For Inu, they just picked the right people in the beginning (I still hate V6, and hate how they did 2 of the songs for Inu...first and last :-/). I mean DAI's like THE J-band (they did Deep Forest). Hitomi's my fav. J-artist (I am). BoA is hot in Japan, Korea, America, etc. (Every Heart). And Ayumi also did "Dearest" (3rd ending) and "No More Words" (inu movie end). So...it's all-star baby! OH YEAH! Props to the guy who sent for music. :) Then again you're right on people liking Inu, it's freaking popular up here. :) I watch it personally because Ranma was good and I wanted to see how this was. It wasn't that bad IMO, so I stuck with it. :D
Adding to the batch (stuff from the 5 School Rumble Character Albums):
Yuugao - Noto Mamiko
Feel My Feeling - Horie Yui
Suteki na Yokan - Ami Koshimizu*
He Stands in the Rain - Ami Koshimizu*
Closer - Unicorn Table
Distant Love - Unicorn Table
Infinity - Unicorn Table*
Amai Yume - Unicorn Table
*they're not as good IMO
Yes, Unicorn Table just blew me away with these 4 songs (holy buckets AND Fly Away from Jinki Extend!). Man, I can never find anything from them (nor poor Dream). Must...find...the...mp3's. XD
Yeah, and the 2 anime/manga I watch/read most right now are School Rumble and Yakitate Japan (And nobody's heard of these two here, PE2K, anime boards I go to...wtf?). :P I highly recommend them to anyone who has enough bandwidth and like comedy. (Yay patronizing!) XD I'll probably find more songs as I dig them up from the piles of DVDs. lol