I'm not an anime/manga otaku - far from it actually, but when I find a manga or anime that hooks me, I'll exploit that obsession as far as it will go through the actual medium itself or fanfiction. This is a medium that, if I were to count, probably spans over a 100 books in and of itself that I've read, hence why it's being included on this site. Much of what I read, however, is classified as shoujo (girl-oriented), but what I watch is typically shounen (boy-oriented). Being pretty sheltered, I did not realize as a young-un that much of what I watched was classified under Japanese animation. The comic books were easier to identify, however - their animation was nothing like Superman, Batman, Spiderman, etc.


My first manga? - Dragonball by Akira Toriyama (and it was my brother's too! I made sure of it! He started earlier than I did though, at age 8! ~.~)
My first anime? - Honestly, it was probably Sonic the Hedgehog, but, consciously knowing it was an anime? I'd have to say that it's tied between Zoids, One Piece, Yu Yu Hakusho and Dragonball Z. They were all airing in the US at the same time on Cartoon Network.

I own (manga-wise):

Ghost Hunt: Vol 1-4
Ayashi no Ceres: Vol 2
From Far Away: Vol 10
Fushigi Yuugi: Vol 17-18
Tenshi Ja Nai: Vol 1
Alice 19th: Vol 7
Vampire Knight: Vol 2
DNAngel: Vol 1
Princess Ai: Vol 1
I''s: Vol 2-3
Dragonball: Vol 1-2
Zombie-Loan: Vol 1-3

I own (anime-wise):

Spirited Away
Ghost Hunt: Complete Series
Saiyuki: Double Barrell Edition 1
Howl's Moving Castle
Princess Mononoke
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Yojimba: Complete Series
Argentosama: Complete Series
Inuyasha: Vol 17, 19, 23-30, 32, 33, 38-40, 42, 45, 53
Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on Mystic Island
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Grave of the Fireflies

Manga I've Read: See Book Catalog

Anime/Anime Films I've Seen (even if it's a single episode):
(Astericks note series that I've seen the entirety of)
Code Geass
Ghost Hunt*
Dragonball*
Dragonball Z*
Dragonball GT
Yu Yu Hakusho
Cardcaptor Sakura!
Eureka Seven
Blood+
Trinity Blood
Vampire Knight
Naruto
Naruto Shippuden
Bleach
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex*
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C 2nd GIG*
FullMetal Alchemist
Prince of Tennis
MAR: Marchen Awakens Romance
Lupin III
Cowboy Bepop
Pokemon
Yu-Gi-Oh*
Yu-Gi-Oh GX
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Inuyasha
Kekkaishi
D.N.Angel*
Cyborg 009*
Death Note
Zatch Bell
Mirage of Blaze
Gokusen
Saiyuki
Saiyuki: Reload
Samurai Champloo
Samurai Deeper Kyo*
Digimon
Transformers
Zoids
One Piece
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
Elfen Lied
FLCL
Gundam
Hamtaro
IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix
Ranma 1/2
S-CRY-ed
Sailor Moon
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Akira
Grave of the Fireflies
Laputa: Castle in the Sky
Ghost in the Shell
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Spirited Away
Howl's Moving Castle
Tokyo Godfathers
Inuyash the Movie 1: Affections Touching Across Time
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
Inuyasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler
Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island
Karas: The Prophecy
Karas: The Revelation
Jin-Roh
Pokemon: The First Movie
Pokemon the Movie 2000: The Power of One
Pokemon 3: The Movie
Pokemon 4Ever
Pokemon: Destiny Deoxys
Pokemon: Lucario and the Mystery Mews
Steamboy
My Neighbor Totoro (not all the way through, my mom changed the channel. Boo -.-)

Those (anime) which I highly recommend:

Ghost Hunt 
Inuyasha
Inuyasha: The Final Act
Ghost in the Shell
Naruto
FullMetal Alchemist
Dragonball
Dragonball Z
Cyborg 009
Eureka 7
Blood+
Cowboy Beebop
Rourouni Kenshin
Pokemon
Death Note
Saiyuki
Samurai Champloo
Zatch Bell
Yu Yu Hakusho
D.N.Angel

There are very few anime/manga that I absolutely dislike and/or became bored with quickly. Here they are:

Sailor Moon
Bleach
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
Special A
Prince of Tennis
Mirage of Blaze 
Karas the Prophecy
Beauty is the Beast
Yurara
Descendents of Darkness

Woops...I think I deviated from speaking of books aka manga...to simply speaking of anime. lol. I'm a walking advertisement for this stuff. lol.