I started out learning Hiragana and Katakana immediately and then worked my way into Kanji. That way I could at least read texts that had Furigana (small printed Hiragana/Katakana on top of the Kanji). It also helps get rid of the "romaji" crutch right from the beginning.
Hi aix/ayii! Nice to meet you.
How about learning Hiragana as the first step in Japanese?