Comedian Brodie Reed discusses his decision to get away from it all and move to Japan. He explains how he learned Japanese so that he could watch anime without subtitles or dubbed audio. Now that he's back in the U.S., he is back to performing comedy and banjo, and wants to make independent films on his own terms – having spent his younger years pitching shows to traditional Hollywood. He's also into swords. Enjoy!

Timestamps

00:00:00 Trailer

00:00:39 Intro

00:01:39 Learning Japanese origins

00:07:39 Moving to rural Japan

00:13:39 Countryside experiences

00:19:39 Japan politics and culture

00:25:39 Escape fantasies Ireland Japan

00:31:39 Stand-up and industry views

00:39:39 Pitching TV shows

00:47:39 AI content on YouTube

00:55:39 Swords and kendo interest

01:03:39 Outro

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