Trying to learn Japanese

I'm thinking about trying to learn Japanese but there are no classes available in my area. What programs/textbooks can I use to help me learn Japanese as a second language?

in b4 weeaboo, etc.

I have a somewhat similar question, the difference is WHERE THE FUCK DO I START? I've heard suggestions of learning the basic 2000+ kanji and after that everything should be much easier going from there, others have suggested learning Hiragana and Katakana as a starting point, and I'm just fucking lost. Book suggestions on learning Kanji would also be appreciated.

www.alljapaneseallthetime.com

This is a great, but kinda hardcore method.

>>3
Did you give it a shot?

>>2
As a person with 3+ years of experience of studying Japanese, I suggest you learn the hiragana and katakana first. And by suggest I mean that you must learn them. They're the basic building blocks of the Japanese writing system, and learning them well will also help your pronunciation (and you won't be using the latin alphabet as a crutch). Only when you've mastered the kana, you should start learning kanji.

As for kanji books, I suggest the Basic Kanji Book, vols. 1 and 2, by Chieko Kano et al., that teach you 500 basic kanji. It's a very good book series, and if you're poor/stingy/don't mind ebooks, there's a PDF version of both of the books floating around the torrent sites of the Internet.

Just get fucking Mangajin. Best fucking thing ever. Fuck.

Also; WEEABOO!

>>6
Not OP here, but I dropped anime a couple years ago (not counting the odd hentai though), and yet I still have a huge urge to learn Japanese.

Alright, this is the OP here.

I downloaded Genki and I'm beginning to use it, I've heard this is a good method to learn up to basic communication level Japanese. Is this a good method? Genki and then futher study into broadening vocab, etc.?

I never used genki, but I can't see it hurting... I've also taken three years and I agree with that other person, learn hiragana and then katakana. It makes everything easier.