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Bunaye is a United States-based animator and artist who built a mid-sized but highly engaged YouTube following around a signature format: taking notoriously poor or controversial animation from…
Total Followers +7.7%
225K
Across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
Primary Platform
YouTube
211K followers · 94% of audience
Engagement
5.3%
vs. 1.5% category median
Sponsorship Tier
Mid
Est. $327–$916 / IG post
| Window | YouTube | TikTok | Combined | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last 7 days | +2K +1.0% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +2K |
| Last 30 days | +17K +8.2% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +17K |
| Last 90 days | +27K +12.7% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +27K |
| Last 365 days | +27K +12.7% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +27K |
Daily follower snapshots from CreatorDB's longitudinal index.
| Brand | Type | Platform | Date | Performance vs. baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surfshark Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Jun 2026 | — |
| Raycon Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | May 2026 | — |
| FlexiSpot Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Jan 2026 | — |
| Clip Studio Paint Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Jul 2025 | — |
| Squarespace Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Mar 2025 | — |
Bunaye is a United States-based animator and artist who built a mid-sized but highly engaged YouTube following around a signature format: taking notoriously poor or controversial animation from popular anime titles — Berserk, Blue Lock, Jujutsu Kaisen, One Piece — and redrawing those scenes to a higher standard. The recurring 'I Re-Animated…' series gives the channel a clear editorial identity that sits at the intersection of fan art, animation critique, and skill demonstration. A recurring disclaimer in the channel's content — 'THIS IS NOT AI' — signals a deliberate positioning as a human-crafted creative voice at a moment when that distinction carries real weight in art communities. Represented by Helm Talent Group, Bunaye operates as a professional creator rather than a casual hobbyist, and the channel's above-median engagement rate reflects an audience that is genuinely invested in the craft.
The audience skews young and male, concentrated in English-speaking markets, with a meaningful share from the UK, India, Canada, and the Philippines — a distribution typical of globally popular anime fandom. The sponsor mix reinforces a creator-tools and tech-adjacent brand positioning: Clip Studio Paint, a leading professional animation software, is a particularly natural fit, while Squarespace, Raycon, FlexiSpot, and Surfshark round out a mid-tier YouTube stack that signals consistent monetization without reliance on a single category. With steady subscriber growth and a content niche that rewards demonstrated skill over personality alone, Bunaye is well-positioned to grow alongside the mainstream anime animation discourse — especially as studio production quality remains a topic of active fan debate.
Bunaye reaches an audience concentrated in United States primarily through YouTube, and is best activated via long-form YouTube integrations, Instagram Reels and Stories, TikTok branded content. As an animation creator they map naturally to brands targeting that space. Demonstrated partners include Surfshark and Raycon. Engagement on YouTube runs around 5.3%, pointing to an audience suited to category-relevant, mid-funnel brand campaigns rather than pure-reach buys.
Benchmark estimates for a creator at Bunaye's tier (Mid, 225K combined followers, United States). Pulled from CreatorDB's category benchmarks.
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Bunaye's signature series involves choosing scenes from popular anime or animated shows that fans widely criticized for poor animation quality, then completely redrawing and re-animating those scenes by hand. The series spans titles like Blue Lock, Berserk, Invincible, and others, positioning Bunaye as a skilled artist who backs up criticism with actual craft.
No — Bunaye explicitly calls this out, including the declaration "THIS IS NOT AI" directly in their content. All of Bunaye's re-animations are hand-drawn work, and pushing back against AI-generated art is a deliberate and visible part of their identity as a self-described artist.
A particular scene from the Blue Lock anime went viral in the anime community for its noticeably low animation quality, drawing widespread mockery from fans. Bunaye took on that scene as part of their re-animation series, redrawing it to a higher standard and publishing the side-by-side comparison on YouTube.
The 2016 Berserk anime adaptation is one of the most infamous cases of poor animation in modern anime, widely known for its jarring low-quality CGI. Bunaye chose it for their re-animation series because of how deeply its animation failures are burned into the collective memory of the anime community, making it a natural subject for the channel.
In one of their most ambitious videos, Bunaye attempted to match the intense pace of a MAPPA studio animator for an entire week. MAPPA — the studio behind Jujutsu Kaisen and the final seasons of Attack on Titan — has been widely discussed for the grueling workload placed on its staff, making the challenge deeply relevant to Bunaye's anime-savvy audience.
Yes — Bunaye made a video titled "I Re-Animated Invincible's Worst Animation," tackling a scene from the Amazon Prime animated series that had drawn criticism from fans. This extended Bunaye's re-animation series beyond Japanese anime into Western animation, showing the format isn't limited to one medium.
Bunaye has a confirmed sponsorship partnership with Clip Studio Paint, a professional drawing and animation software widely used by manga artists and frame-by-frame animators around the world. Given that Bunaye's entire channel is built on hand-drawn re-animation, it's a particularly authentic fit as a sponsor.
Bunaye's content is heavily centered on titles like One Piece, Jujutsu Kaisen, Blue Lock, Berserk, and Seven Deadly Sins, alongside Western animation like Invincible. Their focus tends toward action-heavy shonen anime with passionate fanbases — the exact communities most likely to care deeply about animation quality.
Bunaye's confirmed YouTube sponsors include Surfshark, Raycon, FlexiSpot, Clip Studio Paint, and Squarespace. The Clip Studio Paint deal stands out as especially on-brand, since it's a leading tool for professional animators and illustrators rather than a generic creator sponsor.
Bunaye is based in the United States, and the large majority of their audience is also American. For business inquiries, Bunaye is represented through Helm Talent Group, a creator management company.
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