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Although I can agree on the anime part not getting you very far, dating a japanese girl will actually get you more than just "used to the syntax". You'll get instant feedback on all your questions AND you'll learn new words in the progress. It's actually, and practically, one of the most effective ways to learn Japanese(or any other new language for that matter) in my opinion.
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I'm not sure I agree. I mean, they can certainly help, simply because it's a way to practice speaking the language, but nothing is going to make you learn better than taking several years of intensive classes, combined with a year (at least) in Japan. I really can't see any other way to learn the language aside from that.
I've been taking it for four years now (though it hasn't been very intensive until the past year, while in college) and I've developed the confidence to use what I have in conversation simply because I've had to speak to my teacher every weekday since September; had I not done that I wouldn't be anywhere decent.
Jam it back in, in the dark.