For a lot of people, the idea of watching anime without subtitles or listening to Japanese music in Japanese and fully understanding is a huge motivator to learning Japanese. And if you watch enough anime with subtitles you will actually pick up a lot of fun phrases (hayaku! baka! tasukate!) but the real magic will happen when you learn a few letters and start understanding how to read or at least recognize characters. It will inevitably open doors to learning and understanding more so the dream of enjoying Japanese culture like a native can be achieved. In this series, an Otaku learning Japanese from anime & music must learn to read or else… Hope you like it!

Episode 1

Learning Japanese with Anime has never been so much fun! This Japanese for Dummies lesson will have you read Hiragana in no time! In this one our otaku adventurer encounters a random akuma threatening to eat his bunny Pedro Pascal. Will he be able to teach you あいうえお in time or will it be BUNNY STEW FOR DINNER?! #anime #hiragana #japaneselesson #comedy Hiragana is the first Japanese writing script that kids learn in Japan! Even 4 year olds typically know how to read and write it, so we definitely got this!

Episode 2

In this episode, Otaku dreams of his lost friend Pedro Pascal, the bad bunny. It seems that the last lesson was not enough to appease the demon. He tries to cheer himself up with Utada Hikaru's Flavor of Life but overwhelming feelings take over... In this lesson you'll learn かきくけ and こ

Learning Japanese through music is really fun too! See below for easy to learn music:

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