[ChisaChi]

I got through quite a bit of the Pimsleur lessons - they are really good for conversational Japanese, although there were times where I wasn't completely sure of the pronunciation of words and wish I could have seen them written down. They also don't really explain things like grammar structure though, so I'm not sure how effective it is for learning more than the basics without any other learning materials or classes in addition to it. I do really like that they keep bringing up old material as well as introducing new stuff, so you don't forget things so easily.