| Yeah, when I started watching anime, it was nearly impossible to remember more than 2 or 3 names. But now, after a few years, I succeed in remembering most of them. It's all a matter of training I guess. |
| no more than normal names |
| In the beginning yes, but now I can speak/write pretty decent Japanese so I'm finding it a lot easier to remember names now |
| Personally it's usually easier for me than American names, since a lot of the times characters are named to mean something specific or unusual. Ichigo, 15, because he's 15, and Strawberry because of his hair. Naruto, is just unusual. Those are just two examples, of course, that most people would recognize the easiest. It's Korean names that kill me. Or some Show names like all the atagari's or whatever they are. |
| I barely remember my friends' names. But I have to agree with the person above me, it's still better than Korean names in dorama. |
| Yeah certain names, even more so if the character is forgettable then their name becomes forgettable as well. |
| I did at first. They were too different from English, and I didn't even understand the sounds I was hearing. But I don't have trouble anymore. |
| I usually forget the name of characters I don't care about in anime, but that's pretty much it. |
| Because some people pronounce it wrong or simply cant READ! Tell me how you pronounce Kobayashi as "Kobeyoshi" while looking at the words. Its simply Koh-Bah-Yah-Shi Other common mistakes like Michiko, people prnounce the "chi" as a "K"sound... I thought "Ch" makes a "Ch" sound like in Church. Not a "K". Its not Japanese thats confusing, English is whats making it hard to learn. |
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insolus said: no more than normal names This. I am horrible with names in general. |
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| I watch a lot of animes simultaneous, including airing and completed animes, and I watch one after the other... Because of this, it's a little hard to remember names.. But i can remember the names while Im watching the anime... If the anime was very good, I can remember the names for more and more time. |
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| When i began watching anime it was always hard remembering the character names, now i find it easy though =) |
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| Depending on how much I care about the character then yes. Like in Wandering Son, the character names always confuse me, not to mention male anime characters look effeminate enough already, now adding in a cross-dressing dynamic, and I confuse the gender as well. Hell, Eraserhead was easier to figure out then this. |
| I have trouble remembering super long names or if a whole bunch of characters is introduced at the same time. xD |
| It happens to me quite a bit. I remember simple names, but the longer the name gets, the more likely it is I am to forget it. That's why I tend to give characters nicknames as I watch the show. The nickname is more likely to stick with me than their actual name is. |
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| Hell, yes. Thank the gods for different color hair. |
| -animeS - The plural of anime is anime. More than one deer is still deer. There is no damn "s". -epic |ˈepik| noun•a work portraying heroic deeds/adventures covering an long period of time - adjective • heroic/grand in scale or character Active Military, Prior Service, and Veteran's Anime Club http://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=25937&time=1299710079 |
| I usually have a harder time remembering less significant names in a slice-of-life or light-hearted anime as opposed to a Shounen. This is probably due to the fact that they don't scream out their names lol. It's harder to forget something that yells at you opposed to something that's casually told to you. |
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| I think if you start listening to a lot in Japanese and start learning other Japanese vocabulary and such it becomes a lot easier to retain the names in your memory! At least that's when I noticed it getting easier... |
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| Being exposed to Japanese long before English in theory it should be easier for me than remembering English names, but generally I find it hard to remember anybody's name whatever the language it is. Considering a few Westerners once had names like Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina however long Japanese names are they shouldn't come to you as a shock. |
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| Hearing more japanese can make you remember better by pronouncation. |
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| If I don't give a shit about the characters I usually forget, like Kimi no Iru Machi I've read over a hundred chapters but still can barely remember characters names, and I even have a hard time tells them apart, (but that might be to to the super bland art) |
| It doesn't think, it doesn't feel, it doesn't laugh or cry..... All it does from dusk till dawn is make the soldiers die. |
| I'm real shitty with names, main character i know, rest of the characters are usually 'forgotten' unless its a name thats somehow unique or catchy. Ofcourse when a series is long (24eps+) i'm also better with remembering names. |
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| I ALWAYS forget names, always XD I would usually just remember either the main characters(s) or just my favorite character(s) name |
| Yes, because the names are new for me. If I see/hear an English name I can just memorize the name no matter how complex it is, but if I see a Japanese name (I've never seen before) I have to memorize every letter of it so that's a lot harder for me. |
| I do tend to have some trouble with 'em. I can usually remember two or three names for the first few episodes, and after about 6 episodes, I usually have all of 'em down. If they start introducing new characters left and right, then it's anyone's guess as to when I'll be able to remember them all. I am prone to forgetting occasionally, however. |
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| i never remember names so when im talking about characters i always just assign them new names but then i forget their new name too... |
| I have trouble remembering names, too. But that's mostly because I remember faces more than names most of the time. And THAT is why I can't name anything most of the time. |
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insolus said: no more than normal names Oh yeah. I remember faces rather than names, speaking of faces... lisnoire said: Hell, yes. Thank the gods for different color hair. This too |
| If the series isn't forgettable in general, I can usually remember the names of significant characters. Most maddening are situations where shows deliberately throw characters with very similar names at you. Like with Isumi and Izumi in Hayate the Combat Butler. |
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| I only remember names if I specifically talk about the persons name, even my most favorite animes I cant remember the names of the characters even if they are simple, but since I have talked about acchi kocchi, for ex, with a friend I can remember Io's name... lol |
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| Japanese names are easier than remembering English ones. I usually have more of a problem that there isn't a proper introduction, so I can't tell who is who, than remembering names. |
| I'm going to go all weaboo and say No, because of what little Japanese I've learned I can pretty much memorize the title after watching a few episodes. |
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| Yes, I can remember names but it pains me to say it out loud. |
| The one thing that I'd love to see is a lesbian yandere. |
| No. I have a photographic memory so such information is practically memorized after seeing it. |
| but you don't even know how dank my memes are |
| Surnames in japanese are pretty easy to remember as long as you remember the kanji they're written with(Or rather, in romaji, the readings associated to that kanji). I'm great with names though so I don't need to put in much effort to remember them. |
やがて気づく本当の気持ちは そして 人間が大好きでした |
| If its an anime either currently airing or I'm watching it right now I can remember most of the characters names that make more than a one time appearance. If it's an anime I completed, then it's really hit or miss at how many names my brain will want to remember. But that's with any show I watch, not just Japanese shows. I haven't seen say, Supernatural in quite a while and the only names I remember are Sam and Dean XD |
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| In the past,I've had a lot of trouble remembering foreign names. Here's a trick I learned from a couple of translators: It helps to associate their names (both family and given) with something you're familiar with Using the kanji for example; For: Yamada Ayumi (山田 あゆみ) Yama (山) can mean 'mountain' Ta/da (田) can mean 'field' Ayumi (あゆみ) can mean 'progress' Yumi (ゆみ) can also mean bow & arrow So, to remember the entire name, you can mentally link all 3/4 pictures to create a single one Such as, a girl (since Ayumi is usually a female given name) in a rice field 'progressing'/travelling to a mountain Or someone on a mountain shooting an arrow into a rice field It's a bit convoluted at first, but very helpful for practically learning kanji and remembering someone's name quickly (and correctly) It doesn't have to be Japanese/Chinese/Korean either, you can transliterate any language you're comfortable with using/remembering Going back to Yamada Ayumi: You can use 'yam' (the vegetable) and 'adder' (a type of snake) for the family name, and a/an 'ewe' (the sheep) and 'me' (picture yourself as a sheep) You can also ask Wikipedia for help with finding other words Hope that helps |
| The memorability of the name depends on the memorability of the character. |
| Sometimes.. but honestly it's hard to say if it's any more or less significant than what I experience on a day to day basis trying to remember peoples names ._. |
| I'm generally bad with names as is. Thankfully, anime characters in a series tend to be different enough to tell part just by appearance. As for pronouncing names, I'm usually okay with that. |
| After this many years, not anymore actually! It'll take me a few episodes of course! |
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| I don't usually have problem with japanese names, because I like Japanese a lot and I have quite a good memory for names generally...but there are still troublesome names like Ling Yin Huang and Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière... so I would say, the less it sounds japanese, the worse for me to remember xD |
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