Live 'Podcast' Event
Trash Taste: Japan-based YouTubers
17:00-19:00 Thursday, June 17, 2021
Language will be in English.
Trash Taste and the new wave of YouTubers in Japan
What do you get when you put a Japanese-Australian computer engineer, a Thai-British electrical engineer and a Welsh-speaking mechanical engineer who all have a love of anime and things Japanese in a room together? The answer is "Trash Taste," a no-holds barred YouTube podcast on Japan. A year since it started, it averages a million views for each of its weekly broadcasts – not surprising as the trio have a total of 8 million YouTube followers for their individual channels.
Joey "The Anime Man" Bizinger, Garnt "Gigguk" Maneetapho and Connor "CDawgVA" Colquhoun are part of the new wave of young YouTube commentators on Japan and, given the freedom of the internet, they don't hold back. Trash Taste is not a polite review of their new home; raw opinions and a few profanities abound. The FCCJ will put out its own live "Trash Taste podcast" with the trio to learn more about Japan's booming pop culture (anime, manga, gaming, cosplay), and living the YouTube life in Japan.
How to attend:
Please register at front@fccj.or.jp with your name, the name of your media outlet, and FCCJ membership number. Due to space restrictions attendance will be limited to 20 people. Doors open 30 minutes before the event. Please sign in, giving your name and contact details at the reception, and have your temperature taken before proceeding.
How to watch online: https://www.youtube.com/c/FCCJchannel/live
Live-streaming of the press events will be available and video of this event will be uploaded to our FCCJ YouTube channel.
How to ask questions: https://forms.gle/uCQAx3iJsiSBz3Qo8
Members watching the event online can submit questions for the speakers in advance using this submission form.
TV crew: Please make a reservation at front@fccj.or.jp. Doors open for TV crews only at 45 minutes before the event. There will be five positions available for livestreaming.