There are a lot of fans out there of the cast of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya gender-swapped, and particularly of “Kyonko,” the name given to female!Kyon.

So many, in fact, that not one but TWO doujinshi featuring Kyonko have been released. One version offers us Kyon as a former boy who woke up in the morning to find himself a girl, while the other features both Kyon and Koizumi swapping genders.

I’m…really hoping my local doujin guy snags these. ♥

Okay, let’s see: Gurren Lagann Yoko poseable figure (with squishy boobs!) but her waist is still too tiny. Damnit! Geass notebook, Blood+ novel volume 1, My Heavenly Hockey Club volume 4, Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekisou VINYL (oh yeah baby!), Kyon character CD, this awesome t-shirt with wings on the back, a Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei clearfile (only SZS merch I’ve seen thus far), and a Haruhi trading figure.

I also got a cute apron.

See what I mean about the hips?

I got Kyon! ♥ Even if it’s an ugly Kyon. (Why can’t they get his goddamn face right?)

Star Wars meets traditional Japanese hand cloths? Oh yeah, baby. I want the one with R2D2 and the Hokusai wave and Fujisan. On the other hand, the R2D2 soy sauce bottle is pretty badass too.

Both are available for purchase at Strapya (via TOKYOMANGO).

Too awesome.

Wow, it only took ‘em almost 30 years: the Mainichi reports that Cospa is going to start selling Earth Federation Army uniforms from the original Mobile Suit Gundam– the Matilda-style grey jacket, white pants uniform. It goes on sale this June– which is also when a new Char cosplay will go on sale, too.

It don’t come cheap– Char’s outfit will cost 6万5100円, about $627 USD. Matilda’s comes at the practically cheap price of 1万290円, about $99.

A set of Code Geass chibi-figures featuring the characters as the twelve Zodiac constellations (well, fourteen– they include Opiuchus, the serpent-bearer, plus an unknown secret character) has been released by MegaHouse.

The figures are:

• Aries the Ram - Kallen
• Taurus the Bull - Schneizel (or is it Clovis? I can’t tell– but this is my sign)
• Gemini - Villetta
• Cancer - Suzaku (Ha!)
• Leo - Orenji-kun (err, Jeremiah)
• Virgo - Cecile
• Libra - Euphemia
• Scorpio - Nunally
• Opiuchus - CC
• Sagittarius - Lelouch
• Capricorn - Cornelia
• Aquarius - Lloyd
• Pisces - Ougi

I think the secret character is also Lelouch based on the hair, or I guess maybe it’s Mao?

I love The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. I also love the bending of gender. Therefore, this video is epic win (and incredibly well-done).

Also, I don’t even want to think about how ridiculously expensive these custom Haruhi sneakers probably were.

Do want?

In before furry jokes.

“Serge the Concierge” spotlights Hello, Please! Very Helpful Super Kawaii Characters from Japan, a book which tries to narrow down “kawaii culture” a bit and figure out where the heck it came from in the first damn place.

I think I just want it for Toilet Paper-chan.

Okay, this figure of Code Geass’ Cornelia Li Britannia is nice and all (though the woman needs to learn that purple lipstick goes with purple outfits and red goes with red– c’mon, lady), but where’s my hot smexy Nunally figure?!

I wouldn’t say that Moyashimon is as cool as I’d hoped (…but what show is this season, really?). But that doesn’t mean that I have the power to resist a plush Aspergillus Oryzae. So damn CUTE!

::orders::