After reviewing many learn Japanese courses, the absolute winner hands down is Bullet Japanese. It wins on three counts: cost, ease-of-use, and results.

The designer of Bullet Japanese clearly understands the frustration most people feel when trying to learn a language... The exercises are usually boring and everything is hard to remember.

Therefore, he has designed a system that will get you conversational in Japanese within hours (not weeks or months). His idea is that the more fluent you become early on, the more likely it is that you will continue to improve your language skills (too many language learners give up because they don't see results in the early stages).

The whole thing is based on special memory techniques that can be used memorize and recall words and phrases so easily you'll be amazed.

The best thing is the system is covered by a 60 day guarantee, so you can make sure it works for you.

My second choice has to go to Rocket Japanese. The course is a little on the expensive side, but it does come with great offerings.

Rocket Japanese has a number of components: standard audio lessons, software games for learning Japanese vocabulary and writing, culture lessons and a built in 24/7 forum where you can ask questions.

We marked this program down a little because of cost and the amount of inclusions can actually make it difficult to get started. For those who are extremely motivated, this can be a good course.