Abstract
In recent years, the number of people using anime and manga in Japanese language classes are attracting attention. In this presentation the authors will show how they taught benefactive verbs using anime. The purpose of this research is to investigate whether or not teacher use of anime, is related to long term memorization, as it deepens understanding through awareness raising of the context. The authors divided the learners into an experimental group and a control group. The results of 3 experiments, with these groups, showed that the experimental group scored better than the control group. Also, long term memorization was seen more in the experimental group than the control group.
