Cool Items Wednesday, January 21, 2009

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.

	Little Busters Solid Works Collection 2.5 Little Busters is the popular anime game by Key, and it's really winning with fans. Here's series of super-cute figures from the game which you can own and display.
	Louise Photobook ~ Zero no Tsukaima Artbook Here's a great artbook full of "photographs" of Louise from the popular anime about a magic school in another dimension. Super cute art on every page.
	Comptiq Dec 2008 Then, a new issue of the gorgeous magazine dedicated to beautiful anime girls. Features pictures and info from popular games and anime like Lucky Star, Fate/stay night, Nanoha and more. Comes with an awesome Haruhi bust for you to display. We have this and many other anime magazines available via monthly subscription service -- browse now!
	Hiragana Times Nov 2008 NO. 265 Hiragana Times is a magazine I recommend to anyone interested in learning more about Japanese language and culture. All articles are fully bilingual with hiragana above the kanji for easy reading.
	Learn English with Obama's Speeches What a great idea: a book that helps you learn English by studying the speeches of Barack Obama. Comes with book w/ grammar notes and a CD.
	Barack Obama Presidential Mask Then: we've gotten those freaky Obama masks that have been catching headlines around the world, which are well made and very realistic looking. Those Japanese are so wacky!
	Delicious Japanese Snacks Today's snack offerings are great. Enjoy the new Marble Pocky in Chocolat Framboise flavor, a plum Hi-Chew soft candy to give you good luck to pass your College Entrance Exams (if you have any coming up), and Salt Caramel Pucca, wow!
	Valentine's Day Chocolate Accessories Valentine's Day is coming, and whether you want to give attractive chocolate gift bags or search for some other fun chocolate goodies, J-List can help. See some unique accessory items for enjoying a real Japanese Valentine's Day this year.
	Sanrio Cinnamoroll AIUEO This is a great book for learning Japanese with the help of the very cute Cinnamoroll, the character from Sanrio that makes you want to eat cinnamon rolls for some reason.
	HYAKUNIN-ISSHU ~ Traditional Card Game "100 poems by 100 people" is actually a neat trick -- it's a way of teaching about poets who are long gone and who would never be read but for this innovative card game. That happens to be 1000+ years old, too.
	Aero Spider Wall-Climbing RC Car Then, see fresh stock of the Aero Spider remote-control cars that can actually climb walls, drive on the underside of tables, and go just about anywhere. The box includes everything you need, including controller/charger and vehicle.
	Sunshine Buddies (Hidamari no Tami) See fresh stock of the popular Hidamari no Tami (Sunshine Buddies) solar-powered relaxation figures, which loll their heads from side to side as they relax you, using the power of the sun! Maybe it'd make a nice Valentine's Day gift for someone special?
	2009 Anime Calendars Marked Down J-List has lowered our prices on virtually all our anime calendars, which we're closing out, from the very popular Shirow Masamune calendar featuring his bold new art to our Kiki's Delivery Service, Blue Dragon, Tales of the Abyss and more. All prices have been lowered!
	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, as well as our popular Specially Selected Chopstick Set.
	Japanese Bilingual Cookbook Books on Japanese cooking are among the most popular items we sell, and today we're restocking the excellent Japan Recipes 60, which gives you the chance to try real home cooking. Both English and Japanese is printed right there on the page.
	Japan R2-D2 Gum Holder J-List has a lot of cool Star Wars items from Japan, including our droid-shaped soy sauce bottle and pepper dispenser. Enjoy fresh stock of the awesome R2-D2 Gum Pot, which you can use to hold other cool stuff when you chew all the gum.
	Other Books About Japan See some other srestocked books incude Japan Trivia, with interesting questions about Japan in both languages, along with The Original Point and Speak Phrasebook, travel guides for seeing Tokyo in great new ways, and more.
	Traditional Japanese Footwear Geta are those wooden sandals that are seen in so many popular anime series, and they're a cool way to be Japanese wherever you walk, and we've restocked our most popular sandals ever today, as well as "ninja boots" and other cool items.
	Totoro Items Enjoy some great traditional playing cards for large or small hands that make playing cards all the more fun, featuring the art of Totoro created by Mr. Miyazaki himself, as well as some other fun Totoro plush items.
	KEI's GALLERY Miku Hatsune Artbook Enjoy the gorgeous works of Japanese artist Kei Garou, who is the creator of Miku Hatsune as well as the other Vocaloid characters. A fabulous artbook you will love to own.
	Sabotender, Tonberry from Final Fantasy Final Fantasy fans, we've posted two cute plush toys that you'll want to pick up: Sobender and Tonberry, aka Cactuar and Pug. Preorder now!
	Marvel Black Widow ~ Shunya Yamashita *Preorder* Then, I love it when East meets West, as with this gorgeous version of Black Widow from the Marvel comic universe, as created by the master Shunya Yamashita.Available for preorder now.
	Restocked Stationery Items Then see fresh stock of some fun items, including our elegant MONO-ONE pen-style eraser, new "Real" Origami for making amazing paper airplanes, a notebook for One Piece fans, and fresh stock of "Fude" pens for traditional brush writing.
	Restocked Japanese Snacks Then enjoy some great J-Snacks, including Jagabee Potato Snack, Lotte Black Black Candy with loads of caffeine, Mushroom Mountain, Meiji Coffee Beat candy, more awesome Japan Kit Kat, plus traditional Bontan Ame candy and Milky Candy from Fujiya.
	Futanari Doujinshi from Behind Moon The doujin circle Behind Moon is famous for doing the genre of futanari very well, and we've restocked their gorgeous Miku Hatsune parody book, which is quite mind-blowing.
	Continuing PC Dating-Sim Game Sale Remember that J-List is continuing our great sale on PC dating-sim games, dropping the price of nearly all our shrinkwrapped CD-ROM games -- plus you get free Hirameki games with every two titles you pick up.
	Queen's Blade New Artbook *Preorder* Then, fans of the Queen's Blade universe of super-sexy fighting girls, enjoy the new Tales of the Wandering Warrior, featuring vibrant color art and a wonderfully ero voice CD.
	Chizuru Full Cast-off Figure ~ Kanokon *Preorder* Kanokon is a show about a magical fox spirit who takes the form of a beautiful girl, who then lusts after the lucky Kouta-kun. This is a fully cast-off-able figure, meaning both the top and bottom come off. Muhahaha!
	Restocked Massagers from Japan See some of our most popular "toys for grown-ups" items, including Lapin Elegant Personal Massager that's one of the most well-designed we've ever sold, along with our basic Japanese Pink Rotar [sic], which everyone should have in their secret drawer. Also the stress-relieving Shakuhachi Mouth Simulator for guys.