@ Sakari: You wanna become a professional artist? Manga or art in generel?
Okay, changing the theme. When started all your interest in Japan?
I started reading "Ranma 1/2". That was the beginning. Especially, I liked the fact that you can learn japanese by manga. Very useful because my mind works strongly visual. I wonder if I will learn it one day. Because I really would like to know maaaaaany languages and first I should study others like I have an international family. But it's funny, sometimes it seems that japanese is quite a mix of spanish and german... hm... maybe just my imagination...?