「世界最終の夜」 (Sekia Saishuu no Yoru) "The World's Final Night"
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Tsuntsun Lala! I wish they explored this personality more than the others. We’re pretty much on the brink of ending this series once and for all. With how the this episode ended, it’s pretty clear that they’re going to focus the next two episodes on wrapping everything up in some grand epic finale. Will this mean [...]
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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. Kagami Hiiragi Action Figure -- Figma Series ~ Lucky Star. Kagami Hiiragi is the super-cute Lucky Star character, twin sister to Tsukasa. (She's the older sister because she came out first, which is how they figure out older sister/younger sister in the case of twins.) One of the best anime characters ever, she's constantly being put upon by the otaku Konata, who she considers abnormal. This figure can be arranged in any pose you want! 2009 Calendar -- Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea. We got more 2009 calendars! We've posted another 25+ preorder calendars that you can order, despite the fact that they're usually only available in Japan. See new calendars featuring anime (Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, To LOVE-Ru), JPOP (Morning Musume, Johnny's Entertainment-kei), sports calendars (Ichiro etc.), amazingly beautiful actresses (Asami Mizukawa, Misaki Itoh) and Hello Kitty, "The Dog," and more. We've got exactly the calendar you want to enjoy all year long. I especially like the Great Monster Battle calendar, featuring all the best movie monsters of past decades. Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion ~ Dengeki Data Collection. Awesome collection of art and data from Code Geass, Lelouch of the Rebellion, the outstanding mecha-themed show from CLAMP. Every character, mech and piece of technology is meticulously detailed in this all-color artbook. Super Mario "Funyu Funyu" Mascot 2 -- Full Set of 6. A great item for Super Mario fans, this is a collection of six "funyu funyu" (soft and squishy) toys representing our youth: the 1up and super mushrooms, the question box, the enemies, and more. Animedia Aug 2008. Animedia is a great magazine magazine of anime and related culture, and this new issue is loaded with the hottest shows in Japan right now, including Code Geass, Gundam 00, To LOVE-ru, Soul Eater, Vampire Knights, and of course, Macross Frontier, the new sequel to the Macross 1984 movie (and one of my favorites). Free pencil board, poster inside! Afternoon June 2008. Say goodbye to thin, wimpy manga with the new issue of Afternoon, the legendary monthly manga that gives you over *1000* pages of quality art to enjoy. 36 stories featured here, including Ah My Goddess, Flip Flap, Octave Burst, Vampire, Plum School and more. You get free stuff, too: a magnet set in this issue. Hex Bug -- Silver. This is really nice item: a robotic bug toy from Bandai called Hex Bug, with six spidery legs. Able to walk forward and sense his surroundings using his antenna, he also has a sensor that can follow sound. Get two and make them war -- really fun! Lucky Star Chocolate Cornet Cookie. A cornet is a French pastry popular in Japan, a roll of bread in the shape of a seashell, with chocolate pudding inside. Made popular by the Lucky Star anime, it's now legendary among otaku-zoku ("the otaku tribe"). Here are some coronet flavored cookies featuring the Lucky Star girls. This box is also suitable for giving as a gift. Hiragana Times Sep 2008 No. 263. Hiragana Times is a great way to learn about Japan. It's a magazine of articles on what's currently hot in Japan, translated into both English and Japanese, with furigana over the kanji for people studying the language. This issue focuses on the Tale of Genji, visiting Japan's "hole land" (shrines and temples), and more. Rilakkuma 2 tiers Bento Box with Built-in Chopstocks. Here's a new bento box for fans of the San-X character Rilakkuma, whose name means Relax Bear, and relax is what he makes you do when you look at his soothing form. Features two sections, one for rice and the other for the rest of your lunch, and also has built-in chopsticks. COPIC New Multi Liner SP Pigment-based 10 tip Set. This is an awesome pen set from Copic, a set of ten pens with a variety of tip styles, from 1 mm to 0.5 mm all the way down to 0.03 mm. Copic pens are the best in the world, and this is an outstanding set of super fine art pens that come in a protective envelope. DX Hard Cover Ring Note 80 sheets with Index & Clear Pockets for Multi Use. There's something about Japanese notebooks that I just can't resist. They're so well made, so stylishly designed, that I'm always looking for new ones to carry on the site. This is a hard-plastic covered notebook that contains everything you need for taking notes and carrying information with you all year long. KYMG ~ Yusuke Kozaki Illustrations. Here's a great collection of glossy illustrations created by one of Japan's most talented artists, Yusuke Kozaki. The images feature beautiful and futuristic scenes of the people of the future, including many stylish female characters. Hug Pillows: Ryomou, Siesta. The life-sized anime dakimakura or "hug pillows" that J-List sells are a hit, and we've restocked Dragon Destiny character of Ryomou as well as super-cute Siesta, the maid who works at the magical school from Zero no Tsukaima and who is so devoted to Saitoh. Totoro Plush Key Chain. A brand new Totoro plush toy that you can carry on your keys, this is a really cool item released by Studio Ghibli and famous toy company Sun Arrow. Seven Days in Japan. Coming to Japan isn't nearly as expensive as you think. In fact, for the cost of this DVD you can spend seven days here, courtesy of student filmmaker Joe Doughrity, who made a documentary of his trip here. These DVDs have been restocked today. Kanji Dictionary for Nintendo DS. Put your Nintendo DS to use learning Japanese with this excellent Kanji DS Dictionary that lets you look up words just by writing them with the stylus. I was really impressed how well this work -- you can enter kanji with the stylus, which helps reinforce proper stroke order learning! Also, we've restocked Duel Love, the popular game for girls who like handsome anime guys. Hello Kitty Bento, Miso soup Bowls. Our #1 selling Hello Kitty bento set is back in stock, and it's fantastic. combining traditional images of Japan with Sanrio's famous character. Also, check out fresh stock of bowls for drinking miso soup from. Nendoroid Yoko Figure ~ Gurren Lagann*Preorder*. Gorgeous new Nendoroid figure for fans of Gainax's spectacular Gurren Lagann. Yoko can hold her gun and make any number of super cute poses and facial expressions. Kawaii! Preorder her now and she'll be yours in February. Japanese Barley Tea - Mugi Cha. See fresh stock of mugi-cha, the delicious barley tea that's the #1 drink in Japan. Drink it unsweetened, either hot or cold, and get the health benefits of this refreshing tea. Our deluxe sized bag of barley tea, which makes 40 liters of hot or cold tea, is back in stock today. "Endou" Ifurina Figure vol.2 Type A ~ Figu@mate *Preorder*. Keigo is a normal Otaku visiting the Akiba and gets a figure that happens to be a magical girl that was trapped due to using a spell she wasn't supposed to. Now stuck in a figure sized body, she reveals to Keigo that the only way to break the spell is to receive a "special ingredient." What is that ingredient, and how can he save her? A gorgeous new figure for you to preorder.
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As we saw before, shoujo manga seem to escape all censorship and are packed full of scenes able to put even full on ero-manga to shame. Shonen manga, by comparison, are tame, heavily censored things, or are they? Leaving aside the likes of To Love-Ru, which is known to go further than mere nipple exposure even [...]
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「はじらいながら」 (Hajirai Nagara) "While Shying Away"
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Yay! Fanservice! Despite how hesitant I was about watching this episode (and how little sense it made), I didn’t think it was too bad. Overall, I didn’t like the episode that much, but there were parts that particularly made me laugh or I somewhat enjoyed. So I can’t really call this a terrible episode even though [...]
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“Don’t you want to know what’s in here?” Previously we saw the To Love-Ru manga subtlety work around censorship, include exciting loli tentacle raep, and of course reliably restore nipples to their proper position. Without even including any particular beach or service themes, now we have the sort of thing above… Perhaps we could consider it the [...]
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Here we are treated to 西連寺春菜 / Haruna Sairenji, of To Love-Ru, enjoying a spot of riding on a riding machine, and wearing sukumizu. She seems to be enjoying herself. This is one of the quality A-rank riding videos, so it is obligatory viewing for riding machine aficionados. Player 1 The Nico link may be deleted, since [...]
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Her nipple is “covered” by a tattoo? Of a flower? As usual, what goes through the mind of a censor in determining what to allow or disallow is absolutely incomprehensible. One of the strangest pieces of nipple exposure seen to date. Aside from the matter of this brief and idiosyncratic exposure/censorship, the unfavourable evaluations of the [...]
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