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. Revoltech Kuro X. Another fantastic creation from Revoltech, this is part of the "Doko Demo Issyo" (translated as Always With You) game and character line for the Playstation. High Revoltech quality and posability make this black cat awesome to display. Haruhi Suzumiya Figma Action Figure ver. From Max Factory comes this great preorder Figma figure featuring Haruhi Suzumiya. She can do just about anything thanks to her many points of articulation, and the included stabilization arm lets her assume poses that would be impossible without falling down otherwise. Now in stock! Monokuro Boo Kuttari Plush -- Ramune, Pink. Incredibly soft plush toys for fans of Monokuro Boo, or Monochrome Oink. Super cute "ramune" color, as well as pink, in stock now. COSMODE 020 ~ Super Cosplay Magazine 20. COSMODE is the #1 magazine when it comes to the subject of Japanese-style anime cosplay, and each issue is loaded to the hilt with fascinating costumes made by Japan's best cosplayas. This is the 20th anniversary issue (the 20th issue, that is). Sola Visual Fanbook. Really cool artbook for the popular show Sola, featuring all the art and characters from the anime series, an episode guide, and storyboards. Green Tea Milky Candy. One of my favorite Japanese candies is Milky, the chewy, milky goodness from Fujiya. Now they've released a great new version, Matcha Milky, for fans of the delicious taste of Green Tea. Yum! Other Fun Japanese Snacks. Next, enjoy a fantastic Honeydew Melon Crunk chocolate, flavored with melons from Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu. Then we have a delicious new flavor of Pinky mints, in Lime flavor. Hello Kitty & SAKURA Chirimen Strap ~ Red, Pink. More cute plush Hello Kitty phone straps, which you can attach to your phone, camera, keys, Nintendo DS and so on. Made of beautiful chirimen (kimono fabric). Giant Totoro Plush Toys, More. We've gotten in some great Ghibli items, including the "really big" Totoro plush toy, the ultimate item for an anime fan, and our popular Totoro wall pocket organizer for keeping your room nice and tidy. Wooden Japanese Study Puzzle ~ Japan Map. This is a cool item: a map of Japan in the form of a puzzle, showing all four islands and all prefectures, Great for both puzzle fans and anyone trying to learn kanji. Black Mugen Puchi Puchi Endless Bubble Wrap - Maid, Childhood Friend, Younger Sister. For fans of the Endless Bubble Wrap electronic keychains, which simulate popping real bubble wrap, are a huge hit product at J-List. Now we've restocked the moe (mo-EH) versions which emit cute voices sounds as you pop the bubble wrap. Japanese Traditional Fans - Red Fuji, Sakura. Summer is coming, and you can keep yourself cool with these high quality Japanese folding fans. Choose from a beautiful image of sakura (cherry blossoms) or the famous "Red Fuji" painting by Hokusai. Lucky Cat Family (Three Cats) Solar Powered. Speaking of Lucky Cat, we've restocked the popular solar-powered Lucky Cat toy that brings good luck into your life through the magic of solar power. Never needs batteries! Checker Style Bento Set & Accessories. Also. we've restocked our cool "Checker Style" Bento lunch box, which looks so good you could display it as some form of modern art. Happi-Coat ~ Japan's Entertainers. Also, see fresh stock of our cool short Japanese summer kimonos, called happi or "Happy Coats." Silly name, but they are awfully cool. Colloquial Kansai Japanese. It's one thing to learn Japanese, but to learn the Kansai dialect spoken in Osaka, that's another thing entirely. Now you can entertain your Japanese friends with this very useful book! Caiman Figure ~ Dorohedoro *Preorder*. Here's a really amazing figure from a fascinating manga called Dorohedoro in which mutants fight each other for survival. This is a fantastic figure that you can preorder now. Motoko Kusanagi Action Figure ~ Ghost in the Shell S.A.C "Preorder". Then for fans of the legendary Ghost in the Shell (which is going to be remade as a live action film by Steven Spielbeg if you can believe that), enjoy this deluxe large prepainted action figure with many points of articulation and a removable leather jacket. Restocked Snacks. Finally, today's restocked snacks include UHA Schwa Puccho in Ramune flavor, super-tart "hard gummy" (gummy candies which are super chewy) in cola flavor, and the popular Meiji Petit Assortment, containing small boxes of chocolate favorites enjoyed by Japanese for decades. Poison -- Sayaka Ando. Sayaka Ando is back again with her glossy new photobook Poison, filled with amazing photographs of this delicious Japanese goddess showing you how beautiful she can be. This fantastic photobook is 1.5x the thickness of most other books, too. Highly recommended item. EVAN -- Nao Ayukawa. A super parody of Evangelion starring Nao Ayukawa as Rei Ayanami, who wears all the great costumes from the anime series as she shows you her stuff, including "battle damaged" Rei with bandages and an eye patch.
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Title: Soul Eater Studio: BONES Genre: Shounen/Fantasy Ratings (out of 5): Story: ♥
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Yukana is both an outstanding seiyuu and a controversial personality. Her voice has great range, from Cure White in Precure Max Heart to Dominura in Simoun, and from Mashiro in Mai-Otome to C.C. in Code Geass. Recently, she seems to be centring on roles that are like her: strong, sexy, and mature.She stars this season as the female aspect of a fox god in Wagaya no Oinari-sama. In an interview about the part, she says she plays Kuu very god-like when she is in the shrine, but more active and inquisitive in the house. The show has its heartwarming parts and its slapstick parts, she says, but in the end gives you a warm feeling, like being in a hot bath.2channel keeps talking of "pillow business" (i.e., using sex to get roles). There is no proof of this. Her talent should make it unnecessary, and at least one of the accusations has been shown to have no basis. But one look at her photos and you realize why people might make such accusations: the pheromones seem to leap right through the screen at you. (click photos to enlarge)I first became aware of her as Dominura, the masculine older pilot/priestess in Simoun, who was involved in the upper reaches of the political world, and fell in love with a younger girl.The role she is best known for recently is the mysterious and sexy C.C. in Code Geass. Before that, she starred in Mai-Otome as Mashiro. And her most famous role is probably Tessa Testarossa in Full Metal Panic. But she has become very popular with directors: she had eleven roles last year, and has had five already this year, including being type-cast as a succubus in Tower of Druaga: Aegis of Uruk, which debuts this Friday.Here are some of her roles: Moldiver (Ozora Mirai), Azuki-chan (Azuki-chan), Wedding Peach (Angel Lily), Melty Lancer (Sylvia Nimrod), Cardcaptor Sakura (Li Meilin), Full Metal Panic (Tessa), Futari wa Precure Max Heart (Cure White), Black Cat (Rinslet Walker), My-Otome (Mashiro), Simoun (Dominura), Code Geass (C.C.), Soukou no Strain (Lotti), Mononoke (Kayo), Wagaya no Oinarisama (Kuugen Tenko). You can see a full list on her Anime News Network page. She has also done over 60 games and over 30 drama CDs, according to Japanese Wikipedia. She began her anime career at 18, in her last year of high school, starring in Moldiver in 1993. As a girl, she had apparently been weak and sickly, but there seems to be no evidence of that now. She comes from Chiba, and when she finished high school there, she started studying law at prestigious Keio University in Tokyo -- but dropped out to be a seiyuu. She often seems to have a "cat that swallowed the canary" look, and gives off an air of knowingness.In the later 1990s, she began a singing career that has tailed off in recent years, although she continues to do some live performances, such as one coming up on 22 April in Shibuya (Tokyo). She has even written lyrics for other singers.She and Ikezawa Haruna (Mao Oneechan in KimiKiss) are friends, and have had a radio show together called "Canary Lunar Market" (yukana-haruna market). You can find the current broadcast -- which may be the final broadcast -- from this page. Click the red button under their pictures.But controversy has swirled around her for years. She is apparently not the easiest person to get along with, and in 2000, she was accused of having ruined one sound director's marriage. Some people say that in fact the sound director in question was a bachelor, so who knows what actually happened. She took some months off to go and do English study in the US, then returned and changed her stage name from Nogami Yukana to just Yukana.Then in 2004 she was chosen to play Four Murasame in a new Zeta Gundam movie, and the older seiyuu who had played the role in the '80s (Shimazu Saeko) went ballistic, covering her home page with closely-argued tirades against the sound director who had chosen Yukana.The rumor arose that Yukana had got the role because of a relationship with the sound director. 2channel Gundam fans sided with the previous seiyuu and although their ire was against the sound director, Yukana was tarnished. It turned out that many of the seiyuu in that show were new, and the director just wanted new actors, but maybe was loathe to tell the old ones this directly. Yukana left the public eye for a while. Japanese Wikipedia now talks about the whole situation here.In 2007, she was slated to play Yumiko in Touka Gettan, but withdrew at the last minute in favor of Itou Miki, who had played the role in the hentai foreunner of the show, Moonlight Lady. Her agency, Sigma Seven, said they had double-booked her and apologized, but one wonders if she was trying to avoid another controversy.Yuka-nyan is friends with numerous seiyuus, including Koshimizu Ami, who plays alongside her in Code Geass. The picture above right is of them having tea together last spring.Not that she needs them, but she did attend "pheromone dinners" with other seiyuu (Koshimizu Ami, Shimizu Ai, et al.) where a group of women friends got together to eat a meal including lots of meat. Left is a pic of her (left) and Shimizu Ai taking pictures with their cell-phones at another tea party.Anime News NetworkWikipediaWikipedia Japanmusic home page (Japanese)agency profile page (with voice samples)current 2channel thread (Japanese)
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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. Black Cat Paws 2-tier Bento Box. The cutest new bento box in town in the "niKyoro series" (remember, from niko niko or smiling, plus kyoro kyoro or looking around) is Black Cat Paws, a super cute bento box with two sections and incredibly kawaii styling. Floral KOKESHI Ear Cleaner w/ Kokeshi Doll ~ Red. Here's a really special item for fans of mimikaki, or traditional ear cleaners, we've gotten in a Japanese doll ear cleaner that's just fabulous to look at. Transformers iPod Speaker Set -- Transformer Music Label. Got an iPod? This is your speaker set, a transforming speaker set that's compatible with all current iPods. Back in stock! Kanji DS Dictionary. Today we're happy to announce that we'll begin carrying Nintendo DS software tools to help our customers learn Japanese. This is a fantastic idea, a fully functional E-J, J-E, Japanese and Kanji dictionary, with many advanced features. Best of all, inputting words with the stylus is speedy and accurate. Highly recommended item for students. Kira Kira Reki -- Mikeou Art Works. A fabulous artbook by female illustrator Mikeou, one of the top artists representative of the current trend of moe culture in Japan. These are characters from the the many eroge and anime series she's contributed to. Hin Water Ball ~ Howl's Moving Castle. A treat from Howl's Moving Castle, the last film by Hayao Miyazaki, this is the crystal ball that the Witch of the Waste looks in to see Heen, the cute asthmatic dog. Meiji Fran Au Lait -- Green Tea & Milk. A fabulous new flavor of Meiji's Fran dual-coated snack stick, this is one you won't want to miss because its Matcha (Green Tea) and Milk flavor. The box looked so good I had to crack one open and share it with the J-List staff, and we all agree they're delicious. Soul of the Samurai ~ Modern Translations of 3 Classic Works of Zen and Bushido. This is great -- updated translations of the classic works that have formed our understanding about Japan. In stock in San Diego for your ordering convenience. Easy Daily Lunches ~ Mainichi Rakuraku Obento. I'll teach you a word of Japanese: raku, meaning easy. Ergo, rakuraku means "super easy," which is the promise of this cool bento box cookbook, just loaded with ideas for bento lunches you can make. NORI / Seaweed Punch ~ Star / Heart Shape for Decoration Bento. Bento is incredibly popular all around the world (J-List has been written up in a French newspaper on the subject recently). For bento fans, here's a new level of coolness: a "nori punch" that lets you make heart or star shaped seaweed for decorating your bento. Lots of Totoro Stuff. See some great restocked Totoro items, including the Plush Totoro Tree House with Totoro that can fit inside (love this!), the last stock of our Totoro Fluffy Blanket (100x140 cm size), and the #1 selling Totoro bento box. Tezuka Moderno No.8 Leo Figure *Preorder*. For many fans (including this one), the first encounter with Japan was the groundbreaking anime series that answered the question, "Who lives down in deepest, darkest Africa?" Awesome updated design of Tezuka's Jungle Emperor Leo (aka Kimba the White Lion). COPIC Ciao! ~ Basic Double Marker Set in 12 Colors. COPIC is a famous manufacturer of high quality pens and paper for artists. Here's an excellent set of colored pens that have broad tips on one end and "fude pen" brush tips on the other. Restocked Japanese Snacks. Then enjoy some great restocked J-Snacks, including Toppo the baked chocolate stick snack, super-tart Shigekix in Cola flavor, Morinaga Strawberry Mont Blanc Chocolate, Meiji Wata Pachi cotton candy w/ pop rocks inside, and Otoko Kaoru gum that promises to improve the way men smell. G Sketch -- Marie Sukegawa. You will be wowed by the "G" cup of Marie-chan in her new hardcover glossy photobook, filled with pictures of the buxom Japanese model. Lots of lovely pictures here. Real Rhythmic Gymnastics Debut -- Momo Hanai. The lovely Momo Hanai may have only won 2nd place in the National Rhythemic Gymnastics competition, but she's number one in our hearts as she debuts as a JAV actress, showing that she has the flexibility necessary for this important new career change.
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Name: Black Cat Genre: Action, Science fiction Year: 2005 Rating: Average Train Heartnet is a skilled gunman who was once a member of the assassin group known as the Chronos Numbers. After denouncing his codename as number thirteen of the Chronos Numbers, Heartnet becomes a sweeper to earn a living. Though he tries to forget his past he constantly encounters his past partners in crime. With the number thirteen permanently tattooed to his body and his unwillingness to give up his signature Orhalcon weapon he isn't hard to hind. For those who leave the elite assassination organization one becomes a traitor who must be erased. Known as the Black Cat due to his quick reflexes and as the deliverer of bad luck, he is the most feared amongst the Chronos Numbers. Brought up in a world of conflict, Heartnet's method of survival is eliminating his opponents. However after meeting Saya Minatsuki, things start to change.
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Anime DVDs March 18, 2008 Black Cat - Box Set Bleach - Volume 9 Flag - Volume 3 MoonPhase - Box Set Project Blue Earth SOS - Volume 2 School Rumble - Volume 6 Solty Rei - Box Set Tweeny Witches - Volume 1 Venus Versus Virus - Volume 3 Manga March 18, 2008 Case Closed - Volume 22 ES - Volume 8 Fullmetal Alchemist - Volume 16 Gacha Gacha: The [...]
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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. Asuka Langley Witch Figure -- Neon Genesis Evangelion EX Sweet Witches Figure. Famous Japanese artist Okama has created this great figure, a remix of Asuka from Evangelion as a witch. She's so cute as she tries to stay on her broom, losing her hat and accidentally showing the contents of her skirt in the process. Rei Ayanami Witch Figure -- Neon Genesis Evangelion EX Sweet Witches Figure. Okama's version of Rei as a magical witch is also very cute, as she rides her broom sidesaddle and talks to her cute black cat. Totoro Retro Bus ~ Tomica Limited Collection *Preorder*. Here's a really esoteric item for the Studio Ghibli collector: a gorgeous die-cast replica of the old Showa-era bus that the family's father arrives on in the scene at the but stop. There's quite a lot of nostalgia for these old buses, and creating a toy version of the bus from Totoro is just fabulous. Preorder it now. Kiki & Tombo Propeller Bicycle ~ Tomica Limited Collection. Also, the fantastic Tomica figure of Kiki and Tombo on the propellor bicycle he built is in stock. A really special item for Studio Ghibli collectors. Watering Kiss Mint Gum, Meiji Pine Up! We can never resist selling Japanese snacks with funny names, and both Meiji's Pine Up! sweet candies (with real pineapple pulp inside) and the Gatorgum-like Watering Kiss Mint gum fit the bill. Piko Piko Hammer. Quick show of hands, who has seen Beat Takashi beating guests over the heads with this squeaking hammer? Now you can own one of these painless joke items yourself. Practical Japanese: Your Guide to Speaking Japanese Quickly and Effortlessly in a Few Hours. Here's a no-nonsense book to help you get a jump on learning Japanese. It breaks vocabulary down into chunks to make them easier to remember, and presents visual pictures too. KEN-DAMA ~ Traditional Ball Game Pen. In the "how cool is this?" section today we have a pen that has a real Kendama ball on the end for playing the famous Japanese traditional game in between taking notes at work or school. 80's Classic Hello Kitty Built-in Chopsticks Bento Box. Gorgeous retro styling on this bento box featuring Hello Kitty from the 1980s, with everything you need for a great bento experience: base section for rice, middle section for the okazu (that which you eat with your rice, i.e. your main course) and chopstick, built right in! 100 Tough Questions for Japan ~ Bilingual Book. We're big fans of the "bilingual books" that present content in both English and Japanese, great because you can compare the two and learn from both sides. This is a cook that asks 100 difficult questions about why Japan is the way it is. Lacquer-style Square Sake Cup with KANJI. Gorgeous square cup for drinking sake, restocked today. It's got the character for "happiness" on it. Genuine Tabi (Ninja Shoes). Remember that J-List stocks thousands of rare and fun items from Japan. One of the most bizarre are the "Tabi" split-toe boots that we carry that were worn by ninjas in ancient Japan. Chua Churam Figure by Alter ~ Chu Chu Idol *Preorder*. A fantastic new figure from Chu Chu Idol, a popular "H" game in Japan about a vampire who become a JPOP idol. (She sucks the blood of her manager to get power.) Preorder it now. Restocked Studio Ghibli DVDs. One of the best reasons we can think of to use a region free DVD player like our HDMI-compliant upscaling RJ-1000 is to watch the great region 2 DVDs that come from Japan. Today we've restocked the official Miyazaki-approved releases of Princess Mononoke, the highly recommended Ocean Waves, and the newest film Tales from Earthsea. DX Totoro Cushion Every day is better with Totoro in it, and we've restocked the Totoro plush cushions that will improve any room they're in. Pentel Handy Line S - 5 color set ~ Click Guard Marker. You know that we love Japanese pens around here, and so do our customers. Here's a set of five highlighting markers in Pentel's Handy Line S series, which are cool because they're "knock type" pens, which means they don't have caps, with the pen part living inside the pen just like a ball-point. Various Snack Items from Japan. Finally, some fabulous restocked Japanese snacks, including Green Tea and Milk Chocolate Meltykiss (!), Choco Ball in basic Caramel flavor, an elegant chocolate snack from Bourbon, and Chocolate Banana Parfait flavored Hi-Chew. Yum! Dengeki Hime Dec 2007. One of the best "H game" oriented magazines we sell on J-List, it focuses on the beautiful female characters in these games, hence the title "Hime" (princess). Fab new issue, with a separate art book for ToHeart Another Days, posters and more. HONOKA Maximum (Limited Edition) -- Honoka. Search all you like, but you'll have a hard time finding a more beautiful woman from Japan than Honoka, who looks fabulous in this double-sized limited edition photobook. The elegant and all-natural photos are just amazing, and we've never seen art and photography come together as well as this. New Manga Volumes Posted. The Japanese are not shy about making "ero" parodies of famous anime characters, and if you love the girls from Lucky Star you're going to want to pick up the new Ero Star. Also, see the new Enjoy Milky Heaven by Pon Takahanada, with 11 great stories of "H" including something called "Couch Potato Lovers." Kurumi Imari 1/8 Cast-Off Figure School Uniform ver. ~ Bible Black. Then feast your eyes on this gorgeous Bible Black figure of Kurumi-chan that we've just gotten in stock. The figure is totally cast-off-able, allowing you to remove her clothes and choose how you want to display her. Muhahaha! "Sex Style" Sake Bottle & Two Cups. You probably know about our wacky coffee cups and other items that demonstrate the traditional 48 positions. The newest release in the series are these incredible sake bottle and cup sets, which come in gorgeous boxes suitable for displaying, if that's where your tastes lie. Available in Frog, Panda and Skeleton versions!
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March 4 Del Rey Negima!, Vol. 17 Pumpkin Scissors, Vol. 2 xxxHolic, Vol. 11 Viz Media Beauty Pop, Vol. 7 Black Cat, Vol. 13 Claymore, Vol. 11 Gin Tama, Vol. 5 High School Debut , Vol. 2 Honey and Clover, Vol. 1 Hunter x Hunter, Vol. 19 Kurohime, Vol. 4 Love Com, Vol. 5 Monkey High! , Vol. 1 Nana, Vol. 9 Naruto, Vol. 28 One Piece, Vol. 17 S.A, Vol. 3 Shaman King, Vol. [...]
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January 1 Tokyo Pop Slayers, Vol. 7 Slayers, Vol. 8 Viz Media Black Cat, Vol. 12 Dr. Slump, Vol. 14 Fall In Love Like a Comic, Vol. 2 Gin Tama, Vol. 4 High School Debut , Vol. 1 Hikaru no Go, Vol. 11 Hunter x Hunter, Vol. 18 Kurohime, Vol. 3 La Corda d’Oro, Vol. 6 Love Com, Vol. 4 Nana, Vol. 8 Reborn!, Vol. 6 S.A, Vol. 2 Sand Chronicles, Vol. 1 Shaman [...]
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Take a sullen protagonist with a tragic past, a down-on-his-luck bounty hunter, a gun-toting girl in a kimono, a master thief with a trick or two up her sleeve and a timid girl with a terrifying secret…and you have a premise such as that of Black Cat. What is immediately apparent is that this is [...]
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