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. Miku Hatsune Nendoroid T-Shirt - Girl's Fitted - Navy Blue Version. For girls, we're announcing a new Miku Hatsune T-shirt, printed on an attractive navy blue shirt from American Apparel and both made and printed in the USA. In stock right now. School Days 2009 Desktop Calendar. This new 2009 calendar is really awesome, showing the dreamy art of the popular eroge and anime which seized the imagination of fans in a big way this year. Nice calendar! Revoltech Eva-00 Proto Type, Sound Device. A really excellent Revoltech toy that can be posed about a million ways, this is the Eva Prototype, recreated in super detail and the trademark Revoltech quality and poseability. Also, we've restocked the Handy MAGI System Sound Device, which recreates the computer sounds from the series, a very popular item. Famitsu DS Plus Wii Oct 2008. A super magazine filled with information on the newest Nintendo DS and Wii games in Japan. The Art of Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea. For Studio Ghibli fans who want to own something really special, this is the art of Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, the popular film by Hayao Miyazaki. Features gorgeous art on every page, all penned by Miyazaki himself. It's like he leaned over to hand you his private sketchbook and said, "Here, check this out." Fantastic item. Ita G ~ Ita Sha Graphics vol. 2. Itasha sounds like it means "Italian car," but it's written with characters that means "painful car." It's the latest trend in otakudom: deck your car out with anime characters, from Miku Hatsune to Saber to Lucky Star. This square back photomagazine captures the very best itasha from all across Japan for you! Smile Slime Plush Toys ~ Dragon Quest. Fans of the cute Smile Slime from the Dragon Quest game series, our order has come in, and we've gotten in all three sizes of these fun plush toys for you. Very squeezable and soft. Rice Cracker Gift Set - DX Senbei. By customer request, we're carrying more Japanese gift items, great for giving out as gifts to others this holiday season, although we understand if you want to keep these for yourself. This is a large box of rice crackers of various types. Other New Japanese Snacks. Then see some other brand-new snack items, including a new variety of Van Houten Dear Cacao Chocolate and delicious Cafe Au Lait flavored Milky soft candies. Sleeping Hello Kitty ONSEN Kimono Strap. Then, something soft and very Japanese for your phone, keychain, camera or Nintendo DS: a super cute sleeping Hello Kitty, who has just gotten out of the onsen (volcanic hot springs). Holding her little towel and everything! Wacky PANDA den-den Daiko Bamboo Ear Cleaner. Make sure your ears are always cute and clean with this mimikaki ear cleaner that features a cute panda with "den" drums from Okinawa! Nikyoro UFO Shaped Tight Bento Box with Built-in Fork. Looking for a really unique bento experience? We recommend the new UFO style Tight Bento Box, which comes with everything you see here. Not only is bringing your own bento lunch apt to be more healthy than fast food you might otherwise buy for lunch, it's certainly going to be cheaper, since rice and bento lunch ingredients are very inexpensive. Multi Mayonnaise Cup with Partition & sticker. A great accessory for bento fans, this is a very useful pair of condiment holding cups with sections inside, allowing you to fill them up with ketchup, mayonaise, tonkatsu sauce -- you have many choices. Also, you get amazingly cute stickers to stock on them! NARUTO Shippuden Slim Aluminum Pencil Case. If you haven't owned one of the really good pencil cases from Japan, you should. This Naruto case is very well made, features an inner tray for separating your writing instruments, and will last you for years. Restocked Traditional Items. Speaking of Daruma, we've gotten in fresh stock of this popular item, which brings good luck to Japanese every year. Here's what you do: make a wish that's your goal for the year, then color the left eye black with a pen. If the wish comes true, color the right eye black. Also we've restocked our Den Den Taiko drums, authentic fundoshi traditional underwear of Japanese samurai, and more. Beherit "Egg of the King" Necklace 2008 ver. ~ Berserk 2008 ver. Then: the most popular Berzerk item in history, this is the eerie but enigmatic Egg of the King necklace, which we've gotten in stock again today. Factory & Modern Ruins Photobooks. Okay, so, moe (mo-EH) is usually reserved for anime characters, but that doesn't mean that you can't feel that little heart flutter when you look at a big, well-oiled factory in all its industrial glory. See fresh stock of this photobook as well as "Deathtopia" photobooks of modern ruins. Fun Items for your Kitchen. We've sold a bazillion of the Natural Bamboo Steamer, which lets you make traditional steamed Asian foods manju -- it's back in stock now. Also, very sturdy DX chopsticks that are a joy to hold and use. Restocked EVANGELION Head Interface ~ Rei Ayanami ver. Next, see fresh stock of the Eva anime hair clips, which let you become Asuka or Rei for instant cosplay. Having trouble thinking of a costume for Halloween this year? This is a great solution! Miyuki Takara Action Figure -- figma Series ~ Lucky Star *Preorder*. Miyuki from the Lucky Star anime is one of my favorite characters. She's got glasses, she's the a shy personality and that sweet, sweet voice. Preorder the new Figma of her, coming soon from Max Factory. 2009 Studio Ghibli Calendar. Right now J-List has stock of over 250 awesome calendars that are printed exclusively for the Japan domestic market, but available through us, and since we have such a wide selection, there's always something fun to discover each year. One calendar I personally recommend to Miyazaki fans is the Ghibli calendar, a giant offering that features *all original art* on every page, which often gives you important cues into the creator's films. Restocked J-Snacks Finally, got restocked snack items for you, including various flavors of Pocky including Original, Man's and more, all flavors of Calorie Mate, and Morinaga Hi-Soft Milk Caramel. Yum! New "H" Manga. We've got some fantastic new items for you today, including the gorgeous new issue of Mai's Room by Yui Toshiki, printing in mind-blowingly beautiful full color, followed by a superb manga for fans of naughty OLs, which are professionally dressed female office ladies. Jibril 1/7 Cast off Figure *Preorder*. A very stylish figure from a popular eroge, this is the sexy cast off figure of Jibril, which is recreated in 1/7 scale. Her halo is awesome, too!
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As usual, our worst fears have not been realized. Some people expected a second-rate season this fall, but there are lots of entertaining new anime in various genres.I enjoyed many of the first episodes I've seen, but the two that rocked my soul were Kannagi and ef - a tale of melodies.In ef - a tale of melodies, Oonuma Shin once again weaves his magical visual rhythms into the musical rhythms of a wonderful score by Tenmon and Yanagi Eiichirou. Every frame a masterpiece. This is real art, visual, musical, and dramatic.Stories begin to develop, featuring deep characters with dark pasts and potentially romantic futures. The addition of Itou Shizuka and Gotou Mai brings some recognizable names to the cast of no-name game seiyuus.In Kannagi, the story may seem cliched on the surface -- a goddess moves in with an ordinary teenage boy -- but the animation, direction, and voice-acting are world-class, and elevate this show into something special. This is Tomatsu Haruka's breakthrough role. The nimble twists and turns of her voice are virtuosity with artistic meaning. She's hilarious and real.Kannagi marks the return of director Yamamoto Yutaka, whom Kyoto Animation fired as director of Lucky Star after four episodes. He was an important aesthetic force behind both that show and Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, and he demonstrates the same comic genius here. The episode flows like a stream, moving us smoothly through the story, bubbling up humorous and touching moments just when it should.Those are just the two shows I liked best in a season that looks as if it will give us many good shows.Hyakko is a daft comedy whose protagonists spend the entire first episode lost in their own school. An unusual group of seiyuus all take unusual approaches to their roles: Orikasa Fumiko, Neya Michiko, Hirano Aya, and Ochiai Yurika. But this show is on a knife-edge. It is so bizarre and delicate that it could either rise to sublimity or collapse into meaninglessness at any time. I'll be watching to see which way it goes.Kurozuka through one episode is a beautiful and bloody tale of immortal love, originating in medieval Japan and running up to the present day. Paku Romi, in particular, but Miyano Mamoru with her, are absolutely brilliant. This is a less brutish, but no less brutal, spiritual successor to Claymore, directed by the director of Death Note.Clannad - After Story gives us a large helping of the same melancholy magic moe that delighted fans of the first series, myself included.Vampire Knight - Guilty picks up where the first series left off, in a dark romance soaked with blood and desire. I loved the manga, liked the first series, and liked episode one as well. I've read the manga past the beginning of this series and I'm eager to see animated what I know is coming.Skip Beat! is one of my favorite mangas, and the anime seems faithful to the original. I was not thrilled with episode one, but I was not thrilled with chapter one of the manga, either, so I expect to be borne along on the shoujo tide as we go forward. This is a delightful combination of idol-making with romance and revenge, and its protagonist is fascinating and mutifaceted. I only hope Inoue Marina can bring the character alive.Mouryou no Hako seems like another winner. A mysterious story in which the blood is just little enough for every drop to make an impact. And a touch of yuri never goes amiss. Good voice work from Takahashi Mikako and Tomatsu Haruka, with more Kiuchi Hidenobu (Hei in Darker Than Black, Ren in NANA) to come.I thought Iguchi Yuka was just da bomb in To Aru Majutsu no Index, playing a moe but mature little magical nun. And the male lead was not a mere cipher.Kemeko Deluxe and Macademi Wasshoi! are both deeply bizarre comedies with hilarious animation. And both look to me as if they could be one-episode wonders, with the humor not sustaining in the long run. But their first episodes had me exploding with laughter.Hakushaku to Yousei doesn't seem great, but the lead characters and the story -- Regency romance crossed with shoujo adventure -- somehow captivated me.Toradora is a well-made harem comedy featuring Kugimiya Rie as an even more tsuntsun tsundere than in any of her previous tsundere roles. In Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka, she is a gentler tsundere -- except for that kick. Too bad she is becoming so type-cast. And too bad Akasaka gave me hints of the director's low bluntness and sensationalism. He directed Amenaideyo and School Days.I found some other shows enjoyable to watch: Kuroshitsuji, Shikabane Hime Aka, Yozakura Quartet, Today in Class 5-2. I haven't yet seen Jigoku Shoujo 3 , One Outs, or Bihada Ichizoku.On Thursday, the potentially epic space-opera Tytania begins, as does the new season of Nodame Cantabile. I'm looking forward to both.I think I'm judging these shows at least partly on actual quality, but it's certain that my own particular tastes come into play, so be warned. I loathe monsters and really have a lot of trouble with many shounen memes.This season, many people like Tales of the Abyss, which I found boring and childish. Few people seem to like the highly anticipated Kurogane no Linebarrels, which seemed a train-wreck to me, too. Ga-rei Zero had some well-planned action, but the only thing that really pleased me was the surprise ending.Casshern, however, is extremely stylish, and had some moving and mysterious moments, amidst the meaningless killing and artsy self-importance. I can imagine someone who likes shounen reversing my feelings about ef melodies and this show: one a masterpiece, the other pretentious with redeeming qualities.In any case, these are only first episodes. A lot can happen, for better and for worse, from here on out.
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Well, I’m late, busy today, but I’ll tell y’all why later ARIA wins the day. Some people’ll be happy~ G2-1 1位　695票　水無灯里���ARIA シリーズ(Mizunashi Akari@ARIA series) 2位　448票　西園寺世界���School Days シリーズ(Saionji Sekai@School Days series) 3位　288票　アーニャ・アールストレイム���コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ R2(Anya Earlstreim@Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion R2) H2-1 1位　640票　石動乃絵���true tears(Isurugi Noe@true tears) 2位　522票　鷺ノ宮伊澄���ハヤテのごとく!(Saginomiya Isumi@Hayate no Gotoku!) 3位　476票　春原芽衣���CLANNAD(Sunohara Mei@CLANNAD) Ah~ Isumi~ Sleep well, my dear Miko. Now, where is this noe beeyotch. [...]
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Quarterfinals G2-1 有効コードがある票の順位 1位　695票　水無灯里���ARIA シリーズ [Mizunashi Akari @ ARIA] 2位　448票　西園寺世界���School Days シリーズ [Saionji Sekai @ SCHOOL DAYS] 3位　288票　アーニャ・アールストレイム���コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ R2 [Anya Earlstreim @ Code Geass R2] Quarterfinals H2-1 有効コードがある票の順位 1位　640票　石動乃絵���true tears [Isurugi Noe @ true tears] 2位　522票　鷺ノ宮伊澄���ハヤテのごとく! [Saginomiya Isumi @ Hayate the Combat Butler] 3位　476票　春原芽衣���CLANNAD [Sunohara Mei @ CLANNAD] WTF, the chicken girl actually won against Isumi and Mei?! ORZ Next round 10/06:- Quarterfinals G2-2 八代菜々香���マイユア��� [...]
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About one year ago the infamous Anime School Days ended with its popular Nice Boat Ending.I somehow managed to stay pretty spoilerfree all the time and i finally started watching the series.One of the few things I know is that the anime gets pretty nasty and bloody in the later episodes.I know that its [...]
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#8 School Days Saionji Sekai: Kitchen Knife Shitsux, amirite, Makoto? Less of an amazing weapon in and of itself, the kitchen knife which killed Itou Makoto deserves to be in this list. Almost, if not all, people watching this show were hoping for the death of this sonofabitch for a while, and to finally see this happen (especially [...]
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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. Polo Shirt - Domo-kun (Greeting) - Brown. Domo-kun is the big, brown and very cuddly official spokesmonster of NHK, Japan's version of the BBC, and J-List has a new cool-looking Domo polo shirt for anyone who wants to maintain their rebel status while looking professional at work. Looks great! More 2009 Anime, JPOP and Other Calendars. Then see another huge volley of 2009 Japanese calendars that you can preorder now, including the awesome new Naruto calendar for the new year. All calendars always feature new and original artwork on each beautiful page. Revoltech No.032 Evangelion Test Type-01 "New Movie Edition". A really excellent Revoltech toy that can be posed about a million ways, this is the Test Type 01 Eva from the new Rebuild of Evangelion film, which rocks by the way. Also, see fresh stock of the Enki Revoltech from Gurren Lagann. Clalaclan 1/8 Figure Noir ver. ~ Shining Wind. Wow, a fabulous figure designed by Tony Taka from the Shining Star series is going to be great. Rendered in 1/8th scale, the figure can be cast off, allowing for more interactivity and fun in your display options. This figure has come in stock and is ready to order now. Kera Aug. 2008 vol. 121. 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 another issue in stock for you to order right now. SHOXX Aug 2008 vol. 186. Or enjoy the new issue of Shoxx, the "visual and hard shock magazine" for fans of visual-kei J-Rock, which we have in stock for you. Ultra Jump Aug 2008. Japan has a highly addictive manga (comic) culture that's brimming with tons of new issues to cater to customers of all types. This is Ultra Jump, the 500+ page manga that's full of intensity and quality Japanese comics, from Heaven's Prison to The Dancer of Izu, Hayate Cross Blade and more. Anime Ehon 30 ~ Ponyo on the Cliff by Sea. Ponyo is the story of a fish who wants to become a human girl, created by Hayao Miyazaki, and it's incredibly popular in Japan right now. Here's a charming children's picture book featuring the story retold in easy to read Japanese, with hiragana by all kanji, making it great for students learning the language. New Japanese Snacks. Fall is here -- you know it because the new fall snacks are starting to appear, like the seasonal-limited Petit Mont Blanc sweets. Also enjoy Morinaga Ramune candy in new yogurt flavor and Fuwarinka real fruit gummy. Furikake Cylinder Mini Bottle Set ~ House. Okay, these are awfully cool -- little containers you can use to take stuff with your bento, including furikake, the delicious dried powder you sprinkle over rice to make it taste good. Rilakkuma Play Melody Refrigerator. Here's a fun item, a toy refrigerator that lets you store all kinds of cute toy foods inside. Features Relax Bear and plays cute melodies when you open it. Totoro Triangle Pouch. Here's a great item for Totoro fans: triangle shaped pouches you can use to store all your stuff. Features a beautiful Japanese-themed image of Totoro and a big, easy to use zipper to open the pouch. Two colors in stock. More Hug Pillows. Got some more restocked anime hug pillows, aka dakimakura, which you can use to make any room into a super otaku room instead. We've restocked Sekai from School Days, as well as Eika Ichijo from Sky Girls. Chirimen Paper Dresser Style Jewel Box. A really cute small box for storing jewelry or anything else that's very small and precious to you. Made from chirimen paper. Sakura Themed Products. Everyone seems to love sakura, the beautiful cherry blossoms that are a symbol of Japan, and we're posting several items, including our Sakura Jelly Aroma Candle AND Sakura Soap Tray. IGO ~ DX Wooden Super Micro Set. One of the first things you learn when coming to Japan is that the game of "Go" is called "Igo" (pronounced ee-GO") here. This is a really cool miniature go set to display. 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 only got two dozen left in Japan right now, so get yours before they're all gone. Lynn Minmay Figure ~ Macross *Preorder*. Being a card-carrying old school anime fan makes me pretty happy about this Lynn Minmei figure from the classic 1984 film, Do You Remember Love? Preorder her now and she'll be yours in November! Restocked Snacks. Got some amazing restocked snacks today, including Calpis Collection Candy, Kanro Pure Gummy, Can Baby in Shaved Ice flavor, my most favorite snack Wasabi Rice Crackers and Peanuts, and something called UHA Puccho-Kun Miracle. PSE Products 002 Chris Figure ~ Range Muratam *Preorder*. *Gorgeous* new figure from the famous illustrator Range Murata, showing his popular character Chris in a very cute pose. Preorder her now!
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Another season sets in and I am feeling abit stressed out.. Apparently I cant find my receipts for the GSC 1/8 Hatsune Miku and 1/8 Beats Haruka.. Thinking they might be in the piles of rubbish books/files, I went ahead to start my first Autumn-Cleaning.. But looking at that makes me decide that I had to clear up any trash so that I wont misplace anything else in the future.. Man, that looks messed up.. Well, it wasn't hard getting those junks out of my shelf.. The hard part was sorting out the real trash from the rest.. Among those trash I did find some stuff worth keeping, for a longer while that is.. One example is this; a guide book for the Singapore Toys & Comic Convention and 2 Tofu-man toys.. Wanted to give the toys away but there were no takers.. Pity.. Well, if anyone wants it you can PM me via chatbox.. Next up is these 2 Granado Espada Invitation Card.. Yeah, you heard me right.. These cards were given for the launch of the game how many moooons ago.. The launch party was held at Zouk and well, I didnt get to enjoy the party.. The contents of the envelopes... The card was well-made.. Too bad the game didn't catch on with everyone, thought the OST was good.. ^^ Now BEHOLD, I recently discovered my very old book back in the primary school days.. It was my Gamefaqs of the old days.. Back then, friends kept asking me the cheat codes for alot of games.. This was my secret weapon back then.. xD Well for example, I scanned this page filled with Age of Empires 2 cheats.. Well, I doubt anyone is still playing this game when there is AOE3.. So after sorting the trash from the rest, I placed the trash into the plastic bag provided.. Well, the trash filled up about 3 small trash bags.. Seriously, I just realised that I have been keeping too much junks in the house.. x.X I did summon help from Sword Impulse and Force Impulse to do the sorting for me.. Doing all this work all by myself will take hours to accomplish.. xD After 1 hour of mass cleaning and sorting and with the help of the Impulses, I have finally managed to clear up alot of spaces from the shelf.. This means that I have enough space to place my figmas, especially Figma Hatsune Miku.. Well, thats all I have for today.. And yeah, I finally found my 2 receipts for the 2 figures.. ^^ So how about you?? Do you do your Annual Cleaning of your room? As for now, I think I better take a rest from all of that work.. Too much energy was drained during the 1 hour period.. :(
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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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Group G3 有効コードがある票の順位 1位　478票　西園寺世界���School Days シリーズ [Saionji Sekai @ SCHOOL DAYS] 2位　334票　黒主優姫���ヴァンパイア騎士 [Cross Yuki @ 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��� [Momorency @ Zero no Tsukaima] Group G7 有効コードがある票の順位 1位　500票　北条沙都子���ひぐらしのなく頃に解 [Houjou Satoko @ Higurashi] 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 @ Princess Ressurection] Group G11 有効コードがある票の順位 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 @ Nanoha StrikerS] 3位　240票　花菱美希���ハヤテのごとく! [Hanabishi Miki @ Hayate no Gotoku!] Ahh, such a close one there [...]
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