I need genuine feedbacks
- Thread starter AL sama
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I am not expert
But I have seen random shorts with AI voices just saying something about particular anime getting millions of view.
Or just reposting cool scenes with added music.
Some of your videos have reached almost 10k views, you just need big audience. Shorts can help there.
I think focusing on new events happening in anime fandom will give you bigger audience.
Like news about anime adaptation of manga.
New manga launching in different magazines.
Reviewing seasonal anime before their release.
But I have seen random shorts with AI voices just saying something about particular anime getting millions of view.
Or just reposting cool scenes with added music.
Some of your videos have reached almost 10k views, you just need big audience. Shorts can help there.
I think focusing on new events happening in anime fandom will give you bigger audience.
Like news about anime adaptation of manga.
New manga launching in different magazines.
Reviewing seasonal anime before their release.
It all depends on what you likes and what you want to do. Here are my advices:
When we look closely, its obvious you love anime, but as a simple bystander, I can't really catch what you see as so special about them. If I'm just passing by on your channel, although I feel like there is a strong form of interest coming from you, I can't really get why you want to share this interest with us.
In my opinion, this passion of yours for anime should be obvious simply by looking at your front page or your list of videos and I didn't really get that feeling.
What I would recommend is to diversify your content following the principle of precising what you love about anime. And maybe doing less (even if I do understand that it is complicated to perform on youtube with less content) but with more work on specific subjects.
For example, and since you watched so many anime, you could create videos showing us why you feel like said or said characters are so special, or maybe not interesting at all, your choice (I recommend positivity tho). Or maybe concentrate on a specific setting or scene that you felt deeply in love with and you want to break it down.
This would indeed require a bit of work, but this could show why you want us to share this love of anime with you. What you might lose in term of content, you might win in term of attractivity.
The rest, for me, is secondary.
- Maybe you might wanna tweek a little bit your voice maker (I don't know, maybe by playing with the rythm of your sentences or the tonality tonality, maybe adding a second voice as a counter argument ? Add play with the robotic thematic since its not a natural voice ?
- A bit of humor could be good. Find your thing, (memes, rythms, daddy humor, montage, etc. you pick)
- I only watched a few videos, so you might have done that already, but putting extracts of the anime (characters talking) might add some rythm to your videos
Overall, I respect the dedication. Your clearly loves what you watch and want to go farther. If your can manage to transmit your love and your major interests about this passion or precise them even more, this could help you I think.
Watched your first video and your latest one you made a lot of progress switching over to a voice over rather than just slide shows was good,
Especially because on your first video the font color blended in with the bg
As for you more recent videos I watched a couple of your reviews
It felt more like a recap than a review
I'd say try adding in your own thoughts, what you think of certain characters, scenes and interactions,
Give a quick recap and then break down the scene
Especially because on your first video the font color blended in with the bg
As for you more recent videos I watched a couple of your reviews
It felt more like a recap than a review
I'd say try adding in your own thoughts, what you think of certain characters, scenes and interactions,
Give a quick recap and then break down the scene
This is really good advice I think, @AL sama
The cell phone generation has a small attention span, and there's so much content out there to choose from.
Making content that keeps people attention is just freaking hard, because everyone has different interests.
Trying to focus on what the specific fanbase for a show would like to see is a good idea, like with the Chained Soldier reviews having lewd thumbnails.
People focus on cleavage, but, humans are geared towards looking each other in the face. Thumbnails also aren't that big, especially on phones. Having a cute girl's face as the thumbnail instantly draws in eyes (Holo works well here, your first Spice and Wolf thumbnail does this well), without having to worry about triggering the boob censor police who treat cleavage like hate crime. I've seen you do this, it'd be interesting to look at statistics and see how well cute fairs vs sexy thumbnails. If you can get away with sexy ones, it's great, but it's a tricky game that I have no idea how to play.
Don't be afraid to be controversial. As long as a Sub isn't pushing other Subs away, it's a good Sub, even if they're highly critical/disagreeable. Saying controversial opinions can stir up legit debate. Even if you don't believe something yourself, including in the video as a joke/bait can work well. I LOVE joke/bait stuff, as long as it leads to something better. Like anime with misleading titles that make more sense as you get into them, like Rascal Does not Dream of Bunny Girls
Content isn't just about making people like you, it's about making them interested in you. Plenty of people spend all day looking up people they hate (look at politics). Obviously, you don't want hate, but, any attention that doesn't make the channel look worse is good for it.
Small stuff like mistitling the video, then joking about it in the first few seconds and saying "you thought I mistitled the video, but I did it on purpose to fool you... just like _______ was fooled in this episode" (this is not a suggestion, but an example explaining the concept)
Good content isn't just good content, it's presentation, transitions that move things forward are a big part of that. There's a reason movies are more liked than theatre; because you don't have to wait for the scenes to change.. Making a video flow well is hard, but I think you've gotten a good deal better at it.
I have little video creation experience, but I've listened to a lot of YouTuber's talk about their editing processes.
The easiest way I can put it is this:
People like shiny things. Make content that shines like gold, that makes people want to reach their hand out and look in.
Hope at least some of this rambling helps.
The cell phone generation has a small attention span, and there's so much content out there to choose from.
Making content that keeps people attention is just freaking hard, because everyone has different interests.
Trying to focus on what the specific fanbase for a show would like to see is a good idea, like with the Chained Soldier reviews having lewd thumbnails.
People focus on cleavage, but, humans are geared towards looking each other in the face. Thumbnails also aren't that big, especially on phones. Having a cute girl's face as the thumbnail instantly draws in eyes (Holo works well here, your first Spice and Wolf thumbnail does this well), without having to worry about triggering the boob censor police who treat cleavage like hate crime. I've seen you do this, it'd be interesting to look at statistics and see how well cute fairs vs sexy thumbnails. If you can get away with sexy ones, it's great, but it's a tricky game that I have no idea how to play.
Don't be afraid to be controversial. As long as a Sub isn't pushing other Subs away, it's a good Sub, even if they're highly critical/disagreeable. Saying controversial opinions can stir up legit debate. Even if you don't believe something yourself, including in the video as a joke/bait can work well. I LOVE joke/bait stuff, as long as it leads to something better. Like anime with misleading titles that make more sense as you get into them, like Rascal Does not Dream of Bunny Girls
Content isn't just about making people like you, it's about making them interested in you. Plenty of people spend all day looking up people they hate (look at politics). Obviously, you don't want hate, but, any attention that doesn't make the channel look worse is good for it.
Small stuff like mistitling the video, then joking about it in the first few seconds and saying "you thought I mistitled the video, but I did it on purpose to fool you... just like _______ was fooled in this episode" (this is not a suggestion, but an example explaining the concept)
Good content isn't just good content, it's presentation, transitions that move things forward are a big part of that. There's a reason movies are more liked than theatre; because you don't have to wait for the scenes to change.. Making a video flow well is hard, but I think you've gotten a good deal better at it.
I have little video creation experience, but I've listened to a lot of YouTuber's talk about their editing processes.
The easiest way I can put it is this:
People like shiny things. Make content that shines like gold, that makes people want to reach their hand out and look in.
Hope at least some of this rambling helps.
I'll say I haven't watched the content of your videos just yet, but I can already give you some feeback just from taking a glance at your channel.
Thumbnails is extremely important in the youtube game, using a screenshot from the episode you're reviewing is simply just not giving me any interest to click on the video.
Think of it like cooking; when you are making dinner for yourself it doesn't really matter how you plate your food since you're the only one who sees it.
But when you are making food for others, you want to plate the food to make it look good. Put some thought into it and have the guests eat with their eyes first, before they savor the flavor.
The same principle can be applied here; You could have the best content in the world and it wouldn't matter if nobody clicks your video.
I'm not going to claim I'm some sort of thumbnail expert, but at least one thing I can give concrete feedback on is that if you want to grow and improve your channel, I'd focus on making your thumbnails recognizeable.
For us we know you as S hanks, since you've kind of used that imagery for so long and so consistently that we have that association of you; if you could use this when creating thumbnails, like putting in your Avatar or something- to make the user instantly recognize that this video is a AL sama video.
Thumbnails is extremely important in the youtube game, using a screenshot from the episode you're reviewing is simply just not giving me any interest to click on the video.
Think of it like cooking; when you are making dinner for yourself it doesn't really matter how you plate your food since you're the only one who sees it.
But when you are making food for others, you want to plate the food to make it look good. Put some thought into it and have the guests eat with their eyes first, before they savor the flavor.
The same principle can be applied here; You could have the best content in the world and it wouldn't matter if nobody clicks your video.
I'm not going to claim I'm some sort of thumbnail expert, but at least one thing I can give concrete feedback on is that if you want to grow and improve your channel, I'd focus on making your thumbnails recognizeable.
For us we know you as S hanks, since you've kind of used that imagery for so long and so consistently that we have that association of you; if you could use this when creating thumbnails, like putting in your Avatar or something- to make the user instantly recognize that this video is a AL sama video.