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(11) GIGGUK (UK 2005)

“Just a guy who likes to talk about Anime and has been doing it for way too long.”

Indeed he’s been doing it for almost two decades from his Youtube channel banner – and moved to Japan at some point to do it as well if I recall correctly from his videos.

I would describe myself as dabbling in anime, usually those films or series that stream on Netflix, although I dabbled in it more in a phase coinciding with my discovery of Evangelion.

So I don’t often go down into that underworld these days but when I do I use Gigguk as my guide. Indeed I often just watch his videos rather than the anime series themselves, except for those that particularly engage my interest from his videos (usually the more fantasy or SF titles).

He combines a meticulously informed fandom of anime with a healthy sense of humor about the medium – not least a self-effacing sense of humor about how silly anime or its fandom can be.

RATING: 4 STARS****

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