Hi!
I'm from The Netherlands and have been an anime addict waaaay back when Akira just came out. I grew up watching the old Dragonball cartoons, at that time these were only available here in Chinese(my friend got the old vhs tapes from Chinatown in Amsterdam) and I couldn't understand a thing at all, lol.
I taught myself japanese when I bought a japanese 16bit nintendo game console and the games were all japanese(well duh). Started with the basics such as hiragana, katakana and later learning kanji and actual grammar. Now years later I still watch anime, my favorites being: Gintama, Kimetsu no Yaiba, Soul Land, Jujutsu Kaisen and I probably forgot some too.
Nowadays I try to watch most japanese anime without subtitles. In daily life I design anime and 3d art and sell it on sites such as RedBubble. My main occupation is developing software though.
Hope I'll enjoy this community!