Cool Items Monday, March 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 Mar 2009 Super new issue of Animage, the popular anime magazine, filled with information and visual artwork for Kurohitsugi, Gundam 00, the new Fullmetal Alchemist anime, Code Geass, Clannad After Story and much more.
	Dengeki Layers vol. 23 Layers, of course, isn't about layers of clothing -- it's really 'Layers, the slang word for cosplayers, and this is what you'll find in spades in this great perfect-bound magazine: tons of shots of the best anime costumes for you to wow at and use in your own cosplay plans, just in time for the summer anime conventions.
	Man Drill 1 ~ Basic Here's a book that's so awesome, it could probably even teach me how to draw. Starts at the very beginning, perceiving the elements that build shapes and faces. Practice 5 minutes a day to create better manga tomorrow!
	Switch on JR Full Set of 6 For fans of gashapon, or capsule toys, here's a great item: a set of six boxes that containing cute little Japanese trains, including the most famous trains to foreigners who have visited the country.
	Hello Kitty Microwave Rice Cooker & Scoop Oh, this is awesome: a Hello Kitty version of our popular device for making perfect white rice in your microwave, which saves the cost of an electric rice cooker. Makes plenty of perfectly steamed rice every time, and is darned cute!
	Little Twin Stars Chopsticks Case for Bento Then see this kawaii set of chopsticks for Sanrio fans, which comes with a sturdy plastic case for protection.
	ASIENCE Shampoo & Conditioner By customer request, we've added the popular Asience to our product lineup. One of the top brands of shampoo in Japan, the shampoo is specially formulated for fine Asian hair. This is a handy travel pack for you.
	Evangelion Wrist Watch This is the ultimate watch for an anime fan to own, styled like the Eva 00 unit and immediately recognizable as the most excellent watch ever. Features an Eva-like display, too, and comes in a beautiful box.
	New Japanese Snacks Got a great new version of Glico Pakitz today, new Strawberry In Chocolate, followed by a new Ramune Fruits Candy and yummy White Chocolate Chocoball in "Salt Vanilla" flavor in time for White Day.
	Lucky Cat Family (Three Cats) Solar Powered We've restocked the popular solar-powered Lucky Cat toy that brings good luck into your life through the magic of solar power. Never needs batteries!
	Cyber Figure ARis See fresh stock of the fabulous Cyber Figure ARis, the amazing "virtual figure" that's a computer maid that you can interact with. Using any standard USB camera and a Windows PC, the system created an on-screen virtual made you can have loads of fun with, including, you know, that kind of fun. Voiced by C.C. from Code Geass.
	Fumikane Shimada Art Works Then see fresh stock of the gorgeous art works of Fumikane Shimada, creator of Strike Witches, featuring amazing WWII mecha combined with super-cute anime girls. Enjoy the artist's amazing illustrations in the large glossy pages.
	Micro Size Check Pen for Study J-List customers know we sell a ton of Japanese study tools, including the Zebra Check Set, a special pen and plastic sheet for memorizing just about anything. Here's a super-small pen that's compatible with this study system, which you can attach to anything.
	Study Japanese With Doraemon We've restocked two popular Nintendo DS tools for learning Japanese: the hiragana and katakana training game Dora Gana as well as the gorgeous Higurashi no Nakukoro Ni (When They Cry) visual novel.
	Lower Price on iTunes Cards The iTunes Japan prepaid cards from J-List are the easiest way to buy cool Japanese music that's compatible with iTunes, iPod or iPhone. You can find great stuff, like a collection of the best J-POP songs over the past year, the best songs and BGM from Clannad/Kanon/Key and this awesome iMix featuring the most awesome songs by Vocaloid star Miku Hatsune. Best of all, we've dropped our price on the 3000 yen iTunes card!
	"Nesting" Bento Boxes See fresh stock of our most popular "nesting" bento boxes, which feature boxes that fit inside other pieces to save space. Our popular Petit Copain bento set is back, as well as the Hello Kitty Nesting Bento Box Trio.
	Japanese Bento Accessories Then add some kawaii to your bento, with these restocked accessory items, including NORI-NORI and PITATTO lunch pics shaped like animals, cute bento bottles for bringing furikake or other condiments with your lunch, baran fake bento grass, and more.
	Awesome Mouse Pads from Japan Whether you're looking for cool mouse pad to teach you how to enter hiragana using a standard English keyboard to mouse pads for otaku who need a place to rest their weary arms, J-List has a great lineup of offerings from Japan. Today we're restocking our popular ukiyoe mouse pad.
	CHATAKU ~ Wooden Tea Cup Plate Plum Shaped An elegant wooden saucer shaped like a beautiful ume (plum) flower, you can use this with your favorite yunomi (traditional Japanese green tea cup).
	KIMONO Style Mini Tote Bag Then, why carry a boring bag with you when you can have this cool kimono-themed bag instead. This quality canvas and chirimen bag will hold all your stuff in style. Back in stock today.
	Wacky Japanese T-Shirts J-List sells wacky T-shirts with messages like, Soy Sauce is the Japanese Soul, It Is Forbidden to Commit Seppuku and You Must be 20 Year Old to Purchase Alcohol and Tobacco. Click to browse some of our wackiest shirts now.
	Totoro Cushions, Plush Toys We've also gotten fresh stock of the amazingly soft and luxurious Totoro cushion for 2009, which goes great with the last stock of our soft Totoro blankets we have on the site. Also see our Totoro Plush Keychain, Totoro Soot Sprite Stamp and more.
	Top Japanese Fashion Magazines Whether you're into the cool street fashions seen in Tokyo's Shibuya region, the punk/gothic style of Harajuku or the glittery style of Koakuma-girls girls in Roppongi, J-List has a great lineup of fashion magazines from Japan for you.
	Games for Girls Otome games are PC dating-sims where the main character is female, and interacts with male suitors as the story unfolds, a great dynamic. On of the best games in this genre is the awesome Yo-Jin-Bo ~ The Bodyguards, a fantastic game about time travel and ronin and love, available again for Mac and PC.
	Hello Kitty Hanafuda *Preorder* Hanafuda ("flower cards") is a traditional game that's been around for centuries, and a little company called Nintendo was founded in 1889 to make the cards back in the day. This is a set of super-cute Hello Kitty hanafuda cards that you can preorder now.
	Dengeki Moeoh Apr 2009 Dengeki Moeoh is already one heck of a fantastic magazine, filled with beautiful moe girls from anime and games. Best of all, you get a full sized dakimakura with the magazine, which the publishers suggest can be used for ultimate fan experience, actually joining with your hug pillow by getting inside her. Or, buy one of the inexpensive pillows to stuff her with for a more conventional huggable anime girl.
	Comic AG Super Manga Anthology vol. 99 Next, the new issue of Comic AG from Icarus is here, and it's one no fan should miss out on because of the great content it gives you: faithfully translated Scarlet Desire, The Girl with a Thousand Curses, double futanari and tentacles, oh my!
	Sangokushi ~ Moe Tale of Ancient China So cute, it's almost strange. This is a moe version of the classic Chinese historical tale Sangokushi (Romance of the Three Kingdoms), with extremely cute versions of the characters.
	Be Boy Gold Feb 2009 Looking for a huge book of the best BL comics? We've got the new issue of Be Boy Gold in, with 500 pages of great works by artists like Yamane Ayano, Ryou Sakurai, Shiuko Shikano, Tomoko Yamashita and CJ Michaelski.
	Hustler 1/7 Cast off Figure *Preorder* One of the most amazing ero figures I've seen, this is a perfect 3D recreation of the illustration "The Hustler" from artist Happou Bijin. Comes with two clothing modes -- preorder her now.
	Kanai Julialous Hard/Soft 1/3 Scale *Preorder* Then a figure that's no doubt going to live in the annals of anime figure history, this is a massive 1/3 scale figure (!) that comes in two versions: one with normal hard PVC oppai there are beautiful to look at, and an, er, "soft" version too.