Hi, everyone.

Just curious. I mean, all of us watch anime, and whatever subtitles we use, the original language of any anime is Japanese, that's why many people choose to watch anime series only with subtitles to preserve the original sound. But while listening for so long to foreign speech you will unconsciously remember some words, phrases, interjection, etc. Of course, in the end you can't learn the language thoroughly that way, but may be it motivated you to start serious studies or, who knows, it was enough for you to speak Japanese fluently?

Feel free to share your Japanese related experience in this thread.

I also choose to watch anime series only with subtitles to preserve the original sound I don`t like the english translating it`s sound weird therefore I prefer the orginal Japanese sound but I don`t learn thereby the language... as I watch my first orginal anime I had the ambition to learn the language and I also buy a learnbook with cassette but it was very difficult all the different characters and you must learn continued and that was my problem when I learn a littel in one week I don`t have time in the other week and then I forget a lot of things... you must have a lot of time and a good motivation to learn... ;)

*pushes his glasses up with a smirk*

Absolutely. I'm a subtitlest, and I learned Japanese almost entirely from Anime. It's a double-edged sword. You learn a lot of Japanese, but it's not necessarily the Japanese you want to speak. He he.
After I met my wife, who works for an Anime company and is fluent in Japanese, I learned that a lot of the Japanese used in anime is incredibly impolite and not to be used by foreigners with people on the street. It's good to get yourself a few "Easy Japanese" books and match what you are learning with those. If you can find one with a CD to listen to, the chances of you learning it are easily doubled. If you can find another person that is good at Japanese to talk to in person, you are much better off.
Stella will crack up laughing at random times when we're watching an Anime, and I will be clueless. There are lots of word puns and references to gendai-shi poetry and Japanese culture that someone raised outside of the country might not get. Still, watching anime with the subtitles will give you a good grasp of the simple conversational terms, like how to properly greet, thank, and say goodbye to someone (as well as telling someone to rudely shut up or call someone stupid).
The moral of this story: Always use a book to help you figure out the proper way to say something before parroting something you hear in an Anime.

Regards, Aaron

Ye helping a lot.. Its really easy.. in my country the spelling is exactly the same as in japan :D it helps a lot nyo~~..

Well, I have learnt some phrases and those. But it's not like I have learnt thee grammar or the spelling. But I want to learn Japanese =)

Well... not really. i just learned "baka" xD

HECK YEAH!!! well i'm not like fluent in the language, but it's fun, i learn everything from tv^_^

HEck yeah.. I learning how to read kanji and learning the phrases but i'm not fluent at it yet but hopefully i'm cause it is a very fun language. But know i'm taking japanese at school so i know what they say sometimes without the subs.

I say some what but not really that pratical

I have learned alot from anime , anime is what inspired me to go out on my own and study it. I love japanese, which in japanese is nihongo

Only anime and Japanese game help me with the Japanese,but that is only relate to the spoken Japanese ,my writting Japanese is enhanced by myself learning .These anime could be my first animes,Detective Conan,One Piece,Inuyasha.The games are mostly from the PS game and PS2 game.

But after all,these things can improve my Japanese level a little,the only way that I can do is studing hard in a correct and regular way.

Didn't really watch anime to learn japanese, but to listen to the original voice acting. But watching anime all the time for a few years let's you pick up on a bunch of phrases and such. But it doesn't really help with grammar...

Im best in my class thanks to anime, i watch anime almost everyday, and listne anime ost almost everyday, and every time the language gets a little more clear for me.

I learned punjabi

Japanese anime sparks my interest in learning japanese.

Watching anime and listening to drama cd really helps. You tend to pick up simple phrases. And there are times you find yourself speaking like the anime character...