It's been a long long time since I downloaded anime so I am not really sure where to begin. I am looking for anime and subtitles in Japanese. Anything would do, DBK would be nice but I just want to watch something cool and try to understand the subtitles.

I found http://www.kitsunekko.net/subtitles/japanese/ searching the forum but it seems very incomplete. I searched for Beelzebub subs and they only had for episode 20 or something.

I realize downloading anime is illegal (right?), but I am only looking at that as an option because is convenient. What is the other convenient but legal way to get what I need?

If it was me, I'd get the manga and read it first... Putting any vocab I don't know in my anki deck.. Then I would go back and watch the anime and understand everything no prob

Mmm of course, and it usually has furigana right? I think you are right. Now I should look for a simple manga if there is such thing.

yep it sure does... http://www.nyaa.eu has everything you would need
try the "Raw Book" and "Raw Anime" filters

If you just search for the name of the manga, volume number and "raw" you can often find a direct download for it.

Thank you Hashiriya, that's a useful link; however, I'm not sure if it's against forum rules to post such links. That being said, thanks again, haha. Seems extremely useful.

JEEZ downloading ain't hard.
just type what you want + megaupload in google.

yup, ...- there is a great site I would like to recommend: animestash

they use soft subs... and in KMPlayer you should be able to view both the japanese and english srt if you manage to find the japanese subs some place. This also helps. Reading japanese AND english.

bcrAn Wrote:What is the other convenient but legal way to get what I need?

What is very sad, is even if you go to legitimate routes for Anime. It's not easy to watch them with Japanese subtitles. It's actually very difficult unless it's a Region 2 DVD or Japanese BD that already has the subs your looking for. Even then they are extremely expensive, and I doubt many students or language learners would be able to afford such things.

Streaming sites like Crunchyroll, Netflix or Hulu, your often left with A) hardsubs, or B) English Dub. And no way to attach Japanese subtitles to the streaming video. (The desktop Crunchyroll is one of the few services that let you turn the subs off on.) The closest I've seen to Japanese subs on a streaming site is Nico Nico Douga, that has a DVD service where you can watch certain anime shows using the proper DVDs with Nico Nico comments. But that's just comments, not subs, so again it's not the most helpful.

As far as Furigana, not many Japanese sub files you can find have Furigana in them. Yumekui Merry on Kitsunneko has a couple words in Furigana. But I think your best off just getting used to reading things without Furigana. Use Subs2SRS and Morph Man to study kanji readings using your favorite shows. (It's a pain to setup, but worth it.) You can't depend on Furigana on everything, you have to learn the words anyway, right? Just because you can read something doesn't mean you know what it means.

In my opinion, especially the kanji in Japanese subs increases the comprehensibility a LOT. When you're not so experienced you never really know which kanji is meant, and just seeing the kanji and remembering the meaning is helpful. Furigana makes looking words up somewhat easier eliminating the need to scroll back to hear the pronounciation.

I still prefer (after 1,5 years) watching with Japanese subs, it just is more comfortable and is a good chance to add learn new words in context.

Anyway, it's usually hard to find Japanese subs for shows you'd like to watch. I have more success looking what's available with subs and start from there instead.

bcrAn Wrote:It's been a long long time since I downloaded anime so I am not really sure where to begin. I am looking for anime and subtitles in Japanese. Anything would do, DBK would be nice but I just want to watch something cool and try to understand the subtitles.

I found http://www.kitsunekko.net/subtitles/japanese/ searching the forum but it seems very incomplete. I searched for Beelzebub subs and they only had for episode 20 or something.

I realize downloading anime is illegal (right?), but I am only looking at that as an option because is convenient. What is the other convenient but legal way to get what I need?

If downloading bothers you that much watch Japanese videos on youtube then.

It doesn't bother me, actually I was asking for sites where I could find downloads.

i know there is this site for news, it has complete transcripts+translations+audio via mp3+video too(news). Not sure if that's what you guys want (well any subs are good for any type of learning)

That sounds good too, what's the site?

bcrAn Wrote:That sounds good too, what's the site?

just a minute it should be here on the forums somwhere

http://www.scola.org/Scola/Default.aspx

username: PennStateU001
password: PSUMedia

Click on the Insta-Class to view the material according to your level (intermediate, advanced, or superior) and interests (politics, culture, society, science, technology, economy, etc.)

Wow, thanks, I am trying to figure out the QT component I need to run it on the mac.

I can view the material just fine on my Mac. Are you sure it's downloaded completely yet?

Everything is fine, what I can't do is watch directly on site, but I can download it so it's ok.