Cool Items Friday, March 27, 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.

	Megami Magazine Creators vol. 15 Megami Creators is the magazine for serious fans of anime characters and the people who bring them into being. This perfect bound magazine is loaded with beautiful pages of art and a great poster.
	Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha SS Visual Collection The last word in magical girl anime as far as we're concerned, enjoy this gorgeous artbook, which we've gotten in stock for you.
	Comic REX Reserve Subscription As you know, J-List offers an amazing selection of the best anime, manga, fashion and other magazines via our revolving subscription system. Today we've added one of our favorite manga books, Comic REX.
	Myojo Mar 2009 Myojo is the magazine for all fans of "Johnny's-kei" men, referring to stars attached to the legendary Johnny's Entertainment talent agency. See Hey! Say! Jump, Kinki Kids, Kat-Tun, Eiji Wentz and much more. Great new issue in sotck.
	Doraemon no Dokodemo Nihongo Study Japanese with Doraemon in this excellent new complete textbook that's got lessons for every level. Reading, grammar and elementary writing are all covered.
	Neon Genesis Evangelion ~ Another Cases Or you could learn Japanese the fun way, with video games like this outstanding Evangelion title for Sony PSP fans we're posting today. Also: we've restocked the very cool Macross Ace Frontier which lets you play through the entire Macross saga with your PSP!
	Awesome New Japanese Snacks Today we've got a new flavor of the fabulous Meltykiss chocolates, new Gold Beans that you should snap up before chocolate season ends at J-List, followed by delicious Aloe Gummy candies loaded with collagen and something we're amazed to see, Calpis Marshmallows.
	Hello Kitty WAGARA ORIGAMI Origami is cool. Hello Kitty is cool. Hello Kitty origami is therefore really, really awesome. See two styles of traditional folding paper on the site today.
	Banclock ~ Money Saving Alarm Clock The ultimate alarm clock, it encourages you to wake up in the mornings properly and also save your pennies, since the alarm can only be turned off if you insert a coin. Awesome design, and a great idea!
	HDD Reader/Writer This is a fabulous device from Japan's famous Elecom computer peripherals maker Elecom, an incredibly handy dock that lets you connect raw hard drives and easily read them on your Mac or PC. Uses fast USB 2.0 for speedy file copies.
	Touhou Manga Restocked Touhou is the bizarre sub-culture world in Japan that's originally based on a series of shooting games created as doujin-soft (that is, homebrewed software). Both volumes of the official manga are back in stock today.
	Artbooks Restocked See fresh stock of some really nice color artbooks, including Gelatin ~ Puru Puru Original Comics and the excellent Cat Girl Encyclopedia.
	MUSHUDA Super Strong Unscented Insecticide Mushuda a wonderful product sold in Japan for keeping moths and skin beetles from eating your favorite clothes. A popular product that will protect that special sweater!
	Magical Spot Stick for Beautiful Skin An interesting Japanese beauty product that's popular with women, it's a special scraper for removing spots on the skin and unclogging pores. Two tips for different kinds of skin problems.
	Animal ONIGIRI Bento Boxes We've restocked several of those cute bento box with space for onigiri, those triangle shaped rice balls that are eaten as a casual snack in Japan. These are very cute, and made with pride in Japan by Prime Nakamura.
	Beautify Your Bento Also, see fresh stock of some of our best bento decorative items, including our Hello Kitty Vegetable Cutter, several onigiri molds, and more nori punches for cutting Japanese seaweed into cute faces and other shapes.
	Books on Bento, Sake and More Also: excellent books in English to help you improve your bento-making skills, and the ultimate book about Japanese sake.
	iTunes Sakura Songs '09 I like to trawl the iTunes Japan store to find cool stuff to link to. Check out a neat playlist featuring Sakura Songs '09, the best music to listen to while you sit beneath the cherry blossoms, the latest tunes by Thelma Aoyama or browse all top music this week.
	Totoro Bento Boxes Totoro bento boxes are among our most popular products, and it can be a challenge to keep them in stock. Today we've gotten the popular 3D Totoro lunchbox in stock again.
	Totoro Nap Pillow Also, fresh stock of one of my favorite products, the amazing Totoro Nap Pillows and sofa cushions, which are so soft and well-made, you'll treasure them for years.
	Your Name in Kanji Gaijin are always fascinated with kanji, and there's nothing cooler than seeing your own name written in the ancient Chinese characters. J-List sells cool custom-made kanji name stamps as well as handwritten kanji message boards that we can put any message you like on. Help in choosing the right kanji for you is included, free.
	Queen's Gate -- Dizzy (Guilty Gear) *Preorder* Queen's Blade is a series of awesome artbooks that you can use as a combat RPG based on the classic Lost Worlds system. Preorder this awesome crossover book now!
	Kyou Fujimori 1/7 scale Figure ~ Clannad I love the anime Clannad, the story about the love and happiness we feel as we go through our lives, and about how important electricians are to our lives. This is a fabulous figure of Kyou, the hot-headed but thoroughly moe-esque character from Clannad.
	Nendoroid Kuroshitsuji Sebastian *Pre-order* Another outstanding toy you'll want to look at is the upcoming Nendoroid od Sebastian the butler, who can be displayed in a large variety of innovative ways.
	Restocked Japanese Snacks Yummy Japanese snacks abound, including Choco Ball in Banana Choco flavor, the amazing Himo-Q gummy string that's 1.2 meters long, Lotte Cubio Gummy in Green Apple flavor, delicious Glico Cratz snacks in Alpen Salt & Chicken flavor, and for the curious, Hi-Chew in Aloe Yogurt flavor. (It's great, trust me!)
	Cleavage Complete Collection This is the amazing hentai anime Cleavage, based on the popular game by the creator of Bible Black, Sei Shojo. Enjoy the entire anime series in this special DVD set!