Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-98.216.174.239-20150202232333/@comment-11188061-20150208030137

Eh, sure. My advice is the same no matter where I go - If you can't read kanji it's fine, but hiragana and katagana are quite simple to pick up and familiarize with in just a week. I believe everyone here have at least the 'anime ear' already, so read it outloud if you can't make sense in your head. Do that and read some Japanese Visual Novels too, and you're golden for a long time to come.