You know abridged series? When animes got a little regime, and YOutubers bring back extra snark to compensate, like DBZ or Yugioh, or Sword Art Online (massively improving source material for the former)?

Well here's one about Saint Seiya, Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque in French, the language used in this one, goign through the Sanctuary arc. English sub included, of course.

Come on, you know you want to watch it.

My roommate showed me Clamavi De Profundis a while ago. Their musical style is pretty distinct, but if you're into that sort of thing it's absolutely brilliant. They do chants and laments and they do them beautifully, mostly in a lower register. Primarily their stuff comes from The Lord of the Rings but their informational video says they're inspired by fantasy literature so I'm hoping they'll branch out to other sources in the future. (They did recently release a cover of the Skyrim theme, which is always a good thing.)

short for Overly Sarcastic Productions. Their content mostly revolves around three series:

1) Miscellaneous Myths - which gives you a summary of various myths n legends

2) History / Literature Summarized - ...Pretty self-explanatory, I think

3) Trope Talks! - an analysis of more and less famous literary tropes.

Which Tomash has already heard me whine about, but anyway . . . it's the video essays about fiction that get me. Have some of my regulars! I should mention that a lot of videos in the lists I'm going to be linking have some casual swearing. I'll give more specific warnings if there's anything more NSFW than that.

Lindsay Ellis does probably my favorite video essays. Her modern work is a lot more in depth, and less gimmicky, than the stuff she used to produce as the Nostalgia Chick. I especially enjoy her Loose Canon series, which examines how a character changes over time through different adaptations.

My latest YouTube discovery is Jenny Nicholson. Her reviews tend to be really long, but her simple, quiet deadpan delivery and the creative way she examines both good and bad parts of the media she consumes make them worth the listen while washing dishes or such. As you can see from a lot of her video thumbnails, she's also a big fan of porgs, and a fan of big porgs.

Wisecrack is another good source of media analysis. This is the one channel here that tends to get a bit more NSFW when discussing certain stories, but it still never gets too directly explicit, I don't think. The "Earthling Cinema" series attempts to examine movies from a non-Earth culture perspective to deconstruct them, while "Thug Notes" summarizes literature and discusses its themes without getting tied down by formal language. Their other, non-themed videos on philosophy in fiction tend to be excellent, as well.

The videos on Nando vs. Movies look at a facet of a film or TV show that fell flat, formulates a solution, and walks that change through to see all the effects it would have had on the final story. It's mostly superhero movies, but there're a couple of Star Wars videos as well.

The content on Nerdwriter1 is literally all over the place—fiction, art, music, comedy, business politics. I only watch the videos that look interesting to me, so I haven't seen them all. But take a look; I'm sure there's at least something to capture your attention here.

—doctorlit, addict for sure

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHsRtomD4twRf5WVHHk-cMw”>TierZoo, which turns the animal kingdom into a Video Game

I watch a LOT of Youtube. So here's a few of the best.

XboxAhoy: Winner of TotalBiscuit's Arbitrary award for "Best Youtube Channel That Isn't Mine," Xboxahoy is one of those bizarre channels that has no right to exist or be as good as it is, but is and does. Ahoy does TV-documentary style... well, documentaries. Like RetroAhoy, a series about classic videogames, their development, and what makes them so special, and Iconic Arms, about real-life weapons and their portrayal in media and games. In addition, he does various absolutely fascinating one-off projects about things like the roots of Open-World, the DNA of Minecraft, the history of FPS on the Amiga, and a five part series on the influence of the Cold War on videogames, all with his characteristically polished graphical and audio production.

Bruva Alfabusa: If The Emperor Had A Text-To-Speech Device is brilliant, and it's practically an institution amongst all the 40k fans I've been able to find. Watch it, and SUMMON WIND-UP KITTEN, IN ATTACK MODE in your local game of Paradox-Billiards-Vostroyan-Roulette-Hypercube-Chess-Strip-Poker forever more.

And... dangit, I've wasted all my time and space. Here's a quick list of other people who are equally worthy of your time:
Tom Scott and associates
Ashens
Door Monster
Extra Credits
Accursed Farms (Freeman's Mind)
>Killian Experience
>Gigguk
>James Veitch
Miracle of Sound
>Noclip
>Super Bunnyhop

Probably missing a few. Oh, and also pointer to GeekNights, which is a pretty good podcast, and they also do the best panel.

However, would you mind if I added some more?

Overly Sarcastic Productions is a channel talking about several topics: some classic litterature books, history, mythology, and tropes, all arranged with illustrations and/or drawings to live up the presentations. And all of it is more than worth the watching.

Shadiversity animates a channel where medieval and fantasy weaponry, castles and the likes are the (main) name of the game : Always wondered how well-constructed the castle of Lord of the Rings were? How fantasy would impact castles? What sort of weapons were the most adapted to women, orcs, elves, dwarves, dragon riders, skeletons, etc? Wondering how practical a weapon on the back is (surprisingly better than expected for axes)? Stop reading this and watch his channel.

And then comes Mother's Basement, where the big deal are openings and how they're constructed, but also animes, who can also be made fun of through nice 'publicity videos' around one popular trope of the genre. Also, strong opinions against Sword Art Online. Another time sink you need in your life.