Baka has $50 towards Learning Japanese
 

I want about $50 worth of Japanese books and material. What can I get for the best bang for my buck online?

I want

1. Material in both kanji and furigana
2. Anime/Manga/Gaming/Japanese Culture Related
3. Newspapers/Magazines/Books/Articles
4. AT LEAST 20 different items to keep me going for my whole 2010

Also, can I buy bulk orders? like 20 books that NO ONE in japan uses but i'd sure as hell would read? thanks

If you think you'll obtain 20 different sources for $50 (outside free websites), I think you're underestimating the prices of the materials.

White Rabbit Press and TheJapanShop.com should give you a rough idea how much a physical source costs.

Well, I find it odd that we can buy american books on amazon for .01 cents but just for the most basic japanese book its at least 5 bucks

Supply and demand sir. The demand for Japanese and Japanese learning material is not exactly a domineering market.

...I dont want japanese learning material in the sense of a " Genki or Heiseig" book. I dont need that crap.

I want the goods. A Japanese Newspaper is more effective than any english to japanese book you can get your hands on.

have you lookedin,

your local library?

mine has learn japanese books in them,(for all the worth they are!)

or just Dlow rossetta stone for free ;)

better yet, just go there and learn fast :p

I swear I should never come to the internet if I have a question ever again....

I

Do Not Want

Any God Damn

" LEarn how to learn japanese "

Material.

I want newspapers/magazines and BOOOOOOOOOOOOKKSSSS in Japanese about Japanese shit.

you'd be lucky to find more than 2 things for $50 dollars. The Kanji flash cards i bought were about $38. worth the money though

You realize that you first need to KNOW Japanese to read a Japanese magazine or newspaper? Being able to read a newspaper is kind of the unofficial marker that you're fluent in Japanese. Anyone with less than an upper-intermediate/lower-advanced knowledge of Japanese could stare at a magazine or newspaper for hours on end and not be able to learn a thing.

And like Nathan said, you're underestimating the cost of things. If you're importing materials from Japan, you'll be lucky to get 5 items for $50.

But there IS one thing I can think of that might be along your lines - Hiragana Times - Friends Finding, Travel and Living in Japan

It's a Japanese magazine aimed at people who are learning Japanese - it has articles about Japanese topics, written in simple Japanese. Other than that, I can't think of much else aside from children's books.

And no, I can't imagine where you got that idea from. This really only becomes true when you reach above a JLPT 2 level, which is 2 or 3 years of serious university-level study.