Lawl, get a Bachelor of Art's Degree or something. xD jks

Anyways, I heard, that before most of these artists ever started drawing anime. They were refining their skills in life-like sketching of humans. Then overtime as they learned the human anatony properly they changed a few things (e.g. style they draw the eyes) to suite anime style. This way they could properly draw a girl in any pose with details and all. Then all you have to learn is colouring.

So I don't know.. I think it would be helpful if you learned that way if you were going to start to learn, it sounds reasonable. But meh, you don't really have to I guess, you could just skip to the anime drawing part. That's what I'm doing. xD But supposedly it's harder.