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You Tube has a lot of Japanese Music videos as well as fan-subbed drama and anime and also some clips of TV programs. However as all this is copyrighted material, it’s anybody’s guess how long this will continue. Either the rights holders will complain or You Tube will have a clean out. Enjoy while you can I guess.

YouTube doesn’t allow you to download video. However… If you go to Video Downloader a link will be generated to allow you to download a particular video. Also if you really want you can find the hidden cache where Flash stores the videos you watch and copy it out from there.

Other Interesting Music Videos on You Tube.
Not a lot at the moment. You Tube has been clearing house recently and a lot of things I found interesting have gone.

This guys videos are interesting. He tapes street performers in Tokyo.

My other source of Japanese music!

Some of the theme songs are ok, if short at 90 secs. But more importantly they are usually subtitled in Japanese (romaji) and English, so it’s easy to follow along.
I quite like John Denver’s Country Road in Japanese translation カントリーロード from 耳をすませば probably because the tune if not the words are familiar.

If you want the lyrics to Anime or Game songs Anime Lyrics (.com) is the site to head to.

Some anime title songs
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