The big plushie is the dokodemo kitty called Toro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toro_%2...n_character%29, I won him in a UFO catcher machine in Osaka. Best 400 yen I spent... that day.
Waiting on PCDL DVD from yesasia, it only took me 6 months to order it. I haven't even watched it online yet.