Yeah that Japanese app for iPhone is a real lifesaver. Other good ones are Japanese Flip and Kanji Flip. But Japanese has flash cards built in too if you dig deeply enough. The best way to advance in Japanese is to learn Japanese grammar, forget about Kanji for now. Grammar is what is going to let you piece together…
For Japanese studios as said above it really depends on the company, some of the bigger companies have teams with almost only foreigners and they are no required to know japanese, but if you want to work for a company with few or no foreigners there is a very little chance to get let in if you don't know some japanese. As…
Well there is really a lack of something like Polycount for the japanese community, i notice when working for Japanese companies and with Japanese, that the biggest value i have is the knowledge i can take from places like polycount, We share all those small technique that saves time and makes things look better. At…
I studied Japanese for 5 years. Originally I was going to double major in it and teach English in Japan if the game industry fell through. I think learning in an structured environment is key for starting out. After you know enough Japanese to hold a decent conversation, then you should find someone to practice with in…