Hope Chapman, aka Jesu Otaku, is by far the most successful and analytical of the former Desu Des Brigade, currently a member of That Guy With The Glasses.She produces a review segment simply entitled "The JesuOtaku Anime Review". Her review approach is very analytical, using a four-star rating system. She tries to be as objective as possible and may give high scores to shows that she doesn't personally like. She also produced her "summer project", an audio drama adaptation of Fruits Basket, every Wednesday throughout summer 2011 (and which can be found here if you're interested). She is notable for her large amount of shows:
Since joining That Guy With The Glasses, she gained a great degree of success previously unseen. Despite efforts to keep the Desu Des Brigade going, she made the decision to officially leave the Brigade. This news, however, led to the Brigade's outright breakup.Currently, she and Nash of What The Fuck Is Wrong With You are dating, and she has appeared in numerous crossover videos with TGWTG reviewers. Rumors indicate she is due to appear in the upcoming TGWTG 4th Anniversary Special. A rumor confirmed with her appearance in a few videos filmed during the crossover.Her videos can be found here on Blip.tv, here on That Guy With The Glasses, and here on Twitter. She also has a live stream, here.For an in-progress list of things JO has reviewed, click here.
Jesu Otaku provides examples of the following tropes:
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: A common thread in her written introductions for each of the villains in her Top 20 Deliciously Evil Villains.
Author Filibuster: She used her FLCL review as an opportunity to go on a rant about how Studio Gainax are complete HACKS when it comes to making PsychologicalDramas and that they should stick to over-the-top goofiness and simple morals. She addressed this fact on her Twitter, and stated that the reason she did this was because FLCL was just way too simple for even her to talk about at length.
She also seems to have a real and legitimate hatred of people questioning her on why she doesn't care for Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. To be fair, this is because people did this INCESSANTLY after she made her lukewarm feelings towards it clear.
And don't tell her to read the Berserk manga either. People have been telling her to do this too.
And now we can add the episode "Boogie Woogie Feng Shui" from Cowboy Bebop.
Also, don't get her started on any recent work done by ADR Director/Scriptwriter Steven Foster.
Break the Cutie: Usually calm and collected, JO was reduced to a fit of hysterical rage by the final fight of the Yu Yu Hakusho: Dark Tournament video game.
Bennett The Sage 's goal for her. So far he's failed all three times.
Breakup Breakout: Not quite. Rather than leaving the Brigade after joining up with That Guy With The Glasses, she still tried to be a loyal brigadier, and her new-found popularity did in fact bring in more viewers to the Brigade's site; however, her indecisiveness coupled with her Attention Deficit Creator Disorder caused her to grow increasingly distant from the Brigade, unofficially breaking off from it about a year from its official disbandment.
Cloudcuckoolander: It's not as apparent in her reviews, but if you watch her Let's Plays, especially the Star Fox 64 and Super Mario 64 ones, it becomes clear that JO is something of one.
Her Twitter is also a good source, especially after she's had 5 cans of coke.
She also mentions in her Azumanga Daioh review that among her friends, she's known as the Osaka of the group.
Cool Big Sis: She lets her little sister make cameos in the live-action intros (Beck and Princess Tutu being notable examples), and off-screen shares some of the more child-friendly anime with her.
Covert Pervert: JO may be very academic and studious, but she might have a dirtier mind then Vix, as seen in Pocky Spot 22:
"Kyoya, you're not quite dressed for the occasion; you have to take your pants off too!"
"The correct response to this situation would be to grab his shoulders, throw him on the bed and ride him like a stallion!"
Cross Over: The number has been steadily rising since she joined TGWTG. Notable examples include a review of Sucker Punch alongside Film Brain, her status as a regular on her boyfriend Nash's WTFIWWY and Radio Dead Air (he returns the favor by appearing on her streams on a regular basis, and also appeared in her review of Transformers Animated). Also, rumors indicate she's due to appear in the 4th Anniversary Special.
Crowning Music of Awesome: Her Top 15 Dub Themes, invoked in-universe. Topping the list was, but of course, Pokémon. Nothing specific, just Pokémon.
Dear Negative Reader: Released a full-length one over her Twitter sometime around mid/late-2011 in response to the frequent complaints about her aforementioned ADCD.
Despair Event Horizon: Bennett the Sage keeps trying to "break" Jesu by showing her horrible, sick anime. It eventually backfired when she got over it, but he got depressed.
Gag Boobs: To make fun of the large breasts of one of the main characters in the anime Grenadier, JO stuffed soccer balls up the top of her T-shirt, and as part of the joke, even balanced a plate of food on them and ate from it.
And in her last Q&A, Vixen made a Take That to that, by doing the same with her REAL boobs.
Gag Nose: In her Phoenix review, she points out a recurring character's bulbous and almost tumorous nose. She even plays the Inception music while zooming the camera in on it to point out how bizarre it is.
Heroes Love Dogs: She's been shown playing with a roommate's dog and her love for wolves is part of why she loves Wolf's Rain.
Real Women Never Wear Dresses: The Mahoromatic review starts with her playing a maid, before she gives it up and complains "I'm in a dress. I'm wearing make-up. I hate all of you."
Running Gag: Her gripes about GONZO and their varying production values.
From her live stream, Boyd being blamed when something crashes or doesn't work properly on the stream.
From her playthrough of Path of Radiance, the silly voices she uses for characters.
Also from her stream, the people in the chat shouting "NAIL!" whenever Soren, who has the voice of Super Kami Guru, appears. It has gotten to the point where JO tells them early on to get it out of their system.
Schedule Slip: JO's "Digimon Month", a month of reviews of the first five seasons of Digimon was intended to encompass August 2010. The Digimon Adventure review finally came out on August 20th (with part 2 only half-done until about a week later). It then took until November 6th for the first part of Digimon Adventure 02 to be released, followed by parts 2 and 3 on the 23rd (and part 2 half-done until the 28th). Following 02, her weekly anime review continued for the first time since July, with the fate of rest of the Digimon reviews left uncertain.
She recently stated on her new Formspring account that they will continue, but they'll come as they're done, like Linkara's History Of Power Rangers.
Her "Month of Mayazaki" didn't quite fit in just one month, probably because she was moving IRL at the time.
Shoo Out the Clowns: JO forwent her usual "Snark Text" subtitles during her Now and Then, Here and There review for fear of damning her eternal soul by making fun of something so depressing.
Except in one short instance: Lampshading the intentional Mood Whiplash (From the director of Fruits Basket, everybody!).
"Wow. It's times like this I wish I could whistle. You could stop traffic with a body like that." (in addressing Elizabeth from Trigun)
Tomboy: From the way she dresses to the shows she likes, JO is pretty masculine.
She makes it crystal clear in the start of her Mahoromatic review that dolling herself up is not a hobby of hers.
Top Ten List: Top X Lists, mostly. Top 20 Villains, Top 15 Dubbed Anime Themes, Top 15 Stupidest Izzyisms, Top 15 Nerd Jokes in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Top 10 Cowboy Bebop episodes, Top 20 openings of 2010, and her top 25 favorite anime.
What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: Invoked: When commenting on the scenes that didn't get edited out of the Toonami showing of Outlaw Star, she snarks "Toonami: Women abuse...for kids! :D"
if you're interested). She is notable for her large amount of shows:Since joining That Guy With The Glasses, she gained a great degree of success previously unseen. Despite efforts to keep the Desu Des Brigade going, she made the decision to officially leave the Brigade. This news, however, led to the Brigade's outright breakup.Currently, she and Nash of What The Fuck Is Wrong With You are dating, and she has appeared in numerous crossover videos with TGWTG reviewers. Rumors indicate she is due to appear in the upcoming TGWTG 4th Anniversary Special. A rumor confirmed with her appearance in a few videos filmed during the crossover.Her videos can be found here
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