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I guess the first question I'd have is, what do you want to learn Japanese for?

I don't mean this is a "why bother?" sense, but more like a "what are you going to be using the language for?" sense. Do you want to learn it so that you can speak with native Japanese speakers? Planning on some Kendo training in Japan? Planning on moving to Japan? Do you want to be able to read Japanese classics in their original language? Do you want to be able to watch anime in its original language? In short, what are your goals for learning Japanese?

This is important because your approach should change depending upon what you want to do with Japanese. A Pimsleur CD course would be a waste of time if all you wanted to do was learn how to read the daily Japan Times in Japanese. Likewise, intensive amounts of learning kanji aren't going to help if all you want to do is be able to speak Japanese to a native speaker. However, both of these and more would be necessary if you actually wanted to live in Japan and use the language effectively.

Now, the topic of the post is 'Speaking Japanese', so I assume you at least want to do that. You might want to ask yourself if it is important that you learn to read and write it as well, since that decision will also affect where you want to concentrate your efforts.

So really, it depends upon what you want to do with Japanese. Answering this question will help in focusing on a particular set of learning tools out of the vast amounts that are out there.