Series Premiere: “First Days Suck”
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The wait is over! Season 1 Episode 1 of English Teachers is now live! We have worked hard on this show for many months, and we hope you enjoy it.
The first season of English Teachers will have 8 episodes with a new one being released every two weeks. You can watch the videos here, on our YouTube channel, or on our Facebook page. And we’d love it if you got involved to help spread the word about the show.
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We hope you enjoy this first episode of English Teachers! Please let us know what you think!
September 18th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
This. Was. AWESOME!!!
I cannot wait for episode 2! What’s the release schedule like on it? Let me know so I can maybe post a schedule on http://www.ranmagazine.com!
September 18th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
Very fun! I enjoyed this, especially after living in Nagoya for a few years. Looking forward to the future episodes, good luck guys!
September 19th, 2010 at 8:25 am
I’m cautiously optimistic about upcoming features. Hope this will not turn into some stereotype “Be Yes” (BS) with Japanese and/or gaijin bashing. I’m tired of “whining”, but “poking fun” is a different story.
September 19th, 2010 at 10:19 am
Nice!
Accurately portrays us as English teachers in a humorous fashion. Although, the comedy is a bit over the top sometimes.
I’m working in South Korea right now, but can definitely draw parallels. Looking forward to your futre episodes.
September 19th, 2010 at 10:23 am
This is very clever and funny. I am eager to see more. And I sure hope my English was correct in my comment.
September 19th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Looks promising, but I too am cautious. I agree with Tomoko, I hope they get past the stereotypes and have some meatier stories. I hope it turns out like a Japanese version of “the Office”
September 19th, 2010 at 12:49 pm
Not the most sophisticated humour. Who is it aimed at?
September 19th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
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September 19th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
Fabulous!
September 19th, 2010 at 4:48 pm
Very nice! Thank you for the entertainment
September 19th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
Nice try as the first episode – execpt Fart Baker who should show his humor of the May 3 trailer instead. Don’t wait to long with the next episodes.
September 20th, 2010 at 12:22 am
Hopefully future episodes will have less breast-grabbing and fart jokes and more story and character development.
September 20th, 2010 at 9:42 am
Not a bad start at all. I enjoyed it and boy, Tom Kellerman walking out of that elevator seemed just like my first day walking into “the office” in Tokyo.
As Kevin mentioned, it could’ve done without the breast grabbing, farting and the scary teacher throwing the books out of the classroom. That was over the top, but your show has promise.
September 20th, 2010 at 11:32 am
Awesome! I actually learned about this site from the Japan Times! I look forward to more episodes! Well done!!
-Ja mata ne
Dan
September 20th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
How cool!
I really enjoyed!
I hope to see episode 2 soon!!!
September 20th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Great!
I’m looking forward to next episode.
Don’t crash the water supply machine
September 20th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
Yeah I hope the characters become less stereotypically so you can actually recognize them as people you encounter in this business. I think the funniest moment, that I can relate to is him writing hat on the board and there being silence and him giving a boring repeat after me lesson as we tend to do when we start. More stuff like this please!
September 20th, 2010 at 5:56 pm
Great work guys! I look forward to seeing the next episode. Well done!!
September 21st, 2010 at 1:03 am
Sad.
September 21st, 2010 at 10:27 am
When I heard the concept, I thought I’d tell my friends about the series, but I changed my mind after watching episode one. Ditto the comments from Tomoko and Kevin. Wish it was less “Mr. Baseball” and more “Outsourced (movie version).”
September 21st, 2010 at 11:03 am
Great post, I’m waiting for another!
September 21st, 2010 at 2:56 pm
Not sure what so many are complaining about. Anyone who has ever worked in this business knows that there are so many in it who are living caricatures. Missing the funny side of “English Teachers” probably means one is as humourless as the teacher with the bun.
September 21st, 2010 at 4:44 pm
I’m cautiously optimistic. About the only thing I was all that disappointed with is the old tired generic trope that is the accidental breast grab. I wasn’t all that enthused with it the first time I saw it and I’m even less so now that I’ve seen it countless times on various programs.
September 22nd, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Sorry, but the first episode wasn’t the least bit funny at all. I don’t mind the lightheartedness, but it shed no light nor made any comment on what it’s really like to be an English teacher. They even neglected the reality that some “teachers” come here just for the GIRLS. Great look and production, but if the best they can come up with is grabbing breasts and fart jokes, then I don’t see the point; I’ll pass.
September 22nd, 2010 at 10:40 pm
Where is the Japanese subtitles?
September 22nd, 2010 at 11:34 pm
Mr. Wendal,
You can find the Japanese subtitles by viewing the episode on YouTube and clicking “CC” in the player controls.
September 23rd, 2010 at 10:25 am
I’ve been in Tokyo for about 11 years from America and this show really does hit the target. I’m not an English Teacher, however I have many friends who are and they tell me stories that reflect just what you’ve shown here. Great job.
September 23rd, 2010 at 11:00 am
ha! typical Japanese joke. can’t wait to see what will happen next.
September 23rd, 2010 at 9:43 pm
I liked it. I was impressed with the quality of the camerawork.
Surprising for something coming out of Nagoya.
Looking forward to future episodes.
September 23rd, 2010 at 9:47 pm
When is episode 2????
September 23rd, 2010 at 9:49 pm
Masayuki,
Episode 2 will be released on October 2nd.
September 24th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
I enjoyed it so far- and it definitely looks to have a lot of potential. I however, second what Tomoko said earlier, and hope that the show stays closer to “lighthearted” humour rather than overplayed stereotypes of the “typical gaijin” teaching English in Japan.
I for one, would like to see this show also explore some of the positives (we know there are some!) to foreigners living and teaching English in Japan. There is enough negativity out there surrounding the industry as it is. Can’t wait to see more!
September 24th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
Very Good, Very funny. I look forward to
the new episodes. Much better than most
of the crap on TV nowadays.
September 24th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
Looks like it might be promising. Need a little more to go on before I start Facebooking it to my friends. 5 minute episodes seem a little short. 10 or 15 minutes would have been better.
September 25th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
I love it! Looking forward to the next episodes. I already tweeted it to my friends.
September 25th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Great! Want more!
September 25th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
Great job! I look forward to more Nogoyan views in the scene.
Crew credits are too quick to roll up so I couldn’t catch all of them.
September 26th, 2010 at 4:18 am
can’t wait for the next episode!
September 29th, 2010 at 2:34 am
nice introduction episode. As the only thing that happens in the first episode is showing of all the characters I’m going to wait a bit and see where you take this.
So far it looks light hearted and a good laugh.
Well done and good luck! ^_^
September 29th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
[..YouTube..] love the concept! がんば！
September 30th, 2010 at 7:22 am
Top website, I hadn’t noticed englishteachersseries.com earlier during my searches!
Carry on the wonderful work!
September 30th, 2010 at 8:19 am
[..YouTube..]
that was so funny. Can’t wait for the next epiosde!
September 30th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
That was pretty good, and I had a good laugh. Reminds me of my teaching days many many years ago. Keep it up and don’t get predictable. Also, the production quality is very high. Very professional. Hey, how about a reality show?
October 1st, 2010 at 10:17 am
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October 1st, 2010 at 11:43 am
Great Technical work. But the Script is quite poor. A staff of 5 writers really should have come up with something better than this. No tension, no conflict, no humour. The jokes were rather lame and the sound effects made it even worse.
October 1st, 2010 at 6:05 am
[..YouTube..] ‘Thank you very much for your time. Let’s have a B.S. day!’
October 2nd, 2010 at 5:17 am
[..YouTube..] 3:13 made me rofl
October 2nd, 2010 at 9:18 am
[..YouTube..] Really good, but can totally feel the scrubs influence. Hopefully it doesn’t shadow it too much
October 2nd, 2010 at 9:08 pm
I really enjoyed this. But get rid of the idiot who plays Mark.
October 2nd, 2010 at 5:55 pm
[..YouTube..] cant…stop…watching…grabbing motion…mmmm….
October 2nd, 2010 at 7:16 pm
[..YouTube..] Great first video.
October 2nd, 2010 at 8:21 pm
[..YouTube..] lmao, excellent stuff
October 3rd, 2010 at 1:32 am
[..YouTube..] @Drower Yea that’s what I thought too (w)
October 3rd, 2010 at 2:00 am
[..YouTube..] Exciting series, I subscribed and looking forward to the next episode, however there is only one thing I didn’t liked, the kissxsis accidental-boobs-touching, and don’t get me wrong I’m into that… in animation, coz it can be animated to look real, but in a real life video it’s awkward, and mostly because it’s hard to make it look real, it’s hard to act, it’s not a common thing, very improbable, and so my advice is to cut the sexual references based on anime.
October 3rd, 2010 at 11:20 am
I really enjoyed watching the first episode and applaud the people making the series. Of course it might not be what we all want in a show, but I hope that it will continue to improve. I can relate somewhat to the series because I have lived in Nagoya for more than two years myself and worked for an Eikaiwa, AEON, and as an ALT. Many of us are familiar with how being a foreigner and working in the English teaching industry in Japan is, but others are not. I am looking forward to seeing more communication problems in the work place and conflicts within the stories. Keep up the good work!
October 3rd, 2010 at 3:57 am
[..YouTube..] 4:30 Whoever that is, shes gorgeous
October 3rd, 2010 at 10:35 am
[..YouTube..] The intro by Ms. Sawaguchi was great! And I am still laughing at the name of the company! Isn’t that what we all do to get through our day anyways! But I do have to agree with SilverGunZoO, the accidental boob touch does look awkward in live action.
October 4th, 2010 at 6:31 pm
[..YouTube..] Tony.
Hahaha….
先生は外国人
Interestingly, I came here via gimmeabreakman, but… I was so surprised to find Jonathan Sherr!! Awesome.
October 5th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
[..YouTube..] It sounds like she is saying lets have a B.S. (Bullshit) Day!
October 5th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
[..YouTube..] this show is good, reminds me a lot of “Arrested Development” and I love that show too <3 can’t wait for more episodes
October 8th, 2010 at 1:15 am
[..YouTube..] english language sound so gay :S
October 10th, 2010 at 10:44 am
[..YouTube..] Yes We Can rip off Barack Obama and our students at the same time.
October 11th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
[..YouTube..] @France731000 And this from an French guy ?? omg
October 12th, 2010 at 2:25 am
[..YouTube..] XD I remembered my non-japanese English teachers back in japan XD They were kewl!! What was fun is that they all had stories to tell
October 12th, 2010 at 5:05 am
[..YouTube..] Be Yes : BS = Bull .. yea you know
LMAO XD
October 13th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
[..YouTube..] @dandelionwebshow2000 bullcrap!
October 13th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
[..YouTube..] narcissistic nut bag lol
October 15th, 2010 at 11:29 pm
[..YouTube..] @France731000 naaa
October 16th, 2010 at 11:10 am
[..YouTube..] hehehehhe so funny!
October 16th, 2010 at 11:24 pm
[..YouTube..] E.S.S.N. – Epic Series Starts Now
October 17th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
[..YouTube..] Awesome!!!!
October 17th, 2010 at 7:47 pm
[..YouTube..] AWESOME – The only word to describe this series!!
October 17th, 2010 at 9:33 pm
[..YouTube..] Hate to put a downer on it, but even though it’s a parody, it’s quite unrealistic! Anyone who has taught in varied situations in Japan for a longer period of time will tell you the same.
Not to mention, even as just a comedy, it’s not funny at all.
Small things please….;)
October 18th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
[..YouTube..] hey i seak french and i’m offended <.<
October 18th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
[..YouTube..] @ca280491 speak
October 19th, 2010 at 4:12 am
[..YouTube..] “I’m still not receiving your lesson plans on time” lmao !! man, i heard many bosses say that many times… classic!
October 20th, 2010 at 7:55 am
[..YouTube..] Production Value is quite good. Could speed up the editing a bit.
October 21st, 2010 at 7:47 pm
[..YouTube..] hey isn’t that dude Johnathan Sherr, the guy from My Darling is a Gaikokujin?
I watched it yesterday…I didn’t get loads of laughter as I was expecting, but it was a great Japanese language learning experience
October 23rd, 2010 at 12:25 am
[..YouTube..] “If we did not care, we would teach them French!” I lol’d
October 23rd, 2010 at 10:54 pm
[..YouTube..] If this was real man I wouldn’t wonder why japan’s english sucks.
October 23rd, 2010 at 11:30 pm
[..YouTube..] @lejonzx ROFL, it is real. The teaching requirements are to be a native English speaker and have a 4 year degree in anything. Students only practice English maybe an hour out of the week. Those kids that are only half Japanese are better in English because of the constant exposure to the language from one parent. People don’t understand the concept that you have to have constant exposure to a language. I watch Japanese TV all the time, and my Japanese is getting better.
October 24th, 2010 at 3:54 am
[..YouTube..] Be Yes = B.S.
October 24th, 2010 at 9:12 am
[..YouTube..] @untmdsprt Seriously?.. If i was a japanese parent with a child in one of these schools I would seriously be worried. Yea I watch jap stuff too and can more or less understand and talk in it. But can’t read.
October 25th, 2010 at 2:39 am
[..YouTube..] Miss Sawaguchi is rockin’ the MILF action! >:-)
October 25th, 2010 at 2:39 am
[..YouTube..] Miss Sawaguchi is rockin’ the MILF action! >:-)
October 25th, 2010 at 2:47 am
[..YouTube..] The actor playing Mark looks like L. Ron Hubbard, whom Johnathan refers to later in the video (e.g. “…a narcissistic nut bag”
October 25th, 2010 at 2:47 am
[..YouTube..] The actor playing Mark looks like L. Ron Hubbard, whom Johnathan refers to later in the video (e.g. “…a narcissistic nut bag”
October 25th, 2010 at 6:44 am
[..YouTube..] 5 People don’t like english
October 25th, 2010 at 9:32 am
[..YouTube..] This is awesome
“if we didn’t care, we would teach them… French…” aha
October 25th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
[..YouTube..] @MightyBrainChild they should french is less used cuz you need a brain to speak it
October 25th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
[..YouTube..] @skayloss well yeah, but the reason why it’s funny is because its just such an off the hand comment.
October 26th, 2010 at 2:59 am
Really cool. So typical of teaching English.
Keep up the good work.
October 27th, 2010 at 5:01 am
[..YouTube..] @lejonzx The Japanese govt sets the rules. Being in the jr or sr high schools is even worse because the Japanese teachers there have no clue of how to teach conversational English, and you’re treated like a glorified CD player. Some would even ask me Eng grammar questions and then look at me like I’m the stupidest person on earth when I have no idea how to explain. I stopped that nonsense by asking them Japanese grammar questions and gave them that same look when they couldn’t answer.
October 27th, 2010 at 5:53 am
[..YouTube..] LOL
October 28th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
Nice! A great start to a good series in my opinion. Just do what you’re doing!!
To people who are hating on it and want it to be like something else, stop looking into too much stuff and just sit and enjoy!
Again, I freakin’ loved it! Keep up the good work!
October 30th, 2010 at 3:31 am
[..YouTube..] After 10 years of teaching ESL in Asia, this is so realistic it’s scary.
There’s the young jerk Kellerman, the older jerk Mark, the mean woman teacher, and the one seeking to find his inner Yamato spirit. Priceless!
November 1st, 2010 at 1:24 pm
[..YouTube..] Berurfry LMAO!!!
November 3rd, 2010 at 1:08 am
[..YouTube..] Be Yes…
Homonym of BS.
November 6th, 2010 at 6:20 am
[..YouTube..] thanks for these! I just found them and watched everything you had… Keep ‘em coming! I am a teacher in Sendai and they made me laugh.
November 7th, 2010 at 7:12 pm
[..YouTube..] 5 people…hit the ‘I dislike this’ button. How about that…
November 9th, 2010 at 11:17 am
[..YouTube..] 0:18
She said “children” not “students”.
November 10th, 2010 at 4:48 am
[..YouTube..] As an aspiring English teacher, i found this hilarious.
November 15th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
[..YouTube..] Hehehe tiny boobies but funny
“get out” if it was me in that boys place i will be (Ok lil maggot *goes to get his SVD Dragunov* hey bitch rememba me eh?)
November 16th, 2010 at 7:08 am
[..YouTube..] Wow, this is hilarious! ^^
November 16th, 2010 at 10:21 am
[..YouTube..] fake & gay
November 17th, 2010 at 4:23 am
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November 17th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
[..YouTube..] Asian marriage **busizz4me.info**
November 24th, 2010 at 6:39 am
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November 27th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
[..YouTube..] Love this series!
November 28th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
[..YouTube..] yea! lets have a BS day!
November 30th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
[..YouTube..] Love it!
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:33 am
Very good waiting to watch the next episode
December 7th, 2010 at 6:52 am
[..YouTube..] so bored
December 9th, 2010 at 11:37 am
[..YouTube..] *LOVE* it! Already subscribed *sighhhh*
December 20th, 2010 at 5:49 am
[..YouTube..] I real teacher wouldn’t decry a new teacher. We treasure them as it increases the likelihood of a break period.
December 29th, 2010 at 12:05 pm
like ittttttt! 2nd season for next year!! ;D
January 5th, 2011 at 7:17 pm
[..YouTube..] Every moment of my life is a first – Thats Right! thank you thank you, glad I bumped to this video, this phrase is going to change my life.
January 21st, 2011 at 8:05 pm
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February 5th, 2011 at 11:29 am
[..YouTube..] Boooooooooring!!!!!!!
February 16th, 2011 at 5:19 am
[..YouTube..] i wanna go to japan to learn to tame ninjas
and sell them as pets… or am i thinking of gimps?
March 3rd, 2011 at 1:03 am
[..YouTube..] I admire you guys for getting together the resources to make a live action show. Here’s my one-man attempt via Xtranormal. watch?v=n1rYIhAFGXk
March 12th, 2011 at 12:04 pm
[..YouTube..] @lejonzx
Japan has a hell of a lot better English than any other language people in North America try to learn.
March 13th, 2011 at 11:50 pm
[..YouTube..] Lol I love this video! I can’t imagion what a 1st day teaching abroad is like. I hope I get to, would love to do this someday! Great Job!
March 14th, 2011 at 4:05 pm
[..YouTube..] Today I have decided to show this web series in my EFL (English as a Foreing Language) classes, Do you think it is a good idea? I will find out pretty soon.
March 16th, 2011 at 8:30 am
[..YouTube..] Yeah. I can believe this crap is real life.
March 23rd, 2011 at 8:42 pm
[..YouTube..] “If we didn’t care we’d teach them french” Best line ever.
March 24th, 2011 at 9:18 pm
[..YouTube..] lol This is the corniest shit I’ve ever seen. Love it.
April 2nd, 2011 at 12:51 am
[..YouTube..] Very funny!
May 1st, 2011 at 12:06 pm
[..YouTube..] LOL so cheesy.
…. MUST WATCH MORE
May 11th, 2011 at 9:56 pm
[..YouTube..] I found this funny. I will be teaching in India in June. I really hope this doesn’t happen to me.
May 20th, 2011 at 12:24 pm
[..YouTube..] Thanks pretty Funny !
May 28th, 2011 at 7:55 pm
[..YouTube..] that Nevil dude sounds like that dude from ANTM (America’s next top model)
June 1st, 2011 at 9:19 pm
[..YouTube..] @goyangiwolf Hello, I’m sure you’ll enjoy your assignment in India. However, be prepared for anything; if “this doesn’t happen”, something else will happen. Isn’t that what we’ve in this series? Good Luck!
July 19th, 2011 at 11:36 pm
[..YouTube..] I would totally bang that first Asian girl…
July 23rd, 2011 at 7:52 pm
[..YouTube..] i resent the fuck out of the french thig that bitch said
July 25th, 2011 at 10:51 pm
[..YouTube..] @gunblaz cry me a river ya baby, lighten the fuk up..
August 9th, 2011 at 2:47 pm
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August 28th, 2011 at 5:46 pm
[..YouTube..] LUL @ French
September 13th, 2011 at 9:25 am
[..YouTube..] wow i didnt know this show existed until now. i wonder how much of it is close to the truth? I guess I’ll find out in 2 months. Oh also is that guy from that movie “my darlings a foreigner”? oh oh and also, Be Yes supposed to sound like BS? hell of a name :S