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. Totoro in Forest Plastic Mug Cup. Here's a very high quality item from Studio Ghibli, a "mug cup" that you can use to enjoy tea, coffee, or especially, hot cocoa. Features images of all the Totoro friends on the cup. Wow, this is a great item. Studio Ghibli 2009 Schedule Book *Preorder*. Preorder this great Studio Ghibli schedule book that will help you organize your life next year. This series is incredible well made, overseen (of course) by Hayao Miyazaki so you know the quality is very high, with all original art. There are books for Totoro and Jiji the Cat from Kiki's Delivery Service. Ships in August. Kemeko Nendoroid Plus Figure ~ Kemeko Deluxe! A cool preorder figure for Nendorid fans, this is Kemeko from Kemeko Deluxe! It's a popular manga serialized in Dengeki Comic Gao!, and we think it'll be popular because from the machine gun alone. This figure is in stock now. Em Em 1/8 Figure ~ Kemeko Deluxe. Also for fans of Kemeko Deluxe from Dengeki Comic Gao!, we've gotten in a less Super Deformed figure that's nevertheless very cute to display or play with. Akihabara Maniac Map. Here's a great book if you have any plans to come to Japan in the near future: a super guide to Akihabara, the mecca for electronics and recently for anime and otaku culture in general. This great book has all the places you'll want to hit when you visit Japan. Dengeki Maoh July 2008. Dengeki Maoh is the high quality monthly manga magazine that give you no less than 500 pages of earth-shattering Japanese manga, with great stories like Spice and Wolf, Tales of Destiny, Sengoku Basara2, and more. Also, free stuff -- we love free stuff. 80's Classic Hello Kitty Card Holder Case ~ Red. We're posting another gorgeous retro Hello Kitty item which lets you hold all your cards, including train pass, credit cards, and business cards, in one very kawaii place. New Japanese Snacks. Then see great J-Snacks added tot he site, including Glico Cratz in Spicy Cheese Flavor, a crunchy snack that goes great with cold beer, as well as Meiji Salt'n Milk Candy and "Whistle Ramune Candy" that you can blow through to make a fun whistling sound. Pen'z Gear Spinning Pen-- Fire Fox Design. Want to try your hand at pen spinning? These high quality pens from Pen'z Gear are the best you can buy, with adjustable weights in the tips allowing you to spin them just so. You can also, you know, write down stuff with them. Super Soft Fluffy Mini TENUGUI ~ Lucky Rabbit / Pink. We've gotten in this new soft tenugui (teh-NOO-GOO-ee), an attractive traditional towel used in the Edo Period for drying hands, cleaning and just about anything else. Fun with Katakana ~ Sutekina Katakana. Learning Japanese begins with getting Hiragana and Katakana, the two basic writing systems of the langauge, down. Here's a treat book filled with ways to make learning to read and write katakaa (used for expressing foreign loan words or writing foreign names) in no time. Japanese Study Aids. We've gotten in some great ways to study Japanese, too, including a bilingual Traditional Comics Stories from Japan book, and a guide to Writing E-mails in Japanese. New Check Set with Erasable Pentel Handy-line Slim (Knock type Marker). The "Check Set" memory aid that helps you learn any information better by highlighting the text you want to learn in green, then hiding it with the red sheet while you quiz yourself, has been restocked. You can memorize any information with this great tool. Back in stock! Traditional Paper Balloons. We love these kami fuusen or paper balloons, a traditional toy played with in Japan since before America was colonized. This assortment comes with many different fun shape balloons to blow up. Hello Kitty Toilet Paper -- pink & green. Nothing says "I love Hello Kitty" than this official Sanrio toilet paper, which features their famous character not only on the high quality plastic printing on the outside of the toilet paper, but on each sheet as well. Great for decorating the guest bathroom in a new motif. iTunes Japan Music Cards. Every year thousands of fans gather for the Fuji Rock Festival in July. Even if you won't be attending this year, you can enjoy the music through the Japan iTunes store, which has a special page set up (iTunes link) featuring the Japanese and international bands at this year's show. Enjoy listening to the songs, and remember, we sell the prepaid iTunes Japan cards that make it easy to buy songs. Fully iPod / iPhone compatible! Restocked Japanese Pens. Got some great pens for you back in stock, including the Doraemon Action Ball Point Pen, the Pentel Handy Retractable Magic Marker that actually recedes into the pen so it never needs a cap, and the Snack Parody Markers that smell like delicious Japanese snacks. ShioriX -- Shiori Kawana. I really like the look of this Shiori Kawana new photobook, which is filled with the sexy photos of this hot Japanese model. I mean, body paint? Wow! Other Artbooks. Then see some other great restocked artbooks, including the legendary Satoshi Urushihars's Illustrations Fai, and the gorgeous 2D Dream Magazine Illustrations, with all the best 2-dimensional lovely girls. Otome Crisis Visual guide book. The game Otome Crisis is great because of its beautiful art and its story and fighting game features. Here's the official guide book to the game, one you'll really want to pick up. Queen's Gate -- Alice (nitro+). For fans of the Queen's Gate series, which takes the Queen's Blade beautiful female combat concept and has famous artist characters do the battling, we've restocked Alice from Nitro+. So cute! Rin Takami 1/7 Cast off Figure Lyrical Lyric *Preorder*. A gorgeous upcoming figure from the popular game Lyrical Lyric -- isn't that name just too cool? Anyway, this figure can be displayed in tasteful clothed version or, hee hee, you know. Preorder today. Raki Chuta 4 Hours Special!! (region 2). Anime cosplay parody fans, this is a memorable item for you: the best Lucky Star ero-cos you'll ever see. Now in stock by customer request!
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