Danmaku subtitling

This article is about the subtitle system. For the video game genre, see Bullet hell.
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Danmaku subtitling
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese彈幕
Simplified Chinese弹幕
Literal meaning"bullet curtain"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyindàn mù
Hakka
Romanizationtan5 mug7
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingdaan6 mok6
Southern Min
Hokkien POJtuann5 mo6
Teochew Peng'imduang5 mag8
Japanese name
Kanji弾幕
Hiraganaだんまく
Transcriptions
Revised Hepburndanmaku

Danmaku or danmu (figuratively translated as "barrage") is a subtitle system in online video platforms that originates from Japan and popularised in mainland China. Such system allows user to post moving comments onto a playing video that are synchronized to the video timeline. The comments are typically presented as "shooting" across the screen, resembling a barrage.

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