I am from Melbourne, Australia. Not to far from you, really.

There are a lot of places to study media, animation, etc. But, unlike the US, there are not many places to find jobs in the creative field in Melbourne.
Since you are into manga, I have a friend whom I have known for a few years. He is into manga, too. He also started his own comic company and released a few comics. But, unfortunately he disappeared, and so I can't show him your work.
Are you referring to working at the Pixar, the an animation organisation? Wow! That would be awesome! Then I get to see your work, and tell people, "hey! I 'know' the person who created that animation!"
I heard Japan is a nice country to live in. I don't know whether learning Japanese is easy though.

Are you going to do a course in learning Japanese?
Thanks for your email. Do you use MSN or AIM?