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Learning Japanese with Manga and Anime? It is possible…and official!

The Japan Foundation, a government-affiliated body set up to promote cultural exchange, has opened an English-language website that helps users better understand Japanese expressions used in manga and anime.

“Japanese in Anime & Manga” (http://anime-manga.jp) carries expressions used in four genres–love, school, ninja and samurai–and by eight typical characters.

A vocabulary quiz is available for three levels of proficiency.

Meanwhile, Tokyo’s Nerima Ward, which bills itself as the birthplace of Japanese anime, is currently running a 15-second clip from Galaxy Express 999 on its website (http://www.city.nerima.tokyo.jp).

The popular anime was created by Leiji Matsumoto, a manga artist who lives in the ward.

Source: Asahi

Well, this is another way how the japanese government can promote anime and anime…However, the technique is not new…I learned Japanese thanks in part to Anime and Manga…

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