AniSpeak: Learn Japanese

Some apps push you. AniSpeak walks beside you.

Can't read a single hiragana yet? Good — that's exactly who this is for. Step into one short, anime-style scene a day and tap through it line by line, with furigana always on and English a tap away. No pressure to respond. No speaking, ever.

Meet Noa — a quiet companion who keeps a small gate between worlds. Noa doesn't flirt, doesn't call you nicknames, and doesn't ask for your name. They just sit beside you, point at a line of Japanese, and ask if you'd like to read it together.

Kana isn't a 50-on chart here. You light up all 46 hiragana by tracing them, and they show up inside short lines you actually want to read. The sounds anime already taught you — arigatou, daijoubu, ganbare — slowly start to click into letters you can recognize. Phrases you like are quietly saved to your notebook.

No matches. No DMs. No leaderboards. No streak guilt. No passive-aggressive reminders. Just one quiet companion and a story that opens a little more each day.

Built for adults who actually want to learn — without the games other apps make you play to get there.

Made by two people. One learned Japanese from anime over many years. One is still learning.

Start free with the opening chapters. Unlock the full series — every story so far, plus every new story we add — with a single $19.99 purchase. No subscription, no ads, yours for good. Open the app and meet Noa.

Ages 13+. Full UI in English, Simplified & Traditional Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, and Indonesian.