I definitely recommend The Castle of Cagliostro which is a Miyazaki film (not Studio Ghibli though) and Grave of the Fireflies which isn’t by Studio Ghibli but they were in charge of the animation production work. Grave of the Fireflies is a very saddening movie though and is based on a semi-autobiographical novel about World War 2 from one Japanese perspective. A Studio Ghibli film you must watch though is My Neighbor Totoro. 5 Centimeters Per Second is a lovely movie I really enjoyed too but it’s more like an hour long movie divided into 3 episodes.

Other movies I’ve watched and enjoyed are Memoirs of a Geisha, Battle Royale and Crows Zero. There was one more which I’ve completely forgotten the name of, if I remember it and/or any other good films I’ll post here again.

Apart from the problems pointed above, it all looks okay to me but maybe you might want to make the last stroke on あ just a little bit longer?

Btw your を and ん are beautiful.

You force yourself to make time for Japanese. Some of your leisure time must turn into Japanese time, if you’re that dedicated to continuing. As people have previously said, consistency is key and doing a little bit a day will make a huge difference. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

I’m currently in my last year of high school and the work load is ridiculous but I do my Anki reviews everyday (if there are any) but seeing as I don’t have enough free time to do both self learning and stuff my Japanese tutor gives me, I just stick with learning from my Japanese tutor. I used to just have hour long lessons once a week but now my lessons go on for as long as 2 hours, still costs me the same as before (my Japanese tutor is such a hospitable and kind person, she actually offered me longer lessons for the same price) so my Anki decks have recently been bigger.

At the end of the day, if you’re that eager to continue with Japanese whilst not neglecting your studies – you’ll find a way.

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Not awfully far. After finishing TextFugu you’d be much better off finding other, more advanced resources for learning Japanese, whether online or in real life. I have a Japanese tutor who is teaching me Foundation level Japanese, for example.

Welcome to TextFugu, Sid.

I agree with Joel. I’m in my last year of high school too by the way, then I’m going to go to college for 2 years (free here in the UK) before uni which is going to cost a fortune. It doesn’t matter what age you are – we’re all in the same boat here.

Good luck learning Japanese.

Welcome to TextFugu, Francho.

You sure have a talent with languages – I’d never be able to remember that many.

Good luck learning Japanese.

Which teaching company do you have an interview with?

Welcome to TextFugu and good luck learning Japanese! I’m jealous of you moving to Osaka.