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Anime college? You mean draw manga's? It doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is learn the language and write it. Be able to write and speak it fluently because there won't be any jobs in japan if you want to work on anime that will accept you unless you can speak it fluently. There are school's in japan that offer courses in manga drawing or japanese animation. The only way to be in japan if your company sponsors you or you work there with a working visa or student visa. To get yourself started after college get hired as a teacher or during college go through a exchange program. Finish your high school here in America first or schooling whatever.
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One disadvantage of applying to anime school with a Japanese high school diploma is that you'll be required have native level fluency in Japanese. In order to take classes at anime school, you need to be fluent in Japanese anyway, but the requirements for a foreign student (non-Japanese high school graduate) tends to be less. Now, the Japanese school year starts in April, so the months between your high school graduation and next April (assuming you get admitted) is a good time to enroll in Japanese language school, preferably in Japan. Note that some anime schools in Japan are not accredited schools, which means you may not be eligible for a student visa going there. It's best to apply to an accredited school and qualify for a student visa. Unlike Japanese students, who can afford to be unemployed while they look for work after graduation, you need to have a job as soon as you graduate, because your student visa expires when you finish school, and you won't be legally eligible to be in Japan at that moment. As an animator, the best type of work visa would be an artist visa. If you manage to get that and employment at an anime studio, you're set. Actually, there's more to it, because you need to maintain a minimum level of income to keep you work visa, and that's difficult to do as an entry level animator. Likely you need to move up to key animator as soon as possible, but that usually takes a year, by which time your visa is up for renewal. So you'll still be struggling to be in permanently.
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Take procedure step by step. Go to Japanese language private school first. Then if your skill come enough to be lectured by Japanese, go to art college of animation whatsoever.
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