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Atelier Rorona & Totori are turn based with a heavy emphasis on item synthesis. Meruru looks to continue the series soon.
Ar Tonelico Quoga was/is fun.
I couldn't get through the first Neptunia, but liked it well enough to buy Neptunia 2 which is an improvement.
Valkyria Chronicles rocks, as does the PSP version.
Agarest War is a little old fashioned but OK.
Cross Edge....yeah, an OK game system with an assorted mash up of characters does not make a game...
Have a look at the games from NIS America and Atlus, they can usually be relied upon to fill the JRPG niche with something.