Thank you for the response. But what about the book "Japanese, The Manga Way"? Would I need a decent grasp on Japanese before I can even think about picking this book up? I would think (and please correct me if I'm wrong) that I would only need to know Hiragana and maybe Katakana because it covers Japanese grammar and structure.

Also, I have another question.
Should I start learning the Radicals to Kanji before I start learning the Kanji themselves? I've read on another site that learning the radicals before you learn a lot of Kanji is better; because you can remember the Kanji by the pieces, and not by the stroke count.

Thank you for taking the time to read and possibly respond!

Edit: Should I learn specific Kanji as I'm learning the radicals? For example, if I wanted to learn a Kanji ( I'll call it "Z" ) would I be better off learning the radicals I had planned for that day -and- the radicals for Kanji 'Z'? Or do you think this is too much and I would be better off just learning the individual radicals and then learning individual Kanji later?

Sorry for all the questions, I'm just really excited about learning more ^_^. And, again, thank you for taking the time to read this and potentially respond