J-List sells a ton of unique and wacky products from Japan, which I like to dig through for you. We love all forms of Japanese subculture, and whenever something becomes popular on the Japanese Interwebs, we’ll be there to offer products to you, like our excellent lineup of Touhou manga, figure and cosplay products, or our fun Yukkuri! T-shirt. The Japanese always have a knack for coming up with fun new ways to explore our obsessions, and products like our “3D” Mouse Pads, which provide just the right wrist support an otaku needs, or those Evangelion earphones. Finally, there’s a lot of crossover between “wacky” and “traditional” in Japan, and we like to think our line of hachimaki headbands are a little bit of both.
Remember Your Roots! Gainax and the Daicon Opening Animation
Writing last week's post about Gainax's sad but expected bankruptcy got me thinking about the early days of the influential...