- "Hi! Welcome to my Twitch channel! This is where I'll be playing all sorts of games just for the funsies, and I hope you'll enjoy whatever weird shenanigans happen here! Other things may definitely happen too, this isn't a strict schedule at all! I generally just play whatever I feel like in the moment, so keep an eye out! I might throw some new things into the mix to keep things fresh! Things here are pretty relaxed and honestly these streams are meant as just a little hangout spot! If you're in the mood to chat with some fellow geeks and have fun while watching game derping, then you're in the right place!"
- ―Masae's Twitch about page
MasaeAnela (born April 25, 1992) is an American Let's Player and Twitch Streamer. She is known for her quirky commentary, and does most, if not all, of the art on her channel and videos herself. Masae has 129,000 subscribers and 48,951,132 views as of 2023.
Masae started her career in 2009 with a Let's Play of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Since then, Masae has made Let's Plays on several video games, including titles from the Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Pikmin, and Kirby video game franchises. Among her Let's Plays include Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario RPG, Mario Party 2, Super Mario Sunshine, Pikmin, Paper Mario, Super Mario Galaxy, Banjo-Kazooie, Ōkami, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards and Pikmin 4.
Masae also regularly streams games on Twitch. The games she has steamed include Stardew Valley, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Celeste, VVVVVV, Monster Hunter: World, Super Mario 64, A Hat in Time, Rimworld, Splatoon, Undertale, Lethal Company, Dark Souls, and Mario Kart 8. Streams with story are usually uploaded to her stream playlist. In October 2016, Masae became a Twitch Partner. As of March 2022, Masae runs a secondary channel called Couple's Couch, where she uploads Twitch VODs of her playing co-op games with her boyfriend, BrettUltimus.
As of 2024, Masae has 36k followers on Twitch. In addition to her own content, Masae occasionally appeared alongside other Let's Players, like her ex-boyfriend Chuggaaconroy and friend Stephen Georg, and became a recurring guest and co-producer of The Runaway Guys alongside Tom Fawkes. Masae did several collaborations with Emile on both their channels from 2014 to 2021; they dated for 10 years and we were engaged to be married, but had a difficult breakup which was the hardest thing Emile has ever gone through. Emile and Masae would both like to never hear about one another again.
Biography
Let's Playing career
- "Hey guys, MasaeAnela here!"
- ―Masae's intro in almost every Let's Play video she makes
One of Masae's profile pictures
Masae started her channel and uploaded her first video on October 17th, 2009. Her inspiration for making Let's Plays was NintendoCapriSun, whom she later befriended. Her first Let's Play was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, recorded with a camcorder pointed at her television. In this Let's Play she begins hesitantly, but gained a lot more confidence in herself in future Let's Plays, however, and she's now effusive, excited, and entertaining in her commentary.
Since starting her Let's Playing career, Masae has made Let's Plays on various video games, the majority of which have been released on Nintendo platforms, including titles from the Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Pikmin, and Kirby video game franchises. Among her Let's Plays include Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario RPG, Mario Party 2, Super Mario Sunshine, Pikmin, Paper Mario, Super Mario Galaxy, Banjo-Kazooie, Ōkami, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards and Pikmin 4.
Masae's YouTube profile picture changes depending on what game she is Let's Playing. For example, when she played Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, her profile picture depicted her chibi form wearing clothes similar to the character Adeleine. In her videos, Masae has an upbeat commentary style. She also has incredible determination when playing video games, as demonstrated by her 13-hour Undertale stream or how she spent 15 hours attempting to complete a sidequest in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. In 2014, to celebrate her channel's 5th anniversary, Masae decided to do a Let's Play of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, the remake of the game that started her Let's Playing career.
In addition to her own content, Masae occasionally collaborated with other Let's Players, including various associates of The Runaway Guys, including her ex-boyfriend Chuggaaconroy and friend Stephen Georg. Masae's channel experienced a rise in popularity after she was featured as a guest on Emile and Stephen's channels, with her reaching the milestone of 100,000 subscribers on YouTube on April 28th 2017. Masae has 129,000 subscribers and 48,951,132 views as of 2023. The official Twitter account for Ōkami gave Masae a shout-out after she began her let's-play of that game, and they also gave one to her and FamilyJules for their rendition of the song Reset.
Twitch Streaming career
- "Hi! Welcome to my Twitch channel! This is where I'll be playing all sorts of games just for the funsies, and I hope you'll enjoy whatever weird shenanigans happen here! Other things may definitely happen too, this isn't a strict schedule at all! I generally just play whatever I feel like in the moment, so keep an eye out! I might throw some new things into the mix to keep things fresh! Things here are pretty relaxed and honestly these streams are meant as just a little hangout spot! If you're in the mood to chat with some fellow geeks and have fun while watching game derping, then you're in the right place!"
- ―Masae's Twitch about page
Masae's Twitch profile picture
Masae regularly streams games on Twitch. Masae also regularly streams games on Twitch. The games she has steamed include Stardew Valley, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Celeste, VVVVVV, Monster Hunter: World, Super Mario 64, A Hat in Time, Rimworld, Splatoon, Undertale, Lethal Company, Dark Souls, Monster Hunter Rise, and Mario Kart 8. Streams with story are usually uploaded to her stream playlist. She started practicing speedrunning Super Mario 64 by beating the game with 16 stars. Streams with story are usually uploaded to her stream playlist. In October 2016, Masae became a Twitch Partner. As of 2024, Masae has 36k followers on Twitch.
Collaborations with Chuggaaconroy
Masae did several collaborations with her ex-boyfriend Emile on both their channels from 2014 to 2021. The Let's Plays they collaborated on include Pikmin 3, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Fortune Street, Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, Super Mario 3D World, Mario Party 2, Splatoon, Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome Amiibo, Pokémon Black & White, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Splatoon 2. From Pokémon Emerald to Pokémon Black & White, Masae created artwork for Emile's Pokémon Let's Plays, typically for his bios of Legendary Pokémon.
Work with The Runaway Guys
Masae is a recurring guest member of The Runaway Guys, and later became a co-producer alongside Tom Fawkes. She finally became the fourth main guest joining Proton Jon, NintendoCapriSun, and Chuggaaconroy on their LP of Super Mario 3D World playing as Peach. Before that she made multiple appearances on the channel when she played Koopa in MKDD, on Team Streetpassers with Emile, appeared as guest in Burnout Revenge, played Carver in Fortune Street: Mt. Magmageddon, and was a participant in the Bomberman and Super Smash Bros. Wii U tournaments. She also was also with the guys during the third and fourth streams they did on Twitch and regularly assists them for their Thrown Controllers panel. She was also a guest for the Pikmin Adventure portion of Nintendo Land.
Personal life
Masae was in a relationship with Emile for 10 years
Masae and Emile dated for 10 years and they were engaged to be married; but this fell apart about three years ago. In every video they were together in, Masae was his girlfriend and their friends all knew about it. Masae and Emile both wanted their private lives to be hidden at the beginning. After the engagement, Emile wanted to share it, but Masae stayed firm that it remained private. She was never clear to him as to why, but Emile respected her wishes until it was necessary to clear this up.
They loved each other, and Emile thought the world of her, but they had a difficult breakup. Losing her was the hardest thing Emile has ever gone through and Emile regretted how emotional he got about it and the way he handled it. That is what happened between them. They would both like to never hear about one another again and Emile sympathizes with her getting bombarded about his situation after a breakup. The feelings she expressed go both ways and Emile doesn't wish to be associated with her going forward in any capacity either.
As for her video cameo after the breakup, Emile did that because he believed they were still friends and just taking a break from each other, but once she told him she didn’t want them, Emile stopped. Emile has strong feelings about the way it was said, but Emile is asking nicely to not run away with speculation about her, because Emile knows what that feels like. And if their fans felt bad for enjoying their old videos, don’t. Emile still looks back on them fondly, and personally assured that they were happy and having fun in them. The time for that is just over.[1]
On January 24th, 2024, Masae revealed that Emile had repeatedly made her feel uncomfortable and pushed boundaries with her, despite being told again and again to stop. She began her statement by revealing she had not associated with Emile for years and that they are no longer friends, and that any cameo (Splatoon 2, recorded long before their falling out) or interaction/mention (The Runaway Guys Colosseum Twitch chat) was posted and done without her consent after she had made it clear that she did not want to be associated.[2][3] Masae said that she is uncomfortable with the way Emile has talked to/about her in the past, which has been a huge point of distress for her, and combined with the way he’s spoken to/about others (particularly women) in private and public, Masae believes this is concerning and does not want to associate with that behavior.[4] She also said that Emile has "historically been one to push boundaries", and that being faced with a following as large as his was absolutely harrowing for her. Because of this, she thought that establishing her own personal boundaries carried an inherent risk, so for a long time, Masae thought not "rocking the boat" felt like the safer option.[5] Masae said that she had privately received several apologies from Emile over the years that she believes have rung hollow with his actions. She said that she is tired of hearing it, has no more chances to give, and is exhausted from pretending/politely dodging topics when he is brought up.[6] She also revealed that, for her own comfort and safety, she will not be attending events that Emile will be at unless it is a public space where she is able to avoid him, such as large-scale conventions. She also revealed that she has not seen Emile in years, and has no intention to start again now.[7] Masae said that she holds absolutely no ill will and does not fault those who have unknowingly asked her questions about Emile, either at MAGfest, in private, or in chat/comments, but said that moving forward, she will not be reciprocating discussion about Emile further, in any capacity.[8] She said that she made this statement because she no longer wanted to quietly tolerate people speaking for her, assuming the wrong things, or incorrectly associating her and Emile as friends/collaborators. Masae concluded her statement by saying that to those who have also been hurt, she empathizes with them and wishes them all strength.[9]
On April 18th, 2024, Masae posted a statement following the release of Emile's full statement. Masae confirmed that she and Emile were engaged and that keeping it private was a mutual decision, especially through the first several years. After that, when Emile expressed interest in becoming public, Masae was hesitant because of how much social pressure was already put on their relationship. He was respectful of that, and they proceeded with the status quo. They do not condone the harassment of any party, and the omission was an effort to prevent speculation about their now very separate personal lives. Ultimately it was a personal matter and a joint decision between two adults. Masae reiterated that her objective with her previous post was just to be left alone, and that has not changed. She was being asked a lot of invasive questions with increasing frequency, as she is sure Emile has as well. They do not want to be associated, they do not want to hear of each other moving forward - a mutual sentiment as their paths are now completely separate and they want to move on with their lives. Although she can not be a part of his journey, Masae wished Emile luck on his healing and his path forward.[10] Emile responded to Masae's statement about their past relationship by quote retweeting it, in which he wished her the best, saying "I want everyone to know there is no ill will on my side either. You said what you thought was necessary to get people to leave you alone. It was other people who made assumptions, that was why I needed to say what I said. I wish you the best life without me in it, you deserve it. You are a wonderful human being who has done so much for me and I want you to succeed and come back from this."[11][12]
As of 2022, Masae is in a relationship with fellow streamer BrettUltimus. She and Brett have a co-op YouTube channel called Couple's Couch where they play through various video games.
Games Masae has Let's Played
Current Let's Plays
- TBA
Completed Let's Plays
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64)
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (Nintendo 64)
- Katamari Damacy (PlayStation 2)
- We Love Katamari (PlayStation 2)
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GameCube)
- Tales of Vesperia (Xbox 360)
- Super Mario World (SNES)
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES)
- Star Fox Adventures (GameCube)
- Beautiful Katamari (Xbox 360)
- Kirby's Dream Land 3 (SNES)
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
- Super Mario Sunshine (GameCube)
- Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii & DS)
- Super Mario RPG (SNES)
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D Master Quest (3DS)
- Mario Party 2 (Nintendo 64; with Chuggaaconroy)
- Pikmin (Wii)
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Wii U)
- Kirby Mass Attack (DS)
- Paper Mario (Nintendo 64)
- The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (GBA)
- Tales of Symphonia (GameCube)
- Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Wii U)
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D (3DS)
- Kirby's Epic Yarn (Wii)
- Katamari Forever (PlayStation 3)
- Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
- Banjo-Kazooie (Nintendo 64)
- Hey You, Pikachu! (Nintendo 64)
- Ōkami HD (Switch)
- Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64 & DS)
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Switch)
- Pokémon Snap (Nintendo 64)
- Pikmin 3 Deluxe (Switch)
- Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (Nintendo 64)
- Donkey Kong Country (SNES)
- Bowser's Fury (Switch)
- Star Fox (SNES)
- Yoshi's Woolly World (Wii U)
- Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! (Switch)
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD (Switch)
- Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Switch)
- Pikmin 4 (Switch)
- Super Mario RPG (Switch)
Games Masae has streamed
Games Masae's been playing regularly
- Slime Rancher
- Splatoon 3
- Super Mario 64 16-Star Speedruns
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Completed Games/Games On Hold
- Abzu
- A Hat in Time (except Death Wish)
- A Short Hike
- Bug Fables
- Bugsnax (Main game + Isle of Bigsnax DLC)
- Catlateral Damage Remeowstered
- Cat President
- Celeste (Main game-- Might do B-sides later)
- Donut County
- Hollow Knight
- Kill It With Fire
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land
- Kirby's Adventure
- Metroid Dread
- Night in the Woods
- New Pokemon Snap
- Octodad
- One Hand Clapping
- Ori and the Blind Forest
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps
- Owlboy
- Pokemon Brilliant Diamond
- Pokemon Legends Arceus (Main Game)
- Portal
- Pokemon Scarlet
- Putt-Putt Enters The Race
- Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon
- Putt-Putt Joins the Circus
- Putt-Putt Joins the Parade
- Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo
- Putt-Putt Travels Through Time
- Shovel Knight Shovel of Hope
- Splatoon 2 (Octo Canyon + Octo Expansion)
- Splatoon 3 (Story Mode)
- Snake Pass
- Undertale (Geno/Post-geno pacifist)
- Untitled Goose Game (Mipha)
- VVVVVV
- Wattam
- What The Golf?
- Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D Master Quest (3-heart)
- Zelda: Majora's Mask (3-Heart)
- Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (3-heart, Hero Mode, Ganondorf Amiibo)
- Hades (1st run)
- Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
- Stray
- Monster Hunter Rise
List of Masae's collaborations with Emile
Pikmin 3 Mission Mode
Masae was featured in five episodes of Emile's Pikmin 3 Mission Mode series. She appears in Bingo Battle, Beastly Cavern, Forgotten Cove, Clockwork Chasm, and Battle Enemies.
In the Bingo Battle video, Emile shows off the Bingo Battle side mode with Masae, and Masae wins 2 out of the three rounds played.
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Day 36: The Land of Hope
Emile visited her town of Aurnion and it was revealed Amelia had moved there.
Day 40: All's Well That Ends Well [Part 1]
Emile briefly returned to her town on New Year's Eve.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Bonus Episode
Masae joined Emile to tackle the multiplayer of the game.
Fortune Street
Masae joined TRG to play Mount Magmageddon, Mario Circuit, Castle Trodain, and Alefgard. Her choice of character was Carver.
During the Mario Circuit board, a card chosen by another player limited the players' movements to one space on their next roll, and Masae was at a junction where both spaces were 500+ Tim spaces. Taking Jon's advice she moved towards the 690 following the one she hit - and rolled another 1 the following turn.
During Castle Trodain many decisions she made would come back to haunt her, her not buying a specific shop early on in particular.
She almost won Alefgard, but Emile went bankrupt on one of Jon's spaces instead (that he had just spruced up that same turn, no less). The honor of first guest win would subsequently go to Tom.
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
Part 38: "TEAMWORK!"
Masae, now joined by Emile, beat some levels of the Golden Temple.
Part 39: "Soul Sucking"
Masae and Emile beat some more levels of the Golden Temple.
Super Mario 3D World
Masae controlled Princess Peach during all episodes.
Mario Party 2 with Chuggaaconroy
During a pause in uploading content on their accounts, the two played Mario Party 2 together. The playthroughs of Pirate Land, Horror Land, Mystery Land, and Bowser Land were uploaded to Emile's account while Space Land and Western Land went to Masae's.
She got the Coin Star at Space Land thanks partly to rolling a 1 just as Emile said "unless you roll a 1..."; earlier that same board she did not set a Snifit trap which cost Emile all his Coins (even with one dice block Black Hole Bowser was guaranteed to hit him, as evidenced by Emile's "OH MY BARK!" when he realized where he was). Her gaining the Coin Star thanks to that 1 was because the actual Star Space was close to her position at the time of that roll.
Like Tim, Masae played as Yoshi. Unlike Tim in the TRG LP, Masae was able to win a board when she won Western Land, partly thanks to getting the Mini-Game and Coin Stars (Emile believing the final mini-game gave her the former).
Mario Party 3 and 4 with Chuggaaconroy
Masae and Emile played Mario Party 3 and 4. Like the Mario Party 2 LP, Masae deleted the episodes of these Let's Plays after the release of her statement regarding Emile.
Splatoon
Episode 1: Inkopolis News Time!
Masae's voice can be heard in the background, saying the words "Stop yourself."
Episode 19: Battle Dojo
Masae appears as a guest star.
Episode 20: Squad Battle
Masae appears as a guest star.
Masae additionally helped in this let's play by recording a lot of the clips in the weapon bios. Any clip of a female inkling was recorded by Masae.
Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome Amiibo
Episode 25 [Finale]: Founder's Day
In the end, Emile can be seen going on a train and visiting Masae's town, Aurnion, and can be seen walking to a house. Molly, a former villager of Palette, Emile's town, has moved to Aurnion, and Emile talks to her before the screen fades to black.
Pokémon Black & White
Masae provides bio-art once more.
Episode 5: Dream Team
Masae plays multiplayer with Emile. Her file later returns for Episode 14 as Emile uses it to show off Liberty Island and capture Victini after fighting off Team Plasma; other than that, Whitlea only appears when Emile plans to show version differences between Black and White.
Episode 82: Battle Across Time
Masae battles Emile twice, controlling Whitlea. She ends up losing both battles without knocking out any of Emile's Pokémon.
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Episode 44: Green Dream Team
Masae appears as a guest star to demonstrate Co-star mode.
Splatoon 2
Masae appears in the bonus episode, which was recorded prior to the end of their relationship but released after it.
Gallery
Trivia
- At conventions, Masae is identifiable by a Pikachu plush on her head. How it stays on her head is a secret to everybody.
- Masae and Emile have LPed many of the same games, including Super Mario Sunshine, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Super Mario RPG, Pikmin, Paper Mario, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Okami, Yoshi's Wooly World, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.
- Coincidentally, their Super Mario RPG LP had some user input involved when deciding to LP it. Fans had requested Emile to LP it at all and fans have requested for Masae to do it blind should she decide to LP the game.
- Her favorite game is Breath of the Wild.
- Her favorite color is blue.
- Masae is good at archery and martial arts.
- The official Twitter account for Okami gave Masae a shoutout for her Okami LP & gave a shoutout to her and FamilyJules for their cover of Reset.
- Masae at one time wanted to be a veterinarian.
- She originally majored in biology in collage before changing her major to art.
- Her favorite tea is Tazo English Breakfast.
- Before getting into drawing, Masae wanted to be a writer. She first started drawing as a way to illustrate her characters she created for the stories she was writing.
- Masae learned how to speedrun Super Mario 64 from FamilyJules.
- She learned the 16 Star speedrun for Super Mario 64 before playing the game normally.
- Masae played Pya (and additional characters) in Zelda Universe's The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild dub, where all the story dialogue in the game is voice acted.
See also
- MasaeAnela on the MasaeAnela Wiki
- MasaeAnela on the Runaway Guys Wiki
- MasaeAnela on the Stephen Georg Wiki
References
- ↑ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zOaX65dY3EmlTrpWZESY4Y3CKni62NOyONli_cfFP2E/preview#
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MasaeAnela/status/1749980618572677542
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