Cool Items Monday, December 29, 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. 95 Yay! It's an issue of Megami Magazine, filled with the best anime visuals, from Ikki Tousen to Shakugan no Shana and Clannad and Magical Lyrical Nanoha and much more. It's a good day to buy a magazine with 10+ dual sided original posters inside.
	Maria Holic vol. 1-3 A fantastic manga series from Minari Endo, this tells the hilarious story of a yuri girl who falls in love with another girl...who turns out to be a boy pretending to be a girl.
	Nendoroid Saber Lion Figure ~ Fate/Tiger This is an amazing cute new Nendoroid figure for you: Saber from Fate/stay night dressed up in a lion suit. Based on the popular PSP game called Fate/Tiger Colosseum, in which you can play Saber dressed in a cute lion suit. In stock now!
	Asa Shigure 1/8 Figure ~ Shuffle! 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. Most of our stock sold out as preorder so hurry!
	New Japanese Snacks See the newest offering in Lotte's "hard to translate into English" snack line with Strawberry Pie no Mi (er, Fruit of the Pie?) in Strawberry Cream flavor. Also, a new flavor of soft gummy "throat candy" with real lemon juice and new Morinaga Biz ("bitz") candy. For your lucky time, have some biz!
	Winter Snack Sets Restocked Also: because we love you, we've restocked our popular set of the most popular chocolate and other snacks from Japan.
	KIE - Kateigaho International Edition #22 J-List is honored -- honored! -- to be able to sell this fabulous quarterly magazine on Japanese art can culture, and we recommend our 'reserve subscription' for everyone. Here are some individual issues in stock for you.
	Great New Years' Items From fabulous Lucky Star Kimono doll sets to great items to help you have a traditional Oshogatsu, Japan Style, browse the cool items we've got in stock for you.
	Hello Kitty Oil Absorb Paper 50 Sheets See the newest styles of the special paper from Sanrio that absorbs a surprising amount of oil from your face. Get healthy and beauty with Kitty-chan!
	Lovely ZOKIN ~ Japanese School Duster When Japanese kids go to elementary school, they bring along an official zokin (towel for wiping their desk). There's something about these cool towels, which are thick and last all year, that made us decide to carry them on the site.
	SAKE Word KANJI Straps for Alcohol Lovers Check these items out: cool phone straps, which can be put on your phone, keys, camera or USB thumb drives, which proclaim your love of sake (alcohol).
	Traditional Japanese Fan ~ God of Thunde Then: here's a gorgeous folding fan that's decorated with the Raijin, the "thunder and wind gods" which can be seen in Japan's grandest temple in Nara.
	KIMONO Style Mini KINCHAKU Pouch This kinchaku (drawstring) pouch is made of real kimono material, and it's a fantastic way to carry all your important stuff.
	Year of the Ox Traditional Items 2009 is the Year of the Ox (aka Year of the Cow) according to the Chinese zodiac, and you can get ready to celebrate it with the restocked items we have today. including beautiful Year of the Cow bells, our Year of the Cow strap for your phone or keys, and more.
	New Totoro Plush Toys, Pencil Cases See fresh stock of the fantastic Makkuro Kurosuke, the plush Soot Sprites that have a little cord you can pull to make them vibrate. Also, our popular Totoro Pencil Case is back in stock.
	Anime Calendars Galore Remember that J-List still has a great selection of 2009 calendars for anyone who loves Japan, with anime, popular model, traditional art calendars and more. We're down to just a few copies of some of our most popular calendar offerings, like the Totoro/Studio Ghibli, Code Geass, Bleach, Macross F and more. But when the calendars go, they'll be gone forever.
	Restocked DX Bento Boxes, More We've restocked the popular DX Brown and Pink Bento Set, which come with many amazing interior parts and compartments for the ultimate bento experience, including a fantastic zippered case. Next, see our Lacquered Cloth Bento and Sakura Coasters, too!
	Authentic Japanese Loose Socks What's 120 cm long and keeps your legs warm in the winter? Japanese Loose Socks, the deluxe extra-long socks beloved of Japanese high school girls. We've got two sizes in stock for you.
	Japanese in Mangaland We firmly believe there's no more enjoyable way to learn Japanese than by using manga, and we've restocked several of the Japanese in Mangaland series by Kodansha for you. Read the manga with full explanations of grammar and vocabulary right beside the pictures. Fantastic!
	Haruhi Shugi ~ Noiji Ito Illustrations *preorder* Noiji Ito is the amazing artist who created the character designs for Haruhi Suzumiya (and Shana of the Blazing Eyes). You can preorder her upcoming artbook, which is going to be a huge event among all otaku!
	Choun Shiryu 1/8 SMC Figure *Preorder* Dragon Destiny fans, there's a new figure you'll want to check out, the gorgeous upcoming release of Shiryu from the series. The best fan service in anime we can remember!
	Japanese Traditional Items Lots of interesting traditional items on the site today, including tenugui traditional towels with images of Daruma and Lucky Cat, our fantastic Lucky Cat with Seven Gods figure for displaying, and one of my favorite items ever, the metal Magatama amulet with flint stone in a metal box.
	Restocked Japanese Snacks Got some great restocked snacks today, including Fuwarinka Gum in Peach Jasmine Rose flavor, Shuwa Puccho soft candies in Energy Puccho flavor, Japan-only Mentos in Strawberry n' Cream, Japan Bubbilicious and the last-ever Cheetos Rated R in Wasabi Mayonnaise flavor. Yum!
	Inju Ouji (Tentacle Prince) This toy is in some ways bizarre and strange, but actually it's a bit of genius. It's a really excellent, er, tentacle monster with detailed tentacles and various add-ons that you can use to tease any of your other toys. Figma figure? Check. Slave Bikini Leia figure? Go for it. All we ask is that you drop us some pictures.
	More Queen's Blade Artbooks Look for even more awesome Queen's Blade artbooks restocked, for fans of this innovative twist on an American book-based combat RPG. Today we've got fighting Japanese shrine maiden Tomoe as well as the gorgeous thorny queen Nix!
	Uncho Kanu 1/7 Figure Damage Version This is really an awesome figure, Uncho Kanu in one of her best poses, ready to grace your most special shelf or collector's case. If you think this "cast off" figure is cool from the front, click to see what she looks like from the other side. Note: most of our stock is already gone, so get yours fast!
	"H" Anime Calendars J-List is currently stocked with some really memorable 2009 calendars for fans of the steamier side of Japan, including super-sexy eroge and anime School Days, the very satisfying 2009 calendar of Kanokon, and Japan's most beautiful women!
	Princess Waltz on DVD-ROM or Download Princess Waltz is the long-awaited game from Peach Princess that combines gorgeous characters and a deep fantasy story with the highest quality graphics yet seen. Did you get your copy yet? Available on shrinkwrapped DVD-ROM or convenient (but big!) 2.7 gb download.