[Haunting]

Haha neat :D
I believe thats the same for me owo
I mean the earliest anime i can remember is Tenchi Muyo.
-glomps-

[Demonskid]

Sailor Moon for me ouo

[Haunting]

Awww i remember that show :D
I once tried out the jap one, found the girls voices a bit too annoying for that though haha xD;

But Tenchi Muyo was the first, followed by either Outlaw Star or Sailor Soon after. -nods- then Card Captor Sakura & Shaman King

[Demonskid]

I prefer the japanese version due to america cutting out a lot of the stuff.. and the name changes are lame to xD

I don't remember what was next.. I think Pokemon then Digimon :3

[Ultima]

うああああ！ウルチイはとても嬉しい！
Uaaaa！ Ulti　is　so happy!

I can type in kana nowww!

[Demonskid]

ええ！　すげいじゃん　ULTIさん！
ee! sugeijan Ulti-san

eh! awesome Ulti!

grats on getting it to work ouo

[Ultima]

どうもありがとう、DKさま~
Thank you DK-sama~ >w>

[Coda]

Originally Posted by Haunting

Arigato Coda-sempai!
Yoroshi onegaishimasu C:

Is there a difference between the words? I mean is like one, informal or formal?

You start with "yoroshiku" that's casual. "Douzo" makes it more emphatic (and slightly more formal) and "onegaishimasu" makes it (considerably) more formal. You CAN apply both.

[Azrael]

来週の火曜日に日本語の試験がある。。。勉強しなけばならない。。。だから、土曜日に友達と勉強する予定だ 。

らいしゅうのかようびににほんごのしけんがある。。。べんきょうしなけばならない。。。だから、どようびに ともだちとべんきょうするよていだ。

I have a Japanese exam next Tuesday... I must study ... therefore, on saturday I plan to study with my friends. >3<

Mmm, I think I started studying because of anime, but now I do it because I love it and I love learning languages.

[Fenris]

Pokemon and Digimon the Anime came out the same year, as for which ones truly older..., Pokemon wins by a small margin. Though in all technicalities, digimon got its beginnings from tomigachi, I am not sure if that is older than Pokemon or not. Digimon were tomigachi's made for boys. It later turned into a franchise (which I actually prefer over Pokemon but I like both).

[Demonskid]

Originally Posted by Ultima

どうもありがとう、DKさま~
Thank you DK-sama~ >w>

どいたしまして　ＵＬＴＩくん。
doitashimashite Ulti-kun
you are welcome Ulti.

:3

[Coda]

The Digimon toys DO count, and they came first by a couple years.

[Haunting]

Coda, when you say apply both, as in so its 'Yoroshiku Douzo Onegaishimasu'
And thats just pleased to meet you as a empathetic but highly formal manner?

Also emphatic, what does that mean? =w=;;
And how do you prounounce the words? I tend to prounounce things how they are spelt if i dont know owo which can be normally wrong xD;

[Ultima]

Haunting: Actually, I think it's "Douzo yoroshiku onegaishimasu"
As for pronounciation, luckily Japanese letters virtually all have one way to pronounce them unlike English where "c" can sometimes sound like a "k" or sometimes "s" ...

a = father
i = macaroni
u = blue
e = Mexico
o = hello

There are also double consanant sounds, aa, ii, uu, ee/ei, and oo/ou.
It's just a slightly longer sound, without changing the sound. So "ee" just sounds like a longer "e" sound (using the pronounciation above). Also ee and ei sound exactly the same, as do oo and ou.

The consanants are basically pronounced the same as in English, but a couple are slightly different.
j = mirage as opposed to message
r = everyone seems to pronounce it differently. Some flip the r (like rolling, but only one sound instead of a repeated sound) and some people pronounce it just like 'L,' or anywhere inbetween.
n = (the 'n' character on it's own, not followed by a vowel) can sound like an n or m. Either is acceptable.

Double consonants are pronounced just as if there's a hyphen between two words. There's a slight pause with the sound still in the throat. So "gakkou" would be pronounced like "gak-kou".

Also, sometimes certain vowels are not pronounced. I hear it done a lot with 'su' and 'shi' For example 'desu' is pronounced 'dess,' and 'soshite' is pronounced 'soshte' ...

And when 'ha' is used as a particle it is pronounced like 'wa.' The character 'wo' is pronounced like 'o.'

I hope this helped and didn't just confuse you more x.x;

[Coda]

I disagree on the sound of j. It's really somewhere in between -- softer than English "message" but harder than "mirage". If you have to get it wrong, make it too hard rather than too soft.

Also, "emphatic" is the adjectival form of "emphasis", so that should help understand it.

[Demonskid]

thing of gee for ji ouo it sounds the same