The Reality of Learning Japanese From Anime

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Publicado 2020-07-27
In this video, I dive into the details of why anime is a great resource to learn Japanese from. I start off by pointing out that most forms of Japanese media (including novels, the news, drama, etc.) are technically “unnatural”, so it doesn’t make sense to single out anime as the one form of media Japanese learners should avoid. I then explain how yakuwarigo, one of the signature aspects of anime Japanese which makes it “unnatural”, counter-intuitively provides many benefits for Japanese learners. And finally, I conclude by covering a few additional features of anime that makes it quite an ideal resource to learn Japanese from.

This video is meant as a follow up to the video I released last week, “Why You SHOULD Learn Japanese From Anime”. That video lays the foundation for the idea that it’s perfectly fine to learn Japanese from anime (and in fact, for some people, anime may actually be a golden ticket to becoming fluent in Japanese). So, if you haven’t seen last week’s video yet, make sure you watch it before this one!

Why You SHOULD Learn Japanese From Anime:    • Why You SHOULD Learn Japanese From Anime  
Yakuwarigo: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakuwarigo


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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:28 - All Japanese media is "unnatural"
3:34 - Not all anime is the same
4:14 - Yakuwarigo: the signature of anime Japanese
5:54 - Yakuwarigo will help you, not hurt you
9:49 - Summary
12:00 - Benefit of anime 1: abundance of content
13:03 - Benefit of anime 2: comprehensibility
14:44 - Benefit of anime 3: listening practice
15:28 - Benefit of anime 4: content on every level
17:03 - Conclu

Todos los comentarios (21)
  • @user-gz8cj5el9u
    I cant really imagine myself watching 2 hours of japanese news everyday lol, anime is a blessing
  • @daysandwords
    I know it's not as extreme as Japanese, but when you think about it, English also has these forms of language that are only heard in certain contexts but are understood to carry a different meaning from just the words involved. e.g. "Love thy neighbour" and "thou shalt not kill" are very different from "Be friendly to people around you" and "Don't kill people." Choosing to say one instead of the other is conveying a meaning that no high level speaker would miss.
  • @AConnorDN38416
    Like Steve Kaufman says, the most important component of learning a language is doing something you enjoy because you will be more engaged and want to stick with it. If you like anime then you can expose yourself to hours and hours of Japanese and never feel like you're "studying" even though you're doing something really helpful for learning the language. Sometimes I will binge a bunch of episodes of an anime and I wind up not feeling too guilty about it because I can count it as "study time."
  • @Asdayasman
    "Hey guys, what's up? Matt here." Oh no, he's becoming a youtuber!
  • Learning Japanese from news, and nobody bats an eye. Learning it from anime and everyone loses their minds!
  • @Mio-fo4fo
    I'm native japanese but this video is what I wanted to see. He explains well about anime. This is good for me to learn English. This is helpful to me when I want to talk about anime to English speaker.
  • I showed your previous Japanese speaking video to my native Japanese boyfriend and he said if he closed his eyes you sounded like a Japanese guy he said it would take him a while to realize your not Japanese. He was really impressed ad shocked you learned from anime. So you must know what you're talking about! Time for me to study more anime.
  • @wh6153
    I first started learning Japanese from anime, but I had this idea that anime isn't good for learning Japanese, so I quickly switched to YouTube videos. I wasn't getting a lot of exposure bc I don't really like those videos, so I quitted. This videos of learning Japanese from anime really helped me and got me motivated, thanks :) A hug from Brazil 😎🇧🇷
  • @miffafia1
    So it's equivalent to English speakers identifying valley girl, surfer boy, cheerleader, jock stereotypical language without even being American. I'll start rewatching anime tomorrow
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  • @redcloud7447
    Loving the increase in production value. Thumbnails, editing all gotten so much better. Thanks for the inspiring videos as always
  • @fixiofangfang
    The clarity of your explanations and thoughts about how to learn the language is a real help and motivation to go on, thanks for what you're doing.
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