Back when Owen blasted so-called "poseurs", I expressed significant doubts that many people were dumb enough to try learning Japanese from anime. I certainly never had enough success with it; it was fun, but the rate of adoption was such that my natural death were certain to interrupt the curve before any meaningful results. But as I was preparing to pay my $699 for the Fall 2009 Japanese 411 at UNM, DarkMirage coincidentially proclaimed:

After all, I did learn Japanese (JLPT 1 certified) by watching anime — totally true story.

Take it however you will. I still think Owen was trolling.