How Yuru Camp Reimagines Slice-of-Life Anime
How Yuru Camp Reimagines Slice-of-Life Anime
A critical retrospective on how Yuru Camp came to be the breakout success of Winter 2018, and surpassed far more hyped shows in terms of both revenue and relevance.
Alternative Title: Yuru Camp and Transforming Narrative Convention
Interview with director: https://magnavalon.com/2018/02/04/yuru-camp-interview-with-director-yoshiaki-kyougoku/
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October 9, 2018 @ 9:50 pm
Slice of life is boring as hell. No amount of "reimagining" will ever change that.
October 9, 2018 @ 9:51 pm
Fucking shit Darling in the Franxx is above Violet Evergarden?!?…. Fucking thirsty otaku.
October 9, 2018 @ 9:53 pm
You deserve more subscribers.
October 9, 2018 @ 9:58 pm
K-On was Iyushaka and we never even knew it
October 9, 2018 @ 10:00 pm
yeah, it’s not your generic anime that you see everyone season – but it’s becoming one. For the last 4 seasons at least one series has been about cute girls doing cute things in a world all by themselves…and they’ve sold WELL. Now that companies see this, I think we can expect them to continue the trend until it burns out.
Similar to how SAO and Accel World blew up isekai making it into its own genre/subset of anime. (Yes, I know .hack started it)
It’s getting bland, is my point. You can tell me all about how imaginative and creative it is – but it’s just becoming yet another anime about exactly what you just said…cute girls doing cute things.
October 9, 2018 @ 10:01 pm
So what does Yuru Camp has that Gochiusa doesn’t to be as popular as Yuru Camp?
October 9, 2018 @ 10:02 pm
I didn’t even particularly like yuru camp, there’s a lot of moe anime that are better.
October 9, 2018 @ 10:03 pm
u had a perfect video there until you put the footage of people dying in the challenger …
October 9, 2018 @ 10:03 pm
Rin ended up becoming one of my new favorite characters! Since I’m an introvert I often don’t like how they’re represented, but I love how she does it right! An introvert isn’t always someone who never goes outside, is a loner, has no friends and hates socializing. An introvert can have a bunch of friends and go out with them, but properly relaxes and refills energy by being alone, and can prefer it over going out. That’s Rin. She has friends, she gains friends, she joins a group camping, but in the end she just really enjoys being alone, and her friends respect that. Dammit, this anime is good!
October 9, 2018 @ 10:04 pm
I dropped this show while it was airing, like i dropped every other seasonal i was watching at the time except A Place Further Than The Universe but that’s besides the point, because i got burned out of anime and i hate the community around this one expecially but I’ll say you make some nice points, i wanna pick it up again.
October 9, 2018 @ 10:04 pm
This was my first E-Kon piece and man, I should’ve figured if Digi speaks highly of someone, it’s for a damn good reason. Great video!
October 9, 2018 @ 10:07 pm
When watching Yuru Camp my muscles get into such a state of relaxation, my breathing gets so slow, it’s almost like I’m sleeping while awake.
I feel like I’m being absorbed and slowly assimilated into my chair.
It’s literally the sleeper hit, definitely. And I mean that in the best way I possibly can.
Even now, just seeing images of the anime, or hearing its soundtrack, my body already starts entering that trance, it’s entirely subconscious.
October 9, 2018 @ 10:07 pm
Iyashikei are supposed to be watched bit by bit like a soothing hot bath, they get boring if you want to binge them just like 10 hour long bath would be
October 9, 2018 @ 10:08 pm
This reminds me of Kimi to Boku – have you seen it? It’s quite a yashiki show but with such amazing character work.
October 9, 2018 @ 10:09 pm
6:34 Great cruelty to endangered animals and what has to be considered pretty rapey behavior….
obviously the only legal solution is to find the witch who cursed the princess and force her to undo the spell and then to carefully relocate the dragon to a preserve.
the evil witch then get 500+lifetime sentances for mass poisoning (since in the story the whole kingdom usually tend to go to sleep with the princess for some reason… (probably because otherwise how the fuck does a dragon move in i guess?))
and that just the criminal charges… she will probably face serious lawsuit for financial damages on a multi-kingdom scale…
October 9, 2018 @ 10:09 pm
its cause camping is fun and cool.
October 9, 2018 @ 10:12 pm
I want to hug them
October 9, 2018 @ 10:12 pm
You had a great segment then used the challanger explosion as a cut away scene. C’mon you could have used some kind of anime shot to get that point across.
October 9, 2018 @ 10:12 pm
10:29 or on occasion for being a useless american pigfucker who uses customary us measures where they should use god damned metric units damn it!!!!
Stop being a fucking special snowflake US and get with the god damn program!!!
October 9, 2018 @ 10:15 pm
Alguien que lo traduzca mi inglés no es muy bueno
October 9, 2018 @ 10:17 pm
She is the the secret super saiyan that will catch all the Pokemon snd defeat the fire nation and use the heart of the cards and use her gaming skills to be the king of imanity and eventually save the world in a gigantic robot while having the power of a dragon and carrying a giant sword from a shinigami and finally find the one piece to protect the universe with her hokage powers
If i had something wrong pls tell me or reply cuz I haven’t alot of anime yet so far i have watched over 80+ yeah im still a nub
October 9, 2018 @ 10:18 pm
Yama no susume is very similar to Yuru Camp, but I consider Yamasusu much better than Yuru camp, for multiple reasons and if I should say the two most important would be the characters and structure of the story.
Yuru camp follows a very rigid structure, which is to camp every possible opportunity without much more to do besides that, it does it in different ways and it is entertaining but there is simply not much to do and the characters are fun to watch but there is not much besides it.
And without saying much Yamasusu is simply superior in all those aspects, although I understand that you do not like some of his characters, simply the story and characters feel much more accomplished than Yuru camp and really interest you, although each one will have his interpretation with that.
October 9, 2018 @ 10:19 pm
So proud to be able to notice and follow this anime since it announce
Well, I’m a huge fan of anime like Aria series so it’s not that hard to love this show LOL
October 9, 2018 @ 10:19 pm
Glad I found you & your channel through Digibro, very interesting vid!
I stopped watching Yuru Camp because I was afraid of yet again another all-yuri cast
and wouldn’t sit through it. So, after this vid I at least can appreciate it for what it is. : )
October 9, 2018 @ 10:19 pm
When naming the amazing animes of the season you forgot some of the best hits you cunt, cory in the house season 2, peppa pig, jay jay the airplane the animation, jimmy neutron need i go on? Disliked have a garbage fucking day moron next time you decide to make a video about anime watch some quality anime.
October 9, 2018 @ 10:19 pm
This was a nice relaxing show.
October 9, 2018 @ 10:20 pm
Sounds pretty interesting. Maybe I’ll give it a watch.
October 9, 2018 @ 10:21 pm
I swear, this show’s artstyle has so much diabetus in the characters’ expressions lol; EVERYONE LOVES Nadeshiko for that
Inuyama = most kawaii moe moderate-oppai ever despite her fanservice fanart = w = Everyone is full of diabetus
October 9, 2018 @ 10:21 pm
>anime youtube reviewers
how reddit can you get?
October 9, 2018 @ 10:22 pm
The work which the characters has to get through to earn their relaxing moments doesn’t come off as work at all though. It’s presented as fun both for the viewers and the characters. So I have to disagree a bit with your statement.
But either way great video, interesting iyashikei breakdown too 🙂
October 9, 2018 @ 10:22 pm
Secret Society BLANKETO spreads it’s influence further.
October 9, 2018 @ 10:26 pm
I agree! i enjoy Yuru Camp soo much i wish they have SoL anime this good EVERY seasons (but I guess that would be impossible) that aside, nice work on the video man I wish you gain more subs 😀
October 9, 2018 @ 10:26 pm
Man, you understand why I love this show more than I did. Sure, I didn’t try or put much thought into why I love Yuru camp so much, but still , I’m impressed but your analysis on why it’s so good. The video also made me think on the philosophy of enjoying life, which is much more than an anime review is suppose to do.
Nice video sir, you did not waste my time.
October 9, 2018 @ 10:27 pm
There was plenty of fanservice in Yuru Camp though. Tasteful bath scenes.
October 9, 2018 @ 10:27 pm
Nothing wrong with cgdt anime.
October 9, 2018 @ 10:27 pm
I-….I-I-…I– – Idolish seven!! :’) you know it, I’m dying to hear your thoughts!
October 9, 2018 @ 10:28 pm
Is Yuru Camp really have that kind of team that was working on this? GOOD JOB! I thought at first that this anime have a high quality team working on it. Especially the director considering him being new.
October 9, 2018 @ 10:30 pm
Devilman fucking sucked balls. It’s the worst kind of allegory.
October 9, 2018 @ 10:32 pm
Well..this anime open up my heart for the nature… can’t wait for the season 2…anybody with me???
October 9, 2018 @ 10:32 pm
*A daily dose of Yuru Camp is good for the soul…*
October 9, 2018 @ 10:34 pm
"Something blurry I couldn’t make out." *stands up and claps* My man. TvT My man.
October 9, 2018 @ 10:34 pm
You lost me at no sexual fan- service (edit I liked aria for sleeping)
October 9, 2018 @ 10:36 pm
Moeblobs in sleeping bags and implied lesbianism. Those are the secret behind its success.
October 9, 2018 @ 10:36 pm
Iyashikei is one of my favorite subgenres and the only show that has gotten me bored is Yokohama Shopping Log. But the manga doesn’t have that issue for me though 🙂
October 9, 2018 @ 10:36 pm
If only girls actually enjoyed doing this stuff.
October 9, 2018 @ 10:37 pm
Yuru Camp makes me miss Nichijou. :3
October 9, 2018 @ 10:40 pm
I hyped this up so much. I was right
October 9, 2018 @ 10:44 pm
Iyashikei is my favorite genre of anime. It is a genre completely unique to anime. There is no western equivalent.
October 9, 2018 @ 10:45 pm
Pink hair is very NOICE
October 9, 2018 @ 10:49 pm
Ive never watched yuru camp
Suprised?!?!