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“The Anime Man” is a YouTuber who talks about anime in his videos, moved to Japan after finishing university and has interviewed the creators of original works as well as GACKT.
An August 2026 announcement on the KADOKAWA Group site writes the name in Japanese as ザ・アニメマン. Joey Bizinger runs the channel.
Voice work, music, even his own clothing brand: that's a wide range for one person.
This article follows him from his oldest video to his current work, using the titles and descriptions of his own videos along with official announcements.
The figures, such as subscriber counts, are values we measured with the YouTube API between 2 and 3 a.m. Japan time on October 31, 2026.
The Anime Man's Real Name
The description on his YouTube channel opens with a greeting: “Hi, I'm Joey.”
It continues: “A Japanese-Australian dude who talks about anime, interviews interesting Japanese people and everything in between.”
In September 2020, he put “Half-Japanese” in the title of a video. The description reads, “Just wanted to get a little personal and serious about a topic like this...”
As for his real name, his second channel is simply called “Joey Bizinger.”
The Japan Times gave the same name in 2017, referring to him as someone “whose real name is Joey Bizinger.”
We found no official source giving a Japanese spelling of the name Joey Bizinger.
We could not confirm, in his own words, his birthplace or the name of the university he graduated from. That may be a bit of a letdown.
His page at GeeXPlus, the agency he belongs to, describes him as a creator with “an anime/music background” and “experience as a narrator, voice actor, and MC in Japanese.”
The Channel's Size, and His Two Channels
As of our measurement between 2 and 3 a.m. Japan time on October 31, 2026, the channel had 3.27 million subscribers, just over 657.95 million total views and, as shown by YouTube, 1,755 videos.
According to GeeXPlus, the “Joey Bizinger” channel, his second, is where he posts “more generalized or stream-related content.”
As of the same measurement, it had 1,058 public videos.
The two channels handle long and short videos differently. We counted the uploads from the 90 days through October 30, 2026 (Japan time), split at 3 minutes.
On his main channel, 33 of 34 videos were under 3 minutes, leaving just one at 3 minutes or longer.
That one was “I Can't Stop Thinking About Angel's Egg,” at 16 minutes 15 seconds.
On his second channel, 21 of 62 videos ran 3 minutes or longer. Median views were 65,839 for those 21 videos and 17,829 for the main channel's videos under 3 minutes.
He seems to be steering the longer talks to his second channel.
The most-viewed video on his main channel is “REAL VS. FAKE ANIME CHALLENGE (feat. PewDiePie)” from May 2018, with just over 7.78 million views as of the same measurement.
The Title of His Oldest Video
The channel was created on May 27, 2013. Posted that same day, “Dubbed Anime Sucks!” is the oldest video you can watch today.
The title says exactly what it means. The line “For anime reviews, lists and discussions visit my site” appears in the description.
It's a little amusing, we'd say, that the oldest video from someone who later took up voice work has this title.
The oldest video on his second channel is “(RE)-INTRODUCTION” from February 2016, and its description reads, “Hi, my name is Joey.”
In January 2017, a video marking 1 million subscribers, “One Million Subscriber Special Video,” went up on his second channel.
From University Graduation to Japan
The turning point came in the spring of 2016.
The description of his April 7 video “GRADUATING FROM UNIVERSITY” reads, “Today, I graduate after 3 years in University.”
About three weeks later, on May 1, came “I'M MOVING TO JAPAN!”
Then, on May 5, he posted “MOVING INTO JAPAN.”
Its description reads, “My Japan Laifu #1: Landing in Japan and preparing my new life with my best friends Einshine and nyansai.”
That would put his move to Japan about a month after graduating.
The following year, in July 2017, he gave an interview to The Japan Times “from a cafe on the outskirts of Tokyo.”
According to the article's opening, he was due to spend the next two months of that summer making stops at anime conventions across the United States and Europe.
The article also carries his own words: “I would say the past three or four years has been like an anime renaissance.”
Interviews With Creators, and GACKT
True to the “interviews interesting Japanese people” line in his channel description, one video after another has him interviewing creators.
An early one, from December 2016, carries the title Interview With “Monster Musume” Creator OKAYADO.
Three videos with “#InterviewMeSenpai” in the title came out between December 2016 and May 2017.
His titles went on to name Akatsuki Natsume, Hasekura Isuna, Kagyu Kumo and Inio Asano.
In March 2020, he also posted a video with “the creator of Kill la Kill” in its title.
Starting in July 2020, videos with “I Spent a Day” in the title followed, reaching 28 on his main channel by July 2026.
The one that stands out most is “I Spent a Day with Japan's Biggest Rock Star | An Interview with GACKT” from January 2021.
From people who make anime to a big name in music, you could say the range of people he interviews has widened.
Pop Team Epic, and Music
One clear example of his voice work is a March 2018 video, “MY VOICE IS IN POP TEAM EPIC!? (My Experiences Voice Acting In My First Anime).”
The description says he had been cast in Episode 9 of Pop Team Epic and asks viewers to keep supporting “神城維来” (translated from the Japanese).
In September 2019, the official PlayStation blog named him in its announcement of the Japanese voice cast for the game No Straight Roads.
Joey Bizinger's role was the “Music Elitist,” a supporting character.
On the music side, he posted a video titled “I released my first album!” in December 2019.
His channels also carry tracks credited to “Ikurru.”
An announcement on the KADOKAWA Group site dated October 9, 2026 (in Japanese) introduced him as bilingual in Japanese and English.
It announced his appearance on NHK WORLD-JAPAN's Anime Journal.
His Clothing Brand, NØИSENSE
In June 2022, he announced NØИSENSE in a video as “my very own streetwear clothing brand.”
The description says “created in japan.”
According to an October 2025 announcement on the KADOKAWA Group site (in Japanese), the brand has teamed up with Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Chainsaw Man and RADIO EVA, among others.
The same announcement also reported a collaboration with the BEYBLADE X world championship.
The announcement explained that The Anime Man handled the design and production for the collaboration through the brand, and that he had been familiar with Beyblade since childhood.
His love of anime, it seems, takes the shape of clothing too.
One of the Three Hosts of Trash Taste
One thing that can't be left out of his current work is Trash Taste, the podcast he hosts with Gigguk and CDawgVA.
We cover the show's content and numbers in our Trash Taste article.
What we'd add here is an event held on June 17, 2021, at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ).
The notice described the three as part of “the new wave of young YouTube commentators on Japan.”
An announcement on the KADOKAWA Group site dated August 12, 2026 (in Japanese) reported that the three would appear on SCHOOL OF J-POP.
His Relationship With akidearest
On his own channel, a video titled “We Have A Confession...” came out in November 2016.
Its description names akidearest.
The same month, a video titled “THIS IS MY GIRLFRIEND.” was also released, with akidearest as a guest.
A video titled “I Proposed to my Girlfriend.” went up on May 12, 2025 (Japan time). Its description introduces a trip to Madagascar: “Join me and my fiancée across an awesome 5 day trip to Madagascar.”
On October 30, 2026 (Japan time), a wedding report appeared on akidearest's channel.
Meanwhile, when we checked video titles between 2 and 3 a.m. Japan time on October 31, no video reporting a marriage was to be seen on The Anime Man's two channels.
