Japanese AI video generator
Turn a PDF, slide deck or notes into a narrated video lecture in Japanese, with titles and captions in Japanese too. Every scene is written from the files you upload.
Free to start, no credit card. The Free plan includes one lifetime AI Creation Credit.
Direct answer
Can AI make a video lecture in Japanese from my documents?
Yes. Upload a PDF, deck or notes, set the output language to Japanese, and Scholarly writes a script from your files, narrates it in Japanese and renders chaptered scenes with Japanese text on screen. The source can be in English or any other language.
- Free plan: One lifetime AI Creation Credit and one upload (up to 8 MB; the first 32 pages of a PDF are read), enough for one Japanese video of about 2 minutes at up to 720p. It carries Scholarly branding and is watched and shared by link; MP4 download is paid. No credit card.
- Paid plans: Premium ($30/mo in US dollars, lower local prices in some countries) includes 15 AI Creation Credits a week, up to 10 sources per video, 1080p, target lengths up to 45 minutes and watermark-free MP4 downloads. A video over 15 minutes costs 1 extra credit, over 30 minutes 2. Laureate ($99/mo) includes 80 credits a week and 20 sources.
- What goes in: PDFs, slide decks, Word files, notes, images, YouTube links and recordings. Up to 10 files per video on Premium, 20 on Laureate, 1 on Free.
- What comes out: A chaptered video with diagrams, charts and illustrations, narration, captions and a transcript, shareable by link. Paid plans download a watermark-free MP4.
- How Japanese is handled: Narration, scene text and captions all follow Japanese. Built-in English scene labels are left out of non-English lectures instead of appearing untranslated. Narration is spoken by a multilingual voice that is told to speak Japanese instead of guessing the language from the text, and asked to read numbers and units the way a native speaker says them.
Updated October 2026
Sample
How a lecture sounds in Japanese
Narration
複利とは、利息にもさらに利息がつく仕組みです。毎年の利益が残高に加わり、翌年の利息はより大きな金額をもとに計算されます。
Illustrative sample written for this page to show the format. Your output is written from your own files.
How it works
From document to Japanese video lecture
- 01
Upload the source
Add the PDF, deck or notes the lecture should teach. Combine several files when a topic is spread across them.
- 02
Choose Japanese
Set the output language to Japanese in the creation panel. If the source is already in Japanese, Auto picks it up.
- 03
Generate and review
Scholarly scripts the lecture from your files, narrates it in Japanese and renders the scenes. Watch it, check names and terms, then share the link.
Language details
How Scholarly handles Japanese
What changes when the output language is Japanese, taken from how the speech and rendering pipeline actually works.
Voice
Narration is spoken by a multilingual voice that is told to speak Japanese instead of guessing the language from the text, and asked to read numbers and units the way a native speaker says them.
Script and layout
Kanji, kana and English terms render on every scene with a font that covers Japanese, and captions and the transcript are in Japanese.
Variants in the picker
The picker has one Japanese entry, and Japanese is also one of Scholarly's interface languages.
Check before you share
Check the readings of personal names, company names and uncommon kanji in the first scenes; add a reading in the instructions if one is misread.
Where it is used
Who makes Japanese material like this
Training for teams in Japan
Turn English manuals and decks from a global head office into Japanese training modules, or the other way round.
Certification study
Turn textbooks and past-exam notes into Japanese lectures, flashcards and practice questions for professional certifications.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Can my source be in English and the output in Japanese?
Yes. The source and the output do not have to share a language. Upload an English PDF, deck or recording, set the output language to Japanese in the creation panel, and the script, text and narration are written in Japanese. Leave the setting on Auto and Scholarly follows the language of the source instead.
Can I turn an English document into Japanese material?
Yes. Pick Japanese as the output language and the lecture, episode, cards or quiz are written in Japanese from the English source. The reverse works too: a Japanese document can become English material.
Is the Japanese AI video generator free?
You can try it free: the Free plan includes one lifetime AI Creation Credit, enough for one roughly 2-minute video at up to 720p in Japanese, shared by link. Premium includes 15 AI Creation Credits a week, longer target lengths, 1080p and MP4 downloads.
Does the video show Japanese on screen or only speak it?
Both. Titles, key points and diagram labels are written in Japanese along with the narration, and the captions and transcript follow the same language. English product names or technical terms from your source can stay in English where that is how your audience says them.
Is Scholarly's interface available in Japanese?
Yes. Scholarly's interface is available in Japanese: choose 日本語 as your app language in Settings › Appearance › App language, and new accounts open in it when your browser asks for it. What you create has its own output language: pick Japanese once as your default in Settings, or per creation in the language row of the creation panel.
Keep exploring
Other formats in Japanese
Every format below is made from the same uploaded source, so a lecture, an episode and a quiz can share one document.
Japanese: Training videos
Narrated, captioned training modules from SOPs, policies and onboarding handbooks, in Japanese.
Japanese: Podcasts
Three-speaker episodes from documents and recordings, spoken in Japanese, with a transcript and citations.
Japanese: Flashcards
Editable decks written in Japanese from your material, with spaced-repetition review.
Japanese: Quizzes
Multiple choice, true/false and short-answer questions in Japanese, each with a cited explanation.
See video lectures
The full guide to this format: limits, exports and examples.
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Everything Scholarly makes in Japanese
Video lectures, training videos, podcasts, flashcards and quizzes in Japanese, on one page.
Make your first Japanese version from a file you already have
Upload a document, pick Japanese, and review the result before you share it.
Free to start. No credit card required.