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Re: Learn Japanese from anime in only 5 minutes a day! 1337!

Cassidy — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 00:01:03 -0000

Of course you can't learn Japanese language from just watching anime alone but if you really can't learn anything even a little informal conversational Japanese then you are just plainly BAKA!

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Kether1985 — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 16:17:39 -0000

What about Ken Cannon brewski?! You talking shit bro!

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GenisSage — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:33:29 -0000

Story of this persons life Boku wa tomodachi ga sukunai

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can — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 15:18:45 -0000

De...dedede DEKINAI!?!?!?

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Kuratius . — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 11:21:10 -0000

Muttersprachler hier.
Ich habe beispielsweise Englisch z.T. über "exposure" gelernt; d.h. englische Fernsehserien und Filme. Wichtig ist aber damit das wirklich gut funktioniert, dass man ein sich einen gewissen Basiswortschatz aneignet und die Grammatik zumindest in den Grundzügen schon kann, ansonsten ist der Zeitaufwand es einfach nicht wert und die paar hundert Stunden, die man sonst am Anfang da sitzt und so gut wie nichts versteht (angenommen man eignet sich im Vorhinein keinen Wortschatz an) sind es meiner Meinung nach einfach nicht wert.
Was ich allerdings sagen würde ist, dass es hilfreich sein kann um ein Gefühl für die Sprache zu bekommen und um das Hörverstehen zu verbessern.
Das selbe sollte auch für Japanisch gelten, wenn man mal davon absieht dass ein Kanji so gut wie gar nichts mit der Aussprache des Wortes das es repräsentiert gemein hat; es ist also so, dass man um Japanisch lesen und schreiben zu die Sprache fast schon eine komplett neue Sprache lernen muss.

Aaaand now that I've written this in German, I'm too lazy to write a translated version.
It's much more convenient to just write things in one language without having to translate, so I'm just going to paraphrase what I've written into a shortened Version:
I've learned a lot of Englisch via exposure to written texts, videos, TV shows, movies etc., but I think you're wasting time if you're trying to learn a language only by watching TV shows/ movies.
It's much more efficient to study conventionally (i.e. studying vocab and grammar) at first, until you can understand >60 % of what is being said. If you can already understand most of what is being said it's much easier to pick up new vocabulary purely from context.
Oh and merely watching won't teach you how to write most words (this applies to English as much as it does to Japanese).
Watching anime will, at most, improve your listening comprehension and maybe allow you get a feel for the language IF you already know a bit of vocab and grammar.
So yeah, if you're trying to learn Japanese only by watching anime you're not only wasting your lifetime but you will also stay illiterate forever. If a single hour of studying is worth 10 hours of watching anime in terms of the amount of knowledge you get from it, which one is the one you should be dong
So I'd say study grammar, study Kanji, go read shit and get exposure to the written language (and learn how to pronounce the syllables correctly) and at a certain point it's likely that your learning will become self-sufficient and you won't really need to actively study much. I've actually stopped actively learning English vocab because of this; there's only ~ 1 word out of every 10000 words I read that I don't know.

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Gina Maypother — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 21:50:55 -0000

thank you

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Ai — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 15:28:10 -0000

i cannot deny that anime only help a bit in learning Japanese process... i have undergoes 1 year studying japanese, but still a lot of things differ in anime. the slang, the grammar... in anime it more to informal conversation. so they do drops some grammar so that it won't sound too formal. =) but watching anime and listening to the japanese song at least could improve my listening. it is because the native speaker speak faster than the foreigner. they even have their own accent, such as kansai. the grammar such as tabemasu, tabeta, tabete, tabenai, taberu brings different use, even though they have same meaning. before i learn japanese, i sure knows some words in japanese but i didn't know how to make a proper sentences. the uses of desuga, desuka and etc sometimes confused me even know. if seriously want to learn japanese, sure we need a guide and formal learning by a teacher or a tutor that can help us understanding japanese better. =D that is my opinions. thank you for sharing =D

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Ron — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 01:29:43 -0000

You look like your IQ is far below 105 when speaking in English. I think the problem is that you're a moron.

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Deco — Fri, 10 May 2013 04:27:28 -0000

hahahah really dude the part " who needs 20 different way to say i m goona kill you,dont underestemate me , im gonna kill you and i m want to be the pirate king" really makes me laugh

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john the ripper — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 06:00:53 -0000

you are taking advice from a guy with a panda on his head -.-

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シシ — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:53:21 -0000

well also ive already learned basic japanese i just listen to the animes when i have nothing else to do then while im understanding it im like わたしはわかりました！

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シシ — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:40:02 -0000

なんだいよ i practice my japanese with anime so you can stop calling people retarded if you think learning from anime is silly then you can say that but thats your opinion dont call people retarded ok わかた？

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norishi — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:29:49 -0000

y u mad fo?

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15yearold — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:57:24 -0000

It is impossible to learn "proper" japanese through anime, but you can learn some basic words and phrases, that's what I did, but then again, I have watched anime for at least 5 years so it'd be weird if I didn't. To some people it might seem preposterous, but I was still able to learn quite a lot, to the point where I can even hold a conversation going for sometime (albeit with difficuilty and informal japanese)

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mister X — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:22:02 -0000

i have actually learned much from anime, where i'm from its normal for poeple to speak at least 3 languages. And i can speak 6 languages. In school we learn Faroese, Danish, English and German, then some people also speak norwegien and swedish like me. when i watch anime i can understand about 50% or more sometimes the whole sentence, only from watchimg anime. I know it sounds like bragging but its only to prove a point

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Mr. Bloody Skeptical — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 02:56:06 -0000

Bang. You just pwnd Ken Cannon. OMG, I was trying to download his list of the "300 most common words in Naruto" when your video came up. Thank you. Koichi vs. Ken = invoke the slaughter rule... I wouldn't want to be the one to clean up after the bout; and Ken's not really a bad guy -- he's just an average wapanese dude looking for that ever-elusive boner. I honestly can't say I'm very different from him.

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otaku — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:58:27 -0000

im 13 years old.I've been trying to learn japanese through websites(cause i cant go out and buy textbooks) bECAUSE I LOVE ANIME AND SPEND ABOUT 5 -12 HOURS A DAY WATCHING IT. Ive become an addict and your video saved me from actually trying to learn stuff while watching which is hard cause after watching anime for a couple hours I think to myself maybe i should try to do something productive like learning japanese with anime. Thanks for the vid

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dan — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:13:04 -0000

Nandeska? Anime is sweet, but, no, I'm not learning japanese through anime lol. Whilst i'm learning it, anime is just a waste of time (i love it!) but i can't understand the majority of anime talk just yet.. haha

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ItsDaFish — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 14:48:42 -0000

now that would be a fun way to learn Japanese and if teachers used it in lessons lets just say everyone in the world will know Japanese

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ItsDaFish — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 14:46:26 -0000

hmm well i would find it O.K if Japanese people sounded like pop eye..

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Naru Hime — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:11:22 -0000

Do you mind me reblogging this? I am currently blogging about Japanese language learning and I'm planning on presenting research into this subject :)

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Lydia (りん) — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 10:38:02 -0000

I haven't learned Japanese from Anime, but I went to a well known Japanese immersion camp through Concordia over the summer and two different friends of mine in the top groups this year and last were both learning from Anime, so it can definitely be done if you pair it with other good study habits.

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Saywhatyouwillaboutlecheese — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:14:52 -0000

The panda hat o3o tis cute

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vladimir — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 11:07:46 -0000

bro i don't like how you kinda attacked the audience but as for your point 10points. i wanted to learn Japanese and my first guess was anime a year later i felt confidant and surprise surprise a Japanese student moved to my school that knew English i tried to converse with him and he laughed at me and asked why the hell was i speaking town Japanese aka anime and why i did not learn to speak formal Japanese aka city. he explained that anime language was like speaking country ascent English and that if i went to Tokyo i would be made fun of... well i leaned formal Japanese from him went to japan and tested his theory and guess what i did get made fun of.... don't spend your time on anime to learn Japanese it is cool to watch but do not learn it. unless you want to look like your IQ lvl is 105 when you speak to natives

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Alex Loranger — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:51:52 -0000

NHK Radio, TBS Radio are good supplements. Anime is good supplements, but you need to study with your notebook and use textbooks or you're just going to be confused. In the beginning, it's good to get used to vocabulary by watching anime or tv shows, but nobody said anything about solely using it. Crack open your notebook and write those kanji down thousands of times like I did.

There are also a TON of high quality Japanese literature, and you can even read a bunch for free on aozora bunko. When I was learning English in Elementary school, I would always soar ahead of the rest of the class simply because I would read books outside of class. It's also why I know how to spell.

Simply put, you work your way up to being fluent, you don't just get there from doing one thing.