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Anki deck · film · 1986 · 125 min

Learn Japanese by watching Castle in the Sky

Every word in the film, turned into flashcards. Real sentences, native audio, and a dictionary one tap away. Learn the 410 most frequent words and you'll understand 80% of everything said.

~ JLPT N4 wordsPayoff: fast
410 words
unlock 80% of the film
1,480
real sentences, all voiced
~3 weeks
at 15 relaxed minutes a day
Castle in the Skyfilm · 1986 · 125 min
Castle in the Sky
How much of the film do you want to understand?
Particles （は・が・を…）
the little words that glue sentences together
Rare one-off words
740 words that appear exactly once
Audio voice
tap to hear the real deck audio
410 cards
≈ 3 weeks at 15 min/day
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Paid decks are almost ready — join the Discord to hear when they open.
Rather start free? This film is included in the free Studio Ghibli bundle — the whole bundle, $0.

Why so few words

A small number of words does most of the talking

Words are ranked by how often they appear in the film, so you always learn the most useful one next. That's why the curve starts steep — and why the first weeks feel so rewarding.

025%50%75%100%4107381,110410 words → 80%1,850 — every word
words learned, most frequent first →
Click a dot to change your target — the deck above follows.

Try it

One card from this deck

This is the real thing, in Anki's own window — grade it and the word comes back in a different sentence.

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Real audio, real sentence from the source — this is the exact card Anki shows you
Varied practice
A different sentence on every review — you learn the word, not the card.
Real sentences
Every example comes from the source itself, not a textbook.
Audio everywhere
Native audio on every sentence, in the voice you pick.
Popup dictionary
Tap any word you don’t know — no app-switching mid-review.

How it works

From download to studying in two minutes

1
Download your deck
You get an .apkg file that keeps getting updated as the decks improve.
2
Open it in Anki
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3
15 minutes a day
Anki schedules every word right before you’d forget it. A few weeks later, press play.
100% free

This deck is part of the Studio Ghibli bundle

Ghibli films share a gentle, everyday vocabulary — learn it once and it carries across all six films. It's our flagship deck, and it's free.

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From the Discord

What learners keep telling us

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dan.builds
in #why-we-switched

I will pick up on things in the wording that stick out or the way fonts look and my brain will say “ah this is the tree kanji card” before I can think “ah that might be the tree kanji”

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rin_otaku
in #rant

The amount of times I have looked something up to see “oh, dumbass that’s one of the ten words you actually know. Too bad you missed your chance. It’s in its imperative kiaoken form in this example”

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aki_step
in #wins

I had never heard of ば before and I am walking away from this page feeling confident I could use it

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july.jpn
in #study-log

I hate how much I automatically game every flash card so that I can say I’m learning things I’m not.

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tomo_reads
in #japanese

When I try to read rules my brain just doesn't hold on to them.

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nat.immersion
in #wins

I still can't explain it in words but my brain just udnerstands it after seeing it used a bunch of times

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casualcards
in #study-log

I just want to have one thing to check off every day. I can't keep up with 20 tools every day for years

Questions

Before you ask

Do I need anything besides this deck?
Just Anki — the free flashcard app used by millions of language learners (free on desktop and Android, paid on iPhone). You download your deck as a file, double-click it, and start reviewing. No other setup.
What does "understand 80%" actually mean?
It means you'll know 80 of every 100 words spoken — weighted by how often each word is used, not just a raw count. The remaining 20% are rarer words you can usually guess from context, or tap to look up.
I'm a complete beginner. Is this too hard?
Ghibli films are the gentlest place to start — everyday vocabulary, clear speech, no slang. If you can read hiragana, you can start this deck. Start with the free Ghibli bundle and upgrade your target later.
Do decks get updated?
Yes. Every deck you own can be re-downloaded with improvements — better audio, corrections, new sentence variations — at no extra cost.