Cool Products Wednesday, July 8, 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.

	"No Normal Humans" Haruhi Parody Shirt A super-fun new J-List shirt that captures the words Haruhi spoke during her first appearance on camera. "I'm not interested in normal humans." Great new design!
	Evangelion Kubrick Figure Set Old-school Eva fans remember the glory days of the Kubrick block figure toys, and we're happy to announce that a whole line of new toys is here, to celebrate the Evangelion 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance.
	Pixiv Illustration Complete Guide Pixiv is the Japanese illustration board that has become the incubator of the best artists in Japan, and this is a wonderful Complete Guide to the best artists is one you'll want to snap up.
	Shirow Masamune Artbooks This is a fabulous artbook for fans of Shirow Masamune, creator of so many wonderful illustrations, including the Ghost in the Shell manga. Restocked today!
	To Love-Ru Doki Doki To LOVE-Ru is a popular anime and manga about an alien who has come to Earth to marry a normal Japanese boy. Now you can play this great dating-sim style game for Sony PSP.
	The Familiar of ZERO Anthology Comic An awesome official doujinshi anthology collections of stories from the Zero no Tsukaima world, featuring Louise, Siesta, Kyuruke, Tabitha and all the others.
	Macross Frontier 3D Mouse Pads Then, the popularity of our oppai mouse pads at Anime Expo was incredible, and today we've gotten in two new ones for you: Ranka Lee and Sheryl Nome from Macross Frontier. Kawaii!
	Walkie Bits -- Orange One of our most popular products ever is back! These cute little electronic turtles can walk, run and even dance, and they're fun to play with or display. New in stock in Japan now.
	Konata Izumi Figma Action Figure Figma fans, today is your lucky (star) day: the fabulous Konata Figma figure, one of the most often requested products in our history since she went out of stock, has been re-released and is in stock now.
	Lucky Star Figma Restocked Also: Kagamin wa Ore no Yome! (Kagami is my wife!) is the battle cry of more than one otaku, and we understand this sentiment perfectly. This most awesome Figma toy has been restocked today, too.
	New Japanese Snacks Today's snacks include a yummy flavor of Umai Wa (lit. Delicious O's, but sounding like a girl saying "They are delicious!"), a new Soyjoy snack in bold Prune flavor, and Kanro Nuts Bon Candy.
	Let's Make Eraser with Microwave J-List has an awful lot of fun craft items from Japan, including these microwave eraser maker sets. Enjoy fresh stock of the Sushi, Cake and other fun eraser making molds.
	Kirakira Koakuma Ball Pen The current fashion trend in Japan is for deco products, super bright and shiny products that are fun to use, and today we're adding some Kirakira (shining) pens that a fashionable Agaha Koakuma fashion girl in Tokyo would love to use.
	Kira-Deco Pop Happy Diary Notebook Today I went to a Rite-Aid in San Diego to find a notebook and left empty-handed, amazed at the poor quality and lack of design in the notebooks being sold there. This is, ahem, not the case in Japan!
	Touhou Vol. 2 -- Silent Sinner in Blue Volume 2 of the gorgeous official Touhou manga, based on the characters that started out as part of the most popular genre in anime today. Fabulous art with all the characters present, story by the original creator ZUN, restocked today.
	Daichi ~ Nihongo Shokyu 1 Main Text An all-new Japanese textbook for learning to read, write, speak and understand Japanese, this is Daichi, a word that means Great Earth. Great new approach to learning Japanese.
	Hello Kitty Mini Pocket Tissue Set Although J-List gives you fun Japanese pocket tissues with your order from Japan, sometimes a person wants something cuter, like these Hello Kitty pocket tissues we have on the site.
	Hello Kitty Bento Accessories See some great Hello Kitty restocked bento items, including the Hello Kitty die-cut Mayonnaise Cup & Spoon (don't ask me why mayonnaise needs a spoon), the fun Furikake Cylinder for Bento, and Hello Kitty Vegetable Cutter.
	Other Fun Traditional Items Other fun traditional items from Japan are on the site too, including the Retro Paper Balloon Assortment (a toy played with in Japan for centuries), the Usa-Pyon Lucky Rabbit Pair Netsuke straps, and Fuku-Chan Lucky Owls.
	DX JUZU Buddhist Prayer Beads Japanese prayer beads are called juzu, and you can use them either for meditating your way to nirvana or as a cool fashion item. Several colors and styles posted today.
	Japan iTunes Cards It's fun to use the Japan iTunes cards that J-List sells to browse popular music at the Japan iTunes store. Like the new single by Utada Hikaru, or the full list of top singles this week. Another benefit to opening an account with a prepaid card is, you get the free single of the week each week. Fully compatible with iTunes, iPod and iPhone from any country.
	Mugen Puchi Puchi What if you had bubble wrap that you could pop forever? There is, thanks to the Japanese company that made the Mugen Puchi Puchi, or Endless Pop Pop. Various colors are back in stock today.
	Mikoto Misaka 1/8 Figure ~ Magical Index I just love the anime A Certain Magical Index, and of course the best character is the electricity-wielding Mikoto, who can make a vending machine spill its contents just by kicking it. Preorder this great figure now.
	Crunching USB Mascot ~ Rocky III **Preorder** The Japanese do have their wacky side, and today we're posting limited edition USB drives featuring the characters from the Rocky movies, including Rocky, Apollo Creed and the oh-so-awesome Mr. T. They do crunches all day long via the power of USB.
	Crunching Elmo USB Mascot **Preorder** Or if you're more into the cute world of Sesame Street, we're also posting three different versions of Elmo, the cute little monster who does crunches when you plug him into a standard USB port. So much fun to watch!
	DMM Mar 2009 A great magazine especially for fans of Japan's erotic Indies AV studios, this is DMM, the "Indies Video Magazine" which is packed with information and pictures from Indies works, the productions of Soft on Demand, Moody, Wanz Factory, and so on.
	Cosplay Fetish Academy The #1 selling game at Anime Expo, as well as on the site right now, is the brand new Cos-Feti Academy, an outstanding game in which you're transported to an alternate reality in which all the girls wear skimpy, sexy outfits, including your hot twin cousins!
	More New Bible Black in a Cup Toys We've made another major restocking of the popular Bible Black stress relief toys for men, which let you explore the popular game and H-anime series in a whole new context (ahem).