Well, it depends. If you stick to the same genre of Anime sure it might become a problem.
Thereās a big variety even within the anime watching options.
The same could happen with other mediums that itās not anime though, at some point I watched a lot of programs that used Kansai dialect and got some words stuck (although I donāt see it as a problem for myself as I love that dialect).
At first, youāll want to just listen to the sounds and tones and get used to them. Youāll start to notice a word here or there. Then youāll notice more and more.
The thing I use most often is NHKās radio station. I also like to watch anime on Netflix with Japanese audio and subtitles. Sometimes Iāll try to watch Japanese things I own with either Japanese subtitles or none, but sometimes the subs are hard-coded, so that sucks.
Youāll get better at finding material as you go too. I wish you luck!
You can filter tag by WK level. They have tracked studied āknownā words system as well ll. The WK API is coming soon but itās not necessary if you want to filter what you already studied. Itās not just a vocab deck, it teaches reading & listen comprehension with sentences plus in all in one system for Eng ā JP which has always bothered me with WK. And the content is pretty polished given the community feedback loop.
Everyone is different and Iām still a student of the language. If you have awesome retention to pick up vocab or have a passion for reading and willing to do ALOT of dictionary look ups, go for it. Others will feel a mountain of unknown vocab that is scrambled to retain both reading and listening comprehension so SRS helps a lot and there are creative ways to utilize it other than just vocabā¦then you can close the gap a bit better for on native material.
I think everyone navigates the intermediate plateau differently with personal goals in mind. For listening to shows/YT/drama/anime, you need reasonable reading skills to read the JP subtitles quick enough (and accurately) for adult contentā¦I find this helps to know what you are missing by ear to help close the gap. Iāve done alot of passive listening through the years beyond my level and it can largely be a waste without an active study component. Full time immersion is great if you have no other responsibilities and can do 8+ hours a day of media. But I need time effectiveness and SRS helps along with a fixed scheduleā¦but it gets boring too so I mix media and conversation as such towards my own language goals.
They are really good together. Iāve used Genki textbooks alongside WK and BP. Between all three you get a decent amount of vocab and grammar practice.
In my case I use WaniKani & Bunpro as support material for my Genki textbooks: I realized that it is easier to focus on the content, and lessons end up being way more structured than just opening a book (or two or three, if one wants to study kanji AND conjugate verbs AND learn vocabularyā¦ you know the drill).
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Hey and welcome to the community forums! 
I agree with others, I think that Wanikani/Anki + Bunpro might significantly speed up the learning process, though you should definitely supply those with reading and listening to the native material for maximum effect.
It is good to start reading some simple manga like Yotsubato, Tsuredure Children. Also reading NHK news easy is very beneficial. Try to read 15 minutes EVERY DAY (all daily articles on NHK news easy are perfect for this) and you will see shocking improvement in no time since reading in context greatly improves comprehension.
As for listening, I would suggest listening to Japanese audio when you cook and take shower, this way you can kill two birds with one stone. I think it is good to listen to the same audio on repeat, for example, an anime episode, since you will have an easier time understanding it, no matter what your level is. Also, if you listen to the same audio, you can actually use it for shadowing (repeating whatever is said) pretty well.
You can also read about instantaneous composition method
my advice is to do as many different things as you can in order to diversify, and then if you feel like something isnāt working then you should stop doing it. Doing both Wanikani and Bunpro will not be enough to get you to learn the language, unfortunately, but you can do something like the Kitsun.io 10k deck and then just sleep all of the Wanikani words.
To be honest, I slack way too hard on listening practice and reading practice, but you should probably be doing those too.
For me Bunpro+Wanikani(+Anki) was pretty much perfect. SRS (=reviews) works great for me and i donāt need context to remember things. (Of course you need to practice with native material at some point, but in the beginning, i got way more out of SRS)
The biggest blind spot of WK is lacking hiragana and katakana vocab, but you can easily supplement that, using Torii, Anki, etc. (or kitsun 10k)
Iām level 60 on WK but only at 20% of N3 in Bunpro, yet native material like manga and video games (currently Final Fantasy 7) is already starting to be easy a lot of the time. Of course i often have to look things up, mostly vocab, sometimes grammar (recently i learned -ćć as a literary form of the -ćŖć negation from Final Fantasy 7), which i usually add to my Anki deck, unless it seems very uncommon.
WK+Bunpro+Anki cards collected from media i āconsumeā is pretty much all I do.
I donāt know that thereās a āperfect matchā for everyone. Iām using WK (level 28 now) and Bunpro (started a fortnight ago), and Iām pretty happy. Iām following the MNN2 path, but Iām not sure if Iām even ABLE to kind of combine that with the Bunpro order.
That being said, I also take lessons twice a week over the internet, with a school in Japan called Wasabi, and Iām pretty happy on the whole.
That being said, I find that Bunpro is a bit help with repeating / drilling the grammar, Iām really glad to have found it.
I work a lot, so donāt have as much time as I would like to devote to Japanese, but I find that the combination of WK + Bunpro + MNN + Internet-based lessons is working for me.
Hello! I would say theyāre the best for integrating Japanese learning into your life, but I wouldnāt say theyāre the best for learning grammar and vocabulary for the first time you encounter them because theyāre just flashcards that provide quick explanations. In my opinion, you need to learn these topics with detailed explanations plus a rich collection of homework that will really challenge you to come up with the correct answer.
This may sound traditional of me, but I prefer classic textbook learning with a sensei. I finished Nihongo Sou Matome (vocab, kanji, reading comprehension, grammar, listening comprehension) up to N2, and now I continue to reinforce it with WK and Bunpro.
The instandaneous composition method sounds really fun and i will definitely try it out. Thanks for the recommendation. I was recommended kitsune 10k for any vocabulary that is not within wanikani or bunpro but i was wondering if reading 15 minutes a day and doing that composition method will help this enough? I think i would be overloaded with 3 different SRS systems, and would rather do reading and other more immersive techniques for the rest.
Assuming you paid for access to the service, youād just look it up on community decks.
Can you explain what mnn2 is? i couldnt find it on google
Iām currently doing the 10k deck along with Wanikani and Bunpro right now, so I can speak for doing three SRS at once; frankly, I think Iām only able to do it because I have a lot of free time, and Iāve purposefully bottlenecked the amount of lessons each day I get from both Kitsun and Bunpro (six hiragana words from Kitsun, and two grammar points from Bunpro). Itās not for everyone, but I enjoy it.
edit: also, the 10k deck gets SIGNIFICANTLY easier the more kanji from wanikani you learn, and itās not like you need to learn the whole deck, either. At some point youād probably want to start mining (i.e, looking up words as you go and making flashcards from them) instead.
MNN2 is Minna no Nihongo 2, a commonly used textbook.
Itās a 3 week trial. There are many options so feel free to use their message board for questions.
There are still a lot of very common words that donāt use kanji and a few grammatical stuctures that arenāt taught on Bunpro. You could probably get pretty far using only Wanikani and Bunpro, but there would be huge gaps in your vocabulary.
So far itās worked well for me but I have 2 years of Japanese classes so far at college too, so some of this is review. I think both are an excellent additional tool to have in your belt if your goal is N3+ or fluency. Good luck!
Wanikani with Bunpro is just barely enough content pass N2, so in that sense completing both would offer a good step to understanding basic Japanese, but neither are the be all and end all of learning Japanese.