こんにちは, Japanese learners! Learning a language is an exciting adventure, isn't it? To add a spark of joy to your Japanese learning journey, here's a collection of YouTube channels tailored for kids. Organized by JLPT levels, these channels offer a blend of education and entertainment for learners at different stages. Keep in mind, though, that JLPT levels aren't an exact science like math – language learning can be subjective in terms of difficulty. However, these resources provide a fantastic starting point and a fun way to explore the world of Japanese language and culture. Let's hop into this delightful world of animated learning and playful discoveries!
Friendly reminder to adjust your way of learning in order to make the most of what you're studying to reach the goal you truly want! read my post about it (ᵔ◡ᵔ)
꒰ა ˚₊ ✧・┈・╴N 5 ╴・┈・𐑺 ‧₊˚໒꒱
— Curious George (N5 level)
— Japanese folk tales/anime series (Japanese audio/Japanese subtitles) from BomBom Academy (N5 level)
(Below is a cleaned up machine translation. Please note that due to the nature of machine translation, the text may not be wholly accurate or may read oddly. Japanese is included after English for reference. The text was lifted from the images using this site, and though there's been care taken to make sure everything is correct, there is a chance of unintentional typos.)
With the Only one prince + superb honeymoon in paradise♡
Only oneの王子様と+楽園で極上ハネムーン♡
▼ Spade offers a handkerchief to Joker, who is soaking wet from the rain. Phoenix is in a panic because of the rain, which he doesn't like!
Joker dressed up as a woman to participate in the World Bride Grand Prix. The exotic dress suits him ♪
世界花嫁グランプリ出場のため、ジョーカーが女装した姿。 エキゾチックなドレスがお似合い ♪
--Producer Mabuchi Yoshiki Interview
Joker and new characters such as Phoenix (Akai Tsubasa) and members of the "Devil Fang" organization led by President D continue their unpredictable adventures in "Kaitou Joker" Season 3. I'm sure your hearts are racing with excitement, but how about another thing that makes your heart flutter♥
This time, we have a fantasy of newlywed life with Joker and friends ♪ We also have special cooking tips for the future brides. Of course, the excitement will be even more intense in the full-length anime! We received the following secret information from producer Yoshiki Mabuchi of Shin-Ei Animation! The main highlights are Phoenix and Hosshi. Their mysteries will be gradually revealed during the 16 episodes between Season 3 and the upcoming Season 4. In Season 1 and Season 2, the story was rather complete, but in Season 3 and Season 4, the mystery will be solved by watching all the episodes. Also, the tricks this time were supervised by a real magician, RYOTA, who came up with the ideas for the tricks.
Let's explore the charms of Season 3 from various angles, such as the concepts of new characters and the event report manga, with Producer Mabuchi still with us. ♪
Tsubasa: "Hm, I've never cooked before… Well, here's the question: if I were to cook, what would it be? 1. Super spicy curry, 2. Super spicy mapo tofu, 3. Konpeito Southern Cross style (very spicy). By the way, I like very spicy food."
Spade: "I guess it's hard to decide between cooking and eating. Dark Eye makes delicious food, so I leave it up to him, but when I'm stuck in a writing dilemma, sometimes I just make French food."
Mabuchi P big prediction★
What if you let the phantom thieves do your housework!?
馬渕P大予想★
怪盗たちに家事を任せるなら!?
Joker
"Likely has the ability to select good things, so it could be shopping."
ジョーカー
「良い物を選別する力 があると思うので、 ショッピングでしょうか」
Hachi
"All the housework. He's the ideal wife that everyone wants (laughs)"
ハチ
「家事すべて。 もはや 誰もが欲しがる、 理想の嫁ですね (笑)」
Phoenix
"He's sleeping all the time, so I feel like he's going to be a lazy house-husband (laughs)"
フェニックス
「ずっと寝ているので、 ダラダラした主夫になりそうです (笑)」
Shadow
"He seems to take good care of people, so I guess it would be picking up the kids and taking out the trash."
シャドウ
「面倒見は良さそうなので、子どものお迎えやゴミ出しでしょうか」
Spade
"He's also a novelist, so perhaps he might not do well with housework."
スペード
「小説家もやっている ので、家事向きではないかもしれないですね」
--Mini Talk
Reverse Proposal Tips! Phantom Thief Mini Talk ♪
What gift makes you happiest?
逆プロポーズのヒント!? 怪盗ミニトーク♪
プレゼントされて一番嬉しいものは?
Joker & Tsubasa: "A game!!"
Spade: "You guys are so in-tune…"
Joker: "No way! Okay, if you like games, let's play an action game!"
Tsubasa: "That sounds fun!"
Spade: "I'll pass. You really do like that sort of thing, you're like children."
Tsubasa: "You just don't like losing, do you?"
Joker: "Yeah, right!"
Spade: "That isn't the case! Fine then, let's do it!"
Wings: "By the way, what's an action game?"
Joker & Spade: "Eh……"
Mabuchi P's Big Prediction ★
What kind of brides will the female phantom thieves be!?
"Queen is rough around the edges and wants to do the housework but often fails. She will need someone like Roko to follow her through. Ai is versatile, and she also cooks when in her Dark Eye form, so I think she will make the best bride. Rose seems surprisingly caring; However, she has been asleep for a long time, so I think she will be studying and learning modern common sense."
The characters are fundamentally the same as in Seasons 1 and 2, but we asked Miho Shimogasa to design them with a slightly more adult or "cool" look in mind. Phoenix, Hosshi, and "Devil Fang" became the main characters at the suggestion of director Yukiyo Teramoto and series director Dai Sato. Originally, the original author, Hideyasu Takahashi, had an idea for the Phoenix and the Divine Beast, and we pulled the concepts from a rough draft of that idea. There are still many mysteries about President D, but by creating an organization called "Devil Fang" and having rival thieves belong to it, it became easier to bring out various characters in the anime. There are many fascinating characters in the original story, and we want to include them in the anime as much as possible.
In Season 3, you seem to have included a number of concepts that are original to the anime.
Yes, that's right. The concept of Hosshi eating treasures and laying eggs, where key items of the story come out of, is also an original concept of the anime. On the other hand, Akai's three-choice questions are a concept that existed in the original story, and we decided to make use of it in the anime as well, so Akai always says the three-choice question every time he appears in the story. Mr. Sato raised the bar himself, saying, "I want the questions to rhyme nicely" (laughs). He had a hard time thinking about it.
Speaking of originality, Kaneko transformed into a murderous woman in episode 30. I was surprised because this was an idea that Director Teramoto had mentioned in the August 2015 issue of Otomedia.
It was an idea that Director Teramoto had been working on for a long time. The transformation scene was quite forced, but since it was a gag episode, I thought it would be okay (laughs). The next episode, episode 31, "Shadow and Eyes and Fakes" was also a gag episode, and everyone on the staff wanted to do it. Shadow also made an appearance for the first time in a while, and he too became more of a gag (laugh). We also introduced Fake Silver Heart and fake Roko, who were not in the original work. Fake-Silver is a robot and Fake-Roko is a skunk. In the original, Fake-Queen is the character who farts, but in the anime, we switched that concept to Fake-Roko. The cast is also spectacular, with Kenichi Suzumura as fake Joker, Toshiyuki Toyonaga as fake Spade, and Kaori Nazuka as fake Queen. The casting was done after asking Ayumu Murase, who plays Joker, who he would like to play a fake version of his character.
The opening and ending sequences were just as impressive as the previous and the OP was storyboarded by Takashi Otsuka, who also directed the previous season's OP, to match Arukara's "Miracle Shounen Boy 2" with an emphasis on coolness. Tasuke Inamura, the vocalist of Arukara, came up with the idea for the intro of the song, which includes the call "Hachi!" The ED is innovative, with Joker in red and the Hachi in blue, each running on a road in their image color. The ED is sung by Fuki Commune and fits perfectly with the song "Welcome to the Shining Night!"
What are the upcoming episodes and characters?
There are stories featuring DJ Peacock and Ali Baba. Stay tuned for a rendition of "Ali Baba and the Four Detectives." The story of Rainbow Justice will also involve the Devil Fang. In addition, watch for the original anime episode "The Sky Joker in Peril"! The story and tricks are completely original, and it takes place on Joker's airship, the Sky Joker. You will also see Joker's treasure room and learn about the inside of the ship.
1. Of course, the activities of the heroes and the tempo of conversation is charming, but I think the big points are that every character is very human and friendly. The game is not played from only one point of view, and you can see things from the other (characters') perspectives, which may be different from the anime. Yuri is also working (laughs). You don't see him very often, so please don't forget he's a person from the Judicial Bureau.
2. 自分だったら、どのキャラからプレイしますか?
2. If you were me, which character would you play?
この曲はかなり最近の僕らの思想が出ていると思っています。正直義務感で曲の尺を3から4分に引き伸ばすことに後ろめたさを感じていて、リリックや楽曲の展開の都合以上の理由がない限り無理矢理長尺にしたくなくなっちゃいました。リリックはほぼ全センテンス元ネタがありますので探してみてください。一つだけつまむと、何もしなくて良くなったら〜はDo it yourselfの結愛せるふさんからの引用。しなくていいことをこれまでもやってきたからね……
To celebrate the release of the new FictionJunction album “PARADE���, this web interview with Yuki Kajiura was published.Thanks to a kind follower I was made aware that it contained a lovely bit of info about Kalafina so I thought I would translate the section in question. Here you go!
The experience of composing music "after being able to see the completed work'' was a turning point
The biggest turning point in my career so far has been working for the "Kara no Kyoukai" series. It's an incredibly rare occurrence for a single composer to get the opportunity to create music for 10 consecutive movies.
Additionally, I had so much more material and information to work with when composing for this series, it was different from anything I had previously done. With most TV anime productions, a majority of the music is created in advance according to certain overarching themes such as "anger" or "comical", and then later those pieces will be arranged to match the actual scenes.
For "Kara no Kyoukai", I got the chance to do the score for the individual scenes after the animation for the films had already been completed.
For the first time in my life, I was able to have the experience of making original music that perfectly reflected the story, the atmosphere and the character’s emotions after carefully watching each and every scene. Doing that actually made me aware that so far my compositions had been quite naive. I feel that I have learned a lot from working on "Kara no Kyokai”.
Also, this project provided an opportunity to seriously challenge a type of accompanied singing that heavily emphasised the singing over the instrumental part. It’s something I had wanted to try for a very long time. Of course, this is the story of "Kalafina", the unit which was formed to sing the ending themes.
I mixed elements of various genres such as classical, new age, opera and pop music to shape everything into a form of "polyphonic singing" in which all three outstanding vocalists would play the leading role. I was finally able to bring to life the type of music I had always longed for. The subsequent 10 years of being able to work together with Kalafina are truly treasured times for me.
Act4、とりあえず絶対船から降りないパターンで終わりまで。これはこれでいいんだよな。
やっぱりAct4は一番好きかもなあ。探索する余地とかは全然なくてひたすら一本道なんだけど、グラフィックも音も会話もすごくいい。川の音とか洞窟に響く音とか、録音して流せるようにしたいかも。川というか水辺に暮らす人々というのはこないだ見返した「エレメント・オブ・クライム」も少し思い出す。そういえば濱マイクの「遥かな時代の階段を」も好きだったな。川というか水だとタルコフスキーも出てくるしなあ。
コンウェイがどうにも他人に思えなくて、寂しい感じなんだけどいいんだよなあ。仕事があるだけいいってことか…。あと、ウィルもなんか変人で好き。オルガンうまいし。ボイスがついていないゲームだけど、一つ前の幕間劇「Here and There Along the Echo」でウィルだけは声が聞けるんだよな。
When I saw Lunatic for the first time, I was surprised at the different quality (of his design). I had the impression that his lineage was completely different compared to the other heroes. I was scared at first (laughs), especially of the eyes. However, as I learned about Yuri's upbringing and personality, I grew to think that his appearance was perfect. Katsura-Sensei added the handprint of his face (to his mask), which is excellent because I think that the expressions (Lunatic's) can be taken as angry, mysterious and sad. I also like the pattern of the lines applied to the whole because I like sharp design. While it has nothing to do with the design (concepts), the performance of the suit is still handmade (laughs). Personally, I'm a little disappointed that Mr. Saito had not made it, but his (Lunatic's) abilities covered up for it.
For me, he's unmistakably a "hero" who can't lose to the heroes.
The necktie is the same as Kotetsu's tie, with a stripe in the middle. In Yuri's case, it is a jagged design. It's white and black with the centre grey to indicate his stance, shown from his character in the previous installment (S1).
Colours Used (for Yuri's Design)
ミドルクールグレイ - Middle Cool Grey
デープクールグレイ - Deep Cool Grey
ホワイト (ネクタイ右半分の色) - White (right half of necktie)
クールグレイ(ネクタイ中央の色) - Cool Grey (middle of necktie)
ブラック (髪止め・リボン・クツのヒール ネクタイ左半分の色) - Black (hair stoppers - his barrettes, ribbon, shoe heels, left half of necktie)
ライトスモークグリーン - Light smoke green (his hair)
スモークグリーン(まゆ毛) - Smoke Green (eyebrows)
スモークピンク(くちびる) - Smoke Pink (lips)
*口紅ではなく自色が悪い。- *It's not lipstick but it's a bad colour
ブラス - Brass (lawyer pin and on his briefcase handles and front enclosure)
I was looking forward to the "The Rising" because there was no new design for Yuri. However, because of his occupation, he doesn't change his suit, so there were few places to play. So I incorporated the square design used in the game "ASTRAL CHAIN", and also used it for his buttons.
Yuri Draft:
TN: There is another colour chart with a tie in the colours from the previous season, but I haven't included it.
ユーリのネクタイ。ネクタイだけ、前TVシリーズのカラーリングにしてみましたが、結局やめました。
Katsura says he originally coloured the tie in the same colours as S1 but decided to stop.
From an interview with Katsura (maroon), Kase, Chiba, Hirata, Morita, Kotobuki, Shimazaki (all dark blue)
ーご自身が演じられているキャラクター以外で気になる存在はいますか?
-Is there anything you are interested in other than the character you are playing?
Kotobuki: I'm interested in Yuri, and I like him. In "T&B2", Yuri's story has passionate development, and I couldn't take my eyes off it. I saw the drawings of Yuri's design, and thought the accessories of his bag and tie were very fashionable. Also, the scene in the anime, where his hair is standing on end is so fantastic.
Katsura: Yuri's development is shocking, isn't it?
During the plot stages, I remember saying: "It's a lie! What a waste! Stop it!" many times about Lunatic's ending (climax). But it's not clearly mentioned, so I don't think I understand what happened yet (laughs).
Chiba: I'm not interested in characters either (TN: Morita says earlier that he's not interested in characters), but Lunatic's bowgun is good. I think "flames" are standard special moves, but the idea of shooting flames with a bow gun was ground-breaking and incredibly cool.
TN: What follows is easily the greatest thing about this interview and it doesn't even have any Yuri/Luna content! 😭🤣
意外と評判が良い? 男性キャラの「おしり」
Is it good that the male characters "butts'" are surprisingly popular?
Shimazaki: I'm sorry to say this since it's my role, but Thomas' tight "butt" is irresistible! I was numb to the fact that Thomas, who is an ace among the new heroes, was wearing a tight suit. As a result, it was unfortunate when he fainted (laughs), because the inner line was prominent, and I thought: "as expected of Katsura-Sensei's butts".
桂 あははは!でも、男の尻だよ?
Katsura: Ahahaha! But it's a man's ass?
島﨑どこからみてもラインが美しいんですよ。イケてます!
Shimazaki: No matter where you look, the line is beautiful. It's cool!
平田 キュッとした桂先生の「おしり」、意外と評判いいですよ?
Hirata: Katsura-Sensei's "butts" are surprisingly popular, aren't they?
桂 そうなの!?
Katsura: Is that so!?
島﨑 虎徹とバーナビーのインナースーツを着ている時の「おしり」も良いですよね。
Shimazaki: The "butts" are also good when Kotetsu and Barnaby are wearing their inner suits.