It was quite the risk given I’d never produced anything like it before, but one that I knew I’d always regret if I didn’t go for it.Since then, Chinese and South Korean products have become more pervasive and stolen some of that thunder. Millennials is a generation who grew up with computers, internet and social networks. So the moment when Natsuki is in the corridor after the gig and HYDE turns the corner and gives him a high five, as you can probably tell by Natsuki’s explosive expression, that was very much a genuine moment.As luck would have it one of HYDE’s managers was a viewer of the Abroad in Japan channel and thought it’d be fun to connect us both.
Yet in Japan, items from 30 years ago still look almost brand new. He has been featured in many television and print outlets and … Known by the YouTube name Abroad in Japan, Chris is a blogger and vlogger whose content relates to his lifestyle and work while living in Japan. Chris Broad’s channel is so well-produced that it feels like it ceases to be just a YouTube channel and begins to verge on being a real, professionally developed travel show that could just as easily air on the Travel Channel as it does YouTube.
You see lots of Youtubers get the chance to sit down and interview celebrities for 25 minutes, so to have full access to a legendary figure such as HYDE for an entire week was bloody exciting. God only knows if they found their way to HYDE.Secondly, you find Japanese people have a greater appreciation for physical objects, which I suspect is rooted in Buddhist and Shinto traditions. Japan’s $200 BILLION Disaster: Stories from the Tsunami (Documentary)
I’m incredibly grateful he went along with it and took the risk of giving me so much of his time.I’d always planned to get him to the concert and to get him a meeting with HYDE.
HYDE seemed more akin to a cult leader than a rockstar during the performance.For me on a personal level though, meeting HYDE and producing a documentary with him was one of the most insanely brilliant experiences in my time as a Youtuber. That respect for the physical and the sense of ownership that goes along with it, seems to be deeply rooted in Japanese culture.Just a normal guy who enjoys doujin music.I was keen to push myself and make an actual mini-documentary, and to dig a bit deeper into HYDE’s story and to my surprise HYDE and his team agreed to go along with it. Chris himself is quite a talented host. The viral video about the book seven months after that initial viral video certainly took things to the next level!If there’s something you’ve always wanted to do—a dream you’ve always had—don’t let go of it.