Unpacking Japan | Manzai comedian explains the problem with Japanese comedy @unpackingjapan | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
Meet Nick, half of Manzai comedy duo Time Bomb, who sits down to talk to us about his Japanese comedy career and his transition to entrepreneur and content creator.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:33 Meet Nick
4:32 Studying at language school
5:32 Move to comedy school
10:24 Learning Japanese from comedy
12:25 What is Manzai?
15:30 Nick's breakout success
18:13 Comedians have to play characters
21:42 The grind of comedy shows
25:38 Role in manzai duo
27:31 Why Japanese comedy is like the mafia
32:15 Why you can't do stand-up comedy
33:24 Using YouTube to break away from Japanese TV
37:52 Why Nick hasn't quit traditional comedy
42:57 What Japanese people find funny
45:55 Why Nick prefers YouTube
51:29 Nick's language learning company
54:05 Facts Japanese TV made up about Nick
57:47 Will Japanese comedy ever change?
1:02:01 Where to start with Japanese comedy

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