Anime Viking writes:
If you have been following the currently airing anime seasons these past few years you may have noticed that since roughly a year ago there has been an increase in a new type of anime: the three-minute anime series.
Do you care for this type of anime, or do you hate them? Tell us what you think!
Or, "How about you go watch Teekyuu and Plastic Nee-san?"!
I had no idea there were super short series like this. I know I'll get a lot of flack for this, but I generally don't like watching subtitled content, because I can't appreciate the artwork and sometimes I have to rewind to catch the text, so it takes away from the immersion.
I have tried to learn Japanese in the past, so I could enjoy anime the way it was intended, but my desire to learn is governed by my wallet, and free resources haven't served me as well as I would like.
Having watched the first episode of Recorder to Randoseru, it seems like it would be a fun and not overwhelming way to break into learning some basic Japanese, provided they're all like this. The dialog is bite-size so I didn't feel like I couldn't keep up. I even recognized some of the Japanese I picked up messing around with those free language resources.
At the very least, maybe I'll improve my ability to tolerate subtitled anime.
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TLDR - Short version:
Don't like subtitles.
Failed at learning Japanese.
Short anime series = good way to learn basic Japanese.