hitreg

Anime is worth Billions, yet its animators can’t afford food. Work 600 hours a month. End their own lives. Yet no one cares - And as a war fought by Miyazaki and Satoshi Kon fizzles to its end, 1 question remains: How did this happen??? Tmrw @ 8: youtu.be/BDEIPa9b3OU

@discord Why have you done this

@banana1000pai Lowk me too tbh

@hitregbroke miss your shit dude

Don’t let my boy be done like this come on

Here we are here we go oh boy #1

@thumbnailgrail Appreciate it bro! We should catch up sometime on discord :)

@hitregbroke Whoa, Tokyo! Hope life is treating you well! Shoot for th stars on everything you’re inspired by and the path will paint itself!

I need to learn how to animate to take the edge off of screenwriting. I'd like to see how far I can go this year Also I live in Tokyo now, so hmu if you're around -

@TeamYouTube Of course - is there an email I should sent the video to?

@HitRegBroke We might be able to help without having to DM. Can you send us your vid URL so we can take a look?

@TeamYouTube could we do this in DMs?

@HitRegBroke Would you mind sharing the channel URL with us? That way we can look into it and let you know what we find out

i feel bad for miyazaki lmao

23

Brilliant article by @wono_strategy

@dabidoYT i'll be the first then

So on July 15, 2024, I made a thread asking for Qs about YouTube Storytelling. I limited it to 30 Qs, and...it got 30 responses. Which was more than I honestly expected! So I'm finally going to spend some time answering them slowly. @HitRegBroke has made it an ongoing meme to remind me of the fact that I've never answered his question, so I want to do so first: --- QUESTION --- "One of the most important things in storytelling is to show - not tell, but it seems youtube is still abundant with "tellers" and not "showers" (imo) Does this principle carry over to yt? Is there a balance?" --- MY ANSWER --- The real question behind "is it better to show or tell?" is actually a matter of understanding YouTube-specific storytelling aims. Storytelling almost always has an aim to make someone feel something. This doesn't necessarily mean "I want my viewers to feel something deep" for every video. It might mean something as simple as "I want people who watch this to laugh", and that's still a perfectly valid aim. However, a fundamental principle behind why we sometimes "tell" so much on YouTube is because *clarity* is an enabler of emotion. Confusion is generally something that we stay far away from. When people are confused, then what happens is this: rather than feeling something special, viewers just don't feel anything. They don't understand what's going on. And because they don't understand, they don't care. That said, viewers may also understand and feel a lot more than you think, too. Not only that, but if you "show" something that's implied and not that obvious, then its discovery is its own emotional payoff too (such as symbolism that is difficult to catch). "Show not tell", as a principle, just needs to be balanced with a need for clarity. I think perhaps the best solution, if you want the best of both worlds, is to have a direct story at the front, and then heavy symbolism etc. woven that's non-blocking to that direct story. That way, the audience that just understands the main story will really get it, and then the second audience that appreciates things like symbolism/implied things etc. will feel the depth that comes from that too. In terms of specific examples, I think Pixar actually does a really good job of this. There's an obvious story that matter to children, and then there's heavier implied themes that matter to adults (e.g. when 'Inside Out 2' touches on feelings to past attachments, or when 'Elemental' has deeper themes about discrimination). Lastly: I do think that in longer videos, there's a cool opportunity for "strategic confusion". That doesn't really happen much on YouTube yet as far as I know, or at least I can't think of many case examples off the top of my head immediately. But keeping people truly in the dark sounds like a fun innovation to try out, because I think the payoff could be massive for the right video.

Act 1 complete

@ScamDIV @noahmorris i am definitely not but i appreciate the sentiment

@noahmorris @HitRegBroke W hitreg is def very talented lol

Branded channels taking off that I started this summer, Gonna be extremely lucrative in terms of sponserships and digital products. Together with @HitRegBroke 🙏👏

@noahmorris 🙏

Let's get this shit done 🤝

Any people that do 2d animation (anime-style sakuga, eastern style) that are down for a chat, hit me up. I'd like to learn about the learning process. Thx <3

summary: ai for video clips = another form of stock footage ai for video, title, thumb ideas = already exist elsewhere channel communities = it existed before but didn't do much, trying again? hype = me when a 500K sub channel gets more hype than a 500 sub channel autodub = sick

12/2025

@wono_strategy Bang on

If your strategy is just to get views, you’ve already lost. Every view is either an investment or a wasted opportunity. Chasing views is a dead-end game, it is the default strategy of the majority and that's precisely why they never make it or don't last long. I know it takes serious effort to break from the 'chasing views' addiction, as it's deeply wired into our need for validation but holding on to it is exactly why you're not reaching your goals. The real game is creating demand because attention isn’t earned, it’s rented. You have limited time to capitalize on it. People only have so much of it to give, and once you’ve got it you better know what to do with it. Views without demand are like fireworks, they light up the sky for a moment but leave no lasting impact besides feeding your ego for a short period of time. Creating demand should be your Day 1 strategy. You don’t just want views, you want people waiting for what you do next. You want to fulfill a need they didn’t even know they had. When you create demand, you stop chasing attention, attention chases you. You transition from competing against the market to being the market itself. Always remember that attention is a zero-sum game, if you don’t manage the attention you’ve caught, someone else will. ----- To explore this further, I wrote a guide (YouTube from 0 to 1) that changed the lives of many content creators of all levels in my private (but free) newsletter. Link in bio to apply.