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Greetings from J-List August 15, 2001

Peter Payne by Peter Payne
24 years ago
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Greetings from your friends at J-List!

Happy End of the War Day. August 15 is the day that Japan officially surrendered to the Allies, ending World War II. Prime Minister Koizumi was supposed to visit Yasukuni Shrine today, but he made the trip two days early as a concession to China and South Korea, who objected to the symbolism of him making his visit no the anniversary of Japan’s defeat. Yasukuni Shrine is where the souls of all the soldiers who died in World War II are remembered, but because 14 Japanese war criminals are also interred at the shrine, the Prime Minister making a visit is, to some, tantamount to a German or Austrian leader visiting the birthplace of Adolf Hitler on the anniversary of his birth. However, since Yasukuni is the only memorial to Japan’s war dead (sort of the Iwo Jima Memorial and Anne Frank’s house, all rolled into one), it would be equally difficult for the Prime Minister not to go pay his respects to the soldiers who died during the war. It’s a sticky situation, indeed.

Japanese TV is always interesting to watch. On one popular show, hosted by a popular Japanese comedian named Sanma, they have a great lineup of funny things they repeat each week. In one part of the show, they have very young people, say, a young kogal who is worried about her boyfriend, receive advice from a very old man in his 80’s. It’s interesting to see the differences between young and old. Then they have “World’s Funniest English,” in which they make a Japanese person who can’t really speak English explain something complex and difficult in English, while putting the literal translation of what he’s really saying on the screen. (They also make gaijin speak Japanese, too.) There’s a “Speed Quiz” in which drunk salarymen are have to call a friend and find the answer to a question (usually something young people would all know easily), all while on a hidden camera. The show features famous actresses and TV “talents” (i.e., talented people who are in the entertainment world), who talk with each other and try to guess what funny thing will happen next.

Are you healthing? If so, maybe you’ve been reading some of the silly English slogans Japanese companies come up with to get your business. A new word — “traing,” which means “to travel around Japan by train” — has been christened by Japan Railroad, who wants you to consider traveling around Japan by train. They also invented the term “nice middy,” which is a happy term for middle-aged women, to try to promote travel by housewives. Want to find out where you’re going? Just reach for Mapple, the map book with the big picture of an apple on it. Finally, the Sanwa Home construction company summed up how they want you to feel about the houses they build: “home, homer, homest.” Works for me.

For today’s update, we’ve got some very nice items for you, including:

  • First of all, we’re happy to announce that the next game from Peach Princess, Critical Point, is available for preorder now. The first advanced SF bishoujo game to be brought out to the English market, it is a very deep and enjoyable multi-scenario game that fans will enjoy
  • The new Cream, and some other very nice magazines as well, including Peach Water, a magazine just for bathing suit fetish fans
  • We have some nice new photobooks for you, including a very special Goddess photobook of Rui Sakuragi, one of the most popular AV idols of the 1990’s, and fresh stock of Anna Ohura’s dynamite i-Nude
  • Weekend Party, which features 13 very popular AV idols in a variety of sexy cosplay shots (including Jun Kusanagi as a Mini-Suka Police woman), is very cool
  • We have several all-new adult manga posted, including the very stylish and cool Strawberry Babaloa and Cat Pudding (just love the names those artists come up with…)
  • We also have some more doujinshi posted, for doujinshi fans, including some nice titles
  • For fans of busty Japanese ladies, we recommend the new video release of Yoko Takashima, in the popular Menu series
  • For DVD fans, we’ve got two nice new offerings. In Animax 2, see super erotic “anicos” (that is, anime cosplay), with lovely erotic girls in costumes from Japanese anime and popular bishoujo games, being major creamed. Then, explore the lewd world of two female teachers in a new offering from Soft on Demand
  • Do you Love Hina? If so, we’ve got a new item for you: a handy set of the Love Hina bilingual manga (vol. 1-6), on the new English Manga page
  • For fans of Hiroki Yagami’s very sexy G-Taste creations, we’ve got an item that should prove popular with J-List fans: the G-Taste Cosplay Trading Card series, on the idol and photobook pages
  • If you like the oddly shaped Kubrick toy line, we’ve got fresh stock of the Kubrick Evangelion Eva-00 (with Rei and Lilith) and Eva-02 (with Asuka and an Angel)
  • We have fresh stock and all-new stock of a surprisingly popular item: the wacky message buttons we’ve started carrying. See them all on the Wacky Stickers & Signs page
  • For fans of traditional Japanese snacks, we’ve got an all-new item, Japanese “Kazaguruma mint” hard candies, which date back from the Edo period, as well as fresh stock of Japanese kuro-ame (“black candy”)
  • Finally, we’ve got a good update of our Wacky Things from Japan items, including a delightful Akasuri glove towel (to remove dead skin cells from your body in the bath or shower), a super-cute letter set for kids, fresh stock of “body glitter” for anyone who wants to be “kirameki stylish,” and a handy strip of all-purpose glow in the dark reflective tape that has many uses.

J-Mate (http://www.jmate.com), a very cool site where you can read English interviews with real Japanese AV idols, has been updated with a very nice interview with Rie Tomosaki. You can also read reviews of several bishoujo games, DVD and more. Want to write a review of something for J-Mate? Please contact [email protected]!

To see all the new products at J-List, just click this link: http://www.jlist.com/cgi-bin/shop.cgi?function=updates&days=3&rating=R

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