What Anime Means To Us

What Anime Means To Us is a documentary short film directed by Andrew Laspesa (TheUncommonSBF). Made for a Sociology final exam, the documentary covers the Otaku/anime culture in the United States, and includes various interviews with anime fans about the importance and relevance anime has to them. The documentary premiered on August 12th, 2015 on YouTube, as well as on Dailymotion the following day. 
== Cast ==
Narrated By: Andrew Laspesa
=== Speakers ===
* Adam Adriaenssens (voice only)
* Ian DesJardin
* Claire Kim
* Ananya Nrusimha
* Ani Nrusimha
* Abbey Nurse
* Hannah Nurse
* Jay Pang (voice only)
* Annamaria Sauer
* Haley Shapiro
* Eddie Shen
* Maggie Verrico
* Lily Want
== Production==
Originating as a Sociology project, Andrew decided to make his interviews into a documentary about members of the Japanese anime/manga subculture. The interview portions of the documentary were filmed in May 2015 in the green screen room at Andrew's high school, while the narrations done by Andrew himself were recorded in July 2015. Several people were intended to be interviewed for the documentary, but never were. These included Andrew's real life friends Michelle Dao, Hannah Small, and Aneeqah Muzzimill, who did not make the shooting dates, as well as fellow WindShineComms member ATH, who did not submit his answers on time. Zach Van Dame, a student interviewed for the documentary, was included in the original cut of the film, but his interview was cut as Andrew wanted to distance himself from him. 
== Trivia==
*The interviews originated as a primary source for Andrew's Sociology final exam. However, he decided while filming that he would turn it into a full documentary short film after finishing the final.thumb|right|335 px
*This is the 1st project where SBF is referred to in the credits as his real name, Andrew Laspesa, instead of his username TheUncommonSBF.
*This is the 1st project in which friends of SBF other than those who were members of previous YouTube groups are involved. 
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