and speak to them during my vacation week and get a lot of goo...

August 11-15th, will be in Tokyo to shoot for Suan and Galbraith video

Hi everyone, as the title says, on August 11-15th, I'll be in Tokyo to shoot the interviews for Stevie Suan and Patrick Galbraith. Thank you very much for the financial support, I'll be using the recent Patreon payout to get a gimbal for the camera.

If you have any questions you'd like me t...

Will upload more stock footage

Hi everyone,

Sorry I haven't uploaded much of the b-roll. I found out a bunch of them were pretty bad because I forgot to bring a neutral density filter, so now I'm seeing if they can be salvaged somehow.

To keep everyone up to date, I have some days off in August, which is when I'll ...

Uploading Footage, Budget, and Game

Hi everyone, sorry about the promise to update and then...well...not updating lol. However, I want to say that after a long radio silence I've updated the budget, it's once again found at pauseandselect.com/budget.

S...

Planning, Structure

Hi everyone, I am BACK! Again!

I wasn't able to log in for a while because I accidentally locked myself out of 2FA, but now I should be okay!

So long story short here are the three videos I'm planning on:

• 2 Parter with Stevie Suan in person, on What is Anime, and his boo...

  2024-04-17 15:04:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Okay, I am BACK!

Sorry about the delay everyone, I've been setting up for work overseas, and haven't had the time to sit down and, well, work on the next video (P5). But now that my life is somewhat stabilizing, I can devote more and more to the research and writing for the next video. I do most stuff on my lapto...

February Update

Hi everyone,

Just to keep everyone in the loop, I'm moving the end of this week for work, and then once I get set up and internet figured out in my apartment I'll be working on getting the reviews in.

Really really sorry it's taking so long. I've been trying to square away a lot of ot...

Next Video: Persona 5

Hi everyone, the next video will be on Persona 5, as mentioned, the Lamarre and Lord Knight stuff is publicly available. When I have a basic script figured out, I'll post it to keep everyone up to date! I am moving sometime at the beginning of March and then kinda AWOL until I figure out internet...

Update Post

Hi everyone! Now that the P4 video is out, I want to update everyone on what's going on. Movie reviews are coming back, next one is Michael Clayton, followed by Donnie Darko.

The next video is Persona 5. 

Originally it was going ...

Persona draft nearly done, taking Patron questions

Hi everyone,

The Persona draft is slated for publishing either this weekend or early next week, and this is one of those "patron questions at the end of the video" threads. Just respond to this and I'll include it in the video.

Editing Progress: Persona 4

Hi everyone,

I hope you all had a good New Year's. Here's the progress. I am nearly done the main cuts. I have a lot of things to time and fix, but that should be done over the next week, meaning this video will come out in a week or so.

There's only one part that hasn't been done, bu...