written By Ethan
Edited by Kwame Obiri-Addai
Originally written May 18, 2019 for polypoint
So with exams and final coursework deadlines fast approaching, let’s talk about five YouTube channels that are very much worth procrastinating that ever-dwindling time with. These are all channels that have (at time of writing) under one million subscribers and regularly produce high quality content.
An abridged series, for the uninitiated, is a fan parody that seeks to also tell the same story but in a shorted time re-editing and re-dubbing the original show to do so. Some of these series even set out to improve the original. Out of the five channels to make up this list, Project mouthwash has the slowest upload schedule. This is a common issue with the abridging community because of two very simple reasons:
1. It takes quite a while to make an abridged episode
2. Dealing with the Lovecraftian nightmare that is YouTube’s copyright system, which presents itself as a frequent annoyance for abridged channels and slows down their releases. That said, Project Mouthwash consistently are about to get at least one new abridged video at a reasonable rate and frequently update fans on their social media as to the current status of their next episode release.
Producing content for over 4 years now, there two main series are Bleach (s) Abridged and Fate/Stay Night UBW Abridged, with the latter being the more recent. Both sport fantastic voice acting and sharp witty writing.
If any of what you have just read made you want to check them out then I strongly recommend their Fate/Stay Night UBW abridged series. Not only did it introduce me to the world of Fate/Stay Night (a franchise now very close to my heart) but as the newer series, it also has less for you to catch up on. Check out my favourite video of theirs by clicking here.
4. ComicPOP
ComicPOP, as the name suggests, is a comic book YouTube channel and is host to a wide range of comic book discussion series podcasts and other fun superhero things. But ComicPOP’s main show is Back Issues. In this series, Sal or his wife Tiffany, who run the channel, sit down with their friends Ethan & Ben (who know very little about comic books) and explain to them a particular story arc/event. Currently, ComicPOP have been making videos for at least 7 years and have managed to get into a consistent uploading schedule with new videos three times a week.
If you have an interest in getting into comic books then I strongly recommend ComicPOP’s main show Back Issues. Check out my favourite video of theirs by clicking here.
3. Jesse Cox
Jesse is many things - a twitch streamer, lets-player with a daily upload schedule, a member of the Scary Game Squad (a series in which Jesse and three friends play scary games), the namesake of Coxcon (a convention he started to interact with his British fans) and a founding member of the Gentleman’s Hentai Club (a series in which he and a friend hilariously review old Hentai), I instead I would like to draw your attention to a video Jesse made a few weeks ago, in which he sits down and explains his plans and intentions for the future of the channel. The main strength of the channel is Jesse himself and hearing him talk earnestly about his plans gives a good impression of him and the channel itself. Check it out by clicking here.
2. Overly Sarcastic Production
Overly Sarcastic Production is an edutainment channel run by two individuals named Red and Blue who make “Sarcastic, yet informative, summaries of classic and not-so-classic literature and mythology, as well as major historical events”, to quote their channel description. Red takes the literature and mythological and Blue the historical, all of which are amazingly entertaining in their own right. While I would love to gush on about how much I’ve binged their summaries time and time again, their video “How to Do Research”, in which Red explains the proses she uses to research the relevant subjects for a video, also includes a lot of useful tips that can easily applied to essay writing. Check it out by clicking here.
1. Fact Fiend - with Karl Smallwood
And rounding out this top 5 list we have Fact Fiend, run by Karl Smallwood, who makes videos about the various articles he has written. This includes things like That Time Elvis's Crotch Almost Caused a Riot , Superman Almost Had a Beard in Justice League and People Can't Stop Arguing About the Size of Superman's Package. Covering not only all areas of pop culture but history as well, Karl and his camera man/editor Brad are bound to have covered something you are interested in but also something you didn’t know. Check out my favourite video of theirs by clicking here.
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