Were you aching for another Haruhi Suzumiya game for the Wii? No? Well, I guess that’s because that first one isn’t even out yet… But that won’t stop Sega from announcing another game anyway! It’s been provisionally titled the same name as the original anime (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu/The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya), but don’t let [...]
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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. Laputa, Kiki's Delivery Service 2009 Schedule Books. Ghibli fans, we've gotten the gorgeous 2009 schedule books in for Castle in the Sky Laputa and Jiji the cat from Kiki's Delivery Service. Featuring art penned by Hayao Miyazaki himself, these books present everything you'll need to keep track of your life all year long, with monthly and weekly calendars, space to take notes, and much more. Gorgeous Ghibli products from Japan! Super Mario Galaxy Compact Soundrop. We love the Soundrop keychain series that plays loud, clear sound effects when you press the button. This is a new series featuring all the best sounds from Super Mario Galaxy. Order now! The Girl who Leapt through Time (Blu-ray Disc). One of the most beautiful anime films in recent years, this is the story of a girl who finds a strange device that lets her jump freely through time. Outstanding story, and it looks gorgeous in Blu-Ray. Fully compatible with U.S. Blu-Ray discs including PS3. DX Phone Braver 7. Wow, this is cool: a police detective that's really a cellular phone, from the popular TV series. It's a phone with many fun electronic features, but it looks best when transformed into robot mode to defend your desk from enemies! Fun accessories, too. Comptiq Aug 2008. New issue of the gorgeous magazine dedicated to beautiful anime girls. Features loads of pictures and information from popular games and anime, like Lucky Star, Fate/stay night, Magical Lyrical Magical Girl Nanoha Strikers, Haruhi Suzumiya and more. Also, free stuff inside -- click to read what. As usual, this issue will sell out quickly since we only have a few in stock, but we have this and many other anime magazines available via monthly subscription service. Cure Aug 2008 vol. 59. Another great issue of the "Japanesque Rock + Visual Styling Magazine" from Japan, Cure, loaded with visual-kei musical culture. This issue is available in limited stock -- of course, regular subscriptions of cool music magazines from Japan are also available. Fuka & Ena Ayase Figure Swimsuit Figures. For Yotsubato fans, we've gotten in the two new figures of Fuka and Ena in swimsuit mode -- awesome. Best of all, the Ena version is, er, "cast off" since you can remove her clothes to expose the swimsuited figure underneath. Ikki Tousen Set FULL SET vol. 1-13. Wow, here's a real treat: all 13 volumes of the amazing Ikki Tousen ~ Dragon Destiny original manga, renowned for its interesting story and characters as well as, ahem, its "fan service." Enjoy the amazing comics without the censorship found in the original U.S. releases. Taiwan Teki Shojo - Taiwan Style Girl ~ E2 Illustrations. Here's a nice item: a gorgeous artbook featuring anime girls drawn by the top artists from Taiwan today, with an amazing mix of styles and character designs. Beautiful glossy artbook. Hello Kitty Sakura Noren -- Black. A noren (NOH-ren) is a Japanese curtain you hang in doorways to add some privacy between rooms, a great idea that helps the Japanese make use of smaller spaces. This is an awesome Hello Kitty noren that we just love! New Japanese Snacks. Our all-new Japanese snacks today include Jagariko potato snacks in seafood flavor, fun Pokemon chocolate snacks that come with limited cards inside, and Chelsea Black Sugar Caramel flavored butterscotch candies. Awesome! DX Chirimen FUROSHIKI. Here are two large and beautiful furoshiki, which is a Japanese cloth intended for wrapping things you're carrying or plan on giving as gifts. You can use it as a unique scarf, too. Manga Bible - How To Draw Manga. Look for fresh stock of the Manga Bible, an interesting series about manga, art and character design. In Japanese, but featuring lots of images and information that would be of use to any budding artist. Nikyoro ~ Green Bean Shaped 2 tier Bento Box. A new variation on the Prime Nakamura niKyoro bento series, which comes from niko niko (smiling) and kyoro kyoro (the sound of eyes looking this way and that). Sanrio CINNAMOROLL Training Chopsticks. If you're learning how to use chopsticks, here are some great "training chopsticks" from Sanrio, featuring easy to grip hooks that make it easier to keep the sticks where you want them. Plus, it's incredibly cute, with Sanrio's famous Cinnomoroll on the ends. Hello Kitty KIRA-DECO Handy Stand Mirror with Rhine Stone. Here are some awesome items for Hello Kitty fans, beautiful "Kira-Deco" (literally meaning "shiny decoration") mirrors in pink and red. Wacky Japanese T-Shirts ("Nice Boat"). The Wacky Japanese T-Shirt of the Month is our popular School Days Nice Boat shirt. When the final episode of the show was replaced with a video of a boat with soothing classical music due to concerns over its violent content, fans declared it to be a "Nice Boat." Tokyo Travel Tips, Kanji Writing Books. See fresh stock of the excellent Tokyo: The Greatest Travel Tips, which gives you fresh and interesting ways to see Asia's most populous city -- it's a bilingual book with both English and Japanese on each page! Also, see our guide book for Writing Japanese with a Ball Point Pen. Dragon Destiny Body Pillows. Our life-size dakimakura have been extremely popular, and we've finally gotten the sold-out Kanu Uncho and Ryomou Shimen hug pillow covers back in stock, a great item for fans of Ikki Tousen / Dragon Destiny. Chichinoe Plus 1/6 Cover Girl Black Hair Figure. Wow, is all I can say to this incredibly sexy cast off figure, which brings the gorgeous 2D Chichinoe girl into three dimensions, In stock today. X-Change Series. J-List is passionate about PC dating-sim games, the "H" games from Japan, and we carry dozens of English-translated titles for fans al over the world. One of my favorite series is the X-Change trilogy, which follows poor Takuya as he get changed from a boy into a girl three separate times. What adventures will Takuya have as a girl? Enjoy a new lower price for the games in this series!
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figma Izumi Konata - Max FactoryCrap, i really forgot this one! I totally forgot that i ordered Konata in local store, when i said Chua Churam was the last haul for this mid year. I pre-ordered this figma Konata from local store, and got this one pretty slow indeed. The local store owner told me that figma Konata would arrive at around a week after Nanoha arrived, but the truth is, figma Konata arrived 2 weeks after that.figma Izumi Konata - Winter uniform version.This is the 4th figma i have, and i think this figma has a bigger scale of the character than the other figma. She really has a huge head here, and her body is actually the heaviest body of all figma i have. Despite the quality of the figma, i find that there are always problems found in each figma:- Haruhi : still no problem.- Nanoha : front hairs are loose, get off easily from the head.- Fate : very hard to insert left hand, high possibility to break.- Konata : front hair and face are loose, get off easily.It's pretty hard to overcome these problems, but they usually bug you when you're playing with them. As for me, i usually play with them once in every 2 weeks. Between this 2 weeks, i left them unchanged, just like normal fixed pose PVC figure.Inside the box of figma Konata.Talk about girls from Lucky Star, most of the time they wore their uniform, whether it's winter uniform or a summer uniform. Personally, i prefer their winter uniform rather than summer uniform. With that long sleeves and the color combination of red and white. Looks really good on them. How about you? Which uniform do you prefer?Choco cornet hands as an extra.While Haruhi came with extra pair of shoes, Nanoha with her Raging Heart Excellion, and Fate with her Bardiche Assault, this Konata came with extra pair of hands (normal figma has 5 pairs of hands) the choco cornet hands. I think choco cornet is the symbol of Konata, because the 1st long talk in 1st episode of Lucky Star is about choco cornet, and at the next episode she still ate choco cornet for lunch.Choco cornet is delicious, and so is she.So as a symbol of Konata goodness, i think I'll take a shot of Konata enjoying her choco cornet. Konata isn't my favorite character in Lucky Star, but i still find this figma Konata cute, especially with those faces. To add the fun, i also pre-ordered figma Kagami in the local store, and i think I'll get her in October (1 month++ for shipping).Konata x Haruhi is a brand new yuri pairing here.So before Kagami arrived, Haruhi and Konata will become a "good friends". Konata really happy as she met her idolized anime character, Suzumiya Haruhi. Sorry, but I won't put any yuri scene here.That's it for figma Konata, and this REALLY concludes the mid year figure haul, and this time I'm sure of it, because my next haul would be Blanc Neige (Kotobukiya) which is released in September. And also, i think I'm gonna do a photoshoot for Nanoha tomorrow, so as always, keep looking forward to it!
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Its been a long time since we saw any Haruhi Suzumiya bunny girl PVC, and this figure by Daiki Kougyo is looking awesome. She is scheduled to be released by the end of December and will be retailing for 8,935yen. She is now available for preorder on Hobby Search as well. With the release of 1/6 Kanu [...]
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This new figure of “Suzumiya Haruhi” will be available this coming December 2008 by Daiki Kougyo for 8,500 Yen retail price. Hobby Search is taking pre-orders for her as of today. The figure was first shown during Wonder Festival 2008 Summer. I have to say, this is one of the nicest looking Bunny Haruhi ever. Love her [...]
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singlepic=9358,448,,,center] As if the upcoming dance game and DS game weren’t enough, now the Wii is set to receive a second Haruhi game, provisionally titled 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱 / Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (strangely familiar title there). The game is due to be an original story, a ship borne tale of the usual antics, told through the medium of [...]
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Dengeki bootleg has announced a new light novel by Tanigawa Nagaru titled Gakkou ni deyou! The Destructive Element. No mention of his next Suzumiya Haruhi novel. Speculation: The title is possibly backlogged.
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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. Figure Maniacs 2008 vol. 28. I am a big fan of Figure Maniacs, the outstanding perfect-bound magazine that presents all the best anime figures for fans perusal in each issue. This issue features Fate/Stay Night Figma figures, ToHeart2, Ikki Tousen, Magical Girl Lilical Strikers, Haruhi Suzumiya, Miku Hatsune, Eva... I could go on, but you get the picture. Kureha 1/8 Figure by Kotobukiya ~ Shining Wind Shining Wind is the gorgeous anime by Tony Taka, one of the top artists in Japan today, and this is a fascinating figure that we're happy to be carrying. Incredible detail in the face, hair and body! Ponyo Multi Purpose Pouch. A nice all-purpose vinyl zippered pouch for fans of the newest Hayao Miyazaki film, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, the story of a cute little fish who wanted to be a human girl. More 2009 Calendars See a host of additional 2009 calendars, from beautiful Four Seasons of Japanese Gardens to the sultry offerings of bikini idol Yoko Kumada and even, ahem, calendars for the college dorm room. Last Factory ~ Japan Deathtopia Series. Another photobook in the popular Deathtopia series, this shows you images of old, run down factories that have falled into disuse. Amazing and somewhat sad images of broken machinery, unused pipes and lonely spaces with no one around. $100 Memo ~ Dollar's Note Parody Memo. You've seen the wacky Japanese 10,000 yen notepads we sell, and now there's a new wacky variation: note paper that looks like $100 bills. Imagine the fun you can have taking notes on these realistic looking sheets. Notes are single sided and clearly state JOKE in several places on the surface. Sonic Diver "Fujin" ~ Sky Girls *Preorder*. The Sky Girls series is a popular anime series featuring remixed World War II mecha piloted by super cute girls, and this is an upcoming figure you can preorder. Made by the character designer of the Mecha Musume line. SAKURA Clear Tight 2 tiers Bento Box 680 ml. A really excellent bento box with sakura petals painted on the top and on the clamp that holds it shut. This is a well engineered 2-tier bento box, so you can put white rice in one section and the rest of your lunch in the other. Red Hello Kitty KIRA-DECO 3 Color Pen & Mechanical Pencil. Here's the only writing instrument you may ever need: a well made Hello Kitty 4-way pen that features three colors of ink (red, blue and black) as well as a fully functional mechanical pencil. Plus, it's cute! Lucky Owl Strap ~ Invitation of LOVE. Another variation on Lucky Cat is Lucky Owl, since the word for owl (fukuro) sounds like the word for happiness (fuku). This is a great ceramic phone strap you can attach to your phone, keys, camera etc. School Lunch -- Individual Box ~ Minna de Itadakimasu! ~ Re-ment Puchi Sample Series. This is too cool for words: miniature replicas of the school lunches Japanese kids have been eating since, well, forever. Curry, spaghetti, bread, rice, it's all here. You even get a school desk and chair to put it on. All of these items are scaled accurately and can be used to supplement dioramas of normal dolls and other figures. Back in stock today. Restocked Traditional Items. Today's restocked traditional products include our cool Handmade Wooden Ninja Sword, our cool Natural Flint Stone Magatama that's been used in Japan for millennia, a phone strap from a Buddhist temple, and cool Japanese hachimaki headbands. Hello Kitty Muffin Mold. For Sanrio fans, one of the coolest items we've ever carried is back in stock: the Hello Kitty Muffin Mold, which lets you make delicious Kitty-shaped muffins of all types. These are back in stock today. Girls Girls Girls! 2 Japan Local Girls -- E2 Illustrations. Positively gorgeous collection of pictures of girls from various regions of Japan, with art contributed by dozens of top-name artists. The section showing beautiful bishoujo girls from Japan's various prefectures is especially cool. Genki Textbooks, Workbooks, Student CDs. We've gotten in a huge restocking of the #1 selling Japanese study aid in J-List's history, used by more students of the language than any other tool. We've restocked both Genki I and II, with the main textbook, student CD and workbooks back in stock today. Japan Related Books Remember that J-List carries hundreds of outstanding books related to Japan, from top authors who really know their stuff. Whether you're looking for deep knowledge of Japan (Samurai Strategies, an overview of the most famous figures in Japanese history, by Boye Lafayette de Mente), wish to explore the language in depth (Womansword, The Complete Japanese Verb Guide) or want to have some fun (Making Out in Japanese), browse our hand-picked selection of the best books now. Limit Gunz 1/6 Figure Mine Yoshizaki Character Series *Preorder*. For fans of prepainted figures, we're posting the gorgeous large 1/6 scale Limit Gunz, created by a design from Mine Yoshizaki, to the site now. Her beautiful body is one giant gun! Restocked Japanese Snacks. Today's restocked snack items include UHA Shuwa Puccho soft candies in Ramune flavor, Fujiya Wa Ka Dango (essentially traditional Japanese sweets made with gummy, pretty awesome), Tyrant Habanero spicy potato snacks, Morinaga Ramune in Blue Hawaii, and Morinaga Salted Caramel. Yum! Dengeki Hime Aug 2008. Absolutely beautiful new issue of Dengeki Hime ("electric shock princess"). See all the hot new ero games from Japan, including Flyable Heart, Little Busters Ecstacy, and many more. Get posters, and amazingly, a free figure too. Shiranai Sekai -- Chise Nakamura. Positively wonderful hardcover glossy photobook filled with lovely shots of Chise (CHI-seh) Nakamura. This is one elegant woman who looks great whatever she's doing. Ryomou Shimei 1/7 Figure China Dress No Underwear ver. ~ Dragon Destiny *Preorder*. Or if you're more into girls with eyepatches, you can go for this lovely new Ryomou figure, with gorgeous styling featuring one of the series' most popular character in a China Dress. Restocked today. PC Dating-Sim of the Month: Heart de Roommate. One of my favorite games is this month's PC Dating-sim Game of the Month. In Heart de Roommate, you play a Japanese youth who is forced to live in the girl's dorm because there's nowhere else for you to live. While you're there you have amazing adventures with the beautiful female characters in the game. This game is unique because it's set up like an entire anime series, with episodes that shift and change depending on what you did in the previous episodes. Nanael 1/8 Cast-Off Figure Excellent Model Core ~ Queens Blade *Preorder*. Here's a really elegant figure. It's Nanael, the gorgeous fighter from Queen's Blade. rendered in all her gorgeous beauty in this cast-off figure for Queen's Blade fans. Preorder it now!
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Waaaaah! Sorry this week’s a day late, I was out of town and completely spaced. Anyways enjoy the Haruhi Hurricane inspired by of course, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Remember to drink responsibly and be careful in your drunken shenanigans! What is Shojo Mojito? Every Friday (unless a horrendous hang-over strikes) I’ll be bringing you delcious drink [...]
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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. Megami Magazine Deluxe vol. 11. Megami Magazine is the #1 anime magazine at J-List because each issue is filled with gorgeous original images for you to stare at dreamily or hang on your wall. This is the new Megami Deluxe, which features page upon page of amazing anime girl art (megami does mean "goddess" after all) printed in full pin-up format. It's all here -- Clannad, Lucky Star, Shana, Haruhi, Zero no Taukaima, Mai Hime, ToHeart, and more. Enjoy. Tsukasa Hiiragi Figma Action Figure ~ Lucky Star. She's really cute and she's got a cell phone: it's Tsukasa, the slightly airheaded but 100% kawaii younger sister to Kagami from Lucky Star. Enjoy her many poses in this new Figma release that lets you create anything with the girl. Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service 2009 Calendars. 2009 calendar season continues, and we're posting two awesome upcoming Studio Ghibli calendars. There are two Totoro offerings this year, a cool 3D wall calendar as well as this year's desktop Totoro calendar, and a great Kiki's Delivery Service wall calendar showing Jiji the black cat and his white Persian girlfriend. Calendars can be used to display pictures of loved ones when 2009 is finished, so they're highly recommended. Other 2009 Calendars. We're also posting more of our standard Japanese calendars, from nature calendars showing the four seasons in Japan to the deluxe sushi calendar to one of my favorites, beautiful Japanese rooms. Check out the newly posted items. Saber Figma Action Figure Armor ver. ~ Fate/stay night *Preorder*. Also, dig on this Figma figure of Saber, perhaps coolest single anime action figure we've seen. All those poses! All those ways to hold the sword! I am floored by what the anime toy sculptors are able to create these days. Back in stock today. Optical Egg Mouse -- Pink, Black. Elecom is the #1 computer peripheral maker in Japan, and we love their stylish products. We're posting their new Optical Egg Mouse, an elegant and easy to hold mouse that's oval shaped, today, in pink and black. Fully compatible with Windows and Mac without any additional drivers. Low Rider Magazine Oct 2007. Low Rider Japan is the magazine for people who love to deck their vehicles out, and it's filled with information and pictures of people who really went to work on their vehicles. Entirely produced and printed in Japan. Hello Kitty KIRA-DECO Long Purse with Rhine Stone & pearl Charm. Then, here's an awesome Hello Kitty purse that's ready to hold all your money, cards, and other important information and look incredibly stylish while doing it. High quality item for females who want to have something special with them. New Japanese Snacks. Today's new snack items include wasabi flavored rice crackers that are fun to munch on, delicious Lotte Cubio gummy snacks in "Blood Orange" flavor, and a new variety of Fuusen no Mi ("Fruit of the Bubble") gum in blueberry and yogurt flavor. Restocked Artbooks. J-List carries dozens of the best large-format artbooks, and today we're restocking the gorgeous Gundam, Macross and Eva illustrations of Morishita Naochika, Monster Hunter Illustrations, and more. Puru-Puru Jelly Sticker ~ WA patterns. This is just plain cool. 3D "gel" stickers that you can put on your window, allowing beautiful colored light to come through. Features images of Japan including a pagoda, sakura, Mt. Fuji, and more. Hello Kitty Stainless Steel Thermos 580 ml. Complete your Hello Kitty bento experience with this awesome Sanrio item that will keep your drinks icy cold or hot-hot. Features cup for drinking and a handy strap. Very well made item from Japan. More Great Bento Boxes In Stock. We've restocked our best-selling Lucky Cat Bento Box, which features the famous image of a cat beckoning good luck into your home or business, along with another favorite of mine, the Retro Trading Mark Bento, a 2-tier lunchbox with a cool Showa Period commercial kanji logo on it. TAMAGO-YAKI ~ Japanese Baked Egg Pan. Want to try your hand at making tamago-yaki, the delicious scrambled egg sushi that's popular in Japan and around the world? Well, now you can, with this authentic pan that's made just for that purpose. Japanese Study Books. J-List supports everyone who wants to learn some Japanese, and today we're restocking Catchy Japanese Phrases I & II, which present a "situational" way to learn the language that's something I'd have loved to have back in the day. Also, see fresh stock of the Doraemon bilingual manga series (many volumes). Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants and Immigrants to Japan. Interested in living in Japan? Not visiting, living, perhaps permanently? If so, then this bilingual handbook published in English and Japanese can help. Written by influential Arudou Debito, an American who took Japanese citizenship, it answers many questions about how to find work and get a visa, how health insurance works here, and even questions about how to get married or start a business in Japan. Back in stock today after many weeks of being sold out. JINBEI / Relax & Cool Homewear ~ Old Map of EDO Town / Dark Gray. We've restocked our line of jinbei (also written jimbei), summer short kimonos that are great for use as pajamas (as I use them) or for wearing to a summer fireworks festival, including the Old Map of Edo Jinbei. Revoltech No.63 Ricky ~ Dokodemo Issho *Preorder*. Revoltech fans, here's a cool item you can order now: Ricky, from the Dokodemo Issyo (aka "Always With You") pantheon of strange Japanese characters. Since this is a Revoltech line toy it's affordable yet can be arranged in hundreds of poses. Louise 1/8 Figure by Kotobukiya ~ Zero no Tsukaima *Preorder*. Zero no Tsukaima is about a girl in a magical world who is so bad at magic, she accidentally summons a human from Japan to be her familiar (tsukaima). Saito turns out to be quite useful, as he has the ability to use any weapon, including, well, you might be able to guess from the title. Anyway, here's a fab statue of Louise looking great as she casts a spell, which can be "cast off" for even more fun. Comic AG Super Manga Anthology vol. 86. You can't ask for a cooler item then Comic AG, the Super Ero Manga Anthology that gives you 80 pages of excellent content for the low price of $4.99. Issue 86 is up on the site now, and it contains such stories as Big Brother's Circumstances, Riding Together, Forbidden Milked Fruit and more. GUSH Aug 2008. Would you like 500+ pages of amazing yaoi artwork? If so, then check out the new issue of Gush, the magazine of dramatic Boy's Love stories. Since there are dozens of Japan's top artists in this anthology, it's great for finding new artists you like. Restocked Mellona, Alice. Queen's Blade fans, we've restocked two of the coolest figures in the series, Mellona, the eerie girl who fights with gelatinous appendages that also server her as clothing, and Alice, another fantastic detailed fighting girl figure. Restocked DVDs. Finally, see a metric ton of awesome anime cosplay DVDs, exploring your favorite thing for two people to do together mixed with lots of anime costumes. Miku Hatsune, Rosen Maiden, Final Fantasy VII, Ikki Tousen, Gundam, Haruhi Suzumiya -- the list is very long since this offering is 8 hours in length.
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