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こんにちは みな
The extent of my Japanese is what I've learned from watching Japanese animation, including movies by Miyazaki Hayao and the series by Watanabe Shinichiro. I'm majoring in Film as well as Japanese, so a lot of my motivation to learn the language comes from a desire to watch Japanese media in Japanese and understand what I'm listening. Something is always lost in subtitles and especially dubbing, so I hope to learn Japanese for that reason. Other than that, I have a related interest in Japanese culture, probably due to all the anime.
I've actually been meaning to start a blog for myself, unrelated to Japanese but very connected to my passion for film. I'm not satisfied with my writing skills, and because I watch a lot of movies, I thought I could pretty easily write reviews or analysis online of films that I like or dislike. So pending the approval of はなぶさ せんせい, I hope to include my thoughts about Japanese films that I watch within the next semester.
Anyway, one of my hopes for next year is to study abroad in Japan in order to a. improve my language skills enough to major in Japanese (because I'm already a sophomore and I'm only in Japanese 1) and b. experience a new culture. I've done that somewhat already, moving from Portland, OR, one of the most liberal places I can think of, and coming to ND. Freshman year was such an eye opening experience for me that I can't wait to put myself in a situation where I'll be forced to grow not only intellectually but also as a person.
Anyway this is a very rambling and disorganized post. すみません
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and to はなぶさ せんせい，しつれ します
ps. the title of my blog comes from the fact that I'm half filipino and half white...mix of white...mostly hungarian i think.
ええと，ぼくは 外国人
8 comments:
Nice writeup, I look forward to more. I'm also majoring in Japanese and starting my sophomore year.
I am studying abroad in Tokyo this Spring, however I know nothing about Japanese film or much of the culture. You might need to share some of your knowledge with me before I head over there.
Hahahahaha! I love how you used the term "happa" because I didn't think too many on the mainland would know it. Your insights and reviews on Japanese films would definitely be interesting to read!
Ahh! Big fan of Miyazaki's works. Have you seen his latest movie Ponyo?
I want to see Ponyo! My sister saw it and said it was adorable! I too love Miyazaki's works, Spirited away being my favorite I think. And I think that if i didn't like math and chem so much, I'd be a language major, more than likely japanese.
みやざきの えいがは いいですね！
i know what you mean about the subtitles! we had an animation festival in my hometown this summer- i saw a few japanese pieces where the translation i don't think was the best, at least according to a neighbor of mine who's fluent. sometimes i don't think it's possible to re-word it exactly unless the translator takes some liberty of his own to try and convey the same message...
what is your favorite japanese movie
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