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In that vein, there's always the old FSI courses. Designed to get US diplomats fluent as fast as possible. People say good things about them. It's all audio, though, I think. So it depends what you like. Not sure if there's a Japanese course.
To be fair, listening is probably the most important part of learning a foreign language (for most learners) and perhaps requires the most time to develop. In every day life, listening and thus conversation/exchanges requires instant comprehension, and that's also a huge part of how we form social connections/associations with each other. With reading you can generally take your time to digest things.
Strongly agree. The accent has to be just right for me, though. Otherwise I can't put my ears through it. That's why I like listening-reading. I go by content and accent, and get 7–35+ hours with a voice that I can listen endlessly to.