I am curious how other people learn Japanese, this is how I do it.
Step 0: Do Wanikani throughout the day. Memrise as well. Anki if you have to. I find I have more motivation for Memrise than Anki, but sometimes I am not able to access the internet, so I use Anki then.
Step 1: Read a grammar book (one chapter and/or 15 mins perday)
-Tae Kim
-Intro to Modern JP
-The DOJG series
Step 2: listen to stuff
-Jpod101 However many podcasts you want
-A raw JP podcast, if you can't understand everything do not worry.
-Pimsleur is for pronunciation and speaking/listening practice. It's JP is about full speed in conversation. (I find Japanese usually start slower then work up to 10x the speed of English)
-Watch raw anime, then watch it with subs.
Step 3: Read
When you get to about N5(I hate the JLPT scale but everyone knows it) in kanji knowledge, read Doraemon, forget Yotsubato (It has spelling mistakes). At N3 go ahead and start reading harder manga and some novels. I recommend slice-of-life. (I do not yet know about later levels) If yo can read games, go for it.
Step 4: Speak
Talk to Japanese, there are the skype forums and also some groups have some Japanese people you can talk to.
Step 5: Write
Lang-8, chatting with Japanese. I keep my journal in Japanese and Spanish.
This takes me about 2 hours each day to do all the physical things except listening and reading, which vary.
This is something I refined after learning Japanese for awhile. I should be N2 level(gahh somewhere in early High School late Middle School) by the end of the year.