It took me about two weeks, learning usually five per day, spending maybe half an hour a day writing them and using realkana.
I constantly drilled myself, though. Trying to remember each kana and their sounds in my head whenever i could. I even drew them on the fogged glass in the shower :)

I suppose i could have done more than five a day, but at the time i was worried i would just overdo it and not remember anything by the next day.

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Thanks a lot, both of you. You’re a great help :)
That’s very interesting, since i was already considering the second album.
I’ll have to look into it more.

Oh, and i wanted to edit my other post with a better picture, but i can’t (there’s a timer, i guess?).
Anyway, here it is in higher rez, and both sides. Link.

Oh, and also please nobody steal my code :P

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I got hiragana stickers on eBay. They work fine and don’t have any effect on my typing. For about $5 it’s worth a shot.

As Zach said, Last.fm is a decent place to go. You can search for tags, such as ‘japanese‘.
There are some good playlists on 8tracks.
There are also blogs out there for Japanese music, such as Sparkplugged.

And if you want to get weird, look up Vocaloids.

Despite all these sources, i still find it difficult to find music that suits my tastes. You may have more success, though.

Oh okay. Now that you mention it i think the other place i saw it was a musician’s name.
Thanks for the info.

I was wondering about this too, actually. I ran into both in my anime.
I’ve only seen each once, though. Are they really rare enough that they’re not worth learning?

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