Ah no. I’m not so fast. I had to take a break of two months altogether because of some projects. Without these breaks I would maybe be close to the 364 days. But it was never my intention to break records. 
At the moment I rush through the last levels, trying to finish every level in 3.5 or 4 days. And probably on Sunday I will reach level 60…yay!
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Since you like language and grammar, I hope you don’t mind if I correct the English grammar in one of your sentences 
サマリー
Since you’re talking about something that started in the past, this would sound much better to me:
I have been learning foreign languages since (my) childhood. sounds formal. “my” is optional
I’ve been learning foreign languages since I was a child. sounds more conversational
Or alternatively
I started learning foreign languages as a child/when I was a child.
Sorry, I have trouble reining in my impulse to correct grammar 
You make great points! I would definitely not consider myself fluent in Japanese yet, but then again I haven’t spent much time working on my conversational skills.
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Of course I don’t mind! . I never said I’m perfect. Lol. And your corrections are simply…well…correct.
I usually do not write or speak English very often. That’s why I naturally make a lot of mistakes. I’m fine with it. I rather read a lot of English literature which is much more important to me personally and for my job.
So please don’t hold back your impulse. I’m always willing to improve my language skills…
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you scare me now 
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I haven’t watched the Video at all… but the claim of “six months” fluency to me at face value seems seriously off…
my own personal journey began about 10-15 years ago with a lot of Anime… then about 10 years ago I started with a basic phrasebook with basic “Memory Game” drilling of Hiragana morning and night (just matching the Hiragana with the romaji “reading” as a memory card game) three times over two weeks ( this let me gain the ability to read anything in Hiragana at half the rate I read English (I’m a New Zealand English Speaking native).
After that I got lucky and started dating a Japanese Girl… and with some translation help online,
I managed to get into some realtime conversation.
After several months I then came to Japan for the first time, and mostly focused on spoken words.
All this was before finding WaniKani online… (I found WaniKani by referal about 6?7? years ago… and started learning the Kanji ( I’ve been focusing on Radicals then Kanji with readings and Vocabulary…)
I managed to get to around WaniKani Level 20 before taking a break (and FAILED the N3 test about 3-4 times )…
as for daily conversation practice I have been living and working in Japan for approximately 8 of the last 10 years or so ( and have a Japanese Wife and Son too ).
I have mainly focused on quizzing myself with Kanji and being able to read words individually and have not worried about grammar or anything else for parts of speech beyond listening to the Japanese spoken around me and picking up usage of words I know.
I have managed to get N4 and have to check the latest results of the N3 test I took again recently to see if I passed that this time or not ( my wife keeps signing me up every six months even when I’m not confident… arguing in Japanese is still way above my skill level and I can communicate “everyday” phrases relatively okay, but still have major problems when trying anything new with known words.)
6 months would be needing a daily quiz of the basic 2000 Kanji every week (every other day?) along with a LOT of verbal shadowing and other “immersion” level practice along with a LOT of focus on just the Japanese words.
I know I can be single-minded on some things from 4 hours to 4 days, but maintaining that level of focus, I would need time that I can’t schedule or be able to go without sleep once a week (or more)… or find some non-quiz/non-wanikani style means of spaced-repetition that is usable for me to advance.
Just reading in Japanese alone, or listening to conversation is not enough, no engagement == no recollective memory for me. and a lack of sleep will completely kill the long term memory mechanisms from working properly adding another hurdle…
so 6 months would be basic repeatable/modified “learnt phrase” levels of “fluency” and then a whole lot of vocabulary… no real grammar at all until jumping in and listening/reading the language… definitely a very basic level of capability given some crossover between what is targetted during studying and what is usable everyday.
just my 2c…
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