Cool Items: Friday, September 12, 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.

	More 2009 Calendars. See another two dozen 2009 calendars that are normally only available inside Japan, however you can order any of them through J-List. Browse them now!
	Revoltech No.033 Evangelion Proto Type-00 "New Movie Edition". A gorgeous Revoltech based on the Evangelion Proto Type-00 from the new Rebuild of Evangelion film. Awesome design, and a huge number of included parts included for you to create your favorite poses and dioramas.
	Ponyo on the Cliff by Sea Film Comic 2. Ponyo is the new film by Hayao Miyazaki, a touching work about a fish who wants to become a human girl. This is the 2nd volume of the film comic of the movie, in stock now.
	Newtype Aug 2008. Newtype is the #1 anime magazine because of the gorgeous color printing of every issue, the posters, and the super information on upcoming anime series This issue features everything from Haruhi to Gundam 00 to Macross Frontier and Lucky Star. Also, free stuff like Code Geass stickers.
	Dengeki Daioh Sep 2008. Great new issue of Dengeki Daioh ("Great King"), the 800+ page monthly manga that contains some of the most popular comics from Japan, like Yotsuba&, Shakugan no Shana, Toradora, and more. Manga has hiragana written beside kanji to make them easier to read, if you're studying the language, too.
	Lucky Star Strawberry Cake. Wow, this is great: extremely limited Lucky Star cakes for fans of the series. Delicious strawberry taste, hand-made by Konata, Kagami, Tsukasa and Miyuki!
	Bubblicious Gum, Wakame Soup. Japan's version of Bubblicious Gum comes in great flavors you never knew existed. Enjoy this delicious new offering from the company. Also, delicious Wakame Soup, with delicious and healthy seaweed in it.
	Fortune Telling Code Geass. Here's a really nice item for Code Geass fans: a random figure that tells your fortune depending on what figure you get, or something like that. These figures are darned cute and can be collected, attached to your phone, and so on. Get them all!
	Red Lunch-de-DON Bowl (DONBURI) Type Bento Box. Another fun way to enjoy bento, this is the Lunch-de-DON bento box that smartly stores your lunch in separate sections for rice, the rest of your lunch and even has built-in soy sauce holders.
	COPIC Comic Liner ~ Gray Color 0.05, 0.03 mm. Enjoy some great new pens from COPIC, one of the world's most famous pen companies. We're posting the Comic Liner in grey, with the incredibly tiny tips that are 0.05 and 0.03 mm!
	Natchan! Juice Flow Pencil Case. This is great: a pencil case based on the popular orange drink Natchan! which features orange drink right inside the pencil case, that you can "pour" whenever you're bored in class.
	Hello Kitty KIRA-DECO Ring Notebook. The KIRA-DECO ("shiny decoration") series continues, with a new notebook that's a joy to write in because it's made so well.
	SHODO ~ Natural Stone Mini Calligraphy Set with Wooden Box . Here's everything you need to try your hand at Shodo, the Japanese "Way of Writing." This real wooden box contains a natural stone ink holder and ink stick as well as a brush. An awesome product for J-List customers, and back in stock today.
	Restocked Bento Boxes. Look for restocked bento items, too, including the Happy Time Animal Bento Box with a panda image on the front, matching panda-themed chopstick holders, and the Panda Paws bento set.
	Re-Ment Falling Love with Kyoto Miniatures. Re-Ment is the company that makes those incredibly detailed miniature toys that are so much fun to play with. Today we've gotten in set that's just perfect for gaijin who love Japan, called Falling in Love With Kyoto, which I talked about last time. All the famous icons of Japan's most beautiful city are here, from famous foods to Kyoto gifts and more.
	Haruhi Suzumiya 1/7 Figure Swimsuit ver. *Preorder*. A great figure from Griffon showing Haruhi Suzumiya about to let someone (probably Kyon) have it with a water gun. A gorgeous figure that captures both Haruhi's spirit as well as the joy of summer.
	Pen'z Gear Pen Spinning Pen The Japanese love pen mawashi, or pen spinning, and we're restocking several special pens designed for easy spinning, complete with adjustable weights on each end. Also, see fresh stock of the KAREN Women's Style Jewel Pens, so kawaii!
	Maimu & Megamitaisen Artworks ~ Kinmedai Pink The First Picture Collection. Fabulous artist Kinmedal Pink (Gold Medal Pink) shows you his formidable artistic works in this first artbook, showing his amazing female warrior art from his popular eroge. Perfect bound printing on glossy pages, just wonderful.
	Peach Princess's "Little My Maid" Download Edition. We posted some of our classic PC dating-sim games like Gibo, Snow Drop, Critical Point and Water Closet for download sale last time, all at a great price, too. Today we're including a new Download Edition option for one of my favorite titles, Little My Maid, which has a fascinating story and great characters as well as an innovative on-screen stats system.
	"Endou" Ifurina Figure vol.1 Type A ~ Figu@mate *Preorder*. There are many ways to keep cool in the summer, but this is my new official favorite. Amazing figure of either a very tiny girl or a very large ice cream bar. Preorder this amazing figure now.