Cool Products Monday, June 15, 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.

	Sho-Comi (Shojo Comic) Reserve Subscription J-List's revolving magazine subscriptions are an awesome way to touch Japan every month. Today we're posting a new magazine, Sho-Comi, the excellent shojo manga published bi-weekly, with lots of cool free stuff!
	egg June 2009 We've gotten in another great issue of Egg, the wonderful magazine that captures Tokyo street fashion life perfectly, with stylish girls on every page. Even the ads are fascinating to check out.
	Revoltech Daizen ~ Figure on Premium Series 4 Then, get ready for the most awesome Revoltech item ever: a deluxe magazine documenting the best toys released in the series, which comes with its own limited edition Evangelion mech for you to display and play with.
	Illustration Techniques at Pixiv Pixiv is the Japanese illustration board that has become the incubator of the best artists in Japan, and this is a really useful Illustration Guide to help you understand how such excellent art is created.
	Japanese K-On Parody T-Shirt "Shimapan" One of the most popular themes among cute female anime characters is known as shimapan, meaning striped panties, worn by Mio from the hit anime K-On! and Miku Hatsune among others. We've made a great parody T-shirt celebrating this great bit of contemporary anime culture.
	The Promise of Haruhi Suzumiya (PSP) Then, Sony PSP owners know that the portable gaming platform is fast becoming the anime gamers' system of choice. This is a great Haruhi game which you can play on PSP units from anywhere in the world.
	Delicious New Japanese Snacks Today's new J-Snack lineup includes arare rice crackers with delicious wasabi flavoring on the outside, uymmy Fruit Juice Gummy in pear flavor from Meiji, and for the summer, Watermelon Puccho soft candies, yum!
	Microwave Fresh Caramel Maker Then, J-List has many fun things to do with your microwave oven, from rice cookers to potato chip makers and more. Added to this list is this really cool device for making fresh, delicious caramels!
	DX Totoro Go-Round Clock Here's an amazing item for the hardcore My Neighbor Totoro and Studio Ghibli fan: a wood and glass clock in which the "hands" are all your friends from the film, the three Totoros and the Cat Bus, Soot Sprites and more. It's fantastic!
	Mousse-chan Paper Clay Case Our line of Mousse-chan paper clay molds and other toys is incredibly popular, and today we're adding a special case that holds your spare clay when not in use, or anything else you want to put in it.
	LM.C - GIMMICAL IMPACT!! Another awesome CD offering from JapanFiles, this is a full U.S release of their newest album, with 14 songs including all their hits. Best of all, this U.S. CD release includes the sticker and book from the Japanese version, but without the high Japanese CD price.
	More Endless Soybeans The awesome Endless Soybean Keychain is back in stock, allowing you to spend hours squeezing the little bean out of its pod, then back in agan, then out again, then in again. It's so much fun!
	Super Micro USB Memory 4GB ~ Black & Pink The smallest USB media in the world is made in Japan, and it's so small you won't even know it's there! Just plug this unit into your laptop and marvel at how it all but disappears inside the USB plug, yet provides 4 GB of fast access speed.
	Restocked Elecom Products Don't use just any USB game pad when you can have a cool retro Famicom-style game pad from Elecom, which we've restocked today. Also, the XCALGO Overhead Type Headphones and the Scope Node laser mouse.
	Mamegoma 2-Tier Bento Box w/Chopsticks We're posting a new bento box in the Mamegoma series from San-x, featuring their cute sesame-seed shaped seal character line. The bento box comes in a 2-tier mode allowing you to put the rice in one part and the rest of your lunch in the other part, with chopsticks built in.
	HANA-ZEN 2-Tier Bento Set Then see both colors of the popular 2-tier bento box that comes with everything you need -- main lunchbox, chopsticks, band to keep it securely closed and a cloth bento bag. One of our most popular bento sets.
	Wiener Shapers for Bento We've also restocked some of our most popular bento accessories, including the long-selling Wiener Shapers that turn sausages into cute flowers, crabs or octopuses.
	R2-D2 Soy Sauce Bottles We love to carry our trademark "Wacky Things from Japan" items, and you can't get much more wacky than our R2-D2-shaped soy sauce bottles, which we've restocked today.
	Kanji Flashcards, Wall Poster Then for students of Japanesae: you can't get much cooler than this deluxe large-sized kanji wall poster, which presents all the kanji charactersyou'll ever need to study in a beautiful color-coded poster. Back in stock today.
	Learn Japanese with your Nintendo DS Also see fresh stock of DS software titles that help you learn Japanese, which is great for everyone. The Nintendo Kanji DS Dictionary software we've just restocked is something I can recommend to everyone.
	JINBEI / Cotton Kimono Pajamas Be a samurai at night when our restocked jinbei, light summer kimonos for sleeping in. Use them as pajamas (I know I do), although it's perfectly okay to wear them outside, to a festival or even an anime convention. Back in stock today.
	Traditional Sandals, Other Cool Items Then see some other restocked traditional items, including our Classic Waraji Sandals like the samurai used to wear, our Japanese Garden Water Display, our Lucky Rice Scoop, the popular yokobue flute, and more.
	Sanya V. Litvyak 1/8 Figure *Preorder* Sanya from Strike Witches strikes quite a post in this awesome new 1/8 scale figure we've posted, featuring the cute Soviet-esque girl prepare her missile lancher to take on an enemy.
	Clannad Mini *Dango* Plush *Preorder* I am a huge fan of the Clannad anime and game series, and I know I'll be grabbing a set of these kawaii Dango plush toys when they drop in July. Three colors available!
	Shiso Pepsi - *Preorder* Customers ask, so how can we refuse? We're posting that shiso (basil) flavored Pepsi drink that the Internets have been buzzing about for the past few days. Great for collectors and fans of strange green soft drinks from Japan.
	Muteki -- Yoko Kumada Yoko Kumada is the popular bikini and swimsuit idol (known as a "gravure" idol in Japanese) who makes the world a better place just by being in it. Enjoy her newest collection of sexy photos.
	Awesome Game Series: The X-Change Saga If you're looking for a great dating-sim game, I recommend you consider the classic X-Change series, the story of poor Takuya, who's change into a girl through a series of bizarre chemistry accidents. Get all the games in the series for a special price!
	Restocked Artbooks We've got the extremely popular Dendrobium artbook by Nishieda back in stock, until it disappears again anyway, as well as the wonderful Yasu Illustrations by the creator of Tora-Dora.