BASIC JAPANESE for Anime & Manga

Japanese Language Sites

>100 Most Essential Words In Anime http://www.yale.edu/anime/glossary.html

A list from the Yale Anime Society from abunai to yurusu

>About.com's Japanese Language site http://japanese.about.com

A comprehensive guide to Japanese for everyone from beginners to more advanced students from your guide, Namiko Abe

>Japan Central's Beginner Level Japanese Classes http://home.threeweb.ad.jp/english/jpncntrl/bgnr_s_g.html

A course of 20 online lessons with audio files

>Learn Japanese with the Pizza Cats http://members.aol.com/PrncssVi/lessons

22 short online lessons that give a good overview of the language

>Reiko-chan's Japanese for Anime Lovers http://physics.uwyo.edu/~brent/jal/jal-home.htm

Online lessons using characters from Magic Knights RayEarth and Yu Yu Hakusho

Japanese Writing Sites

>Japanese Kanji Calligraphy http://www5.big.or.jp/~otake/hey/fude00.htm

An eclectic assortment of kanji

>Kanji: Japanese Characters http://www.harapan.co.jp/english/japan/kanji.htm

Lists of kanji including names of people, numbers, places, and more

>Write Japanese http://members.aol.com/writejapan/index.htm

An excellent site featuring animations to showing correct stroke order in writing katakana, hiragana, and kanji.

>Nihongo de anata no namae! (Your Name In Japanese)

http://www.e.kth.se/~e96_dsa/www/nihongo/eng_onamae.html

An online application from Sweden that allows you to type in your name and get a result in katakana

Manga & Anime Sites

>Anime Cafe http://www.abcb.com

THE source for anime reviews, including a parent's guide

>Anime Lyrics http://www.animelyrics.com

An excellent source for anime, Japanese pop music, and game song lyrics

>Japanese Sound Effects http://www.oop-ack.com/manga/soundfx.html

An extensive listing of manga sound effects (usually written in katakana) with their Japanese meanings.


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