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How to Learn Japanese by Watching Netflix?
Many language learners like to put subtitles in their native language while watching the series. This helps detect phrases and notice language differences. But what if it was possible to see the subtitles in both languages?
The tip below works with practically any language, you just need to install a browser extension and your learning when consuming Netflix material will improve a lot.
Probably, there is more than one extension for studying Japanese with Netflix, but today we will specifically talk about the extension called Language Learning with Netflix.
With this extension installed, when watching a series in Japanese on Netflix, it will show the subtitles in English normally and will include the lines in Japanese with ideograms and romaji. Perfect, especially for making Flashcards.
List of Netflix Anime and Dramas
Throughout skdesu's journey, we've written several articles with lists of anime and dramas available on Netflix. Therefore, in order to give you suggestions of what to watch, we will leave the buttons below. We hope you like the lists. If you like it, share it and leave your comments on each one.
Animelon: a possible alternative
The animelon, for example, is a site where you can watch your anime while following and reading the subtitles in japonês, English, and/or in romanized form. The site was created with the intention of helping those who want to learn japanese with animes, as it offers some options and tools that really assist in this goal.
Furthermore, with animelon it is possible to choose which types of subtitles will appear in the video, allowing you to remove the English subtitles, add a subtitle in hiragana and/or even entirely in katakana. You can create a loop of a specific phrase and repeat it until you learn it. The site also offers tools for those who create an account and vocabulary quizzes. Using extensions like rikai-kun or rikai-champ, along with jisho and anki, the usability and usefulness of the service becomes even better for the user.
However, in some browsers the resolution of anime may be displayed differently and the site may have some bugs.
Netflix, Crunchyroll or Prime Video? Sincere opinion.
Nowadays, contrary to what happened in the 90s (and early 2000s), anime is not shown as often on open television. However, with the success of streaming services, Japanese anime and series began to be shown constantly on these online platforms – Netflix, Crunchyroll, Prime Video, Funimation, among others. With the advance in the fight against the irregular exhibition (piracy) of these anime on websites on the internet, streaming services have (rightly) monopolized the broadcasting rights of countless anime, so that it is often necessary to subscribe to these platforms so that we can watch the new anime released periodically throughout the year.