Watching in RAW Japanese

Vekurotto · Post by **Vekurotto** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:54 pm

As a Japanese learner I'm trying to refrain from using the subtitles when ever I watch DB when and I find that I'm understanding quite a bit and now I know that I actually am learning.

Has anybody else done this for any reason? It doesn't have to be mine exactly. It can but it doesn't have to.

Forgotten Hero · Post by **Forgotten Hero** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:58 pm

Yes! I do the same thing when I am studying Spanish!
I'll watch the Ultimate Uncut DVDs, watch the random Spanish cable channels with DBZ, or go to Youtube.

I have used DBZ in Spanish as a learning tool.

Post by **Herms** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 12:05 am

I've been leaving the subtitles off for awhile now, because I don't really need them. DragonBall is the only anime I do that with though. My Japanese listening skills are way below my reading skills and my hearing is kind of bad, so if I'm watching something new I use subtitles. But with DragonBall I pretty much already know what they're going to say and the dialog is often pretty simple. However, I will put on the subtitles if I want to quote some of the dialog for whatever reason.

Vekurotto · Post by **Vekurotto** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 12:22 am

Herms wrote:...with DragonBall I pretty much already know what they're going to say and the dialog is often pretty simple.

Yeah for me I've only watched Dragon Ball & Z completely through once in Japanese (w/subs), so it's like my first time watching the series since I've started doing it this way. And with the dialogue, yeah it's simple, though I've heard simpler like in Sentai and those type of shows, but anyway I've found the experience to be enjoyable so far.

caejones · Post by **caejones** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 4:52 am

I never turn off the subtitles... though what with not being able to see the screen, it's effectively raw if someone isn't reading over my shoulder.
I don't have much of the series in Japanese, though, so I've only done this with the first three episodes of GT, movies 10 and 13, the GT special and I think something else...
Now, if only myJapanese was good enough to understand more of it.

. People say I have a talent with learning languages, but I think I'm better at speaking than interpretting...

mrkaizoku · Post by **mrkaizoku** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:18 am

The only time I use subs is if I'm watching anime with my brother. Any other time it's raw all the way. That is with Japanese and English only. Any other language and I will be begging for subs.

kusakun004 · Post by **kusakun004** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:38 pm

I only watch DB in raw Japanese when it has all the Japanese credits intact and everything's there. Like it was originally broadcast on Japanese TV or I-channel. So that would only apply to DBGT since it's the only one FUNi has totally uncut. Haven't tried the movies yet, though.

Rocketman · Post by **Rocketman** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 9:53 pm

Anyone know of a Greek dub?

Post by **Herms** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:08 pm

Looks like they broadcast one on ANT1.

russ869 · Post by **russ869** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:55 pm

Some people talk pretty funny in Dragonball, so it's hard to tell what they're saying. I spent a ton of time trying to make subtitles for Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duel Monsters and I learned a lot of terminology but nobody really talks like that. The same is somewhat true here.

Tatsunoboshi Horoko · Post by **Tatsunoboshi Horoko** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:30 pm

russ869 wrote:Some people talk pretty funny in Dragonball, so it's hard to tell what they're saying. I spent a ton of time trying to make subtitles for Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duel Monsters and I learned a lot of terminology but nobody really talks like that. The same is somewhat true here.

Compared to Dragonball, people talk pretty normally (for an anime) in Duel Monsters. Well, outside of a few people in GX (like Daisuke Gori's [sarcasm]awesome[/sarcasm] take on Satsuma-ben.)

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