Comments on: Question # 43 – Can I watch American/Foreign Movies in English When Teaching ESL in Japan? http://www.risingsunofnihon.com/japan/question-43-can-i-watch-americ/ all about gadgets, technology, electronics with Japan in the lead Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:18:08 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: lost in ube http://www.risingsunofnihon.com/japan/question-43-can-i-watch-americ/comment-page-1/#comment-3307 lost in ube Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:24:58 +0000 http://www.risingsunofnihon.com/?p=3220#comment-3307 <p>Helpful list. Unfortunately for those who are non-English speaking foreigners Japan is not the place for you to catch up on your latest movies. Unless you are Korean.</p> <p>Some other points:<br /> If you have to watch the latest Disney/Pixar/Whatever animated movie in the theater there are usually two choices: one in English (with Japanese subtitles) or one in dubbed in Japanese.</p> <p>With the advent of DVDs you no longer have to worry about accidentally picking up a movie at the video store that was dubbed in Japanese. Of course the DVD menus will be in Japanese.</p> <p>And there are a select few Japanese movies that have English subtitles. Almost all the Ghibli movies have English subs (and an English track if you are too lazy to read) but other than that it's kind of scatter-shot.</p> <p>All in all, I think that Japan is a good place to catch up on those movies from long ago that you never got around to watching rather than catch the latest Hollywood has to offer. Some big hits premiere here. Some big hits take ages to get here.</p> <p> <br /> </p> Helpful list. Unfortunately for those who are non-English speaking foreigners Japan is not the place for you to catch up on your latest movies. Unless you are Korean.

Some other points:
If you have to watch the latest Disney/Pixar/Whatever animated movie in the theater there are usually two choices: one in English (with Japanese subtitles) or one in dubbed in Japanese.

With the advent of DVDs you no longer have to worry about accidentally picking up a movie at the video store that was dubbed in Japanese. Of course the DVD menus will be in Japanese.

And there are a select few Japanese movies that have English subtitles. Almost all the Ghibli movies have English subs (and an English track if you are too lazy to read) but other than that it’s kind of scatter-shot.

All in all, I think that Japan is a good place to catch up on those movies from long ago that you never got around to watching rather than catch the latest Hollywood has to offer. Some big hits premiere here. Some big hits take ages to get here.

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