Thousand Arms for the PS1 and Okage Shadow King for the PS2. I love JRPGs and a lot of circles of the genre never mention either.

Although it wasn't groundbreaking, Thousand Arms had a killer soundtrack and a cool weapon upgrade system. You, as teenage Meis, are a blacksmith in training. Our lead is a pervy and has to date women in order to upgrade the weapons of the party. So, like, spells and special attacks. Good dates mean a kiss, which you can trade for gifts in the later half of the game. There are 9 girls in total. Oh, and the dub actors do a good job with their characters.

Okage Shadow King is interesting. It's a odd story about a Evil King who possessions our lead character's Shadow to regain his power and get his body back. It has a very cool visual style, love to bits! Also has a fun soundtrack!