Howdy Joel, welcome to the forum!
Some advice:
- Don't learn Japanese from anime.
- Learn Hiragana and Katakana as fast as possible, since the pronunciation is within those systems of writing.
- One step at a time! It's daunting at first but stay confident in yourself!
- Don't do "self-study". Do "real study". Get some textbooks--I highly recommend "Genki I" for you. It's a FANTASTIC book!
Most of all... がんばって！ (Ganbatte!)
