10 Years of Rasen Bran: A Channel Retrospective
It's the ten-year anniversary of the Rasen Bran YouTube channel! I decided to go back through and discuss all my major projects, reminiscing about old stories and sharing some behind-the-scenes happenings through the years. Thanks for sticking around after all these years, everyone. I'm truly a lucky guy to have an audience like you.
0:00 - Introduction
1:24 - The Primordial Years
2:45 - Why I Made My Channel
5:53 - Reacting to My "First" Video
11:28 - The Review Era
13:15 - The Shin Megami Tensei Beginner's Guide
28:32 - Making the Beginner's Guide
35:00 - Creativity as a Coping Mechanism
40:35 - Vlogging & Personal Privacy
44:40 - 100 Subscribers
49:02 - How Shin Megami Tensei IV Changed My Life
55:50 - Forum Drama
1:00:00 - The GameFAQs Guy
1:03:05 - Smans
1:06:05 - Cathedral of Shadows: A Megami Tensei Podcast
1:16:25 - Weird Experiences with Fan Translators
1:24:25 - Abandoned Projects
1:25:25 - Riffing Regrets
1:26:30 - Lost Friendships
1:35:23 - ~Secrets~
1:40:17 - Quantum Devil Saga
1:45:00 - Random Stuff (Fake Persona 5 Trailer)
1:47:10 - Smash of the Father
1:49:30 - Origin of the Name
1:54:30 - swagminazuki.mp4
1:56:45 - Why Cathedral of Shadows Ended
2:02:00 - The Shin Megami Tensei Let's Play
2:07:30 - We Are Finally Podcast & Drakengard Let's Play
2:18:40 - Titanfall 2 Let's Play
2:19:40 - No Bran's Sky & Tabletop RPG Videos
2:22:00 - Breath of the Wild Let's Play
2:24:30 - Drakengard/Nier Stuff
2:26:20 - Video Essays & Long-Form Reviews (RPG Rewind: Akalabeth)
2:30:50 - YouTube/Life Balance
2:37:50 - Resident Evil 7 VR Stream
2:39:10 - Model Kit Videos (Build & Chill)
2:40:45 - RPG Rewind: Final Fantasy Adventure/Seiken Densetsu
2:44:30 - Backdoor VHS Shop, Various Streams
2:46:25 - Zone of the Enders Let's Plays
2:47:30 - Mech Report: Omega Boost
2:49:18 - Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei Let's Plays
2:51:10 - Offbeat Gaming: It's Winter
2:51:55 - YIIK Pics
2:54:10 - Last Heart Left
2:55:53 - Ninja Gaiden Let's Play
2:58:10 - Shuffle Time: Duelists of the Roses
3:00:48 - Dragon Quest Let's Play
3:01:45 - Fighting Game Videos
3:03:20 - Blue Lick Road
3:06:30 - Monster Hunter Rise Let's Play
3:07:40 - Rider Kick Cast & Tabletop RPG Podcasts
3:08:10 - Dark Seed Let's Play
3:09:00 - Shin Megami Tensei V Videos
3:09:50 - Elden Ring Let's Play
3:10:30 - Coming Out Video
3:14:00 - Gundam Stuff
3:14:20 - Closing Thoughts
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