Ah, whenever someone asks me a "favorite" question, I get struck with crippling indecision... but I'll do my best!
1. Favorite writers?
For fiction... I think I'd have to say Austen Andrews. He's not extremely popular, and he's probably not even the most talented in his use of verbiage, plot construction, or characterization, but I was recommended one of his books when I was a teenager and it made me realize that I can tear through hundreds of pages worth of novel in a few days without my brain imploding. I used to hate reading, but the book I read back then showed me that I could love reading if I wanted to.
In terms of Christian writers, I'd have to say C.S. Lewis hands down. Not because he's necessarily the most brilliant man that ever wrote about God, or that his philosophical arguments are the most tightly constructed, but because of the way he writes about God. When C.S. Lewis writes about God, whether in fiction or nonfiction, it's like my sense of who God is is being turned on end, and I'm being invited to discover that He's infinitely greater than I had imagined.
2. Favorite anime?
This is a little more difficult. Lately, I've been having trouble finding anime that I have no complaints about. I guess I would have to say episodes 1-62 of Bleach would be among my favorites, minus episode 33 and 50. I have serious
NON-CANON issues with Bleach, like most other people have, but I still feel that the first arc is pretty brilliantly constructed, with compelling character development and escalating tension.
I also very much enjoyed Monster. One day I hope to own the manga. But that story makes as great a use of the
hero and the
other as I've seen, akin even to The Lord of The Rings' Gollum and Frodo.
3. Favorite animals?
Cats and Bunnies. Don't really want to own a rabbit, though.
4. Favorite musicians?
This is
way more difficult. Um, let's see... lately I've been listening to Chiodos, Hellogoodbye, Anamanaguchi, YMCK, Secret and Whisper, some Saosin, some Breaking Benjamin, Antestor, and the list goes on. I tend to get obsessed with songs rather than artists. I've been listening to Anamanaguchi's Another Winter over and over again for a couple months, and I'm still not bored with it.