Best CDs and Videos for Total Beginners

[sdhaku]

I have a really hectic work schedule but I would like to fit in learning Japanese where ever I can. I'd like to find some really good CDs and/or videos that I could listen to at work or watch while I'm eating lunch/dinner. Any recommendations for a total beginner?

[Hiroyuki kun]

I use Japanese Living Language. It's not an audio course but it helps to listen to the CDs once in a while to revise what you've learnt in the books. The beginner to intermediate package has three CDs.

[StarvingMusician]

Oy, I've used two resources thus far. 'The Complete Idiots Guide to Conversational Japanese' <----Really good by the way. Who cares about the dehumanizing title. A website http://www.japanese.libsyn.com <-------Great audio, with OSAKA DIALECT! can you believe it? And there is unscripted podcasts too. I've learned much in so little time.