that's experience for ya, o I'm just glad to be alive, EPeople, friends in real life, fellow kotaku commenters, games, anime, manga you all make me feel great just to be alive :P ... well, most of the time and most of the people anyway xD

BEST OF THE BEST! it's Bakuman. Every single chapter is full of epicness. it's from the mangaka of Death Note, so you are expecting as much. but yeah, all the twists, all the romance, all the epic awesome epic realistic ordinary reactions from the characters, but somehow the mangaka made it looks like something you'd pull out of a final fantasy game. i really hope it will be make into an anime soon so you all can have no excuses to not enjoy this masterpiece

Second best manga I've read this year, I've talked about this manga before, but because not many EPeople like manga at all, so... :(

Kimi ni Todoke. this, is the best anime this year. i actually encountered this manga before, but didn't really pay any attention. I watched the first episode, and totally soaked with love. the happiness surged all around me. it feels great! probably one of the happiest moments in my life.

:D self explainatory. love love love love love a million words of love to you~

one of the best this year no doubt.the story is among the weirdest, it has one of the most creative ways to use stationary stuffs and have the best OP/ED outta all of the anime I've ever seen. Nadeko won all the moe points in the world (apart from Miku's of course) and her OP is the cutest song I've ever heard. (THE SINGLE OUT TODAY!!!!!)

TEKKEN 6!!!! man, to express my love for it. here's a metaphor
I've fapped to tekken for effing 3 years ever since Namco bandai announced it, heart broken when his dad take her for a vacation and bring back another groom candidate, that effing Xbox version. and i finally came on the day i got the limited edition in my hand, at least three times.

As most of you might know, i started doing graphic this year. it's fantastic being able to express your emotion without words, being able to tone up a beauty, being able to make your own stuffs. I've started out rather bad, thanks to lack of knowledge (still is right now, i don't know how to use alot of stuffs properly, like filters, pen tool. and yeah, my CS4 doesn't have any plugins or anything.) prevents me from doing what i want. But, i think I've improved somewhat. Hopefully, I'll be able to do what i want next year with the new skills I've attained.

Spice and Wolf, o I'm in love again. it was one hell of a watch. I love it how the story lead you into another world, you(or may be only me)'d feel like you are in that world, in for an emotion roller coaster, in for a ordinary but unexpected adventure. for once, in a certain episode. i thought that there will be nothing to screw up in this town, but it did, big time, totally surprised me. o holy sage wolf.

   Summer war A.K.A. the only anime movie I've enjoyed this year. Eva 1.11 was satisfying, but it's not really that good. wanted to see that macross F movie, but cinema only. Cencoroll was good, but no where near this one. can't really remember any others.
    A really awesome science fiction anime. drama, action, science fiction. and awesome voice acting. by awesome i mean really really awesome. realistic. no kyaa nyaa bla bla bla poo poo (not really poo poo, but you get what i mean :P ) the plot is beyond awesome and greatly satisfying. dumb moments humor, reasonable ... uhhh... relationship unlike those stuffs in anime recently (she love cat, so i love her; he's my childhood friend, so i must love him; she suddenly appeared in my house with bewbs, so i also like her; etc) one of those few... ok may be not few, one of those things that make me shed tears.
really, really recommended. :P

even though it started last year. but the majority of the anime is in 2009. as well as the DVD releases started in Jan 2009. so it counts.
i doubt there's anyone here haven't seen it. so no need to explain much. one of the loveliest anime I've ever seen. and has a and satisfy ending. which is kindda rare in anime these days. I'm really touched. the last episode really really is one of the best moments in my whole life.

enough said, one of the best things I've enjoyed this year is Valkyria Chronicles. to be honest, I've never ever fond of strategy games. but i loved VC to death. may be it's because it also have a RPG and FPS mix. or may be it's a good anime game. but Valkyria Chronicles is something totally unique and worth the price i paid for it.

and well, i never thought one day i'd like a girl with big boobs. selvaria changed that. white hair, red eyes, massive boobs, epic costume and the awesome spear'n'shield is only the shell of a gentle, kind and loyal tsundere. epic combination