Cool Products Friday, October 30, 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.

	Dengeki Maoh Sep 2009 Like super thick manga that give you 750+ pages of high quality manga, from Wolf and Spice to Sengoku Basara, Fate/stay night and more? Then check out the new Dengeki Maoh, which we have a new issue of in stock now.
	B's Log Oct 2009 The subject of girls and gaming comes up a lot, but in the West there's sometimes confusion about what kinds of games girls want to play. In Japan, otome games, meaning love-sim games with gorgeous guys and female main characters, which you can learn about in the new B's Log.
	Macross Frontier Official Fan Book Then, I am a huge fan of Macross Frontier, the anime series that's a direct sequel to the Macross "Do You Remember Love?" film, and we've gotten the gorgeous new official artbook in today.
	Japanese Sword Girls ~ Moeru Nihontou Daizen What's better than a Katana Sword? Girls! And what's better than girls? Girls with Japanese Swords! This is another outstanding artbook that brings together many different artists to make something really outstanding.
	Little Devil Ageha Fashion Magazine Then, for fans of Shibuya-style fashion culture, we've got the newest issue of the popular fashion magazine from Japan. It's the future of J-fashion, today.
	Maki-Dango Wig Hair Attachment for Style Speaking of fashion, J-List now carries cute partial wigs that you can use to make yourself fashionable, just like the ageha-style girls in Shibuya and Harajuku. It's great fun to see what styles you can create with these items.
	Restocked Anime Cosplay Complete Sets J-List carries awesome cosplay items, so you can enjoy dressing up like your favorite anime character at your next anime con or other event.
	Girlie Border Knee High Socks Then, we're big fans of zettai ryoiki, or the way a girl looks with tall socks and a mini skirt. Today we're restocking the very popular Japanese "over knee socks" (as the Japanese love to call them). Also see the popular Magic Diet Shiatsu Socks.
	Poupeegirl DS *preorder* A fun game from the creators of the popular Poupeegirl online fashion community, which you can play on your Nintendo DS! Imagine the amazing wardrobe you cab built with this great game.
	Doki Majo Plus, More Restocked Also, see fresh stock of the very ecchi Nintendo DS game in which you must touch girls all over their bodies to see which are secretly witches. Also, the Haruhi DS game has also been restocked.
	You're under Arrest 1/8 Scale Figures Next, the anime that caused a flurry of similar-sounding names is back with these two 1/8 scale figures featuring anime's hottest police women. Be warned though, there are only one of each in stock.
	OTACOOL Otaku Culture Book In Stock In collaboration with Danny Choo, Kotobukiya has published the Worldwide Otaku Rooms photo collection. It sold so well, we ran out of copies and had to rush to get more. Also restocked, the gorgeous Headphone Girls artbook.
	Queen's Blade Artbooks, Figures Restocked See fresh stock of several popular Queen's Blade artbooks, including Claudette and Merfa/Melfa. (There is no official spelling for QB characters, alas.) Also, the delightfully naughty Revoltech figure of Menace, the Egyptian Queen.
	Kagami Hiiragi, Aigis Figmas Restocked Then, see fresh stock of the awesome Kagami in summer uniform from Lucky Star, plus the red hot Aegis from Persona 3, one of the most requested figures in a while. (So get yours before we run out again.)
	Delicious New Snacks from Japan Wow! A new flavor of the popular Calorie Mate, Maple Syrup, for you to try. Also: the new Choco Ball for the 2009-2010 chocolate season is in, along with Hokkaido Chocolate Potato, which are chocolate covered potato chips.
	Chinsukou (Okinawa Limited) ~ Japanese Food Drops Chinsukou (cheen-su-ko) is a famous snack food from Okinawa, renowned to make you healthy that contains brown sugar, and now you can try it in cool "Food Drops" form. Also: we've restocked Jyaga Butter, or traditional baked potato with butter, too.
	Happy Frog & Bear DX Bento Sets Two new deluxe bento box sets, featuring cute characters and funny English on them. These bento boxes are great for larger eaters, as you can bring a ton of rice and other good ingredients to eat.
	Restocked Complete Bento Sets Then see fresh stock of one of our most popular bento box sets, the Koban (the name of an old oval-shaped coin used during the Edo Period) 2-tier bento in pink or blue.
	Seaweed Punch for Bento, More Cut seaweed into cute shapes with this nori punch (the nori can be purchased at the Asian food aisle of your local supermarket), plus some cute paper cups for separating your bento ingredients.
	Kawaii Onigiri Shapers Are you still making onigiri rice balls the old fashioned way? We've restocked our popular rice shapers that can make your next meal extra cute. These are among the most popular items J-List sells, and they make us so happy.
	Restocked Kitchen Items Wow, the Sankaku (triangular) Corner for Kitchen, which holds your nama-gomi or "raw garbage," is a hit, so we've restocked it, and added bags you can put inside for easy removal of the contents.
	Totoro Tomica Toys Restocked J-List stocks tons of Totoro items from Japan, and we love the Tomica Limited Collection featuring the old-fashioned bus and three-wheeled vehicle seen in Totoro and the flying bicycle from Kiki's Delivery Service. These will probably not last the coming Christmas season so get them now if you like the nostalgia of Showa Period Japan blended with Ghibli.
	Refreshing J-List Calendar Photos J-List sells thousands of popular anime, idol, J-POP and other calendars from Japan each year. To help you pick the calendars you'd like to grab, we've refreshed the photos of 50 or so calendar items -- browse them now!
	Kanji Drill Workbooks The way to learn kanji is to write, write, write -- the act of repeating the stroke order of kanji characters is what helps the brain to learn. We've restocked some great kanji drill books used by elementary school kids in Japan.
	GATSBY ~ Technical Design Clay J-List customers love our Japanese hair products for men, and we've restocked the Gatsby Technical Design Clay today -- it's really cool.
	Great Hoodies from J-List It's started getting colder, and we recommend our high quality J-List Hoodies, which are printed with care in our San Diego office. The hoodies we sell are the highest quality, which will stay soft for years.
	Kyoto WASHI Memo Pad, Fan Strap Two nice traditional items posted to the site: a notebook made with real washi paper in Kyoto and bound with the old book binding style, plus a phone strap that's a beautiful Japanese folding fan.
	Fate Testarossa Figma Action Figure *Preorder* The Figma toys just keep coming. This is an upcoming figure of Fate Testarossa from the Nanoha The Movie film -- very cute, with fun weapons to hold while she poses.
	Nanoha Takamachi ~ The MOVIE 1st ver. *Preorder* Also, a Nendoroid from Nanoha in her classic costume, which also comes with many extra parts so you can reconfigure her into different poses.
	Horo Plush ~ Spice & Wolf II *Preorder* The cutest wolf-girl in all anime-dom is of course Holo, and this is a plush toy of her complete with furry ears and tail. Great for hugging.
	J Shock -- Tomomi Nakagawa Then see Tomomi-chan in her amazing new photobook, J-Shock, which is just about the best name they could have come up with for this J-cup oppai star.
	Brave Soul Ecchi RPG by Mogudan We love to promote Japan's PC dating-sim games, which are a great way for fans to explore their obsessions in an intimate new way. One game I love to recommend to people is Brave Soul, a full-blown ero RPG with AD&D compatible rules and a huge number of missions to explore.