I have finally reached the point that I have some concrete plans in motion for my Youtube channel. Which should be exciting for those who want to see J-pop/idol related content from me again.
Overtime I have come to really enjoy watching video essays on Youtube and that has lead to me wanting to make some myself. For the past year or so I have been trying to figure out topics and how I want mine to look. Then I realized I was doing very little making compared to all the thinking I was putting into it. After a re-evaluation a new plan was created. I would take baby steps to work on the skills I will need to make a good video essay.
First step was simply making sure I was uploading something on a regular schedule. Thankfully I have a bunch of scouting videos I made of the mobile games I currently play, mostly Uta no Prince-sama Shining Live but there is some Love Live School Idol Festival and Bang Dream! Girls Party in the mix. I am slowly catching up with those as I post one a week and will keep that schedule until I am caught up. Once caught up I will post them up as soon as they are done so there will no longer be a set schedule and they will not dominate the channel so much.
Second step was to launch one of the J-pop/idol series I have been working on. J-Idol Talk was the one I finished first and will be the one I focus on until I feel I can keep a steady upload schedule with it. The series will be short (like around 5 minutes long-ish) videos going over various idol topics. The topics will range from the topical to more general and sometimes will be about specific idols or idol groups and other times just about J-idols and the Japanese entertainment industry in general. The first episode will discuss Arashi's hiatus announcement while the second episode will be about J-idols and marriage.
Third step is to launch at least one other J-pop/idol series so I will have something J-pop/idol related going up each week. Not in a rush for this as I am still at the start of step two but this is the current next goal after it.
What comes after that I do not have planned yet as there is still much I have to do just to make sure I complete step two.
Also I have relaunched my Patreon. I would really appreciate it for anyone to donate. I want to grow the amount of content I have about J-pop and J-idols and to do the in depth video essays I want to do eventually I know I will need to get my hands on the few English language books and documentaries there are on the topic. This of course costs money and as it is my budget is tight. So any amount would be appreciated, and if you do not want to do a monthly donation I do also have a Ko-fi account for small one time donations.
The first episode for J-Idol Talk will be available for my patrons on Patreon on Friday and then it will be available to the general public the next day.
