As for manga/anime.

I have the following Ghibli films.

Totoro
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds
Poco Rosso
Kiki's Delivery Service
Laputa The Castle in the Sky
Princess Mononoke
My neighbours the Yamada's
Spirited Away
The Cat Returns
Castle of Cagliostro (on VHS though... need to find it in better quality).

I have also watched Grave of Fireflies too, but don't have a copy of it. That one is a very sad one indeed.

here below is a cut and paste from a previous post of mine back Sunday December 21, 2003
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An Anime Listing.
No particular Order
These are what I have bits and pieces of, some just the first episodes of.
There are heaps of others out there that I don't know, and can't remember of the top of my head.
Those with * on it means I like =)
Those with # means I don't like

#.hack//sign
#.hack//dusk
#.hack//luminality
***Laupta Castle in the Sky
Macross Plus
*5 Star Stories
*Abensobashi Mohou Shotengai
****Ai Yori Yoshi
#Akira
Armour Hunter Mellowlink
***Azumanga Diaoh
***Battle Angel Alita
Berserk
*Bewitching Nozomi
*BubbleGum Crisis 2040
***Chobits
Comic Party
**Cowboy Beebop
*DNA^2 (as in DNA Squared)
Doraemon
Dragon 1/2
*El Hazard
****Visions of Escaflowne
Everyday is Sunday
Excel Saga
Fancy Lala
*Full Metal Panic
Furi Kuri
*Fushigi Yuugi
*Futureboy Conan
GeGeGe No Kitaro
**Golden Boy
#Gundam Wing
Hand Maid May
Himechan No Ribbon
**Inuyasha
Iria
**Iressponsible Captain Taylor
Jungle
*Karekano
****Kenshin
#Kite
****Love Hina
****Lupin Castle of Cagliostro
****Mahoromatic
**Maison Ikkoku
****Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke)
Nadesico
****Naussica of the Valley of the Wind
***Neon Genesis Evangelion
***Nior
Cat Girl Nuku Nuku
Onegai Teacher (Please Teacher)
Kamguchi Orange Road
***Porco Rosso
***Ranma 1/2
Record of Lodoss War
***Saber Marionette
**Slayers
Spriggan
Tico and the 7 Seas
***Tokyo Underground
****Totoro (My Neighbour Totoro)
****Trigun
#Vampire Princess Miyu
**Vandred

So here are some things that people can start on. Most of them are very old, and might be hard to find.....
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Newer series that we have started collecting/collected/aquired etc include:

Kono Minikuku mo Utsukushii Sekai (This beautiful and Ugly World)
Ashiteru ze Baby
Da Capo
Full Metal Panic Fumoffu
Gunslinger Girl
Haibane Ranmei
Jungle de Ikoku
Kiddy Grade
Koi Kaze
Konjiki no Gash Bell
Madlax
Midori no Hibi
Pugyuru
Puni Puni Poemy
Sensei no Ojikan
Spiral
Uchuu no Stellvia
Yukikaze
Sergeant Keroro
Tokyo Godfathers
Mizurio

As for the Manga, there are way too many to count.
But my favourites include

Yakite
100% Ichigo
Godhand Teru
Gokusen
Mahou Sensei Negima

=)
It's a wonder how I get *any* work done... let alone enough to pass 2 degrees.....