Cool Items: Wednesday, July 30, 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.

	Konata Izumi Figma Action Figure Winter School Uniform ver. Figma fans, today is your lucky (star) day: the fabulous Konata Figma figure, a perfect recreation of Konota-chan with many points of articulation, allowing her to recreate (for example) all of her signature poses from the opening credits of the series.
	Miku Hatsune Nendoroid Figure. One of the most popular items in recent J-List history is back: the Miku Hatsune Nendoroid figure from Good Smile Company. Although our stock sold out immediately last time, happily we've been able to get a few more for you. Comes with her awesome leek so you can do leekspin with her!
	Hello Kitty Battery Fan -- Pink Color. Bring some summer cooling with this handy Hello Kitty electric fan, which runs for hours on standard AA batteries. The fan is child safe, with a large Hello Kitty shaped cover over the fan itself, and you can take it anywhere thanks to its handy size. Comes in standard and pink color.
	Onnanoko Database 2008 ~ Fashion ver. - How to Draw Manga. A super book in the How to Draw Manga series, this gives you a huge amount of reference data for drawing girls, including a large number of female face and body types as well as accessories girls use, like clothes and (of course) cute underwear.
	Mousse-chan Fuwa-Fuwa Paper Clay Set ~ Bakery. Japanese kids love to play with a kind of clay called kami-nendo or "paper clay" which is a lot like Play-Dough. This is a fun set that gives you everything you need to make your own freshly-baked bread, doughnuts, sandwiches and more. Molds can be used with other kinds of clay, too.
	Talking Smart about Japan: All You Need to Know ~ Speak Japan. J-List likes to carry the bilingual books from Kodansha, which feature both English and Japanese translations side-by-side. Here's a great book that gives you various information on Japan that can help you have interesting conversations with others.
	Moetan Milk Coffee Pie "Midnight Snack." Another rare snack you can usually only get by journeying to Akihabara, this is a boxed set of delicious Coffee Pie snacks for fans of the anime series Moetan. Be a part of the internationalization of Akiba and otaku culture! They come in a box suitable for giving as gifts, too.
	Woman's Buddhist Prayer Beads . Here's a cool item from Japan: authentic "juzu" prayer beads, used in Buddhist prayers not unlike a Rosary. You can also use it as a great fashion accessory.
	HIKARI Combined Miso Soup, Furikake. Nothing tastes as good as a bowl of steaming miso soup in the morning. Here's a package containing a mixture of both types of miso soup ("red" and "white"). Also see tarako (lit. child of cod, e.g. cod roe) furikake to eat over rice.
	Domo-kun Plush. Just a reminder that J-List has the last-ever stock of the original Domo-kun plush toy, made famous in that "God kills a kitten" graphic that, ahem, you may have seen on the Internet. This is the original Japanese NHK Domo, not the new plush toys created for the U.S. market. We're down to less than 20 of the plush toys in stock in Japan, so get yours before they're gone forever.
	Japanese Art Books. Then see some great restocked artbooks, including Gurren Lagann YOKO Portraits, featuring the best visuals of the show's most enigmatic character, the Haruhi Suzumiya Official Fanbook, Girls Girls Girls! 2, and (speaking of the student body president genre of anime), Best Studio Council.
	ECO Portable Own Chopsticks ~ Goth Princess, niKyoro. Have some cool chopsticks that can be taken anywhere and used any time just by opening the included case and assembling the chopstick halves. We're posting great items featuring the niKyoro smiling series as well as a nice Gothic Princess one.
	Traditional Items Restocked. We're restocking our Lucky Lover's Cat Display, a fantastic pair of ceramic Lucky Cats who are deeply in love, along with a great SAKURA Earthen Aroma Display with Oil for experimenting with Japanese aromatic oils, as well as a gold Omamori keychain that promises to help you focus on good health.
	NORI / Seaweed Punch ~ Star / Heart Shape for Decoration Bento. Bento is incredibly popular all around the world (J-List has been written up in a French newspaper on the subject recently). For bento fans, here's a new level of coolness: a "nori punch" that lets you make heart or star shaped seaweed for decorating your bento. Back in stock!
	DX Hand-made Large KOKESHI ~ HARU-NO-HI / Spring Day. Wow, this is one of the best kokeshi traditional wooden Japanese dolls we've ever carried: a large hand-carved wooden doll wearing a kimono that'd be great for adding a touch of Japan to any home. Comes with a display sign and is packed in a protective box.
	Hello Kitty Ice Cube Tray. We sell, ahem, rather a lot of fun and wacky Sanrio products around here, and two of my all-time favorite products are these ice cube trays (one for Hello Kitty specifically, another for all Sanrio characters) that make 3D ice cubes that will have all your friends talking.
	Nendoroid Shana Blazing Hair~ Shana of Blazing Eyes II *Preorder*. Fans and collectors of Japanese toys know that the Nendoroid (from nendo meaning clay and the English word droid, transliterated with a bit of Japanese pronunciation) is one of the coolest toy lines out there because you can do so much with it, display the figures in so many ways. Preorder this great Shana of the Blazing Eyes figure now!
	Totoro Plush Toys. See some great restocked Totoro items, including the Plush Totoro Tree House with Totoro that can fit inside (I just love this!), along with other cute Totoro plush toys for you to squeeze.
	Ninja Sword Letter Openers, Keychains. J-List sells many items from Japan that are certainly fun, but one of the our favorites are the Ninja Sword letter opener type items, which let you open your letters or boxes while pretending to take down an enemy ninja. See fresh stock of several items today.
	Pilot 0.3 mm Color Pen Sets, Blue Dragon Notebooks. Enjoy some cool Pilot Hi-Tec 0.3 and 0.4 mm 5 color pen sets for writing extremely fine lines, along with fresh stock of the Blue Dragon notebook from Japan.
	Comic AG Super Manga Anthology vol. 85. Vol. 18 of the fabulous Comic AG is out, and it bring another 80 pages of translated "H" manga goodness to fans, including more Scarlet Desire by Blue Eyes creator Tohru Nishimaki, What I Can Do by Kei Matsuzawa, Violet and Sunflower and more. Just $4.99 for all this incredibly detailed translated manga is great.
	CFNM ~ OL Kinkeri - Strong Female Office Lady Ball Kicking Special. You know that the Japanese are very creative when it comes to thinking of new genres of "H". Here's one you might be surprised at: beautiful OLs, that is female office employees wearing smart-looking uniforms and stockings, abusing their co-workers by kicking them where it hurts.