I use Genko and Duolingo ^^ both helps me quickstart Japanese fairly easily. There are also a TOOON of free email subscriptions for daily kanji to teach you brush strokes and such. I'd suggest looking into those as it will really help with your Kanji.
Also, find someone to practice with! Watch anime...it literally does help!
I remember when I first started learning Japanese how excited I was to see the kanji for 'bird' in an anime and know exactly what it meant right away. It's an amazing feeling
Read signs and stuff in the background of animes or close your eyes and try and understand what you can and make sense of it from sound alone.