Fluent Japanese from Anime and Manga: How to Learn Japanese Vocabulary, Grammar, and Kanji the Easy and Fun Way (Revised and Updated)
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- Author：Eric Bodnar
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Summary
This is a book dedicated to answering the question of how to learn Japanese to fluency by extensively reading and listening to native Japanese language materials like anime and manga。 If you are looking for a basic Japanese for beginners textbook that teaches Japanese kanji， vocabulary， and grammar， you will not find it here。 But if you are struggling with the question of how to learn Japanese more effectively or if you have trouble speaking Japanese， why not try something new and different？
Half of the people who see the title to this book might be thinking， "Learn Japanese by watching anime？ What a load of crap！" Such a thing certainly sounds like a crazy pipe dream that a great number of anime fans share。 And if you watch anime with English subtitles like most people， Japanese fluency will remain merely a dream。 You will not learn Japanese outside a small handful of basic words。
If you turned off the English subtitles， however， you would be taking your first steps towards a successful Japanese language learning program。 Of course， this is not the only step either。 The following steps contained within this book describe a fascinating process of how anyone can learn to speak Japanese fluently through mostly reading and listening to native Japanese language materials。
Inside of this book is a system that allows you to learn and never forget thousands of new Japanese kanji， vocabulary words， phrases， and grammar structures that you encounter from any Japanese language source of your choice。 This includes anime， manga， dramas， movies， videos， music， video games， visual novels， and anything else that uses the Japanese language。
Whether you are at the basic Japanese for beginners level or intermediate levels， use this book to help you learn Japanese to fluency faster and easier starting today！
Half of the people who see the title to this book might be thinking， "Learn Japanese by watching anime？ What a load of crap！" Such a thing certainly sounds like a crazy pipe dream that a great number of anime fans share。 And if you watch anime with English subtitles like most people， Japanese fluency will remain merely a dream。 You will not learn Japanese outside a small handful of basic words。
If you turned off the English subtitles， however， you would be taking your first steps towards a successful Japanese language learning program。 Of course， this is not the only step either。 The following steps contained within this book describe a fascinating process of how anyone can learn to speak Japanese fluently through mostly reading and listening to native Japanese language materials。
Inside of this book is a system that allows you to learn and never forget thousands of new Japanese kanji， vocabulary words， phrases， and grammar structures that you encounter from any Japanese language source of your choice。 This includes anime， manga， dramas， movies， videos， music， video games， visual novels， and anything else that uses the Japanese language。
Whether you are at the basic Japanese for beginners level or intermediate levels， use this book to help you learn Japanese to fluency faster and easier starting today！
Reviews
Bam Bam
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 A new technique to learn Japanese。
Wawa
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I started reading this book because I'm trying to learn a new language。 I like to get some tips about how and where to start with anything new I do。 Without a doubt， Eric Bodnar puts some helpful suggestions forward。 His advice is well-rounded and unlike the title implies doesn't just rely on entertainment only。 I can't comment on the usefulness because I'm still in the process of implementing it。 However， the book itself feels like a long soliloquy。 The material is delivered in a long way that I started reading this book because I'm trying to learn a new language。 I like to get some tips about how and where to start with anything new I do。 Without a doubt， Eric Bodnar puts some helpful suggestions forward。 His advice is well-rounded and unlike the title implies doesn't just rely on entertainment only。 I can't comment on the usefulness because I'm still in the process of implementing it。 However， the book itself feels like a long soliloquy。 The material is delivered in a long way that probably could have been simplified。 I choose to focus on the tips and not the fact that reading it felt like a long journey。 。。。more
Terrence
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Holy Grail （100% effective）The secrets are all in this book。 Inside are links strategies， cheats， shortcuts， games， ideas， and everything in between to have you speaking， listening， reading and writing fluently in Japanese！！！
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Buenas ideas
ross avilla
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Perfect for intermediate levelThis book is perfect for intermediate Japanese learners， offering some really great tips and resources。 You could get all of this from guides online， but it’s nice having it in a pocket-book type resource。 However， true beginners won’t get much out of this book。
Robert Oliver
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Bodnar’s great bookWould like to see this approach to all language teaching， it is very helpful to me with my smattering of indian languages， cantonese， Japanese， and German french Spanish， Italian and latin
Matt Capizzi
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Excellent advice here。 I really enjoyed the author's insight into something that most of us dream of。 Well researched and very well articulated。 Excellent advice here。 I really enjoyed the author's insight into something that most of us dream of。 Well researched and very well articulated。 。。。more
Annie
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Bodnar’s work varies greatly from the formal education format Japanese learning books I’ve been browsing recently: the approach to learning Japanese is flexible， largely dependent on comprehensible input， and focused on spaced repetition。 Bodnar writes of anime and manga not as outcomes or supplementary materials， but as the primary source for a Japanese language learner。Locate an anime or manga that seems appropriate in terms of linguistic content。 Listen without subtitles to an entire episode， Bodnar’s work varies greatly from the formal education format Japanese learning books I’ve been browsing recently: the approach to learning Japanese is flexible， largely dependent on comprehensible input， and focused on spaced repetition。 Bodnar writes of anime and manga not as outcomes or supplementary materials， but as the primary source for a Japanese language learner。Locate an anime or manga that seems appropriate in terms of linguistic content。 Listen without subtitles to an entire episode， noting recurrent words， phrases， or simply ones that stand out （comprehensible input）。 Look these up in the Japanese subtitle sites， translate them to English， add notes from Japanese dictionaries， and turn them into Anki flashcards to be revised for a bit daily （spaced repetition）。 These flashcards are either English to Japanese or vice versa， with a favorite one being filling-in-the-kanji from anime/manga scenes/dialogues （that might be a more effective encoding/recall process， particularly if the anime/manga is brilliant）。 There’s plenty more， aside from this。 He provides sites for locating Japanese subtitles， the books/sites for the mnemonics a learner can use to quickly learn kanji （both meaning-stroke order）， and graded reading material。 Despite having taken Japanese for an elective in undergrad， I’d been stuck since I covered kana and some kanji largely due to the sheer dullness of the grammar and kanji texts I’d surrounded myself with。 Recently， I’ve shifted away from this， instead noting down words from anime， looking them up in a Japanese dictionary， writing out sentences in kana， translating those to kanji。 Bodnar’s work offers greater structure and purpose that may work to finally change my interest in Japanese from casual to something more serious。 While it certainly is no scientific treatise on language learning， the outlined reading， learning， and spaced repetition program （all free） in the text offers something Japanese learners， particularly those with/motivated by an interest in anime/manga， might be looking for: true individualized input and a satisfactory system by which to measure progress， key motivational factors in the pursuit of anything if we go by clinical literature。 It is a quick read， readable in an hour or so， that offers novelty， concrete steps， and a simple system of learning Japanese through anime/manga。 Not bad for a midnight read！ 。。。more
Douglas Williamson
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This book offers advice on how to use something fun， like manga or anime， as a tool for learning Japanese。 If you are looking for a textbook with lessons and practice tests， this is not the book for you。 But if you are still trying to figure out how to learn Japanese， either as a beginner or as an active student looking for a new approach， then this book might have something to offer you。 The book is fairly well written and provides lots of references to other learning tools and sites， so it mak This book offers advice on how to use something fun， like manga or anime， as a tool for learning Japanese。 If you are looking for a textbook with lessons and practice tests， this is not the book for you。 But if you are still trying to figure out how to learn Japanese， either as a beginner or as an active student looking for a new approach， then this book might have something to offer you。 The book is fairly well written and provides lots of references to other learning tools and sites， so it makes a decent reference book for your language library。 Overall， its value depends on what you are looking to get out of it。Recommended for those students looking for a new approach。I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout for review purposes 。。。more
Pat Eroh
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I love learning languages and have taken in my semi-retirement several language classes to get a start。 Japanese is a country that I will visit again （having been to both mainland Japan and to Okinawa in the military） and so this book is very much appreciated。 This author has some unique methods suggested that has helped me a lot。I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review。
Catherine Edgar
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When I was younger， I was supposed to go on a 6-month assignment to an English speaking country。 One month before the departure， there was a change and I was headed to Japan instead。 I frantically try to learn Japanese， but though I put in much effort， I didn't get too far。Then I arrive in Japan， and with how busy I was， I was not able to devote as much of my time learning Japanese。 Yet for some weird reason， my Japanese became better （not fluent but I could communicate better）。 Best reason I co When I was younger， I was supposed to go on a 6-month assignment to an English speaking country。 One month before the departure， there was a change and I was headed to Japan instead。 I frantically try to learn Japanese， but though I put in much effort， I didn't get too far。Then I arrive in Japan， and with how busy I was， I was not able to devote as much of my time learning Japanese。 Yet for some weird reason， my Japanese became better （not fluent but I could communicate better）。 Best reason I could attribute to why was that I was thrown into the deep end and I came up swimming。 After reading this book， I have to say I finally understood why。 I was practicing what the author of this book was showing unconsciously。 But does it work！I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review。 。。。more
Jamie Jack
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Anime and Manga Help Language LearningThe reviews for Japanese is Not That Hard and Fluent Japanese from Anime and Manga， both by Eric Bodnar， are going to be the same as these two books are so similar that I find myself questioning why the author felt the need to make them into two separate books。 They are both very similar in structure and meaning to that same author's book simply called The Immersion Method。 While The Immersion Method is about how to learn any language using the author’s uniq Anime and Manga Help Language LearningThe reviews for Japanese is Not That Hard and Fluent Japanese from Anime and Manga， both by Eric Bodnar， are going to be the same as these two books are so similar that I find myself questioning why the author felt the need to make them into two separate books。 They are both very similar in structure and meaning to that same author's book simply called The Immersion Method。 While The Immersion Method is about how to learn any language using the author’s unique language-learning method， these books—obviously—are specifically about learning Japanese。 What that means is that these two books have examples in Japanese， reference other resources specific to learning Japanese， and discuss issues that are particular to learning Japanese， like tips for working with kanji。The Fluent Japanese book is a bit longer than the Japanese is Not That Hard book， so if I were to choose one， I would pick the Fluent Japanese book。 The Fluent book is similar in content to the author’s Fluent Korean book except， of course， for the specific language。 So， for instance， both of the Fluent books have a tiny section on words that could be perceived as offensive， while the Japanese is Not That Hard book does not。 The Fluent book also seems to have more links to a variety of Japanese language-learning resources that the other Japanese book does。 There also seems to be more stress on learning the kanji as well as incorporating fun elements like anime and manga into your learning practice in the Fluent book。 A whole chapter is dedicated to manga， as the author does see it as a good way in to learning how to read Japanese， which he admits can be frustrating for a Westerner。If you have an interest in studying the Japanese language， either of these books would give you a solid method with some different practices that， combined， will help your fluency and ease with Japanese。 Again， of the two， I recommend the Fluent Japanese from Anime and Manga book。I received a free copy of both these books， but that did not affect my reviews。 。。。more
Saurabh Lahigude
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3。5*Book does pretty good job to help you set up an approach to learn Japanese。Only half the book focuses on methods for Anime/manga。I found it motivating， also author does good job teling about common pitfalls while learning about language。
Miranda Castle
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Good suggestions， but needs a round of editingThe content is fantastic in that I’m excited to get started with some of the author’s suggestions。 I just thought the process of reading the book was a bit frustrating。 I think the author should clarify who his target audience is a little more—total beginners or people who’ve learned a bit， but are looking for good study strategies。 The sections in hiragana， katakana， and kanji should probably include romaji so a total beginner could comprehend the e Good suggestions， but needs a round of editingThe content is fantastic in that I’m excited to get started with some of the author’s suggestions。 I just thought the process of reading the book was a bit frustrating。 I think the author should clarify who his target audience is a little more—total beginners or people who’ve learned a bit， but are looking for good study strategies。 The sections in hiragana， katakana， and kanji should probably include romaji so a total beginner could comprehend the entire text。 For example， the list of potentially offensive Japanese words would probably be very frustrating to see for a total beginner since they haven’t yet learned how to read Japanese writing。 Again， I’m looking forward to integrating these techniques into my own language study， so I’m pleased with that！ 。。。more
Adam
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Very nice book。 It's important to stress this is not a textbook， it will not teach you Japanese。 It will teach you how to learn Japanese， which is much better and can work for other languages as well。 It's a continuation of linguist Stephen Krashen's comprehensible input and i+1 formula for gaining comprehension as well as being an extension of similar methods which utilise immersion and immersion based learning。 It makes these more easily understandable in a clearly written way without using a Very nice book。 It's important to stress this is not a textbook， it will not teach you Japanese。 It will teach you how to learn Japanese， which is much better and can work for other languages as well。 It's a continuation of linguist Stephen Krashen's comprehensible input and i+1 formula for gaining comprehension as well as being an extension of similar methods which utilise immersion and immersion based learning。 It makes these more easily understandable in a clearly written way without using a lot of technical jargon that makes it hard to understand。I've been using a similar method， now more defined thanks to the book， for Japanese and can highly recommend it。 This presents new words in an easily retainable way that doesn't cause burnout。 I would encourage further reading such as the ideas from polyglots like Stephen Krashen and Steve Kaufmann or Tomasz Szynalski and Michal Wojcik's 'Antimoon'。The book presents programs which may be new to some people， which I would suggest learning how to use like Anki， a very good SRS for learning vocabulary。 The book goes into some detail about setting up Anki but I would recommend looking through it further or reading through the Anki Manual to get a better idea if it's overwhelming。 It's a very easy software to use。 Learning kanji in the way the author presents it is fantastic。 It allows you to take full advantage of kanji in a very easy way。 With the method laid out， I was able to learn how to read over 1000 kanji in a little over one month （doing 20-25 a day） which was then further added upon through Anki so that I could understand more precise usages of them。 It's better and more effective than just recognising them or writing them out ten times。However， there are some drawbacks。 It's written clearly but could possibly go more in depth as to why some things work。 If someone is brand new to this type of learning， which is different than traditional grammar drills， then being told why something works， not just how to do it and that it works， would be better。 But the book is very to the point which is good。 Overall， the method is easy to implement and brings results if you're looking to understand Japanese and know more than just a few phrases。 。。。more
Trish Strong
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Somewhat disappointing
Alexander Keane
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Neat methodThis book won't give you grammar points or vocabulary， but it does give something just as important， a method for digesting those things that the average person won't find so boring they just wish for study time to end Neat methodThis book won't give you grammar points or vocabulary， but it does give something just as important， a method for digesting those things that the average person won't find so boring they just wish for study time to end 。。。more
Tracy Kincaid
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I found parts of the book interesting。 My personal problem with these types of books is I need to hear it。 Trying to sound out words in another tongue is hard to do when you have no clue how it should sound。 I also thought all of the book and web references was distracting。 To be honest this was an expensive ebook。
Paulo França
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Good methodology to learn Japanese。 I will try it soon。
Irene Medina
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