Underappreciated YouTube Channels You Want to Share

[hex]

I don't know if I can call him "underappreciated" because I just checked and he's got about a million followers, but I love Solo Solo Travel. He's a Japanese guy who does travel vlogs that are more focused on the transport than the location -- he doesn't show his face and keeps his minimal commentary text-based. It's sort of a more authentic version than the vlog montages that are popular on TikTok (at least my account the 3 times I month I think to check it).

I find it gets me weirdly emotional at times, maybe because of how mundane the content is. I don't know much about the old school aesthetic of early vlogging, but it feels like it should be something like this, just a snapshot of the experience of a person living far away, in a place you'll likely never travel to, not overly edited or staged unlike most of what I seem to find around. And Japanese trains are just too cool to be real and he gets it.

[Melooon]

@hex SoloSoloTravel is super, I put them on the TV and watched a few train rides with family over Christmas 

I stopped by to share two channels! Theme Parks Shouldn't Exist goes into the lost histories of Disnyland parks, a subject that I've always been fascinated by, if you could not tell by the forum name  And Kevin Lee Jacobs who runs a really sweet channel where he unpacks tea sets and does household chores and arranges flowers.

[Memory]

Here is a list of channels I feel are underrated, though they might not be? But nobody I know has ever heard of them anyways...

Memory Hole - Memory Hole is so bizarre and great, basically strange VHS footage with a sort of spooky slant on them. I find them cosy and comforting to watch, they sorta remind me of the Adult Swim Off the Air content.

Alan Tutorial - I can't remember how I found this, but it seems to be an ARG/art project that I found really interesting. In the first few videos of the canon, Alan teaches the viewer how to accomplish various bizarre, often mundane tasks such as filling a small box with dirt and crushing soda cans with wooden planks. In one instance, his instructions are interrupted by a loud knocking at the door, and in the next video, he appears to have been locked in a closet.

Soon Alan seems to run out of ideas for new tutorials. To make matters worse, something scary finds its way into his room and gives him spooks, and immediately afterward his beloved blue chair is knocked over. This tragic turn of events deeply upsets him but he soon finds his motivation again and continues making tutorials.

Atomic Shrimp - I LOVE Atomic Shrimp's videos... he basically covers all sorts of things. He's a wonderfully interesting seeker of knowledge, a true autodidact and one of the purest humans ever. I very much appreciate his wonderfully 'neutral observer of reality' vibes and I've learnt a lot from watching his content.

Furry Found Footage - This one I found through a random Twitter post and felt curious as I love found footage and lost media etc. Furry Found Footage digs deep for content so obscure, you'll swear it never existed before you see it. Videos include synopses, historical and production information, as well as an analysis through the lens of online furry communities by host Aurelina - whose voice is just so attractive to me. I really love the whole vibe of this channel.

Scare Theater - This is a horror channel dedicated to the strange, unusual and unsolved mysteries of reality. Definitely worth a binge.

Lazy Masquerade - Very similar to Scare Theater, the guy has a great/soothing voice and I love how he presents and executes his content.

Johnny Vector - A great YT channel for Sonic fans, especially fans who grew up with the Fleetway comics. This person covers HIGHLY DETAILED dives into the Fleetway canon and various characters and also has comparisons and coverage of the IDW comics and the Archie comics.

Badnik Mechanic - Another Sonic the hedgehog content creator, I enjoy a lot of his earnest reviews and he did an amazing video deep diving into Sonic Adventure - I recommend it, my favorite video of his is 'A Sonic Adventure Analysis: Through The Looking Glass'

Cybershell13 - Yet another Sonic content creator... I ADORE this person's videos and have watched them multiple times. My favorite of his vids is 'How Sonic Made Me Question My Sanity' because I had the EXACT SAME experience so it was comforting to know another human who had this same thing playing Sonic 3&Knuckles as a kid.

I have a few more but I don't know if they truly are underappreciated or not haha.

[garystu]

DeadlockOriginalFilms makes an animated series called Blood Thing, an independent adult animation. Its got this cynical thrown together vibe, it doesn't feel Professional and I mean that as a compliment.

Patrick Alexanders world of content, where you watch a bloke make a drawing and tell some jokes and good times. Do you remember the webcomic Raymondo Person? Of course not. This is the author of that Raymondo Person.

Banana B0at uses Macromedia Flash 8 to create new toons that go hard

Tony Zaret

The Space Quest Historian does a lot of what the name implies, videos on trivia and obscurities of the Space Quest series of videogames. He also has a series roasting Kings Quest, man if you just crave a NEW Spoony-inspired caustic review series that dares to ask "what kind of idiot drugs were they on", its a good time. its not fair and balanced lol

I've seen Carter Amelia Davis / SweetStench do numbers with surreal animations on social platforms. Don't let her posts be a passer in the night, follow her work.

Octavius King is another game reviewer who does humorous, often caustic reviews.

Ballaam makes vids about obscure/speedrunner Donkey Kong 64 things.

Classics of Game https://youtube.com/@classicsofgame


Vouch zone:

Atomic Shrimp

Cybershell13

Pushing Up Roses

Surprised no one's mentioned LGR yet.

• Baphometkun - Unique short edits. Not exactly sure how to call them... "dreamcore"-related? Something like that.

[polychrome]

ohohoho i have an entire playlist of them! all of them are obscure channels that talk about obscure games and media and they're all so so awesome!

[Nikodile]

hazel (sub count: 212k) - Hazel makes REALLY great videos about things related to old animanga, animanga fandom history, and animanga that she generally enjoys! The vibe is so nostalgic and very cozy. Feels like hanging out with a friend.
Interested? Well, I actually have multiple video reccs! My biggest one is "Why Did We like Elfen Lied?", which is a 2 hour long video essay on Elfen Lied, as well as its popularity in early anime fandom circles. I can't recommend that video enough. That being said, it would feel wrong to not also suggest her video, "Weird Old Video Game & Anime Fansites", because of it being VERY topical here.

I am shocked Hazel was the only channel I recognized out of all the recommendations here so far. She is such a great content creator, love her energy and topics discussed.

Some other recommendations I would have are:

alf

One of those "video game music mix" channels, but I find this one to be one of (if not THE) best one I've been listening to regularly. The mixes are so wonderfully crafted, fit the theme and you're guaranteed to come across a track or two from some niche game you've never heard of.

RebelTaxi

Really high production quality for just a little commentary channel. The whole vibe is very Toonami-esque imo and has a very stylish presentation. Huge fan for a while.

[Memory]

I tried searching to see if anyone already posted this, but here's a youtube channel I think this forum might enjoy!

Vampire Robot @ Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/@vampirerobot/videos

Their username is quite random, but they post B-roll footage from ages ago, it's super super super fascinating and nostalgic. I think there are some videos there that maybe someone here will greatly enjoy. It's so strange to see snippets of how things were and how changed everything is.

Examples:

Browsing iPods at an Apple store in 2005:

Back to school shopping at a mall in 1996:

Shopping at The Gap in a mall in 2006:

Christmas shopping online in 1996:

I am totally hooked on this channel now     

[OneMillionFurries]

My #1 recommendation right now is RecordBreaker301. His newest video is on an obscure early 2000's VR attraction. It has insanely high production value with a retro aesthetic, both 3D and 2D animations all throughout and blended together, great humour, and I think everyone here will appreciate the Wayback Machine sequence.

Please, PLEASE watch this video! it's an honest-to-god crime that it has under 1000 views!

[polychrome]

hazel (sub count: 212k) - Hazel makes REALLY great videos about things related to old animanga, animanga fandom history, and animanga that she generally enjoys! The vibe is so nostalgic and very cozy. Feels like hanging out with a friend.
Interested? Well, I actually have multiple video reccs! My biggest one is "Why Did We like Elfen Lied?", which is a 2 hour long video essay on Elfen Lied, as well as its popularity in early anime fandom circles. I can't recommend that video enough. That being said, it would feel wrong to not also suggest her video, "Weird Old Video Game & Anime Fansites", because of it being VERY topical here.

HAZEL!!! I love her videos so much oh my god! I rewatch her fansites video all the time and "A Normal Creepypasta Retrospective" rewired my brain /pos

[grubbyfox]

I am totally hooked on this channel now     

Right!!???   


@OneMillionFurries oooh i'll give it a lookie!

[Winternet]

suckerpinch A.K.A. tom7: https://www.youtube.com/@tom7

His channel is criminally underappreciated. Though it is understandable that he doesn't get too much attention as he only uploads once or twice a year. His videos are so well made and so fun to watch.
I can't remember the first video I saw from him, but it was either this:

Or this:

Both great videos!  One of my favorites of his has to be this one:

[polychrome]

one that i found the other day is MewisMe700! covers obscure pokemon stuff like the pikachu and lugia promo cars and the collector community as a whole!

[greyskieshappymind]

These Are Videos One Two Three (3.4k subs)

This channel has content ranging from witty TF2 gaming montages to the fanime Sparkle On Raven the Life of Drill Girl. They're stuff is so fun and has a cult following.

Ruby Ru Amensalism (3.98k subs)

I need to praise this ARG, because it's not just "Uncomfortable found footage" it takes you through the psyche of the protagonist. It follows the recovery journey of a young woman with J-Doe Syndrome, which is classified as partial to full memory loss coupled with a lack of recorded proof of existence prior to being found. This woman's journey to independence while living in the world that she does, as well as the circumstances leading up to her disability, really intrigues me.

Agpicklefeet (5.33k subs)

This animator doesn't have a lot up but I have to mention them for how two of their works speak to my insecurity, they're like visual essays. Shapeshifter goes into how the world perceives you and contends with what you should do with that. Worth in Progress makes me sob, incredible stopmotion that uses the visual metaphor of a creature with a portfolio of post-it note faces to communicate an artist's pride, numbness, hatred, and mourning. If you watch just one thing from this list watch Worth in Progress please.

[candycanearter07]

Alan Tutorial

I LOVE Atomic Shrimp's videos...

No way, I was watching an atomic shrimp video while reading through the forum :D Also I used to watch Cybershell a ton
I am going to absolutely love AlanTutorial, I adore that kind of Youtube ARG stuff!!! The description kinda reminds me of the Happy Meat Farm ARG which is also fantastic and you should go watch.

As for obscure channels that I like, it's kinda hard for me to tell what would fall under obscure but:

Peter Knetter - Sonic-ishh youtuber, they used to do a bunch of skits and also fun YTPs
Blue Horizons Inc - Not /exactly/ an ARG series, but all of their videos are like fake company tapes that are VERY unsettling and it is a fantastic watch. Blood warning on the "handshakes" video.
Characters Welcome - Some kind of archive of a stand up comedy set, where like people act out a set without props? There are some good ones there.
Internet Comment Etiquette with Erik - Skits about how not to be a good person online
Bryan Lunduke - Really interesting computer discussion videos
KamSandwhich - Scott the Woz but for board games
friendlyjordies - /probably/ not that obscure anymore since penguinz0 covered them before, but they like cover evil companies in Australia and hes really funny
Gamechamp3000 - Videogame Challenge videos
Stryder7X/TheZZAZZGlitch/pannenkoek2012 - Hyper analytical videos about very specific coding issues in games (paper mario 64, gen 1/2 pokemon, and mario 64 respectively). pannenkoek might be less obscure because he spawned multiple memes tho

edit: snipped some of the quotes

[garystu]

Round 2 from me, I guess. My first post in this thread was better.

Bisqwit does videos on videogaming and programming. Yes! It's another one of those guys!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/@Bisqwit


Gameboylad does deep dive videos on yu-gi-oh digital card videogames and some pokemon videogames. He's got decent views on some vids, but 14k subscribers is probably obscure lol.

GavinAstraWolf. YES!!!! A FURRY TALKING ABOUT POKEMON!!!! WOO HOO!!!!! (This is the most obscure one in the post, hiddem gem hunters)

Big Yellow. I guess while I'm doing Pokemon/Nintendo channels. Her videos have the casual feel, like you're reading a weird blog but its a weird podcast instead. I guess 'slightly unhinged', as the kids are saying.

JessicaIn3D does short videos about Nintendo related topics, but mainly Pikmin. I like how most of her game footage features her character, a pink cat, modded in. She's also effortlessly funny in her videos.

I recommended Carter Amelia Davis's Cave Video on the last post, but since then, she's come out with Cave Video 2! So now I need to recommend Cave Video 2!

Gavin Webber. how could you not see the viral post about the australian cheesemaker beefing with italians and then not stick around to watch a video or two? i see you. just cheese tutorials and conversation, very same-y videos but i guess if you like watching grey haired men make food. and I KNOW some of you do.

Vouch Zone:

My #1 recommendation right now is RecordBreaker301. His newest video is on an obscure early 2000's VR attraction. It has insanely high production value with a retro aesthetic, both 3D and 2D animations all throughout and blended together, great humour, and I think everyone here will appreciate the Wayback Machine sequence.

Please, PLEASE watch this video! it's an honest-to-god crime that it has under 1000 views!

What the fuck, this is so good.

one that i found the other day is MewisMe700! covers obscure pokemon stuff like the pikachu and lugia promo cars and the collector community as a whole!

she seems like the sort of person I would become if I had bottomless disposable income to throw at nintendo themed shit. grim and sobering in a way, but no doubt intriguing.

suckerpinch A.K.A. tom7: https://www.youtube.com/@tom7

His channel is criminally underappreciated. Though it is understandable that he doesn't get too much attention as he only uploads once or twice a year. His videos are so well made and so fun to watch.
I can't remember the first video I saw from him, but it was either this:

Or this:

Both great videos!  One of my favorites of his has to be this one:

I like the Chess video

I like Acerola's videos! They're centered around graphics programming and how to do them (+ a video or two about some other thing that's still related to programming). I think his stuff is pretty neato and super informative for a subject that not a lot of people talk about. I will admit, I don't really get much of it, but they're still fun to watch :-D

Yeah, I like this shit. I'm learning about Blender right now, but hearing about shaders in the context of game engines is still interesting.