J-List is happy to present one of the finest items I've ever seen -- Akira Fubuki's newest shashinshu, Impressive. It's a good word to describe the soft beauty and erotic colors used by photographer Yamagishi Shin to record the many faces of Ms. Fubuki, who is fast becoming the No. 1 AV actress in all Japan. Sexy and sensuous, Akira-chan is one of the hottest women to enter the business. I imagine the 10 copies we currently have in stock will go very quickly.
The new Ureccos and Creams are going quickly, although there are a lot left in stock. Be sure to check them out, and remember about our sale. You can save yourself some money and get a nice bunch of magazines in the process. Enjoy our very large selection.
There is a big change in the J-List homepage files today, even though you may or may not notice it -- it's one of those technical "under the hood" HTML things. The graphics images that J-List uses now have their sizes referred to directly in the HTML text, rather than before, when they used the "UseImageHeight" and "UseImageWidth" tags. The end result is that the J-List pages should feel much speedier to users of browsers such as Netscape, which require the image sizes to be specified before they can load in the surrounding text. Many thanks to K.G. for his help and to Marc Boon, creator of GifScan 2.2. As with any change to the J-List's pages, I welcome feedback from you.
I have to plug the Mac, here. A very nifty system-wide scripting tool called Applescript was used to enable Filemaker Pro to talk ask GifScann to poll the 8500 graphics files we've got in the J-List database and get the height, width and size properties. It was accomplished in less than two hours, once I had the script set up. If we tried to run J-List with Windows PCs, we would not have access to any of this great stuff. Long live the Mac for being so easy to use. (Applescript is also used for the creation of all email here at J-List.)
Today was a holiday in Japan, so we took Kazuki to Kezoji Park, a large amusement and park that we happen to live near, for the annual Open Air Concert. It's put on by a local company that rents studio time to bands, and was a chance for small bands to play in front of an audience. (Note: some of them were awful.) We had fun, and Kazuki got to play to his heart's content. October is a nice time for sitting back with a beer, talking with friends, in Japan.
Saturday, October 11, 1997
Friday, October 10, 1997
Greetings from J-List October 10, 1997
Today was a Good Day. First and foremost, my Powerbook G3 show up -- ah, the joy of being "edge, even if for only a few months. The speed and power of this thing is incredible, though, consdiderably faster than all the 200 mhz 604e desktop Macs here at J-List.
But today was a Good Day for one other reason. For the past eight months, my wife and I have been working hard to get permission to build on a patch of land my Japanese family owns. The land was previously zoned as agricultural use" land, in an area that, for reasons of tradition and silly local politics -- could not be built upon. Finally, though, after many months and pulling of strings, permission to build on the land has been granted. This means that J-List will be moving out of our current small three rooms and into a medium-sized two-story office building sometime around May of next year -- a welcome change for all of us. This step has been the dream of my wife and I for most of the life of J-List, and we're taking everyone here out for sushi on the weekend. We couldn't be happier.
We have some nice new items for you today, mostly on the anime/toys page, where you'll find the GERWALK version of the great Macross "completed model" (really a detailed, moveable toy). Three different versions of the GERWALK Valkyrie are on the page. Also, you can see a slew of new models from Gundam, Macross and Macross 7.
Also new to the page are -- more magazines and shashinshus. We've got two new issues of Girls, a Big-4-style high-quality magazine, as well as a few Beppin Schools and more. Also, the cat-like Kitahara Rina has a softcover "mild mook" nude shashinshu on the photobooks page -- enjoy them.
But today was a Good Day for one other reason. For the past eight months, my wife and I have been working hard to get permission to build on a patch of land my Japanese family owns. The land was previously zoned as agricultural use" land, in an area that, for reasons of tradition and silly local politics -- could not be built upon. Finally, though, after many months and pulling of strings, permission to build on the land has been granted. This means that J-List will be moving out of our current small three rooms and into a medium-sized two-story office building sometime around May of next year -- a welcome change for all of us. This step has been the dream of my wife and I for most of the life of J-List, and we're taking everyone here out for sushi on the weekend. We couldn't be happier.
We have some nice new items for you today, mostly on the anime/toys page, where you'll find the GERWALK version of the great Macross "completed model" (really a detailed, moveable toy). Three different versions of the GERWALK Valkyrie are on the page. Also, you can see a slew of new models from Gundam, Macross and Macross 7.
Also new to the page are -- more magazines and shashinshus. We've got two new issues of Girls, a Big-4-style high-quality magazine, as well as a few Beppin Schools and more. Also, the cat-like Kitahara Rina has a softcover "mild mook" nude shashinshu on the photobooks page -- enjoy them.
Thursday, October 09, 1997
Greetings from J-List October 9, 1997
Well, tomorrow is another holiday here in Japan -- "Taiku no Hi", aka Sports Day. Alas, the Internet knows no holidays, so I'll be here tomorrow working on the email, although we're taking half a day off to take my son Kazuki to the zoo in Kiryu (where Japanese singer Shinohara Ryoko happens to be from, if you follow Japanese pop music).
We have some nice items for you this evening. First of all, the new Ureccos and Creams are in -- and they are great, so go grab your copy now. Since we're still having the buy-3-get-1-free sale, you can get a nice little bargain. The other new items are dojinshi, about 15 one-shots on the dojinshi page. There are some excellent Sailor Moon dojinshi as well as many others, so check out our offerings. In general, tons of magazines remain, so take a look and let me know if there's anything
Remember that the deadline for ordering calendars is only two weeks away. The first batch of calendars should start coming in by the end of October, and rest will come in in November. Don't forget that these unique calendars would make great gifts for that Japan-loving friend of yours (especially Fubuki!).
Well, that's all for now. Take care!
We have some nice items for you this evening. First of all, the new Ureccos and Creams are in -- and they are great, so go grab your copy now. Since we're still having the buy-3-get-1-free sale, you can get a nice little bargain. The other new items are dojinshi, about 15 one-shots on the dojinshi page. There are some excellent Sailor Moon dojinshi as well as many others, so check out our offerings. In general, tons of magazines remain, so take a look and let me know if there's anything
Remember that the deadline for ordering calendars is only two weeks away. The first batch of calendars should start coming in by the end of October, and rest will come in in November. Don't forget that these unique calendars would make great gifts for that Japan-loving friend of yours (especially Fubuki!).
Well, that's all for now. Take care!
Tuesday, October 07, 1997
Greetings from J-List October 7, 1997
Lots of nice items for you this week, including the new Fantajenne, the new Milky Tsushin, the new Gal's Shower, and a nice new edition of the All Pasocom CD Soft Catalog. Of course the buy-3-get-1-free special applies to these new items as well as everything else on the list, so check out the magazines pages now. Other new items include new manga on the manga page, some dojinshi that were thought to be sold out, and more.
Magazines continue to sell fast. Remember, when ordering, it's best to give alternates so we can process your order without delay.
My Newton Pre-Buyers' Guide (http://www.jlist.com/peter/newtonrev.html) has received a major update. If you want to see what computing with a Newton is like, please check it out.
Magazines continue to sell fast. Remember, when ordering, it's best to give alternates so we can process your order without delay.
My Newton Pre-Buyers' Guide (http://www.jlist.com/peter/newtonrev.html) has received a major update. If you want to see what computing with a Newton is like, please check it out.
Friday, October 03, 1997
Greetings from J-List October 3, 1997
First of all, let me aplogize for filling your mailbox with updates three days in a row. It's rare that we have this many new items for you. I've got some good news, though, that should make up for it.
We have yet another update for you, along with some big news (see the paragraph below). In the way of new items, we have a lot of new "one shot" magazines and photobooks, mostly on the page 2 of the magazines and the shashinshus page. There are a lot of nice items, but the one that really shines is Kanno Miho's explosive nude shashinshu, Nudity, which is all the rage in Japan right now, and quite impossible to get without waiting in line, scouring the Kanda region of the city (known for its
selection of books), and so on. We have 19 copies as of Thursday night, Japan time.
Now onto the big news. Effectively immediately, in commemmoration of J-List's one-year anniversary this month, we'll be having a buy-3-get-1-free sale on all magazines and shashinshus! Let me explain how it works: pick four magazines, and the least expensive one will be free. That's it, nothing more to it. (Note that the shipping will be calculated normally.) This sale will stop October 15th, so make your selections quickly. We have about two truckloads of magazines in stock right now, and all the items that just went on the list are part of the sale. It's a great time to stock up, get those back issues of Urecco you want to give as Christmas gifts this year, and so on. Thanks, and enjoy the update!
We have yet another update for you, along with some big news (see the paragraph below). In the way of new items, we have a lot of new "one shot" magazines and photobooks, mostly on the page 2 of the magazines and the shashinshus page. There are a lot of nice items, but the one that really shines is Kanno Miho's explosive nude shashinshu, Nudity, which is all the rage in Japan right now, and quite impossible to get without waiting in line, scouring the Kanda region of the city (known for its
selection of books), and so on. We have 19 copies as of Thursday night, Japan time.
Now onto the big news. Effectively immediately, in commemmoration of J-List's one-year anniversary this month, we'll be having a buy-3-get-1-free sale on all magazines and shashinshus! Let me explain how it works: pick four magazines, and the least expensive one will be free. That's it, nothing more to it. (Note that the shipping will be calculated normally.) This sale will stop October 15th, so make your selections quickly. We have about two truckloads of magazines in stock right now, and all the items that just went on the list are part of the sale. It's a great time to stock up, get those back issues of Urecco you want to give as Christmas gifts this year, and so on. Thanks, and enjoy the update!
Thursday, October 02, 1997
Greetings from J-List October 2, 1997
Hello from Japan. Today is a special day for us here at J-List -- it's October 1st, and we've been in business for one year today! It's enough to give me pause, to think how quickly a year can go by when you're running a business. Although we've had our share of ups and down over the past twelve months, it's been a hell of a ride for all of us. We sincerely thank you for your support, and look forward to great times ahead together with you all. As the Japanese say, kore kara mo yoroshiku onegai shimasu.
We have some nifty new items for you today, including new dojinshi (including new copies of several of the often-requested Okachimentaiko circle's work), a few new magazines, and more. Look for a big announcement from us in a day or two, too... (evil laugh)
Response to the calendars has been good, although since all calendars were on one HTML page, the loading time quite slow (especially from Japan, where I am). I have compensated by moving the anime calendars to the anime page, the JPOP calendars to the JPOP page, and the adult calendars to the adult page. The remaining items left on the calendar page include calendars of Japanese actresses and models, swimsuit calendars, large wall calendars, and others. I urge anyone with any time on their hands to just check out the calendars page, not so much to see if you want to buy one
We have some nifty new items for you today, including new dojinshi (including new copies of several of the often-requested Okachimentaiko circle's work), a few new magazines, and more. Look for a big announcement from us in a day or two, too... (evil laugh)
Response to the calendars has been good, although since all calendars were on one HTML page, the loading time quite slow (especially from Japan, where I am). I have compensated by moving the anime calendars to the anime page, the JPOP calendars to the JPOP page, and the adult calendars to the adult page. The remaining items left on the calendar page include calendars of Japanese actresses and models, swimsuit calendars, large wall calendars, and others. I urge anyone with any time on their hands to just check out the calendars page, not so much to see if you want to buy one
Tuesday, September 30, 1997
Greetings from J-List September 30, 1997
If you've ever lived in Japan, you may know that it's a very seasonal place. Summer is the season for tanktops and showing your belly button, but it comes to an abrupt halt at the 1st of September, when fall starts (to the Japanese). Stop a Japanese on the street, and he's apt to start talking about how Japan has four seasons (shiki in Japanese), although there are many more than four -- rainy season, which stretches from mid-June to mid-July, cannot be called summer, for example.
There's a season for buying calendars, too. Starting in October or so, you can find Japanese calendars in bookstores everywhere. It lasts until around the 20th of December, when most of the calendars will have begun to disappear. After the 1st of the year nearly all the calendars are gone. You cannot buy, for love or money, a calendar at any other time of the year save Calendar Season.
This year's 1988 calendar offerings are excellent, and J-List is offering a large assortment of them for you. There are calendars for fans of JPOP, lots of anime calendars, Japanese baseball calendars, and of course, sexy gravure bathing suit calendars. But perhaps the most welcome news to J-List readers is the inclusion this year of nude calendars for Fubuki Akira, Ozawa Madoka, and many others. Please see the calendars page for more information.
Note that the deadline for ordering calendars is October 25th. The same as last year, there is a chance that the most popular items will start to sell out, so we might not be able to get everything you want. That's why we're moving the deadline up, to help ensure that there are no problems.
J-List now has a links page, with links to other anime and related sites. Please check it out the next time you're surfing around the Internet. One thing that is important to me is the quality of the links on our links page -- you won't see this becoming a bloated list of thousands of sites. Feedback on the links page is appreciated.
There's a season for buying calendars, too. Starting in October or so, you can find Japanese calendars in bookstores everywhere. It lasts until around the 20th of December, when most of the calendars will have begun to disappear. After the 1st of the year nearly all the calendars are gone. You cannot buy, for love or money, a calendar at any other time of the year save Calendar Season.
This year's 1988 calendar offerings are excellent, and J-List is offering a large assortment of them for you. There are calendars for fans of JPOP, lots of anime calendars, Japanese baseball calendars, and of course, sexy gravure bathing suit calendars. But perhaps the most welcome news to J-List readers is the inclusion this year of nude calendars for Fubuki Akira, Ozawa Madoka, and many others. Please see the calendars page for more information.
Note that the deadline for ordering calendars is October 25th. The same as last year, there is a chance that the most popular items will start to sell out, so we might not be able to get everything you want. That's why we're moving the deadline up, to help ensure that there are no problems.
J-List now has a links page, with links to other anime and related sites. Please check it out the next time you're surfing around the Internet. One thing that is important to me is the quality of the links on our links page -- you won't see this becoming a bloated list of thousands of sites. Feedback on the links page is appreciated.
Friday, September 26, 1997
Greetings from J-List September 26, 1997
It's been a short week -- can't believe it's Friday already. Tomoe and Kaori are helping finish up the day's invoice as I type these words. I have to go though, since Fifth Element finally started playing here in Japan, and I've got a date with my wife to go see it.
We have some nice new items on the list before the weekend. First, there are new dojinshi, including more copies of the popular Final Fantasy VII dojinshi, Limit Break. Also, two series Utena/Lamune series that appeared on the page after the last Comiket are back. New magazines and CD ROMs round out our weekend offerings -- enjoy browsing through the new items.
My computer setup has gotten one step cooler. I got a second monitor, and hooked it up to my Macintosh. Now I can have the Windows environment on the 15" monitor and my Mac setup on the big 20" -- it's fun. I am putting in as many hours as I can into JAST USA's third release, Runaway City. Look for it sometime in December.
Thanks for supporting J-List. Hope you have a nice weekend.
We have some nice new items on the list before the weekend. First, there are new dojinshi, including more copies of the popular Final Fantasy VII dojinshi, Limit Break. Also, two series Utena/Lamune series that appeared on the page after the last Comiket are back. New magazines and CD ROMs round out our weekend offerings -- enjoy browsing through the new items.
My computer setup has gotten one step cooler. I got a second monitor, and hooked it up to my Macintosh. Now I can have the Windows environment on the 15" monitor and my Mac setup on the big 20" -- it's fun. I am putting in as many hours as I can into JAST USA's third release, Runaway City. Look for it sometime in December.
Thanks for supporting J-List. Hope you have a nice weekend.
Wednesday, September 24, 1997
Greetings from J-List September 24, 1997
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Tuesday, September 23, 1997
Greetings from J-List September 23, 1997
Hello from Japan again. I had a nice trip to Tokyo on Saturday night/Sunday, and had a nice "power lunch" at the Imperial Hotel, the most famous hotel in Tokyo, at least to my knowledge. On my way back through Shinjuku (I always swing by Kinokunia, the best English-language bookstore in Tokyo), I was surprised to see a lot of busty, cute Japanese girls with tight, bright-red shirts that had AOL on them. It seems that America Online is making a big push into Japan. Finally, I went into the Saturn Dealer that recently opened up in Shinjuku and got their pamphlets. It's cool to see the Saturn sales pitch done in Japanese. Still, we liked driving my mother's new Saturn wagon while we were in the States
We have some nice items for you today. In addition to more copies of the popular Hotel 1957 Tohno Natsuko CD ROM, we have an even cooler item, the Beppin School CD ROM edition, vol. 4, which has Tohno Natsuko, Aonuma Chiasa, Ikegami Misa, and two other lovelies, in addition to games, movies of these girls
Tomorrow is a holiday here in Japan, Shuubun no Hi, also known as the Autumnal Equinox, also known as the first day of Autumn. The first days of Fall and Spring are national holidays here in Japan, which always seemed to make sense to me.
We have some nice items for you today. In addition to more copies of the popular Hotel 1957 Tohno Natsuko CD ROM, we have an even cooler item, the Beppin School CD ROM edition, vol. 4, which has Tohno Natsuko, Aonuma Chiasa, Ikegami Misa, and two other lovelies, in addition to games, movies of these girls
Tomorrow is a holiday here in Japan, Shuubun no Hi, also known as the Autumnal Equinox, also known as the first day of Autumn. The first days of Fall and Spring are national holidays here in Japan, which always seemed to make sense to me.
Saturday, September 20, 1997
Greetings from J-List September 20, 1997
Greetings again from J-List. We got a big surprise today -- a huge load of boxes from our supplier in Tokyo. We now have more many nice magazines on the magazines page for you -- lots of great ones, like Beppin School, Bejean, Dela Beppin, and the new Suppin, which features the ever-popular Akira Fubuki in excerpts from her great shashinshu. Everyone should walk, not run, to the magazines page (1).
There are also many excellent items still on page 2 of the magazines, including lots of rare "one shot" magazines that we only have one copy of, as well as many magazines which we're selling at very low prices so we can get rid of our stock. Also, the shashinshu page has many issues of Endless, Big 4 and Photoshot available for you.
Thanks, and have a nice weekend.
There are also many excellent items still on page 2 of the magazines, including lots of rare "one shot" magazines that we only have one copy of, as well as many magazines which we're selling at very low prices so we can get rid of our stock. Also, the shashinshu page has many issues of Endless, Big 4 and Photoshot available for you.
Thanks, and have a nice weekend.
Friday, September 19, 1997
Greetings from J-List September 19, 1997
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Wednesday, September 17, 1997
Greetings from J-List September 17, 1997
Hello again, from 1:15 Wednesday morning, here in wacky, fun-loving Japan.
We've got twenty or so new videos for you on page one of the adult videos section. There are many nice new videos by Madoka Ozawa, Akira Fubuki, Aida Momo, Aonuma Chiasa, and more, including Madoka Ozawa's sayonara video (gasp!). Also, there are additions to the Toys page -- a new line of action figures from the popular Final Fantasy VII game. Finally, there are some new dojinshi on the dojinshi page, including the summer release by Zatoichi. Enjoy all the new items.
Also, we're having a sale on the Magazines and CD ROMs pages. We have tons of magazines on the magazines pages that are causing stocking problems, so we're going to get rid of them as quickly as we can before building up a lot of new stock. On the CD ROM front, we've gone through and taken a good stock of everything , and lowered prices while we did it. If you're interested in the excellent CD ROM Choice, CD ROM Collection or Windows 100% series of CD ROM & magazine combinations, we've got a lot for you. A lot of items that had been taken off the list beacuse they were out of print are still available, at least until our current stock is gone.
Now that we've got the Special Editions of the Star Wars movies on video here, Kazuki won't let us watch anything else. He is beside me right now, as I type, humming his 2-year-old's rendition of Darth Vader's Theme and playing with a TIE Fighter. It actually got so bad that we had to go buy a VCR to keep in the J-List office, so Kazuki could watch his Star Wars movies in here, and give his mother a break. His favorite toys are the little Jawa action figures, which we bought at the recently-opened Toys R' Us in Ota, a city near us.
We've got twenty or so new videos for you on page one of the adult videos section. There are many nice new videos by Madoka Ozawa, Akira Fubuki, Aida Momo, Aonuma Chiasa, and more, including Madoka Ozawa's sayonara video (gasp!). Also, there are additions to the Toys page -- a new line of action figures from the popular Final Fantasy VII game. Finally, there are some new dojinshi on the dojinshi page, including the summer release by Zatoichi. Enjoy all the new items.
Also, we're having a sale on the Magazines and CD ROMs pages. We have tons of magazines on the magazines pages that are causing stocking problems, so we're going to get rid of them as quickly as we can before building up a lot of new stock. On the CD ROM front, we've gone through and taken a good stock of everything , and lowered prices while we did it. If you're interested in the excellent CD ROM Choice, CD ROM Collection or Windows 100% series of CD ROM & magazine combinations, we've got a lot for you. A lot of items that had been taken off the list beacuse they were out of print are still available, at least until our current stock is gone.
Now that we've got the Special Editions of the Star Wars movies on video here, Kazuki won't let us watch anything else. He is beside me right now, as I type, humming his 2-year-old's rendition of Darth Vader's Theme and playing with a TIE Fighter. It actually got so bad that we had to go buy a VCR to keep in the J-List office, so Kazuki could watch his Star Wars movies in here, and give his mother a break. His favorite toys are the little Jawa action figures, which we bought at the recently-opened Toys R' Us in Ota, a city near us.
Friday, September 12, 1997
Greetings from J-List September 12, 1997
Good evening from J-List on this lovely Thursday night/Friday morning. We've just completed a massive update for you, so please enjoy browsing through the new items we have just posted.
First and foremost, J-List now carries Japanese toys, on the newly re-christened Toys & Anime page. Thanks to many requests from J-List readers, we were able to find a good distributor of dolls, toys, puzzles and other interesting items down in Tokyo. We have selected some very nice items for you, including large figurines of anime shows (Ayanami Rei, Shiori Fujisaki, Lum, and more)
Other new items include a large number (24) of new videos on page 1 of the videos page, a large number of new regular magazines (the new Urecco & Milky Tsushin among them) on page 1 of the magazines, many "one shot" magazines of rare and hard to find items on page 2 of the magazines (including the infamous "wriggling labias" Urecco issue), and many (the most we've ever had in our history, actually) new issues of Photoshot, Big 4, Megashot, and others, on the photobooks (shashinshu) page. There are tons of great items, so please check out the pages. Fans of Tohno Natsuko
The Japanese magazine FAQ has been updated, finally. You can find the link to it from the top of the Japanese magazine pages. This is especially good for people who don't know much about Japanese adult magazines.
Well, that's all for now. Thanks, and see you on the web.
First and foremost, J-List now carries Japanese toys, on the newly re-christened Toys & Anime page. Thanks to many requests from J-List readers, we were able to find a good distributor of dolls, toys, puzzles and other interesting items down in Tokyo. We have selected some very nice items for you, including large figurines of anime shows (Ayanami Rei, Shiori Fujisaki, Lum, and more)
Other new items include a large number (24) of new videos on page 1 of the videos page, a large number of new regular magazines (the new Urecco & Milky Tsushin among them) on page 1 of the magazines, many "one shot" magazines of rare and hard to find items on page 2 of the magazines (including the infamous "wriggling labias" Urecco issue), and many (the most we've ever had in our history, actually) new issues of Photoshot, Big 4, Megashot, and others, on the photobooks (shashinshu) page. There are tons of great items, so please check out the pages. Fans of Tohno Natsuko
The Japanese magazine FAQ has been updated, finally. You can find the link to it from the top of the Japanese magazine pages. This is especially good for people who don't know much about Japanese adult magazines.
Well, that's all for now. Thanks, and see you on the web.
Tuesday, September 09, 1997
Greetings from J-List September 9, 1997
Lots of neat stuff for you on the J-List homepage. First of all, we've got new dojinshi! Four new books, and lots of copies of each. Included are the excellent Night Song of the Sakura and A Harvester be Known as Death (which were on the list for a few minutes during the Great Dojinshi Feeding Frenzy of last month), as well as two new titles, Sakura no Fubuki and a great item for Final Fantasy VII fans, Limit Break. See all of these on the dojinshi page.
Moving right along, we've got new magazines, including new issues of Sakuranbo Tsushin and Milky Tsushin, Panst Freak, Video Boy, and more. Fans of hentai art will enjoy the new Fantatajenne, as well as CD ROM Collection vol. 7 and 8 and a dynamite new item, CD ROM Choice Deluxe, a great oversize edition of the excellent CD ROM Choice that is similar to the Fantajenne CD ROM editions in the massiveness of images (over 1000).
Chiharu and I took in the End of Evangelion movie last night. While I enjoyed it, I have to say it gave me the creeps. Picture the freaky weirdness you felt when watching Akira for the first time, when Tetsuo morph into an old man, then into a baby. Picture that creepy weirdness amplified over two hours, and that's what the End of Evangelion is. On the plus side, many great "classic" Gainax scenes, as well as many good, rewarding deaths, although this is the most wantonly violent piece of Japanese animation you will ever see (don't show it to someone who's not used to the genre). If anyone knows of any homepage providing an explanation (and/or an English translation) I'd appreciate it.
Japan continues to mourn Princess Diana. Television specials about her life and death are on nearly every hour of the day and night, and the newscasters reporting on the official funeral in London do so wearing black, with bouquets of white chrysanthemums arranged behind them. Above the flowers, a picture of Diana happy, smiling, in Japanese tradition. I can't imagine anyone whose death could have affected so many all the way in Japan as Diana's.
Moving right along, we've got new magazines, including new issues of Sakuranbo Tsushin and Milky Tsushin, Panst Freak, Video Boy, and more. Fans of hentai art will enjoy the new Fantatajenne, as well as CD ROM Collection vol. 7 and 8 and a dynamite new item, CD ROM Choice Deluxe, a great oversize edition of the excellent CD ROM Choice that is similar to the Fantajenne CD ROM editions in the massiveness of images (over 1000).
Chiharu and I took in the End of Evangelion movie last night. While I enjoyed it, I have to say it gave me the creeps. Picture the freaky weirdness you felt when watching Akira for the first time, when Tetsuo morph into an old man, then into a baby. Picture that creepy weirdness amplified over two hours, and that's what the End of Evangelion is. On the plus side, many great "classic" Gainax scenes, as well as many good, rewarding deaths, although this is the most wantonly violent piece of Japanese animation you will ever see (don't show it to someone who's not used to the genre). If anyone knows of any homepage providing an explanation (and/or an English translation) I'd appreciate it.
Japan continues to mourn Princess Diana. Television specials about her life and death are on nearly every hour of the day and night, and the newscasters reporting on the official funeral in London do so wearing black, with bouquets of white chrysanthemums arranged behind them. Above the flowers, a picture of Diana happy, smiling, in Japanese tradition. I can't imagine anyone whose death could have affected so many all the way in Japan as Diana's.
Tuesday, September 02, 1997
Greetings from J-List September 2, 1997
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Thursday, August 28, 1997
Greetings from J-List August 28, 1997
Hello all, from Japan at two in the morning. My Newton, a 500 ml can of Sapporo Black Label, the Twin Peaks soundtrack in my stereo and I are updating the web site with the day's new arrivals. On the magazines and photo book (shashinshu) pages you will find many new magazines (Dela Beppin, Video Boy, Don't, and more), tons of shashinshus (note: they are all "one shots" so when they're gone, they're gone), etc.. Several of the shashinshus we got in are idol books
August is slowly drawing to a close here in Japan, as the season for cute girls walking around the festivals in their cotton yukata kimonos ends with it. You can mark the seasons in Japan by watching the beer commercials -- the "Autumn limited edition" beer commercials have started, which means that my favorite season, koyo (the season when all the leaves turn red), is coming. This is the best time to be in Japan.
Well, goodnight, all!
August is slowly drawing to a close here in Japan, as the season for cute girls walking around the festivals in their cotton yukata kimonos ends with it. You can mark the seasons in Japan by watching the beer commercials -- the "Autumn limited edition" beer commercials have started, which means that my favorite season, koyo (the season when all the leaves turn red), is coming. This is the best time to be in Japan.
Well, goodnight, all!
Thursday, August 14, 1997
Greetings from J-List August 14, 1997
Hello from J-List. We have a big, big update for you, which we've been working on all day. New items include magazines, shashinshus, adult manga, dojinshi, and more. Some of the items are extremely rare -- fans of Tohno Natsuko, Hosokawa Fumie, and Iijima Ai should take note. Since the new items include many "one-shot" items, the competition will be fierce
Dojinshi fans should prepare themselves for the big rush of dojinshi that will flood J-List's pages on Monday. This weekend is the summer Comic Market, the Holy Shrine of Japanese amateur comics. Held at Tokyo Big Sight, this is a three-day orgasmic flurry of dojinshi artists and fans, buying comics left and right as fast as they can. I'll have a full report on Monday, including digital pics, for anyone interested in this wacky underground sub-culture.
The email mill will be slowing down around here over the weekend. This is due to me going off to the Comic Market on Saturday and Sunday, but also because Kaori has been out of the office because it's "O-bon, a sort of Buddhist holy week (when, my wife informs, the ghosts of your ancestors return home for a vacation, or something like that). All of Japan grinds to a half, more or less,during O-bon. I've been doing her work, but I've gotten behind in mine.
Anyway, please enjoy the new items we worked so hard to add to the page. I'll have an update on Monday.
Dojinshi fans should prepare themselves for the big rush of dojinshi that will flood J-List's pages on Monday. This weekend is the summer Comic Market, the Holy Shrine of Japanese amateur comics. Held at Tokyo Big Sight, this is a three-day orgasmic flurry of dojinshi artists and fans, buying comics left and right as fast as they can. I'll have a full report on Monday, including digital pics, for anyone interested in this wacky underground sub-culture.
The email mill will be slowing down around here over the weekend. This is due to me going off to the Comic Market on Saturday and Sunday, but also because Kaori has been out of the office because it's "O-bon, a sort of Buddhist holy week (when, my wife informs, the ghosts of your ancestors return home for a vacation, or something like that). All of Japan grinds to a half, more or less,during O-bon. I've been doing her work, but I've gotten behind in mine.
Anyway, please enjoy the new items we worked so hard to add to the page. I'll have an update on Monday.
Monday, August 11, 1997
Greetings from J-List August 11, 1997
Hello from Japan. As I write these words on my Newton Messagepad 2000, I am sitting in the middle of "happening" Shibuya, one of the self-styled "playgrounds for the young" here in Tokyo. I am seated on the cobblestones right in front of the station, about 10 meters from the famous dog statue. (This is from story about a dog named Hachiko that was so faithful, it came to meet its master at Shibuya Station everyday when he came home from work, Å@and when he died, the dog waited for 10 years before dying himself). I am listening to three talented street musicians playing r&b in Japanese. The girl playing Rolling Stones with the accordion is damn good.
I had an interesting test of my mettle as a generation X-er today. I was standing in Shinjuku, waiting for a business contact to show up, reading through the latest Tokyo Walker (the lovely Japanese actress Tokiwa Takako is on the cover). I found the listings for The Empire Strikes Back, and saw to my horror that that day was the last day that any theaters would show the movie -- they were all switching over to Jedi the next day. What was worse, the last showing anywhere -- to the best of my knowledge, the last showing of the film on the Planet Earth, since Japan was next in line after the United Arab Emirates to get the special releases of the Star Wars movies -- started at the same time as my important business meeting. What did I do? Of course I ditched the guy and went and saw the movie. Now my four-month complex that I would be the only member of the Star Wars Generation to miss this great movie in the theaters is put to rest.
We have a nice weekend update for you. The biggest lump of new items is on the adult mangas page, where you will find *20* new adult books, which are quite nice. There are some excellent new magazines on the magazine page, including the April issue of Beppin School, which is an absolute must for Akira Fubuki fans. Although we still remain unable to get a bunch of new stock, we have gone through and made even more massive price cuts on our JPOP and anime selection. Coupled with our "buy 4, get one free" promotion, this is your chance to cart off a lot of our JPOP stuff at a great price. As I have said to some in private email, we do remain dedicated to JPOP, and will be returning with a selection of JPOP when we get a supplier
Well, that's all for now. See you on the J-List homepage.
I had an interesting test of my mettle as a generation X-er today. I was standing in Shinjuku, waiting for a business contact to show up, reading through the latest Tokyo Walker (the lovely Japanese actress Tokiwa Takako is on the cover). I found the listings for The Empire Strikes Back, and saw to my horror that that day was the last day that any theaters would show the movie -- they were all switching over to Jedi the next day. What was worse, the last showing anywhere -- to the best of my knowledge, the last showing of the film on the Planet Earth, since Japan was next in line after the United Arab Emirates to get the special releases of the Star Wars movies -- started at the same time as my important business meeting. What did I do? Of course I ditched the guy and went and saw the movie. Now my four-month complex that I would be the only member of the Star Wars Generation to miss this great movie in the theaters is put to rest.
We have a nice weekend update for you. The biggest lump of new items is on the adult mangas page, where you will find *20* new adult books, which are quite nice. There are some excellent new magazines on the magazine page, including the April issue of Beppin School, which is an absolute must for Akira Fubuki fans. Although we still remain unable to get a bunch of new stock, we have gone through and made even more massive price cuts on our JPOP and anime selection. Coupled with our "buy 4, get one free" promotion, this is your chance to cart off a lot of our JPOP stuff at a great price. As I have said to some in private email, we do remain dedicated to JPOP, and will be returning with a selection of JPOP when we get a supplier
Well, that's all for now. See you on the J-List homepage.
Sunday, August 03, 1997
Greetings from J-List August 3, 1997
Greetings from J-List! We're back in Japan, after our incredible travel ordeal. It took us a total of 20 hours from door to door, but it's over now, so we can let it slide back into the past.
It's so nice to be back in Japan, even though it's hotter and more humid than perhaps the entire USA except for Washington DC. San Diego has many things on this place, such as lower cost of living and great weather all year round, but being here in Japan, with its heat, its $2.80 cans of beer, and its lack of California-style transportation to zip you around town, but there are things about living in Japan that America can't touch. In a few days the Isesaki Matsuri (Festival) will start, and everyone will walk around town in their yukata (cotton kimonos) and enjoy the sights and sounds of the festival. There will be fireworks and everyone will drink "mugi-cha" (a tea made from barley) and Chinese oolong tea. The pizzas might cost $15 for a large with cheese only and $28 fully decked out (this is for one, and "large" here isn't what you would expect if you're coming here from the U.S.)
Great update for you, partially as our thank-you for being so patient while we got back on-line here. There are new magazines (Beppin School and a few others), great new CD ROMs (CD ROM Choice, Windows 100%, Mac 100%, and more), Video CDs (a hot new Aida Momo VCD, some panst items, and more), and of course about 20 newly released videos. There is something for everyone on the page now
We will be updating the site over the next month, trying to make it work faster. I am always interested in input from people about how the loading speed is, etc. Thanks, and see you later.
Thanks for reading this. If you're waiting for an email reply from me, it will be along soon.
It's so nice to be back in Japan, even though it's hotter and more humid than perhaps the entire USA except for Washington DC. San Diego has many things on this place, such as lower cost of living and great weather all year round, but being here in Japan, with its heat, its $2.80 cans of beer, and its lack of California-style transportation to zip you around town, but there are things about living in Japan that America can't touch. In a few days the Isesaki Matsuri (Festival) will start, and everyone will walk around town in their yukata (cotton kimonos) and enjoy the sights and sounds of the festival. There will be fireworks and everyone will drink "mugi-cha" (a tea made from barley) and Chinese oolong tea. The pizzas might cost $15 for a large with cheese only and $28 fully decked out (this is for one, and "large" here isn't what you would expect if you're coming here from the U.S.)
Great update for you, partially as our thank-you for being so patient while we got back on-line here. There are new magazines (Beppin School and a few others), great new CD ROMs (CD ROM Choice, Windows 100%, Mac 100%, and more), Video CDs (a hot new Aida Momo VCD, some panst items, and more), and of course about 20 newly released videos. There is something for everyone on the page now
We will be updating the site over the next month, trying to make it work faster. I am always interested in input from people about how the loading speed is, etc. Thanks, and see you later.
Thanks for reading this. If you're waiting for an email reply from me, it will be along soon.
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