Sections
Guides to learning Japanese with anime
Longer reads that use the data behind this site: which series to start with, how to set up Japanese subtitles, and what the numbers mean.
- Best anime to learn Japanese: 42 series ranked by real dialogue
The share of JLPT N5–N4 words in the first three episodes of each series, with notes and a short version for people in a hurry.
- How to watch anime with Japanese subtitles (and actually learn from it)
Where Japanese subtitles exist, what each option costs in setup, and a routine that turns watching into vocabulary.
- Language Reactor for anime: what it does well and when you want something else
An honest comparison for people who learn from anime on a phone or without a Netflix catalogue.
- asbplayer alternative for mobile Japanese study
The desktop standard for sentence mining versus a catalogue-based app that runs on a phone.
- JLPT N5 vocabulary in anime
The beginner words that recur across series, each with a real line, and the shows where they make up the biggest share of dialogue.
- How we count
Episodes, tokenisation, JLPT sources, translation rules and the limits of the numbers.