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. Hatsune Miku 1/8 Figure by Goodsmile. Miku-chan is the most popular character to emerge from Japan in years, and this excellent detailed figure by Good Smile Company has been one that's been awaited by many fans. In fact, we ordered 40 of them but only got six in stock, showing how popular they are. Get yours now! COSMODE USA Vol. 1. Cosmode is the #1 magazine of cosplay and anime culture, and now you can enjoy this great magazine in English! Vol. 1 of the English version is packed with photos of the best anime costumes, with tons of information and how-to guides. Best of all, this magazine is published in hardback form, so you will be able to treasure it for many years. Hobby Japan Sep 2008 No. 471. Then enjoy a rare single issue of Hobby Japan, the #1 hobby magazine in Japan that covers everything you need to know about plastic models, figures, and more. Lots of Gundam, figures and more. This is a highly recommend magazine for toy collectors -- if you are one, consider a revolving subscription. Kera Oct 2008 vol. 123. KERA is the magazine of cool street fashion culture that blends goth-loli cosplay culture with everything that's hot in Harajuku this summer. We've got the new issue in today, and it's red hot. Nikyoro Bread Shaped 2 tiers Bento Box. One of the most unique bento boxes you will ever see, this is a new Japanese bento box that's perfect for bringing bread or sandwiches. Features a tupperware-style sealed bottom section for rice, vegetables or anything you want to bring. Open the top and you have a compartment for storing bread or other items! Let's Make Eraser with Microwave ~ Hamburger, Sushi. Wow, this is an amazing idea: a kit that lets your very own Japanese erasers, using the special eraser-making material they give you, the included molds and a standard microwave oven. Everything you need to create erasers shaped like a hamburger and fries or sushi! Glico Gaba Milk Chocolate. Really amazing Japanese snacks on the site today, including great chocolate products. First see Glico Premio in Almond and Macademia flavor, so dreamy, followed by Gaba, the perfect chocolate to eat in our stressful society. Also, Fuwarinka candies in "Fruit Rose" flavor, designed to make you smell nice from the inside because it's got essence of roses inside it. Panda Cool & Hot Foot Relax Pillow. Wow, now you can have pandas-between-the-toes with this new foot relax pillow, which you can chill or warm ahead of time depending on your mood. Feels great, and they're so cute! COPIC Comic Liner ~ Sepia Color. We know you like the high-qualty pens from Copic because we have to reorder them so often to keep them in stock. Here's a new concept from the company, "Sepia" color pens with incredibly fine tips. 0.03 and 0.05 mm! 2009 Calendar -- Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea. J-List has been adding products for Ponyo fans for some time, and we've got tons of items, from plush toys to card holders . We also have the 2009 calendar for the film, with vibrant illustrations on every page. iTunes Japan Music Cards. Today at lunch I was browsing the Japan iTunes store, bagging some singles from Koda Kumi (who is awesome) and getting my music my wife wanted to get for her, like the cute-as-a-button Kaela Kimura. The Japan iTunes Store's J-POP section (iTunes link) is loaded with great music, and you can browse, listen to clips, see the top-selling songs by other buyers, and more. The iTunes Music Cards that we sell are 100% compatible with iPod and iPhone, too. Sakura Lucky Cat Baby. Lucky Cat Baby is a cute remix of the famous Lucky Cat that calls good luck into your home or business, with the same solar power sensor as found in the Hidamari no Tami line, allowing him to wave and wave all day long without ever needing batteries. Traditional Items from Japan. We've got fresh stock of the most excellent coffee cup you'll ever find, a Lucky Cat cup baked with the Arita Ware method going back centuries. Also, sakura-themed keychains that are containers to hold your daily medicine. Popular Bento Boxes, Look for some great bento boxes and other accessories on the site today, including the Sakura Square Mini Bento Box in brown or pink, and those cute animal-shaped chopstick cases for bento from Prime Nakamura. Kanji Practice Flashcards vol.1 version 2 - Level 4 & 3. J-List carries a wide selection of Japanese study tools, including the best flashcards known to man, the outstanding and highly researched set from White Rabbit, which gets you through levels 4 and 3 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, the first two levels. These cards have been restocked in San Diego. Haruyo Morita Art Calendar. J-List carries hundreds of anime, J-POP, traditional photo and other calendars each year, and we've got a huge number in stock right now. Every year one of the top selling art calendars is Haruyo Morita, a contemporary artist who creates such beautiful kimono women, you'd think they were centuries old. Soft Leek Replica. The lowly negi, or leek, has become the eternal symbol of modern anime fandom thanks to the popularity of a popular Flash animation called "Leekspin" in which a character from Bleach spun a leek while singing a song from Norway. This is just a reminder that our supply of the popular Spinnable Toy Leek is starting to run out -- we've gotten limited stock in today, but they'll going to be gone soon. Studio Ghibli DVDs. Just a reminder that J-List carries all the official Studio Ghibli films on DVD, including My Neighbor Totoro, Castle in the Sky Laputa, Spirited Away, Kiki's Delivery Service and more. All discs feature full English dubbed tracks and optional subtitles, and all are approved by Hayao Miyazaki himself. If you need a way to view region 2 DVDs, we humbly recommend our upscaling HDMI DVD player. StitchLock, Japanese Pens & More. We've restocked the Paper StitchLock Basic, the most popular paper stitcher we've ever carried -- never needs staples! Also, the popular Pentel Wing Grip Ball Pointed Pen has been restocked. Dengeki Hime Sep 2008. Another beautiful new issue of Dengeki Hime ("electric shock princess"). See all the hot new ero games from Japan, including Little Busters Ecstasy, Koihime and many more. Get posters, and amazingly, a free figure too. Queen's Blade Artbooks. And we've gotten even more Queen's Blade artbooks. In addition to Mellona, that lovely topless fighter who uses ESP-controlled appendages to cover herself, enjoy the amazon Nanael, Egyptian queen Menace, and more. Hiyori Pixy 1/8 Cast Off Figure ~ Chu Chu Idol *Preorder*. The popular eroge Chu Chu Idol (also written ChuxChu Idol) about pop idols who are secretly very cute vampires is spawning some great figures. This is Hiyori, a cute vampress with clothes that can be "cast off" allowing you to display her any way you like. Reika Kitami 1/8 Cast off Figure ~ Bible Black *Preorder*. Then, Bible Black fans will love this new figure of Reika Kitami, recreated in gorgeous 1/8 scale. The future, which is prepainted and ready to display, is also "cast off" allowing you to have some fun with her.
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I like my female blond pilots crazy <3 Why does everyone assume that I would be blogging Gundam 00 Season 2? I never said that I would. It’s not good to be overly presumptuous. I mean, it is true that the only thing keeping this blog from becoming a desolate wasteland is my weekly episode “review”, [...]
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Today’s match is boring as hell, but the upcoming ones’ll be good Izumi is moe~ E2-3 1位　544票　南千秋���みなみけ シリーズ(Minami Chiaki@Minami-ke series) 2位　266票　シエスタ���ゼロの使い魔 〜双月の騎士〜(Siesta@Zero no Tsukaima ~Futatsuki no Kishi~) 3位　239票　麻生夏海���スケッチブック 〜full color’s〜(Asou Natsumi@Sketchbook ~full color’s~) F2-3 1位　400票　森宮蒼乃���sola(Morimiya Aono@sola) 2位　319票　梶原空���スケッチブック 〜full color’s〜(Kajiwara Sora@Sketchbook ~full color’s~) 3位　260票　久寿川ささら���ToHeart2 シリーズ(Kusugawa Sasara@ToHeart2 series) Thing is, Minami Ke has always been showing strongly. Initially I chalked it up to strat. [...]
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Quarterfinals E2-3 有効コードがある票の順位 1位　544票　南千秋���みなみけ シリーズ [Minami Chiaki @ Minami-ke] 2位　266票　シエスタ���ゼロの使い魔 ���双月の騎士��� [Siesta @ Zero no Tsukaima] 3位　239票　麻生夏海���スケッチブック ���full color’s��� [Asou Natsumi @ Sketchbook ~full colors~] Quarterfinals F2-3 有効コードがある票の順位 1位　400票　森宮蒼乃���sola [Morimiya Aono @ sola] 2位　319票　梶原空���スケッチブック ���full color’s��� [Kajiwara Sora @ Sketchbook ~full colors~] 3位　260票　久寿川ささら���ToHeart2 シリーズ [Kusugawa Sasara @ ToHeart2] Next round 10/04:- Quarterfinals E2-4 川添珠姫���バンブー��� [Kawazoe Tamaki @ BAMBOO BLADE] 月島小恋���D.C.II��� [Tsukishima Koko @ D.C. II] ホロ���狼と香辛料��� [Horo @ [...]
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When you think of traditional images from the Edo Period, firemen probably don't immediately spring to mind. And yet for centuries, the brigades of hikeshi, lit. "those who put out fires," have been extremely important in keeping Japan's cities from going up in flames on a regular basis. Although we might think of Japan as being a backward nation during its 250-year period of sakoku ("chained country"), when it was death for any Japanese to leave Japan or for any foreigner to visit, the sprawling metropolis of Edo (now Tokyo) was actually the largest city in the world, with as many as 1.25 million residents at the time of the national census of 1720, compared with 860,000 in London. With so many people living in buildings made of wood, bamboo and paper, fires were a constant danger, and so teams of firemen wearing thick, multi-layered kimonos of cotton and special sandals were organized to keep them under control. Since there were no water pumps back then, the main way they accomplished this was by tearing down houses that weren't burning yet in order to isolate fires to a single part of the city. These heroic men were celebrated with a special genre of the ukiyoe art, which you can see by viewing the 2009 calendar we've posted to the site today.There's a famous story related to fires in the Edo period, the tale of a girl named Oshichi, who became the most famous arsonist in Japanese history. She was born in the year 1666 in present-day Chiba Prefecture, and was adopted by a family who sold vegetables in Edo. When she was 16, a fire burned through much of the city, and she was forced to evacuate with her adopted family. While fleeing the flames, she met a page from a Buddhist temple named Shonosuke and they fell madly in love with each other. After she returned home, she found herself thinking of the young man endlessly, and her obsession became so great that she decided to start another fire in they city, so that she might be able to see her lover again. She was caught and executed, but her story became a legend in a Guy Fawkes sort of way, and has been used as the basis for traditional Kabuki plays for centuries. Oshichi was the first Hinoeuma (hi-no-EU-ma) or "Fire Horse," the beginning of the superstition that girls born in the Year of the Horse every 60 years will grow up to be headstrong and will cause sadness for their family. The last Hinoeuma year was 1966, and so many women avoided having children that year that it caused a noticeable drop in Japanese population numbers. A manga version of Oshichi, and her grave, quite a tourist spot today
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Quarterfinals C2-4 有効コードがある票の順位 1位　581票　南夏奈���みなみけ シリーズ [Minami Kana @ Minami-ke] 2位　577票　ゆの���ひだまりスケッチ 特別編 [Yuno @ Hidamari Sketch] 3位　153票　虹原いんく���ぱすてるインク������もえたん [Nijihara Ink @ Moetan] Quarterfinals D2-4 有効コードがある票の順位 1位　627票　宮子���ひだまりスケッチ 特別編 [Miyako @ Hidamari Sketch] 2位　368票　芳乃さくら���D.C.II ���ダ・カーポII��� [Yoshino Sakura @ D.C. II] 3位　197票　ラゼル・アナディス���ラゼンシア・ローズ������破天荒遊戯 [Rahzel Anandis @ Hatenkou Yugi] Oooh, strong blow there for the Hidamari fans, with one of their forerunners out already by a mere 4 votes. Consolation comes in [...]
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sola and true tears as anime legends collection. guren lagann manga. akira in blu-ray in feb 2009 for $50!
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Okay, so I’m actually sitting in a panel waiting for the Anime Journalism panel (which I’m on) to begin in a few minutes. Fortunately for you guys, loyal reader Kuro is in the Bandai Entertainment panel, and he just texted me to inform me that they have dropped both Sola and True Tears, which I know [...]
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Seriously. That crazy luck of his is soooo overwhelming that even I feel jealous of it. I pity that poor Raalgon Admiral who almost had him, only to be pwned by a solar flare caused by his own shots. Nevertheless, Tylor’s right. Despite overwhelming strength, numbers and tactics, one can always win by running away, as [...]
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Looks like this wasn’t really a nice boat’d ending for school days fans. heh. From the good source.. G3 1位　478票　西園寺世界���School Days シリーズ(Saionji Sekai@School Days series) 2位　334票　黒主優姫���ヴァンパイア騎士(Kurosu Yuuki@Vampire Knight) 3位　184票　モンモランシー・マルガリタ・ラ・フェール・ド・モンモランシ���ゼロの使い魔 〜双月の騎士〜(Montmorency@Zero no Tsukaima ~Futatsuki no Kishi~) G7 1位　500票　北条沙都子���ひぐらしのなく頃に解(Houjou Satoko@Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai) 2位　473票　コウ���蛟������我が家のお稲荷さま。(Kou@Wagaya no Oinari-sama.) 3位　114票　姫���怪物王女(Hime@Kaibutsu Oujo) G11 1位　422票　石月真名���sola(Ishizuki Mana@sola) 2位　350票　シャマル���魔法少女リリカルなのはStrikerS(Shamal@Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS) 3位　240票　花菱美希���ハヤテのごとく!(Hanabishi Miki@Hayate no Gotoku!) Personally I had a feeling it would be [...]
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