Feature: Want To Learn Japanese? Retro Games Are Your Friend

Your old import games can be teaching aids, too.

Indulge me just a moment! Sometime around 2002, I’d just received my latest student loan payment. Naturally, I used some of it to purchase ADV’s release of Neon Genesis Evangelion on DVD.

At last I could switch on Japanese audio and subtitles unlike the VHS days, but I found myself having the same realisation I had trying to play Fire Emblem Monshou no Nazo for the Super Famicom earlier that year: If I really listened to the Japanese seiyuu (voice acting) cast in Evangelion — just as if I really looked at Monshou no Nazo’s written dialogue, understanding Japanese seemed an impenetrable fortress.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

Your old import games can be teaching aids, too.

Indulge me just a moment! Sometime around 2002, I’d just received my latest student loan payment. Naturally, I used some of it to purchase ADV’s release of Neon Genesis Evangelion on DVD.

At last I could switch on Japanese audio and subtitles unlike the VHS days, but I found myself having the same realisation I had trying to play Fire Emblem Monshou no Nazo for the Super Famicom earlier that year: If I really listened to the Japanese seiyuu (voice acting) cast in Evangelion — just as if I really looked at Monshou no Nazo’s written dialogue, understanding Japanese seemed an impenetrable fortress.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

 

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