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Thu 2008/09/04 16:25
It gives me great pleasure to announce the beta launch of the English Good Smile website at eng.goodsmile.info.
Furthermore, we have decided to announce this to dannychoo.com readers first ^o^
Some of you are helping me work with Good Smile doing the translations and I wanted to involve you again in getting your feedback which will shape the user experience at the new Good Smile site.
Furthermore, we have decided to announce this to dannychoo.com readers first ^o^
Some of you are helping me work with Good Smile doing the translations and I wanted to involve you again in getting your feedback which will shape the user experience at the new Good Smile site.
Launching the English version first was a strategic decision and the Japanese version will follow within the next few weeks. For now we have most of the products registered and translated into English.
You will also see something called Danny's Corner where I write exclusively for Good Smile - you will see more to-be-released goodies over there soon. If you are an RSS person then the feed is here. Also, if you have a better naming for that section then let me know ^^;
You will also see something called Danny's Corner where I write exclusively for Good Smile - you will see more to-be-released goodies over there soon. If you are an RSS person then the feed is here. Also, if you have a better naming for that section then let me know ^^;
I'm also on Good Smile's International Strategy team with a mission to make their figures more widely available across the globe - keep your mince pies peeled for more info on this.
Many views on the site have grid/list switches which you can use to change the way items are displayed - the view changes without a page refresh and remembers your preference as long as you dont delete your cookies.
I saw from your previous comments that some of you delete your cookies after browsing and wondering how many of you do that and the reason. I never delete my cookies unless I'm debugging.
Oh and yes - the grid view switches look rather naff and will be changing them very soon.
The main feed for the site is here which will enable you to keep up with the latest figure releases.
Many views on the site have grid/list switches which you can use to change the way items are displayed - the view changes without a page refresh and remembers your preference as long as you dont delete your cookies.
I saw from your previous comments that some of you delete your cookies after browsing and wondering how many of you do that and the reason. I never delete my cookies unless I'm debugging.
Oh and yes - the grid view switches look rather naff and will be changing them very soon.
The main feed for the site is here which will enable you to keep up with the latest figure releases.
While dannychoo.com is still running on an old version of Mirai Gaia, Good Smile gets the brand new spanking version. I do anticipate a few bugs here and there so if you spot any then leave a comment here or send me mail to [danny at goodsmile dot jp].
The new Good Smile website is running on Amazon EC2 instances - goodbye to physical servers that take weeks to order/install - an AMI (Amazon Machine Instance) can be created from an existing instance and booted up within a few seconds. Fresh AMI's can also be spawned and booted up automatically to cope with any spikes of traffic.
Amazon also recently launched Elastic Block Store enabling a permanent storage volume to be mounted onto an instance - great timing for the launch of the website.
Amazon also recently launched Elastic Block Store enabling a permanent storage volume to be mounted onto an instance - great timing for the launch of the website.
The next things to add are product search, mobile versions, portal skinning, shipping date calendar, bread crumbs, drop down menus, related items, better category discovery, site map and general cleaning up of UI.
Up until now you had to go to other online stores for decent sized images - now we have them on the site. Not all are up but will be added over time.
Not incredibly happy with the image display and would prefer a nice jQuery plugin. If you have any ideas or suggestions then let me know.
Not incredibly happy with the image display and would prefer a nice jQuery plugin. If you have any ideas or suggestions then let me know.
I also want some sort of featured feed functionality too as I want to keep you involved. Stay tuned for more and I look forward to your feedback.
And if you are a blogger, it would mean a lot to me if you could mention the launch - will make sure to return the favor ^^
eng.goodsmile.info
And if you are a blogger, it would mean a lot to me if you could mention the launch - will make sure to return the favor ^^
eng.goodsmile.info
If you are new here, you may want to keep up with more of the same via RSS or Danny's other networks. (dont show again)
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Thu 09/04 00:07 comments (131)
Continuing the Chara Hobby 2008 coverage - today we look at the figures n...(more)
Sun 08/31 23:09 comments (120)
Secretary
Looks nice :D
(ID #290496) Posted on 2008/09/04 16:46
Mmmmmm, figures *drools* Isn't it a bit to much like DC? That's probably because of the common platform right? I'm looking forward to the expanding overseas part ^^
(ID #290497) Posted on 2008/09/04 16:47
CEO MIrai Inc
The platform has themes functionality and they liked this one ^^
(ID #290499) Posted on 2008/09/04 16:49
It is a nice theme indeed, very web2.0ish. which reminds me, can't posts have an edit sort of thingie? I know it would be a pain to implement, but it would avoid needless replies to make adendums to something said previously...
(ID #290510) Posted on 2008/09/04 16:54
Software Developer
Looks like DC.com a lot indeed. With DC.com figure pictures on the hearder, same colors... well, not that it is a bad thing, but at least for me, this is a bit disturbing ^^; Have to get used to it.
(ID #290516) Posted on 2008/09/04 16:59
VF-25 Pilot. Universariate Scholar.
Kinda feels like DC.com to me as well due to the color scheme.
(ID #290770) Posted on 2008/09/04 23:31
Gundam Australia Forum Admin
Nice work. Looks similar in design to something I can't put my finger on. I only ever clear cookies when I notice performance is lacking and I do a bit of a tidy up.
(ID #290501) Posted on 2008/09/04 16:50
Unemployed Digital Production Artist
Danny, I really like the new Good Smile site. Well done!
(ID #290502) Posted on 2008/09/04 16:51
http://animenlife.blogspot.com
Me too!! I visited the previous English version and it was very limited, but this one is very complete!!
(ID #290789) Posted on 2008/09/05 00:05
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
Woohoo congratulations! will go add the site to my links page ^O^
(ID #290504) Posted on 2008/09/04 16:52
Awesome! I've been hoping for this to happen for a while now, instant bookmark! It looks great and runs smooth!
(ID #290505) Posted on 2008/09/04 16:52
It is a nice theme indeed, very web2.0ish. which reminds me, can't posts have an edit sort of thingie? I know it would be a pain to implement, but it would avoid needless replies to make adendums to something said previously...
(ID #290507) Posted on 2008/09/04 16:53
Student
I actually never delete any of my cookies... well yeah, except when I'm debugging ^^ Good Smile Company figures available across the globe is a dream come true for me ;~; anyways, awesome site danny! love the clean look (and the fact that it's running Mirai Gaia) =D if I found any bugs or any feedbak I'll report it right away =3
(ID #290509) Posted on 2008/09/04 16:54
Cool stuff Danny, I been noticing a lot of companies, regardless of what industry they are in, have been starting to focus on the western market. Great news if you ask me.
(ID #290511) Posted on 2008/09/04 16:55
Gundam Australia Forum Admin
Yes, runs smoothly. I had hoped to see a note on plans for future international availability - "stay tuned for a list of retailers carrying our products in your area soon!" or something..
(ID #290515) Posted on 2008/09/04 16:58
CEO MIrai Inc
on the todo list ^^
(ID #290517) Posted on 2008/09/04 17:00
IT Desktop Support
Really like the image enlargements. I'm happy GSc is finding new ways to expand their company internationally.
(ID #290520) Posted on 2008/09/04 17:05
suneo (Registered on 2007/12/17 20:54)
Makes me feel right at home haha ^^ Great news that GSC is expanding their reach overseas. Looking forward to what the site brings! Hmm...I also noticed Alter's not listed on the english gsc site? Do they prefer to work individually? I noticed Alter is listed on gsc's site, but hasn't been updated with new products since 2007, whereas Alter's own site is updated with every new release...
(ID #290523) Posted on 2008/09/04 17:07
software manager
i just noticed alter missing from the list also... anyone with a business update?
(ID #290541) Posted on 2008/09/04 17:19
CEO MIrai Inc
GSC used to distribute products for Alter but not anymore.
(ID #290545) Posted on 2008/09/04 17:29
software manager
i welcome our new figure overlords ^_^ congrats danny on this awesome project! time to go poke around the new site~
(ID #290528) Posted on 2008/09/04 17:13
Nice^^ Congrats on the launch. Looking forward to the Japanese version.
(ID #290529) Posted on 2008/09/04 17:13
Hotdog Repairman
I keep thinking I can comment on the GSC site. ^^; I take it GSC uses its own team of japanese product description writers, thus the need for translators. Maybe future products on the international site can have native english speakers for more natural sounding description, and commerical appeal? Just a thought. Good stuff Danny. Hope your friendship and partnership with GS continues to grown and prosper.
(ID #290530) Posted on 2008/09/04 17:14
Orange (Registered on 2008/06/12 14:07)
Very impressive site. For some reason I got a big grin on my face when I first saw it.
(ID #290533) Posted on 2008/09/04 17:15
Engineering research
I like the high quality images when I click on the individual figures. But when I click the row of thumbnail below the main image it took quite a while to load maybe can preload the thumbnail images in memory when one access the page? The transitions are nice too, very flash-like without being flash itself. SEO reasons again? ^^;
(ID #290534) Posted on 2008/09/04 17:15
CEO MIrai Inc
Yes I don't really like that plugin which is why I'm looking for a new one. Flash is always bad for SEO.
(ID #290540) Posted on 2008/09/04 17:19
website/graphic designer
Have you heard of Lightbox Danny? It's incredibly popular on galleries, it's the first result on google when you type in 'lightbox'. Not to mention very fast! There are also a lot of variations on it, some allow descriptions, there are also different ways of navigating in between images.
(ID #290904) Posted on 2008/09/05 01:40
Designer & Animator
Thats very cool danny now more figure info from the source
(ID #290537) Posted on 2008/09/04 17:18
CEO MIrai Inc
You bet ^^
(ID #290542) Posted on 2008/09/04 17:20
Doll Customiser, Web Designer, Shop Owner
The thing I'd like to see most on that website is SHOPPING! I'd like to be able to buy direct from the website. It's hard enough to get stuff here in Australia as it is (even as a wholesaler like me) when you don't read Japanese. Loving it so far!
(ID #290549) Posted on 2008/09/04 17:32
.NET/Web Developer
I agree with you there. It'd be nice if we can buy directly from GSC itself. Also, would it be possible to put in a pre-order date so that we'd know when it'll be available for pre-order? just so people won't miss out on limited figure runs and etc.
(ID #290560) Posted on 2008/09/04 17:43
Evil Fanfic Writer
I agree! Need shopping cart function!!! :)
(ID #290635) Posted on 2008/09/04 19:28
I fourth that desision
(ID #290991) Posted on 2008/09/05 03:55
Student & Authorized Chicken Slapper
Wow Thats a very nice site layout and design, perhaps u should think about making your engine purchasable for other companies or individuals who might want to use it. Oh btw I personally like the way those little thumbnails pop up, its nicely done although a little slow but I am sure you can work out the kinks.
(ID #290550) Posted on 2008/09/04 17:34
university film student
I think he does. The Mirai Gaia platform is what his company sells. :P
(ID #291028) Posted on 2008/09/05 04:55
Pokemon master
Yes, an English Good Smile site! The design is great and looks way nice. :D
(ID #290558) Posted on 2008/09/04 17:41
Vampire
Mhmm I like it, but is it me or does the site look VERY similar to ... this one? I think its the color scheme ..
(ID #290559) Posted on 2008/09/04 17:42
I also feel that the colour scheme is too similar. But then again the japanese Good Smile site has the same colour scheme as well.
(ID #290632) Posted on 2008/09/04 19:23
Great design, great job Danny. Will post it up soon ^^
(ID #290562) Posted on 2008/09/04 17:45
Will we be able to make purchases from the site?
(ID #290567) Posted on 2008/09/04 17:52
Full-time student へへ
getting figures out into the international market. nice move ^^
(ID #290568) Posted on 2008/09/04 17:56
Daigakusei [Consular and Diplomatic Affairs]
woohoo! english site get and bookmarked^_^ looking forward in reading "Danny's Corner"~
(ID #290570) Posted on 2008/09/04 18:00
Student
おめでとうございます～ The website's looking really good~!
(ID #290571) Posted on 2008/09/04 18:00
Wow, that is so cool. I will definitely link to the new english site. :D
(ID #290572) Posted on 2008/09/04 18:01
Site looks great so far! But hopefully I don't have both running too ofter, I would get confused quickly! I remember when I used to wipe cookies and history constantly, but that was because I shared my comp with my parents and... well, you get the picture... well, hopefully not the picture but the idea anyways... I'll shut up now.
(ID #290573) Posted on 2008/09/04 18:02
Fresh Diploma Grad... enlistee.. soon
So will goodsmile be attending the Anime Festival Asia 2008 in Singapore? they wanna have an international presences right? Singapore is good... many fans here...
(ID #290577) Posted on 2008/09/04 18:07
Student and Miku Guardian
The site looks awesome.. I am going to add the RSS onto my website.. ^^ Now I have a new figure site to browse through..
(ID #290580) Posted on 2008/09/04 18:10
Very nice Danny, it has a very modern clean feel to it, feels easy to navigate and find what you want. Deffinatly will add the feed to my site once I get of my lazy ass and start doing some posts again :D
(ID #290588) Posted on 2008/09/04 18:21
Web monkey, coffee addicted cerberus, Chef Vader
GSC International shop! me wantses T^T
(ID #290589) Posted on 2008/09/04 18:21
This is great news! Forgive my ingnorance, but is it possible to order the figurines from the site or is it only like a catalog of what the companies produce and well still have to hunt down our figurines elsewhere? I didnt venture very far into the Japanese site in the past since I dont speak the language and I dont have enough knowledge and experience to know if that is how GoodSmile does things...
(ID #290593) Posted on 2008/09/04 18:26
suneo (Registered on 2007/12/17 20:54)
hmm that's a good question. Will the english site have access to the online shop? Or just have information on figures? A small amount of figures have been goodsmile shop exclusive (lineage 2 dark elf and WF exclusives to name a few), so will this sort of information be introduced on the english page? Or would they stay on the japanese end of things?
(ID #290604) Posted on 2008/09/04 18:37
So the Japanese site has a shop? I was looking through the English site and I clicked on Manufacturers and then on Others and the Lineage 2 Female Dark Elf came up (I found it by accident) so I guess that figurine is on the English site. Its very nice, too... I couldnt find the Konata Haruhi cosplay version Figma, though. BTW, I just tested this site with Google Chrome... I can even post with it (something I cant do on lolifox for some reason... the reply button just loads forever...)
(ID #290607) Posted on 2008/09/04 18:44
NEET (Desktop Support / Admin)
Yes, I like your question. Access to GoodSmiles special online sales events that occur during Wonder Festival would be great! When such events occur, they only take local (Japan) orders. I would like a chance to order limited edition figures directly from the source too.
(ID #292267) Posted on 2008/09/06 03:04
Congratz Danyy. It's realy great news. The site looks nice and the color scheme is very good. I will definitigel visit english GSC site more often then in the past ^^.
(ID #290600) Posted on 2008/09/04 18:34
Congratz Danyy. It's realy great news. The site looks nice and the color scheme is very good. I will definitely visit english GSC site more often then in the past ^^.
(ID #290601) Posted on 2008/09/04 18:35
Looks fantastic! I always wonder what the product descriptions were, with this site up gonna help a lot of pp.
(ID #290605) Posted on 2008/09/04 18:41
where can I order this? haha http://eng.goodsmile.info/detail/eng/482/Fate+Metal+Charm+Collection+01%3A+Excalibur.html
(ID #290637) Posted on 2008/09/04 19:31
Congrats on the website Danny... glad to see your business is growing. My main comment mostly has to do with the design and color scheme. For my taste it's a little too much like your site if you ask me... don't get me wrong, I like your design and it works well with your content, but for Good Smile its a little too utilitarian for me. Also, the colors are an exact match of your site. I'd like to see some other colors used instead.
(ID #290606) Posted on 2008/09/04 18:42
suneo (Registered on 2007/12/17 20:54)
hmm now that you mention it, I noticed Goodsmile's own colors are orange and white mostly, with some light blue too haha Maybe instead of the green as found on Danny's site, it could be changed to a pastel purple color? I see that purple color in one of the update/news tags on the left side of the japanese goodsmile page. A minor change, but a little less identical?
(ID #290630) Posted on 2008/09/04 19:20
CEO MIrai Inc
To all who mentioned shopping options - stay tuned for more info.
(ID #290614) Posted on 2008/09/04 18:59
Now thats what I wanted to hear
(ID #290951) Posted on 2008/09/05 02:45
.NET/Web Developer
yiipee! I hope it doesn't disappoint ^^
(ID #291644) Posted on 2008/09/05 15:18
Congratulations. There is certainly an opening there. Is an affiliate scheme or otherwise planned?
(ID #290615) Posted on 2008/09/04 19:00
CEO MIrai Inc
I would like to introduce one to get everyone involved. Stay tuned ^^
(ID #290633) Posted on 2008/09/04 19:27
Clearing cookies depends what computer I am using. When I am on some public or work computer, I always clear all files. On my personal laptop I clean cookies once in a week (I use CCleaner) and with exceptions (leave some cookies always intact).
(ID #290616) Posted on 2008/09/04 19:00
filmaker
great danny san!!!
(ID #290617) Posted on 2008/09/04 19:08
Yuri eroge artist. Well, sort of.
Lol the new GSC site looks so Danny-ish.
(ID #290619) Posted on 2008/09/04 19:09
Student and full-time otaku
Very cool. So Goodsmile did ask you for your services ^^. Gonna check the site right now!
(ID #290620) Posted on 2008/09/04 19:11
The translations on the site are so much better than mine were T__T Oh wellz i guess its time for more study
(ID #290625) Posted on 2008/09/04 19:15
that's great danny :D
(ID #290628) Posted on 2008/09/04 19:17
Congrats, Danny! I just posted this news on my site as you've requested. ^^
(ID #290631) Posted on 2008/09/04 19:21
The new GSC website looks great. Danny, when are you going to implement this version of Mirai Gaia to your own site? I'm sure DC.com will look great with this version as well. Danny's corner is a great idea since you can link GSC site to your website and vice-versa. I'll try to post this in my blog when I get back home from work.
(ID #290634) Posted on 2008/09/04 19:27
Pharmacist, Accountant to be!
This may be a stupid suggestion, but I too have found that it looks too similar to DC.com. I'm not sure if it is intentional but I think it maybe necessary to leave some sort of distinct difference. I understand GSC wants a similar theme and image to the DC since they liked it. What do you think of a font change? A simple change to another similar font may give them that slight difference between the sites? Helvetica anyone? Haha Just my 2cents.
(ID #290639) Posted on 2008/09/04 19:37
Aeronautical Engineering Student
Blogged on http://www.otakus-en-accion.es/2008/09/good-smile-company.html (Spanish). It's a useful web. But... it doesn't accept orders overseas!! 残念 TT.TT
(ID #290641) Posted on 2008/09/04 19:43
Online Shop
Wow, such a big news @_@ So would Good Smile selling their figures directly overseas? Nonetheless, great news indeed and Danny will just get busy and busier with more new things going on everyday, keep it up!
(ID #290646) Posted on 2008/09/04 19:54
Hehe, looks nice.
(ID #290647) Posted on 2008/09/04 19:56
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
congrats on the launch. sure feels great to be able to showcase your hard work to the whole world isn't it? ^^; just a suggestion, the sentence structure of the figure description doesn't sound natural. I also find that some of the sentences are too long with many commas.
(ID #290652) Posted on 2008/09/04 20:03
CEO MIrai Inc
Good feedback - which ones in particular?
(ID #290658) Posted on 2008/09/04 20:12
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
like this one http://eng.goodsmile.info/detail/eng/272/Miku+Hatsune.html
(ID #290746) Posted on 2008/09/04 23:06
If accuracy in the translation was an ideal, that description read fine to me. The wordiness alone prompted this assumption in lieu of my inability to verify it to be true. It can be shorter if concise corporate language were wanted (specs section already mentions scale), but I'm of the opinion that the consumer leisurely reads.
(ID #290842) Posted on 2008/09/05 00:58
website/graphic designer
How's this? Introducing Miku Hatsune, idol of the entire virtual world and mascot of the Vocaloid song creation software. Due to it's incredible popularity, this realistic 1/8 scale figure of Miku has a reprint on it's way not even one month after it's original run! Based on an original illustration by the character's designer KEI, special care has been taken in preserving every enchanting detail. From Miku's trademark twin ponytails fluttering about her to her hand on her headset, Miku seem ready to burst into song at any moment. Took me about 10mins? xD;;
(ID #290922) Posted on 2008/09/05 01:55
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
the 2nd paragraph is good. the 1st paragraph can be further shorten though. for example, Introducing Miku Hatsune, idol of the virtual world and mascot of the Vocaloid singing software. Due to it's incredible popularity, this realistic 1/8 scale figure has a reprint barely one month after it's original run! a good translation doesn't need to translate everything word for word. for the above example, redundant words can be omitted or rephrased to make the the sentence sounds more smooth. ^^;
(ID #290931) Posted on 2008/09/05 02:11
website/graphic designer
Aww~ comments don't nest under. It was just an attempt, didn't try too hard with replacing many words, I simply intended to change things around hehe~ I like your paragraph though, good example of how text can go through multiple edits =D
(ID #290943) Posted on 2008/09/05 02:34
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
thanks Koshiko. me wonder other than translators will danny be needing any QC editors as well? ^^;
(ID #290982) Posted on 2008/09/05 03:32
Hotdog Repairman
Agree with Gordon. Descriptions should sound more natural as I commented earlier. Not to knock the translators; They did a great job with the workload. Perhaps future descriptions could go thru a final editor before publishing.
(ID #291024) Posted on 2008/09/05 04:52
~Undine~
Mhh, looks fine to me. Well structured english.
(ID #291076) Posted on 2008/09/05 06:43
suneo (Registered on 2007/12/17 20:54)
Read through some of them as well and some of them do sound a bit wordy with lots of commas. Some other things I noticed: - Japanese text next to the "Product name" entry are all in hiragana. I think some are originally katakana (Shana's name, minor example), and for some of the entries, there's no spacing (Neuro Nendoroid). - I think the name for the Kara no Kyoukai character is Shiki Ryougi, not Ryuugi as in the description Just a couple things I took note of when lookin through a few of the figures.
(ID #290694) Posted on 2008/09/04 21:19
The Japanese text is a pronunciation key, thats why it's all in hiragana. Even if the name itself is normally written in katakana or kanji, it's just there to show the pronunciation.
(ID #290877) Posted on 2008/09/05 01:18
suneo (Registered on 2007/12/17 20:54)
hmm gotcha. Was just kinda weird to me seeing it all in hiragana lol. I understood that there was no kanji involved for the sake of reading it out, but some names and stuff just stood out. Just like how if an entire sentence is in hiragana without kanji or other formatting/punctuation, it makes it a bit harder/awkward to read. Though of course these aren't sentences, but I'm just making an example.
(ID #291384) Posted on 2008/09/05 11:34
suneo (Registered on 2007/12/17 20:54)
Although, if somebody wanted to search for more pictures or other info perhaps, copy pasting something like ( ひゅーまんめいじ ) wouldn't grab a lot of results, as opposed to ( ヒューマンメイジ ). Or, from the Shana entry below, ( ばーじょん ) instead of ( バージョン ) It may be confusing for those who are still learning japanese, and they may mistake what they see as the proper way to display the name. In addition, the reader isn't called to attention about what exactly it is they are pronouncing. For example: 1) Nendoroid Shana, Burning Hair and Eyes ver. ⇒ Shana Enpatsu Shakugan Version Nendoroid 2) Human Mage ⇒ Human Mage 3) Miku Hatsune ⇒ Hatsune Miku I understand that the kanji was replaced with hiragana, but without the differentiation between hiragana and katakana, it may or may not confuse. I think that the japanese could serve two purposes -- in addition to being a a simple pronunciation guide, at the same time it can also be somewhat informative. There may not be a huge audience that will pay attention to the japanese bit, but for those that do, it may be helpful, even if it's just a little bit. I dunno...maybe I am overthinking things a bit?
(ID #291472) Posted on 2008/09/05 12:44
A friend of mine helped me look at this description, and I concluded it was overly smoothened in interpretation, so therefore possibly inaccurate: http://eng.goodsmile.info/detail/eng/259/Nendoroid+Shana%2C+Burning+Hair+and+Eyes+Ver..html Like regular nendoroids, red-haired & red eyes Shana comes with 3 faces, and the green caption on the image points toward the separate, limited, black-haired Shana. The translation should instead mention that parts are interchangeable between them. We feel a good procedure is to have the translators help verify each others' work.
(ID #290897) Posted on 2008/09/05 01:35
Hrm, I agree... the Japanese description doesn't even mention the black version... :/
(ID #290968) Posted on 2008/09/05 03:03
Thanks for correcting ^^
(ID #291035) Posted on 2008/09/05 05:11
Part trooper, part -timer, 100% loser...
I read your "Danny's Corner" LOL When's the next one coming out? And also a wow to those guys who translated the products!
(ID #290655) Posted on 2008/09/04 20:09
CEO MIrai Inc
Will try to do one per day
(ID #290657) Posted on 2008/09/04 20:11
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
It so cool!!!! So much prettiness.... hauuu.... But...theres a revoltech figure....is it meant to be there? Cos its Kaiyodo....is Kaiyodo a branch of GSC or Max Factory too??? Will we ever get to order direct from that site? Or is it just a misguided dream? (lol)
(ID #290659) Posted on 2008/09/04 20:15
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
Ack, I see, its on the makers page, many different figure producers. Nvmind.
(ID #290662) Posted on 2008/09/04 20:17
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
And :woot: just adding the RSS feeds to blog.(Now that I know how!! lol)
(ID #290667) Posted on 2008/09/04 20:23
suneo (Registered on 2007/12/17 20:54)
hmm now that you mentioned it, I just realized that GSC has both Kaiyodo's Street Fighter revoltechs and MaxFactory's figmas on the same page! lol Are they gonna have epic Capcom/Revoltech vs. MaxFactory/Figma battle scene comics? lol Round 1! Fight!
(ID #290683) Posted on 2008/09/04 20:58
Physical Therapist
I knew it!!! Its weird to read your introduction on the website.Reads like the newspaper fropm yesterday for DC users^^ Its useful for newbs tough. And your always so humble Danny.... I like the Design of the website and its not a bad thing that it looks alot like DC.It helps alot to navigate through the different pages.Its a joy to finally browse GSCs site and to understand everything.Since theyre launching an international portal i guess were able to order international soon...yay! I hope to find time to blog about this but i dont really think youll need our help to spread the word about these news ^^
(ID #290663) Posted on 2008/09/04 20:18
Physical Therapist
i forgot to mention that i dont delete my cookies.My Virus scanner does sometimes delet Tracking Cookies but thats it.
(ID #290665) Posted on 2008/09/04 20:19
Physical Therapist
Another thing i noticed: Id also add the Figure Price in US Dollar.Thats the currency most people are familiar with.Its easier to estimate the value via Dollar than calculate from yen to their currency
(ID #290668) Posted on 2008/09/04 20:23
Aeronautical Engineering Student
I don't agree with that. US Dollar is fluctuating more than Yen lastly. A double conversor USDollar/Euro would be nice. But for reference better Yen than USDollar.
(ID #290670) Posted on 2008/09/04 20:31
Physical Therapist
Youre right a double conversor would probably be the best thing.I wonder how much work it is to include something like this into the website.I dont demand a up to date exchange rate just an estimated value
(ID #290673) Posted on 2008/09/04 20:38
Physical Therapist
And yet another thing: The Wani Books Comic Gum Ikki Tousen Figures all have the word Sculptor at the end of their specification.I dont think it belongs there.
(ID #290669) Posted on 2008/09/04 20:30
It's been fixed now.
(ID #290678) Posted on 2008/09/04 20:44
Physical Therapist
Youre able to fix them?I noticed also a typo in Nida Schuettlich`s profile.She has a totally different last name there. i dont wanna nitpick im just trying to help to improve
(ID #290696) Posted on 2008/09/04 21:20
JR. College Student
I like the general site but the re-posting of your blog posts look horrid. It's just text floating around with images in columns.
(ID #290679) Posted on 2008/09/04 20:45
CEO MIrai Inc
Thats being read from the rss feed - will work on formatting it better.
(ID #290681) Posted on 2008/09/04 20:49
figs seller , photographer
Looks a lot like it but it's fine like that ^^ Congrats it's great :)
(ID #290682) Posted on 2008/09/04 20:51
Congratulations on the launch! Good to hear that you will be helping on increasing the international availability of GSC's products. I know I've mentioned this elsewhere before, but I had a hard time trying to get figma Fate last month due to the fact that the distributor has decided not to import them officially to Hong Kong, causing huge inflations and the market went crazy. figma Saber suffered the same problem before, and I hope it would be the last of it. I'm sure that you will help solving such problems via the readers' voices. I have great trust in you~
(ID #290685) Posted on 2008/09/04 21:04
reading now the danny's corner:p
(ID #290688) Posted on 2008/09/04 21:07
Physical Therapist
Okay its the last time ill post a comment in here...I swear!^^ Wrote up a quick post at my blog about the launch.I hope it helps to spread the word Im off to work TADA!
(ID #290697) Posted on 2008/09/04 21:24
CEO MIrai Inc
Arigatou desu!
(ID #290706) Posted on 2008/09/04 21:46
The site looks good - clean, uncluttered and bright! Have to agree with another poster that the formatting of your blog reposts needs improvement, but other than that everything looks great. Looking forward to international shopping options ^^
(ID #290698) Posted on 2008/09/04 21:26
Wow! Nice work Danny! I'll be sure to put up a post about the new site! I really need to get a wriggle on with plushing it up and making more posts! Inspiration stations ^_~!!!
(ID #290701) Posted on 2008/09/04 21:30
congrats! ^^ kind of feeling deja vu when I go to the site about the figure specs, wont it be better to make it in table form like the ones on the gsc main site? I find it kinda hard to read in sentences (maybe just me) ^^; and some of the description sounds a little weird (im not being picky!)
(ID #290709) Posted on 2008/09/04 21:53
CEO MIrai Inc
send me the url of the format you mean.
(ID #290716) Posted on 2008/09/04 22:03
IT TechGuy
Im glad i am able to see the Good Smile figures first from English website before i hoot it from the store.
(ID #290712) Posted on 2008/09/04 21:56
Student
One thing that I noticed on the site especially on each figure section. The price on the figure includes tax, we overseas buyers don't pay that kind of tax when we purchase our figures there, so what I recommend is putting both prices like Alter has with tax and without tax. By the way the site looks interesting enough
(ID #290723) Posted on 2008/09/04 22:07
Administrative Assistant
I'll definitely be posting something today regarding the launch of this site (Just gotta hope my job does not block this site at work too). Gonna try to add the RSS as well since I'm already working on a massive overhaul of my blog anyway. BTW, will there be any kind of english contact info for customer service?
(ID #290726) Posted on 2008/09/04 22:14
CEO MIrai Inc
Yes - info will go up soon.
(ID #290779) Posted on 2008/09/04 23:45
Administrative Assistant
Excellent. To save me some time, you wouldn't know if they have any option available for getting new joint pieces do you?
(ID #291397) Posted on 2008/09/05 11:40
Ex-Soldier / NEET
Yeaha, finally we get figure news/info from the source! I couldn't resist to write a blog entry: http://austrianotakulife.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/good-smile-company-english-website-launched/ (Bilingual lol)
(ID #290731) Posted on 2008/09/04 22:30
Ex-Soldier / NEET
orz the german version has overwritten the english one.. fixing it
(ID #290743) Posted on 2008/09/04 23:00
CEO MIrai Inc
Thanks for the coverage!
(ID #290778) Posted on 2008/09/04 23:44
Ex-Soldier / NEET
fixed
(ID #290809) Posted on 2008/09/05 00:31
programmer analyst
Great job and congrats! ^_^! The site is very clear.
(ID #290733) Posted on 2008/09/04 22:39
I don't mind the thematic similarity. Functionally, the interface reminds of a file manager, which I've noticed more and more in your site's evolution. It's been established in visual display and navigation. My thoughts are, "the apple does not fall far from the tree," and "you do not patent the obvious" :> jQuery looks promising, if you do add in preloading, like others have said. I imagine you haven't looked into using Highslide JS because of its licensing. I've seen a few sites pick it up to avoid lightbox, but not very many.
(ID #290735) Posted on 2008/09/04 22:43
CEO MIrai Inc
The image enlarging thing is one of the first things to fix but will be done after product search. Thanks for the Highslide JS - shame its not jquery.
(ID #290775) Posted on 2008/09/04 23:38
Nice news. Looking foward to the shopping options too. I would also love to see a poll where we could vote for the figures we would like to be reissued. Don´t know what is GSC politic for reissues but I think they could benefit from it. I still wish to get their long sold out Natsuki figure =D
(ID #290740) Posted on 2008/09/04 22:50
marvin (Registered on 2006/12/25 00:54)
congratulations Danny the new goodsmile english site looks great. btw was wondering are there banners available for goodsmile fans and supporters to display links at their blogs or webpage?
(ID #290744) Posted on 2008/09/04 23:03
CEO MIrai Inc
Was going to make some today but got sidetracked ^^
(ID #290807) Posted on 2008/09/05 00:30
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
i made one myself yesterday. but it's just the good smile logo. will be great to have one with pictures or figures on it.
(ID #291376) Posted on 2008/09/05 11:27
marvin (Registered on 2006/12/25 00:54)
lol me too, cut paste from the website. ^^
(ID #291712) Posted on 2008/09/05 16:48
has a dannychooish feel to it...at home just have a request at the glance if you will hear me out. i noticed in grid mode, some of the longer figure names are shorten with ... e.g Nendoroid Suzumiya... It would be great if when the mouse hovers over the image, it gives a longer name of it thanks
(ID #290749) Posted on 2008/09/04 23:07
CEO MIrai Inc
Will add alt/ref tags later
(ID #290773) Posted on 2008/09/04 23:33
has a dannychooish feel to it...at home just have a request at the glance if you will hear me out. i noticed in grid mode, some of the longer figure names are shorten with ... e.g Nendoroid Suzumiya... It would be great if when the mouse hovers over the image, it gives a longer name of it thanks
(ID #290750) Posted on 2008/09/04 23:10
Aeronautical Engineering Student
Lol, first time I see a 4-times post. New World Record.
(ID #290758) Posted on 2008/09/04 23:19
CEO MIrai Inc
Still dont know why that bug happens ^^;
(ID #290771) Posted on 2008/09/04 23:32
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
Incredible stuff Danny... and congrats on working with such a great company! :D Great page for a figure company, filled with tasty pocket emptying pics. :P
(ID #290752) Posted on 2008/09/04 23:16
wow! it's seriously impressive. funny, yesterday was the first time i ever visited gsc's website - and it was for a completely unrelated reason. i bought an awesome figure a while ago and tried to find out who made it. got to goodsmile.jp via some online fig shop that had pictures. heading to the all new and refurbished eng.goodsmile.info now to compare. :)
(ID #290760) Posted on 2008/09/04 23:20
Congratz! and nice work there Danny..xD Clean design and nice formats but i do feel a little slow when enlarging images, i guess it's my connection that is slow or the quality of the images requires time to load xD.. anyway Nicely done.. :D
(ID #290761) Posted on 2008/09/04 23:21
anime/cosplay events organizer
Looking sweet and this is great that GSC will now go global with Danny in the frontlines ^___^
(ID #290769) Posted on 2008/09/04 23:29
former Emperor of Britannia
Definitely what im looking for. A site that reviews an properly. Im going to spread the word about this also linking on my blogs. Keep up the awesome work dude!
(ID #290772) Posted on 2008/09/04 23:33
System Design Engineering (UWaterloo)
Makes me really want to work in Good Smile now ^_^. Either that or Max Factory, do you think Max Factory wants to expand to the Western side as well. I see a lot of retail store owners who sell figurines have a bit of Revoltech, but its severely over priced. May be this expansion can help lower the price (I've seen prices at $30CAN)
(ID #290774) Posted on 2008/09/04 23:35
Looks great, even if it's somewhat identical to DC.com's Figure portal, but I guess if it ain't broke don't fix it. And as someone who enjoys posting large images, I applaud the decision to include huge preview pictures!
(ID #290777) Posted on 2008/09/04 23:43
Service desk support
so we were right yesterday. Well done danny and good luck in your new role. Now all we need is an international presence for companies who really need it, like volks. Not sure if I would want a job in the figure business. I like to keep work and pleasure separate.
(ID #290782) Posted on 2008/09/04 23:50
suneo (Registered on 2007/12/17 20:54)
I would love to work in an area that has a direct connection to my pleasure lol
(ID #290787) Posted on 2008/09/04 23:59
Service desk support
At first, I thought it would be fantastic too, but then think about it. If, for example, you were one of the painters at goodsmile, then you would be surrounded by figures and get to paint prototypes of unreleased kits, which is awesome, but then if you painted kits at home as a hobby, you're sort of working at home!!! Without pay!!!! Karma perhaps?
(ID #291180) Posted on 2008/09/05 08:37
suneo (Registered on 2007/12/17 20:54)
Spreadin the word...just wrote up a little blurb about the site opening on me blog ^^
(ID #290793) Posted on 2008/09/05 00:14
aspiring to become a doujin and graphics artist cum lawyer
I like it and it makes me look forward to snooping around figure companies' webbies~ and the cookies. I usually clear them after I stumble upon a very unknown website :c
(ID #290794) Posted on 2008/09/05 00:17
i guess the common consensus is the similarity to dc.com, which is fine by me, since to the international crowd, good smile is kinda synonymous with danny, or mikuru figma ^_^. to be honest, i have always thought english versions of japanese sites suffer from being outdated and bland when compared to their japanese counterparts. Anime series dvd sites come to mind. while the new site makes an effort to provide the same experience as that of the japanese site, i find myself to be leaning towards the japanese version, in terms of content as well as layout. However, if the intention of the international version differs from that of the japanese one, then i can understand the practicality of the layout. oh and i was half expecting a mirai mark to show up on those mature figurines! bring mirai back!
(ID #290796) Posted on 2008/09/05 00:22
Programmer, Web Developer / Web Designer
Congrats! Danny. Been to the site earlier on at work and after a couple off randomness I found that the only thing that been on my mind is the image popup plugin. Personally I would go for no animation at all then the slow zoom animation and closing each popup to view the next one is slow. ^^ gasp.. got to say it LOL. Too bad there isn't that many jQuery image gallery (yet!) compare to the other JS libraries like prototype. I found some jQuery plugins that are rather interesting: GALLERIA (Image gallery) http://devkick.com/lab/galleria/ SHADOWBOX (very flexible lightbox, complex, animations, gallery, large photo, fast) http://mjijackson.com/shadowbox/ PRETTYPHOTO (light, gallery, animation, fast) http://leandrovieira.com/projects/jquery/lightbox/ FACEBOX (simple barebone lightbox) http://famspam.com/facebox But so far, the best lightbox clone I have seen is from Lightview (http://www.nickstakenburg.com/projects/lightview/). But you need to pay for it and it is only on prototype. Hope the best for you and your new venture! ^^
(ID #290803) Posted on 2008/09/05 00:27
Programmer, Web Developer / Web Designer
Correction URL for: PRETTYPHOTO (light, gallery, animation, fast) http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com/projects/prettyPhoto/ Lightview (prototype, paid :( ) http://www.nickstakenburg.com/projects/lightview/
(ID #290815) Posted on 2008/09/05 00:36
CEO MIrai Inc
Thanks for these - will look into.
(ID #291752) Posted on 2008/09/05 17:22
closet hikikomori
One word - Bookmarked! :D Nice DC feel and the image enlargement's really impressive!
(ID #290814) Posted on 2008/09/05 00:34
nice work! its the first time i seed a figure japanese company making a english site, to make more people informed in other countries. maybe goodsmile can put some english information in the events too
(ID #290817) Posted on 2008/09/05 00:37
IT Specialist + Mecha Junkie
very nice indeed, just like another dannychoo.com --> specifically for figures... anyway, I'm sure that this strategy will definitely boost the sales of figures marketed by good smile (although I doubt that the sales aren't big...) ^^
(ID #290828) Posted on 2008/09/05 00:47
IT Specialist + Mecha Junkie
another thing, I just noticed that the general motif of Good Smile Company is orange (logo, japanese site), I was wondering if you got your orange scheme from them or it's the other way around or just purely coincidental? ^^
(ID #290833) Posted on 2008/09/05 00:49
oo.. guess i was right... Website looks great
(ID #290829) Posted on 2008/09/05 00:47
Policy & Research Officer
Looks really good. Anyway, I managed to guess you were working on something like this once I saw you advertising for folks to do translations. =P
(ID #290836) Posted on 2008/09/05 00:52
The green dates under the thumbnails are very confusing. This is the date you added the item to the catalog online? that seems to be irrelevant material. putting the release date there would be better since most of the 'added' dates are not in order of when the figure was released, they seem to jump around. but if that is a restriction of how the forum is designed, oh well. also, an out of production sticker would be nice. sure, everyone likes looking at older figures but if there is no chance in *** of being able to purchase one other than an auction site, that just frustrates people.
(ID #290855) Posted on 2008/09/05 01:05
CEO MIrai Inc
Thanks for the date feedback. Will look into the other request
(ID #291758) Posted on 2008/09/05 17:25
Everything
Sweet, now it looks like I won't have to guess about some of these figure names anymore. Been waiting for this for a while.
(ID #290857) Posted on 2008/09/05 01:06
I shall blog this awesome news ^^ The site looks very nice, reminds me of DC.com as well. "Danny's Corner" sounds good already. Unless you want my penny: - Danny's Base - Danny's Brog - Danny's (BTW, good work)
(ID #290860) Posted on 2008/09/05 01:09
thanks guys! been waiting for this for a long time!
(ID #290866) Posted on 2008/09/05 01:12
am visiting the site now....maybe a short description of wat MAX, FIGMA, BOSHOJO is at the top of the page for newbies? looks great but maybe not so friendly for newcomers to figure collecting?
(ID #290884) Posted on 2008/09/05 01:27
Polytechnic Senior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer, Pokemon Indexer.
Wow, so people can finally order direct from the site?
(ID #290889) Posted on 2008/09/05 01:30
Medical Research and Design
This is good. This is very good. To finally have a figure manufacturer reaching out like this, and to think if it wasn't for the Gaia platform and your influence, it wouldn't be happening. I can't even count the amount of times I visited sites like good smile, alter etc and wished I could read what was going on - this is kind of a small dream come true. Mechanics wise, the layout is very nice - then again I like the general layout of dannychoo.com to begin with so the throwback to it gives it a since of warm familiarity. Colors are nice, translations seem a tad wonky (as Gordon already pointed out) and could probably use a sort of editor/proofreader polish to it to give it a less engrish-y zest at times, but damn nice work overall. Awesome. Seriously awesome.
(ID #290895) Posted on 2008/09/05 01:34
Amazing is the only word I can think right now. And I'll be sure to tell people about the English version of GSC.
(ID #290902) Posted on 2008/09/05 01:38
student
Looks very impressive, that will be wonderful if we can buy direct from GSC website.
(ID #290907) Posted on 2008/09/05 01:41
Will we be able to order from/through that site in english and international?
(ID #290973) Posted on 2008/09/05 03:13
First of all, this is an awesome and good job , Danny. This is like a dream comes true to be able know what's going on a figure manufacture site ^^. I like the similarity with your own website and the colour scheme fits perfectly with GSC logo so the website totally represents their corporate image. Others probably already mentioned this, the item description(translation) seems little bit weird. There are unnecessary commas here and there in my opinion. I might be wrong though since English is not my mother tongue. Danny's Corner is a good name because I use similar one (Saku's afk corner) XD. Or how about Danny's Box ? Lastly, I already blogged about the launch: http://www.sakuafk.com/2008/09/04/good-smile-company-new-website/ to spread the joy all over the world lol
(ID #290975) Posted on 2008/09/05 03:20
As always, great work, Danny. Apart from suggestions already mention from fellow members, navigating the GSC english site is a breeze. Danny, I usually clear my cache and cookies everytime before and after I check my email. I don't surf the web and check mail at the same time in the same web brower. I also restart my computer too. So far it have reduce my spam mails by quite a large number.
(ID #290980) Posted on 2008/09/05 03:31
Looking for work again
The Bishojo section should be broken up into months like the other categories. I also noticed that the figures listed in the Bishojo section are not in chronological order... For Example: Kasumi Yashiro is dated 2008/09/03 but she falls between Nasca dated 2008/08/26 and Shiki Ryougi Garannodou dated 2008/08/11 found on URL: http://eng.goodsmile.info/page/all/eng/product/category/bishojo/all/all/all/1.html Overall, I am really loving the English release of the Good Smile Company web site! It runs very smoothly except for the additional photos in the gallery for each figure which has already been commented on ^_^ When these figures are available for overseas shipping, it would be nice to have the price of the figure listed in USD as well as Japanese Yen ;-)
(ID #290984) Posted on 2008/09/05 03:45
Photographer/Night Auditor
I only clear my cookies after each browsing session when I'm at work since several different people use the same machine I'd rather not let people see what I'm up to while I should be working. But than again when I'm at home I never clear my cookies unless I'm cleaning up the system. The site looks nice and clean. Didn't have any issues while I was surfing about on it.
(ID #290988) Posted on 2008/09/05 03:51
To show my support, I've post the news regarding the beta launch for the English Good Smile Company website on my blog. Here is the link: http://twflee.blogspot.com/2008/09/good-smile-company-new-english-site.html
(ID #290997) Posted on 2008/09/05 04:05
College Student
I like it, nice clean website, easy to navigate. And its in English ^^
(ID #291001) Posted on 2008/09/05 04:12
It's pretty cool how you've become GoodSmile's ambassador to the English speaking world.
(ID #291003) Posted on 2008/09/05 04:13
Full-Time Otaku!
Blogged it too, but in portuguese = http://otakugakuen.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/site-internacional-da-good-smile-lancado/ And i'm looking forward to the "GSC Store" or whatever it's going to be named.
(ID #291005) Posted on 2008/09/05 04:24
Oh, sweet! Glad to see that at least one figure manufacturer has realized how much of their sales come from a global market. :) So is this part of how you got to be so buddy-buddy with GSC?
(ID #291022) Posted on 2008/09/05 04:52
Oh, by the way, the enlarged images run kinda slow on the Mac version of Safari. You know, it's funny you posted this today; my computer imaging teacher had us go through websites we liked yesterday. One of them featured enlarged images like what you're using for GSC, but used some Javascript thing called Lightbook (or is it Litebook? He didn't spell it. ^^; ). Anyway, that ran pretty fast, so if you're not happy with what you've got you might consider looking into that.
(ID #291030) Posted on 2008/09/05 04:56
Otaku
Congrats Danny!!! I feel Deja Vu I don't know why ^^!!! I want to suggest something else, Danny's Corner..., that title is not very original, what about something like Danny's Nendoroid Headquarters or so?.
(ID #291025) Posted on 2008/09/05 04:52
IT, Programmer, Otaku, ...
Blogged about it as well: http://blog.jpopdb.org/index.php/blog/figurines/goodsmile-launches-english-website ^^ The new website looks great and I think it's a very good idea to do a decent english website. It would be nice indeed to be able to buy figures from the figure making companies themselves, more direct than from a 3rd party. And prices in Euro might be nice too ^^ As for my cookies, I never clear them. I don't really have a need for clearing them. Even during debugging ;p
(ID #291031) Posted on 2008/09/05 04:59
NEET (no, student, AND employed min. wage)
wow, user power...
(ID #291037) Posted on 2008/09/05 05:21
student
Oh wow. This is AMAZING. Great job Danny ^_^ The english GSC site is like DC.com but all dedicated to GSC xD. It's like... I'm already familiar with the page despite it being new! *bookmarks*
(ID #291038) Posted on 2008/09/05 05:24
Tequila (Registered on 2008/08/26 22:40)
That's how I like it: nice a clean, lots of pictures.
(ID #291040) Posted on 2008/09/05 05:26
Student Engineer
Not after every session, though I do it every other day when I can. This work looks brilliant, Danny. And this: "I'm also on Good Smile's International Strategy team with a mission to make their figures more widely available across the globe - keep your mince pies peeled for more info on this." I love you in a non-sexual way, Mr. Choo.
(ID #291055) Posted on 2008/09/05 06:12
You're doing a great thing here, Danny. My appreciation knows no bounds.
(ID #291056) Posted on 2008/09/05 06:12
/Borat Jak sie masz. I like.
(ID #291061) Posted on 2008/09/05 06:19
~Undine~
Very nice design Danny! I like how it's easy to navigate and very clear, straight to the point. Much easier to browse compared to the Japanese incarnation. I do miss a link to the Japanese website? (Not that I can read that one.) Where's Max factory's Alicia Florence figure they released this year? I don't see it listed?
(ID #291080) Posted on 2008/09/05 06:48
http://eng.goodsmile.info/detail/eng/624/Alicia+Florence.html ^^ The link to the Japanese version is in the top right corner.
(ID #291098) Posted on 2008/09/05 07:08
~Undine~
You mean the really obvious, large Japanese flag I failed to spot? I think I need new glasses... or sleep... ^^;;
(ID #291911) Posted on 2008/09/05 20:48
You've done great work on all of that! Everything's where I expect it, and it's easy to navigate and nice to look at. I'm also glad to hear about the expanding market for Good Smile figures.
(ID #291088) Posted on 2008/09/05 06:57
it looks a bit too much like dannychoo.com but it's still good to see that GSC finally think about people outside Japan. I don't know it someone already asked but, will the GSC online shop will also be available for everyone?
(ID #291100) Posted on 2008/09/05 07:08
uncreative (Registered on 2008/08/16 01:50)
It's like I'm really browsing dannychoo.com! But seriously, if I had to make suggestions, I would suggest a dropdown menu somewhere (when you mouseover the Makers button?) and a "Related Figures" section at the bottom.
(ID #291115) Posted on 2008/09/05 07:21
Otaku, High School Student, Aspiring Animator
Looks very nice. Bookmarked immediately. Can't wait for a Good Smile online shop so I can get my figures directly from the source instead of having to go to another site and try my damndest to calculate costs. >_<
(ID #291153) Posted on 2008/09/05 08:15
awesome! tho the theme looks very similar to DC...lol ..could be a good thing for DC's image so will GSC figures be directly available to other countries now? XD
(ID #291159) Posted on 2008/09/05 08:24
Why not also in italian? ^^ XD XD
(ID #291172) Posted on 2008/09/05 08:32
Technical Writer/Editor, Designer, Collector, Artist, Nice Guy
Must... resist... the... addiction...
(ID #291174) Posted on 2008/09/05 08:33
I can't wait for the online shop, I will be it's first customer!
(ID #291179) Posted on 2008/09/05 08:37
Programmer/IT/Student
Congratulations Good Smile and Danny! :p The site looks awesome, can't wait to see your progress with it. As usual, I wish I were involved in something like this xD, but maybe in the future.
(ID #291200) Posted on 2008/09/05 09:11
Student
Looks really nice. My only annoyance was on the all items pages, the background disappears after a while .
(ID #291202) Posted on 2008/09/05 09:11
Scientist, unemployed.
Very nice. Though, it doesn't look like there's an order command. I found a little Tachikoma that I want....
(ID #291211) Posted on 2008/09/05 09:23
Technoserf
Most excellent. Further access to the honorable Good Smile for the masses is sorely welcome. As for clearing my cookies, I would prefer to, but some cookies like the one that contains the authorization signature for my web banking lead to a PITA if deleted. If I lose that one I have to request email of an authorization number that I need to type in so my computer can be loaded with a secret cookie. And, the authorization number doesn't always work the first time especially since I use a dual WAN router on two different ISP's which makes some security programs suspicious of my connection. Don't even ask about the headache I get from message groups like this.
(ID #291225) Posted on 2008/09/05 09:32
Congrats! I am excited for the English version. Everything looks amazing! Now it'll be a way easier to navigate around the site and read through it as well.
(ID #291233) Posted on 2008/09/05 09:37
This is just too awesome...now I can read the descriptions...and it has the Danny look to it...makes you really feel at home...ah...
(ID #291240) Posted on 2008/09/05 09:44
Student / otaku
Congrats Danny ! I like this english version which is useful and nice. Now I can read Good Smile website without using google translation :)
(ID #291247) Posted on 2008/09/05 09:52
student, vexillologist
I am liking the RSS feed. However, if I do have a suggestion for the feed, maybe add JST at the end of times of their posting. JST, or Japan Standard Time, could help those out that are starting to learn about Japan and about figures. I also like the fact the type of figuring, like figma or nendoroid, is mentioned in the title. My suggestion for the website is having an FAQ about the figurine types could help out. Plus, I think your section name could be "Danny's Desk," since every time we see a new figure, it is always on your desk. But I sometimes think Danny's Corner is alluding to your initials of DC. I have not faced any bugs so far, but eventually, if we do face a bug, who do we report it to? Grats on this venture, Danny.
(ID #291295) Posted on 2008/09/05 10:21
CEO MIrai Inc
About the JST - it wont pass the feed standards set by the WC3 I dont think. FAQ is a good idea.
(ID #291322) Posted on 2008/09/05 10:46
CEO MIrai Inc
and bugs to danny at goodsmile dot jp
(ID #291323) Posted on 2008/09/05 10:46
student, vexillologist
Maybe here is a compromise; on the FAQ page, we can put a note saying all postings on the website are in JST and that will be fine with me. Something is better than nothing.
(ID #291334) Posted on 2008/09/05 10:57
CEO MIrai Inc
Thanks for the feedback so far - its been great.
(ID #291325) Posted on 2008/09/05 10:47
cool! i oways use the google translator to read the articles.. and sumtimes.. i still dun understand after translating.. XD
(ID #291351) Posted on 2008/09/05 11:08
ah danny we knew it... :D but the site looks amazing! soo much better than haveing to trudge thru the old japanese site :
(ID #291404) Posted on 2008/09/05 11:44
srry double post... not really sure if anyone else said it already, but when you're viewing "All Items" after clicking more at the bottom of the Latest Releases column, in grid format, any item on the bottom row with more than 2 rows of text gets overlapped by the page numbers
(ID #291418) Posted on 2008/09/05 11:59
yeah !!!!!!!! this is big,men I like to read in japanese but i understad better in english
(ID #291435) Posted on 2008/09/05 12:16
This is great. Although the color scheme and all is a little similar to DC, its not really much that can be done since those are the GSC's colors. One thing though, does GSC sell replacement Nendoroid stands? My stand for Nendoroid Haruhi broke and any place I looked doesn't have replacements. Are there such things?
(ID #291454) Posted on 2008/09/05 12:27
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
I just went through the whole website... I'll just add to what other commenters already said: It'd be nice to have some reading content to the website, though the pictures are already great the way they are. By "reading content" I mean.. FAQs, explanation on each series (stuff like Why "nendoroid"?), interviews, the tour videos, and some other stuff. I'll make a big nendoroid post to my blog very soon and publish info about the Goodsmile Copany website too. Figures are still too small in Brazil, mainly because it's too expensive to have them around these parts. But I'm shure that with more exposition and more websites like this new one from GoodSmile, it won't take long for it to become a new trend. :D
(ID #291617) Posted on 2008/09/05 14:42
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
As promised: http://xspblog.com/2008/09/09/nendoroids/
(ID #296334) Posted on 2008/09/10 09:14
Student Otaku (ITM Student) and ACG NA Staff
Figures!!!!!! Stare~~~~~~ GoodSmile owns!!!!!!!
(ID #291627) Posted on 2008/09/05 14:51
Vampire
I noticed for some reason if i have the browser window smaller there isn't a horizontal scroll bar? I'm using firefox and there's certainly a horizontal scroll bar for Dannychoo.com, anyone else getting this? So I'm browsing through the site some more and I find that I like how you can sort it out by release dates and series ^.^ I got to see ALL the nendoroids!!! woO! WOO!! Some people already mentioned to maybe add a faq? oh and I noticed you have a link to the japanese site on the top right, but the japanese site doesn't have one to the english yet :O
(ID #291647) Posted on 2008/09/05 15:22
It looks so much like this site. The color scheme is much of the same. The font. The bar at the top. The first impression was bad just because it felt 'recycled' but then after thinking about it a bit it seemed more like your personality as a designer, rather than laziness or something. It looks extremely user-friendly and the layout makes alot of sense to me, in sequence. Congrats !~ No, I hardly ever clear cookies. Generally I don't really care.
(ID #291653) Posted on 2008/09/05 15:25
Looks great so far. The RSS button doesnt work in my version of Opera, but the one displayed in the address bar does so its not much of a big deal.
(ID #291724) Posted on 2008/09/05 16:58
A real english GSC website ! -> bookmarked. Thanks Danny ! :)
(ID #291923) Posted on 2008/09/05 21:12
Good stuff Danny, really happy for you :D! I'm starting my figure collection with 2 good smile figures... wish they would release them a bit faster haha ^^. Have you though about using thickbox for the images? I use it on my site, works much better than lightbox, and it's built using jQuery. Also it doesn't need to wait for the page to load completely before executing (an annoyance that lightbox has).
(ID #291973) Posted on 2008/09/05 22:07
CEO MIrai Inc
Thanks - will look into that too.
(ID #292096) Posted on 2008/09/06 00:34
Graphic Design student | Receptionist | Otaku
Congratulations to Danyn and everyone at GSC! I am overjoyed at this event! Running over to my blog to spread the news, also letting everyone in a local community know of it! Will let you know of any bugs, if I find any. I love the design, its clean and user-friendly. The colours work well together as well.
(ID #292002) Posted on 2008/09/05 22:39
Mechanical Engineering student
I am loving the new Good Smile website! I don't see anything wrong with the website. I'll let you know if I encounter some problems x_x
(ID #292024) Posted on 2008/09/05 23:07
It's nice that the other companies' products are shown as well. More exposure for all means more customers! And more customers means more products!
(ID #292069) Posted on 2008/09/06 00:10
Of by the way, it might be just me, or was mentioned earlier, but the photos are squashed when they pop-up.
(ID #292237) Posted on 2008/09/06 02:28
おたくと大学生。
very nice
(ID #292220) Posted on 2008/09/06 02:10
NEET (Desktop Support / Admin)
This may be too much effort to do, but it would be great to see the production status of the figures. For example, if the figure was retired, limited edition, etc., it would be noted in the description. Perhaps a small graphic icon would display the production status... I have to say that it is a wonderful site.
(ID #292277) Posted on 2008/09/06 03:12
Wow. Very clean site. I apologize for being nit-picky but I noticed that Van and 5MAX AT-COLLECTION SERIES 07 are under the Bishojo category.
(ID #292302) Posted on 2008/09/06 03:52
Animation
awesome! the site looks great!
(ID #292306) Posted on 2008/09/06 03:58
Computer Science Student, C++/Java Programmer
All I have to say is...YAAAAAAAAAAYYYY!!! :3 :3 :3
(ID #292370) Posted on 2008/09/06 05:05
Close-protection officer/Martial artist
Hurray! I expect to visit there often. ^^;
(ID #292414) Posted on 2008/09/06 06:08
I'd say but then I'd have to kill you :D
Very Nice! ^_^ Although i must admit that I am curios on what shipping services they are going to offer (please gods allow FEdEX)
(ID #292439) Posted on 2008/09/06 06:50
Ecchi Otaku / Fraud Analyst
Awesome job on the new design for Good Smile. Hopefully we can see that new version implemented here. ^_^
(ID #292510) Posted on 2008/09/06 08:52
This is wonderful, thanks for the advice, Danny!! Hope other companys do the same!!
(ID #292535) Posted on 2008/09/06 09:48
CEO MIrai Inc
Thanks to all for the feedback. Next week you should expect many changes which include your input. The things I'm looking forward to most is product search.
(ID #292541) Posted on 2008/09/06 10:02
daichouginga in Byston Well, the land between the earth and the sea (Registered on 2008/06/04 10:28)
The Sword of Magus
I think this post is a bit late, but oh well... Congratulations!!! It's a very good work. ^^ I feet at DC home when visiting the site. Your works sure are inspiring for me. ^^ Is the highlight for the dates really short to contain the text size of the date, or it because of chrome?
(ID #292602) Posted on 2008/09/06 11:34
daichouginga in Byston Well, the land between the earth and the sea (Registered on 2008/06/04 10:28)
The Sword of Magus
Sorry, one post more, I don't know if you're going to read this. ^^ About the date categories of the figure releases(like 'December 2008'), is it good to also include the figures rereleased at that month? (Like nendo Miku rerelease at Dec 2008)
(ID #292605) Posted on 2008/09/06 11:39
Full-time student へへ
the orange and gray color scheme does look alot like your site here. ^^.
(ID #292632) Posted on 2008/09/06 12:14
Full-time student へへ
maybe this wasn't in the plan, but will readers be able to interact with the goodsmile site? like is there a way for us to add figure reviews etc. to the site? maybe through comments or something like that.
(ID #292641) Posted on 2008/09/06 12:23
Really awesome job Danny and everyone who worked on the translations. Well done!
(ID #292682) Posted on 2008/09/06 13:21
Danny - this news is quite exciting! I'm very happy for you, Good Smile, and the rest of the figure-loving world! I don't blog myself, but I do post on a blog for a group. I think that's a way I can help out and spread the word about this! :) Can't wait to see more!
(ID #292938) Posted on 2008/09/06 18:19
I think "Danny's Corner" should be changed to "Choo's News". I like the sound of it. E^D
(ID #293603) Posted on 2008/09/07 13:35
I hope this comment isn't missed, but I wanted to let you know that the bootleg/imitation section of GSC's website is being well received in the hobby community. It is very useful and we hope that it will be updated, as there are still many nendoroids that need to be added. Loving the US version of the site Danny, keep up the fantastic work.
(ID #294819) Posted on 2008/09/08 22:25
providing temporary relief to nymphomaniacs since 1986
I read this only today, but nonetheless is a very good news. Look at those pics, so big *_* Oh, and that Lala Satalin figure is really something... *wants it*
(ID #295086) Posted on 2008/09/09 04:23
To bad you cant buy directly from that site :P
(ID #295466) Posted on 2008/09/09 13:07
Are there any plans to buy directly from them? I buy from the sites you recommend, but more often than not I stumble with a "discontinued" or "out of stock" item, and I don't wanna risk my money buying from dubious sites or people. There are at least 10 figurines from Good Smile that are a bit old (either years or months) that I want to get my hands on, but can't because of the stated above issue.
(ID #295826) Posted on 2008/09/09 18:39
I don't really think it would help your case if you wanted sold out figures. The reason sold out/discontinued figures can't be restocked is usually because the supplier has stopped production for resale. If you see a figure you really want, I recommend preordering it so that you know you'll have it when it comes out. All you can really do for old figures is hunt them down in online shops or hope a legit one pops up on ebay..
(ID #296563) Posted on 2008/09/10 13:48
Software Developer
Looks awesome. Never really got into figures - I intend to buy a few soon though, but will be sure to check out your column now and then anyway. Do you do the front-end design work, as well as the back-end coding for the Gaia platform, or do you outsource this aspect?
(ID #296067) Posted on 2008/09/10 02:56
Kendo Kid / 大学生
It's a nice site but I thought it needed a search bar. I just got into Goodsmile items with the purchase of a petite Konata.
(ID #296531) Posted on 2008/09/10 13:08
Kaison (Registered on 2008/09/10 15:29)
O.o wow nice work goodsmile!
(ID #296632) Posted on 2008/09/10 15:32
Part time student, part time worker, full-time geek.
The site looks great! I guess I will have to spread my time between 2 sites now!
(ID #297356) Posted on 2008/09/11 06:51
Informatics(ComSci-ish) student/self-taught graphic designer and illustrator
I hope that there'll be an online shop section in the site ^_^
(ID #298034) Posted on 2008/09/11 21:40
ahaha i dun have a blog so i put the webbie on my msn nick. wad reward will i get? anything will do since i dun own any figures
(ID #302163) Posted on 2008/09/15 20:41
Programmer Trainee
so weird. I went through the site using that link and it's in Japanese again O_o but when I went there the first time it was in English weird
(ID #314463) Posted on 2008/09/27 02:25
looks very good hope it wont be long for the limited/exclussive nendoroid/figma section
(ID #327684) Posted on 2008/10/09 03:36
a mangaka that never sent any scripts to publisher
wow. i tried to opened the ws, but the japanese keeps appears
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