How to watch anime in Japanese without subtitles

[martinakiyama9971]

I just discovered something.

On Crunchyroll, if you right-click when watching an anime, you have the option to switch off the subtitles.

http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-8 ... shjapanese

[martinakiyama9971]

Not that I am at that level. I just watched Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し) in Japanese to test how much I know now that I've finished the Absolute Beginners series, and I understood about one word in twenty.

[community.japanese]

martinakiyama9971-san,
wow, that's pretty good!!

I've never heard of any function to switch movies to subtitles...thank you very much for
sharing the info here!

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

[Sheegoth]

That's a pretty cool tip! Thanks for sharing.

I've watched a handful of anime series these past two weeks without subtitles. Sword Art Online, Death Note, and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, to name a few. I'm on the same page as you; I pick up one one out of every twenty or so spoken words, which I think is great progress.

I've found that watching and listening to anime without subtitles really helps to reinforce my understanding of the language, the context, and the speed in which words are spoken. Though, it should be noted that one shouldn't rely solely upon anime for improvement. Give live action Japanese films and newscasts a try, too.

[martinakiyama9971]

Hi Sheegoth

I'm starting to learn Japanese again after a 6 month hiatus and I'm watching Kaseifu no Mita (I'm Mita, Your Housekeeper) on Crunchyroll. I'm watching each episode raw first and then with subs (so I'm doing things the other way around to jayr1063). Not sure whether I'll keep it up until the end of the series though, I might just do half and then watch the rest subtitled.

Some other not-anime things:

Yasai Sisters by AKB48, a song about vegetables which you can watch raw, with subs or with Japanese subs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pizw3Wf8MHM
http://stage48.net/studio48/yasaisisters.html (lyrics)

Ramen Walker, a show about ramen which you can watch raw, with subs or with Japanese subs:
http://www.viki.com/tv/4422c-ramen-walker

[Sheegoth]

Thanks for the useful links, martinakiyama9971!　ありがとうございました！

[community.japanese]

martinakiyama9971 san,
Thank you for sharing information.

Sheegoth san,
They are useful aren’t they?

Yuki 　由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com

[kytikor_503396]

These days it's common for anime to be done with "soft subtitles", so when you download anime from any of the numerous fansub companies out there, if you use a media player like VLC, you can disable the subtitles. If all else fails, get dual audio because then you can switch the language to Japanese and disable the subtitles.

I've been watching Naruto without any subtitles. I understand enough grammar and vocab to vaguely follow the story, and when I keep hearing a word/phrase/etc. over and over again, I look it up on Denshi Jisho or something. It's really fun, and I find myself disagreeing with subtitles sometimes!

[community.japanese]

Kytikor　さん、
Konnichiwa.
Wow! You can understand animations without subtitles.
Great!　
And checking meanings in a dictionary is important.
Yuki 由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com