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Feb 5, 2019 3:46 AM
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Late to the party but what does Gigguk mean by this?

Tell me the cryptic meaning, does he mean modern anime is trash and that modern anime fans who enjoy it are trash? Does he mean as a whole? Is he referring to lolicon incest ecchi harems like Eromanga and their fans exclusively? What the fuck does he mean by this? I'm guessing he is just joking around cause that's what he does, ya know, but I'm finding some cryptic symbolism going on here. Bare with me!

He is an old fan watching anime from the mid 00's probably, he loved shonen shit, I know cause I have seen his MAL. I'm guessing he is poking fun at the modern anime fandom cause he knows it has gone to shitty moe anime and what not. And if you have seen any of his older rants you will know that Gigguk dislikes those,he says so here:


But in order to be big in the anime community today on youtube you need to watch what the masses hype and that is trash anime. So yeah, a pretty masterful satire of the modern anime community summed up in only one sentence, bravo Gigguk!

What do you think?
Feb 5, 2019 3:49 AM
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Miyazaki said

That anime was nothing,

But a big Mistake.
Feb 5, 2019 3:51 AM
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Skana said:
Miyazaki said

That anime was nothing,

But a big Mistake.

Screw that guy, don't listen to that newage hippie!
Anno said that too btw ... we are fucked.
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Feb 5, 2019 4:03 AM
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It's just a joke that got old. Stop shitposting (or shitthreading is it?).
Feb 5, 2019 4:08 AM
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jal90 said:
It's just a joke that got old. Stop shitposting (or shitthreading is it?).

It may be just a joke or it may be masked as a joke. Still the point in it holds.
Feb 5, 2019 4:11 AM
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No idea because I couldn't care less about what he says/thinks.
Feb 5, 2019 4:15 AM
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why should we care here what a random anm youtuber says?
Feb 5, 2019 4:15 AM
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I love trash. I hope there's more of this shit for a long time.
Feb 5, 2019 4:18 AM
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Arkab said:
why should we care here what a random anm youtuber says?

Cause he is one of THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FACES of the anime community. I think .. I could have gone with TheAnimeMan but that guy is cringe so Gigguk it is.

Also to elaborate, you should care cause what these guys say normie anime fans parrot and so on.
Feb 5, 2019 4:25 AM
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why do people give a flying fuck about an anime youtubers opinion?
Feb 5, 2019 4:31 AM
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Skana said:
Nanaya-kun said:

Cause he is one of THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FACES of the anime community. I think .. I could have gone with TheAnimeMan but that guy is cringe so Gigguk it is.

Also to elaborate, you should care cause what these guys say normie anime fans parrot and so on.

What the fuck i just have read. No wonder the anime community is the worst ever.

Elaborate what you mean man, I don't read minds. Do you disagree or not, why, elaborate?

Also the anime community ain't the worst ever, where the fuck do you even get that from?
Feb 5, 2019 4:32 AM

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Plot twist, OP is Gigguk. Nice try Gigguk.
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Feb 5, 2019 4:35 AM

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All anime is trash, be it new or old, and so are its fans
Feb 5, 2019 4:35 AM
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avdx101 said:
Normal people take it as a joke, weebs that can't accept what they are get triggered by it because it hurts while the others embrace it. Of course it isn't all that clear cut, but it is something around those lines.

Interesting take, I can see what you mean. A blade that cuts both sides, nice.
Feb 5, 2019 4:40 AM
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it's the super edgy and cool, new, fashionable thing to do of course! call anime and otaku culture trash, despite the fact it's a major hobby of yours, and you probably watch anime nearly every single day and have been for years now, while also calling yourself trash for enjoying it
get with the times, old man
Feb 5, 2019 4:51 AM
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Shiroanon said:
it's the super edgy and cool, new, fashionable thing to do of course! call anime and otaku culture trash, despite the fact it's a major hobby of yours, and you probably watch anime nearly every single day and have been for years now, while also calling yourself trash for enjoying it
get with the times, old man

Yeah, I guess people who do that don't actually value their hobby, or wanna be perceived as cool cause hating on anime fans is fun to do ... wow. So when the same people who mostly only watch seasonals cause that is what most care about say that anime is trash and they themselves are trash, but want people to value and look upon their medium with the respect it deserves it is quite amusing.
Feb 5, 2019 6:08 AM

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Gigguk has ptsd from watching eromanga sensei. Him being English means automaticaly that all his jokes are bad. Yamakan is a better shitposter than gigguk.
Feb 5, 2019 8:18 AM
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Most anime is terrible. Think about how many anime come out a season. Fucking 50 at a time. Only a 1/5 of them are worth even touching. And only one per season will stay slightly memorable.
Feb 5, 2019 8:50 AM

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I wish content creators had enough self-respect to at least make up their own jokes.
Feb 5, 2019 8:59 AM
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"Anime is Trash and so am I"
Before we can fully understand this sentence we must understand what the word "trash" means.

According to Merriam Webster, trash is: something worth little or nothing, a worthless person, something in a crumbled or broken condition or mass.

Now for the interpretation:

1. Gigguk mentioned this quote after watching [REDACTED] and is deeply traumatized by the impact. He knew that the amount of popularity he and the anime community gained from [REDACTED] will surely lower the value of anime in the mainstream media.

2. [REDACTED] is a show that promotes sexual underage brother sister incest. Something that I should've redacted instead of typing down. This lowers reputation not only of the fans watching the show but also the anime god himself. The mainstream media will slowly think that the people who creates or enjoys anime are the same people who promote these types of stuff. Hence, the term trash.

3. There are lots of anime out there. Some are good, most are horrible, and some are so bad that it gained more popularity than the good ones. This creates an illusion of trash where anime looks like a heaping mass of incest, isekai, and fan-service when in reality it's actually... Well, you fill in the dots. Not only that, but this also applies to the community . The one who gets highlighted are usually the extreme anime nerd. You know, the ones that... Yeah, fill in the blanks.

In the end, to expand the quote even further and creates its true meaning:

"Anime is a pile of gold hidden beneath a mountain of crap and we are a scavenger walking among trash monster." ~Albert Einstein
Feb 5, 2019 6:08 PM
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Nanaya-kun said:
Arkab said:
why should we care here what a random anm youtuber says?

Cause he is one of THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FACES of the anime community. I think .. I could have gone with TheAnimeMan but that guy is cringe so Gigguk it is.

Also to elaborate, you should care cause what these guys say normie anime fans parrot and so on.


I watched a couple of his videos and he has an interesting perspective on things. I would recommend people watch 1 or 2 videos of his before deciding if he's worth listening to or not.
Feb 5, 2019 6:12 PM

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Self deprecating humour.
DarkMane explained this https://youtu.be/mf2Sie6QIxA?t=59 (its like a 15 seconds segment you wont lose half of your day i swear it)

In the end it doesnt matter because those who dont know the joke thinks you are stupid and the people like me who know the joke also think you are stupid.
Anime is trash and so are the people who repeat this. Wait...
Miyazaki is trash too.

Check out my taste and my profile.
Feb 9, 2019 7:01 AM

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Nanaya-kun said:
Late to the party but what does Gigguk mean by this?

Tell me the cryptic meaning, does he mean modern anime is trash and that modern anime fans who enjoy it are trash? Does he mean as a whole? Is he referring to lolicon incest ecchi harems like Eromanga and their fans exclusively? What the fuck does he mean by this? I'm guessing he is just joking around cause that's what he does, ya know, but I'm finding some cryptic symbolism going on here. Bare with me!

He is an old fan watching anime from the mid 00's probably, he loved shonen shit, I know cause I have seen his MAL. I'm guessing he is poking fun at the modern anime fandom cause he knows it has gone to shitty moe anime and what not. And if you have seen any of his older rants you will know that Gigguk dislikes those,he says so here:


But in order to be big in the anime community today on youtube you need to watch what the masses hype and that is trash anime. So yeah, a pretty masterful satire of the modern anime community summed up in only one sentence, bravo Gigguk!

What do you think?


That term he made from Eromanga-sensei video. Eromanga-sensei is masterpiece of trash for him. Its trash but he like it. Even in his recent video you can see that joke for Eromanga OVA.
Feb 9, 2019 7:14 AM

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why would you guys even bother listening to other people opinion when you know its not true.. there are some bad anime but still enjoyable.... i do respect people opinion but most of them are just who wanna causes issues and spread bad habit to new anime fans like telling them if you don't enjoy first episode drop the anime, if you don't like it rate it trash or even top anime are being rated trash because of people opinion...

if you are enjoying anime than.. learn to say this

Feb 9, 2019 11:52 PM

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Basically anyone who considers himself/herself as a "fan" to anything has less credibility. I think the argument "fandom is trash" comes from that to some extent. The word "fan" is used so lightly nowadays. "Fan" used to refer to a person who is unconditionally attached to something.

"I am a fan of Code Geass" actually means you have an unflinching desire or even compulsion to defend it despite its flaws and get toxic when problems are pointed out with it.

But these days people say they are fans of something they just like. I think from what little I have seen, both anime and video game fans are alike in this aspect.

What an uproar is going on with games like Diablo Immortal and Fallout 76. "Fans" buy $200 tickets to a conference in which a company tells you what games you will get to buy in the future. "Fans" buy $200 collectors editions of trash games containing a bag and a helmet thats irrelevant to the quality of the game.

Being a "fan" of anything and supporting something blindly is what is ruining quality.

People dont remember the fact that liking something and being a "fan" are two different things
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Feb 10, 2019 1:04 AM

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"Anime is trash" = admitting that entertainment is just for fun and not really consequential so it's okay if it sucks.

"and so am I" = saying that it's okay for oneself to be interested in something that's just for fun and inconsequential.

Don't try to read too hard into it.

The way to understand shitposting is to realize that absence of meaning is a possibility.
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Feb 10, 2019 1:13 AM
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If you made this as a joke, to overanalyze a simple situation just for fun, I'd be able to dig that, but it seems like you're taking it a bit personally. Seriously, it's a joke. People from the outside called anime trash so many anime fans adopted it, just like how fans of Trump call themselves the deplorables.

Also you're overestimating the amount of influence even the biggest anitubers have
Oct 16, 2021 10:03 AM

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Anime is Trash you all should stay away from it.
Oct 16, 2021 10:08 AM
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Not giving a shit about what other people think about you or your hobbies
Oct 16, 2021 10:09 AM
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Maybe because we practically waste a lot our time by watching anime, in a certain viewpoint.
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