Suede

Wiiliam DuFresne, better known as Suede (formerly known as That Dude in the Suede) (born: ), is a YouTuber from New Zealand who makes TV show/analysis videos, and occasionally let's plays of certain games, and has been doing so since 2013. He's a member of Channel Awesome. He is best known for Suede's Pokémon Journey, and occasionally, to a much lesser extent, Call It Now.
==Videos==
===Suede's Pokémon Journey===
Suede's Pokémon Journey, his most well-known work, is a series where he watches and reviews the entire Pokémon anime episode-by-episode. Unfortunately, this series got a copyright claim by ShoPro, resulting in Suede uploading Pokémon Journey videos to Patreon instead of YouTube. The series takes the approach of deep analysis while also injecting some comedy into the reviews as well. 
 
====Suede's Pokémon Journey:  Origins====
A mini-series that Suede did on the 4 episode anime series Pokémon Origins.  
#Suede's Pokémon Journey ORIGINS: File 1 - Red
#Suede's Pokémon Journey ORIGINS: File 2 - Cubone
#Suede's Pokémon Journey ORIGINS: File 3 - Giovanni
#Suede's Pokémon Journey ORIGINS: File 4 - Charizard
===Call it now===
Call It Now is a show that he does much less often, where he watches the first episode of an anime that he's never seen before, tries to predict what happens later on in the series, and decides, based on just that episode, if he is interested in continuing to watch the series or not. 
#Shonen Maid
#Toradora
#Those Who Hunt Elves
#Deltora Quest
#Ghost Hunt
#Batman: Gotham Knight
#Mob Psycho 100
#Kore Wa ZOMBIE desu Ka?
#Corpse Princess
===Other videos===
Suede's Pokémon Journey and Calling It Now are the two primary series on his channel, but he does make other videos as well. He's done reviews of many of the Pokémon movies and he occasionally does Let's Plays and/or livestreams of games such as Shibuya Scramble, Pokémon Uranium, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Nioh, and Resident Evil, among others.
== Copyright suit ==
In late January 2022, Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (ShoPro), the company that produces the Pokémon anime, sued Suede in Japanese court for ¥80,200 (about 1000 New Zealand dollars/700 US dollars) and filed a takedown notice against most of Suede's Pokémon videos. The lawsuit came soon after Totally Not Mark was able to fend off similar copyright claims from Toei, although ShoPro's choice to take action against Suede directly, completely circumventing YouTube's copyright system (what Suede has referred to as the "ShoPro gambit") was rather unprecedented. Due to Japan's lack of clear fair use exemptions for copyright infringement, it is unclear if Suede would even be able to win the lawsuit. 
In response, Suede privated all public videos on his channel and made a response video warning other anime YouTubers about the possibility of similar legal action. He started a new channel on which he will recreate Suede's Pokémon Journey without using any Pokémon footage, but has continued the original format for the series on Patreon. 
== References ==
Category:Anime YouTubers
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:Reaction YouTubers
Category:Review YouTubers
Category:Vlogging YouTubers
Category:New Zealand YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2013