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potetopro · 1 year

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I Used Artificial Intelligence on Japanese Voice Actor (Seiyuu) Content

TL;DR Seiyuu fansubber rambles too long about how Whisper and other AI go *BRRRR!!!!* and the future of humanity is at stake. Actual TL;DR OpenAI's Whisper gives us a sneak peek into just how much automatic transcription and translation by artificial intelligence has improved. I wouldn't say it'll completely replace human translation just yet, but it's definitely something industries will have to adapt to.

Introduction

Let's start why I even decided to make this blog. I woke up today and noticed a message on The Seiyuu Stage Discord server that had a very interesting link to a reddit post. According to OP, they used OpenAI's Whisper to create a collection of English translated subtitles on the popular TV show "Tokyo Encounter", which is hosted by the famous Japanese voice actors (seiyuu) Nakamura Yuuichi and Sugita Tomokazu. OP claims that Whisper has "quite good translation" and was "roughly ~90% accurate". That's a pretty big claim if I do say so myself.

Although the link led to one of those shady pirating sites, curiousity got the best of me and I decided to download it like an idiot. Fortunately I didn't get hit with a trojan or anything, and the file was just a zip full of .ass files (subtitle files similar to .srt files). Before I jump into the main content of this blog post, I'd like to provide some important background information that is required to understand just what I'm talking about.

Disclaimer: I am not an expert in the field of artificial intelligence. I am also not a native Japanese speaker.

Background Information

Even if you've been living under a rock for the past year or so, you've probably at least heard of the crazy fast advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) within the past few months. You've probably heard of Stable Diffusion, ChatGPT, and many other AI that have begun to revolutionize the world. Today I'll be doing a quick review of how well OpenAI's Whisper works on a certain type of niche content. For those of who are not yet unware, OpenAI is famous for it's AI "ChatGPT". I literally asked ChatGPT to explain what ChatGPT is here below.

What is OpenAI's Whisper?

So what about Whisper? What is its purpose? According to OpenAI's official blog post,

"Whisper is an automatic speech recognition (ASR) system trained on 680,000 hours of multilingual and multitask supervised data collected from the web."

To put it simply, Whisper is like a supercharged Google Translate for videos and audio or a better YouTube auto-captions.

Like YouTube's auto-captions feature, Whisper can transcribe human speech and even translate it into other languages. The one downside is that Whisper cannot auto transcribe and auto translate in real time, so you cannot watch a video/listen to audio at the same time. That leads me to the next section of this horribly organized post.

OpenAI's Whisper Vs. Japanese Voice Actor (Seiyuu) Content

Ok, with all of the background knowledge that's required to understand is now out of the way, I can finally jump into the main purpose of this blog. The main things I'll be exploring are listed below

Just HOW GOOD is Whisper AI at transcribing and translating Japanese? More specifically, speech from professional voice actors in Japan, who are usually known for having some of the most clearest enunciation in the country.

How does Whisper compare to other machine transcribers/translators such as YouTube's Auto-Captions feature and Adobe's Speech to Text feature for Premiere Pro?

Is Whisper AI even worth using?

Whisper AI - Transcribing & Translating

Due to some issues with my PC not cooperating with them, I am currently not able to actually use Whisper myself. Therefore, I will be using Whisper outputs that I got from other people.

Let's start by looking where Whisper messes up.

CLIP 1

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Nakamura: How about you set it to today? Hanae: It's the 9th.

So in the clip above, Nakamura suggests Hanae to set the date on the game to be the day the episode airs/is recorded, which is on the 9th of the month. For some reason, Whisper completely messes up the translation. This is about 1 minute and 30 seconds into the episode, and until then there were no obvious mistakes from Whisper.

CLIP 2

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There are two lines in the clip above that stand out to me.

花江「出た！懐かしい」 Hanae: I remember this 杉田「ちょっと声が若い」 Sugita: He's a young man

While the translation for Hanae's line isn't outright wrong, it lacks some nuance. I would've translated it as, "There it is! This brings me back!"

Whisper leaves out the nuance of Hanae being surprise when it suddenly appears on screen, and also him expressing his feeling of nostalgia.

With Sugita's line, Whisper straight up incorrectly translates the line. Sugita states that the voice of speaker in the game sounds like he's young (implying that the voice of the speaker sounds a lot older in the present day).

CLIP 3

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In this 3rd clip, I'd like to praise Whisper for accurately transcribing the input controls that Hanae is reading out loud. There were no mistakes in this particular clip, and it didn't make any mistakes when Hanae was reading the input controls before this scene as well.

If I had to nitpick, Whisper seems to really push back the timing of each subtitle line way too much. You can clearly see that the line appears before anyone actually says anything, and this issue persists throughout the rest of clips I'll be showing. Obviously, this is something you can manually fix and is rather simple.

Also, Whisper seems to not care about pauses within a sentence. Hanae laughs, causing him to not complete his sentence smoothly, however Whisper doesn't take that into account. This ties into the next clip.

CLIP 4

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In this next clip above, there are no mistakes. I would say that Whisper did a pretty good job here correctly translating what was said, and there's not really much to complain about.

However, I would like to note that Whisper lacks a sense of "spice" to all of its outputs. I can't say, "It's almost as if a machine made this", because well... a machine basically did. Whisper lacks that special feeling that a human took their time to think about and translate each line. It is quite literally robotic at times.

CLIP 5

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So in this clip above, you can clearly tell that the issues I mentioned earlier are all kind of compounded.

The timing of the subtitle line is way too early.

"He's not doing anything." is not what Nakuramura said.

Whisper completely ignored what Sugita said.

CLIP 6

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In this final clip from the show, I'd like to include it because what's happening on screen is just kind of funny.

Whisper mistakes Hanae saying すね毛 (sunege), which means leg hair, for the word "sneaky".

I would like to praise Whisper for properly indentifying that Sugita is the one actually controlling the character in this clip though. Japanese is a language where simply saying a verb can be considered as gramatically correct, which means that they can leave out pronouns like "I".

PIKA CLIP

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Let's look at a clip that includes both human translation and Whisper translation. This clip was made by Pika Can't Sub, a fellow seiyuu fansubber and the one who originally linked the reddit post I mentioned earlier. They set up Whisper locally on their PC and tested it out themselves.

In the clip above, the WHISPER translated subtitles are the white ones on the top, and Pika's manual translation on the bottom. You can clearly see that Whisper is REALLY GOOD. Both Whisper's and Pika's translations work really well and there's practically little to no unnatural English.

One thing to note here is that this is appears to be a Japanese news show. Narrators must speak very clearly in order to convey the informaton to the viewers, so that probably helped by making it far easier for Whisper to accurately pick up on what was said.

Comparing Whisper to Other Audio Transcribers

YouTube's Auto-Captions Feature

With my limited test of Whisper I would say it is far, FAR, more accurate compared to YouTube's auto-captions. I'm sure most of you reading this blog have at least used YouTube's auto-captions feature before. Whenever you're watching on YouTube that doesn't have manually added captions, you can turn on this feature. It will transcribe what is spoken in the video, and can even automatically translate it to your desired language.

The biggest downside is that this feature tends to make mistakes, and I mean A LOT of mistakes. In my opinion, it works pretty well for English, but for other languages such as Japanese it tends to be really iffy. Mileage may vary. When using YouTube's auto-captions feature to translate from English to Japanese or the other way around, you'll most likely get very unnatural and odd translations.

If you've ever studied a foreign language before, you'll also know that languages like English and German drastically different from languages like Japanese and Korean. I believe that's the reason why so much gets lost in translation when using machine translation like YouTube's auto-captions. Sometimes the top comment on a YouTube video is just about laughing at the mistakes that the auto-captions makes.

It's almost as if Google Translate was just slapped onto YouTube and they called it a day.

Adobe's Speech to Text for Premiere Pro

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I will using the video I created above as a reference for this section~

You may have also heard of Adobe's "Speech to Text" for Premiere Pro. Like YouTube's auto-captions and OpenAI's Whisper, it uses AI technology to transcribe human speech into text. As far as I'm aware though, Adobe's version does not have any translation feature, and also has a far more limited amount of languages that it can transcribe. In my personal opinion, it is far better than YouTube's auto-captions. Since Premiere Pro is a software application for video editing, the Speech to Text integration is really nice. One major downside is that this Adobe feature, along with the rest of their suite, is not free and you have to pay a monthly subscription just to use it.

Like Whisper, you give the AI an audio file that it will read. The AI will then spend a certain amount of time, which varies depending on the length of the audio file, and then spit out the transcription of what you originally fed it. What's nice about Adobe's Speech to Text is that you can literally select it word for word and it'll start playing the timeline from the exact point the AI picked up that word. With Whisper, it only gives you a completed file with timestamps. I believe Whisper gives you an SRT file and that's about it.

My Experience With Adobe's AI

The video is a snippet that I translated and edited from the Bocchi the Radio!, which is the official radio for the TV anime Bocchi the Rock!. The speakers in this clip are the voice actresses for Gotoh Hitori and Yamada Ryou. In this particular episode, 青山吉能 (Aoyama Yoshino) AKA Yoppii, has just physically moved away from her microphone in the studio in order to grab the mail that they have received from listeners of the radio. She is now rushing back to her seat and trying to make it in time to read the segment title and explanation before the music ends. You can also hear 水野朔 (Mizuno Saku) AKA Sakupi, laughing as she is confused as to why Yoppii is frantically running around the studio.

Adobe's version is definitely not perfect by any means. Below, I have provided a small snippet of the raw output I got from it after giving it a wav file (mp3 files work just fine as well). This is about 0:10 in the YouTube video above.

If you can understand Japanese and English, you can immediately tell there are some discrepancies in what Adobe's AI outputted.

Adobe's Speech to Text Output

Yoppii 「その割合こちらの。」 "Here's the proportion."

Yoppii 「コーナーリスナーさんから用件はこういうことをしているという最新四家情報を送ってもらうコーナーです。」 This is a corner where listeners send us the latest information about the latest four houses that are doing this kind of thing.

My Manual Transcription Fix

Yoppii 「ああああ！！！！間に合え！！」 "AHHHH!!!! MAKE IT IN TIME!!!!"

Yoppii 「こちらのコーナー！リスナーさんから陽キャはこういうことをしているという最新ら陽キャ情報を送ってもらうコーナーです。」 "It's a segment~~! This is a segment where we get listeners to send us the latest extrovert information about how extroverts are doing ____."

For those who don't understand Japanese I'll try to explain some common issues I have with this feature, and elaborate more on the mistakes that the AI has made in this particular case.

One of the many issues I've had with Adobe's Speech to Text feature is that it tends to split lines at an odd place in the sentence. Not quite sure why that is, but I suspect it has to do with how this feature tends to split English speech. Sometimes the AI will spit out a line that is just a huge blob of text and you have to manually split it into multiple lines.

Sometimes Adobe's Speech to Text just leaves out entire words and/or completely transcribes the wrong word. I've noticed this happens whenever there's music that plays at the same time, and/or the audio of the speaker isn't clear. This occurs with YouTube's auto-captions as well and I can't blame it. Error 1: Yoppii is basically doing that fake "AHHHH!!!!" scream, and also yells "MAKE IT IN TIME!!!!" as she tries to get back into her seat in time. The AI obviously did not transcribe this part at all. Error 2: The slang term 陽キャ (you-kya) in Japanese refers to someone who is rather bright, cheerful, and outgoing. I translated it as extrovert in the clip. The AI picked it up as 用件 (you-ken) which means "business; things to be done; errand". It also picked it up a second time as 四家 which is literally four houses lol

In conclusion, with all the bashing I've done on Adobe's Speech to Text feature, I think it's actually really great. The particular example I showed above is usually a tough one for most AI/machine transcribers anyway. It ends to do really well, and far better than what YouTube's auto-captions usually outputs. Although I still have to manually retime all the subtitle lines and manually fix transcription errors, this AI has been an amazing tool in bringing my content creation to the next level.

I would say as a fansubber, timing all the subtitle lines is one of the most time consuming parts of the process, aside from actually translating all the lines. With Adobe's Speech to Text, it actually speeds up the process. With all the AI I've used so far, which isn't just limited to transcribing and translating AI, I've realized that they're best used as a sort of launching pad. With Adobe's Speech to Text, it gives me a rough mold (starting point) and then I can reshape it to how I want, which is a lot faster than starting with nothing at all.

Some other things that make Adobe's Speech to Text feature better than OpenAI's Whisper

You can choose whether or not to distuingish between mulitple speakers, and you can even manually rename or add more if you like.

After the trancription process is done, you can even convert all of it to captions. Since Premiere Pro 2022, Adobe has added a dedicated captions layer and other updates to make the editing process a better experience. I personally don't use this, because I tend to split each line in a very specific manner that's not possible with the current settings.

I also used Adobe's Speech to Text to help me create this video below.

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Please check out the rest of my YouTube channel~

DeepL Translator

I'd like to just mention DeepL really quick. Like Google Translate, you can give it some text in one language and it will translate to one of the many other languages that are available. I would say DeepL gives far better translations than Google Translate.

DeepL also tends to do really well when translating single sentences. It is pretty good at keeping the nuances and that special human "spice" in slang. That's just my experience with Japanese to English and English to Japanese though.

Unfortunately, DeepL doesn't seem to have a video/audio transcription model or service. That means you would have to manually input each sentence if you were to do a video, and that would an absolute pain. DeepL does seem to have a feature that allows you to upload word documents and PDF files, but I have not tested that out.

Final Thoughts

If you actually read this far, you are a mad man and I truly appreciate you for taking time out of your day to do so. Thank you so much.

How should I conclude this blog...?

To put it simply, this is a game changer.

I started using Adobe's Speech to Text around the end of 2022, and at the time I thought it was an absolute game changer. I had seen some posts about OpenAI's Whisper on TikTok, but didn't think it would be better than Adobe's model. However, after doing some research and writing this blog, I think Whisper might be just as good, if not better than Adobe's. Of course, YouTube's Auto-Captions doesn't even compare. As for DeepL, I would say DeepL is way better for adding in that human "spice" and sounding naturally. Unfornatutely as of writing this blog, DeepL doesn't seem to be working on any video transcription service (that I'm aware of).

So is OpenAI's Whisper worth looking into and using it yourself? ABSOLUTELY. It's open-source, which means its free and the results it gives are without a doubt one of the best out there. AI such as Whisper aren't quite developed enough to completely replace transcribers and translators such as myself just yet, but I'm not sure how much longer until it will. As of right now, these types of AI can be used as a very powerful tool to accelerate your work and actually provide positive changes!

I can't wait to see how much further AI will improve within the next couple years!

Please check out the rest of my channel! I create japanese voice actor (seiyuu) subbed content, mainly on YouTube!

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#Youtube #youtube #AI #translator #OpenAI #seiyuu #japanese voice actor #japanese voice actors #artificial intelligence

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capellacaps · 1 year

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* ALEJANDRO LOZANO BERNARDO DE LA ROSA’S CONTROL Z — SO3 EO5. ( I MISTYPED THE PREVIEW SHUT UP )

in the source link ( or here ) you will find the fifth episode ( helena ) from season three of control z as requested by @mushroomwriter. it is accessible for use in transformative works by editors, gif creators, and roleplayers. control z contains potentially triggering content ( death, substance abuse, violence, sex ) please be aware of this. more info below the cut.

this episode is full length and recorded in 1920 × 1080 with no subtitles and the english dub audio. it has a file size of 517 MB. it isn’t edited, though i did use my own psd in the above preview. credit to me is appreciated but not required. if you make a scenepack using this, i’d appreciate if you linked back to this post!

interested in stills and screencaps from this episode? check out my other control z posts here !

#rph #editing resources #rp help #rp helper #control z #gif resources #rp resources #*control z #*mine #gifhelp

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rileychester · 2 years

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im loving your Kinnporsche posts so so much! I was curious where you watch it on? i upgraded to VIP for the app/streaming service its on, but it says its on at 10 and i dont know if they mean Thailand time or what and im in the states, so i have no idea when itll be on on my time. and after 1x04 im dying to see 1x05. thanks!

Wow, thank you. That's so kind of you to say and I'm flattered.

Well to be honest I watch them in several different places. In some ways on Tumblr because all of the amazing gif makers will put up almost whole scenes in gif form. Or someone will write a review for a scene or the episode. And since I live in the US, things are already up and running by the time I'm awake.

So bravo to all the amazing people who have that up so quickly after the episode airs.

But I have seen a few episodes on Dailymotion, youtube, and I think it's a website called IQIYI. I think I saw a link or suggestion (can't remember which) for it on Tumblr a while back. All I know is that it has English subtitles. Which works since I don't speak Thai. Though I'm hard of hearing, so I would need subtitles no matter what language I spoke or understood.

Hope that helps you find a solid place to watch the show. I'm also really excited about the fifth episode. Really curious to see how they handle the aftermath of their first time.

#kinnporche the series #kinnporsche

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curatorofvibes · 2 years

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Sun in 12th House Overlay (Once Upon A Time)

NOTE: PLEASE DO NOT STEAL MY WORK. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REPOST, PLEASE GIVE CREDIT.

Synastry. Don’t let astrology limit you, you can have the relationship you dream of!

Alone With You.

First, I would like to state that I am not an astrologer. I’m writing this description or whatever you’d like to call this because I created a playlist based on this synastry overlay. My process of creating playlists is like an author writing a book. For this reason I wanted to write this short story (or whatever you’d like to call this) to explain my song choices into my own words based off of the research I did on the Sun being in someone’s twelfth house. If you have any experience with this overlay or if you are an astrologer, let me know your thoughts and experience because I genuinely am interested.

The conscious (Sun) in your unconscious (Twelfth House).

The Sun person lights up the unconscious of the Twelfth House person. This overlay has the potential to create growth, deep intimacy, and the experience of unconditional love. Because the Sun person lights up the unconscious of the Twelfth House person, the Twelfth House person may be very uncomfortable and suspicious of the Sun person. As a result of this, the Twelfth House person may try to keep their distance, yet they still feel a strange pull to the Sun person. These actions by the Twelfth House person may make them appear mysterious to the Sun person and thus a pull to want to know more. Based on my research, it is vital that the Sun person has good intentions and is mindful of the way that they treat the Twelfth House person. It is also vital that the Twelfth House person stops running away from themselves because by them making friends with their own unconscious, this synastry overlay may not be as scary as it seems.

Okay, now to get into the playlist I created and the story it tells based off of this synastry overlay. The playlist (can be found by pressing the link at the bottom of this post) contains 5 songs put all together to create a 17 minute long vibe with the subtitle “Alone With You.”

To kick off this playlist I used the song Santorini Coffee by melvitto. It starts off with the line, “I know what you want baby, I know what need mama.” I felt like this was perfect to start it off because the Sun person has a sort of knowing about the Twelfth House person that can feel as if they’ve been spying on them. So the first song is basically from the Sun persons perspective. Then comes the lines, “Everything you do you got me oh so into you. Me I’m feeling you, me I wonder. How did I find you? Where did I find you? Where did you come from? Can I follow you?” I feel like this is emphasizing the mysterious nature that the Twelfth House person can seem to have to the Sun person and them wanting to know more.

The second song is On the Low by Burna Boy. The first line to stand out to me when it comes to this playlist topic is, “You know I feel a vibe, you feel a vibe.” The reason why is because I feel it can represent the strange, yet powerful pull the Sun and the Twelfth House person feels towards one another. This next line I feel can be a representation of how the Twelfth House person feels, “Why you want to dey question me like an interview.” I feel like because the Sun person in this playlist is genuinely really interested in the Twelfth House person and has good intentions, it can come across as if they’re overbearing in a sense and the Twelfth House person is like uhhh can you leave me alone and like back up lol. Then the chorus of this song is the same as the title and this can represent the hidden nature of the relationship. From the research I did, it was mentioned that this synastry overlay can be cause for a relationship that takes place behind the scenes or in this case “On the Low”. Talk about sneaky link except with all the feels lol.

The third song is in French and I will translate the lines that I describe to English. This song is Doucement by Ronisia and doucement translates to slowly in English. I feel like the title of the song kind of represents the pace that this synastry overlay should probably go at, although it may not. Based off of my research, I personally would take a relationship like this slowly because although it may feel so intimate and maybe even telepathic, a relationship that lights up the unconscious should be handled with care and patience, but that’s just my opinion. The lines, “J'sais qu'c'est dur ouais, j'sais qu'c'est dur. Ah nan c'est pas la peine de penser aux autres.” Translates to “I know it's hard yeah, I know it's hard. Ah no it's not worth thinking of others.” To me, the “I know it’s hard” line speaks for itself, that this synastry overlay can be difficult, but the “it’s not worth thinking of others line” is kind of saying like hey, through the hardships we can get through this so what’s the point in focusing on other people? Let’s just focus on us and overcome these hardships together. The next line is, “Dans ma tête, y a que toi, j'connais pas les autres.” and this translates in English to, “In my head, there's only you, I don't know the others.” And this continues on from the last line and my interpretation of it, but I feel like it can also describe another thing that came up during my research which is how the Sun person can appear in the Twelfth House persons dreams and in a way infiltrate their mind. The third line from this song that stood out to me, “Tes défauts, j'ai pas l'temps d'm'y arrêter.” And this translates in English to, “Your flaws, I don't have time to stop there.” This I feel represents the unconditional love that this synastry overlay has the potential to gain if given the chance. Loving someone for being imperfectly pure, but at the same time maybe also brushing over their insecurities and idealizing one another, which was mentioned during my research.

The fourth song takes us back to the English language and is titled Meet Me in Amsterdam by RINI. The first line that stands out to me is, “There ain’t no sunshine, no sunshine where I was before. But I found the Love, the warmth in your arms.” Although the line “your arms” is mentioned, I kept it in this description because in my opinion without it the, “But I found the Love” line would look odd. But for me, when it comes to this synastry overlay, this line is representing the Twelfth House person and the Sun person lighting up their unconscious mind. And them learning to love the things that they pushed away and ran away from, the things that they once refused to confront about themselves and make friends with. The Sun person helped teach them to love those parts of themselves. Another line from this song is, “When I saw her in my dreams, never thought it meant a thing.” This line kind of continues on from the last song, the Sun person appearing in the Twelfth House persons dreams and basically infiltrating their mind, I feel like the next line I’m about to emphasize will tie into the “never thought it meant a thing” line, that being from the outro, “If there is a next time, Meet me in Amsterdam.” I said this ties in because the twelfth house person as mentioned before can be very suspicious and can throw mixed signals (emphasis on the IF from the line “If there is a next time.”) to the Sun person because this synastry overlay can be scary for them, which is why I recommend taking it slowly/doucement.

And finally the last song, also the namesake of the subtitle of this playlist is Alone With You by Alina Baraz. I believe in Happily Ever Afters so for me, this song was the perfect Happily Ever After to describe my Sun in the twelfth house synastry overlay playlist. For this song I’m not going to emphasize whether it’s the Sun person or the Twelfth House person feeling this way, I’m just going to say this is them now unified. From the first verse of this song, “You're feelin' a way, baby, I feel it too. You don't gotta tell me about it, we could dance around it, we could rendez-vous.” I feel like this is just perrrfect lol, like you’re so connected that you feel how the other person feels and you’re not forcing them to get it off their chest, we’re just going to “rendez-vous”. Next line, “I'm overprotective, baby, we're connected. Gotta get you out of this mood” this line to me just continues on from the previous and finding ways to cheer the other up to help get them out of the funk. The third line of emphasis from this song for this playlist is, “Breathin' life into you.” To me, this is breathing life into the unconscious, the unconscious becoming conscious as a result of this synastry overlay. This next line was a big one for me, “I've grown with you, Yet our love stays the same.” This to me represents the growth that both individuals encounter as a result of this relationship, yet the unconditional love that they feel for one another never stunted. It’s them growing as individuals, yet still having each other through the thick and the thin. Fifth line of emphasis from this song for this playlist, “Look at you and I see versions of me that I need.” This I feel represents the idealism that this type of relationship can entail. Like you’re so fascinated by one another, that you feel like you need that person in your life so that maybe you can soak up some of their greatness and one day you can be as great as you think they are.

Now let’s end it with “Alone With You.” To me, this is what Sun in the twelfth house synastry overlay is. Being alone with that one person. Nobody else involved, maybe even nobody else knowing that you two are involved with one another. Literally, just, Alone With You, living Happily Ever After…

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bangtaninborderland · 2 years

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NIJIROS MOVIES/ SHOWS AND WHERE TO WATCH THEM.

I worked really hard on this list so please be kind and these movies were not easy to find. They all have English subtitles! If any links don’t work let me know and I will try and find an alternative also if you’d like a link to a movie that isn’t here let me know and I will try to find it! ❤️

1. Soirée (2020)

About: Shota Iwamatsu (Nijiro Murakami) is a young man, who dreams of becoming an actor. He teaches stage play at a nursing home for the elderly. Due to an incident, he flees with Takara Yamashita (Haruka Imou), who also works at the same nursing home.

Link: (I have the movie with English subs if you message me I’ll send it to you the group I found it is on an app that isn’t available worldwide however I will still post the link here. A few other of his movies are here too with English subtitles you have to download the app (it’s safe I use it) and then create an account (it’s free) and then join the group)

https://t.me/ikiwohisometexlestari

2. Deadstock (2017)

About: Riku Tsuneta (Nijiro Murakami) works as rookie AD at a TV station. He is assigned to the “unconfirmed material center” where they arrange lots of program materials. These program materials were found at the TV station when it moved locations. He works with Director Saori Nikaido and Producer Satoru Sayama. Riku is disappointed that he is working there, but he spends his days arranging VTR. One day, he finds recorded material showing a supernatural phenomenon.

Links: https://kissasian.li/Drama/Dead-Stock

https://www.dramacool9.co/dead-stock/

3. Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day

About: High school student Jinta (Nijiro Murakami) is a hikikomori and lives in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. One summer day, when Jinta is absorbed in a video game, a girl suddenly appears in front of him. The girl is Jinta's childhood friend Meiko (Minami Hamabe), but it seems impossible because Meiko died on a summer day. Meiko wears the same white dress when she died, but she looks a little taller. She tells Jinta that she has a wish and that's why she came back as a ghost, but Meiko can't remember what her wish was. To grant Meiko's wish, Jinta along with his friends Atsumu (Jun Shison), Naruko (Airi Matsui), Chiriko (Marie Iitoyo), Tetsudo (Yuta Takahata) and Meiko gather together for the first time in 7 years. Jinta soon realizes that he is the only one able to see Meiko.

Link:

https://kissasian.li/Drama/Anohana-The-Flower-We-Saw-That-Day

4. Chiwawa

About: In Tokyo, Chiwawa (Shiori Yoshida) is a popular girl. One day, her dead body is found in Tokyo Bay. Her body are in pieces. Chiwawa's friends gather to remember her, but they realize they do not know anything about her like her real name or her background.

Link: https://kissasian.li/Drama/Chiwawa-chan

5. Forget me not

About: Takashi Hayama is a third year high school student who falls in love with Azusa Oribe at first sight. They begin to date and, one day, Azusa tells Takashi "people who meet me, forget about me several hours later." Takashi doesn't believe Azusa, but by chance he realizes that it was true. To prevent that, Takashi begins to leave a note for himself and Azusa.

Link: https://kissasian.li/Drama/Forget-Me-Not

6. Blood of wolves

About: Set three after the conclusion of "The Blood of Wolves." After, Shogo Ogami’s death in Hiroshima, Detective Shuichi Hioka successfully implemented Shogo Ogami’s plan, which was to control the yakuza to prevent further gang wars and save innocent people from getting harmed. Shuichi Hioka manages the criminal organizations, but, due to one evil person who gets released from prison, the situation drastically changes. ~~ Adapted from a novel of the same name by Yuzuki Yuko.

Link: https://kissasian.li/Drama/The-Blood-of-Wolves-Level-2

7. Second summer, never see you again.

About: Satoshi is in the 3rd year of high school. He and transfer student Rin are busy forming a band to perform at the school cultural festival even though they are banned. They perform live, but Rin later collapses and tragedy ensues. Devastated, Satoshi goes back in time to when he met Rin for the first time.

Link: https://kissasian.li/Drama/Second-Summer-Never-See-You-Again

8. As the gods will

About: Takahata Shun's day at high school begins just as boring as ever, but it doesn't end that way. He and his classmates find themselves forced to play children's games with deadly stakes. With no idea who is behind, the only thing Shun and other students can do is keep trying to win

Link: https://ww1.123movies.tc/movie/as-the-gods-will/watching.html?ep=1&sv=8

https://123series.top/watch-movie/watch-as-the-gods-will-9700.5313850

9. Destruction babies

About: Taira Ashihara (Yuya Yagira) and his younger brother Shota (Nijiro Murakami) live by themselves in the small seaport town Mitsuhama in the western part of Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture. Taira Ashihara always gets into fights and decides to get out of the town. Taira Ashihara goes to downtown Matsuyama. Whenever he spots someone who looks tough, he provokes them into a fight. Yuya Kitahara (Masaki Suda) becomes interested in Taira Ashihara. They go on a violent streak against people on the street. The two young men then steal a car. They head out of town with Nana (Nana Komatsu) who was in the car when they stole it. Meanwhile, younger brother Shota comes to Matsuyama to find Taira.

Link: https://123series.top/movie/watch-destruction-babies-56507

10. The Gun

About: An aimless college student comes upon the aftermath of a murder scene one night, and without thinking, grabs the titular weapon. He takes it home and keeps it safely hidden away, but curiosity gradually begins to consume him.

Link: https://123series.top/movie/watch-the-gun-15515

11.Mukoku

About: Kengo Yatabe’s (Go Ayano) mother passes away. His father was great at kendo, but he is now in a vegetative state. Kengo was also accomplished in kendo, but he stopped participating in the martial art activity after an incident. Now, he spends his days drinking and working as a security guard at a station building. One day, Tooru Haneda (Nijiro Murakami) appears in front of Kengo. Tooru is a high school student who likes rap music. Triggered by Tooru’s talent with kendo, Kengo resumes practicing kendo.

Link: https://dramacool.city/movie/mukoku-j9cjigd2/

https://kissasians.org/detail/mukoku/

12. Rourouni kenshin the beginning

About: Kenshin Himura goes up against mysterious weapons dealer Enishi. He controls the underworld of China. The secret of Kenshin Himura’s "Jujishou" is also revealed.

Link: https://sflix.se/movie/watch-rurouni-kenshin-the-beginning-hd-70969

https://ww1.123movies.tc/movie/rurouni-kenshin-final-chapter-part-ii-the-beginning/watching.html?ep=1&sv=8

13. Still the water

About: Set on the island of Amami Oshima. Through a 16-year-old girl and boy, "Futatsume no Mado" describes the cyclical nature of life, death and love.

Link: https://ww1.123movies.tc/movie/still-the-water

https://kissasian.pe/drama/still-the-water-episode-1

14 . Hanalei Bay (2017)

About:

A single mother receives a phone call saying her son had died from a shark attack in Hanalei Bay, Hawaii, where she now visits annually on her son’s death anniversary. One day, she meets two young Japanese surfers who tell her about a young Japanese surfer with one leg.

Link: https://myasiantv.tv/movies/hanalei-bay-2018/episode-1

https://kissasians.org/detail/hanalei-bay-2018/

https://dramacool.pk/movies/hanalei-bay-2018/

15. I was a secret bitch

About: Hiromi is a 26-year-old single woman. She is popular with guys. Her hobby and specialty is getting men to like her using small talk and a shy persona. If a guy confesses his feelings for her, Hiromi leaves them. Hiromi’s share house mate Akira and her friend Aya blame Hiromi, calling her “Kakure Bitch” (a type of women who uses innocence to flirt with men). Hiromi does not care. One day, she takes an interest in Tsuyoshi, who works in the same office. She becomes to like him sincerely.

Link: https://www1.dramacool.ps/movies/i-was-a-secret-bitch-2019/

https://kissasians.org/detail/i-was-a-secret-bitch-2019/

16. Natsumis Firefly

About: Natsumi Kawai wants to become a photographer. She takes a bike which her late father left behind and goes to a forest to find a firefly she saw with her father. In the forest, Natsumi Kawai meets old mother Yasu and old son Jizo. They run a general store. Natsumi Kawai learns how to live in nature from them. She has happy summer days there. One day, Jizo tells her that he became estranged from his son in the past.

Link: https://kissasian.pe/drama/natsumis-firefly-episode-1

https://dramacool.tube/watch/batsumis-firefly

17. Iko wo hisomete ( Hulu show nijiro starred in) (ep3 is his I think)

About: The Tama River, where the water flows along the border between Tokyo and Kanagawa, pours into Tokyo Bay and the large sky spreads out.

People who enjoy sports, lovers who are close to each other, students who practice singing, by the riverside, which is rich in nature, people who ride bicycles come and go as they please.

Spring of 2020 Corona disaster of people who spend their days along such a river.

Link: https://www1.dramacool.tw/watch/iki-o-hisomete-episode-1/

https://myasiantv.tv/tv-series/iki-wo-hisomete-2021/episode-1

Enjoy !!❤️

#murakami nijiro #nijiro murakami #nijiro #aib netflix #aib chishiya #nijiro icons #aib #aib x you #alice in borderland #dead stock jdrama

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europeanmusicals · 2 years

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europeanmusicals is a 'source' type blog dedicated to European musicals, not including the West End. This may sometimes include Asian productions of European musicals, and European productions of Broadway and West End musicals. It also includes European musical actors solo work and concerts.

Here you'll find resources, masterlists and recommendations about how to get into European musicals, where to watch and listen to them, and where to buy tickets and merchandise. Along with posts of audios and videos, gifs, official images and news. Tracks #europeanmusicaledit and #europeanmusicals to reblog any gifs, edits, fanart, fanfic, videos and audios.

We have a Discord now! https://discord.gg/du7jmxXQd3

The blog is better views in the website view (username.tumblr.com) so you can see the theme properly and all the links and recourses within the blog theme.

About The Blog and Owner

This blog is run by @emptymasks , I'm a neurodivergent trans man who uses he/him pronouns and can struggle with understanding tone so use of tone tags in asks and dms are appreciated, especially so I can understand if you're joking or being sarcastic or not.

This blog doesn't tolerate bigotry of any kind. Any asks or dms sent with any sort of bigotry will just be deleted and the sender will be blocked.

I'm not taking requests to make any particular gifts, art, videos, fics, etc.

If you want me to be more likely to see your European musical content and reblog it to here please tag it with #european musicals I try to check that tag as often as possible.

I only speak English so if you send an ask in a language other than English I probably won't be able to answer it.

Useful Links and Resources

‘So you want to get into non-English language musicals?’ first recc list with links my archive.org page where i back-up and archive official audios, videos, sheet music, official and fan subtitles (i do not post bootlegs here)

musical_lover_1980n on archive.org (not me or anyone i know) who has uploaded many cast albums

#non english language musicals for all of my masterlists and info posts

‘Where to watch and listen to non-English language musicals?’ post with links

emptymasks’ musical streams calendar & info post part 1 | part 2 (old/finished)

Elisabeth das Musical Japanese Productions Masterlist

German-Language Musicals with English Subs & German-Speaking Countries Performing Musicals in English Masterlist

#tanz der vampire #elisabeth das musical #mozart l'opéra rock #mozart das musical #rebecca das musical #phantom of the opera #jesus christ superstar #poto #european musicals #musical theatre #broadway #musicals #mine #musicaledit #theatresources #musicalgifs

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jojotranslates · 2 years

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English fansubs released for the first 5 Jönssonligan (The Jönsson Gang) films!

This series of comedic heist films is centered around the titular gang leader, Charles-Ingvar “Sickan” Jönsson, and his two partners in crime. He is originally joined by the optimistic con man/professional yes man Ragnar Vanheden and a strong yet rather nervous Fenno-Swedish guy called Rocky... For the first two films. Afterwards, Rocky would leave the cast to be replaced by Vanheden's cousin: an alcoholic demolitions expert called Dynamite-Harry.

These films are primarily defined by Sickan’s meticulously planned heists, with a recurring theme being common household items being used in unusual ways. Many of these heists also involve his nemesis, the corrupt CEO Wall-Enberg, in some way. But the heists themselves are accentuated by various other things: mild slapstick gags, tense scenes where Wall-Enberg's henchmen actively try to kill the gang, word play that made the translator cry, the occasional jab at contemporary politicians/events, and above all, the... Let’s say eccentric characters just being themselves:

The first 3 films are straight remakes of films from the Danish Olsen-banden series, but later entries would go on to feature more original material. Despite its derivative nature (and mixed reception from pro critics), Jönssonligan is still fondly remembered in Sweden, to the point that 2 separate documentaries were made to celebrate its 40th anniversary. I hope that at least some of the reasons why come across in translation.

More info about the subs themselves under the read-more. Happy watching!

To start with, by "the first five films" I mean the following:

- Varning för Jönssonligan

- Jönssonligan & DynamitHarry

- Jönssonligan får Guldfeber

- Jönssonligan dyker upp igen

- Jönssonligan på Mallorca

There are more films in the series: I'll create a separate announcement post if I sub any of them. Each film is pretty much a stand-alone, with previous films getting a brief nod at most.

All of the films have been released on DVD as well as a few online services, including Google Play (although you might need to use a VPN to find them there). My subs are synced to the complete DVD box set, but can be used with other releases. Watch out for the desync though: the biggest difference I found between two releases was 1.255 seconds.

Links to the subs:

All 5 films’ subtitles at once: Dropbox, in the .zip called “Jönssonligan with Ekman (films 1-5)”. Sub format .vtt (yellow text by default + a few translator's notes in the files.)

Subtitles by film: On my OSS profile. Sub format: .srt (raw text, no notes)

NOTE: While they technically aren't legal, I'm also aware that there are unofficial YouTube reuploads of each film. Even though they have gotten copyright strikes, you can still view them anywhere on the planet except Sweden for some reason. There is an upload of Guldfeber that features English subtitles, but this is not my translation.

#jönssonligan #fansubbing #TECHNICALLY I translated these in 2020-2021 before I even made this blog...#but was recently asked to reupload the subs to OS due to technical issues and thought I'd revise them a bit while I was at it #so overdue announcement post it is!#(Also I have no idea what I'm doing with the gifs to be honest)

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emptymasks · 3 years

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It’s my birthday on May 21st and since I can’t go out and celebrate, l thought it could be fun to host a stream of one of my favourite musicals! I’ve been getting a lot of new followers from my posts introducing and explaining European musicals / non-English language musicals and hopefully this will attract some people who’ve never watched Tanz Der Vampire before. I wish more people would give things not in English a chance.

[Text from above gif: emptymasks’ birthday stream! Tanz Der Vampire, German language musicals with English subtitles. Berlin 2011 cast. 2 hours and 26 minutes long. 21st May 2021, 11pm BST UK time (GMT+1). 5pm CDT/6PM EDT/7PM MDT/8PM PDT]

Genre: Horror comedy romance musical. There’s a little blood as it is about vampires, but no gore and no jump scares or anything meant to be scary. If you like gothic horror or Phantom of the Opera or rock operas there’s a good chance you’ll enjoy this. Or if you just like vampires. TW: Some fake blood and there are flashing lights in a few places. By: Music by Jim Steinman. Lyrics and book by Michael Kunze. Summary: Professor Ambronsius and his young assistant Alfred are on the hunt for vampires and stumble upon a small village. They suspect that the villagers know more about vampires than they let on, and soon discover there is a castle in the woods where the vampire Graf von Krolock and his son Herbert live. While staying at the inn, Alfred meets Sarah, the innkeeper’s daughter, her father being so overprotective that he keeps her locked in her room every day and every night. Sarah longs to escape her life and has been secretly conversing with Krolock for some time. She’s no damsel in distress, she’s attracted to him and what he offers and so she sneaks out of her home and goes to his castle. Alfred is convinced she has been kidnapped and he and the Professor go to the castle to rescue her.

Did you know Total Eclipse of the Heart was originally written to be a vampire love song but Jim Steinman abandoned the Nosferatu musical idea and gave the song to Bonnie Tyler, but then used it again when he finally got to make a vampire musical? But this is not a jukebox musical. There are 9 songs in this musical that are reused either in whole in or parts from previous Steinman songs, but the other 22 are new original compositions.

There are canon LGBT+ characters! Graf von Krolock (Count von Krolock) is bisexual and his son Herbert is gay. And there are multiple amazing dance sequences.

This is the link to the room I’ll be streaming in: app.kosmi.io/room/47y7kb (can’t post it as a proper hyperlink here otherwise Tumblr will do it’s great job of blocking the post so just copy and paste it) Kosmi is great and I love it because it allows for so many different ways of streaming: from a video hosting website URL like Youtube or Vimeo, by screen sharing for things like Netflix, or form a file on the host’s computer. The only thing with Kosmi is that unless you have an account it will say ‘Anonymous [insert animal name]’ and you can’t edit what name appears so to help avoid confusion in the chat it would be awesome if you could make an account, it’s quick and free, so that you’ll have a username in the chat. But you do not have to take part in the chat to watch with us! You can just sit and lurk if you’d like, there’s no pressure to talk in the text chat.

#tanz der vampire #musicaledit #phantom of the opera #european musicals #myedits #mine

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etto-etto · 4 years

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JRR #2: August 1 - August 13, 2020

If you saw this earlier and noticed it was a giant wall of text, that’s because posting drafts from mobile seems to erase all links and other formatting in my posts. Note to self. Anyway: here’s to another set of resources.

Yuki’s Japanese TV: He’s got a variety of video content from JLPT and grammar to vocab but also topics like food and life during a pandemic. What makes his channel extra special in my book (can you guess?) is that he speaks in Japanese. He does have some in English, and others where he speaks both, but as far as grammar—it’s in Japanese (from what I’ve seen). If that sounds intimidating, he hard subs a lot of his sentences (still in Japanese) and supplies graphics to help demonstrate points, so even if you don’t understand all that he says it’s still difficult to feel lost with Yuki.

Automatic Japanese: I am in love with Asari’s channel! Most of her videos are spoken in Japanese and accompanied by Japanese and English subtitles (that she herself makes). She speaks with clarity and in a fair pace that I feel isn’t too fast or too slow, plus she’s given me some pretty solid learning tips this week. I also recommend checking out her IG!

Learning Language with Youtube BETA: something I discovered from Asari! It’s similar to the LLN extension, but for YouTube.

Learn Japanese with Noriko: a podcast in Japanese for listening practice, of course. But I love this one a little more because she offers some (limited) transcripts on her site, and that makes it a little easier (and more fun) for me to follow along.

Erin’s Challenge! I Can Speak Japanese: having never used Erin’s Challenge, I’m not sure if this is an update of the old content or entirely new, but it’s here and ready to help you learn Japanese╭( ･ㅂ･)و ̑̑ ˂ᵒ͜͡ᵏᵎ⁾✩ It’s a series of basic and advanced skit videos with additional parts like key phrases, scripts, and manga for onomatopoeia. I went into Lesson 7 and found it to be, yeah–completely cheesy–but also fun!

Hito’s World: a fun game for learning kanji that I think is best for beginners–either that, or for hammering in the romaji spellings. Or at least in regards to the level I’ve worked up to. (And speaking as someone who never remembers which way is left or right–as in I literally bombed the same A&P quiz twice because I confused left and right–I really have to think about whether I need to type 右 or 左. It’s… a mental exercise.) I wish it allowed or accepted hiragana, but I know it’s a WIP. You can also join r/Hito and check out the road map.

Tobira Vocabulary: Anki deck for Tobira (obviously). Beware: although it says it’s a complete vocab set, I’ve read two comments that claim otherwise.

Tobira Kanji: includes kanji and vocab from all Tobira chapters. Another option if Anki’s not your thing (+ it may actually contain all vocab?). I’ve tried both the Tobira Anki deck and Memrise course, and I actually prefer Memrise in this case. But that’s just me.

Learning ENG & JPN: I did a lot of hunting to find this again, and I almost thought it was a lost resource---this is a blog run by a native Japanese speaker who is learning English. Posts are short and written in both English and Japanese while containing interesting tidbits about Japan and its culture.

Oshaberi Izakaya: this is a completely free way to get in some speaking practice with other learners organized by Japanese teacher Izumi Ise. They meet up a few times a month, but you’re not required to attend all meetings.

Japanese Learner Cafe: similar to the one above, this provides a means to practice speaking. The on-site English allows room for needed clarity, but this is also through Zoom and I therefore assume 100% free. If anyone decides to try it I’d be interested to know what your experience was like!

#mango's jrr #japanese langblr #japanese studyblr #jpn resources

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