I mean his life is kinda anime. The plot could go "slice of life" where we follow the life of a youtuber or internet celeb and with random backstory drops like he read the JP dictionary as a hobby.
The prank reveal was my favorite part. The way he said “dude, you’re Japanese is totally fluent” was so much respect for getting got. Props to him for putting in the effort with his English.
He has a really fun personality and was extremely open and willing to show his true self. Great interview like always. And Amazing prank. He was SO surprised. Haha.
"this good", holy fuck you guys are basically racist with the way you set the bar so low for japanese people, if they are able to respond with a single english word (in a broken accent) then it's already amazing for you
Respect to Hajime though, he understood the English so well and did a great job speaking it also. I do love how Joey revealed his Japanese skills though XD
It would surprise you, maybe, but vast majority of big streamers and youtubers have no idea how to cook while living in mansions with really nice kitchens.
Waiting for the day that this becomes a beautiful series. Pranking Japanese people who speak some English and then wait until they are midway through the conversation to speak Japanese.
@@StormCrusher94 the space in between the kitchen and the tatami room felt like an event space you would hire lol. Like a community hall. It was just so big and empty. And the chairs lined up against the wall did not help with it feeling like that.
I love how comfortable Hajime looked when they were having the sitting down convo. I'll definitely need to check him out. Also wheezed when he asked the origin of The Anime Man
Trash taste in general is all about growing their brand now. Not saying it's a bad thing but it's different. Or maybe covid stopped them from doing the newer content they are doing now
that would be cool but the guy didn't seem very into more collabs from what i saw alone. idk tho maybe off camera he was more receptive to the idea but idk. reading the air at the end felt like nahh
The biggest thought throughout this whole video, was that this house would be damn near perfect in a zombie apocalypse. Easy to defend, very good location, even the gardens are walled in all around along with good viewpoints pretty much at any angle on the building, and the layout seems really good to defend as well in case something gets in. And even though it’s big, it’s not too big to the point it would be hard to defend, it’s just about the right size, while also leaving plenty of space for whatever you need, and has good places for agriculture to grow your food. Not like most expensive buildings in most countries that would be absolutely horrible in a zombie apocalypse
@@guessit5036 there was. Tho the house in HOTD were a lot more fortified, a little smaller I think, and a much worse location. In that house pretty much nothing would be able to get in, but you also wouldn’t really be able to leave, and I don’t think it anywhere good to grow your food. Here something breaking in could be a threat(tho an unlikely one), but the location is pristine with too little of a population around it for that to actually happen, compared to HOTD that were right in the middle of a highly populated area
in Japan it will be zombie apocolypse soon, because nobody has babies they are mostly just old people walking at a snail pace, it's annoying just walking around being stuck behind them all the time
I remember watching hajime before during his early days. He's just filming in a 3-step room, minimalist set-up, doing random funny stuff. Look how far he has gotten :') Proud of you, man!
Oh I really like the conversation about Japanese-English translation. Part of why I’m learning Japanese now is because I found out that a lot of my favorite Japanese series can end up being completely butchered when translated, either by bad localization or just because there isn’t a good English equivalent.
I've been slowly picking up Japanese over the years specifically because it helps understand the subtleties in the original script. It's certainly a hard language, but that feeling when you realize you understood something that just can't be translated is wonderful.
I'm only about a year of solid slow study because I work a lot (I've picked up stuff throughout the years since high school but just basics) but I just watched the series noragami again and there's a part where one character says "see you later" according to the English translation in subtitles, but in Japanese they actually said something along the lines of "get home safely". COMPLETELY different meaning. I was able to pick up on a lot of "shortcuts" in the English subtitles, which definitely cheapen the significance of the Japanese being said. I mean, I get it because they're making it easy for the audience to follow, but now that I've been immersed in the culture behind the language and why/when certain words and phrases are used, I find I have a richer understanding of the message being conveyed between characters. I'm not really into much of the mainstream anime anymore (it's pretty repetitive nowadays) but I'm getting good at reading Japanese news articles and books and stuff (with help of course) and I find I'm picking more cultural things up as I read. It's very cool!
When you translate from any language to another, there is always loss of cultural context and subtlety (including EN-JAP). Good translations that try to account for it and/or the listener becoming more familiar with the language/culture can help but you can probably never fully compensate. It's the difference between being a 'native' speaker and being 'fluent'.
To be fair Japanese to English translations have been improving over time... Some light novels have really impressed me. Some dubbed anime is done well enough. The only reason I started to learn Japanese years ago was to be able to read my favourite series as they had no translations. These days a lot gets translated well enough, its really cool to see.
it's basically a game of whether you want to try to be literal or take liberty and find an english "feeling" equivalent. dont hate on translators unless you're completely fluent yourself my friends. the more fluent you get you'll realize it's rare to find someone who does a flatout bad job.
Hajime talking about japanese's writing systems, questioning why there needs to be three, and calling it gross made me laugh and feel validated at the same time lol
@@s70driver2005 hiragana and katakana you can learn in 2 days if you spent the entire day learning and kanji is actually fairly easy to learn too, the problem is that there's so many it's not only time taking but confusing that's why most people give up.. btw for learning kanji i recommend anki or wanikani both are pretty good
@@joemama-bu5ue Basically, Japanese learn 2,000 kanji characters over the nine years of compulsory education. Many foreigners who can read kanji said they memorized them by reading novels.
@@sink-l5d not really that's a very old method of memorization and writing that most "courses" to but tools like wanikani and anki most people will finish 2000 kanjis and about 9k vocab in 1 year and a half some people completed it in less than a year.
I’ve been a fan of Hajime for 10 years. But what he was saying about the Japanese and English languages, I totally agree, as someone who’s been studying Japanese for a long time, I prefer to speak or read in Japanese because I feel like I can express myself more freely. I try explaining this to my family but they don’t really get it lol I really love the Japanese language and culture, even though it’s not my first language, I feel more comfortable with it in a way. Even when I’m all alone talking to myself, I always speak in Japanese. For practice and because I love it.
Honestly Joey making a Japanese speaking channel would help a lot of students who are learning Japanese tbh!! It would indirectly create language immersion content/pull over his existing English audience to be more exposed to Japanese as a language and the intricacies behind it. I really think he should go for it!!
He said he didn't want to as Japanese fans are very toxic and , if he pissed him off, it would be hell on Earth lol But that wasn't me, he said that. I forgot in what video though.
I also remember him saying that adding subs to every video would be a pain in the butt, although I personally wouldn't mind because I already watch Japanese youtubers who just add the occasional "transcripts" on the video, so if he did that, I think it would much more helpful for someone learning Japanese, because that way they can "track the sentence" (if that makes any sense) and learn how certain words are written and pronounced.... But that might just be my own method of learning, and might not necessarily work for everyone else.
This was nostalgic to watch. Around 5-6 years ago, when community subtitles were still a thing on UA-cam, I used to watch so many of Hajime’s (and other japanese youtubers) videos. They were some of my favourite, and I was devastated when UA-cam removed the feature. This video made my day, I think I’m going to go back and watch all of those old videos again now!
When Joey was like "can we do it in English?" I thought Joey was just avoiding having to do a ton of subtitles but then it turns out it was a prank! Nice one! Hajime's English was good though! He followed along well!!!
I've been watching Joey and Hajime for many years already, seeing them together made me smile throughout the whole video. They make a cool combo. I hope they will collab a lot in the future, or even do a channel together.
love it, Hajime-san is so Japanese, that when he gets a house that is so unusually big, he simply doesn't know what to do with all of it and spends most of his time in these concentrated smaller sections of the house instead (office/tatami area for instance) When you're so used to smaller spaces, having this huge house must sometimes feel...otherworldly
@@ae831 one room a library, the other a plant room, an indoor swimming pool room, etc. I'd think of some things. I'd still actually only live out of a few smaller rooms in the house though, and if I have the house but not the money it'd basically be empty. I'd go for more land rather than a bigger house personally.
I mean how would you feel if you knew like 1% of a language and people expected you to speak it. This seems to be a very American thing, where Americans expect everyone in the world to speak English, when even though a large portion of the world does speak English as a second language, English isn't even the most spoken language in the world by a long shot.
@@PremonitionGamingVid English is the most widely spoken language and the language with the 2nd most speakers so idk what ur on about, and anyways anyone who grew up in japan knows more than 1% of english
I liked how aware and thoughtful he was about differences in english and japanese languages. Honestly expected a much more simple answer, but looks like him studying english really gave him a lot of room for comparison. It's an interesting perspective.
Joey, I really love if you can continue this series with other Japanese UA-camrs, especially my fav like Karameru, Kimagure Cook & Sushi Ramen (they’re huge as well, and sometimes have English subtitles for international viewers)
Congrats to Hajime-san for 10 years. Love the brief discussion about Japan side of internet & UA-cam because the internet culture over there is sooo different than the rest of the world. Would love to know more. Also, would love to see more of this type of videos like "biggest japanese streamer" or "highest follower on instagram"
i feel like we need more collabs with hajime because seeing joey with hajime is like watching the perfect duo i feel like they could share videos for the japanese side of youtube and for the american/western side of youtube that would be hilarious to see. Perfect duo!
When Hajime was speaking english I really felt a distance because all I knew at that part was he is a youtuber and rich but when he started speaking japanese more comfortably when he found out Joey pranked him idk a part of me went "Ah! He's human just like me!" and started to like him more
The way he said "NEVER" when he was talking about his kitchen was actually so funny tho like he did it in this most non-flexing way but he was just shamelessly like "NEVER"
I remember finding Hajime from his psycho-pass gun prop review and I found him and his humor and comedic timing so funny I started binge watching whatever he had subtitled in English until I couldn't find any more. Thank you for shining a light on this whacky guy for other audiences to find!
As someone who's been learning Japanese for the past couple of years, the conversion about the nuances of the language both demotivated me and motivated me at the same time.
It's cool to see people meet each other and eventually become friends. Seeing Joey bring out his Japanese was quite refreshing. I can see Hajime on his game show or even on Trash Taste in the near future.
I used to watch Hajime's channel a lot when I started learning Japanese, which was challenging at a beginner level, but I was enjoying his content a lot. I was really happy to watch this collab!! I hope we get to see more videos with the two of them together, and they'd probably benefit from having both international and Japanese audience getting to know them better.
@@jcng7819 almost 6 years later I passed the N3 exam! watching lots of youtube videos in Japanese back then definitely helped with making me get used to what the language sounds like, and not the textbook Japanese, but the real word Japanese haha. Good luck with your studies!
Joey is half Japanese! As a child when he lived in Australia his mom would only speak to him in Japanese so whenever they would go back to Japan to see her side of the family he would be able to communicate and not feel left out
That was such an interesting video! We often hear about the English content creators' experience and point of view about UA-cam on Trash Taste or even on Joey's second channel but this interview and the discussion that followed was simply captivating. I also loved hearing Joey talk in Japanese for a long time like this.
This video was surprisingly eye opening. I always thought english was a very expressive language and that the Japanese language was restrictive in some way yet I couldn't have been more wrong. Thanks for doing this Joey
With full respect to Hajime who seems very talented and had many interesting points, I think he's viewing English's expressiveness from his shallow understanding of it and unfairly comparing it to a language he's super proficient in. The example he gave about the many ways of saying "I" in Japanese is true, but it's also the one I hear most often when talking about Japanese expressiveness, and it's not something that applies equally to the entire language. You could just as easily pick an example of an area where English is super expressive and Japanese isn't so much. Every language has its subtleties that can't be translated 1-to-1 into other languages and that make them rich, but you can't really appreciate them until you're truly proficient in that language. English is my second language, and I remember a time when I too felt that English lacked expressiveness compared to Spanish, but I was falling for the same trap Hajime fell for, I now know that both English and Spanish have their own strengths and weaknesses in different places. Edit: for the record, and since a troll below has been making false accusations about me, I do speak Japanese, I live in Japan and use the language daily. I also believe it's an incredibly rich and expressive language, and my comments above shouldn't be interpreted as saying otherwise.
English is a totally expressive language. We have tons of commonly used synonyms for base words compared to Japanese. We have all kinds of intonation for words which can change the meaning of them, which Japanese doesn't have as much (and that makes sense culturally speaking because the nuances of intonation can be malicious too (think sarcasm)). We have lots of body language on the side. We're loud and very expressive people as well in public (at least in the US) we even compliment people publicly out of nowhere. lol we love metaphorical language in English too. (Think "Do you have a second / a minute?" And if you use that literally in JPN word-for-word, Japanese people will take it literally and not figuratively!) I think we're expressive enough 🤣
I thought Joey just spoke English for the viewers and having Hajime to join. "I bet they were talking Japanese between cuts", I said. "why is he struggling so much, couldn't he just talked in Japanese?" I said. I only realized that this was a prank as soon as joey said it, jeez.
loved the video! Hajimeshacho was the biggest youtuber in Japan for such a long time! And he is still is! in terms of subs it's Hikakin Japan's biggest subbed youtuber but for a very very long time it was Hajimeshacho. And both of them are legends!
That was really cool and eye opening, he was very open with his thoughts and feelings and willing to share personal details about his home, costs, and feelings. That is very rare I feel for other youtubers to share and be blunt. Also amazing job on the English Hajime!
You know it was quite interesting to hear him talk about the difference in languages and how expressive they are. I’ve been trying to learn Japanese for a while now and I’ve noticed a lot in anime translations to English that aren’t literal translations rather more expressive English words and phrases that match the meaning.
This might actually be my favorite video in this channel and if Hajime does make an Anime channel, I'm just gonna hope for collabs. My favorite moments of the video (might add more later on) 7:18 Hajime saying "I don't have friends" 10:18 Joey asking for his "favorite" 15:54 Joey's secret 25:26 Hajime asking about channel name 25:40 "The perfect answer"
i hope im wrong but the guy was giving off strong vibes that he doesn't want to collab with Joey. stressing he doesn't have friends, not replying in kind to joey in the end about doing it again or whatever, also the reply about getting the execs of attack on titan or whatever.. reading the air/the vibes, just didn't feel like he'd be down for collabs.. i could be wrong tho! maybe they talked more off camera who knows.
From studying Japanese I really undestand Hajime's point about Japanese being an expressive language. You can tell a lot just by how someone talks, more so than in English.
I didn't know if hajime before this video but he seems amazing! I also loved hearing Joey speak in casual Japanese for once, since he's usually only ever used Japanese formally when interviewing store owners and stuff. He seemed very relaxed in your presence joey and I'd love to see a Collab with you guys!!!
As someone who came by Hajime's youtube before, i really do wish his videos were subbed even other japanese channel sometimes has subs, but that doesn't mean his content is less interesting. its also very enjoyable without it. Thanks for this collabo and giving us the insight of japanese youtube space.
This is honestly really interesting, learning about the japanese side of youtube. You definitely have to collab with more japanese creators. I'm surprised you hadn't sooner, honestly.
hajime is a living legend and this collab made me smile
Oh hey, it's that one xvid guy
We need Sora The Troll on Trash Taste podcast
Herro cringetuber
F my A
そそるね太ももが
The prank was so good!
But I also respect Hajime's efforts for conversing in English!
Hajime lived in England for a year or so, hence why he speak English
Wow, hi Fonzi
oh hey fonzi
Are you going to do spy family season ed 2?
@@v系-j5e yeah he also said in a video that he had the top scores in English for his class, he also studied at a college with a high level :)
はじめんがちゃんとリスニングして話してんの面白いし、時々喋ってた日本語全部理解されてたのもおもろい
たしかに😊
"You should have parties here"
"But I have no friends"
I felt that.
Now he has one! XD
@@ghouleye You really need new friends that are actually 'living' haha
日本人には当然のこと
Joey truly has worked hard on changing his content from just Anime to doin whatever he just like doin. I really enjoy it.
Joey the Internet Man
@@シロダサンダー Joey the man
Same!
I mean his life is kinda anime. The plot could go "slice of life" where we follow the life of a youtuber or internet celeb and with random backstory drops like he read the JP dictionary as a hobby.
The problem is that there's market saturation for anime youtubers now, and also Japanese copyright holders are ruthless with their takedown notices.
思った2億倍ペラペラやん。
すごい興味深い話が聞けて幸せです。
@user-gk8sf6rr3tAnime manの日本語について言ってるんだよ😅
The prank reveal was my favorite part. The way he said “dude, you’re Japanese is totally fluent” was so much respect for getting got. Props to him for putting in the effort with his English.
😏
*your
He has a really fun personality and was extremely open and willing to show his true self. Great interview like always. And Amazing prank. He was SO surprised. Haha.
Yeah, surprisingly candid, I was pleasantly surprised by this interview.
日本のUA-camr代表と認めてはじめしゃちょーの家行くの何か嬉しい
案件
@@dely1069 でもそのために日本来てるって考えるとなんか嬉しい
それな
はじめんちやっぱでけえ
ドッキリも最高w
この動画で知ったが結構はじめんって英語出来るんだ
I never knew hajime’s English was actually this good 😮 i watch Japanese youtubers too so this collab is such an amazing surprise 😊
"this good", holy fuck you guys are basically racist with the way you set the bar so low for japanese people, if they are able to respond with a single english word (in a broken accent) then it's already amazing for you
hajime lived in england for a year. He also said in a video that he had the top scores for english in his class.
@@tanukidesu4672 awesome
Eigo wa wakarimasen!
We need a ヒカキン Collab
Respect to Hajime though, he understood the English so well and did a great job speaking it also. I do love how Joey revealed his Japanese skills though XD
Yes. After all his YT channel is all about ripping off Western channels so I'm sure he has to do his fair share of "research" in English...
*speaking it too
@Ani yea hes half japanese but decided to act like he wasnt in this video
@@abikyoukan2 wait waht
Xd 💀🤓
はじめがリスニングしっかり出来てるのもすごいし、ドッキリめちゃくちゃおもろい😂
Hajime asking why Joey is called 'The Anime Man' is the funniest shit I've ever seen
25:18
This Video in a nutshell:
Joey: “Oh wow, that’s really cool! Have you ever used it?”
Hajime: *”No.”*
"Never."
Just the first half to be accurate.
And that's the issue with rich people with big homes. What a waste.
@@quackinator1609 wut😂
@@quackinator1609 I mean it's their money so we shouldn't mind anyway
さすが海外留学経験者はじめん様。一発で発音聞き取るのすごい！
Joey revealing he speaks fleunt Japanese to Hajime is an awesome moment
And frustrating for those of us that know the mf pulls off these pranks to other people he's interacted with in the past lmao
I know 😂 it was priceless
time frame?
@@dvadolly 15:54
anime style reveal, of a man, anime man
Hajime having 3 kitchens and doesn't know how to cook has to be one of the funniest flexing not flexing things I've ever seen.
I know some guy that has McLaren...
I'd drop the "Markiplier-is-a-man-that-owns-five-ovens" clip, but then he does bake for videos, so Hajime's 3 kitchens is way funnier.
@@hannoythefirst LULW
It would surprise you, maybe, but vast majority of big streamers and youtubers have no idea how to cook while living in mansions with really nice kitchens.
@@MedievalSolutions That genuinely pisses me off as someone who loves to cook and currently has to share a shitty kitchen with 4 other people 💀
すげぇな、この人。英語はもちろんの事、日本語のアクセントもパーフェクトだ。
Joey is a native speaker of Japanese! He and his mom only spoke to each other in Japanese as a child even though they lived in Australia.
私も英語ペラペラになりたいな
@@TheZenomeProject そうなんだ
@@kyoumoryuu999 なんかきみかわいい(*´ω｀*)
いやーまじですごいわ
Joey revealing his japanese is so fucking funny he should do it to every guest from now on just for a reaction compilation
edit: jeez everyone thanks
Waiting for the day that this becomes a beautiful series. Pranking Japanese people who speak some English and then wait until they are midway through the conversation to speak Japanese.
You just killed any hope for me who doesn't want it
That was hilarious.
@@Disorder2312 ?? Its content why would joey kill it?
Yep he should milk it while the Japanese youtubers don't know about him. Make it a series Joey!
日本人のyoutuberではなかなかひきだせない話ばかりで本当に面白かったです。Joeyさんの日本人ではない視点と完璧な日本語力がなせる技。おすすめに出てきて良かった〜！！ありがとうございます！
同じ日本人としてうれしい
Joey さんはオーストラリア人と日本人のハーフですよ〜
@@clive9959 日本人なの？
@@clive9959 そうなのか。多分純粋な欧米人とか、ヨーロッパ人にはここまで流暢に話せないよな。声帯の形から違うから。
@@masin2671 日本育ちなら完璧に話せるよ
急に日本語喋り初めて一気に親近感湧いた…
I gotta be honest, my guy should probably invest in an interior designer 😅
Or a smaller house. This is just too big. I feel especially sad for the kitchen.
@@StormCrusher94 the space in between the kitchen and the tatami room felt like an event space you would hire lol. Like a community hall. It was just so big and empty. And the chairs lined up against the wall did not help with it feeling like that.
lmaooo
Tbf it doesn’t even look like he actually lives there it felt more like a space for recording than anything
This building used to be an office he bought it off someone and he’s trying to fix things up bits by bits
I really like this type of interviews. The moment when Joey told Hajime that he's fluent in Japanese was hilarious.
What minute?
@@iqbalyahya4614 about 15:47
@@_notorious_ thanks
best one is with kizuna AI
大変面白かったです！
はじめしゃちょーの引き出しの広さを知り、海外UA-camr会談はとても興味深かったです🤗
UA-camという世界に生きる方々の語り合い、是非他の方での続編見たいです！
Props to the dude being willing to speak in English. It's really neat to see different accents
I love how comfortable Hajime looked when they were having the sitting down convo. I'll definitely need to check him out.
Also wheezed when he asked the origin of The Anime Man
この人の英語聞き取りやすくて助かる
オーストラリア
@@FDE-fw1hd he sound just like me cuz l am Australian lol 😅
When you forget that PewDiePie recently moved to Japan:
Pewds isn't japanese
Lol
@@Crescent_x to be fair the title says japan's bggest youtuber. Not the biggest japanese UA-camr. But thats semantics
The title says "Japan's" so technically pewds would be the biggest youtuber there (i think so)
TRUEEEE
Bokksu are truly just carrying the whole Trash Taste gang now.
Im pretty sure kadokawa own bokksu so thats probably why
@@guts-0077 that makes so much sense
@@guts-0077 They're not. Bokksu's independent.
And Tokyo Creative =P
@@guts-0077 errr no
あなたのようなアニメのような日本の魅力を海外へ伝える人がいてくれてとても嬉しいです！
今後も頑張って下さい！！
Joey is all about growing his brand now. And I think these two will absolutely be helping each other expand into their respective markets very soon...
Trash taste in general is all about growing their brand now. Not saying it's a bad thing but it's different. Or maybe covid stopped them from doing the newer content they are doing now
that would be cool but the guy didn't seem very into more collabs from what i saw alone. idk tho maybe off camera he was more receptive to the idea but idk. reading the air at the end felt like nahh
The biggest thought throughout this whole video, was that this house would be damn near perfect in a zombie apocalypse. Easy to defend, very good location, even the gardens are walled in all around along with good viewpoints pretty much at any angle on the building, and the layout seems really good to defend as well in case something gets in. And even though it’s big, it’s not too big to the point it would be hard to defend, it’s just about the right size, while also leaving plenty of space for whatever you need, and has good places for agriculture to grow your food. Not like most expensive buildings in most countries that would be absolutely horrible in a zombie apocalypse
I think there was a similar house like that in Highschool of the Dead where main characters hid for the time being.
@@guessit5036 there was. Tho the house in HOTD were a lot more fortified, a little smaller I think, and a much worse location. In that house pretty much nothing would be able to get in, but you also wouldn’t really be able to leave, and I don’t think it anywhere good to grow your food. Here something breaking in could be a threat(tho an unlikely one), but the location is pristine with too little of a population around it for that to actually happen, compared to HOTD that were right in the middle of a highly populated area
in Japan it will be zombie apocolypse soon, because nobody has babies they are mostly just old people walking at a snail pace, it's annoying just walking around being stuck behind them all the time
aside from hajimes coolness....my man litterly lives in a box
As soon as I saw the door I wondered if he considered it 😅
15:55「実は日本語ペラペラなんだよね」で吹きそうになったw
I remember watching hajime before during his early days. He's just filming in a 3-step room, minimalist set-up, doing random funny stuff. Look how far he has gotten :') Proud of you, man!
The most literal self-made person.
I've never heard of this Hajime guy before but I already love him so much. He is so cool.
こうやって日本と海外のUA-camrが話すのめっちゃ面白い
Oh I really like the conversation about Japanese-English translation. Part of why I’m learning Japanese now is because I found out that a lot of my favorite Japanese series can end up being completely butchered when translated, either by bad localization or just because there isn’t a good English equivalent.
I've been slowly picking up Japanese over the years specifically because it helps understand the subtleties in the original script. It's certainly a hard language, but that feeling when you realize you understood something that just can't be translated is wonderful.
I'm only about a year of solid slow study because I work a lot (I've picked up stuff throughout the years since high school but just basics) but I just watched the series noragami again and there's a part where one character says "see you later" according to the English translation in subtitles, but in Japanese they actually said something along the lines of "get home safely". COMPLETELY different meaning. I was able to pick up on a lot of "shortcuts" in the English subtitles, which definitely cheapen the significance of the Japanese being said. I mean, I get it because they're making it easy for the audience to follow, but now that I've been immersed in the culture behind the language and why/when certain words and phrases are used, I find I have a richer understanding of the message being conveyed between characters. I'm not really into much of the mainstream anime anymore (it's pretty repetitive nowadays) but I'm getting good at reading Japanese news articles and books and stuff (with help of course) and I find I'm picking more cultural things up as I read. It's very cool!
When you translate from any language to another, there is always loss of cultural context and subtlety (including EN-JAP).
Good translations that try to account for it and/or the listener becoming more familiar with the language/culture can help but you can probably never fully compensate.
It's the difference between being a 'native' speaker and being 'fluent'.
To be fair Japanese to English translations have been improving over time... Some light novels have really impressed me. Some dubbed anime is done well enough.
The only reason I started to learn Japanese years ago was to be able to read my favourite series as they had no translations. These days a lot gets translated well enough, its really cool to see.
it's basically a game of whether you want to try to be literal or take liberty and find an english "feeling" equivalent. dont hate on translators unless you're completely fluent yourself my friends. the more fluent you get you'll realize it's rare to find someone who does a flatout bad job.
Hajime talking about japanese's writing systems, questioning why there needs to be three, and calling it gross made me laugh and feel validated at the same time lol
Lol right!!! I'm starting my hiragana journey tomorrow!!! Big oof
@@s70driver2005 hiragana and katakana you can learn in 2 days if you spent the entire day learning and kanji is actually fairly easy to learn too, the problem is that there's so many it's not only time taking but confusing that's why most people give up.. btw for learning kanji i recommend anki or wanikani both are pretty good
@@joemama-bu5ue Basically, Japanese learn 2,000 kanji characters over the nine years of compulsory education.
Many foreigners who can read kanji said they memorized them by reading novels.
@@joemama-bu5ue thanks my guy!
@@sink-l5d not really that's a very old method of memorization and writing that most "courses" to but tools like wanikani and anki most people will finish 2000 kanjis and about 9k vocab in 1 year and a half some people completed it in less than a year.
I’ve been a fan of Hajime for 10 years. But what he was saying about the Japanese and English languages, I totally agree, as someone who’s been studying Japanese for a long time, I prefer to speak or read in Japanese because I feel like I can express myself more freely. I try explaining this to my family but they don’t really get it lol
I really love the Japanese language and culture, even though it’s not my first language, I feel more comfortable with it in a way. Even when I’m all alone talking to myself, I always speak in Japanese. For practice and because I love it.
animemanとはじめしゃちょーがコラボするとは思わなかった。はじめしゃちょー英語聞き取って的確な返ししてるの凄いと思った。こういうふうに近いようで遠い業界にいる二人がコラボしあえる環境があるからこそUA-camは見る価値があるんだよね。
それな普通に話してるのすごいよね
Honestly Joey making a Japanese speaking channel would help a lot of students who are learning Japanese tbh!! It would indirectly create language immersion content/pull over his existing English audience to be more exposed to Japanese as a language and the intricacies behind it. I really think he should go for it!!
Goodness gracious, absolutely! I would pay for that shit!
He said he didn't want to as Japanese fans are very toxic and , if he pissed him off, it would be hell on Earth lol
But that wasn't me, he said that. I forgot in what video though.
I also remember him saying that adding subs to every video would be a pain in the butt, although I personally wouldn't mind because I already watch Japanese youtubers who just add the occasional "transcripts" on the video, so if he did that, I think it would much more helpful for someone learning Japanese, because that way they can "track the sentence" (if that makes any sense) and learn how certain words are written and pronounced....
But that might just be my own method of learning, and might not necessarily work for everyone else.
was looking for a comment like this!! i completely agree!
2人とも日本語うますぎないか
This was nostalgic to watch. Around 5-6 years ago, when community subtitles were still a thing on UA-cam, I used to watch so many of Hajime’s (and other japanese youtubers) videos. They were some of my favourite, and I was devastated when UA-cam removed the feature. This video made my day, I think I’m going to go back and watch all of those old videos again now!
When Joey was like "can we do it in English?" I thought Joey was just avoiding having to do a ton of subtitles but then it turns out it was a prank! Nice one! Hajime's English was good though! He followed along well!!!
Two birds with one arrow
This is so this is surreal! I used to watch Hajime’s Yugioh videos in 2015 😂 what a legend
I've been watching Joey and Hajime for many years already, seeing them together made me smile throughout the whole video. They make a cool combo. I hope they will collab a lot in the future, or even do a channel together.
love it, Hajime-san is so Japanese, that when he gets a house that is so unusually big, he simply doesn't know what to do with all of it and spends most of his time in these concentrated smaller sections of the house instead (office/tatami area for instance) When you're so used to smaller spaces, having this huge house must sometimes feel...otherworldly
I think most people wouldnt know what to do if they suddenly lived in such a big house lol
@@ae831 one room a library, the other a plant room, an indoor swimming pool room, etc. I'd think of some things.
I'd still actually only live out of a few smaller rooms in the house though, and if I have the house but not the money it'd basically be empty. I'd go for more land rather than a bigger house personally.
@user-ir9qq7kx6d I mean…😅
@user-ir9qq7kx6d笑った、ほんまにそう
You can tell how much more comfortable he got when Joey started speaking Japanese
it was basically an english test up until then
time stamp?
@@haikuya14 15:53 this
I mean how would you feel if you knew like 1% of a language and people expected you to speak it. This seems to be a very American thing, where Americans expect everyone in the world to speak English, when even though a large portion of the world does speak English as a second language, English isn't even the most spoken language in the world by a long shot.
@@PremonitionGamingVid English is the most widely spoken language and the language with the 2nd most speakers so idk what ur on about, and anyways anyone who grew up in japan knows more than 1% of english
I actually love this guy's vibe even tho I'm sure there would be a massive language barrier I hope he gets American traction
International rather
@@AmaitaYume 100 percent agreed
I liked how aware and thoughtful he was about differences in english and japanese languages. Honestly expected a much more simple answer, but looks like him studying english really gave him a lot of room for comparison. It's an interesting perspective.
はじめんちゃんと英語聞き取ってコミュニケーションできてるのすご！ドッキリ大成功すぎて見てる方も全然騙された笑
10:26 such a wholesome and genuine moment between dudes just being dudes
What were those things he pulled out i was genuinely confused watching that part?
@@Hajisangak Japanese Adult Videos. So man had a pornstar over at one point.
@@Hajisangak JAVs - Japanese Adult Videos
@@Hajisangak prob some cd's...?
@@Hajisangak adult video DVD I guess
Joey telling Hajime he's fluent in Japanese was just golden 😂👌
普通にこの人の動画見てて急に日本のyoutuber出てきてびびった
はじめんかい
はじめんの英語の適応力すご!!
Joey, I really love if you can continue this series with other Japanese UA-camrs, especially my fav like Karameru, Kimagure Cook & Sushi Ramen (they’re huge as well, and sometimes have English subtitles for international viewers)
実は日本語ペラペラなんだよね で爆笑したww
He is half Japanese
日本人いてよかった笑
@@methos4866 I from japan
@@こーが-f3t 俺も
@@kurenaihana_a so many japanese people and english speaking people coming together in this comment section XD
Congrats to Hajime-san for 10 years. Love the brief discussion about Japan side of internet & UA-cam because the internet culture over there is sooo different than the rest of the world. Would love to know more. Also, would love to see more of this type of videos like "biggest japanese streamer" or "highest follower on instagram"
普段から見てた2つのチャンネルがコラボしてめっちゃ嬉しい
日本語ペラペラでびっくりした😂😂
頑張って聞き取ってた俺を誰か褒めてくれ……
you did good my friend 👍🏾
アニメマンさんが日豪のハーフ人だから
おめでとう ww
Congratulations haha 👏👏
よしよし、頑張ったねぇ
それな、はじめしゃちょーってこんな日本語話せたんだ
Jesus, I’ll be scared shitless if I live in a house this big
Wander into the darkest paint room and never find your way out
@@idolhell1500 lol that’s the scariest part of the vid no cap, tho the edit was kind of funny ngl 😂
especially with that creepy ass statue
I like walking around my house at night and thinking, so I'd love it. Though I'd be happy with 1/4th of the size.
you even can see in the house itself he doesn't know what to do with all that money he has
Respect for Hajime doing the full thing in english and doing pretty well at it
i feel like we need more collabs with hajime because seeing joey with hajime is like watching the perfect duo i feel like they could share videos for the japanese side of youtube and for the american/western side of youtube that would be hilarious to see. Perfect duo!
Japanese UA-camrs are really funny, I hope Joey does more collars with them!
When Hajime was speaking english I really felt a distance because all I knew at that part was he is a youtuber and rich but when he started speaking japanese more comfortably when he found out Joey pranked him idk a part of me went "Ah! He's human just like me!" and started to like him more
I feel the same way but it sounds hilarious that you had a "He just like me fr fr" moment 🤣
This is such a weird comment lol
The way he said "NEVER" when he was talking about his kitchen was actually so funny tho like he did it in this most non-flexing way but he was just shamelessly like "NEVER"
I really hope that you have more collabs
with Hajiime ! I’m a long time fan of his
I love how humble Hajime is. He seems like such a nice guy.
I have been a fan of hajime since around 2014! He used to film in his small room, so it really amazes me how far he's come.
I remember finding Hajime from his psycho-pass gun prop review and I found him and his humor and comedic timing so funny I started binge watching whatever he had subtitled in English until I couldn't find any more. Thank you for shining a light on this whacky guy for other audiences to find!
As someone who's been learning Japanese for the past couple of years, the conversion about the nuances of the language both demotivated me and motivated me at the same time.
Bro I was watching him since a year ago even thought I don’t know Japanese, his videos were always entertaining with subtitles.
Their vibe is so nice, I really hope they become good friends whether or not they make content together 🙏
日本語タイトルも翻訳したものっぽくしてるのウケる
英語だとめちゃくちゃフランクに感じるけど日本語で話すと急にお堅い人に見えてくるの凄いな笑
それぞれ良いところあるよねえ
Joey chose so interesting questions! I loved hearing them talk about the Japanese language and it's difference to English
It's cool to see people meet each other and eventually become friends. Seeing Joey bring out his Japanese was quite refreshing. I can see Hajime on his game show or even on Trash Taste in the near future.
I love how he sprints away to show the main bathroom around 14:14
おすすめに出てきたので観てみました。本当に素晴らしい動画をありがとうございます!!
アニメ関係の話ですが、はじめしゃちょーも言っていたように日本語は他の言語に比べると難しすぎます。どうしても、日本人と外国の方との理解は異なってしまいます。ですがそれは悪いことではありません。
私は約1年前から海外に留学していry高校1年生ですが全く英語が分からず、本当に辛い思いをして何度も日本の高校生になりたいと弱音をはいていました。ですが唯一、クラスメイトとできた話の内容が「アニメ」でした。日本人が1人しかいない学校なので日本人というだけで話しかけてくれる事もありました。
私の学校ではほとんどの生徒がアニメを観ています。特に、NARUTOやAttack On Titan、Jujutsu Kaisen、 Demon Slayer は異次元の人気を誇っています。日本人として本当に嬉しいことです。
日本では毎週アニメが1話放送されるのは常識ですが、こちらの人達はそのシーズンが完結してから全話観る人や、「去年からアニメ観始めてる!」と1つの趣味になっている人が沢山います。
そして、日本の学校に通ってみたいという人や日本を訪れて見たい人もたっくさんいます。
ですが悲しいことに最近の日本では、世界中がすでにグローバル化しているのに外国からの観光客を嫌がる人が一定数います。
在日の外国人が事件を起こすと、「これだから外国人は」と、外国人を一括りにしています。
こっちに来たから、日本は本当に世界中から愛されてるんだなと肌で感じました。日本人と言うだけで、すごく興味津々で質問をしてくれる人や、日本に行ったことのある人は思い出を話してくれます。
私の将来の夢は、外国の人達が安心して日本に来られたり、もっと大好きな日本のことを知ってもらうことです。そのためには日本語も英語も話せないと始まらないと考えています。
最近は翻訳機能もすごく進化していて、10年後ぐらいには全く違う言語でも誤差がなく話せる時代が来るのではないかと思っています。
ですが、やはり外国の方とコミュニケーションを取り合うなら相手の方の言語に合わせた方が話しやすいともいます。これらを目標に英語を勉強しています。
そして私は日本の英語教育の方針も帰るべきだと感じています。日本はG7にも加盟している先進国です。ですが、世界の英語が第二言語になっている国の言語力ランキングで日本は70位より下にいるのが現実です。
公立の小・中学校の英語という科目はなぜか受験勉強のため、「偏差値」高い学校に入るための科目になってしまっています。問題文、それに教科書更にはテスト用紙まで日本語になってしまうと話すための英語ではなくなってしまいます。
まだ時間はかかると思いますが、私はもっと日本のことを知ってもらい、日本の事を好きになってくれるように努力します!!
I used to watch Hajime's channel a lot when I started learning Japanese, which was challenging at a beginner level, but I was enjoying his content a lot.
I was really happy to watch this collab!! I hope we get to see more videos with the two of them together, and they'd probably benefit from having both international and Japanese audience getting to know them better.
How is your japanese now? Any advice for listening comprehension? ;-;
@@jcng7819 almost 6 years later I passed the N3 exam! watching lots of youtube videos in Japanese back then definitely helped with making me get used to what the language sounds like, and not the textbook Japanese, but the real word Japanese haha. Good luck with your studies!
日本語めちゃくちゃ上手ですね！！！
日本が好きな外国人がいてうれしかったよ！！
これからも頑張って！！
Joey is half Japanese! As a child when he lived in Australia his mom would only speak to him in Japanese so whenever they would go back to Japan to see her side of the family he would be able to communicate and not feel left out
このコラボを予想してなかった笑
面白かったです🤭
お互いアニメ好きで良いですね✨
That was such an interesting video! We often hear about the English content creators' experience and point of view about UA-cam on Trash Taste or even on Joey's second channel but this interview and the discussion that followed was simply captivating. I also loved hearing Joey talk in Japanese for a long time like this.
15:55実は🇯🇵日本語ペラペラなんだよね笑
お〜い最初から喋ってよ😆
This video was surprisingly eye opening. I always thought english was a very expressive language and that the Japanese language was restrictive in some way yet I couldn't have been more wrong. Thanks for doing this Joey
With full respect to Hajime who seems very talented and had many interesting points, I think he's viewing English's expressiveness from his shallow understanding of it and unfairly comparing it to a language he's super proficient in. The example he gave about the many ways of saying "I" in Japanese is true, but it's also the one I hear most often when talking about Japanese expressiveness, and it's not something that applies equally to the entire language. You could just as easily pick an example of an area where English is super expressive and Japanese isn't so much. Every language has its subtleties that can't be translated 1-to-1 into other languages and that make them rich, but you can't really appreciate them until you're truly proficient in that language.
English is my second language, and I remember a time when I too felt that English lacked expressiveness compared to Spanish, but I was falling for the same trap Hajime fell for, I now know that both English and Spanish have their own strengths and weaknesses in different places.
Edit: for the record, and since a troll below has been making false accusations about me, I do speak Japanese, I live in Japan and use the language daily. I also believe it's an incredibly rich and expressive language, and my comments above shouldn't be interpreted as saying otherwise.
The truth is that there isn't a language that is more expressive than other.
@@pedrofayolleOh wow thanks for that explanation. Never thought about the perspective
English is a totally expressive language.
We have tons of commonly used synonyms for base words compared to Japanese. We have all kinds of intonation for words which can change the meaning of them, which Japanese doesn't have as much (and that makes sense culturally speaking because the nuances of intonation can be malicious too (think sarcasm)). We have lots of body language on the side. We're loud and very expressive people as well in public (at least in the US) we even compliment people publicly out of nowhere. lol we love metaphorical language in English too. (Think "Do you have a second / a minute?" And if you use that literally in JPN word-for-word, Japanese people will take it literally and not figuratively!) I think we're expressive enough 🤣
I think he meant translating the expressiveness is quite difficult. Both languages are very expressive themselves.
It's nice to see that, even the biggest of the big, is still a genuinely friendly guy.
最初UA-camの日本語字幕出して観てたのに、急に日本語喋り出して笑った笑笑
I thought Joey just spoke English for the viewers and having Hajime to join. "I bet they were talking Japanese between cuts", I said. "why is he struggling so much, couldn't he just talked in Japanese?" I said. I only realized that this was a prank as soon as joey said it, jeez.
you got pranked too kek
Such a chill and friendly guy. What a great conversation!
loved the video! Hajimeshacho was the biggest youtuber in Japan for such a long time! And he is still is!
in terms of subs it's Hikakin Japan's biggest subbed youtuber but for a very very long time it was Hajimeshacho. And both of them are legends!
That was really cool and eye opening, he was very open with his thoughts and feelings and willing to share personal details about his home, costs, and feelings. That is very rare I feel for other youtubers to share and be blunt.
Also amazing job on the English Hajime!
You know it was quite interesting to hear him talk about the difference in languages and how expressive they are. I’ve been trying to learn Japanese for a while now and I’ve noticed a lot in anime translations to English that aren’t literal translations rather more expressive English words and phrases that match the meaning.
日本語ペラペラだったのか…！！！！！
しかも色々知ってる…さすが…！
This might actually be my favorite video in this channel and if Hajime does make an Anime channel, I'm just gonna hope for collabs.
My favorite moments of the video (might add more later on)
7:18 Hajime saying "I don't have friends"
10:18 Joey asking for his "favorite"
15:54 Joey's secret
25:26 Hajime asking about channel name
25:40 "The perfect answer"
i hope im wrong but the guy was giving off strong vibes that he doesn't want to collab with Joey. stressing he doesn't have friends, not replying in kind to joey in the end about doing it again or whatever, also the reply about getting the execs of attack on titan or whatever.. reading the air/the vibes, just didn't feel like he'd be down for collabs.. i could be wrong tho! maybe they talked more off camera who knows.
@@humanbean3 Well we're not really sure about anything, so we just have to wait, but who knows maybe they talked off camera.
Joey and Aki uploading at the same time 😁 Thank you both for thr content
also connor just uploaded a video today, this is a good day indeed
From studying Japanese I really undestand Hajime's point about Japanese being an expressive language. You can tell a lot just by how someone talks, more so than in English.
I didn't know if hajime before this video but he seems amazing! I also loved hearing Joey speak in casual Japanese for once, since he's usually only ever used Japanese formally when interviewing store owners and stuff. He seemed very relaxed in your presence joey and I'd love to see a Collab with you guys!!!
As someone who came by Hajime's youtube before, i really do wish his videos were subbed even other japanese channel sometimes has subs, but that doesn't mean his content is less interesting. its also very enjoyable without it. Thanks for this collabo and giving us the insight of japanese youtube space.
こうやって海外の人とコラボしてくれるのうれしい！
It’s really interesting to see what big name youtubers look like in Japan
This is honestly really interesting, learning about the japanese side of youtube. You definitely have to collab with more japanese creators. I'm surprised you hadn't sooner, honestly.
I can imagine he got good sense of humour even he don't speak much English ( NEVAH)
I m going to his channel after this😗
He's so humble. He has a lovely vibes