This had never occured to me before...

[hairlet]

Today I was asking someone for a tip on how to learn Japanese. Infact, I was asking for names of childrens TV programmes that I could find on YouTube.

Then he suggested I watched some Disney films in Japanese. It makes so much sense! I know the storyline so it'd be a great method of learning.

Does anyone know where I could get some Disney films in Japanese? Subtitles or not... they'd be a bonus. But I think the important thing is the audio is in Japanese.

Ideas?

[gerald_ford]

Today I was asking someone for a tip on how to learn Japanese. Infact, I was asking for names of childrens TV programmes that I could find on YouTube.

Then he suggested I watched some Disney films in Japanese. It makes so much sense! I know the storyline so it'd be a great method of learning.

Does anyone know where I could get some Disney films in Japanese? Subtitles or not... they'd be a bonus. But I think the important thing is the audio is in Japanese.

Ideas?

Honestly, you're best bet (and a good chance to practice reading Japanese) is to order from either Amazon.co.jp or from Rakuten. I happen to work for one of these companies, so my opinion may be biased, but I can say that Japanese DVDs featuring American/British movies very often have a "English with Japanese subtitles" version built-in. So as long as your DVD player can read Japaense country format, you're good. Most respectable (read: not cheap) DVD players can do this. For computers DVD players watch for "country-code switch" limits like they do on Macs.

Good luck!

[Belton]

But you're in luck since both the UK and Japan are in DVD region 2.

Quickly browsing Amazon.jp the disney dvds all seem to be dubbed and have Japanese subtitles. (as you'd expect). There were some listed as having both English and Japanese soundtracks and subtitles.

search for ディズニー

[hairlet]

Belton-san, that suggestion is Belting. lol



Thanks loads - both of you!