DeWarioFreak

DeWarioFreak (real name Anthony) is an American YouTube content creator that produces anime, gaming and parody content.
DeWarioFreak is probably best known for his abridged series Pokémon Sun and Moon Abridged which has accumulated more than a million views across multiple episodes. He is also known for creating various abridges out of clips from other parts of the Pokémon anime. Before creating abridged and parody content on the channel, the channel focused on gaming videos by Anthony.
The channel has had various mascots through out the years, with most being drawings of characters based off of Anthony. The current mascot is a "waifu" character named Amanda. https://twitter.com/DeWarioFreak/status/1328173215265374209
==History==
===2011 to 2015===
Before beginning abridged content, DeWarioFreak created several Let's Play series', as well as a few other types of videos. Most of the videos from this time have been privatized due to poor quality and inconsistency.
===2016 - 2017===
In September 2016, the first episode of Pokémon Generations Abridged was released. It was an abridged series of the YouTube series Pokémon Generations. After producing several episodes of Pokémon Generations Abridged, in December 2016 the first episode of Pokémon Sun and Moon Abridged was released. This video immediately surpassed all other series DeWarioFreak had made prior in terms of views, likes, and reception.
In 2017, DeWarioFreak slowly stopped producing the content from the years prior, and began focusing solely on Pokémon Abridged content. Across 2017, 5 more episodes of Pokémon Sun and Moon Abridged released, as well as several Pokémon Generations Abridged episodes and various other abridge one-shots.
===2018 - Present===
In September 2019, the 9th episode of Pokémon Sun and Moon Abridged was released. Ahead of time it was announced to be the final episode in the series. However On February 12, 2021 it was announced that Pokémon Sun and Moon Abridged would be returning with a second season later that year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG1SDkMoSso
In October 2019, DeWarioFreak began livestreaming himself playing Pokémon games at a mostly weekly schedule. He went on an indefinite hiatus of livestreaming in October 2020. He briefly returned however, in 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4OuGlrxdR0
In November 2019, a series called Pokéviews started in which Anthony reviews each episode of the latest series of the Pokémon anime. The series was later canceled in July 2020.
The channel currently focuses on continuing Pokémon Sun and Moon Abridged, as well as creating abridged clips of the Pokémon anime.
==Video Series==
*Pokémon Sun and Moon Abridged: The most famous abridged series on the channel, and main focus of the channel. It is a parody version of the Pokémon Sun and Moon anime. It ran for 9 episodes. The first season began on December 5, 2016 and ended on September 20, 2019. The series follows Ash's adventures attending Pokémon school with his partner Pikachu, and often studying in sex ed. A second season will begin in 2021.
*Pokémon Generations Abridged: The first abridged series on the channel. It is a parody version of the Pokémon Generations YouTube series.
*Pokéviews: A series in which Anthony reviews and talks about the Pokémon anime. It began on November 27, 2019 and ended in July 2020.
*Pokémon Platinum Nuzlocke: A nuzlocke Let's Play of Pokémon Platinum, with guest commentary by TyTyTheGamerGuy and Kyle McCoy (who both provide voice acting roles in various videos). It ran for 4 episodes. It began on October 4, 2019 and ended on October 10, 2019.
*DeWarioFreak Abridged Podcast: A occasional series in which DeWarioFreak and others talk about generally anime or Pokémon related content in the form of a podcast. The series has been dropped as of 2018. However, podcasts still are posted on the channel from time to time.
==Channels==
There are several channels that lie in the DeWarioFreak group of channels.
DeWarioFreak (https://www.youtube.com/DeWarioFreak) is the main channel. Nearly all content is uploaded here.
DeWarioFreak 2nd Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW09Ldp5akDv11-vzColNZQ) consists of content that is non-abridged related, or not considered relevant enough to be on the main channel.
DeWarioFreak Backup (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1QQRJ-qHmHF5gDWoLKbQyA) is a backup channel in case the main channel is ever deleted for copyright infringement or other reasons. Although there is currently no content on it, Anthony has stated it will be used to inform viewers in case of a channel takedown or other things.
==Copyright Issues==
The main channel has had many issues with copyright claims and strikes, as the videos rely heavily on using footage from the Pokémon anime. As such, claimants such as ShoPro and The Pokémon Company have used the DMCA process YouTube provides to remove videos multiple times.
Anthony has stated multiple times that he believes the abridged content created and posted on the channel is fair use. He has disputed all claims on removed or claimed videos, to success every time. He has also called out YouTube for not providing a fair system for content creators multiple times on YouTube and Twitter.
==Channel milestones==
===Subscriber milestones===
*10,000 subscribers: July 19, 2019
*20,000 subscribers: April 15, 2021
*30,000 subscribers: June 7, 2023
*40,000 subscribers: May 8, 2024
==Trivia==
*The DeWarioFreak channel hit 1,000 subscribers on Christmas Day 2016.
*DeWarioFreak has stated multiple times (most famously through 2 discussion videos on the channel) that he is disappointed with quality of Pokémon Sword and Shield, criticizing the games and Game Freak multiple times. He even went so far as to not purchase them.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xw11kb88fE
**However, DeWarioFreak received a copy of Pokémon Sword as a Christmas gift he did not ask for, and decided to play it anyways.
*DeWarioFreak is also a competent competitive Super Smash Bros. Ultimate player. He has taken sets and games off of top level players, including and .https://www.start.gg/tournament/20-pot-peak-tournaments-ssbu-online-weekly-50-7-17/event/ultimate-singles-online/set/30635795https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-box-juice-box-4/event/ultimate-singles/set/30287995
**He primarily plays Snake.https://smashdata.gg/smash/ultimate/player/DeWarioFreak
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