1	YUI	1509	9 (+8) +1038 plays
2	牧野由依 (Yui Makino)	1329	1 (-1) -337 plays
3	梶浦由記 (Yuki Kajiura)	982	2 (-1) -188 plays
4	志方あきこ (Akiko Shikata)	759	NEW
5	Machinae Supremacy	737	20 (+15) +433 plays
6	Ayreon	680	7 (+1) +124 plays
7	Lunatica	637	3 (-4) -19 plays
8	Symphony X	565	8 (-) +43 plays
9	Therion	533	11 (+2) +118 plays
10	Iron Maiden	528	5 (-5) -94 plays
11	Haken	506	10 (-1) +89 plays
12	Metallica	469	12 (-) +66 plays
13	大塚愛 (Ai Otsuka)	461	14 (+1) +85 plays
14	the brilliant green	451	4 (-10) -194 plays
15	Kalafina	444	6 (-9) -158 plays
16	植松伸夫 (Nobuo Uematsu)	437	19 (+3) +113 plays
17	KOTOKO	422	13 (-4) +24 plays
18	Blind Guardian	375	16 (-2) +12 plays
19	Arjen Anthony Lucassen	339	NEW
20	岩崎琢 (Taku Iwasaki)	289	22 (+2) +11 plays
21	May	287	NEW
22	m.o.v.e	276	21 (-1) -10 plays
23	Krypteria	269	NEW
24	Iced Earth	262	23 (-1) -15 plays
25	Allen-Lande	256	30 (+5) +44 plays
26	savage genius	248	24 (-2) -17 plays
27	Motörhead	244	NEW
28	Delain	242	18 (-10) -92 plays
29	Dido	241	32 (+3) +39 plays
30	Demians	232	25 (-5) -25 plays
31	Avantasia	227	15 (-16) -140 plays
32	In Flames	225	27 (-5) -5 plays
33	Tommy heavenly6	223	34 (+1) +27 plays
34	Samael	218	35 (+1) +24 plays
35	Genesis	206	26 (-9) -28 plays
36	妖精帝國 (Yousei Teikoku)	194	37 (+1) +10 plays
37	After Forever	188	40 (+3) +13 plays
38	Dark Tranquillity	185	47 (+9) +30 plays
39	Riverside	183	17 (-22) -161 plays
40	大島ミチル (Michiru Oshima)	177	36 (-4) -13 plays
41	Frank Zappa	176	NEW
42	Opeth	175	NEW
43	Unitopia	173	31 (-12) -35 plays
44	崎元仁 (Hitoshi Sakimoto)	167	NEW
45	Virgin Steele	165	29 (-16) -35 plays
46	Edenbridge	163	NEW
47	Choro Club Feat. Senoo	163	28 (-19) -80 plays
48	Tommy february6	163	41 (-7) -7 plays
49	Diablo Swing Orchestra	158	NEW
50	Demons & Wizards	156	39 (-11) -25 plays

Highest Chart Debut: 志方あきこ (Akiko Shikata), at position 4.
Highest Chart Climber: Machinae Supremacy, moving 15 spots up.

Biggest Chart Fall: Riverside, falling 22 spots down.
Biggest Chart Dropout: Star One, was on pos 33.

Yui Makino dethroned! A new YUI claims the number one spot!

As promised, a big list... With a bunch of new drama opinions in the bottom

Books 26 (14) - 3,7% rereads
The Running Man
The Deed of Paksenarrion (x2)
The Magicians' Guild
The Novice
The High Lord
The Steel Remains
The Saga of the Renunciates
The Bone Doll's Twin
Hidden Warrior
The Oracle's Queen
The Final Empire
The Well of Ascension
The Hero of Ages
The Dreaming Void
The Temporal Void
The Evolutionary Void
Trading in Danger
Marque and Reprisal
Engaging the Enemy
Command Decision
Victory Conditions
Paksenarrion
The Black Company
Sabriel
Lirael
Abhorsen
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
Comment: Two major book reading sessions resulted in a record breaking 26 books. Elisabeth Moon was my best new discovery. Read paksenarrion twice in the same year

Anime 38 (57) - 55% rewatches
Glass Mask
Spice and Wolf
Ouran High School Host Club
Mahoraba
Shiki
Gundam Seed
Seikai no Monshou
Seikai no Senki
Trigun: Badlands Rumble
Tegami Bachi
Kore wa Zombie Desuka?
Hidamari Sketch
Hidamari Sketch 365
Garden of Sinners
Bakuman
Kimi ni Todoke 2nd Season
Asatte no Houkou
Cross Game
Shinryaku! Ika Musume
Kuragehime
Card Captor Sakura
Gosick
Initial D
Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
Clannad
Code Geass
Ano Hana
Hourou Musuko
Clannad: After Story
Code Geass R2
Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai
Hana-Saku Iroha
Usagi Drop
Steins;Gate
Soredemo Machi wa Mawatte Iru
Nodame Cantabile
Nodame Cantabile - Paris-hen
Nodame Cantabile - Finale
Naruto
Comment: Not as good year for anime as for books, more than half were rewatches, and the totals are down from last year.

TV 3 (2) - 66% rewatch
Star Trek: Deep Space 9
Farscape
Star Trek Enterprise
Comment: Still a small category. Only sci-fi

Movies 7 (16) - 14% rewatches
Ivanhoe
The Town
Tangled
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Johnny English Reborn
Source Code
Comment: Planets of the apes was the best new movie I saw. Looking forward to sequels.

Games 15 (16) - 0% replays
WoW Cataclysm
Dragon Age II
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Power Grid
Smallworld
The Witcher 2
World of Tanks
Frozen Synapse
Dota 2
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Bastion
SPAZ
Orcs Must Die!
Comment: Currently still hooked on World of Tanks

1	牧野由依 (Yui Makino)	1666	1 (-) +116 plays
2	梶浦由記 (Yuki Kajiura)	794	3 (+1) -46 plays
3	Lunatica	656	33 (+30) +439 plays
4	the brilliant green	645	10 (+6) +172 plays
5	Iron Maiden	622	9 (+4) +137 plays
6	Kalafina	602	NEW
7	Ayreon	556	5 (-2) -179 plays
8	Symphony X	522	16 (+8) +199 plays
9	YUI	471	4 (-5) -312 plays
10	Haken	417	NEW
11	Therion	415	7 (-4) -93 plays
12	Metallica	403	6 (-6) -106 plays
13	KOTOKO	398	2 (-11) -496 plays
14	大塚愛 (Ai Otsuka)	376	12 (-2) -68 plays
15	Avantasia	367	13 (-2) -3 plays
16	Blind Guardian	363	11 (-5) -83 plays
17	Riverside	344	29 (+12) +113 plays
18	Delain	334	8 (-10) -158 plays
19	植松伸夫 (Nobuo Uematsu)	324	15 (-4) -4 plays
20	Machinae Supremacy	304	27 (+7) +63 plays
21	m.o.v.e	286	14 (-7) -83 plays
22	岩崎琢 (Taku Iwasaki)	278	39 (+17) +98 plays
23	Iced Earth	276	18 (-5) -5 plays
24	savage genius	265	NEW
25	Demians	257	22 (-3) -8 plays
26	Genesis	234	32 (+6) +16 plays
27	In Flames	230	20 (-7) -48 plays
28	Choro Club Feat. Senoo	223	37 (+9) +39 plays
29	Virgin Steele	1550	19 (-10) -64 plays
30	Allen-Lande	212	43 (+13) +44 plays
31	Unitopia	208	NEW
32	Dido (Yui Makino)	202	26 (-6) -42 plays
33	Star One	197	30 (-3) -23 plays
34	Tommy heavenly6	196	25 (-9) -61 plays
35	Samael	194	24 (-11) -64 plays
36	大島ミチル (Michiru Oshima)	190	31 (-5) -30 plays
37	妖精帝國 (Yousei Teikoku)	184	28 (-9) -52 plays
38	Kaipa	183	NEW
39	Demons & Wizards	181	38 (-1) +-0 plays
40	After Forever	175	23 (-17) -86 plays
41	Tommy february6	170	34 (-7) -44 plays
42	Ghost	168	NEW
43	Nightwish	166	36 (-7) -34 plays
44	Nemesea	164	NEW
45	Devin Townsend Project	163	21 (-24) -107 plays
46	佐橋俊彦 (Toshihiko Sahashi)	159	NEW
47	Dark Tranquillity	155	NEW
48	西田マサラ (Nishida Masara)	151	NEW
49	Pagan's Mind	136	NEW
50	北出菜奈 (Nana Kitade)	132	46 (-4) -12 plays

Highest Chart Debut: Kalafina, at position 6.
Highest Chart Climber: Lunatica, moving 30 spots up.

Biggest Chart Fall: Devin Townsend Project, falling 24 spots down.
Biggest Chart Dropout: Leaves' Eyes, was on pos 17.

Three time music champion: Yui Makino! ;)

A bit late but here it is anyhow, the music list.

1	牧野由依 (Yui Makino)	1550	1 (-) +171 plays
2	KOTOKO	894	5 (+3) +28 plays
3	梶浦由記 (Yuki Kajiura)	840	4 (+1) -111 plays
4	YUI	783	2 (-2) -496 plays
5	Ayreon	735	3 (-2) -232 plays
6	Metallica	509	7 (+1) -338 plays
7	Therion	508	7 (+1) -200 plays
8	Delain	492	10 (+2) -87 plays
9	Iron Maiden	485	29 (+20) +262 plays
10	the brilliant green	473	9 (-1) -111 plays
11	Blind Guardian	446	14 (+3) +5 plays
12	大塚愛 (Ai Otsuka)	444	16 (+4) +111 plays
13	Avantasia	370	17 (+4) +54 plays
14	m.o.v.e	369	15 (+1) +27 plays
15	植松伸夫 (Nobuo Uematsu)	328	13 (-2) -88 plays
16	Symphony X	323	12 (-4) -160 plays
17	Leaves' Eyes	286	NEW
18	Iced Earth	281	18 (-) -16 plays
19	Virgin Steele	280	31 (-) +64 plays
20	In Flames	278	19 (-1) -9 plays
21	Devin Townsend Project	270	NEW
22	Demians	265	47 (+25) +99 plays
23	After Forever	261	NEW
24	Samael	258	22 (-2) -13 plays
25	Tommy heavenly6	257	23 (-2) -10 plays
26	Dido	244	11 (-15) -189 plays
27	Machinae Supremacy	241	30 (+3) +19 plays
28	妖精帝國 (Yousei Teikoku)	236	25 (-3) -15 plays
29	Riverside	231	NEW
30	Star One	220	NEW
31	大島ミチル (Michiru Oshima)	220	43 (+12) +42 plays
32	Genesis	218	27 (-5) -12 plays
33	Lunatica	217	NEW
34	Tommy february6	214	37 (+4) +15 plays
35	Diablo Swing Orchestra	201	46 (+11) +31 plays
36	Nightwish	200	34 (-2) -10 plays
37	Choro Club Feat. Senoo	184	33 (-4) -28 plays
38	Demons & Wizards	181	28 (-10) -43 plays
39	岩崎琢 (Taku Iwasaki)	180	NEW
40	Adagio	177	NEW
41	Krypteria	174	6 (-35) -674 plays
42	Xandria	171	45 (+3) -
43	Allen-Lande	168	38 (-5) -33 plays
44	鷺巣詩郎 (Shiro Sagisu)	161	NEW
45	The Pillows	156	50 (+5) +13 plays
46	北出菜奈 (Nana Kitade)	144	36 (-10) -60 plays
47	増田俊郎 (Toshio Masuda)	144	NEW
48	Hammers of Misfortune	143	NEW
49	Howard Shore	140	21 (-28) -137 plays
50	Frank Zappa	130	42 (-8) -49 plays

Like last year I will post a summary list of all the media noted down in the bottom of the posts from 2010. New for this year is last years count, % rewatched (re-reads, replays, etc.) as well as a short note/comment on each section. Also like last year, a separate list for music later. Enjoy

Books 14 (13) - 21,5% rereads
Soul of Fire
Faith of the Fallen
The Pillars of Creation
Naked Empire
Assassin's Apprentice
Royal Assassin
Assassin's Quest
Ship of Magic
The Mad Ship
Ship of Destiny
Fool's Errand
The Golden Fool
Fool's Fate
Zima Blue
Comment: The year of Robin Hobb (as well as a new robin hood movie!). With nine new books on the list, domination! Also been working on the 'sword of truth' but haven't really gotten into it.

Anime 57 (61) - 49% rewatches
Lovely Complex
Karin
Skip Beat!
Victorian Romance Emma
Victorian Romance Emma: Second Act
Toradora!
Natsume Yuujincho
Zoko Natsume Yuujinchou
Eve No Jikan
Sasameki Koto
Macross F
Macross Zero
SDF Macross
Requiem for the Phantom
xxxHolic
xxxHolic Kei
Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex
You are under arrest
Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG
Terra e...
Akira
Kobato.
Cross Game
Nodame Cantabile
Nodame Cantabile: Paris-Hen
Nodame Cantabile: Finale
Hidamari Sketch
Hidamari Sketch X 365
Hidamari Sketch x Hoshimittsu
Kara no Kyokai
Uchuu no Stellvia
Summer Wars
Witch Hunter Robin
Sora no Woto
Argento Soma
Slam Dunk
Shakugan No Shana
Shakugan No Shana II
Aria the Animation
Aria The Natural
Aria The Origination
Zettai Shounen
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun
Koukaku no Regios
Skip Beat!
Angel Beats!
Princess Nine
Kaichou wa Maid-sama!
Kimi ni Todoke
Giant Killing
Initial D
Initial D Second Stage
Initial D Third Stage
Initial D Fourth Stage
K-ON!
Eureka 7
True Tears
Comment: As usual, lots of rewatching. Best new series this year: Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Other favorites include the Nodame Cantabile ending season, Macross Zero and Kara no Kyokai (its from 2009 though). Favorite rewatch: Skip Beat, seen it 5 times now

TV Series 2 (1) - 0% rewatch
The Walking Dead
Nodame Cantabile Live Action
Comment: Surprised how good the live version of nodame was. Walking dead was awesome, looking forward to season 2.

Movies 16 (16) - 12,5% rewatches
Avatar (3D)
Felon
Battle Royale
The Last Samurai
Law Abiding Citizen
The Informant
Up in the Air
Sherlock Holmes
Clash of the Titans
Robin Hood
Stardust
Green Zone
Inception
The Expendables
Cargo
2012
Star Trek
Comment: Avatar and Inception stands out from the crowd, other than that, pretty much everything was quite meh.

Games 16 (10) 6,5 % replays
Heroes of Newerth
Civilization IV
The Last Remnant
Starcraft II
Agricola
Red Dead Redemption
Age of Mythology
Left 4 Dead 2
World of Goo
Final Fantasy XIII
Civilization 5
Valkyria Chronicles
Soul Calibur IV
Minecraft
Gran Turismo 5
World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm
Comment: Unusual amount of games because I bought a PS3, as well as not playing WoW . Started to play a bit again in december though.

Since this is the first year I'll be doing a music list for the whole year, I can't do any comparisons, so just a regular list for this time. Next year I'll do a nice moving up/down list

1	Makino Yui	1379
2	YUI	1279
3	Ayreon	967
4	Yuki Kajiura	951
5	KOTOKO	866
6	Krypteria	848
7	Metallica	847
8	Therion	708
9	the brilliant green	584
10	Delain	579
11	Dido	555
12	Symphony X	483
13	Nobuo Uematsu	457
14	Blind Guardian	441
15	m.o.v.e	342
16	Ai Otsuka	333
17	Avantasia	316
18	Iced Earth	297
19	In Flames	287
20	Opeth	278
21	Howard Shore	277
22	Samael	271
23	Tommy heavenly6	267
24	Pharaoh	254
25	Yousei Teikoku	251
26	savage genius	238
27	Genesis	230
28	Demons & Wizards	224
29	Iron Maiden	223
30	Machinae Supremacy	222
31	Virgin Steele	216
32	Initial D	213
33	Choro Club Feat. Senoo	212
34	Nightwish	210
35	Rage	210
36	Nana Kitade	204
37	Tommy february6	199
38	Allen-Lande	191
39	Johnny Cash	190
40	Masara Nishida	187
41	Stream of Passion	182
42	Frank Zappa	179
43	Michiru Oshima	178
44	Toshihiko Sahashi	176
45	Xandria	171
46	Diablo Swing Orchestra	170
47	Demians	166
48	IOSYS	152
49	Amon Amarth	144
50	the pillows	143

Phew.... Hope this comes out correctly

YUI and Yui battling it out in the top this year, pretty much alone in the top, then a sharp decline in plays down to place 15 where it flattens out more.

Genres seems to be: J-Pop, Symphonic Metal, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Soundtrack, Heavy Metal, Gothic Metal and J-Rock (in that order).

Some clear outsiders in my charts are Dido (only non-Japanese pop), Johnny Cash (country), Frank Zappa and Genesis.

On another note, been kind of a rewatch week att Skull HQ this last few weeks, I've seen all animes in this post and the last one before

Already a new year, that was fast....

Like last year, time for a gigantic list of stuff from the past year. This time I left all the rewatches/rereads/replays on the list, (there's quite a lot of them, they are in italic).

A separate post for the music year later this month!

Now on to the list:

Books
Blood of the Fold
Flatlander
Galactic North
Norwegian Wood
Odd Thomas
Permutation City
Stone of Tears
Temple of the Winds
The Cyberiad
The Execution Channel
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wounded Land
Wizard's First Rule

Anime
Akagi
Allison to Lillia
Aoi Hana
Aria The Animation
Aria The Natural
Aria The Origination
Asu no Yoichi!
Bleach
Blue Drop
Bounen no Xamdou
Candy Boy
Card Captor Sakura
Clannad
Clannad After Story
Detroit Metal City
Eureka Seven
Fruits Basket
Full Moon wo Sagashite
Ga-rei: Zero
Glass Mask
Gokujou Seitokai
Gungrave
Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting - New Challenger
Hatsukoi Limited
Hidamari Sketch
Hyakko
Itazura na Kiss
Juuni Kokuki
Kekkaishi
Laputa: Castle in the Sky
Mai-HiME
Mai-Otome
Major
Maria Holic
Maria-sama ga Miteru
Midori No Hibi
Mnemosyne: Mnemosyne no Musume-tachi
Mononoke Hime
Nana
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Nodame Cantabile
Nodame Cantabile: Paris-Hen
One Outs
Planetes
Real Drive
Ride Back
Saiunkoku Monogatari 2nd Series
Saki
Shugo Chara
Shugo Chara Doki
Skip Beat!
Sora o Kakeru Shoujo
Special A
Spice and Wolf II
Strawberry Panic
Taishou Yakyuu Musume
They Are My Noble Masters
Toradora!
Tsubasa Shunraiki
Whisper of the heart
xxxHOLiC: Kei

TV Series
Battlestar Galactica

Movies
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Crank
Crank: High Voltage
Detroit Metal City
District 9
Inglourious Basterds
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Moon
Star Trek (2009)
Stardust
Terminator Salvation
The Dark Knight
The Man from Earth
V for Vendetta
WALL-E
Watchmen

Games
Age of Mythology
Baldur's Gate 2
DotA
Dragon Age: Origins
Left 4 Dead
Mad Skillz Motorcross
Mahjong
Planet M.U.L.E.
Tycoon Online
World of Warcraft: Secrets of Ulduar

A fun idea, one artist for each letter in the alphabet. Going by my plays on last.fm it wasn't very hard to find an artist i liked for each letter. Whats the most surprising artist pick?

A - Ayreon
B - Blind Guardian
C - Choro Club
D - Dido
E - Elf
F - Frank Zappa
G - Genesis
H - Hirano Aya
I - IOSYS
J - Johann Sebastian Bach
K - KOTOKO
L - Luca Turilli's Dreamquest
M - Machinae Supremacy
N - Nightwish
O - Opeth
P - Pagan's Mind
Q - Queens of the Stone Age
R - ROUND TABLE featuring Nino
S - Symphony X
T - The Brilliant Green
U - Uriah Heep
V - Virgin Steele
W - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
X - Xandria
Y - Yui Makino
Z - ZZ Top

The list is using my brand spanking new 'music' markup tag which makes automatic links to last.fm

Yup, forgot to post something in december. Before that I the last time I missed a post was in May 2007. Ah well. Now its a new year, this time I'll try even harder.

Been playing waaaay too much WoW lately, but our new guild is doing great. Just the other day we killed Malygos 25-man. Only two things remains for us in WotLK now, Sartharion with 2 and 3 dragons up.

Now, next part is something I planned to do last year but never got around to...

A quick recap of my 'media' year 2008:

Books:
The Path of Daggers
Black Man
House of Suns
Winter's Heart
Crossroads of Twilight
Knife of Dreams
1984
Starship Troopers
Shantaram
The Illearth War
The Power that Preserves
Stranger in a Strange Land
Kafka on the shore

Anime:
ef - a tale of memories
Minami-ke
Initial D
Hidamari Sketch
Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch
Yomigaeru Sora -Rescue Wings-
Sketchbook: full color`s
Dennou Coil
Madlax
Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations
Clannad
Bamboo Blade
Gin`iro no Kami no Agito
Gekijouban xxxHOLiC - Manatsu no Yo no Yume
Spice and Wolf
Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Baccano!
Aria the Origination
True Tears
KimiKiss Pure Rouge
Shakugan no Shana II
Kin`iro no Chord: Primo Passo
Appleseed Saga Ex Machina
Romeo x Juliet
Kurenai
Paprika
InuYasha
El Cazador de la Bruja
Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Natsu no Sora
Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu
Moyashimon
Angel Heart
Myself; Yourself
Stranger -Mukou Hadan-
Vandread
Vandread: Second Stage
Hungry Heart - Wild Striker
Hunter x Hunter
Hikaru No Go
Blood+
I``s Pure

TV Series:
Babylon 5
House MD
Dexter
Star Trek TNG


Movies:
Batman Begins
The Prestige
I Am Legend
The King of Kong
No Country for Old Men
Collateral
3.10 to Yuma
American Gangster
Big Buck Bunny
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Hancock
Jumper
You Don't Mess with the Zohan

Games:
Team Fortress 2
Half-Life 2
World of Warcraft
Spin the black circle
Gride
Tycoon Online
Wrath of the Lich King

Phew... Quite a list, don't you think?

Still working on a new gallery, have lots of photos to upload, but I really need the new version of the gallery working before I upload, stay tuned.