I’ve pretty much given up on trying to find subtitles for actual television shows or anything of the like, seems like an area where Japan as a whole is just behind. Can’t find subs for anything new on Kitsunekko.
I’ve also pretty much given up on using Tandem, it’s a struggle to get a reply, especially when your time zone is 13 hours behind.
So the solution: Japanese youtubers seem to be good about including subs in their videos. Can anyone recommend some Japanese Youtube channels?
Right now, [Onomappu](https://www.youtube.com/@Onomappu) and [Fantastic Workspace](https://www.youtube.com/@rshosai) are my favorites. Also looking into [Archipel](https://www.youtube.com/@ArchipelDocumentaries)(though Japanese is only auto-generated)
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Netflix has a big selection of movies and japanese tv shows as well as anime with Japanese subtitles.
There’s a post on here that uses Whisper to generate high-quality and accurate subtitles /transcripts. You can use it either locally or via Colab, if you’re not very tech-savvy. [Whisper](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/xljc3e/whisper_a_new_free_ai_model_from_openai_that_can/) Hope this helps👍!
TokiniAndy recently recommended searching for Game + 実況プレイ, which brings up Let’s Play videos. Find a series and off you go, I’m currently working through a Minecraft Let’s Play and it’s brilliant.
Netflix BUT with a VPN set to Japan IP. You’ll find good accurate japanese subtitles and a lot more anime.
I like using the autogenerated japanese subs on youtube but sometimes they are a bit off.
I found this funny kids cartoon that is pretty slice of life called Atashin’chi あたしンち
Easy to follow along and they have a ton of episodes which I think portray an accurate take on japanese conversation.
あかね的の日本語教室 is an absolute gem. She’s a Japanese teacher, so she’s really good at speaking in a way that easier for learners to understand. Highly recommend.
Behold!
https://kuzuri.neocities.org/resources#videos
https://youtube.com/@travelgeekphotography
Thank me later
[フェルミ漫画大学](https://www.youtube.com/@ferumi) has manga panels in the video that serves as your subtitles. They use easy to understand Japanese and summarizes lots of books.
Bite sized japanese
I actually use yuyu’s nihongo podcast pretty often. It’s completely subbed and he speaks with the intention that beginners are listening and uses simple words 🙂
This might not be what you’re really looking for, but I’ve recently been watching this guy [おだけん](https://www.youtube.com/@Odaaaaken), who plays horror games (especially small indie ones). He’s pretty funny and I think it’s interesting to see a lot of kind of random horror games. Depending on your Japanese level, it might be a bit tough to understand, but I’ve been enjoying it and learning a lot of new vocabulary.
The subtitles are auto-generated, but in my experience they are actually pretty good for the most part. There are some errors in them of course, but that hasn’t been too much of a problem for me.
Like someone else already mentioned, I recommend looking up looking up 実況プレイ (let’s play videos).