Brief Summary
This video explores how anime has profoundly influenced Marco, a black artist, shaping his identity, career, and sense of community. He discusses how anime provided him with role models, stress relief, and a creative outlet, ultimately leading him to blend his love for anime with his music. The video also touches on the passion and discerning nature of anime fans and the importance of authenticity in creative endeavors.
- Anime provided role models and stress relief during childhood.
- Anime inspired him to blend his musical talents with his passion for anime.
- Authenticity and uniqueness are key to success and attracting a dedicated fanbase.
The video begins with a reflection on societal archetypes and the challenges of being confined to them, particularly for a black man. Marco shares his personal journey of overcoming these identity issues and finding fulfillment in life.
Marco recounts his childhood, marked by unfavorable living conditions and limited opportunities for outdoor play. He discovered anime through television, finding its ongoing narratives more engaging than other cartoons. Anime became a source of stress relief and peace of mind for his grandmother, who was relieved he wasn't out on the streets.
Anime played a significant role in shaping Marco's morals and values. Characters like Goku, Naruto, and Sailor Moon inspired him to be persistent, dream big, never give up, and be loyal to friends. Despite his passion for anime, he kept this interest separate from his music career until later in life.
Marco and his friend discuss their early experiences with anime, particularly Naruto on Toonami. They note that anime wasn't considered cool back then, and being a fan often meant being labeled as weird. However, Marco found inspiration in the central themes of being yourself present in anime like Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, and Bleach. He used these themes to overcome challenges in the music industry.
Marco started remixing his favorite anime openings, which led to building a community and a following. This fusion of his passions gave him a newfound confidence and a sense of completeness. He expresses a desire to have been able to look up to someone like his current self when he was younger.
The video highlights the passion and discerning nature of anime fans, noting that it's difficult to exploit the culture without genuine appreciation. Marco emphasizes the effort and dedication required to create anime-inspired content, which he finds deeply fulfilling.
Marco discusses emulating his favorite characters, such as Soma from God Eater, in his style. He emphasizes that anime helped him find his voice, confidence, and community. He wants to set an example that dreams, no matter how outlandish, are achievable with dedication.
The video concludes with the idea that uniqueness is attractive and can only be achieved by being true to oneself. Marco encourages viewers to embrace their individuality, as no one else can be them.
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0:01 [Music] Society loves archetypes because it makes it easy to identify people but when you start to identify a person as just the archetype it becomes a problem there's an archetype that I'm supposed to fit especially as a black phom it created a lot of identity problems for me and once I got past that that's when life got really [Music]
0:56 beautiful hey hello what took y so long traffic hi Tina hey how are you I'm good how are you hi homy say hey Grandma you know me and my projects that I got going on so Marco I had pulled out the pictures the other day mhm do you remember this one when you graduated fifth grade we had drove down there right after your graduation yeah I do you remember when I told you I used to be fat you kind of see the round this year I wasn't planing you know I had them when I was young so I didn't have a lot of money so we had to stay in unfavorable places right and the hood yeah aka the hood and I didn't want to go outside and play and so I would turn
1:42 on the TV and be like here you know watch cartoons that was the first time I got into anime the other cartoons none of the stories like made sense it was just like this week is this and then next week is this but with anime it was like it would leave you on a cliffhanger and then you would come back like oh dang I remember that happened last week so how this going how this going to progress and so you would just get caught up into it because it was like a ongoing narrative so that's when I was like bro I don't know what this is but I want more of this like this is tight it made it easier for me like you said because I was working so much it took away my stress it took away my worries that gave you peace of mind knowing that he wasn't out in the streets absolutely like all the way through I could definitely say anime raised me like straight up a lot
2:28 of the morals that I hold to this day I literally got him from anime like Goku I was like all right be persistent you know and then like Naruto like okay dream big and never give up and then just like Sailor Moon just like being loyal to all of her friends I'm like okay and because it was so cool to me anime became my role model and even when you got into the music though you didn't never stop playing your games that that's what I'm saying and I never stopped but I never Express that interest outside of home once I took the the music thing more serious the Two Worlds never ever ever mixed that is why every weekend I was always breaking my neck to go and see
3:15 prce because I knew once I got to his house it was like okay cool I can be completely me and and we're going to be we're going to be good [Music] I don't even know how you first got into Naruto I remember I found that Jun on like on tsunami to be real you know what I'm saying like you know we Adult Swim babies Cartoon Network baby that's really my my like true my freaking introduction in the anime and then from there it was a rap like once I like I got tired of waiting for them episodes bro right now anime is getting cool back
4:02 then bro no that wasn't the thing that wasn't that wasn't that wasn't the thing back in the day bro like you was weird yeah every anime I watch Like Dragon Ball Z Naruto bleach they had this central theme of being yourself I rock with that you know what I'm saying that's true that's true across the board across the board bro with every anime what it was uh basically showing me was like is that life can be hard bro you know what I'm saying it can be hard but if you just keep going you know what I'm saying be consistent like you can you can turn your child tribulation into like a fire story I use that for inspiration because being in the music industry bro that's tough and you get a lot of rejections and then you also get a lot of people who don't understand what you're trying to do I had always wanted to tell a
4:47 story through music and I was like okay the best way to do this would be to have a manga and music and then they just Co inside and so instead of like trying to send my music and I did to other music Publications I went to anime blogs boy I did that boy I ain't looked back [Music] since I started looking up all my favorite uh openings and I was like I'm remixing this one I'm remixing this one this one this one this one and I just started putting them out and then I just got a little flow going and then before I knew it I had built up a whole community and a following behind what I had it just gave me a level of confidence I had never experienced before like I felt complete I was like
5:35 oh I'm me and then I was like oh my God bro I wish Little Marco had this Marco to look up to because I would have never had to go through that I'm sorry see what I'm saying get you your pills you know what I'm talking about but yeah so I always I I was so happy to find that because I had finally become the role model I had never had you know what I mean and so that made it really comfortable for me to go into different Studios and just talk to different people and present these new ideas with a boldness I never had [Music]
6:22 before what's good what's up what's up nice to see you again how you doing man anime fans are so passion because we are very particular very picky and uh is really hard to sell us on it unless you really know it it's hard to exploit it unless you already a nerd and if you already a nerd then that means you're not going to exploit it I love that because other Industries and other cultures they're easily exploitable like easily because it's not like a a a really fine appreciation for the art and the culture of it [Music] like that of course it's so beautiful so you know I'm like it really
7:08 is a lot of effort to do it but every time I sit down to do it time flies by and I don't even realize how much time I sunk into it and that's when it gets into this sweet spot where I'm just like I want to do this forever bro [Music] y you know I like to do like the anime stuff right so who I want to like emulate this time is like one of my favorite characters from um God Eater his name is s so if you see like the jacket and then you know even the shirt is kind of emulating that same color
7:53 [Music] Okay anime helped me find that community and find that voice and find that confidence whatever I'm doing is going to be great because I'm doing it from a place that's truly me that's why I trust you I trust your vision bro I want to set an example that you can have a dream and it may sound out there but if you stick true to it and that's what you really want then there is a lane for you I need you to clap right now everybody just start clapping right now clap clap clap clap Get Loud Get Loud clap clap clap clap clap show
8:39 your love for [Music] more the reason why there's a lane for you is because when you're absolutely unique you're attractive you can only be absolutely unique if you be absolutely you because nobody else can be you but you that's
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