I guess nostalgia will always be part of being human.

I think anyone with a head on their shoulder clearly does not use your definition of learning, and apply it to anime, I learned a lot by anime, I picked up lots of words and vocabulary i would never have otherwise, just because its not rudimentary or even useful in the classroom setting for students to learn and get by the next lessons. Anime is a great supplement when you want to fortify your japanese, but it should never replace studying.

a word of the wise though depending on your teacher never even mention you watch anime, they tend to hate it, and dismiss any legitimate question if its in a way related to anime, like where to find all you can eat cake shops,

(Sorry for my bad english, I´m portuguese)

Deixou-me com um nó na garganta…(left me with a knot in my throat).

The reason, of this post: You are right, about the subtitles. I watch this in Japonese (first), and…so i then decided to translate the subtitles to portuguese, but it´s not the same…

My favorite Anime films were, Miyazaki film´s (Nausicaa and Laputa), and most recent Princess Mononoke, but this one is going to nº1

Most of the words they say in Japanese is pretty similar to mandarin (it may be my ears or something else) and their language structure is just like what I would usually find in a Chinese school. Don’t get me wrong, but that is just my opinion. And I admit it, I have many language backgrounds within me. It could have been the French or my Cantonese background but for me, learning a new language is just easy (except learning the daunting C++…)