This page contains all of the recommendations we've made so far in an easy-to-browse way:
(Starred subjects have been discussed in one of our blog posts. Clicking the star will take you to the relevant post.)
(Starred subjects have been discussed in one of our blog posts. Clicking the star will take you to the relevant post.)
Anime:
- Angel Beats
- Anohana
- Case Closed
- Chobits
- Clannad
- Clannad After Story
- Erased
- Inuyasha
- Kanon
- Kokoro Connect
- Letter Bee (Tegami Bachi)
- Log Horizon
- Love, Chunnibyou and Other Delusions
- Lucky Star
- (The) Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
- Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
- Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
- Myriad Colours Phantom World
- Nagi no Asukara (A lull in the sea)
- Natsume's Book of Friends
- Negima
- Negima?!
- Plastic Memories
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica
- Re:ZERO
- RWBY
- Shelter
- Sweetness & Lightning
- Sword Art Online
- Toradora
- When supernatural battles become commonplace
- Your Lie in April
Artists:
- Alvia Alcedo (Dragon paintings and sculptures)
- AmaiCandy (Digital manga)
- CaringWong (Digital and marker drawings) *
- Chris (Illustrator and mangaka) - Tumblr
- Inma (Digital manga)
- KingdomTriforce (Digital sprites)
- Kezzi-Rose (Stamps, photos and avatars)
- Kosharik69 (Watercolour paintings)
- Kuri-Nii (Digital manga)
- Leonid Afremov (Oil paintings)
- Megatruh (Digital art)
- NanoMortis (Ink, pencil and watercolour)
- paradigmblue (City and sea photography)
- Ruuto-kun (Digital manga and chibis)
- SerenityWireDesigns (Wire wrapping)
- Simplysuzu (Photography)
- Synpai (Digital art)
- TayleRX (Pencil portraits)
- tinyTonbo (Digital manga) *
- UsoKei (Quilling)
Books:
- (The) Bone Clocks, David Mitchell
- Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell
- (The) Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett
- Culture Shock! Tokyo, Yuko Morimoto Yoshida
- Delirium, Lauren Oliver
- Dune, Frank Herbert
- (The) Fault in Our Stars, John Green
- (The) Fifth Wave, Rick Yancey
- (The) Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien
- (The) Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared, Jonas Jonasson
- I am Number Four, Pittacus Lore
- Ingo, Helen Dunmore
- Knife series, R. J. Anderson
- (The) Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
- (The) Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
- Looking for Alaska, John Green
- Love Stargirl, Jerry Spinelli (Stargirl sequel)
- (The) Martian, Andy Weir
- More Than This by Patrick Ness
- Pandemonium, Lauren Oliver (Delirium series, book 2)
- Paper Towns, John Green
- Septimus Heap series, Angie Sage
- (The) Silkworm, Robert Galbraith
- Stargirl, Jerry Spinelli
- Ultraviolet, R. J. Anderson
Films:
- Arriety
- Cloud Atlas
- Despicable Me
- (The) Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
- Final Fantasy: Advent Children
- Frozen
- Garden of Words
- (The) Girl Who Leapt through Time
- Howl's Moving Castle
- Les Intouchables (French)
- (The) Martian
- My Neighbour Totoro
- Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
- Ponyo
- Princess Mononoke
- Summer Wars
- The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
- (The) Wind Rises
Games:
- Alphabear (iOS)
- Angry Birds GO (iOS)
- Animal Crossing (DS)
- Another Code: Two Memories (DS)
- Brave Frontier (iOS)
- Bravely Default (3DS)
- Bushido Bear (iOS) *
- Crusaders Quest (iOS)
- Chrono Trigger (DS)
- Deemo (iOS)
- Devil Survivor / Shin megami tensei 2 (DS)
- Disco Bees (iOS)
- Disgaea (PSP)
- Dragon Quest (Mixed)
- Dungeon Link (iOS)
- Fantasy War Tactics (iOS)
- Final Fantasy X (PS)
- Final Fantasy X-2 (PS2)
- Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (GBA)
- Final Fantasy Tactics A-2 (DS)
- Fire Emblem: Heroes (iOS)
- Harvest Moon (DS)
- Juice Cubes (iOS)
- Jungle Cubes (iOS)
- Kingdom Hearts I & II (PS2)
- Kingdom Hearts: 3D (3DS)
- Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep (PSP)
- Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (GBA)
- Kingdom Hearts: Re:Coded (DS)
- Life Is Strange (PS4, XBOX ONE, PC) *
- Lifeline (iOS)
- Little Alchemy (iOS)
- Mekorama (iOS) *
- Miitomo (iOS)
- Neko Atsume (iOS)
- Okami (PS2)
- Patapon (PSP)
- Pikmin (Gamecube)
- Pikmin 2 (Wii)
- Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy (3DS)
- QuizUp (iOS)
- Rune Story (iOS)
- Super Tribes (iOS)
- Sushi Cat (web/iOS)
- Spore (PC)
- Theatrhythm Final Fantasy (3DS)
- VOEZ (iOS) *
- (The) World Ends With You (DS, iOS)
Manga:
- Akb49 - Renai Kinshi Jourei
- Assassination Classroom
- Blue Exorcist
- Bunny Drop
- Brynhildr in the Darkness
- Case Closed
- (A) Certain scientific Railgun
- Claymore
- Death note
- Erased
- Fairy Tail
- Fullmetal Alchemist
- Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
- Horimiya
- Kagami no Kuni no Harisugawa
- Kagerou Days
- Kids On The Slope
- Kingdom Hearts
- Magic Kaitou
- Mushoku Tensei
- My Neighbour Totoro
- Natsume's Book of Friends
- Negima
- Noblesse
- No. 6
- Onepunch-Man
- Orange
- Pandora Hearts
- ReLIFE
- (A) Silent Voice
- Sarishinohara
- Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken
- Tomo-chan Wa Onnanoko
- Toukyou Esp
- (The) Wolf Children
- World Embryo
- World Trigger
- Yowamushi Pedal
- Yu-Gi-Oh
Music:
- Affections touching across time 2 (Inuyasha OST)
- Alligator Sky by Owl City ft. Shawn Crystopher
- Anohana Last train home, piano by Tehisher
- Cage of the Maidens (Kanon OST)
- Cassandra by Two Steps From Hell
- Childhood Blues by Gumi
- Clean Freak, english cover by JubyPhonic *
- Daughter of the Moon by adrisaurus
- Dearly Beloved (Kingdom Hearts OST)
- Deer in the Headlights by Owl City
- Drop Pop Candy (English cover) by Kuraiinu + JubyPhonic
- Eternity: Memory of Lightwaves (Final Fantasy X-2 OST)
- Evolution Era by V.K. (Deemo OST)
- Galaxies by Owl City
- Galaxies by Owl City, piano cover by Reece Akana
- Hikari, piano (Kingdom Hearts OST)
- Hot Air Balloon by Owl City
- Imagination Forest, piano
- In That Smile (In Quel Sorriso) by Mattia Cupelli
- Irony, vocal cover by Lizz *
- Kagerou Project (Vocaloid) by Jin
- Kagerou Project, english covers by JubyPhonic *
- Kami no manimani, english cover by JubyPhonic *
- Kira-kira by Yoko Kanno
- Kokoro, piano by Rin Kagamine
- Last Stage by Rin Kagamine
- Let me be with you (Chobits OST)
- Life for Rent by Dido
- Lord of the Rings by The Piano Guys
- Lost My Pieces (Toradora OST)
- love.game by Hatsune Miku
- Love Song by Sara Bareilles
- Mr Music (NicoNico cover)
- Nagi no Asukara Medley, piano by Animenz Piano Sheets
- On the Wing by Owl City
- Peppermint Winter by Owl City *
- (A) Realistic Logical Ideologist by IA
- River Flows in You by Yiruma
- River Flows in You, cover by Lindsey Stirling
- (The) Saltwater Room by Owl City
- Sand in my shoes by Dido
- Simple and Clean (Kingdom Hearts OST)
- Small Palms (Clannad OST)
- Somewhere Only We Know by Keane
- Sora by Yoko Kanno
- Stargazer by Hatsune Miku
- Tori no uta (Air OST)
- To The Sky by Owl City
- Thank You by Dido
- Vanilla Twilight by Owl City
- Wanderer's Lullaby by adrisaurus
- When Can I See You Again? (From Wreck it Ralph) by Owl City
- When I First Met You by DeVso
- White Flag by Dido
- (The) Wolf who fell in love with Little Red Riding Hood by Rin and Len Kagamine
- Wrinkle by Gumi
Other:
- Atlantis (TV series)
- Bones (TV series)
- Chuck (TV series)
- Crunchyroll (app/website)
- Detectorists (TV series)
- Dr Who (TV series)
- Duolingo (app)
- Elementary (TV series)
- Japan Radio (app)
- Once upon a time (TV series)
- Star Walk (app)
- Unsplash (stock images website)
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