Anime blogging with videos instead of text isn’t the future. You would need higher than average speaking skills where you also get to the point and stick to it. Nobody enjoys watching you move the camera, hearing a dorky voice on the already poor sound quality, or hearing “um uh um” “I mean” and “epic.” Hearing the voice of the blogger can reveal that the person doesn’t know how to pronounce Japanese words properly. Reviewing is harder because you’re thinking as it’s recording. At this time anime video blogging isn’t able to influence others to watch something because you can’t take your time to describe and get all the information that would be needed. Getting to the point about getting to the point, get to the point. Many videos don’t have goals. They upload a video with a couple announcements that were made on other sites and listing off anime they will be watching. That’s nice and all, but that’s not good content for others who don’t know you. I don’t know you so I’ll be watching anime that already interests me. See?

Maybe blogging of this form just needs time and its own set of standards. There isn’t much of a community, interesting interaction outside video replies with rants, and spammy comments.