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That's mostly what I've been doing, although I started with a few classes and I do watch other things as well. There's a lot you can pick up that way, even if it does tend to be a bit ridiculous. This gave me an idea.

It was tough starting out, when I couldn't understand anything, so I thought maybe I could help others out. And then I thought I could do so through a blog, which would avoid the classic problem of class - that you're trapped, and you have to do the parts you detest as well as the ones you find useful and interesting. The format would be the following: I pick a show or two and go through them one episode at a time, highlighting useful and important words and phrases. Anyone who wanted could watch the series in Japanese with the help I provided and ask me questions. And because it would be a blog, the archives would stay up.

So, would any of you want to learn Japanese like that? If so, what show(s) would you be interested in? I was thinking Cowboy Bebop, because I have the DVDs and I rather like it, but maybe a show that doesn't have a good dub... or any dub... would be better? And perhaps a show with a more realistic setting would be preferable, although if you want to learn Japanese mostly to watch anime, that's irrelevant. And if you want it for more general use, you shouldn't exclusively use anime.

I've found sites that use anime somewhat to teach Japanese, but not whole episodes. If you've seen a blog/website that does what I describe, please point it out to me.

Also, if you know of sites that have anime scripts/transcripts in Japanese, that would be super helpful.