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    You certainly think: "What's with him?" But we have a saying here in Slovakia: "How many languages do you speak, so many times are you a human." But let us progress in order.


    A time ago, I got to know the anime phenomenon. I speak about Japanese animated movies. Yes, Pokemons are anime too, but the fact, that anime is animated, doesn't mean it's dedicated to children. In Japan, the animated work belongs to everyone - also to youth, adults and old people. There are plenty of types and trends in anime.

Hayao Miyazaki - Disney of Japan     Personally, I do most "admire" the autor Hayao Miyazaki. He's an excellent animator and a very good storyteller. Twenty years ago, he founded, together with another animator, their own studio - スタジオ ジブリ, meaning "Studio Ghibli". Work of this studio is admired in Japan and other countries big time, many of their films were translated into various languages. My personal favourites are Princess Mononoke, Naushika of the Valley of the Wind, Laputa - Castle in the Sky and Spirited Away. The last mentioned was awarded during film festival in Berlin with the main award, defeating all movies, and it received the Oscar in animated films section too.

    The music to many of Miyazaki's masterpieces was composed by Joe Hisaishi, a very good composer. He's also the author of many soundtracks in Takeshi Kitano's movies. His music is full of simple but briliant motives. He's able to let a fiddle or violin to sound as good as a solo trumpet or the whole orchestra. Nor is he afraid of songs, he even sings in some of them. I personally do recommend Miyazaki's films also because of the music accompanying them.


    And now the question: Why Japanese? Well, to be honest, in the beginning, I didn't find the Japanese nice and I had to get used to it. But while watching anime, I got to know it more and more and came to the result, that this language is exceptional - with the structure of the sentence, the relationship between the one who speaks and the one who listens... There is plenty of it.
    Is it difficult to learn Japanese? Sure, the biggest problem are perhaps all the drawn symbols (so called sprinkle tea leaves) and their different pronounciation depending on the context. For people who may be interested I will give some links to courser, mainly for beginners:

Japanese-Online course for beginners
Japanese for anime lovers - studying phrases in anime step by step, sounds available
A brief introduction to Japanese by a Japanese
Short Japanese grammar
Japonese grammar - systematical study
FAQ about Japan and Japanese (very comprehensive)
Princess Mononoke script in English and Japanese