Cool Items: Wednesday, October 15, 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.

	Megami Magazine vol. 101 Oct 2008. Megami Magazine is the #1 anime mag around here because of all the great free stuff they give you inside, like the amazing *10* double sided posters (for a total of 20 poster sides) they manage to squeeze into this issue, with all the hottest shows including exclusive artwork for this issue only. Don't miss out!
	Revoltech No.007 King Gainer. Overman King Gainer by the creator of Gundam with a bold and interesting Logan's Run-esque story. This is a great Revoltech figure of the main character.
	Restocked Revoltech Figures. Who would win in a fight, Ryu from Street Fighter II or the Evangelion Prototype? Put them together and find out. The Ryu figures have come in, along with a bunch of great (and affordable) Revoltech toys for you, including Mami and Ami from Idol M@sters. Kawaii!
	Cure Sep 2008 vol. 60. Fantastic artwork in this new issue of Cure, the magazine of Japanesque Rock and Visual Styling" that has tons of photos of all your favorite visual-kei bands.
	R2D2 Gum Pot. J-List has a lot of cool Star Wars items from Japan, and today we're posting an awesome R2-D2 "Gum Pot," filled with delicious pieces of gum. (It's green, but not Yoda flavored as far as we know.) You can use the R2 body to store all kinds of cool stuff afterwards.
	New Japanese Snacks. Then see some amazing Japanese snacks: a "Black Sugar" Choco Ball made with Okinawan sugar cane, and a cool combination Puccho and Hi-Chew in chocolate and vanilla flavors, yum!
	12 Animal New Years Display. There are twelve animals in the Chinese zodiac, with 2009 being the Year of the Cow. You can make a great cultural display this year with this diorama featuring ceramic versions of all the animals.
	Real Sweets Ball Pointed Pens. File in the "cool but not sure why" file. Pens with traditional Japanese snacks at the tops, which look good enough to eat. There's Tai-Yaki, a fish-shaped warm cake with sweet bean paste inside, and Green Tea Shave Ice. But write with these pens, don't eat them!
	HAYA-KESHI ~ Super Quick Triple Eraser. The Japanese take their study supplies seriously, and that means erasers, too. Here's a specially designed eraser that works really fast to remove any errors you make because it's three erasers in one.
	Lovely Cat & Rose Slim 3 tiers Bento Box. This is one heck of a well designed bento box: it's made up of three separate sections, allowing you to bring only what you need. Great gothic design on the top, too!
	Bear Silicon Reusable BARAN for Bento. Baran is the decorative separators that keep your rice from getting mixed up with the other parts of your bento lunch. It usually takes the form of "fake plastic grass," but here's a cute new version featuring awesome little bears. It's made of silicon so you can wash and reuse them later.
	Hello Kitty Boiled Egg Shaper. Life is just a little more fun with bento accessories from J-List, and we've restocked several popular Hello Kitty items, including our Boiled Egg Shaper (makes Hello Kitty shaped hard-boiled eggs!), Vegetable Cutter and Silicon Bento Cups.
	Compare Japanese Proverb with English Proverb. There's nothing more fun than the surprise on a Japanese person's face when a foreigner shows knowledge of kotowaza, or Japanese proverbs, and this excellent study book will help you learn them. Even monkeys fall from trees after sitting on a rock for three years.
	A Guide To Learning Hiragana & Katakana. We're often asked what the first steps to learning Japanese is. The answer is easy: start with hiragana and then katakana, the two elementary writing systems used in Japanese. This outstanding book is now in stock again in San Diego.
	Japanese Custom Made Stamp. We're pretty proud of this item: a custom hanko stamp that you can get made with your name in kanji! As part of our service, J-List will help you choose the best kanji for you (for example, if you name is Roger you can write this in characters that mean "old snake" ^_^), and then we'll get the stamp custom made for you here. These are fully legal for use in Japan, too.
	Sake Sets. Enjoying sake is more fun with friends, and we've got some great sake server sets in stock for you, including the Skeleton Sake Bottle and Cups set, great for Halloween. The best way to drink sake, of course, is hot, called atsukan in Japanese.
	2009 Calendars. Now is a great time to browse J-List's calendar selection, since we're loaded with fun and unique offerings, from the hottest anime shows to incredible photo calendars showing Japan in the four seasons to traditional art calendars and more.
	My Neighbor Totoro Wrist Watch -- Oval Gold Face. Wow, talk about something you'll treasure for years, here's a high quality Totoro watch from Seiko. Leather band, beautiful styling, chrome gold everywhere. Back in stock today.
	P:Chara Sky Crawlers Pinky Street Figures *Preorder*. I love the Pinky Street figures, little fashionable girl figures with heads you can pop off to change "clothes" (stick the head onto the other body). We're posting the upcoming Yuichi Kannami and Suito Kusanagi from Sky Crawlers up to the site for you. The military uniforms look great!
	Japanese Gum. J-List sells a lot of unique products from Japan, including Japanese chewing gum that might surprise you. Today we're restocking Ramune Bubblicious (!), more Fuwarinka Rose Gum which makes your body smell nice from the inside, and Japanese caffeine gum (both Black Black and the sugarless Xylish Hyper Cool).
	Spirit of Capitalism. The Spirit of Capitalism is one of the most celebrated ero manga titles in history, written by the famous Tuna Empire (Maguro Teikoku). The English version of this gem is back in stock now.
	Makai Tenshi Djibril 3 visual fanbook ~ Juburiru the Devil Angel 3. Official artbook for the outstanding game Magical World Angel Djibril (also written Jiburiru), one of the hottest games and figure lines around. Also great for futanari fans.
	Juliona Trans 1/6 Figure Shiro Masamune Character Series vol.1 *Preorder*. "Oh baby!" is all I can say to this: a fabulous recreation of Shirow Masamune's sexy cowgirl character Juliona from his Wild Wet West illustration series. With a removable hat, this lady will be the centerpiece of your collection.
	Queen's Blade ~ Musha Miko Emaki -- Tomoe. The Queen's Blade series is awesome, a collection of high quality artbooks built around a single gorgeous female character in combat. We've restocked the Queen's Blade "side story" books featuring Tomoe and Menace, two of my favorite characters.
	Kanu Uncho 1/7 Figure Kerberos Project Black & White version ~ Dragon Destiny. The gorgeous Kanu Uncho cast off is in stock, and it's one fans won't want to miss out on. Fully removable top, and super detailing underneath. This figure has come in, but most sold as preorders -- hurry before they're all gone!
	CFNM ~ Virtual Club Interactive DVD. Another fantastically bold idea from Soft on Demand which features 30 beautiful girls who interactively watch you while you do, well, whatever it is that you do when you're alone. Features a shock reaction mode by the girls, too!