It's all right. I only started to learn Japanese just to read the VNs better. I'm not that good... just a novice myself, but if you want, try to familiarize yourself with this...
http://www.animelab.com/anime.manga/dictionary/
It's hiragana and katakana. It's good to start off with that.
As for anime, I recognize some words when watching anime RAW because I constantly sing Japanese songs therefore I understand Japanese a bit better.
Also, anime tends to have Engrish, so it's pretty easy to understand too.
Lastly, if you familiarize yourself with romaji, the hiragana becomes easier and you can speak a bit better too.