Natsuki: The Movie | Release Date Announcement (Finally!) (Patreon)

THIS IS IT GUYS!

There's an actual release date for Natsuki: The Movie!

And that date is Thursday 31st May (around 9pm Japan time).


*NATSUKI: THE MOVIE*

Not a single day has passed this month that I've not been working on it; whether it's searching for the perfect soundtrack, recording voiceovers, inputting subtitles, colour grading, or above all, trying to make a ridiculous scene work.

From Natsuki doing indoor skydiving and walking through London with balloons chatting to strangers, to scenes of him looking out to sea with profound expressions and attempting to eat snails in Paris, it's been one hell of a project.

It's been a lot of fun to work on, but sitting indoors hunched over a laptop for 10 hours at a time hasn't left me in the fittest state - as well as the increasing anxiety from not producing any videos this month. Perhaps that's why I've decided to cycle across Japan after all in October.

But my eyes are on the prize and that prize is sitting back after it goes live next week and knowing it's finally finished, more or less exactly one year after we started filming the scenes overseas. (Though we technically ended production just last month with Natsuki recording some additional voiceovers).

And when it does go up on Thursday, you can be sure I'll be sitting somewhere celebrating with some kind of alcoholic beverage(s).

*YOUR IDEAS*

One thing I wanted to ask you guys about was marketing ideas.

We've got about 10 days to market the film aggressively and I'm completely opened minded as to how to do it.  

I've been trying to think up some original ideas - I'd like to make another trailer and even potentially have some kind of competition. BUT what would the reward/prize  be?

If you have any thoughts, let me know below in the comments!

It's also important to add that all Patreon supporters will be in the end credits sequence of the film (listing your Patreon username). If you do object to being in the credits, please do message me and I'll be sure to remove it!



*CONTENT WHILE YOU WAIT*

In the absence of videos on the Abroad in Japan channel, there's still been some cracking good stuff coming out.

Podcasts have been out every Wednesday and in the most recent one "2 Weeks More in Japan" we covered visiting Japan for your second time, with ideas on what to do. BEST OF ALL, there's even an interactive map to go with it, with the destinations listed (below).

► PODCAST: http://hyperurl.co/nhgr30
► Interactive Map of Itinerary: https://goo.gl/3t4t3q


We also had a video on the Tokyo Creative channel where we made Sushi and even a train set for it to go on like a DIY conveyor belt.

It was more fun than it should have been - especially as I had the opportunity to destroy fellow co-presenters Joey (Animeman) and Emma (TokiDokiTraveller) through my overuse of wasabi.

► Watch the Mayhem: https://youtu.be/77rPFAtqOwo


Natsuki is off to tokyo tomorrow morning and he'll be making some more videos with Tokyo Creative in the run up to the movie.

This'll actually be the first time ever Natsuki's made a video on another channel without my supervision. (I might not have been on camera but on the last two videos he made with them,  I was sitting in the background sniggering throughout).

I feel like a father who's proudly watching his son grow up and move out finally; Natsuki's taking his first step to becoming more than just a co-host on Abroad in Japan and becoming a full blown entertainer in his own right.

Fingers crossed the movie helps him with that ambition!

Here was his last groundbreaking performance for those that missed it:
► https://youtu.be/yHxL8j1g4Ow

*SWIFT INTERNET JUSTICE*

Last week we had a bit of a situation when some dickheads who run a Youtube channel and Podcast calling themselves the "The Tasteless Gentlemen", stole our tshirt designs and promoted them over their Instagram account which has 1million followers.

To say I was fucking livid would be an understatement - although admittedly, I wasn't surprised given they were by all accounts, tasteless gentleman.

But these guys stole our design and were literally selling it to thousands of people. 

After bringing it to light on social media and viewers of the channel, the response was incredible; not only did hundreds of people contact them and call them out for their treacherous thievery, but about three days later they removed the Fuck Sake design from there store! Success!

Thanks to anyone who saw this and supported the actions against these idiots! Justice was served.

And on a more positive note, a huge shoutout to Patreon supporter David Thomas, who's not only the genius designer behind the Abroad in Japan tshirts, but also made the above poster, which is a spectacular work of art conjured up solely from watching the original trailer. (The only thing I take credit for is the tagline and release date. Oh yay, woohoo).


Sorry for the long post guys - I'd much have preferred to vlogged all of this, but it's been difficult to break away from the movie this passed week. I want nothing more than to get this movie out the way and dive back into making videos.

If you have any questions about the movie, or absolutely anything in this post, do please ask away in the comments below! I will be responding!  

And also, just to confirm! You guys are the first to know the date of the movie release. We'll begin promoting it over social media in the coming days!

God bless you all for your support - even when it looks like I've just disappeared off the face of the earth recently -  expect to hear more from me in the coming week and the run up to the release date!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and above all, get the popcorn in.

It's show time.

Chris