11 pointsby Mikecraft2 days ago14 comments
  • rand172 days ago
    This is a description that turns on every red light in my head: "netflix for", "binge watching", "turning into", "keep you hooked", "but smarter" etc. - probably I'm not the target age demographic or maybe this is an American thing? Also, the meaning of literal, here, would be something like having a hamster named Duolingo and you built a gun to kill the animal. That's a literal killer appliance.
  • datenyan2 days ago
    To preface this, I'm not a Japanese speaker, so perhaps my fears are misplaced, but learning from anime seems like it'd present users with a very particular flavour of Japanese (i.e. one that is much more hyperactive or exaggerated than how the language might be used in day-to-day conversations between native speakers).

    That being said, if this is meant to be an alternative to Duolingo, which is insistent that you absolutely need to know that the bear wants a cup of tea, then I guess this is infinitely better in that regard.

  • freitasm2 days ago
    On the homepage screenshot, there's an "it's" where it should be "its".

    Details matter if teaching language.

  • b800h2 days ago
    By literal, I assumed that you meant that the app allowed you to kill Duo the green owl, which I am sure many people feel like doing after all the cajoling, threats and emotional manipulation that he deals out when you miss a lesson.
  • kaishin20 hours ago
    I appreciate the prompt engineering effort, but it's a lot of claims and not much substance. Also, I wouldn't call Japanese used in anime "real Japanese", especially from anime like Attack on Titan. And how do you get around the copyright issue? Does this fall under fair use?
  • neatbea2 days ago
    This is an ai generated website scam :/
    • allanmacgregor2 days ago
      I think you are right, scam at worst; shady and lazy AI slop at best
  • mcny2 days ago
    I would love an option that doesn't require sign in with Google.
  • e12e2 days ago
    I kind of imagined the app would be more than a handful of random sound samples for anime with subtitles?

    I'm guessing the content is ripped (possibly legally due to the short duration - and using only(?) sound? Although if the subtitles are ripped too, I imagine that's not fair use?).

  • thecopy2 days ago
    >4.8 star global App Store rating

    Which app store?

  • madmoda day ago
    I signed up and there is nothing to do without paying. At least have one free clip as a demo.
  • luke-stanley2 days ago
    Old man yells at cloud: that's not what "literal killer" means.
    • readthenotes12 days ago
      "literal" and "literally" are both now commonly used oxymoronically as a figure of speech warning of the use of metaphor and/or exaggeration.

      It literally drives me nuts

  • orphea2 days ago
    Can you disclose if AI was used to build the app, and, if yes, in what capacity?
    • Mikecraft2 days ago
      The Content in the website were all hand made by me with the audio coming from a real japanese native.
      • neatbea2 days ago
        Liar liar pants on fire, the website is made with.... ai prompts
      • allanmacgregor2 days ago
        You have nothing on the website that entices the user to start a free trial, no pricing, no examples, you listed backed by research of yale usc but there are no links to said research, this looks like AI Slop at best; Scam at worst.

        4.8 star global App Store rating except is not listed on any apps stores is it?

  • emulatedmedia2 days ago
    > Learn new languages 2.7x faster with Kanji #8's proven learning method.

    Proven by whom? How did they get that number?

    Is it this some kind of satire website?

  • frizlab2 days ago
    I was expecting a kind of game where you shoot the Duolingo bird. I am disappointed now.