Cool Items Monday, February 9, 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.

	Animage Jan 2009 vol. 367 Super new issue of Animage, the famous magazine of Japanese animation culture, featuring all the top shows, from Gundam 00 to Clannad to Bleach. As with many of our anime magazines available via regular monthly subscription. It comes with cool free stuff inside, in this case Code Geass playing cards.
	Shoxx Feb 2009 vol. 192 Shoxx is the popular magazine of Japanese "visual-kei" gothic rock, which features many photos of the bands that are popular in Japan right now, including D'espairsRay, Doremi, Mix Speakers, and Alice Nine and more, with a giant poster inside too. Normally available only via our monthly revolving subscription service, we have some stock of the newest issue for you, featuring all the hottest bands and large, glossy photography.
	Hello Kitty Sakura Plush Bring on the good luck with this Lucky Hello Kitty plush, featuring "Kitty-chan" (as she's known in Japan) sitting on a luxurious plush pillow and waving good luck into your home or business.
	New Hello Kitty Shoulder Massager Then: we've gotten what's almost sure to be the last stock ever of the amazing Hello Kitty vibrating massagers, a licensed Sanrio product that's wacky and fun to use. All colors are back in stock in Japan.
	Ran Nanjyo 1/8 Figure ~ Sengoku Lance Direct from the popular Alice Soft eroge (dating sim) Sengoku Lance comes this amazing figure of the character Ran Nanjyou. Now in stock!
	Kaori Kanzaki 1/8 Figure *Preorder* Then from the popular anime, manga and light novel A Certain Magical Index, this is Kaori, who looks darned good with her long katana sword and jeans covering only one leg. I love that flying anime hair.
	Delicious New Japanese Snacks Enjoy some fun new snacks from Japan, including Pocca Coffee Chocolate, coffee beans with delicious coffee flavored chocolate inside, followed by Pretz in butter mentaiko flavor (spicy fish eggs, a favorite from Hakata, Japan), and amazing Grape Chocolate. Yum!
	FUKU Bubble Bath with Happy DARUMA Charm Make bath time more fun with this "Bubble Ball" which is a ball that you drop in the bath. The bubble bath material will dissolve, revealing a fun random Daruma character inside, for good luck.
	MIKU-4 ~ Mikuyon Super cute manga about Miku-4, aka Mikuyon, which tells the story of how Miku Hatsune became the famous idol she is today. Cool manga item because there is no text -- everything is communicated visually, so there's no need to fret about a translation from Japanese.
	Amazing Mouse Pads from Japan Chances are you're using a computer mouse pad that's not as interesting as the anime oppai mouse pads at J-List. Click to browse our selection of these and other mouse pad items.
	Mini Punch for DECO Bento ~ Butterfly Bento is more fun when you can decorate it just right, and J-List has a ton of ideas for your next Japanese boxed lunch. Like this nori punch, which lets you make butterflies out of sheet seaweed.
	Bento Box Belt with Mascot ~ Happy Bird , Sakura Also, keep your bento from opening at the wrong moments with these tight bento belts, which add an extra layer of protection, as well as kawaii-ness to your lunch.
	Pink Gothic Style Cat Bento Boxes See fresh stock of our Goth Style Cat Bento Box, a cool set of gothic themed Japanese lunchboxes that are extremely kawaii. They come with two tiers for organizing your rice and other bento items and everything else you need to get eating.
	DA I SU KI ~ I Love You! ~ Hiragana Candle Show your love for someone special with these candles that spell out DAI SUKI, or "I Love You." Back in stock by customer request.
	Gift Certificate for the One You Love Or, if you're finding you're just not able to get that special Valentine's Gift to object of your affection in time, we humbly recommend our popular J-List Gift Certificates, which can be sent as a printable PDF via email, allowing that special someone to go on a chocolate shopping spree that they'll love you for!
	Restocked Anime Artbooks See some great artbooks back on the site, including the gorgeous deluxe art book of Death Note creator Takeshi Obata, along with Shirow Masamune's legendary Intron Depot series.
	Wacky J-List T-Shirts Speaking of Death Note, we heard that our Death Note Cuties parody T-shirt that blends the awesome anime with Power Puff Girls and Death Cab for Cutie sold out at the New York Comic Convention. Don't worry, we've got it in stock in San Diego for you.
	Jumbo HANTEN ~ Warm Winter Kimono Large Size I am a big fan of these warm short kimonos that are worn in the winter to keep nice and toasty. We've gotten in an extra large size to go with the normal sized hanten we already carry.
	Bring Good Luck With Lucky Cat J-List's customers love Lucky Cat, the traditional cat that brings you good luck, and we've restocked several cool traditional items today, including the Micro Lucky Cat figures and a fun candle stand.
	Restocked Traditional Items Then see restocked traditional products from Japan, including our Ninja Sword Letter Opener, Kimono Style Mini Tote Bag, HANAFUDA playing card game, a body towel made with charcoal for health, and a "Magonote" or "grandchild's hand" for scratching your back the Japanese way.
	Japanese Study Aids See fresh stock of several popular study tools, including Say It In Japanese, a great bilingual phrasebook for those just starting out in nihongo, along with kanji practice notebooks, our fun Chibi Maruko-chan Kanji Dictionary, and more.
	Face Bank 2 -- Light Pink *Preorder* Here's a freakishly cool coin savings bank that features a bizarre mouth that you slide money into, while it eats it. Available in two colors -- preorder now!
	Macross SDF-1 Celebration T-Shirts *Preorder* For fans of the old-school Macross anime, which was broadcast as Robotech, a special day is approaching: the launch of the SDF-1. Show your fan colors with these upcoming commemorative T-shirts from Cospa.
	Moka Akashia 1/8 Figure *Preorder* For the vampire lover in all of us, this is a fabulous new figure for fans of Gonzo's popular series about a normal human who accidentally goes to a high school for supernatural monsters. Kawaii! Based on the popularity of products from this series, we recommend you preorder this figure now.
	Rogue 1/8 Figure by Shunya Yamashita *Preorder* Then, master Japanese illustrator Shunya Yamashita tries his hand at the Marvel universe, giving us Rogue from the X-Men, a positively wonderful new offering that you can preorder.
	Japanese Snacks Delicious restocked snack items are plentiful on the site too, including Rich Strawberry Kit Kat, Meiji Rich Strawberry Chocolate, Puchitto Hi-Chew in Ramune and Cola flavor, Watering Kiss Mint Gum, and Sakuma Drops traditional candies, as seen in the Ghibli film Grave of the Fireflies.
	New Hentai Manga by Joji Manabe The blogging world is abuzz about a great ero manga from Joji Manabe, known to fans outside of Japan as the creator of Outlanders, which was recalled due to some censorship not being where it was supposed to be. We've gotten in some copies of the pre-recall version, so fans can get a hold of this rare item.
	New Doujinshi releases Then see some great new doujin books posted to the site, including Queen's Blast, a super Queen's Blade ero book dedicated to tormenting poor Tomoe, and the full color Fighting the World 3, which will change the way you look at Chun-Li forever.
	Virgin Roster One of the most popular PC dating-sim games ever released in English is this outstanding title from Zyx. CD-ROM or convenient Internet Download Edition available.