I “acquired” myself a copy *AHEM,* and while I’m only about six or seven units into it, it seems like a pretty good program – IF you’re learning grammar and vocabulary along with it (preferably for a few months beforehand, actually).  They do a good job of teaching you how to speak by using useful phrases (not that Rosetta Stone “The boy is drinking the water” crap), but explanation of particles, grammatical points, verb forms, etc., is minimal.  It’s not going to teach you Japanese by itself, but it seems like a good way to build some fluency in speaking.  Use it only as a supplement.

I also tried out JapanesePod101 for a while, and it was about the same thing.

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