Cool Items - Friday, May 2, 2008

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.

	Comptiq Feb 2008. Comptiq is the fabulous "MediaMix Game Magazine," which means it's got tons of information on the best anime, games and more. This issue is loaded with great manga, art and more Japan's top bishoujo games, and you even get a free key cover featuring Konata from Lucky Star.
	Tachikoma 1/24 Scale Pre-painted Figure Metal Finish ver. Here's a really cool Tachikoma figure in the "Wave High Advanced Model" series, featuring a gorgeous toy of the famous spider tanks with an awesome metal sheen to it. Features a figure of Ishikawa that can be posed beside it.
	Ryuk SD Figure ~ Deathnote -- Nendoroid Series. The Nendoroid of Ryuk from Death Note has come in again, too. He's a shinigami or "death god" who came to Earth because humans are so "interesting" to him.
	Lucky Cat Mug w/ Lid -- Sakura, Mt. Fuji. We love to carry unique items you can't find anywhere else, and today we've gotten in two Lucky Cat mug cups for drinking tea, coffee etc., which are actually shaped like the famous Japanese cats, complete with cat-shaped lids. A fabulous item!
	Delicious Japanese Snacks. Also, although the chocolate season is ending due to the coming of summer, we've got some fantastic new items to show you: Morinaga Morning Time (a cereal stick with yogurt!) and the new Coconut Pocky. Also, my favorite snack of all is Morinaga Green Tea Caramels, and it's now available as an extra large bag.
	SHOXX vol. 179 Jan 2008. Shoxx is the "Visual and Hard Shock Magazine" filled with great photos and information on Japan's top "visual-key" musicians. Best of all, this magazine comes with perfect bound printing and extra large, glossy pages.
	Restocked Japanese Bilingual Books, More. See fresh stock of various books from Japan, including our popular bilingual Japanese Recipes 60, which teaches you how to make great Japanese food in both languages, The Tales of Miyazawa Kenji in both languages, and Tokyo Nobody, photographs of Tokyo with all the people removed.
	High School Uniforms from Matsukameya. Remember that J-List carries authentic high school uniforms for both guys and girls, made by the famous Matsukameya of Nagoya (pronounced ma-tsoo-KAH-MEH-ya). All uniforms are made to the size you specify and the quality is so good, I can truthfully say I've never gotten negative feedback from a customer, and we highly recommend them for the coming Anime Convention season!
	Niko Niko Punch 2 -- Face Bento Decoration. Bento enthusiasts know that J-List has the best selection of rare items for making traditional Japanese boxed lunch special, and today we're adding a deluxe new nori punch that makes cute faces in sheets of seaweed, so you can make smiling, happy rice balls and more for your lunch.
	Word's World Word Book with 2 Check Sheets -- RED + GREEN. Also good for anyone trying to learn Japanese or memorize just about anything: a notebook specially designed for making it easier to memorize words using the included "magic" check sheets. This item is back in stock now.
	The Manga Cook Book. What a great idea! Learn to cook traditional Japanese food and bento treats through manga! A great new idea from the Manga University Culinary Institute. This book is back in stock.
	Oden Catalog Sake Bottle & Two Cups. "Oden" (pronounced oh-DEN) has nothing to do with the Norse god. It's a delicious soup with good things inside, like fried tofu, octopus, hard boiled egg and konnyaku noodles. Today we're posting fresh stock of the sake bottle and cup set that helps foreigners order these delicious food items.
	*Sitting* Jiji Mascot Keychain -- Kiki's Delivery Service. Also restocked: this plush "mascot keychain" for fans of Kiki's Delivery Service and the most famous black cat in all Japan.
	FUTARI vol. 1 -- Mayuko Iwasa, Hiroko Sato, Eiko Koike, Shoko Nakagawa. Futari means "two people" in Japanese, and this innovative magazine puts you together as two people with some of Japan's most beautiful actress and idols.
	Behind Moon Doujinshi. Behind Moon are the fine people responsible for the best futanari parody doujinshi, and we've restocked Asahina Mikuru no Milk and Dulce Report 8 today.
	Queen's Blade Books Restocked. Excellent news for fans of the Queen's Blade "ecchi" art books, which can also be used as a cool attack-and-defend book-based RPG. We've restocked many of the books in this popular series, including Ink Nijihara (Moetan), Alice (nitro+), Yuumil, Merfa, Airi and my own favorite, the Egyptian queen Menace.
	Shizuka 1/8 Cast-Off Figure ~ Queens Blade. Also for Queen's Blade fans, we've posted the fantastic "cast off" figure Shizukka, with clothes that can be "reconfigured." Only six are left after preorders were processed though, so don't delay picking yours up.
	Kotonoha Katsura 3D Oppai Mouse Pad. There's nothing like using a mouse pad that provides support for you wrist, and if that mouse pad is shaped like a beautiful anime girl, and the support part are her soft, firm oppai, so much the better. This is Kotonoha, one of the stars of the hit anime School Days, and the mouse pad is really, er, made to scale, if you know what I mean.
	Hip Parade Plus Lovely Waitress *Preorder*. So, this is a new line of Hip Parade "Trading Torsos" of beautiful women, with optional skirt parts that you can put on, take off, or, uh, look up. Not that you'd do that, we're just sayin'.
	Beautiful Karate Practitioner -- Miyuki Majima. Here's a treat for fans of zenra sports: a gorgeous girl who's always a black belt in karate. A really outstanding offering from Deep's.