Learn Japanese With Anime

Course 1

Hiragana characters (46) including all possible sound spellings using them, numbers from 0 to 99,999,999, basic greetings, study of Japanese sentence structure.

Course 2

Continuation of Course 1. Katakana characters (46) including all possible sound spellings using them, Japanese counting methods (different counting units and traditional counting), finishing up the basic grammar so you can start analyzing actual anime from Course 3 and on.

Course 3

Course 3 starts watching more anime dialogues. Also kanji is introduced starting in Course 3.

Anime Analysis Courses

Anime Analysis courses watch entire anime episodes and try to understand every single line in anime all in Japanese! Students are required to have finished all the previous 3 courses at Learn Japanese With Anime or have had at least one year of college studies. Email learnjapanesewithanime@gmail.com to ask about your situation.

Manga Analysis Courses (Starting in 2011)

Manga Analysis courses are basically the same as Anime Analysis courses. The differences in Manga Analysis courses are, 1. Brand new Japanese Manga books are provided free of charge every time a course starts on new Manga, and 2. Background noises (sounds) are also taught ("Thud", "Hop, hop", etc.).

The requirement for enrollment is the same as for Anime Analysis courses.

An Overview of a Typical Class of Course 1&2

A typical class starts with playing a Japanese card game to check the characters learned in the previous class (different games throughout the course), then reviews other learning (grammar, vocabulary, numbers, etc.).

Then moves on to "Today's learning". You will first learn the grammar, put it in use using different words, and then watch different anime clips where anime characters are talking using the same grammar that you just learned. You will first watch anime at the normal speed and it's slowed down until it's relatively easy to understand, and then back at the normal speed again to train your ear (listening to native speakers talk normally while you know what is being said is a very effective way to improve your listening skills, on top of the fun of understanding anime IN JAPANESE!!).

The Japanese characters are taught both to hand write and to type (only Hiragana and Katakana. Kanji is only practiced typing. See About Studying Characters). Each student, in class, gets his/her own computer to work on characters practice.

Your homework will include characters practice (with the sheets given) and making your own sentences using the grammar you have learned..

An Overview of a Typical Class of Courses 3 and above

A class starts with watching a short scene from anime, then you'll start to read/analyze/speak/type/act the scene. You will also make your own dialogues with your classmates to get more conversational practice.