| vivster said: It only helps if you already know some Japanese. That way you can better discern between words and can practice reading Japanese signs. Without any prior knowledge it won't help you jacksquat. So just get yourself some beginners learning book or site and then start learning vocabulary. Animes will not help you learn vocabulary but it will help solidifying the basics when you actually learn it on the side. I've been on and off learning japanese for a few years now and I've watched close to 10000 episodes worth of anime but I can tell you that the ratio of what I learned through basic vocabulary training and what I learned through anime is around 20/1. |
I agree with this. I've learned some japanese a few years ago and my level has been "unstable" ever since (from "I don't remember a word" to a short internship in Tokyo and back to "I don't remember a word"). Animes didn't help me that much for vocabulary but sometimes, if you know some japanese already, you will think "Oh, we can say it like that too!". It helps. And it also helps your listening skills, so it is useful once you know at least the basics.
Same thing for english or other languages, I learned some english and then got better thanks to series and movies, but you have to understand a bit already if you want to listen and analyze instead of just reading subtitles.
