Cool Items: Wednesday, September 24, 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.

	Code Geass Characters with Lelouch. For Code Geass fans, this is a great artbook that shows all the characters in their large, CLAMP-designed beauty, from Lelouch of the Rebellion to C.C. and all the others. Awesome design throughout.
	New Pocky for Fall 2008 in Stock. The new Pocky for the 2008-2009 season is here, and this year's lineup is looking great so far. We've got the new larger box of Pocky Chocolate Almond Crush in stock, followed by two fabulous flavors of Dessert Pocky, essentially a fully decorated cake on a Pocky stick. Enjoy Chocolate Cake and White Mont Blanc now! Remember, too, that Pocky is available by the shrinkwrapped case at a discount.
	Hello Kitty Stamp Sets. Celebrate Japan's rich history with Hello Kitty postage stamps. These beautiful sheets of stamps show Hello Kitty and Dear Daniel dressed as the Emperor and Empress of Japan from the Nara Period. A deluxe sheet of 80 yen stamps and a smaller sheet of 50 yen stamps are both in stock.
	Goth-Loli Bible vol. 29 Summer 2008. A fabulous new issue of Goth-Lolita Bible filled with the amazing gothic frilly outfits that are so interesting to look at. Thrill to these photographs of Victorian maidens, with lots of large glossy photographs to drool over, as well as a full dress pattern in the back for you to sew your own.
	Totoro Wagara Pen Case -- Green. This is the ultimate pencil case for a Ghibli fan, featuring images of Totoro and his friends remixed in a traditional Japanese motif.
	Easy Japanese Earthen Ware Making Set. J-List carries amazing earthenware cups and other items like Arita Ware, made with centuries-old techniques. Here's a kit that lets you try it yourself, and use your home oven to bake the items you make so they'll be hard and last for many years. Make everything from traditional Japanese vases and green tea cups to chopstick rests and more. Highly recommended item!
	Lucky SHAMOJI / Rice Scoop with Seven Gods Charm Omamori. This is a nice: it's a wooden shamoji or rice scoop with the Seven Gods of Happiness on it, a traditional Japanese image.
	Hello Kitty Bento Items. For bento fans, here's a set of Hello Kitty "flag picks" that you can use to eat with, or decorate your lunch in style. Also good for poking into any meal fed to kids and playing "BooBoo Lunch" (which is the name of a kids meal served in restaurants served with various flags sticking out of it).
	Great Bento Items. For Sanrio fans, we've gotten our Deluxe Pink Hello Kitty Bento Set back in stock, along with one of our most popular bento accessories ever, the Hello Kitty Onigiri Decorate Set, which lets you make shaped rice balls.
	Nikyoro ~ Mini My Stainless Water Bottle, Bento. This is a great stainless steel bottle for carrying any beverages with your bento, and it's got the cute "niKyoro" face. Also, we've restocked several of the bento boxes in this series.
	AIN ~ Pentel Plastic Eraser Gathering Eraser's Trash Type. You don't think of erasers as being high-tech, but in the case of Japan, they certainly are. Here's a very nice plastic eraser that's designed to clump the pieces together so you can dispose of them easily.
	Bath HIRAGANA Chart. Here's a great chart for memorizing the hiragana writing system, the first step to learning Japanese. It comes with great pictures of words to help you learn, and it can be placed on any wall, or even in the bath, thanks to its waterproof construction.
	NINJA Japanese Paper Swing Doll. These are called Okiagari Koboshi and they're basically dolls with weights in the bottoms to keep them standing up all the time -- I suspect Weebles were based on these traditional Japanese toys. But then, Weebles weren't awesome ninjas! Available in three colors.
	Fundoshi -- White ~ Traditional Men's Underwear. Fundoshi (pronounced foon-DOH-shi) is the traditional underwear worn by the samurai, and in modern times, by people in Japanese shrines. Can you say "perfect Halloween costume"? These fun items are back in stock.
	Asa Shigure 1/8 Figure ~ Shuffle! *Preorder*. Here's a positively gorgeous figure for Shuffle fans, the character Asa-chan from the Shuffle! anime and dating-sim game. She comes with the trademark striped panties.
	Fraulein Revoltech #011 Haruka Hasegawa ~ Moyashimon *Preorder*. Gorgeous new figure of Haruka from a manga and anime called Moyashimon: Tales of Agriculture, who is a short-tempered researcher who comes from a rich family.
	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. Back in stock today.
	Plaster & Beard. Ayumi Kyouya brings this new yaoi work that is a collection of eight stories exploring all manner of m/m relationships. 210 pages, and all stories are yomikiri (all self-contained stories).
	GARCON ~ Gal Cat Fight Grand Prix!! 2. Fantastic new release from video maker Garcon, this presents a knock-down sprawling cat fight between eight lovely girls who punch and kick and scratch until their opponents clothes are pulled off. The losers have to service the men who are waiting eagerly by.