5. Shomuni
4. Bowling Club (I can't remember the whole name of the show but it was from the late 60's about an all girl high school bowling team.)
3. Gokusen (Not old school but it definately stacks up.)
2. Sensei Kinpachi
1. Sukeban Deka 1 and 2
in no ranking (all are at par with each other more or less)
-beautiful life -loved it, cried so much, great story.
-orange days - my FIRST drama. *tears of nostalgia*.. makes me want to get orange notebooks for school. most likely will. ORANGE POWER!
-nobuta wo produce - really touching, not superficial as i presumed. i loved it, great characters.
-pride - great, sweet love story
-ichi ritoru no namida - still singing "3 gastu 9 ka"
1. Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu
2/3. Ichi Rittoru no Namida/Densha Otoko
4. Koi ga Shitai, Koi ga Shitai, Koi ga shitai
5. Kamisama, Mou Sukoshi Dake
* subject to change without notice
BTW, here are some that might be in the top five had I not seen the present top-5:
6. Kimi wa Petto
7. Otousan
8. Beautiful Life
9. Summer Snow
10. Tokyo Wankei