Cool Products Monday, April 20, 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.

	Comptiq Apr 2009 We've got another nice issue of Comptiq, the popular anime and game magazine, with 350+ pages of great information and visual art, along with a great figure of Konata, free (!). Of course you can get it sent to you every month via our convenient monthly subscription service, which can always be canceled at any time.
	Beer Shampoo In the "so cool it could only come from Japan" is this cool beer shampoo, which gives the feeling of washing your hair and body (this is "all body shampoo") in fizzing, healthy beer. Looks incredibly real! From Bandai.
	Bubblegum Crisis 1/15 Figures Bubblegum Crisis is the red-hot anime from the 80s that was essentially Japan's ultimate tribute to Blade Runner, but with anime-style girls in mecha suits. Enjoy the super-realistic figures w/ motorcycles we've posted today.
	Tsukasa Hiiragi Figma Action Figure ~ Lucky Star She's really cute and she's got a cell phone: it's Tsukasa, the slightly air headed but 100% kawaii younger sister to Kagami from Lucky Star. Enjoy her many poses in this new Figma release that lets you create anything with the girl.
	S Cawaii Apr 2009 A super magazine for stylish and fashionable people, this is Super Cawaii, filled with information and beautiful photo spreads of the hottest fashions from Shibuya to Harajuku to Roppongi. Focus on new styles for spring as well as makeup methods.
	Low Rider Magazine No. 91 Apr 2009 A new issue of Low Rider, the amazing Japanese magazine that tracks the best American car culture, which is fascinating to view. Each page is brimming with color pictures, including lots of creations by Japanese car owners.
	Fun New Snacks from Japan Today's new snacks include a delicious Soy Sauce flavor of Curl Stick, a new UHA E-ma candy that comes in the most awesome container ever, and wacky candy cigarettes from Japan's past, in cola and ramune flavor.
	Microwave Potato Chip Maker Why buy store-bought potato chips when you can make your own at home, using this wacky microwave potato chip maker from Japan. This is a wonky item but our customers love it, so we keep restocking it.
	MODE (L)INE Men's Simple Lacquered Bento Set Here's a pair of elegant large-sizes bento boxes intended for anyone who wants a less-kawaii bento experience. You get two separate sections and chopsticks w/ case included.
	Other Restocked DX Bento Box Sets Also see fresh stock of one of my favorite bento boxes ever, which includes many different compartments which all fit neatly inside an awesome zippered pouch.
	Niko Niko Seaweed Punch for Bento One interesting way to decorate your bento lunch is to use one of the nori punches we sell to cut sheet seaweed into interesting and cute shapes. See several of our most popular items restocked today.
	Restocked Bento Accessories More restocked bento accessory items, too, including the ECO Love-Earth Portable Own Chopsticks (so you don't need to use disposable ones), various baran food separators for keeping your bento foods from running together, and the awesome Smart Mode Shaking Salad Case, which lets you bring salad with your lunch every day!
	100 Japanese Back Alleys Photobook You wouldn't think that Japanese back streets could be a source of beauty, but they are. This is a collection of one hundred highly picturesque small alleys, back roads and seemingly unimportant parts of Japanese from Kyushu to Tokyo.
	Beautiful Nose Making Magical Roller You can enjoy a bibana, or a "beautiful nose," with this magical roller that promises to help improve the shape of your nose.
	Hello Kitty Pancake Pan One of the most amazing Sanrio products we've carried, this little pan lets you make Hello Kitty-shaped pancakes for breakfast -- kawaii! Finally back in stock after many months.
	U-CAN Pen Training DS A great tool for anyone wanting not just to learn to write Japanese, but to learn to do it beautifully, this is a great program for the Nintendo DS that teaches you to write with a pen. Includes a special stylus pen to use and is compatible with DS systems all over the world.
	Japanese Study Books J-List supports everyone who wants to learn some Japanese, and today we're restocking Catchy Japanese Phrases, which present a "situational" way to learn the language that's something I'd have loved to have back in the day.
	Huge Restocking of Totoro Plush Toys Tons of My Neighbor Totoro plush toy and other items have been restocked today, including the Totoro "Smile" Plush (both sizes), Totoro toys with strings you can pull to make them shake, the Soot Sprite Window Mascot w/ suction cup, the large Totoro Tree House, and a great ceramic music box.
	*Giant* DX Neko Bus Plush Doll w/ Totoro Also, we've gotten in fresh stock of one of my favorite items ever, the largest Nekobus plush toy ever made -- it even comes with a plush Totoro to ride inside.
	Lucky Cat Tea Cups One of our most popular traditional items are the Lucky Cat Tea Cups, which can be used to hold any hot beverage when inverted, or display it as a great talisman of good luck when not in use.
	Cup Noodle Mug Cup One of our hands-down coolest items for enjoying coffee at work would be our Cup Noodle mug cup, which is a perfect replica of a cup of ramen, except that this is made of ceramic and will hold your coffee. Back in stock today.
	Wacky Japanese T-Shirts One of my favorite shirt designs is sukebe (pronounced su-keh-beh), which essentially means the same thing as ecchi, i.e. a person who thinks about sex too much. Since almost no one knows what the word means, it's a great stealth joke. Click to browse all our fun original T-shirt designs.
	Moon and Earth ~ Earth Rising (Blu-ray Disc) When Japan sent their probe Kaguya (named after the character Kaguya-hime from the famous Japanese fairy tale of a girl who comes out of a bamboo shoot who turns out to be the princess of the moon, which was the basis for E.T.) and sent back its HD images of the moon, I said to myself how excellent it would be to have a Blu-Ray version of this video. My prayers were answered, in the form of this incredible 1080p Blu-Ray disc, which we’ve restocked today.
	Mikuru Asahina Gothic Punk ver. *Preorder* The newest trend in anime figures these days is to create a cute Gothic cosplay version of every character, which is great for collectors. Enjoy the preorder of the Mikuru gothic costume we've posted today.
	USB Shaking Hips *Preorder* We've got some fun USB-powered items on J-List, from the Green Tea Room Humidifier to anime-themed USB memory and more. Enjoy this bizarre but fun USB Shaking Hip, a little dancing female torso which you plug in to any standard computer.
	Fun Restocked J-Snacks Learn about Japan through its snack culture with J-List! We've restocked some delicious items today, like the Glico Squeeze Gum (all flavors), Shigekix Super Melon Soda, Breo Oral Care Mint, UHA Puccho, and my own favorite item, Himo-Q, a 1.2 meter long gummy string that's fun to eat.
	Maria Shidou Hug Pillow *Preorder* This full-sized anime hug pillow is quite amazing, featuring Maria from the popular series Maria Holic. Um, just make sure you know about the story and character before buying this item ^_^
	Virgin Roster One of the most popular PC dating-sim games ever released in English is this outstanding title from Zyx, which has a great reputation with fans of darker H-games. Can you find the snow-white pure girls in the school and claim them for your own? CD-ROM or convenient Internet Download Edition available.
	TENGA FLIP HOLE TENGA is the line of stress-relief ero toys that are incredibly well designed, almost like they came from a certain computer company we could think of. Enjoy the dynamite new Flip Hole, a deluxe massager for men that's incredibly well designed. Also, fresh stock of the Tenga Egg toys (all versions).