I find Japanese easy and straight forward. Only the Kanji (日本語 - Nihongo) is considered complex. But you really do not need the stuff for talking and understanding anime.
The spoken language is quite easy. Only 5 vowels. Everything is pronounced just as it is written.
It's maybe because I did try to learn it with Korean in Duolingo and my head's messed up.🤭
Korean and Japanese are very similar phonetically.
But they took two very different directions in alphabet.
I hear that one way to learn a language is watch shows in that language.
(no subtitles)
And your brains starts putting together phrases.
I have noticed i start understanding, or remembering what a phrase means, when i hear it, and not looking at the TV.
Wow!! That's a great tip and really confirms my observation too. I do watch Korean Soccer and since they repeat words in cheers and short instructions, it retains. Amazing.🌟