Fact: Walk from the Lance to Iron lake (Pretty much the longest distance in the game) takes about an hour with no quickstride

What do Japanese players have to do with leveling?

As far as Anima... Alts on the same account are free... My LS and I all made a bunch of alts and took a day (Not even a day, a couple hours for 3 alts per person) getting them to all the camps so we could teleport each other around and mass conserve anima