***Top J-Drama***
Densha Otoko
Nodame Cantabile
魔王 (Maou)

**Top Movie***
ビルマの竪琴 (The Burmese Harp)
七人の侍 (Seven Samurai)
殺し屋一 (Ichi the Killer)

***Top Manga***
ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)
Berserk
Full Metal Alchemist
Detroit Metal City
蟲師 (Mushishi)

***Top Anime (series)***
蟲師 (Mushishi)
Golden Boy
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
空の境界 (Kara no Kyoukai)
Kaiji

***Top Anime (movie)***
Mind Game
Paprika
Ghost in the Shell
Perfect Blue
Grave of the Fireflies

***Top Web-Site (in Japanese)***
オレ的ゲーム情報@刃 (occasionally NSFW)
ニコニコ動画
nihongo day by day
文化系トークラジオ Life
HEAVEN (NSFW)

***Top Web-Site (about Japanese ex: RevTK)***
koohii.kanji.com
lang-8.com
smart.fm
WWWJDIC
Yahoo!辞書 (does this count? it's about Japanese, but also IN Japanese /headasplode)

Edit: forgot about movies, added!

***Top J-Drama***
GTO
Nodame Cantabile
MPD Psycho
Hana Yori Dango

***Top Manga***
GTO

***Top anime (series)***
Monster
GTO
Full Metal Panic Fumoffu
Elfen Lied
Kuroshitsuji

***Top Web-Site (about Japanese ex: RevTK)***
http://www.ajatt.com
smart.fm
http://www.readthekanji.com
koohii.kanji.com
http://www.jgram.org

**Top Movie***
Battle Royale
Dolls

**Top Music***
Buck-Tick
Orange Range
Onitsuka Chihiro

***Top Anime (series)***
NHKにようこそ (Welcome to the NHK)
Monster
Elfen lied
Haibane Renmei
鋼の錬金術師 (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Top drama:
1. 女王の教室 (I love it!!!)
2. のだめカンタービレ
3. 1リットルの涙 (so sad!)
4. Stand Up!!
5. Hana Yori Dango

Top Anime:
1. Evangelion
2. Full Moon wo Sagashite
3. Battle Athletes Victory
4. Azumanga Daioh
5. Elfen Lied

Top Manga:
1. よつばと！

Gah, code-switching overload in this thread! Does not compute, does not compute.

***Top Manga***
Master キートン by 勝鹿北星・浦沢直樹

***Top Anime (series)***
Cowboy Bebop

***Top Anime (movie)***
Akira

**Top Novel***
ボッコちゃん by 星新一

J-Drama..

Hana Kimi
Code Blue
Nobuta Wo Produce

Movie..

Battle Royale
Ichi the Killer
Seven Samurai

Anime..

Deathnote
Peacemaker Kurogane
Akira
Final fantasy Advent Children (does that count as anime, i was animated afterall)


Manga..

Akira
Deathnote

(Ok i Haven't read a lot of manga)

***Top J-Drama***
Bengoshi no Kuzu


***Top Manga***
Deathnote (1st half)


***Top Anime (Series)***
One Piece
Hajime no Ippo


**Top Movie***
Afterlife (ワンダフルライフ)
Battle Royale

**Top Movie (Anime)***
Macross: Do You Remember Love?

Manga:
1. Fushigi Yuugi Genbu Kaiden
2. Fushigi Yuugi
3. Kimagure Orange Road
4. Princess Army
5. Yamada Tarou Monogatari

J-Drama:
1. Nodame Cantabile
2. Maison Ikkoku special
3. Yamada Tarou
4. Kimi wa Petto

Novel (this changes a lot, here's the current 5 during my Abe/Mishima kick)
1. Kangaroo Note (Abe Koubou)
2. Kamen no Kokuhaku (Mishima Yukio)
3. Kinkakuji (Mishima)
4. Tanin no Kao (Abe)
5. Suna no Onna (Abe)

Japanese Web-site
1. Lifehacker
2. Yahoo kids' news
3. Chiebukuro

Movie
1. Tanin no Kao
2. Kiki's Delivery Service
3. Love Letter
4. Kyojin to Gangu
5. Karakkaze Yarou

Great idea!

Other people besides me like kekkon dekinai no hito? I can't find anyone in Japan who watched this show. It's my favorite (and its not really a drama -- more dry comedy)

アニメ
1,Elfen Lied
2,北斗の拳(hokutonoken)
3,美鳥の日々（Ｍｉｄｏｒｉ　ｎｏ　ｈｉｂｉ）
４、フリクリ
５、あっ女神さま（Ａａｍｅｇａｍｉｓａｍａ）

***MOVIES***

So far....

Battle Royale

Yogi Yamada's Samurai Trilogy-
たそがれ清兵衛 - Twilight Samurai
武士の一分 - Love and honor
隠し剣 鬼の爪 - The Hidden Blade (Oni's Claw)

The Blind Swordman: Zatoichi (Takeshi Kitano version)

Would have put Brother, but not enough Japanese to count I suppose

Honorable mention: When the Last Blade is Drawn - Seven Samurai - Afterlife - The Bird People in China - Kikujiro - Linda Linda Linda - Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters - Letters from Iwo Jima (yes the last two are American directed, but still count in my book).


***ANIME-series-****
Welcome to the NHK
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo

***ANIME MOVIE***
もののけ姫 - Princess Mononoke
風の谷のナウシカ - Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
AKIRA

I Really need to check out more Manga, Jdorama, and Music but Right now....

***Music***
Go!Go!7188
YUI (normally not my kind of music, but she's damn good!)
Buck-Tick


Great thread Nukemarine!

***Top J-Drama***
ケータイ捜査官７

It's about walking robot phones... That solve crime. I think that's awesome =D

***Top Movie***
Battle Royal

I haven't seen many Japanese films.

***Top Manga***
One Piece

Just love this manga.

***Top Anime (series)***
One Piece

The only anime I watch these days. (until Fairy Tail airs that is)

***Top Anime (movie)***
FF7 Advent Children

***Top Web-Site (in Japanese)***
Lifehacker


***Top Web-Site (about Japanese ex: RevTK)***
Does that mean, except RevTK?
Oh well.

Remembering the kanji (http://kanji.koohii.com)

**Top Novel***
撲殺天使ドクロちゃん

**Top Music Artist(s)***
Perfume

***Top J-Drama***
Densha Otoko
My Boss My Hero
Tiger & Dragon
GTO

**Top Movie***
I don't really watch Japanese movies.
壬生義士伝 (When the last sword is drawn) is awesome though.

***Top Anime (series)***
Honey & Clover
Mushishi
Cowboy Bebop
Azumanga Daiou
Rahxephon

***Top Anime (movie)***
Anything by Studio Gibbly
5cm per Second

***Top Web-Site (in Japanese)***
TBS News
FNN News
Mixi.jp
dic.yahoo.co.jp

***Top Web-Site (about Japanese ex: RevTK)***
koohii.kanji.com
smart.fm
jisho.org
guidetojapanese.org (I don't use it anymore, but it's worth a mention)

***Top Novel***
ホームレス中学生
ドロップ
１Q８４ (Still haven't really gotten into it, but it seems nice so far.)

***Music***
ナイトメア
Kalafina

I'd also like to add:

***Websites about Japanese***
http://www.smart.fm

As for music...

***Music***
Sex Machine Guns
Soul Scream
Kick the can crew
The Alfee
Rhymester

(Among others... weird list, huh?)

Evil_Dragon Wrote:Soul Scream

Yeah, they are great!

There is a similar post on d-addicts, except that one is only about peoples favorite J-Drama. Bigger sample size, wider demographic:
http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic_42923.htm
The thread creator stopped updating after a while as an undertaking like this _by hand_ is not fun. Hope this one goes well.

My votes:
***Top J-Drama***
Nobuta Wo Produce
GTO
タイガー＆ドラゴン (Tiger and Dragon)
IWGP
My Boss My Hero

***Top Movie***
生きる　(Ikiru)
バトル・ロワイアル (Battle Royale)
座頭市 (Zatoichi)
Versus
七人の侍 (Seven Samurai)

***Top Manga***
WORST
School Rumble
GTO
Holyland
Detroit Metal City

***Top Anime (series)***
Hajime no Ippo
GTO
Deathnote
School Rumble
鋼の錬金術師 (Fullmetal Alchemist)

***Top Anime (movie)***
攻殻機動隊 (Ghost in the Shell)
Mind Game
Paprika
アキラ (Akira)
Howl's Moving Castle

***Top Comedy***
しゃべくり００７ (shabekuri007)
アメトーク (ame talk)
ロンドンハーツ　(london hearts)
爆笑レッドシアター (Bakushou Red Theater)
爆笑レッドカーペット (Bakushou Red Carpet)

***Top Web-Site (in Japanese)***
youtube.com (country + language set to japanese)
http://www.nicovideo.jp/ ニコニコ動画
Chiebukuro
http://www.koetaba.net/3book/index.html (声の花と束, audiobooks)
http://www.hatena.ne.jp/

***Top Web-Site (about Japanese ex: RevTK)***
http://kanji.koohii.com RevTK
http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com
http://www.guidetojapanese.org

**Top Novel***

**Top Music Artist(s)***
B'z
Last Alliance
GReeeeN
Orange Range
Perfume

strugglebunny Wrote:Other people besides me like kekkon dekinai no hito? I can't find anyone in Japan who watched this show. It's my favorite (and its not really a drama -- more dry comedy)

Oh hell yes, I can't get enough of that show. People I talk to have generally heard of it. They also then immediately tell me I look like Abe Hiroshi, which I guess is good, but that might just be because I'm tall.

strugglebunny Wrote:Other people besides me like kekkon dekinai no hito? I can't find anyone in Japan who watched this show. It's my favorite (and its not really a drama -- more dry comedy)

I recommend that you try the latest Korean version of this drama. You can find it by searching for "Man Who Can't Get Married" at d-addicts. The subs are available for the whole series. It's got 16 episodes, 1 hour each, so it's longer that the Japanese original. At times I though it was even funnier that the jdrama (I liked the Korean doc better, too ;>).

Some muzik to add to the list:

**Top Music Artist(s)***
Boris
Luminous Orange
Envy
Church of Misery
Mono

That was really difficult and I'm not satisfied with the result, but I'm not going to waste all my evening making this list so here it is
(in no particular order and I avoided repeating the same series in both manga and anime)

***Top J-Drama***
Hana Yori Dango
Hana Kimi
Tantei Gakuen Q
Seigi no Mikata
Nodame Cantabile

***Top Movie***
(I haven't seen many)
Battle Royale
Death Note
Death Note 2
Final Fantasy Advent Children

***Top Manga***
Hikaru no Go
Monster
20th Century Boys
Death Note
Tokyo Babylon

***Top Anime (series)***
Space Adventure Cobra
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
One Piece
Dragon Ball Z
Kodomo no Omocha

***Top Anime (movie)***
Akira
Mobile Police Patlabor
Mobile Police Patlabor 2
Ghost in the Shell

***Top Comedy***
(I have absolutely no idea)

***Top Web-Site (in Japanese)***
http://www.bk1.jp/
http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/
http://chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/

***Top Web-Site (about Japanese ex: RevTK)***
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-b...dic.cgi?1C
http://www.yesjapan.com/
http://www.japanesepod101.com/
http://smart.fm/
http://kanji.koohii.com/

**Top Novel***
(I haven't read enough to make a meaningful choice)
シュークリーム王子の秘密

**Top Music Artist(s)***
Arashi
B'z
Mix Market
Hey! Say! JUMP
JERO

Oh dear Nukie you seem to have created a monster - but he/she/it seems a very beautiful one so far.

I'd like to add some music artists please:

***Top Music Artsist(s)***
- The Boom

- チャゲ & 飛鳥 (Chage and Aska) - if only for Yah Yah Yah and it's karaoke value.
- X Japan

Yes i'm, old but the above is good stuff
(Ok just deleted two out of pure embarassment and struggled to keep Chage and Aska there but the other two are really good)

Great thread. Hopefully will motivate me to read, watch and listen to more Japanese.
I dont watch J-Drama much so I will be checking out recommendations.

***Top Movie***
七人の侍 (Seven Samurai)
Ichi the Killer
Hana-bi
座頭市 (Zatoichi)
Audition

***Top Manga***
One Piece
Crayon Shin-Chan
I dont read much manga - I have heard of ゴルゴ13 about an assassin which sounds interesting. Anybody read it?

***Top Anime (movie)***
Grave of the Fireflies
Akira
Princess Mononoke
Paprika
Spirited Away

***Top Web-Site (in Japanese)***
http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/
http://news.tbs.co.jp/
http://music.goo.ne.jp/index.html
http://www.lastfm.jp/
I dont use many Japanese websites - Im looking for a good one about European football. Now I just use the Jsports channel website http://www.jsports.co.jp.

***Top Web-Site (about Japanese ex: RevTK)***
Apart from this great website
http://lang-8.com/
http://smart.fm/
http://www.readthekanji.com
http://www.tofugu.com/
http://www.japanesepod101.com/

**Top Music Artist(s)***
サンボマスター　(Sambomaster)
スーパーカー　(Supercar)
スピッツ　(Spitz)
レミオロメン　(Remioromen)
コブクロ (Kobukuro)

Wow, this is becoming too time consuming too fast (although it's really useful).

What may need to happen is reduce the list to favorite websites and novels. There's plenty of favorite Drama, Movie, Anime and Manga lists floating around thanks to the large fan base, but websites and novels get little love.

Anyone have an idea where this can be automated, but with enough measures to curb spam voting?