Anyway… hmmm… well, I haven't been collecting as long as the rest of you, but I love my Viz floppies of They Were Eleven, grabbed for a surprisingly low price on ebay. My Hikaru no Go art book is a real treasure as well. I love the art in that series so much.

I swear, some days I just walk into my office and sigh happily when I'm confronted with my bookcases. Of course, I also do that when I look around the room and am newly thrilled by the purple walls… (They're a year and half old, so the novelty really should've worn off by now. But no. Purple walls!)

But stuff I really like that I've been packing here are….

- Narbonic Vol.2 trade in gerbil covered envelope with a sketch of Helen, her mother, and her mother's box of wine by Shaenon Garrity :) [I also have vol.1+3 of DramaCon signed by Svetlana Chmakova]

- signed Sakura Wars OVA boxset [won from AnimeJump]

- my Aura Battler Dunbine dvd's- apparently vol.10-12 are now impossible to find

- Outlaw Star VHS boxset- I just love the artwork on it, likewise the CLAMP School vhses.

On a Naru Taru note, I found my Super Manga Blast's- I think I have a complete run between the stuff I have here and at home. I also have the 2 french volumes, from when Glenat thought it was a kids series and then decided to cancel it 10 years ago :) [though it looks like they're doing a new edition]

I also just spent some time packing away my comic books I've gotten in the past while, like the Marvel Star Wars comics I found at a used book store for 25 cents each.

I have at least 15 (I'd count but they're buried in boxes under my bed.) JPqueen was my first stop but with them going out of business I can't go there any more. I also purchase them through beNippon and Akadot.

I love my copics, too. <3

@Athalus

Hey, our tastes are very much alike, I also love Qta Minami, Yuki Yoshida and Kaouru Mouri. I think it's great to have diversified interests. :D

I wanted to check out the same titles, especially une sacrée mamie and Professor Eiji.

I'd say some nice titles that are OOP now, like the German "Dr. Slump" release, or "Kodomo no Omocha". The 4 volumes of "Kaito Kid" in German and Japanese. Offbeat stuff like "From Eroica with Love", "Othello", "Tokimeki Tonight", "Sommelier", "Chikyu Misaki", "Living Game" and "Usagi Drop". A complete set of Singaporean series "Celestial Zone" vol.1. Some OEL titles like "Delicious Seasons", "Spy Goddess", "Japan Ai" and "Sorcerers & Secretaries". I also love the new Ultimate Edition of "Dramacon" I finally got last week. My 3 bilingual volumes of "OL Revolution". All of "Yotsubato!" that's out in 3 languages (EN/JP/DE). Strange Tezuka series like "Don Dracula", "Midnight" or "Ludwig B".

Then some authors who are personal favourites and where I have everything that's out in DE/FR/EN: Mitsuru Adachi, Tsukasa Hojo, Wataru Yoshizumi, Iou Kuroda, Yayoi Ogawa, Q-ta Minami, Kei Toume, Natsuki Sumeragi, Tomoko Ninomiya, Yuki Yoshihara, Kazurou Inoue, Kaoru Mori and Yoshihiko Ochi.

Also some new French ed. discoveries like "École Bleue", "Une Sacreé Mamie", "Professeur Eiji" and "Pour Sanpei". "Chi's Sweet Home" and "Kimagure Orange Road" in Spanish. That's what I'd choose off the top of my head ^^;

@Shannon: I also like Takeshi Miyazawa and try to buy every comic he publishes. Don't have a sketch, though. Only a signed poster that came with his "Papercanvas" sketchbook, which is also of C&D as chance has it ;)

And total agreement on taking pleasure in looking at the bookcases. They're like concentrated walls of literary-visual love. I adore having that nostalgic sensation mixed with the knowledge that I can enjoy the stories whenever I wish. Makes my current situation where all my books are boxed up extra-hard to cope with though!

Thanks for sharing :D

And Batman, well that's just automatically cool. My roomie owns this fantastic Bruce Tim universe Batman bust and I adore it. It always sits next to my computer (poor guy's in storage now though! I miss him).