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Post by menakatep on Feb 17, 2015 23:06:55 GMT
So first off, I wanted to apologize for joining, starting to chat with a bunch of people and then disappearing in to the void. I was having some issues coping with my mom's death at the time and I really don't have a good excuse for disconnecting myself from everything that way. Suffice it to say, shutting myself away for that extended amount of time did not help. I have been phasing myself back in to reality after 5 or 6 months though. I decided I would put Japanese on the backburner to work on myself and I think, given the amount of time I kept to myself, I was able to think a lot more clearly and plan my life out coherently. It was a fantastic idea too. Slowly though, I've been easing back in to studying Japanese. I feel it's more efficient now, so much much less wasted time, and I've been making noticeable leaps in progress as far as comprehension goes. My grasp on grammatical concepts, other than understanding them during reading, is crap still. haha! However, I've been working on that watching lots of movies, animes and reading books/manga. I created a Japanese iTunes account and I can't even express how valuable this is by itself. All the free resources for the taking! Which is in part what I wanted to share with anyone that's here. I don't know what the census is on active members at this point though  Someone will chime in! Anyway, I wanted to offer to help provide some of the free resources available to me in the Japanese iTunes store or even to help you guys create your own accounts! It's EZ. You will have to spend around $15 USD to get ahold of a 1000 Yen Japanese iTunes card though. If you have some money to spend, it's not a bad idea to grab one and invest. If not, I'm still here to try and provide maybe screenshots or something of the free content you might want. We'll see how that goes. I was also thinking maybe we can try to plan a movie night? Either through screen sharing via Skype(maybe it would work? >_<)? Perhaps I can look into hosting the file on my website and handout a password to you guys so we can watch it around the same time and chat on Skype. We can come back to that! Let me know what you might want to read / watch. I missed coming here to talk! I was so well received and immediately felt like a member of the community. I want to try and give something back now! Thanks, Logan  |
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Post by Jembru on Feb 18, 2015 19:15:37 GMT
okaerinasai! It's great to see you here again. Of course I wondered what had happened, and I appreciate your openness in sharing such a difficult experience with us. Things have been a little quiet around here too. Or at least, they would be if I ever shut up. Haha (yeah, some things haven't changed ^^). Thanks for sharing your i-tunes tip. I've never gotten round to using i-tunes, but it's good to know that it's possible to pick up Japanese stuff on there. I'm trying to wean myself off my Yogcast obsession, but I'm so used to hearing conversation in the background while I study, that I've started listening to some Japanese podcasts to fill the silence. Maybe i.tunes could offer more listening material! If we can find a suitable time, then I'd love to join in with a movie night. The time difference tends to cause headaches over here though sadly.  It sounds like you're really making progress right now. I'm pleased about that! Are you watching things on youtube? I just ask because I found it really helpful in improving my listening too. In my case it was because of the option to watch at half-speed. When I did this, all the words and grammar started to pop out and the spoken language felt much more familiar. I started out watching minecraft lets plays that use lots of teroppu (captions on the screen that reflect what is happening or being said). ( here's a link to my favourite such series, in case you or anyone else is interested). When I came to start watching my favourite lets players, Tom and Mark, who are possibly my favourite team because they remind me most of a Japanese Lewis and Simon, (people from the yogcast), even though they didn't have the teroppu, I found I was able to follow their videos pretty easily. Before I knew it, I was following along just fine and didn't even notice I'd forgotten to change the speed setting! These days I still can't follow fast Japanese unless it's a very familiar topic (like, say.. minecraft.. which is my only 'specialist' subject vocabulary-wise), but I definitely owe a lot to youtube for improving my listening skills! Maybe you're already doing this, but if not, maybe give it a go. See if you can find a show you like, anime, drama, anything.. and watch a few episodes at half speed! Anyway, like I said, it's great to have you back. |
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Post by menakatep on Feb 19, 2015 3:01:45 GMT
Ok! I'll print off my schedule and convert those times in to ummm Englandy times? I'm pretty sure (meaning I really have little idea) that you're English!  I've been making pretty good progress! I'm tackling lots of Kanji right now which brings up something weird. . . I'm learning Kanji singles and compounds (with readings included) and somehow I'm able to sight read pretty easily. I can tell similar looking Kanji apart but I can't reproduce them on paper. I should say, I can tell them apart now because maybe it gets more difficult later on? Who knows, hopefully it'll continue to be up up up progress! I intend to do RTK as well since I hear about everyone's success with it! Also, fantastic idea! Half speed youtube videos. Jesus! I never even thought of that hahahaha. Minecraft videos are great too! I've been trying to learn vocabulary that pertains to video games on Anki. Also, I find that when I'm watching dramas, I can't follow a lot of what's being said and it feels a bit intimidating. Do you think it would be more beneficial to push on and attempt to actively listen anyway? |
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Post by Jembru on Feb 19, 2015 4:25:04 GMT
Ok! I'll print off my schedule and convert those times in to ummm Englandy times? I'm pretty sure (meaning I really have little idea) that you're English! I am indeed. Although things are even further complicated by the fact that I work nights, and my generally hectic schedule! It's worth trying though. I've been making pretty good progress! I'm tackling lots of Kanji right now which brings up something weird. . . I'm learning Kanji singles and compounds (with readings included) and somehow I'm able to sight read pretty easily. I can tell similar looking Kanji apart but I can't reproduce them on paper. I should say, I can tell them apart now because maybe it gets more difficult later on? Who knows, hopefully it'll continue to be up up up progress! I intend to do RTKi as well since I hear about everyone's success with it! Yeah, I started using remembering the kanji recently and have so far added over 200 new characters to my repertoire. This takes me pretty close to the 1000 mark at last (after, ugh, far too long). I definitely agree with all the good things people say about it now, after previously being a sceptic. It was slow to begin with, but since I discovered the RTK decks on memrise, I started sailing through it. I'm still going in grade order for handwriting though. it's something I started last year because it's just easier to find writing practice exercises that aimed at Japanese kids, as textbooks for second language learners so often ignore writing. You can tell similar characters apart? This was always an issue for me actually, although again, not any more thanks to RTK. Also, fantastic idea! Half speed youtube videos. Jesus! I never even thought of that hahahaha. Minecraft videos are great too! I've been trying to learn vocabulary that pertains to video games on Anki. Also, I find that when I'm watching dramas, I can't follow a lot of what's being said and it feels a bit intimidating. Do you think it would be more beneficial to push on and attempt to actively listen anyway? Of course, sooner or later you just have to dive into grammar because it's going to be very hard to pick up things like that just by watching Japanese shows, but you could maybe try watching something with subtitles at half speed. Then you can listen to the Japanese while reading the English. This might help you to pick out words you recognise, and you can try to look up unfamiliar words. It's never too early to start listening to as much Japanese as you can. So long as you don't expect miracles before you've gotten to grips with the grammar. It's like Chris Lonsdale says; 'a drowning man can't learn to swim'. You at least need some knowledge on which to build on. It sounds like you already know enough to be able to pick out certain familiar details though, so I'd say definitely start listening more! |
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Post by menakatep on Feb 19, 2015 12:52:14 GMT
Ok, I'll send it to you on Skype when I get to work in a bit and we can see if any of our times match up during a day off or something. Who else might be interested? I've got quite a few movies available. I've been wanting to watch Rurouni Kenshin 1 and 2 so maybe those if you guys like action? I also have some romance and comedy around here! Yes, I can seem to tell them apart pretty easily. My initial reaction is oh this sort of looks like a bunch of things I've seen and then it clicks. I've been picking up grammar patterns, albeit basic, with relative ease by using sentences in Anki. Longer and more advanced grammar patterns, if I don't have an accurate translation, don't make sense to me sometimes. I'm wondering where I can find a good list of most that I would need to look out for. If I can search for some good examples online then I can slap them in to Anki and get more familiar with them! This may be irrelevant, I have no idea! I have a very mild form of autism and I find that, either for better or worse, it has affected my learning over the years; I wonder if maybe since languages are a subject of great interest to me that this "disability" has helped me in some way? If not, it's still probably got the effect of a sugar pill. Just let me feel special  I like to babble. hahahaha |
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Post by Bokusenou on Feb 19, 2015 19:08:14 GMT
menakatepWelcome back! I'm sorry about your loss, but I'm glad you've had time to think, and are getting back into studying Japanese. What kinds of things did you find on iTunes? I've really only used iTunes to check out podcasts, and haven't seen much of what else they have. A Skype movie night sounds great if we can figure out a time which works for everyone. I've been having some power outages lately because of the snow though, so I might not be able to make it if it's sometime soon. I've only seen the first Kenshin live action film (and some of the anime movies/OVAs), but it was pretty fun to watch! Seems like you're making progress with kanji! I did RTK after struggling with learning them thw traditional way, and afterwards, not having to worry about learning kanji while learning vocabulary, my reading ability really improved, and I learned vocabulary much faster. People have different learning styles and such though, so it may not work for everyone. As for grammar, you could always use the tanos.co.uk/jlpt/skills/grammar/ or renshuu.org grammar lists as a guideline. It won't be as detailed as buying a grammar book, but if you look up definitions using a dictionary for more detailed explanations, it should be workable.
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Post by Jembru on Feb 19, 2015 19:16:14 GMT
Ok, I'll send it to you on Skype when I get to work in a bit and we can see if any of our times match up during a day off or something. Who else might be interested? I've got quite a few movies available. I've been wanting to watch Rurouni Kenshin 1 and 2 so maybe those if you guys like action? I also have some romance and comedy around here! I'm not much of a movie person even in English, so chances are whatever you suggest, I won't have seen it. I can only think of two full-length Japanese movies that I've seen; Something I've forgotten the name of, about a little girl who can turn into an adult, and a horror spoof called 'Dead Sushi'. I sometimes watch Shawn of the Dead in Japanese, but I'm not sure that counts. Romance would probably be easier vocabulary wise, but action might be easier to follow just from the gist. If it's action though, I wouldn't expect too much help from me in working out what they're saying. Unless it's an action about mining and crafting.. then I'm your girl! lol I've been picking up grammar patterns, albeit basic, with relative ease by using sentences in Anki. Longer and more advanced grammar patterns, if I don't have an accurate translation, don't make sense to me sometimes. I'm wondering where I can find a good list of most that I would need to look out for. If I can search for some good examples online then I can slap them in to Anki and get more familiar with them! Is it just that grammar doesn't interest you all that much, or have you just not found a way to study it that suits you? Would you say you're more of a visual learner? I'm guessing you might be from what you've described so far. I just wonder if maybe www.erin.ne.jp/ could work for you, because there are video explanations as well as written explanations. In case you haven't used the site before, the section your looking for is called 'key phrases' and takes you to a page like this. You can then use the tabs at the top to see written explanations (and the example sentences all have audio so you can hear how they should sound), hear examples from real life, or try the exercises). I think you'll already know some of the grammar, but it just struck me as something you might find easier to learn from than say, a big lifeless textbook. This may be irrelevant, I have no idea! I have a very mild form of autism and I find that, either for better or worse, it has affected my learning over the years; I wonder if maybe since languages are a subject of great interest to me that this "disability" has helped me in some way? If not, it's still probably got the effect of a sugar pill. Just let me feel special I like to babble. hahahaha It's quite possible. It needn't even be related to autism. I've discovered that there really isn't such thing as 'normal' when it comes to how we learn. Some people just find some aspects of learning easier than others. Then I think confidence and your own beliefs about language learning can play a part too. Well, to a point. I used to think Japanese could be mastered in a year or two and even before I started to study seriously, I had somehow kidded myself that I understood way more than I actually did.. so I think belief only goes so far. Having said that, I met a guy while I was in Germany, who displayed classic signs of autism (everyone just sort of assumed he had it, but no one dared ask because mental health is a bit more of a taboo over there). Anyway, he not only spoke English with such an authentic accent that he could fool a native speaker into thinking he was British, he also spent some time in my home town Newcastle, and could speak the local dialect so well, that I could not distinguish it from that of a person who was born and bred here. There wasn't a single dialect word I could throw at Andreas, that he didn't instantly recognise. So I definitely think it's possible that the characteristics that determine whether or not someone finds learning a language easy or challenging, are affected by autism. You know.. when I was a child I was tested for both autism and dyslexia. I've always had difficulty learning, and struggled with English (so why I decided to learn Japanese I honestly don't know ^^), but after the tests they put it down to me missing key stages in my education due to having several teachers over the first 2 years of primary (elementary) school, who kept teaching us the same things and missed out 2/3 of the curriculum. This affected, I think, 12 of us. I needed to take special classes and had input from a speech and language therapist. I often wonder if missing those 2 key stages affected how I learn. Or was it just telling me at such a young age, that I wasn't as bright as the other kids, had a lasting affect on my expectations of myself? I guess I'll never know. |
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Post by menakatep on Feb 20, 2015 4:37:16 GMT
menakatepWelcome back! I'm sorry about your loss, but I'm glad you've had time to think, and are getting back into studying Japanese. What kinds of things did you find on iTunes? I've really only used iTunes to check out podcasts, and haven't seen much of what else they have. Well, It's the Japanese region of iTunes so there are tons of free books, music and apps! Movies are super cheap to rent too. So far, I've downloaded like 100 free books. I'm not even kidding. There's so many podcasts too, like a damn candy store @_@ Just let me know what kind of stuff you might want and I can get some screenies for you! A Skype movie night sounds great if we can figure out a time which works for everyone. I've been having some power outages lately because of the snow though, so I might not be able to make it if it's sometime soon. I've only seen the first Kenshin live action film (and some of the anime movies/OVAs), but it was pretty fun to watch! For sure :3 From what I hear there's no shortage of awesome fight scenes in both movies too! I watched all of the anime a long long time ago when I was in middle school, I think. I loved it! Kenshin and Ghost in the Shell were my favourites. Seems like you're making progress with kanji! I did RTK after struggling with learning them thw traditional way, and afterwards, not having to worry about learning kanji while learning vocabulary, my reading ability really improved, and I learned vocabulary much faster. People have different learning styles and such though, so it may not work for everyone. Yeah, I've had what seems like surprising success with Kanji! I have about 500 characters I can recognize and mostly give a reading for with a little thought. I can understand a lot of sentences just with that it seems. Still there are many more that I don't have a clue about when I see them xD Actually, I decided to pick up an RTK deck after I saw both of your posts about it and IT'S AMAZING. I've flown through about 150 kanji now from today. I have to say, learning these mnemonics almost feels like cheating for some reason. Also, something about writing Kanji is actually a lot of fun! I get super excited when I see the keyword and remember how to write it! Hopefully, the really complex kanji later on don't give me terrible trouble with stroke order. It's been easy to remember so far since they build off one another so well. As for grammar, you could always use the tanos.co.uk/jlpt/skills/grammar/ or renshuu.org grammar lists as a guideline. It won't be as detailed as buying a grammar book, but if you look up definitions using a dictionary for more detailed explanations, it should be workable. I'll go check both yours and Jembru's suggested grammar websites! Thanks both of you! They seem really promising! I'm not much of a movie person even in English, so chances are whatever you suggest, I won't have seen it. I can only think of two full-length Japanese movies that I've seen; Something I've forgotten the name of, about a little girl who can turn into an adult, and a horror spoof called 'Dead Sushi'. I sometimes watch Shawn of the Dead in Japanese, but I'm not sure that counts. Romance would probably be easier vocabulary wise, but action might be easier to follow just from the gist. If it's action though, I wouldn't expect too much help from me in working out what they're saying. Unless it's an action about mining and crafting.. then I'm your girl! lol I love Shawn of the Dead, maybe I should give it a go in Japanese. Is it audio and subtitles or just subtitles? I've thought about playing some on Kotoba Miners, the Japanese teaching MC realm. Wasn't sure if I had to pay just for lessons or if I could go chat and play. I'll investigate! Is it just that grammar doesn't interest you all that much, or have you just not found a way to study it that suits you? Would you say you're more of a visual learner? I'm guessing you might be from what you've described so far. I just wonder if maybe www.erin.ne.jp/ could work for you, because there are video explanations as well as written explanations. In case you haven't used the site before, the section your looking for is called 'key phrases' and takes you to a page like this. You can then use the tabs at the top to see written explanations (and the example sentences all have audio so you can hear how they should sound), hear examples from real life, or try the exercises). I think you'll already know some of the grammar, but it just struck me as something you might find easier to learn from than say, a big lifeless textbook. I actually find grammar very interesting but if I can't understand it I become frustrated! haha. Sometimes a sentence is translated in such a way that the original Japanese grammar isn't reflected in the final copy. Usually that's not a problem but it seems like I've had some issues with finding good clean understandable examples of more advanced grammar concepts. I will try out your website and also boku's! It's quite possible. It needn't even be related to autism. I've discovered that there really isn't such thing as 'normal' when it comes to how we learn. Some people just find some aspects of learning easier than others. Then I think confidence and your own beliefs about language learning can play a part too. Well, to a point. I used to think Japanese could be mastered in a year or two and even before I started to study seriously, I had somehow kidded myself that I understood way more than I actually did.. so I think belief only goes so far. Having said that, I met a guy while I was in Germany, who displayed classic signs of autism (everyone just sort of assumed he had it, but no one dared ask because mental health is a bit more of a taboo over there). Anyway, he not only spoke English with such an authentic accent that he could fool a native speaker into thinking he was British, he also spent some time in my home town Newcastle, and could speak the local dialect so well, that I could not distinguish it from that of a person who was born and bred here. There wasn't a single dialect word I could throw at Andreas, that he didn't instantly recognise. So I definitely think it's possible that the characteristics that determine whether or not someone finds learning a language easy or challenging, are affected by autism. You know.. when I was a child I was tested for both autism and dyslexia. I've always had difficulty learning, and struggled with English (so why I decided to learn Japanese I honestly don't know ^^), but after the tests they put it down to me missing key stages in my education due to having several teachers over the first 2 years of primary (elementary) school, who kept teaching us the same things and missed out 2/3 of the curriculum. This affected, I think, 12 of us. I needed to take special classes and had input from a speech and language therapist. I often wonder if missing those 2 key stages affected how I learn. Or was it just telling me at such a young age, that I wasn't as bright as the other kids, had a lasting affect on my expectations of myself? I guess I'll never know. Wow amazing I had an interest in accents of English for a while when I was a child and then I somehow found asian languages! I've been fascinated with them ever since. What's funny is that I didn't even know about anime until four or five years after that. Manga I didn't even learn about until I was almost 13 or 14 too! I felt so out of the loop! Well, any number of things is possible! One of the biggest problems I've had was learning to manipulate autism to work in my favor. I have several high anxieties that stem from autism and it SUCKS. If there's background noise, especially loud noises, I can hear exactly what a person is saying but when I process it all I get is gibberish. I've had to ask customers five or six times to repeat orders when I'm at work before. It's so embarrassing to get it in public like that. Another aspect of the noise anxiety is that if it's loud enough, I can't do anything. The only time I really ever dealt with that was when a fire alarm was stuck going off at work. This was probably four years ago now though! It was one of the first times I can remember anything like that happening to me and it was a bit frightening. After a couple minutes of the alarm ringing, I completely shut down. I couldn't talk, move or even think. I literally sat on the floor, put my hands over my ears and rocked back and forth. I think some people, maybe customers, picked me up and helped me get outside. I can't even describe accurately what it was like because I've never felt so scared in my life. LOL I can't help but to chuckle at how ridiculously helpless I was! P.S. Check this playlist out HOLY CRAP IT'S AWESOME. There's so much information condensed down in to 5 minute videos and it is ridiculously helpful. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOcym2c7xnByT4AIn-YSx2ela7hqrcooA |
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Post by Jembru on Feb 22, 2015 20:15:15 GMT
Hey, sorry I'm so late to reply to you after being quite swift before. I have been trying to work through an entire textbook by tomorrow night. I worked all through my only night off, then I got up early yesterday and did 3 hours before work. Then at work I rushed my work and got it out of the way by midnight, so I could spend the whole shift at the dining table with the book (a little bit naughty, but I still tended to my duties as needed ^^). It was after 11 this morning before I finally went to bed.. I'm so tired now and I've over-crammed so now I can't concentrate on Japanese at all. Just noticed a message from the girl I wanted to give the textbook to tomorrow; the reason I was cramming like this.. and she's told me she can't make it after all.. doh ^^ Well, at least I can reply to you. Then I think I'll give myself the night off from Japanese to let my brain digest all that new information. Yeah, I've had what seems like surprising success with Kanji! I have about 500 characters I can recognize and mostly give a reading for with a little thought. I can understand a lot of sentences just with that it seems. Still there are many more that I don't have a clue about when I see them xD This is about how many I knew before I started using RTK, and it took me 2 years to collect that many (I was studying Japanese before that, but I had little to no interest in Kanji before I started using the Internet to support my studies)! So far, I don't feel I've added enough new characters to make reading feel any different from before, although I'm definitely noticing kanji I've been learning in RTK when I meet them in use, so that's something I guess. It's Japanese audio with English subtitles. You can't turn the subtitles off though. Let me know what you discover about kotoba miners. I never got the courage to play in either of the servers. I'm not much of a player you see. I can't even kill creepers without them blowing up (something that DID come out when I had tests as a kid, was that I have mild dyspraxia, so I always blame that for why I struggle with game controls; and this is probably why I like watching video games, but not playing). I should maybe start playing with friends again and if I can stop being crap at it, I'll try again to get behind kotoba miners. I remember Wes from Gengo no Tabi introduced me to this guy's videos. I find him a bit annoying as a person (I often find youtubers annoying, but I think it's just how people come across on camera sometimes. I always give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they're totally different off camera. After all, my online personality is surely insufferable to some people, but even my enemies wouldn't call me annoying offline. They'd call me much worse things, but not annoying ^^) but I agree that his material is very good quality. |
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Post by Bokusenou on Feb 23, 2015 23:45:43 GMT
menakatepIt's harder to do quotes on my phone, so sorry about the lack of them. On iTunes: That would be great! I'm pretty much a bookworm, so "free books" is like music to my ears.^-^ What kinds of free books do they have? On anime: I really like Ghost in the Shell too! Especially the first series. There's nothing better than a series that leaves me thinking. On RTK: Glad it's helping! When I started it, I wished I had discovered the book sooner! complex kanji didn't pose problems, because they're still made up of primitives, just a few more of them. ^-^ I love how the primitives build off each other too. On Shawn of the Dead: If you like Shawn of the Dead, have you seen Tokyo Zombie? It's pretty much the Japanese version of Shawn of the Dead, and it's just as funny.
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Post by Jade on Feb 24, 2015 7:32:19 GMT
I was also thinking maybe we can try to plan a movie night? Either through screen sharing via Skype(maybe it would work? >_<)? Perhaps I can look into hosting the file on my website and handout a password to you guys so we can watch it around the same time and chat on Skype. We can come back to that! Let me know what you might want to read / watch. There's a website called Rabbit that could potentially work for watching movies with up to ten people. I haven't really used it, but I've heard good things if you wanted to give that a shot instead of screen sharing through Skype (which, off memory, doesn't transmit audio without some fiddling around in mic settings so you'd possibly lose your mic in favour of movie audio). |
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Post by menakatep on Feb 24, 2015 20:11:23 GMT
Thanks, Jade! That website will work perfectly! ^~^ Just did a test run with a video uploaded to my web server and we're golden! Skype would have been like an awful last resort. I always had lots of lag issues through Skype. Ok, bokusenou. I'll grab some screens of a couple different ones and upload them to my website and give you the link to browse. There are a lot of different books and books cost like 50-200 Yen it seems. I could probably actually screenshare with you on Skype and just let you navigate the store too. I haven't seen Tokyo Zombie but I will definitely look for it now Let me know! Logan Also, it occurs to me that I forgot to give Jembru my schedule for when I'm free! I'll go ahead and just post it here since movie night has garnered some interest. :3 All my times are EST as I live in Indiana. Tuesday -- Tonight I'm free! Wednesday -- 2/25 I work from 2:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M. So after work I'm free all night! Thursday -- 2/26 Free all day! Friday -- 2/27 Another 2:00P.M. to 9:00 P.M. Saturday -- 2/28 Off that day as well! See what days might work for you guys! |
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Post by Jembru on Feb 27, 2015 7:59:52 GMT
Sorry for the late reply. I've had a pretty hectic week so far. In fact, today is the first day of my 'holiday' where I don't have any concrete plans. Well, besides housework and emptying both the big wardrobes in the bedroom so they can be moved a few inches to the left to make space for JP's new PC (oh yeah.. we've also been sharing a keyboard, which is one reason why I don't post quite so consistently right now; I have less time at my PC so need to cram in more into that time).
Aaanyway. The days when you're free might be best, but to catch me online you'd need to be online from around 2pm your local time. I've discovered it's harder than we first think it will be, to get online during the afternoon, but if you think that time would work, then it might work for me too.
Oh btw, I'd gotten my Simon Pegg movies mixed up. It's Hot Fuzz that has the Japanese language option. I just have a one tracked mind for zombies. lol
I personally wasn't very impressed with what I saw of Tokyo Zombie, but I haven't seen it all the way through, so wouldn't mind giving it another try. Or if you want really crazy over the top Japanese toilet humour, there's always 'Zombie Ass; Toilet of the dead.'. Again, I wouldn't compare it to Shaun of the Dead, which is one of the best written comedies I've ever seen, but it's got that 'so bad it's good' charm I guess.
The problem is that at this point, I'm starting to write off most Japanese media as lousy (I'll save it for a rant I want to get off my chest in another thread though). I need someone to save me from the despair and show me something that will change my mind... On that note, I'll head over and start my rant..
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Someone will chime in! 
I like to babble. hahahaha
