Are there any good children's TV shows or movies that I can watch for Japanese listening practice? I find that a lot of the time more complex dramas just whizz over my head, but some of the slower and simpler stuff really worked its way in.

Chi's Sweet Home

おまえ うまそう だな (Seriously, this is an awesome movie. It's time to watch it again already.)

anime

maybe akazukin chacha

日常　anybody can understand that anime

steelmole Wrote:Are there any good children's TV shows or movies that I can watch for Japanese listening practice? I find that a lot of the time more complex dramas just whizz over my head, but some of the slower and simpler stuff really worked its way in.

all in good time, you'll be understanding complex shows/animes. For me I just took a dive while I was using the srs (hardcore in the beginning phases). One thing I point out is, keep listening and keep decoding(if text is present). Learn common vocab first(you'll get more bang for your buck)

howtwosavealif3 Wrote:anime

maybe akazukin chacha

I second that one! I add Bottle Fairy which is really easy to understand, and very funny!

just having subs (japanese NOT english) makes it so much easier and less intimidating.
It's probably because you can't catch what they're saying as opposed to you don't understand what they're saying... well at least that's how it is for me.

there's threads on japanese subs
here's some of the ilnks:
http://epic-raws.net/?page_id=121
http://grunnraw.warosu.org/captions/

http://kitsunekko.net/subtitles/japanese/
http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=1639
http://www.mediafire.com/?jpb9qei3sn0ad
http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=7491
http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/subtitles.php#Japanese
http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blo...-of-honour
http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=3730

japanese drama japanese subs (not timed):
http://jpsubbers.positivehosting.com/Jap...Subtitles/

and using korean subs google translated to Japanese if let's say there's a series you REALLY LIKE and want to learn japanese from but you cannot find japanese subs.
http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?p...#pid117636