Learning 3D Animation

It'd be somewhat nice to know just what exactly you want to do, by which I mean do you want this to be a hobby, or do you intend to eventually make money out of this? For the former, it's likely you can learn by yourself while focusing on a particular program, depending on what you want to do. If you want to eventually make money out of this, then it becomes a bit more complex. I'm by no mean a 3D animator, but from what I've read, if you're ever part of a large project, then it's not so much being able to use a particular piece of software that matters, simply because the software you use will be chosen depending on how well it interacts with the renderer used. Of course we're talking about large projects here, so if you only intend to do things by yourself, even professionaly, then you can essentially take the same path as an amateur.

Jam it back in, in the dark.