FACT: You cannot learn Japanese from Anime

[Jamaru]

i agree 100%

[Seiryuu]

Really? If you want listening practice, I suggest listening to J-drama. It's much faster than anime.

[laurengl88]

I shall remember this!
...all of a sudden, a part in Hana Kimi, where a girl is talking in Japanese and they all give her weird looks and ask her where she learned her Japanese, and she said from some Anime, makes sense...

[zachart]

FACT: FALSE!!! i know some one that learned japanese from anime...

[ZedKnightly]

Originally Posted by Jaydelart

I disagree, Baka.
Although, generally, you may not be able to learn the entire language through anime, it may still provide some valuable insight into it.

*I do know a few people who have learned a great deal of Japanese through anime. Of course, they'd been watching them since they were very young.

It is known that you can learn a language easier when you hear it being spoken often.
What makes (undubbed) anime any different? The voices in anime, afterall, are usually spoken by real Japanese speakers; therefore, you are somewhat receiving "real life" exposure to the language.

i hate to somewhat cmpletely disagree with you, but i shall.
ive been studying japanese language for a year now, and started doing so when i got transferred here in japan.

im an anime fan since i was young and so i can relate with this topic.

yes, you WONT learn REAL japanese from anime, jdrama and manga.
the reason is already stated by the topic starter.

japanese always tend to use polite language, aka TEINEI Go. those form of verbs ending in -masu, -desu.
they even have words that express extreme humbleness and politeness like irrasshaimase, itadakimasu etc. wherein in anime you will often here the plain verbs, plain unpolite words.
so if you learn those words, and try to apply it here in japan, unless the one your talking to is close or intimate to u, you will be marked as impolite.
and unless you know how to conjugate verbs like from "taberu na!" to making it polite like "tabenaide kudasai".. unless you know how to manipulate those verbs, you will learn unpolite japanese which will mark u as a rude foreigner.

and yeah, youll only get to learn words, but not the real grammar.
smetimes the translation is not the actual meaning of the sentence. its not always direct, thus misleading many people.

my 2 / 3 cents.

[ZedKnightly]

Originally Posted by zachart

FACT: FALSE!!! i know some one that learned japanese from anime...

if thats from anime alone, then i can say thats impossible. since it will take u months if not years to learn nihongo by classes and books..

ive been here for a year now and i have friends here who have been here before me and i know how hard it is. but its fun to watch anime now cause i can now understand them smetimes without looking at the subtitles.

[MMM]

Originally Posted by zachart

FACT: FALSE!!! i know some one that learned japanese from anime...

I'd love to hear him speak.

[Aota]

Ugh.. Idiot otakus at my school think Death Note and InuYasha are the "keys" to the doors of Japanese language. =_= It makes the desire for me to move away from Texas that much more severe. >.<

[KudoSan]

Well anime does help with SOME listening skills and helps you familiarize yourself with some of the language.

[TKS]

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