Two kanji courses that mght be of use:
Kanji by grade
Remembering the kanji
Following this thread as a learner and course creator for Japanese studies.
I’m currently working on putting the 新完全マスター Shin Kanzen Master and 日本語総まとめ Nihongo Soumatome series on Memrise. I am aware that some courses already exist for these, but for various reasons including no audio, plagues of errors, a lack of alternative answers and abandoned courses, I’m trying to set up more streamlined versions. Hoping to have the vocabulary, kanji and reading-focused books available for N3 & N2 levels soon.
You can find my progress by viewing my profile, Fiona先生.
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I saw a spreadsheet for SKM 1 & 2 and noticed that it only had about 300 words each. Were the example sentences reduced in the new books compared to the older KM 1 &2 with 750 example sentences each?
By the way, I’m planning myself on putting the older Kanzen Master 1 & 2 on Memrise (along with tts audio) as part of the SGJL courses I’ve been uploading. Only thing that I need to do is translate the sentences somewhat or find them somewhere. Hope it proves to be somewhat popular, but courses like that cannot work with the Memrise timer.
New courses uploaded for JLPT (N5) Kanji. 
In the Reading Course, you will see kanji and answer in hiragana.
In the Writing Course, you will see the hiragana/meaning and answer in kanji.
For the writing course, I recommend you keep a notepad with you and write down the kanji before typing it out.
READING: http://www.memrise.com/course/1166434/reading-n5-kanji-jlpt
WRITING: http://www.memrise.com/course/1169523/writing-n5-kanji-jlpt
I would like to recommend my favorite course creators instead of a specific course, and thank them for their work.
Sputnik provides courses for a wide variety of commonly used textbooks, including Genki, Tobira, Integrated Approach, Sou Matome… etc.
http://www.memrise.com/user/Sputnik1220/courses/teaching/
JTalkOnline, so many courses on so many topics! from JLPT to video games or formal Japanese, there has to be something in there for everyone!
http://www.memrise.com/user/JTalkOnline/courses/teaching/
Also check out (but mostly for higher level) Niffer
http://www.memrise.com/user/Niffer/courses/teaching/
And finally my own course!
I even made that icon in Photoshop, neat huh? 
This is the course forum…
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Hi
I am new to this forum, and trying my attempt in learning japanese.
Recently I appeared for N5 level and now I will be preparing for the N4. Though N5 was done with the Private classes, I am planning to give N4 on my own.
Any insights you share, or any experience, or any study materials you share, are highly appreciated.
Regards
Genki II (the actual textbook) with this course:
Memorize the vocabulary for a chapter on Memrize, then practice reading and try to understand the grammar points.
(Try to do a chapter per week, you will be finished in less than 3 months).
I feel like the textbook approach is less dry than JLPT materials at lower levels, I have Nihongo Challenge (N4-N5) series, and Unicom Yomu N4 and N5 books, but I found that a little bit more hand holding (thorough explanations) actually helped me to proceed faster.
(JLPT books are great for reviewing though).
After trying and struggling through a lot of Japanese courses over the last year, I have finally found one that is perfect for me. It’s “Japanese From Zero” (http://yesjapan.com/YJ6/) All of the course videos are FREE and on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxuZNRnlprC70l1bnI0n-XQ). Some say these courses go too slow. lol Well, they are just my speed so maybe that says something about me. 
There are books you can purchase but the videos (of which there are 5 courses with around 13 lessons in each course) are all on youtube so, of course, free. The books are great, too, but are available on the website. First book (and course) free. If you buy them all, (which probably isn’t necessary) it’s like $99 for the complete access.The videos are where this course shines. The presentation by George Twombley is excellent. No one else comes close to his video presentations for clarity and number of really helpful videos.
Still, the best way to learn Hiragana and Katakana are here on Memrise. Learn those two syllabaries first or while you are watching these videos. And some good person has put the vocabulary for the first two courses here on Memrise. (Good on you! Thank you, if whoever did that reads this. Thanks you!)
I watched every single one of George videos and they were highly informative and entertaining (I love the Japanese in 5 series), I even watched some of his Eigo Eggu (英語エッグ), But I have to vote against the books, I find them to be too slow.
My favorite beginner book is “Japanese for Everyone”, it is an incredibly aggressive beginner book that pushes you too hard into intermediate stage with just single volume (covering N5, N4, and slight dip into N3).
Japanese for Everyone covers 450 Kanji and 2500 Vocab in 390 Pages.
Genki I & II are the usual pace for most people, those 2 books cover 317 Kanji and 1800 Vocab in 740 Pages. (around 370 pages for each Vol.)
Despite the above I usually recommend Genki over JFE to my friends.
This website is not a “course” per se, but I’ve been using it to juggle between pure mnemonics and also real-life Japanese lessons needing a little more detail:
I’ve recently contributed to the below Minna no Nihongo I course by adding new audio.
All vocab from the textbook with Kanji readings. Give it a look.
the anime one is great!!
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Yeah it is! I just really wish there more anime or visual novel courses with audio. This is the most extensive anime/visual novel/manga vocabulary list and would be perfect if it had audio https://www.memrise.com/course/1138000/japanese-v2k-kanji/ 
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Also @Nukemarine courses have been awesome so far. His Tae Kims Grammar courses have been especially helpful
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I like Animated Kanji 1st Grade very much. It gives the correct stroke order, the pronounciation in hiragana, the meaning in English, AND you don’t have to type the kanji, which is very practical. Could somebody advise something like that for kanji 2nd grade? It’s especially typing kanji which I want to avoid.
I’m digging this Katakana common words course! Really needed the practice typing and reading it. The Japanese 1, 2, and 3, are great for building vocab, intuitive grammar application (phrases), and typing hiragana, but a lot of those loaner words you learn there will always appear in katakana: https://www.memrise.com/course/83796/katakana-loan-words/
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This one was really helpful! I appreciate you creating it. Brief and effective.
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Here’s another great course for learning katakana. Full audio.
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The review option didn’t work on Mobile :-/ Moved on to Textfugu Common Katakana Words
Try this course!
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