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Black Gold Saw
Another character from Black Rock Shooter - Black Gold Saw. This scale figure was on display at the Wonfes last Sunday.And here is the Figma version of Black Gold Saw. Will let you know pre-order details when they are available.Which of the BRS girls...
Black Rock Shooter
Black Rock Shooter goodness from the wonfes starting with these lovely 3D live action girlies - Dead Master and Black Rock Shooter. Dead Master looked particularly awesome!Nendoroid Puchi Black Rock Shooter - sweet!Nendoroid Puchi Dead master - want!...
WF2010 : Good Smile Company
More goodies from the Good Smile Company booth where I ended up spending most of my time filming for Culture:Japan ^^;Got to the hall at about 08:30. Press passes are useless at this time as they can only get in at 11 after all the fun n games have b...
Miku Hatsune
Has to be the cutest Miku Hatsune figure I've clapped my mince pies on - based on illustration by Taka Tony.
Will be released by Max Factory. Pre-order info soon.And a few more Miku Hatsune goodies for the rest of this post.
All Wonder Festival 2010...
Akihabara
Akihabara, Tokyo. This is where Japanese Pop Culture lives and thrives. Gadgets, PC parts, anime, manga, figures, dolls, doujin and more can be discovered here and if you dig deep enough you will discover gems like Leonardo. I always discover new stu...
Japan Breast Pudding
You've seen the Niigata version and here is the Akihabara version - "Oppai Purin" (Breast Pudding) being offered to you by a cutesome blushing maid.
Comes with some caramel sauce for those of you who like to eat yer wobblies while they are slippery....
Leonardo Akihabara
Was out filming in Akihabara for a new TV show that I'm presenting on that I'll talk about in another post - another program in addition to Culture:Japan.
Spent most of the day wondering around looking for gems and we found a big gem of a shop calle...
Mr Donuts
Grabbing some donuts from the place that does my fave afternoon snack - Mr Donuts.Mr Donuts always have goodies to give out in exchange for the points that you collect. This time round its these Mr Donuts Licca-chan girls dressed up in Mr Donuts unif...
Black Rock Curry
Attention all Black Rock Shooter fans - you've added some BRS cosplay to your wardrobe and you are already buying or pre-ordering the figures and occasionally doing some BRS illustrations too. Now you can eat BRS thanks to Black Rock Curry which will...
Hokkaido Food
Spent some time in Hokkaido traveling by Hokkaido JR to relax, enjoy the sights and scoff down some good food!First up is some piping hot ramen. Hokkaido is also popular for its variety of ramen - not too sure why but it could be because its covered...
BRS Figures
Some BRS figures in the office for me to play with during my tea break - Black Rock Shooter Figma and Nendoroid.Both items should be out anytime now and if you want to pre-order then you can do so from one of the bootleg-free trusted retailers below....
Mirai Creations
Mirai Gaia - the web application used by companies like Good Smile Company, Cospa and Japan Times to manage their online strategy.
Mirai Fusion - Anime production/marketing unit working on the title Chinka.
Mirai Creations - the figurine, doll and...
Mikuru Mirai
Mikuru certainly does have a very interesting hairdo indeed ^^;
I've asked for extra face parts for Figma Mirai. The default will be Smile [笑顔] and the two extra face parts will be Innocent [見つめ] and Crying [泣き]. She will also come with two in...
Digital Hollywood University
To let you know that I've added teaching to my schedule ^^; Tis a great honor to be asked to give lectures at Digital Hollywood University and my first class will be on the 27th July AM as part of the Summer Program 2010.The program is designed to gi...
A Week in Tokyo 56
Photos from the week leading up to Anime Expo 2010. Lots of food and outdoor pics as I had a load of external meetings before the trip to LA - the last week before a trip overseas is always packed with meetings n wot not - the reason being so that I...
Los Angeles CGM Night
On the 3rd of July 2010, we held the first CGM Night to take place outside of Tokyo - Los Angeles CGM Night! We usually have a load of industry folks and celebrity guests but this time round we had folks who were more important - you!
It was a great...
Yui Hirasawa Figure
Pretty gorgeous figure of Yui Hirsawa that we first saw at the Wonfes last Summer.
All sold out at Hobby Search but they managed to rummage one out of the cupboards for me ^^;
Many figure retailers usually have a couple in stock just in case (returns...
Japanese News
Hum OK this is a rather interesting turn of events - I'm now reading the news for Tokyo MX TV!
Tokyo MX TV are the folks who broadcast Culture:Japan over here. More about this in a later post ^^;
Anime Expo Videos
Thank you to all the comrades who came to my second panel - t'was a load of fun!
If you attended the panel and are wondering where to annotate yourself for the Kidnemo BRS giveaway - check this post.
And as with all giveaways - will announce on my Tw...
Megumi Nakajima
Just a quick photo before I hit the sack - snap taken at the hotel with Shinichi Watanabe (nabeshin) and Megumi Nakajima.
Megumi-san is the voice actress for Ranka Lee from Macross Frontier - she speaks just like Ranka in real life!
More Nabeshin and...
Anime Expo Exhibit Halls
Photos taken at the Exibit Halls on Day 1 of Anime Expo 2010. Still got another 2 days left to enjoy some of the coolsome shenanigans in the halls so do come along to join in on the fun.
Many of these photos are taken at Toylet Collectibles, J-List a...
Anime Expo Danny Choo
A big thank you going out to all the comrades who took time out of their busy schedule to attend my talk this afternoon at Anime Expo. I honestly thought that I was going to be talking to a couple of rows ^^;
And sorry I started just past 3PM instead...
Anime Expo 2010 Day Zero
Tis June 30th 2010 in the US - otherwise known as "Anime Expo Day Zero." The main event for today is the Press Junket where all the guests do an interview marathon for a few hours. Going to take a look at some of the stuff we done today. We did go to...
Dollfie Days - Aoi at Home
Hajimemashite everybody! My name is Aoi and I'm Danny's 2nd daughter. Papa has been working until the early hours of the morning of late and has been finding it difficult to write articles so I thought I'd help out a bit by posting something.Papa has...
Tokyo Girls Style
Another young Japanese girl group with some cool tunes to shake your funky thang to - Tokyo Girls Style on the Avex label.
The remix below of the tune "Kirari" was made by Kevin which I kinda prefer over the original. I also have a kinda feeling that...
A Week in Tokyo 55
A couple of weeks late but not as bad as last time - the latest installment of A Week in Tokyo.
Been spending much time thinking about all the things I want to achieve in the remainder of my short life. The catch is that I don't know how much time I...
Worldwide Workspaces
Its been a few months since the OTACOOL 3 submissions opened and we have a few hundred entries submitted by boys n girls from all over the world.
The theme this time round is "workspaces" which showcases how you work and arrange your bits n pieces t...
Mirai Clock 2
Available now for your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch is Mirai Clock 2 - a free download Available now from the iTunes store featuring my mascot character Mirai Suenaga. Just released but its already top 18 in the Japanese iTunes store under the free "en...
Japanese Insect Deterrent
One of my fave ads on TV at the moment - its a product called Varsan which emits a load of smoke after you stick in some water. The smoke spreads through the house seeking and destroying pesky insects - and in some cases it turns into a Varsan Ranger...
Desk Diary 2010/06/22
Quite a bit has happened in the past 3 weeks since Desk Diary 2010/05/27 ^^;
Filming, production and the airing of my first TV show Culture:Japan. This pretty much has taken up most of my time and we are now working on the worldwide 1 hour version....
Making of Culture:Japan
Culture:Japan went on air last Saturday (2010/6/12) in Japan on Tokyo MX TV. Even though I was at home preparing to watch it, I got that nervous feeling that one gets just before giving a talk ^^;The planning and production of Culture:Japan took mont...
London MCM Expo
London MCM Expo is an event that takes place in London twice a year that features movie, comic, game and anime festivities. Would love to attend one day! The last one took place last month and a load of dannychoo.com readers posted their coverage ove...
Tokyo CGM Night 8 Invite
Update! Good Smile Company will be bringing a load of Decoration Masters and showing some Black Rock Shooter video footage!Thanks to all those who watched Culture:Japan last night and tweeted with the #tokyomx tag!
I tweeted last night that I would l...
Mirai Fox T-Shirts
To let you know that the Mirai Fox T-Shirts are now up on sale at Zazzle.
Each one costs 28.90 USD when printed on the default Edun Live T-shirts but you also have the option for going for the basic T-shirts for 25.60 USD.
We are also working a T-shi...