Japanese in Anime and Manga Website Updated!

 Here is the message I received from them:

We would like to express our deepest thanks for your article and comments regarding the ‘Japanese in Anime & Manga’ website (http://anime-manga.jp, produced by the Japan Foundation, Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai).
We have just added two new sets of contents to the site, a “Ninja Kanji Game”
and “Samurai Expressions by Scene”. Please take a look!

More good stuff to learn a little bit of Japanese in a fun way!

Fun Website to Learn some Common Phrases in Anime and Manga

I got the link to this website from "hisako" on Twitter.

Link 1: http://anime-manga.jp/index.html
Link 2: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100218f2.html

This is a website that helps English speakers learn some common expressions in Japanese that you would hear from different characters in anime and manga.  What I think is really neat about this website is that it demonstrates some of the different levels of Japanese speak according to different types.  For instance the butler using honorifics from the humble perspective.  The lessons are given with kanji, kana, or romanji (roman letters) and in spoken Japanese.

The website is still under construction, but check out what they've got so far.  I'm pretty excited about this and I hope they expand it such that who ever wants to can easy learn basic Japanese in a fun way :).