http://www.animenano.com/ An anime blog aggregator and community. en-us 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. Calendars, Calendars, Calendars. We're happy to announce that we've gotten in a huge number of gorgeous calendars, from our Seasonal Sushi calendar to this year's beautiful Haruho Morita traditional art calendar and more. The surprise hit of the season so far as been this super Lucky Cat offering, which we've gotten back in stock today. Anime Calendars, too. In addition to tons of traditional calendars, modern and classical art calendars, and vibrant photographic calendars of Japan, we're posting stock of the best anime calendars, from Totoro to Inu Yasha to One Piece and D. Grey-man. Browse our selection now! Dengeki Maoh Nov 2008. It's time for another issue of Dengeki Maoh, which brings you a staggering 500+ pages of gorgeous manga from Japan, including Utawaremono, Tales of Vesperia and Tales of the Abyss, Wolf and Spice, Sengoku Basara and more. Also, a free Tales of the Abyss manga inside! Fraulein Revoltech No.005 Amami Haruka ~ The Idolm@ster. I just love the Fraulein Revoltech series because the figures are so faithful to the original characters, yet can be posed in so many fun ways. This is the super-cute Amami Haruka figure for fans of the anime Idol M@ster, aka Idol Master. Mini "Lucky Panda" Solar Powered Relaxation Toy. Another great Hidamari no Tami inspired item, this is a solar powered "Lucky Panda" that nods its head up and down eternally, bringing good luck to you through the miracle of solar power. We just love things like this. SHOXX Nov 2008 vol. 188. Japan's music scene is popular all over the world, and you can track the coolest "visual-kei" bands (the kei meaning "related to") with Shoxx, the awesome Visual and Hard Shock Magazine. I mean, J-ROCK musicians dressed as ninjas and kabuki actors, that's too cool! Drift Tengoku Sep 2008. Gunma Prefecture, where J-List is located, is where the manga Initial D is based, and on weekends I get to drive up Mt. Akagi on those mountain roads. If you like Japan's amazing performance cars, you should certainly read Drift Tengoku (Drift Heaven)! Bleach, Naruto 2009 Calendar. In addition to stock of the calendars we'd already posted, we've gotten in limited stock of the giant-format 2009 calendars for fans of Naruto and Bleach, created by the original creators themselves. These look great, and are shipped to you in a secure box. Tokyo Strawberry Chocolate Daifuku. J-List customers have asked us to carry more boxed set of Japanese foods, which are often bought as gifts for others. These are an amazing traditional treat called Strawberry Daifuku, made of chew mochi rice, fresh strawberries and sweet Japanese beans. More Fun New Japanese Snacks. Also, I love Winter because that's when all the good snack items are released. Enjoy a great new Koala no March (er, March of the Koalas) in Creamy Milk and Chocolate flavor, and the fun chocolate candy called Choco Baby. Bitter & Milk Simple YAMANAKA-nuri Bento Box Set. This is one of the nicest new bento box sets I've seen in a while, with two sections for your rice and other good things to eat, chopsticks, bento bag and a belt to keep your bento closed tightly. The bento box is loaded with silly English, too. Hello Kitty Mini Push Style ONIGIRI Shaper. Then for the many fans of Hello Kitty onigiri and bento products, we've gotten in this cool rice ball shaper, which makes perfectly pressed rice balls for your lunch. DX Black and Red Lacquered Old Style Pencil Case. Here's something you probably didn't expect to see today: awesome traditional Japanese pencil cases which look like lacquered wood. Just beautiful. Japan Underground. Dynamite extra-thick photobook that shows you things you never thought you'd see, like access corridors inside Tokyo's subway system, industrial freezers, Japan's underground power network, and more. Back in stock today. Range Murata Pinky Street Figures. Range Murata is one of Japan's boldest and most recognized artists, and his illustrations are just amazing. He pairs up with the Pinky Street people to bring us these positively amazing figures to fans. Reissued by the manufacturer! Restocked Traditional Items. Got some fun traditional items from Japan, too, including fun sake cups for enjoying a few drink with friends, our great Kokeshi wooden dolls for four seasons, a Lucky Chirimen Rabbit to bring you good fortune, and more. More Mousse-chan Fuwa-Fuwa Paper Clay. We love the "paper clay" (kami-nendo) items we sell, enabling you to make the most amazing decorated cakes and other creations with the included clay and molds, restocked today. Also: Signo JUMPOP pens, the easiest to write with pens we've ever found! Nia Hug Pillow ~ Gurren Lagann *Preorder*. The character of Nia from Gurren Lagann is one of Gainax's most beautiful, with huge, expressive eyes and a voice that fills fans with longing. Now you can spend your nights with her, thanks to this fantastic dakimakura (Hug Pillow) that's up for preorder right now! Teacher Yomako 1/8 Figure by Alter ~ Gurren Lagann *Preorder*. Then feast your eyes on this fantastic prepainted figure of Yomako, the alias of Yoko from Gurren Lagann, who appears as a teacher in one popular episode of the show. Although her appearance in the series is minor, fans have really latched onto her for her incredibly sexy character design, not unlike Yomiko Readman from Read or Die. Restocked Kompeito, Other Snacks. Restocked snacks include Kompeito, the traditional candy enjoyed in Japan since the 16th century and seen in the Hayao Miyazaki film Spirited Away, as well as Kanro Calpis Soft Candy, Glico Almond Premio Chocolate, Fujiya Look Chocolate in "Tea a la Mode" flavor (yes, you read that right), and more Hi-Chew soft candies. Ai-Doll -- Idol (Ai). Positively gorgeous hardcover photobook capturing the grace of the sexy idol Ai (whose name means "love"). The pictures in this book are really tops. Fantastic Restocked Manga. Excellent manga volumes back in stock today, including the awesome JUNKS, the legendary CLOOP by female manga-ka Maki Shinonome, and many volumes of the Extreme! SOS Brigade Haruhi Suzumiya parody. Linkwood Cast off Figure Masterpiece of Shunya Yamashita. Oh, Shunya Yamashita is at it again, making incredibly beautiful figures for us to drool over. This is a not-to-be-believed cast off figure based on his character Linkwood, which can be displayed with or without clothes. Delicious! This great figure is in stock now! Kurumi Asahina's Adventure. Mikuru Asahina is the super-cute character from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya that is in fact a time-traveller from the future -- the scene where Kyon meets Mikuru from the future is a great nod to fans of Hyperion from Dan Simmons. If you love Mikuri, then all your dreams will come true with this great new anime cosplay DVD! Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:49:20 -0000 http://www.peterpayne.net/2008/11/cool-items-friday-november-7-2008.html This week we feature Sola’s delightfully creepy nee-san, Aono Morimiya. She was my favorite character in the show, and I just love the overall character design. Those aloof red eyes and that cold, distant gaze… So creepy but oh so dreamy! Her power to manipulate paper (which is totally not taken from Read or Die) [...] Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:11:59 -0000 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wolfhurricane/~3/419224071/ Like Yomiko Readman here, if you want to get something, you want to get it the easiest way possible. See, there’s a reason why I used her screenshot. Ok, maybe it’s because I think she’s awesome, but I’m trying to make a point here. Yomiko, if you’ve read the Read or Die manga, likes a dip into Shonen Jump just as much as she likes a philosophical treatise to dig into. What I’m trying to say that in Sydney, anime and manga fans have many tastes which are catered to ... Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:42:56 -0000 http://yukan.dasaku.net/miscellaneous/sydneys-anime-and-manga-hotspots-revealed/ Also known as R.O.D. Synopsis: Yomiko Readman is “The Paper,” a secret underground operative for the British Library with the incredible power of complete control over paper, including the ability to make it solid as steel. She is called to duty when a book that could spell the end of the world is stolen, and she [...] Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:05:29 -0000 http://iamundercover.wordpress.com/2008/09/21/read-or-die-ova/ Recently I visited an interesting website called liveactionanime.org. The website has news about anime series that receives the live action treatment. Take for example DRAGONBALL or EVANGELION. Dragon Ball has tons of episodes and has too many plotlines and characters that for my consideration, I think it cant be translated into a coherent movie, yet Hollywood [...] Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:52:31 -0000 http://www.cartoonleap.com/2008/08/28/live-action-anime-some-ramblings-about-it/lang/en This and this inspired me to finish reading The Catcher In The Rye, and what a book it was. In deciding what to compare The Catcher In The Rye to, I realised most of the good comparative Anime works, and even light novels, were taken. I briefly considered contrasting it with Read or Die but that’s [...] Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:06:11 -0000 http://aspergers.dasaku.net/?p=134 Read or Die. OVA was a great action flick. It was rather Holywood like than typical Japanese anime and for a 3 episode series, it did a good job on expanding the story and concluding it. TV series on the other hand started off great. However, animation..글 전체보기 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:59:14 -0000 http://muhootsaver.tistory.com/entry/R1-ROD-OVA-TV I ended up taking too many screenshots ^^;; So I decided to make a separate post. About the OP, 007 like jazzy tune really fits the series. Think of R.O.D. OVA OP (animation style is similar, too). I loved it. Click pictures to enlarge them. About the..글 전체보기 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:18:43 -0000 http://muhootsaver.tistory.com/entry/Ryokos-Case-file-OP-from-HD-airing-%EC%95%BC%EC%BF%A0%EC%8B%9C%EC%A7%80-%EB%A3%8C%EC%BD%94%EC%9D%98-%EA%B4%B4%EA%B8%B0%EC%82%AC%EA%B1%B4%EB%B6%80-OP-HD-%EB%B0%A9%EC%86%A1%EC%97%90%EC%84%9C I’ve joined Yukan Blog! and I’m thrilled to be writing for it. Here’s the rundown of Anime I’ve watched in this weekend: R.O.D.: Read or Die OVA Speed Racer (five episodes) Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise All solid, classic Anime. Out of these three shows/films, I liked the Read or Die OVA and Wings of Honneamise the [...] Sun, 25 May 2008 08:50:33 -0000 http://yukan.dasaku.net/?p=483 Today's Updates Eromanga Toshokan vol. 009: Nyuuseihin To Love-Ru Metamo Lala and Haruna announced Griffon presents Maaryan-senpai (school swimsuit uniform ver.) Kotobukiya’s Nekomiya Nono, in color Other Headlines Toranoana's latest mechamusume PVC preorder open Design by Shimada Fumikane, sculpt by Men, release in July at 5,040 yen, size and scale unspecified Event limited Manyuu Chibusa (black costume ver.) announced from Wafuudou Ganguten On sale at WHF Kobe 28 on April 29th and WHF Ariake 18 on May 5th Questioners' limited edition Shiratori Amane (pink ver.) PVC preorder open International availability uncertain Blond version of TC2F T2 ART WORKS figure to be available in exchange for Tora store points She'd look great if they redid the head entirely... Kurushima announces 2007 Rei / Asuka summer-themed cold cast set 1/8 scale, 20 cm tall, 29,400 yen, Katayama Hiroki sculpt, September release Axia's To Heart 2 and Happiness dakimakura covers to be reissued Available internationally via Hobby Search Code Geass to Air on Adult Swim Not sure how I missed this... first episode airs April 26th at 1:30 AM First episode of Penguin-ko Heart streaming at Nico Video Kurogane no Linebarrel TV anime official site grand open First episode to premiere at Anime Expo Sekirei web radio announced Details coming soon Spring 2008 Anime: Booked, but not Stacked Toshokan Sensou Production Studio: Production I.G Genre: military drama, romantic comedy, library Original Concept: Arikawa Hiro's Toshokan Sensou (light novel series) Director: Hamana Takayuki Chief Writer: Kometa Kenji Character Designer: Adabana Sukumo, Nakamura Satoshi Doujin Potential: low, though some female-oriented possible Figure Potential: low If one can get over the bizarrely improbable premise of two government-sponsored paramilitary groups playing "capture the flag book" in the middle of a dense civilian population, Toshokan Sensou comes across as one of the more fun shows of the season. Initial impressions paint it as a cross between Full Metal Panic and Planetes with a bit of Read or Die thrown in, not at all a bad combination; with an immediately accessible feel, sympathetic characters, and a snappy animation design, if things stay on model and the premise is fleshed out into something interesting I'd say we have a very solid show on our hands. Bonus points for the tomboy protagonist, too. Figure Recommendations Toranoana's Colors #1 Garance diorama figure Goodsmile's Saber (fantasy maid ver.) reissue Goodsmile's Rin (fantasy maid ver.) reissue Max Factory's Pec Chanpo (Baek Changpo) Ero news below: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:10:05 -0000 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/04/19/mainichi-junk-april-19th-2008/