My hop to New York, narrowly dodging staying in the city's worst hotel, and comparing it to the Star Wars Cantina

I've made the long hop from Japan to New York, and I'm now enjoying the 19 degree (with wind chill) temperatures. We're here to attend the New York Anime Festival, Dec 7-9, and can be found either at booth #408 or #340, with our great Domo-kun T-shirts, hoodies and hats as well as manga, PC dating-sim games and more. This show is going to be a really excellent one, with thousands of fans of many great companies all coming together, and we hope to see you there! Update: if for no other reason, come for the Domo-kun booth babes!!!!!

Its fun to "surf the culture shock" wave when in a new city, and New York has been a great place for this so far. I've stood on freezing subway platforms that look like they came out of a level of the game Max Payne (no relation, by the way), done power-shopping at the multi-story Toys "R" Us in Times Square, and narrowly avoided staying in New York's worst hotel. It's been extremely exciting, and we haven't even gotten started with the convention yet. Everyone knows that New York is an extremely international city, but the Star Wars Cantina-esque variety of cultures and languages around me has really been a surprise. I've gotten into a political discussion over delicious pasta with a family from India, debated similar issues with a taxi driver from Pakistan, and gotten into interesting conversations with people from the top of the world (Sweden) and the bottom (Australia). I'm staying in a very Jewish neighborhood, so I'm getting to see what a real Hanukkah celebration is like, too. It struck me that New York must be the perfect opposite of clean, homogenized Japan, where even speaking your a regional dialect of the language is frowned upon, at least in Tokyo.

Transliteration is the act of transcribing from one writing system into another, for example from Japanese to the Roman alphabet, and it's not an exact science, which is why we have alternate spellings for words and names in other languages, like good old Muamar Gaddaffi/Khadafi/Quadhafi, Mao Tse-Tung/Zedong, or Hanukkah/Chanuka for that matter. There are several aspects of Japanese that make writing Japanese words in English an inherently vague and challenging process. For example, there are long vowels in Japanese that are meaningless when written out in English since they don't change how foreigners pronounce the words. The correct way to write "pretty girl" in Japanese is "bishoujo" with the extra 'u' in the middle, and yet it's often shortened to "bishojo" for brevity's sake. Is it better to leave the long vowels in the word, although it complicates pronunciation and makes the words harder to remember, or should they be omitted? There's no simple answer -- although writing long vowel words with the shorter spelling is "wrong," it's no worse than the way meanings and pronunciations changed when French melded with English after 1066. Famous place names like Tokyo and Osaka also have long vowels that are cut to avoid making the name needlessly long -- since no one wants to write Toukyou and Oosaka. Another area where there is vagueness about how to write Japanese words or names in English is L and R. Actress and Tokyo University graduate Rei Kikukawa's first name could be transliterated as Lei without it being wrong, so is it okay to do this? There's often little agreement and so both names might be used sometimes -- there's no "right" way to write it. It can be very confusing, especially to search engines that can't tell that two similar words are the same.

Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see all the J-List products, check out J-List or the JBOX.com updated products link.

	Rilakkuma Fluffy Plush (Huge Size). This is the perfect item to put under the tree of a San-X fan. Talk about huggable! This is one of the coolest plush toy we've ever gotten in -- measures 30 inches.
	New Japanese Snacks. We carry tons of delicious Japanese snacks, and today we're posting Meiji Matcha Chocolate for green tea fans, Lotte Fruit Chocolate, and new Mushroom Mountain featuring vanilla chocolate cookie mushrooms.
	Ryomou Shimei 1/6 Cast-Off Figure Maid and Bunny Suit ver. ~ Dragon Destiny *Preorder*. Ikki Tousen (Dragon Destiny) figures are always popular, and today we've gotten in a cool new preorder figure featuring Ryomou dressed as a maid, or a cute bunny girl. Awesome low angle, too.
	Matsu 1/7 Figure ~ Sekirei. A cool figure we've got in stock for you now is Matsu from the manga Sekirei, a series with many sexy fighting cyborg mecha.
	Aria the Natural Solid Works Collection. For fans of Aria the Natural, a set of really well made characters, rendered in cute SD ("super deformed") style. This is a full set with all characters included.
	Metal Gear Solid Kubrick Collectors Edition Full Set of 5. Fans of figures from Japan know that the Kubrick line from MediaComToy is one of the best, popular for their great quality and minute attention to detail. Here are figures from Metal Gear Solid, with full sets, partial sets and individuals in stock.
	Great Sanrio Items. We've got some really great Hello Kitty items today too, including a large "Donburi" bowl with a cute lid, and a charming chirimen bag for you to carry your stuff in.
	Endless Bubble Wrap, Sake Skin Lotion. Not only have we restocked our Sake Skin Lotion which cleans your skin with the magical power of sake, you can now get freaky with Endless Puchi Puchi, the "bubble wrap simulator" that pops every time you hit the buttons.
	Back-in-Stock Bento Items. Bento fans, we've gotten in some great new items for you, including the Happy Time Animal (Frog) bento, more cute soy sauce bottles, and a cool way to steam many traditional asian foods.
	Dengeki Comic Gao Jan 2008. The new issue of Dengeki Comic Gao ("roar!") features more than 500 pages of dynamite manga for you, including Those Who Hunt Elves KNIGHTS and many more. Highly recommended item.
	SHODO ~ Traditional Calligraphy Explore the traditional Japanese art of Shodo, or brush art calligraphy, with the deluxe calligraphy set we've posted today, which comes with brush, ink stick, inkwell and paper.
	Vegetable Theme Sunshine Buddies Relieve stress with the new Vegetable Sunshine Buddies, aka Nohohon Zoku or "super relaxing people," which uses solar power to rock his head from side to side for all eternity (well, until the sun goes out anyway).
	Sabra Magazine Dec 2007. Everyone who has opened an issue of Sabra knows that it features the most beautiful women in Japan, hands down. This new issue has many hot stars inside, including the lovely Marrie Kai, and you can order it now.
	Chinkame Pocket Photobooks. The "Chinkame" book series lets you see Japan's most beautiful girls captured in small pocket-sized photobooks. See the dynamite Ai Nagase, Madoka Ozawa and Bunko Kanazawa in this, three fabulous queens of JAV.
	Super New Manga Volumes. Today's hot new manga include Red Corolla featuring stories about serious wish fulfillment, and an exploration of naughty, naughty wives.
	Active Cartoonist AV Debut!? Japan is famous for taking famous newscasters or mainstream actresses and getting them to "go JAV." Now this popular manga artist (and all around cute girl) has agreed to let herself be ravaged for the glory of SOD and her fans.

A few odd things you can see in Japan, Japan's most famous dog, and habits of Japanese drivers

As you know from reading J-List's updates, there are some pretty odd things in Japan. Beer for kids to drink, just like Daddy (non-alcoholic, of course). Regular news reports on the cherry blossoms or autumn leaves for each region of the country. Corn, squid and mayonnaise on pizza. Or "Knee Pillows" that let you pretend you're laying your head on your girlfriend's lap. Another bizarre thing I've encountered here and there in Japan are fake policemen, essentially mannikins made to look like uniformed police officers, who stand by the side of the road looking official as people drive by. The idea is that if you're speeding, the sight of a police uniform is likely to get you to slow down, even if it's obvious it's not real. There are several variations on this theme, such as signs with reflective material on them to make them look like a patrol car waiting to catch you for speeding when headlights hit them. Japan's high population and national love of road construction mean that you often have to deal with road work while driving, especially near the end of the fiscal year in March, and by law construction crews must hire uniformed guards to stand by the side of the road and direct the flow of traffic around the construction area as needed. Sure enough, they've also invented automatic robots who mechanically wave a signal to let drivers they should proceed forward with caution.

Do you know the story of Tokyo's most famous dog? His name was Hachiko, an Akita inu who was owned by a university professor in the 1920's. Every day, Hachiko accompanied the professor to Shibuya Station, and in the evenings, the man would come back to find the dog waiting faithfully at the station, a happy expression on his face. This continued for years, until one day, the man died suddenly. Loyal Hachiko waited for his master to return for ten years, wagging his tail in front of the station every day until he, too, eventually died. Tokyo residents have erected a bronze statue in Hachiko's memory, which you can see at the Hachiko exit of the station if you're ever in Tokyo (there's also a Hachiko train line, but that's getting a little silly, if you ask me). The statue is so famous that it's useful as a meeting point for friends -- just say "meet me at Hachiko" and everyone will know where to find you. It looks like Hachiko will be a lot more famous it the future -- Richard Gere is set to star in a U.S. film about the famous dog, to be released in 2008.

The Japanese have some interesting customs when it comes to their cars, which looked odd to me when I first arrived here. First of all, auto theft is quite uncommon here, so it's not at all rare to see someone leave his beautiful Nissan Fairlady Z parked in front of the conbini (convenience store) with the engine running. The idea that his car might be stolen just doesn't enter into the thinking here, so it's perfectly safe. Japanese cars have the steering wheel on the right side of the car, as in England or Australia, and drivers here have perfected the art of starting the car without getting in it, since the ignition is easily accessible on that side of the car. When stopped at a light at night, it's considered good manners to turn your headlights down to "park" so you don't blind the person in front of you, and when someone lets you go ahead of them in traffic, flashing your emergency lights at them once or twice conveys your thanks -- although this is done by polite Tokyo drivers, not Gunma locals, who are rather famous for having bad driving manners.

By the time you read this, I'll be en route to New York for the New York Anime Festival, Dec. 7-9 at the Jacob Javits Center. If you're planning on attending this great anime convention, please come by and say hello to us. We'll be at the Domo Nation booth (#408) with our fun Domo-kun T-shirts, hoodies and hats, and we'll be handing out lots of those fun Japanese pocket tissues that you get with each J-List order ^_^ We'll also have a satellite booth with our other products, including dating-sim games and other products, too. We hope to see you in New York!

Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see all the J-List products, check out J-List or the JBOX.com updated products link.

	HAPPY CHRISTMAS Display ~ Lucky Cat Santa & Snowman. I definitely think that one of the best items we've got for Christmas this year are the Santa Lucky Cat display sets, with ceramic cats and beautiful holiday motifs.
	World Famous "Poop" Hat. Around here we like to bring you bizarre and fun items you may not need, but which are cool for one reason or another. A plush hat that looks like you've got poop on your head certainly falls into this category -- newly restocked!
	Microwave Potato Chip Maker. I find it's fun to give gifts that are bizarre yet useful, and this certainly fills the bill -- make your very own potato chips in a microwave oven. Now that's wacky.
	Tachikoma Toys, Calendars. I'd be remiss if I didn't point out the excellent lineup of Tachikoma toys we carry on the site, with a dozen or more different toys of every size and detail level. Also, the 2008 Tachikoma calendar is something Shirow Masamune / Ghost in the Shell fans won't want to miss. I mean, little heart-covered Tachikomas for Valentine's Day?
	First Kanji Dictionary: Look & Remember. This is a really popular book, a kanji dictionary that shows you characters with large visual images that help you match the characters with what they mean, i.e. morning, night, and so on. Stroke order is also taught, and helpfully, it's all in kana/kanji as opposed to romaji, which helps you avoid learning bad pronunciation.
	Fun Traditional Items. Today's back-in-stock products include Onegai JIZO, a lucky Buddhist statue based on statues you see by the sides of the road in Japan; a Pink Mini Omamori to give you luck in love; a beautiful noren door curtain; and that awesome Autumn Moon Rabbit display, showing rabbits making mochi rice cakes.
	Castles of the Samurai Power and Beauty. How cool is this? A great book showing you everything you've ever wanted to see from Japan's ancient castles. They're all here, from the Black Crane castle of Matsumoto to the gorgeous Himeji Castle.
	Snack Sets. A lot of customers order Japanese snacks and assemble them into gift baskets as gifts, which sounds like a great idea to us. J-List has several gift sets too, so you can create just the item you want for that special someone. Remember that many snack items can be ordered by the shrinkwrapped case with a discount.
	2008 Anime Calendars. Remember that J-List currently has 170+ amazing 2008 calendars in stock, ready for your order. I've got my sights set on several this year, including the Claymore calendar, as well as the Evangelion, Clannad, and Domo-kun. Which calendars are you picking up this year?
	Bento & Related Items. In addition to fresh stock of the Thomas the Tank Engine Bento Box set, we've added stock of various chopstick + chopstick rest sets and those PITATTO Animal Lunch Pics, which are incredibly popular now. These or similar bento items (sausage cutters / soy sauce bottles) would make great gifts.
	Think Domo-Kun. Nothing says "Japan" like Domo-kun, the weird-but-cute monster character who is the official mascot of NHK, Japan's public broadcasting network. J-List has the world's best supply of Domo products, from plush cubes you can put your stuff in to our world-famous hats, T-shirts and soft, soft hoodies.
	Japanese Calligraphy T-shirt - "Sake-bito" (I Love Alcohol). Of course our wacky Japanese T-shirts are always nice to consider as a gift (whether for someone else or yourself). This is one of my favorite designs, SAKE-BITO, a remix of the Okinawan shirts that changes "island-person" to "alcohol-person" (for those who really love to throw some back).
	New Anime T-Shirts. We thought our new Fox Squirrel and Calcifur Fire Demon T-shirts would be popular, and they didn't disappoint us -- we've had to reprint them already. These are just two of the cool anime themed shirts we have for you.
	Soft Totoro Blankets, Cushions. Another item very high on the "Peter Definitely Recommends" list are the soft Totoro blankets and pillows we've got in stock right now. This year's crop is especially soft and warm, with dual linings in the blankets and soft fur-like fabric in both the square sitting cushion and the sleeping pillow.
	Restocked Universal Design Products. Universal Design is an initiative by Kokuyo to bring some good design into our desks, and we've restocked the Keshi-Piyo correction tape dispenser that looks like a bird, and stapler that looks like an egg. Damn this series is cool.
	Gift Certificate from J-List. One of the most convenient gift ideas at J-List is our classic Gift Certificate, which lets you give any amount to your recipient allowing them to buy whatever they want. The gift certificate can be used on either site, and you can opt for either physical delivery or convenient PDF delivery, so your gift can be emailed and printed either by you or your recipient.
	New Hello Kitty Vibrating Shoulder Massager ~ All Color Set. You wouldn't think of vibrating shoulder massagers as a Christmas gift item, but then you'd be wrong. We've seen a huge run on these this season as people look for something fun to gift to friends.
	A Bunch of Restocked Manga. We've gotten in a bunch of quality "H" manga back on the site for you by the way, including some fun SOS Brigade parody works for Haruhi fans, the awesome Confession of Mrs. by Azuki Kurenai, Ero Toy Office, and the hilariously-named You Are Suffocated By Unknown Big Oppai.
	Shock Gifts from Japan? I don't know about you, but I like to give gifts that are shocking and/or wacky to my friends, like the year I presented everyone I knew with nose-hair clippers. Here's an inexpensive gift item -- trading torsos of beautiful rear ends -- that would be loads of fun to give out.
	JAST USA Memorial Collection ~ Three Classic Bishoujo Games. Oo, writing about Season of the Sakura made me all natsukashii (nostalgic) for it, so I'll throw it up here. It was one of the first three dating-sim games we brought out (back in the DOS era), and I still find fans of the game telling me how great it is. These three titles are available on one disc with an updated engine that's compatible with modern Windows.
	2008 Calendars for Men. J-List's calendar lineup isn't just anime and Sanrio and JPOP. We've also got some really amazing calendars featuring the natural beauty of top stars like Mihiro, Sasa Handa and Hotaru Akane. Browse our selection now!

One of the amusing things about living in Japan is seeing what can only be described as "American branding," selling a product by draping it in red, white and blue and associating it as closely as possible with the USA. Japanese generally have the impression that America is kakko ii -- literally "good style" or cool -- and are often open to owning items like Zippo lighters, a set of Coleman outdoor cooking gear and clothes from L.L. Bean. Branding your product as American can often bring a boost in sales, which is why the American restaurant chain Coco's adds "The California Restaurant" to their signs here, and why when companies like Jack Daniels or KFC communicate their advertising messages to their customers, they wrap themselves in images of old Tennessee or Kentucky. Levi Strauss stumbled trying to build a name for themselves in Japan during the 1970s, until they hit on the of using iconic Hollywood stars like James Dean, John Wayne and even Marilyn Monroe to advertise their jeans (they came cheap, since they were dead), which has to have been one of the most successful advertising decisions ever. The other day I happened on a store called Way Out! American Spirit that offered a variety of interesting and somewhat mundane things from the U.S., including thick Charmin paper towels, BIC pens, hard-to-find-in-Japan delicacies like chips and salsa and Swiss Miss Cocoa, and T-shirts with the Union 76 logo on them. It was quite interesting to stand there and watch what American products the Japanese shoppers were picking up.

The Japanese only started accepting Western culture only relatively recently, with the ending of the Edo Period and the Meiji Restoration of 1868, when the Emperor was theoretically "restored" to power after centuries of having things run by the Shoguns. One thing I've always found interesting is the number of words in daily use here that remind you of the differences between what is Western and what is Japanese, many of which employ the kanji yoh, meaning "Western." When you get up in the morning, you probably put on some clothes, but in Japan, you put on yoh-fuku, or "Western clothes," the word used to separate the shirts, trousers and other things you wear from wa-fuku, or Japanese style clothes like kimono or yukata. If you go to a restaurant that serves spaghetti and "hamburg steak," you're eating yoh-shoku, or Western-style food, which is treated as a separate category entirely from the various types of Japanese or Chinese dishes eaten here. Japanese film aficionados break into two groups, those who enjoy yoh-ga or films from American and Europe, and fans of hoh-ga, or Japanese film. And while I've become quite accustomed to living in Japan, I still prefer the good old yoh-shiki toilet with a seat I can sit on to the seatless wa-shiki toilets, which require just a little too much dexterity to use sometimes.

Before I started selling Hello Kitty ice cube trays and Totoro bento boxes, I was an teacher of ESL, or English as a Second Language. I taught English to students from the age of three all the way up to an elderly woman whose family business was running the local Buddhist temple, which was always an interesting conversation topic. During my years as a teacher I accumulated quite a collection of English textbooks, vocabulary cards, and various games I would play in class. One such game was "English baseball" in which teams of students would get "hits" if they answered questions using English, which I passed many a lesson with. Another is the popular Japanese game "fruits basket" in which you put, say, ten chairs in a circle and put one child in each chair, with one more standing in the center. This child must ask a question like "Do you like bananas?" and all kids who like bananas must change seats as quickly as they can. The one left in the center is "it" and must ask the next question to the group. Another fun game is the classic Simon Says, which is good because it allows kids to listen and react without actually having to produce any speech, which mimcs how children acquire language. I'd have to prepare my students for a shock, though, whenever I told them, "Simon says...touch your chin," since chin (or more accurate, chin chin) is a common word for a boy's private parts used by children. Which makes that line in the Three Little Pigs just a little too embarrassing...

For fans of PC dating-sim games, we've got an early Christmas present for you: we're going to knock $5 off the price of the upcoming game Snow Sakura. This is a great game made in the tradition of some of the best visual dating-sim games from Japan, that all fans of story-centric games will really enjoy, and you can preorder it now for just $34.95, with free shipping still available until the game is ready (another week or two). Of course everyone who preordered the title at the old price will automatically receive the discount.

Remember that now is a great time for you to browse the thousands of fun and unique items from Japan which would make great gifts for the Japan-focused otaku on your list. Japan is a huge part of our global shared popular culture, and J-List has the sometimes bizarre but always enjoyable items from Japan you're looking for. Our website is ready to take your order and our staff is primed and ready to shoot it out to you with all speed. Remember that you can always give one of our J-List Gift Certificates, which allow recipients to buy whatever they want form the JBOX.com or J-List websites. Gift certificates never expire and can be sent speedily through email via a high-quality PDF file that can be printed by you or your recipient. It's the gift they'll never forget!

Will you be attending the New York Anime Festival Dec 7-9? If so, please come by and say hello to us. We'll be at the Domo Nation booth (#408) with our fun Domo-kun T-shirts, hoodies and hats. We'll also have a satellite booth with our other products, including dating-sim games and other products, too. We hope to see you in New York

Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see all the J-List products, check out J-List or the JBOX.com updated products link.

	Tetsudou Musume ~ Train Girls -- Full Set of 6. This is cool: a new line of figures featuring beautiful anime girls of...railroad lines? Yes, these cute bishoujo characters wear real uniforms from Japan's train culture world, from JR employees to the girls selling coffee inside the Shinkansen. Full sets and individuals are in stock.
	New Japanese Snacks. Enjoy delicious new Japanese snacks today, with such great new items on the site as Lotte Crunky Crunch Chocolate (love that weird name), Koyuki Gummi in traditional "yuzu" flavor, great Matcha (green tea) powder, and sugarless Xylitol gum.
	Panda Paws 2-tier Bento Box. The animal-themed bento boxes are extremely popular in Japan right now, and J-List has the newest one: Panda Paws, a 2-tier bento box that's so cute it will brighten your day every day.
	Motoko Kusanagi 1/10 Figure ~ Wave Corporation presents Treasure Figure Collection. Excellent new figure for Ghost in the Shell fans, featuring anime's hottest and most competent Major ever. Beautiful 1:10 scale figure that's ready to order right now.
	Yuki Nagato Action Figure School Uniform ver. This is a really nice figure of Yuki, the enigmatic character from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. She's really an android from space, and she can speak in SQL code.
	Dark Saber / Saber Alter 1/8 Figure ~ Fate/Stay Night *Preorder* Cool new upcoming figure from Solid Theater and Type-Moon from one of the endings in the eroge Fate/Stay Night, in which Saber turns evil. This cool Evil Saber figure will look gorgeous on any shelf in your home or office.
	Japan the Beautiful ~ Nihon no Meikei Best 50. See the 50 most amazing views of Japan, from beautiful mountains to amazing seasonal images of the country and more. Really beautiful traditional photobook.
	Gold Key Chain with Lucky Rat. 2008 is the Year of the Rat according to the ancient Chinese calendar, and this is a cool good luck charm featuring a golden Rat figure, to bring you good luck. Features a real 5 yen coin, which is lucky because "go-en" means good luck as well as "five yen."
	Ceramic Christmas Tree Ornaments ~ EBISU and SHISHIMAI Just in time for Christmas, we've gotten in even more cool ceramic ornaments from Japan, featuring the traditional Japanese statue Ebisu (also written Yebisu) and his lucky carp fish.
	Cool new Sanrio Products from Japan. We love to bring you fun Sanrio items you can't find outside of Japan. Today we're posting a really cute "donburi" bowl with lid featuring My Melody, and we've also gotten in a great Sanrio Tooth Brush & Cup Gift Set.
	Animedia Oct 2007. Animedia is a popular anime magazine published in Japan that's loaded with information and cool stuff on popular anime. This issue features Magic Girl Ririkal, StrikerS, Lucky Star, Zero no Tsukaima and more. Great freebees!
	More High-Quality COPIC Writing Instruments. Serious artists know that COPIC is the premier maker of high quality paper and pens for serious artists, and today we're posting several new pens for drawing comics. Carried by J-List customer request!
	Walkie Bits Electronic Turtle. We've restocked the cool electronic little turtles called Walkie Bits, which walk, run, dance and do more when you press their backs. This is probably the last additional stock we'll be getting in of this series, so pick some up before they're all gone for good.
	Bomb Nov 2007. Bomb is the magazine of beautiful women that's been in print for decades, and you won't find any more beautiful bikini and other models anywhere. Yuko Ogura, Rina Akiyama, Yuuri Morishita, they're all here.
	KARAMI 28 -- Yua Aida. Wow, this is a treat: an issue of Karami, the popular photomagazine of beautiful women from Japan, dedicated to one of our favorite actresses, Yua Aida. She is grace itself, and having an entire (ad-free) magazine filled with nothing but pictures of her is really special.
	Very Special New Manga Volumes. Dynamite new "H" manga are in stock now, including Train Chikan, a manga about a naughty man on a train, and a great new issue of Futanarikko Lovers, featuring the most popular genre of art on the ero world today, futanari (lit. "the two being one").
	Restocked School Days ~ Visual Guide book. One of the most popular eroge and now an anime series, this is School Days. Here are more copies of the Official Visual Guide Book, loaded with images of the game, and those beautiful characters.
	2D Dream Magazine Illustrations. Then we have a new artbook for fans of Japan's amazing "H" culture, with gorgeous pictures from 2d Dream Magazine. Lots of tentacles vs. female ninja fun to be seen here.
	Super High Class Soap Lady -- Risa Coda. Risa Coda is a red-hot JAV actress (who resembles JPOP star Kumi Koda) is wonderful in her new release from Soft on Demand, which features all kinds of fun for you as she fulfills your fantasy of an expensive "soap lady."
	Zenra Boot Camp. Billy Blanks really made waves when he brought his Boot Camp exercise workouts to Japan, and he has many fans throughout the country. Soft on Demand brings you their twist on the group workout with Zenra Boot Camp, featuring woman who will really get your heart rate up. Has two workout modes!