Cool Items Monday, December 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.

	Ryoko Asakura Figma Action Figure Ryoko Asakura is the mild-mannered class president from the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya who has a secret: she's actually an android simulating a human. Enjoy this gorgeous new Figma, complete with her knife.
	Dragon Destiny Trading Figures Full Sets Ikki Tousen (Dragon Destiny) is one of the coolest shows ever, featuring super-sexy girls fighting each other, which is really a re-telling of the famous Chinese epic Tale of Three Kingdoms. Enjoy these very detailed figures!
	S Cawaii Dec 2008 Super Cawaii is the top-selling fashion magazine at J-List, dedicated to celebrating beauty and style, Japan-style. It's an extremely visual magazine, with large pictures of the models as each page covers trends in Tokyo's street fashion world right now. Even the ads are fascinating to read through.
	New Year Kagami Mochi Mochi (rice cake) is one of my favorite things about Japan, a food that's both delicious to eat and loaded with centuries of Japanese culture. Enjoy two different decorative kagami mochi items on the site now!
	Domokun Flocked Vinyl Figure Raaaar! Domo-kun is the world-famous Japanese monster that's the official character of NHK, Japan's version of the BBC, and we've got his fun soft vinyl figure back in stock in San Diego. Think of the kittens -- get yours now!
	New Japanese Kit Kat, Other Snacks We love it went East meets West in the form of a new flavor of Kit Kat, and today we've gotten in a large bag of yuzu Kit Kat, based on the unique Japanese citrus fruit. Also see Meiji's Ginza Sweet Chocolate, so elegant to eat!
	Lupin the 3rd -- Lupin vs Clone (Blu-ray) We've got another fabulous Blu-Ray for anime fans, the famous Lupin vs. the Clone film with a fantastic story and the entire original cast. Fully compatible with North American players, including Sony PS3.
	Miku Hatsune Figma We've gotten more of the gorgeous Miku Hatsune Figma figures in -- this is the figure that's so hard to find in Japan you have to line up before stores open to get one. We ordered 36 but got just 6 delivered to us, so we recommend you snap yours up soon.
	Anime Figure Sale Items Also, just a reminder that we've got a huge selection of Japan's most gorgeous anime figures on our J-List Figure Sale page, including the popular Figma and Nendoroid lines, delicious "cast off" figure items and more. If you're a fan of the Death Note series, for example, we've got some really amazing figures for you to snap up.
	Tight 2-Tier Bento Box & Chopsticks Set Bento fans, don't look now, but we've got another excellent bento set for you on the site, featuring two separate tiers for holding your rice and other good things to eat, chopsticks w/ case, and more.
	Polo Shirt - Looking for a Japanese Girlfriend Then see our newest wacky Japanese T-shirt, an attractive 100% cotton polo shirt that's perfect for people who want to "keep it real" even while at work. A white version of our embroidered "Looking for a Japanese Girlfriend" design at a special price.
	Nyan Nyan Nyanko ~ Nyanko Land San-X fans will want to pick up this brand new Nyanko Land cute theme-park book, featuring the company's super-cute smiling cat characters who take the form of food, flowers, you name it.
	Restocked Bento Boxes We've restocked my favorite line of bento boxes by Nikyoro, the awesome Japanese lunchbox maker that never runs out of ideas. See the bread-shaped bento box and excellent sandwich bento box, onigiri holders and more!
	Cool Anime Calendars J-List calendars continue to blow out the door, and some of the best items are in danger of selling out. Whether you like the cute super-deformed Puchi Eva characters, want to spend 2009 with some of Japan's most beautiful models and singers, or love bento, we've got amazing 2009 calendars for you.
	Nintendo DS Japanese Study Tools I was really impressed with the Nintendo DS kanji dictionary, which allows you to look up 240,000 words (both E-J and J-E) as well as kanji characters. One reason it's good is the way you look up characters by writing them with the stylus, which lets you look up kanji you can't actually read, a big benefit over other methods. Back in stock today, along with the AIUEO Study with Anpanman!
	Restocked Japanese Study Materials We've posted fresh stock of our popular kanji practice notebooks, which let you memorize kanji characters by writing them repeatedly. Also, the Japanese report paper that I wrote about recently is on the site, too!
	Gift Certificate from J-List Christmas is almost here, and J-List is loaded with great things to buy from Japan. In case you can't make up your mind, why not choose a J-List Gift Certificate instead? Buy any amount you like and we'll issue the credit to you or your recipient (your choice), sending either a spiffy printable PDF gift certificate made out with a custom message from you, or as a beautiful printed gift certificate complete with gift box sent through the mail.
	iTunes Japan Music Cards Although they have a shorter history with the holiday, the Japanese love Christmas too, and with our handy iTunes Japan Music Cards, you can browse and buy the songs they're listening to right now, including the Japanese cover of "Last Christmas." How cool! See the top songs on iTunes Japan this week (iTunes link).
	Fate/stay night ~ Saber Artbook *Preorder* Fate is the legendary game that started as an eroge and took the anime world by storm. Enjoy this upcoming artbook of Saber from the game/anime, which you can preorder now.
	Restocked Ghibli Plush Toys Got a ton of Totoro items for you today, for your Holiday ordering consideration, including the Dark Grey Totoro Classic Plush (one of our most popular ever), the Studio Ghibli Keychain Collection and Soot Sprite keychain, the Sitting Jiji Plush and a favorite of mine Totoro Tree House, which Totoro can go inside and live in.
	Totoro Stamps Our wooden and rubber Totoro stamps are always popular, too, featuring original images of Totoro and his friends with messages in Japanese that you can stamp on documents.
	Ciel 1/7 Battle Costumer ~ Melty Blood *Preorder* A positively gorgeous figure from the Melty Blood series which you can preorder now. Love the detail and weapons.
	Horo 1/8 Figure by Goodsmile *Preorder* Everyone's favorite wolf girl is Horo, the pagan wolf-deity who was a Goddess of the Harvest until the local town stopped believing in her, causing her to leave and journey with Kraft Lawrence. Preorder this awesomeness now.
	Rin Seto Action Figure -- figma Series *Preorder* Also, a Figma that's so versatile, it's able to change form from human into mermaid, thanks to its innovative base station that supports the figure no matter what pose she's in. Preorder now!
	Groovy Japanese Snacks Today's restocked snacks include Glico Salad Pretz, Hi-Chew in amazing Gold Apple flavor, Morinaga Strawberry Milk Pudding Caramel. Meiji Poiful incredible jellybean-like candies, and a favorite of mine, Korinaga Koeda stick snacks in Green Tea flavor.
	Discounted "H" Figures One of the most amazing developments in anime figures in recent years has been the revolution in "cast off" figures, which let you remove some or all of their clothes for that great 'interactive' factor. We've added even more figures to our amazing Anime Figure Sale, including some of our sexiest offerings, so browse now!
	Comic AG Super Manga Anthology Set Remember, the best way to buy Comic AG, the popular magazine of English-translated "H" manga from Icarus Comics, might be our AGSET product, which lets you snag back issues of this great series in blocks of five at a special low price. It makes it a snap to grab past issues and save.
	MAX GIRLS Christmas!! Santa has brought us all a nice present in this gorgeous collection of "Santa Play" featuring girls wearing super hot Santa dresses. Seven gorgeous actresses!

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