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| Best of YesJapan Vol 1 : 4 of 5 | |
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7.26.2005
6:38 PM | Link |
 I'm a big fan of the shows that George Trombley produces for his Japanese leaning website, YesJapan (and I definitely need to write more about the site soon in case you haven't discovered it!). He regularly releases great videos that can be purchased - each is usually 30 minutes long, and introduces several language concepts and vocabulary by listening to natural conversation with key subtitles and on-screen notes. I've been downloading and saving the shows for several months now, but I would much rather watch them on TV than on my computer, and now I can! This DVD brings together lots of the best shows of the past, including four episodes of the George & Keiko Show (my favorite, and the staple of the site), two episodes of George & Chie, plus an episode of George in Japan. I think the shows were selected by visual interest, because they all look great, but aren't necessarily the shows full of the most material to learn. Still, it's awesome to see them in full digital video resolution, rather than the encoded versions, and each episode is funny and really interesting from a cultural standpoint. I had only seen one of these episodes before (since I've been watching the older ones first), so buying this DVD was a real bonus for me. I love the scenes of everyone singing karaoke or having lunch - you can learn so much just by listening to natural speech. The production quality is fantastic, from the excellent menus and chapter stops to the cool packaging. I hope the "Volume 1" in the title means that more DVDs are on the way - I'm definitely buying them all!
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