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I love how the one guy was like “I’ve only seen one piece” then they guessed almost everything

"The title was shortened a lot" So you could say it was....erased.

"Shingeki No Kyojin" "Re:Zero" "You like Re:Zero?" Love is war

That girl was about to roast him for liking Re:Zero LOL

I love those two girls who knew almost none of them, but they clearly had the most fun! They’re so cute!

"Attack on Titan" Girl: "PreCure" I laughed so hard at this, imagining the Titan transformations like magical girls.

Everyone gangstar until A guy with glasses say's his favourite anime is _Shigatsu Wa Kimi No Uso_

my man got clowned by his girl for liking Re;Zero smh

That guy holding the shakes was totally freaked out that his girl knows so much anime lol

"Death note" is just "Death note" that was pretty funny

1:10 "Furu..Furu metaru... Gundam! Gundam!" I laughed so hard there XD

I like how those two girls at the start recycle anpanman and doreamon every chance they get.

*insert any english title* "Doraemon? Anpanman?" :D

First time I heard "Detective Conan" being called "Case Closed" lol

This is a really fun exercise. I'll never forget when I was living in Argentina and people kept asking me if I had ever seen "Mi Pobre Angelito." Literally, this means "My Poor Little Angel." I kept thinking to myself "what is this movie about a little angel that everyone keeps asking me about?" It turns out the movie in question was "Home Alone."

It’s always the people that “don’t watch much anime” that know their anime. 😏

I'd be interested to see the reverse of this. Asking a foreigner that watches anime if they know Japanese titles. I genuinely didn't know the Japanese titles for some of these.

When that girl asked the dude with her, "You like Re:Zero?" *OOF*

I was watching and then when they said “laputa” my *MEXICAN* mom turned around and gave a deep stare at me.

1:54 the man with the fan ..love him

Her: Fullmetal Alchemist seems like cat shaped robot .. Doraemon? hiromu arakawa left the chat

I just love the look of surprise on that woman’s face when she heard that the man she thought she knew actually liked *Re:Zero*

the girl with the red lipstick is adorable

“I like Shiagatsu wa Kimi no Uso” *looks like Arima* 🤔

I did this when I was teaching in Japan in Junior highschool , years back as a warm up activity. It was always popular and the kids got really into it.

To be fair, if the only word you have to go on is metal, guessing it's about cat shaped robots is about as high % as you can get in anime.

case closed was popularly known as detective conan and i am confused

My favourite is the one guy who sees Astro Boy and thinks Uchuu Kyoudai, because for a rough direct translation, that is pretty spot-on

"Titan?" "What's Titan?" "Chiitan?" This was really funny! If you didn't know what a 'Chiitan' is, it's a cute mascot in Japan who likes to wear a turtle hat.

i've never watched Conan. but i know it as "detective Conan" doesn't everybody else?

Fist of the North Star being called as a nature documentary style anime.. 😂😂

3:18 made me laugh - "I've got the hang of it" - "Really?" girl #2 doesn't sound like she believes her friend, haha! to be fair, girl #2 was giving most of the answers!

The girl in black be like “i only see parts of one piece” and then proceeds into knowing it all

"I like shigatsu wa kimi no uso" You are truly a cultured man, king

2:55 these two are so adorable ; v ;

The "Erased" / "Death Note" guess was pretty good, honestly

"WHAT'S TITAN?" "CHIITAN!" "ANPANMAN?" "ULTRAMAN?" I laugh at the thought of saying anything that has MAN on it

being said to "wow, you are so cool" after guessing the name of an anime surely only happens in japan xD

6:37 the girl on the right is cute and she knows it LMAO

"Erased" would have actually been a kind of cool name for "Death Note".

that girl: laputa people who understand spanish: HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

Seeing this 3 years after you made it is very interesting. It’s like some of the participants really were so excited when they got the correct answer, and disappointed when incorrect. As if they were marking or not making a connection with anime lovers the world over.

Yuki's friend was so funny. "I got the hang of it" even though her friend is guessing everything haha.

That boyfriend in black is like 😮 It's like he's only just discovering he's dating an otaku 😂😂

'I like Re:Zero' 'You like Re:Zero?' Later 'Im glad you know a lot' 'Hold my boba'

“Spirited away” is so nice and nostalgic sounds title 👍

Man, I love learning about translations, it's such an interesting profession. I feel like what one of the women said near the end is a very good point: sometimes a direct translation doesn't sound very good at all, and so you have to change it while still retaining the same meaning, feeling or themes. I would guess it's one of the most challenging but also fun aspects of being a translator. Not only do you need to understand both languages really well, or have a good group of coworkers to discuss with, but you'd also need to know the source material very well so that you always know the context of each line of text. A major plot twist would obviously require you to clearly convey information about characters and events, but another scene may have a character reflecting on what they've been through, perhaps being intentionally vague. You'd have to ask yourself things like "does the original line make it obvious who this person is talking about?", "is this line meant to sound very poetic?" or "would this choice of words sound like something this character would say, or do I need to think of some more fitting synonyms?". Maybe someone uses an idiom that doesn't make sense when translated. You could rewrite the line to be more understandable, but it's possible that the author meant to highlight that character's personality by showing that they are a person who uses a lot of idioms. It could even be the case that the meaning of the idiom in the context of the scene isn't nearly as important to the story as the context or even the history of that specific idiom itself. Again, I'm sure this requires the translator to really consider what the audience is intended to feel during every part of the story. It probably helps a whole lot if the translators are able to ask the author directly, assuming that they're available and that they aren't using a pseudonym, or dead! When it comes to titles specifically, I imagine you'd also want to consider the tone of the work and the target audience. For example, it would make sense for a long-running action/adventure series for teens to have a very catchy name that's easy to remember, write and say out loud. On the other hand, an award-winning adult drama might seem more interesting to foreign audiences if the name reflects the core themes explored in the story. In some cases one of the main characters might already be recognizeable worldwide, so it would make sense to include their name in the title for marketing purposes. Maybe one series has a very distinct style in that it has a lot of references to a specific music genre, or artwork from a specific time and place in art history. In that case, you may want to consider words and phrases that are related to that style, or a similar style that foreign viewers are more familiar with. And of course, the title could be a pun, or be intentionally misspelled in a way that only makes sense in the context of the story (such as Pet Sematary). At that point it would be more important than ever to understand if the title needs to be directly translated for it to make sense, or if you should think of a similar phrase that would make the reader have a similar reaction when they figure out the point of the title. There are also those cases when a work belongs to a series or a franchise that has previously only been available in one language/region, and so the story being translated may actually be a sequel, prequel or spinoff. If so, you have some additional decisions to make. Should you include the "2" in the title even though your intended audience has most likely never heard of the previous title? Is there an intention to eventually translate every entry in the franchise, or should you pick a title that would better fit a standalone experience. Should you add a recap at the start of the script? Sometimes the decision is made to rebrand the story entirely, renaming every character and editing, adding and removing various sections of the story so that the audience won't be confused and feel like they're lacking context. I know this has been very common in the video game industry, especially in the 80s and 90s. Unfortunately, I've heard (from word of mouth, mainly), that many translators aren't always given nearly enough time to do their work well, and often have very limited access to resources such as the full source material or being able to reach out to the original creator(s) to ask questions. Presumably, this is often because some publishing company has decided to spend less resources on the translation in order to cut costs. I also know of at least a few instances when translators have been ordered to intentionally change things when working, often because of censorship laws in another region, but sometimes because it was deemed more profitable to overhaul the whole tone of the story in order to appeal to a completely different target audience (usually making mature stories more lighthearted so that the translation can be sold to kids, but I'm sure I could also find examples of the opposite through some searching). Regardless, my point with this comment is that I really admire translators and think their work is really fascinating!

New title: "She finds out he likes Re:Zero, but he realizes she is an otaku". Anyway, Re:Zero guy is sooo cute.

Never heard they use Case Closed for Conan

5:22 I didn't even know that's Connan. In my country it's called Detective Connan.

0:59 they're synced like the ending in the actual anime

2:01 yeah that girl is an otaku hiding in the closet. There's no way she got it right on the first try, the way she tried to deny it also seems suspicious 🧐

This man really knows how to sell Japanese language lessons

"Spiritetto Away" I like how they pronounces it xd...

This is really fun!! Great content Yuta san!

Fist of the North Star is definitely a nature documentary.

Just saying Boku in America can either really frighten some people or get them really excited.

I SCREAMED WHEN IT SAID ATTACK ON TITAN AND SHE SAID "precure?" AJNSERHJBN

This video was so much fun, I didn't want it to end!!

I love how she derived "Gundam" from Fullmetal Alchemist. I liked her logic.

Dude with the glasses is an interlectual

I watched this mostly with a smile, THANKS!

we need more episodes of this please

No one gonna talk about those 2 girls while the one on the left keeps saying Yuki you're amazing..?

"What does spirited mean?" English speakers: Good question

10:33 I honestly have to agree, I'd have been a lot more tempted to watch it if I'd heard people talking about "The town where only I am missing" rather than "Erased". On the other hand maybe people wouldn't have been talking about it so much or used a shortened version if the name wasn't shortened.

"I like Shigatsu wa kimi no uso" Be careful man you look like Kousei, you might lose ya girl

Favorite anime? Girl: Shingeki no Kyojin. Boy: Re:Zero Girl: you like Re:Zero 🤭? That girl is awesome.

Ghibli: The name of this anime is "Laputa, The Castle in the Sky". English Speakers: Oh, awsome! Spanish Speakers: La qué!????????

That transition to your lessons was soo smooth haha

I have always thought it was so interesting how the phrases “spirited away” and “kamikakushi” developed separately to mean such similar things. It’s one of those miracles of translation where there just happens to be a phrase in the other language that perfectly matches the meaning and connotations of the original

And the people watching are english speakers guessing the Japanese title before them😂

0:31 “I like shigatsu wa Kimi no uso” Me: I heard that before “Proceeds to look it up” It’s your lie in April Me: proceeds to sob

i love your videos mate!!

really great video

I like how Muda means "useless" but in JoJo's English dub, they still say "Muda"

I thought "Detective Conan" was the English title. Never heard of it called "Case Closed". Then again, I don't live in the US.

3:27 I bet he just gave up at this point, and surrendered to her anime prowess.

That segway into learning japanese with Yuta though

0:25 shin Chan and doraemon, those are the real legendary animes

Case Closed is such a weird name for Conan. Where I live, it's just called "Detective Conan"

This is cool, I want more of this

7:35 Found a pack of wild weebs in the background who've finally made it to weeb Mecca.

They did really well! Even the girls who said they didn't know any anime knew more than they thought haha

First time i heard 'Fullmetal Alchemist' title name in japanese, i thought the english and the japanese title is the same 😅

Yuta-san i hope you make similar topic like this. Thank you.

Its interesting that sometimes the anime titles are somewhat connected, or translations, or not at all. Its never in between. Gyakuten Saiban - lit. Turnabout Trial became Ace Attorney.

some of them make more sense in their original title spirited away, when the main character is name Chihiro, pretty cool

"mom can we get kenshi yonezu" "no we have kenshi yonezu at home" Kenshi yonezu at home : 0:28

"It's closed? It closed? It got closed? It's shut?" im dead

0:32 Girl: "Shingeki no Kyojin Desu" Guy: "Re:Zero" Girl: (¬_¬)

5:18 This guy is so cute, he looks like he has such a positive vibe and his smile is adorable

i thought conan is „detective conan“ in english and not „case closed“ :o

In French, Fist of the North Star is called "Ken le survivant" wich means "Ken the survivor".

Cameraman: The main character is a little boy That probably makes it harder to guess not easier.

i love how they just say "doraemon" when nothing else comes to mind lol

i already guessed the first one even though im not good at remebering japnese anime names but kimi no wa and tenki no ko are the one on my mind i really love your youtube channel keep it up!!

Thanks Yuta. Everyone was so delightful.

Just like us when we try to figuring out the English translation of series in there japanese titles