I actually preffered German, but they didn't offer it as a GCSE at my school

I'm buying Death Note at about £7 a volume, but I'm buying like on volume a month so it doesn't hurt my purse too much =P I think Haruhi's probably my favourite character, her exhasperation with everyone is so funny =P
I think that anime live-actions are usually Japanese with english subs... my Death Note DVD is

It's good, you should watch it if you can. The acting in the death scenes is awful, it's actually kinda funny =P
also, the first four episodes of the ouran live-action are up online with english subs ^^ It's kinda cheesy, but funny =) Here's a link:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xk3...t-1_shortfilms