“I couldn’t justify the time to watch it”: MrBeast Owed His Career to Masashi Kishimoto’s Naruto Much Before Getting Junko Takeuchi to Dub His Own Videos
- MrBeast makes revelation on where he found the idea for the video which was his first viral hit.
- Jimmy Donaldson claims that he had watched the Naruto series all while counting to 100,000, basically making money while watching anime.
- Throwback to when MrBeast almost sponsored the entire reanimation of the Naruto Series after the 20th anniversary of the series.
MrBeast is by far the most popular YouTuber, with over 300 million subscribers. However, there was a time when even the most popular YouTuber had to start somewhere. And there was this particular video that helped him gain worldwide recognition. And somehow, Masashi Kihimoto’s magnum opus, Naruto helped in that journey.
MrBeast posted a video 7 years back where he counted to 100,000. To every sane person, that would just be an insane feat to accomplish. Maybe even for MrBeast himself. But to everyone’s surprise, he went on to reveal that he had the help of Naruto series to get him through the challenge. Here is how Jimmy Donaldson managed to accomplish that incredibly time-consuming task.
A debt of gratitude: MrBeast acknowledges Naruto’s influence on his rise to Stardom
Fans who watch MrBeast in Japan recognized a familiar voice dubbing for the voiceover from Jimmy Donaldson. They noticed Naruto’s voice actress, Junko Takeuchi, dubbing for MrBeast. But this isn’t the only time that something from Masashi Kishimoto’s magnum opus has helped the biggest YouTuber in his journey.
Back on January 9th, 2017, MrBeast posted a video on his channel titled “I Counted To counting all the way to 100,000”. This video had taken him 40 hours to count to 100,000″. It was basically him filming himself while counting to 100,000. However, given that it wasn’t something that anyone had done before on YouTube, it brought him tons of views, with the video now having 30 million views.
During an interview on Full Send Podcast, he revealed that he wanted to watch the Naruto series. However, 700 episodes worth of time was just something he couldn’t afford to waste. However, he found the perfect loophole when he had the idea to make a challenge video and watch the anime in the meantime.
MrBeast, during the podcast episode, stated;
I’m watching a show called Naruto, and it’s like 700 episodes, but I couldn’t justify the time to watch it… I started thinking, you know, how can I make money while I watch this (Naruto)? And so I just I literally I just sat there for an hour and I was like, What can I do to make money while I watch this anime for f**king 60 hours, and then I practice counting, and I realized I could count while still enjoying the show. And so the entire time we counted to 100,000 I was just watching anime, so basically made money while watching anime.
But, this wasn’t the only time that the content King of YouTube made headlines while talking about Masashi Kishimoto’s magnum opus.
Throwback to when MrBeast had planned on funding the revamp for the Naruto series
Back in 2022, Studio Pierrot released a re-animated video of the Naruto anime, named ROAD OF NARUTO for the anime’s 20th anniversary. It was basically a 9-minute clip of all the memorable moments of the series.
A repost of the clip on X went viral gaining quite a ton of popularity. This even caught the attention of the biggest YouTuber, MrBeast, which made him interested in re-animating the entire Naruto Series. He would comment on the post writing;
How much do I have to pay to get every episode like this?
— MrBeast (@MrBeast) October 3, 2022
Though the talks didn’t actually go through, just the thought of MrBeast sponsoring the re-animating of the Naruto Series was certainly the talk of the anime community at the time. Given that the estimated cost of re-animating one season of the show would have been around 9 million USD, there might not be any real possibility for MrBeast to actually sponsor the remake of the popular Manga Series.
You can stream the Naruto series on Netflix, Crunchyroll & Prime Video.
