Aw, thank you so much! Actually, I just finished setting up a new comm, dorama_watch and we're going to be watching/rewatching Nodame all the way through as one of our first shows! You should totally come and watch with us! We're doing one ep a week. :D

I got hooked first to the anime and never had any plans of watching the live action, until I found this entry.
Hee, I'm the other way around! I saw the live action first and didn't think to read the manga until I heard about how great it is. And who can turn down more Nodame? ;)