TV Champion
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Tue 2007/04/03 00:54
TV Champion
TV Champion is a variety program which has been running on Tokyo TV for about 15 years now. We see contestants battling against each other proving that they are the best at what they do. Every week there is a different topic for example, the best Shinkansen expert, the best glass artist and sometimes the best Akiba Otaku (images from that show above) ...I was scheduled to appear in their "Gaikokujin Akiba Otaku Ou" (Foreigner Akiba Otaku King) due to air end of this month/beginning May. Unfortunately I had to cancel the last minute because Mirai Inc landed itself a huge project which needs 100% of my time and attention.
I promised the producer that I would look for my replacement, so if you are going to be in Tokyo between the 16th - 22nd April for filming, know Akiba like the back of your neck, can sing some anime OP and ED's, collect figures, and can speak JPLT lv2+ (enough so that you can answer questions and not make yourself look like a moose on TV) then contact my man Nimi-san (新見) at 090-9002-8828 or mail him at "niimi at fortunesoup.co.jp". Alternatively you can apply online but would be quicker if you contact him directly - he needs to find my replacement by Tuesday afternoon JST so if you are interested contact him and let him know Danny sent you. Its prime time TV after all so he needs to meet you to make sure that you will entertain their viewers and to also make sure you are not some nut (bad rep for TV company).
You basically will be battling in a quiz show against other Gaijin Otaku and may do fun things like run up a slippery slope...
They asked me what Akiba type I would like to meet and I said Aya Hirano so you may even get to meet her.
This is not an April fool as you can see on the application page (link under logo) that they are looking for Gaijin Otaku.
Winners will receive the equivalent of 500,000 USD (ok its only 5000 USD) and losers get reimbursed transportation fee only.
May the force be with you.
April fool?
Most of you thought that Mirai no Mirai is an April fools! I couldn't have chose a worse date to announce it. But seeing is believing so keep your eyes peeled on Production IG's press page today for further announcements.
RSSFusion
You will notice a new feature on the site called RSSFusion - a new type of news aggregator which not only aggregates RSS feeds, but also makes a thumbnail from the first image in the post. At the moment I have Anime news, Japan news, Otaku news and Figure news. The feeds which are currently registered will give you good coverage of these topics. They are a good example which meet the following requirements...
- Have well formatted RSS feed (usually ATOM) which has images enabled in the feed. The images can usually be turned on through the admin panel of whatever blog software you are using.
- Allow hot-linking from the domain dannychoo.com. The RSSFusion engine will only fetch images if you allow it.
- Use images with the "jpg" extension. I will introduce support for png, jpeg soon (none for gif). The engine currently identifies YouTube clips too and I will add YouTube thumbnails soon.
- Have regular quality content relevant to the sites genre.
I will be working on this engine so that you can create your own list of sites that you regularly visit but before that I will open up the Member Blog Directories. If you have an anime, figure, gundam, japan, cosplay or any otaku related blog, sign up for an account and register. Your posts will be thumbnailed and available to dannychoo.com readers. For those who dont have an otaku related blog, register and categorize your site under "Non Otaku" - your blog posts will still be made available.
The RSSFusion RSS Tester tool is available for you to either test your feed or make thumbnails - feel free to make thumbnails of your feed.
If thumbnails of your post dont show then you either need to enable (jpg) images in your posts, enable hotlinking from dannychoo.com or write posts with images in them ^^;
Code Geass
Watched episode 23 of Code Geass last night and found out that we need to wait until summer for episode 24 and 25. The Geass withdrawal symptoms are beginning to set in. What are we going to do without our weekly dose of the Geass girls?
Heroes
Took your advice from a previous post and watched Heroes up until episode 18. Great show and thanks for the recommendation. 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)
Some of you may have noticed that I have been deliberately avoiding answering questions re our masc...(more)
Mon 04/02 00:26 comments (84)
Link Cosplayer, Video Gamer, Amatuer Programmer, and Artist
Lol! I knew it! I didn't think that was an April Fools joke! Man do I feel stupid in believing it was a joke. Second... I WANT TO MEET AYA HIRANO!!! But I can't speak Japanese nor fit any of the requirments. ToT If anyone else is going, you MUST video it! Or at least upload the video of the show.
(ID #46159) Posted on 2007/04/03 03:47
Mirai's anime series for real?! Wow, I'm certainly positively surprised now. Production IG on top of that! You never cease to amaze me, Danny!
(ID #46160) Posted on 2007/04/03 03:55
Oh geez, Mirai no Mirai is actually real? dude, can I star in it? lols Look foward to it. Heroes, awsome show, I like Hiro's Time manipulation powers, I be like Sylar and eat Hiro's brain only ^_^ One day... Danny, you'll meet Masi Oka face to face.
(ID #46162) Posted on 2007/04/03 04:28
Link Cosplayer, Video Gamer, Amatuer Programmer, and Artist
Sorry to post again but I have to get this out: Can you get Aya Hirano to voice Mirai? lol, plz? It would make the series even better than it sounds. Not that I'm saying it is bad or anything, it's just I would like to Aya Hirano to voice it. *My Otaku Dream*
(ID #46164) Posted on 2007/04/03 04:44
Director/Technical Director, Cameraman
Danny you must have some good connections to get your own anime made ;p Heroes is good, too bad we have to wait till the 23rd till it's airing again. And if anyone else is having problems with Nimi's email, theres three i's in the email addy.
(ID #46165) Posted on 2007/04/03 05:21
Email & Network Support/Administration
おめだとう！ Like others, I thought Mirai's show was an April Fool's joke. That happened fast. Which leads me to wonder about watching the show when its released/dvds outside of Japan. And I second having Aya Hirano voice Mirai. If not Aya, how about Rie Tanaka?
(ID #46166) Posted on 2007/04/03 05:35
OMFG AYA HIRANO! the only thing i got out of that post. :P
(ID #46167) Posted on 2007/04/03 05:49
Technical Writer/Editor, Designer, Collector, Artist, Nice Guy
Aha, I knew it was a bit too elaborate to be an April Fool's joke, especially with how busy you are! Can't wait for more news on this :)
(ID #46168) Posted on 2007/04/03 05:54
Designer & Animator
Danny if Production IG is handling Mirai Anime I am for it I love Ghost in the Shell and Patlabor ^^ So does that mean I cant make my own fanart Mirai Anime? Just asking any chance?
(ID #46170) Posted on 2007/04/03 06:15
Hmm, it isn't a joke then? Well, glad it isn't then, as I was never more happy to find out that something wasn't a joke...
(ID #46171) Posted on 2007/04/03 07:39
Well its still the 1st in the US... The suspense is killing me!
(ID #46172) Posted on 2007/04/03 07:56
ecchi student
Even if I did fit all of these qualifications, I would still get nervous and whizz my pants.
(ID #46173) Posted on 2007/04/03 08:09
wow amazing! the most amazing things is a your site image character turn into anime, which i never know before, an image character of a company can be a main character on its own anime else than Commercial Anime type
(ID #46174) Posted on 2007/04/03 08:37
kool i wish i knew how to read japanese
(ID #46177) Posted on 2007/04/03 09:12
OMG!!!! Production IG doing it?! HOW in the hell did u manage that one??? P-IG is my FAVORITE!
(ID #46178) Posted on 2007/04/03 09:16
I would never be able to go on tv, I would get so nervous over everything. It's great that doesn't happen to you danny
(ID #46179) Posted on 2007/04/03 09:16
Holy cow, seriously thought the anime thing was a joke. I guess thats the reason why you can't go onto the show eh? Can't wait to see how the anime is going to turn out >_>
(ID #46180) Posted on 2007/04/03 09:22
OMG you're an lucky man to get an own anime! Good speed!
(ID #46181) Posted on 2007/04/03 11:38
At the moment, DannyChoo is growing at a fast like pace. Soon Danny will engulf the world! mewhuahwahah!... :( My own characters is still inpogress, my female character is doing much better than my male ^_^;
(ID #46182) Posted on 2007/04/03 11:56
LianYL in Singapore
Woah. TV Champion shows were my bread and butter during my teenage days. Nostalgia +1.
(ID #46186) Posted on 2007/04/03 13:27
Film Student
HOLY SHITZ. ITZ NOT AN APRIL FOOL JOKE? zomfg. Oh and damn you Danny! Why didn't you go on the show? If you get to meet Aya-chan, please send me her autograph~! =x
(ID #46188) Posted on 2007/04/03 17:03
Administrative Assistant
It's really going to be a show? I don't know how you do it man (Though I truely wish I did). I always seem to hit oversized hurdles just trying to do a simple webcomic. Here's hoping the CCG project goes better.
(ID #46189) Posted on 2007/04/03 17:30
Policy & Research Officer
WOW! Production I.G. is like my first or second most favorite production company with a list of wonderful works under their creations. I'm so envy that you can get to work with them to produce an anime on your mascot. I loved to watch TV champion. But I always wondered, how did they managed to find all these weird people from. LOL
(ID #46191) Posted on 2007/04/03 18:09
Lol, was in 2 minds about yesterdays post. On one hand it was April fools day, and on the other i was in no way suprised that such a thing was (or could be) happening. And about being on TV, i think i would be quite entertaining... "ha ha, look at that *_*".
(ID #46193) Posted on 2007/04/03 20:38
Tess in Florida
Uuuh, you're so lucky! I hope to be part of the anime business some day... whether it's by making manga that gets animated someday, or becoming a character designer, or an art director... even a seiyuu! But those are all very difficult to begin with, not to mention for a foreigner... which is why I envy you so much! But I'm still only 17 so I guess it's okay~ それより「未来のみらい」を楽しみにしていますわ
(ID #46194) Posted on 2007/04/03 21:22
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
Congratulations again Danny :P sorry for thinking the previous post was a joke! We're sincerely happy for you and Mirai tho XD Yey!!!
(ID #46195) Posted on 2007/04/03 22:18
Lowlife
Will you be mad if I download your anime, Danny? I promise to buy the DVDs, soundtracks, figures, etc if/when they surface... Say, do you know people at IG? Think you could *convince* them into making a Mistakes of Youth anime? >_>
(ID #46198) Posted on 2007/04/04 02:00
DANG first person to post that day too!! I was right the first time but changed because somebody said "April Fool's". I feel pretty dumb for not sticking with my gut feeling. Oh well!! Congrats again!!
(ID #46199) Posted on 2007/04/04 02:03
I've been watching this show for more than 7 years and love every episode of it. A cable company in Thailand decided to buy this show to broadcast here in Thailand since 1999 and the rating has been sky high since then. Believe it or not, this particular show has initiate Japanese Fever in Thailand (well, besides gundam, kamen rider, and super sentai.) Oh, I can't wait to go back there again..... Oh Danny, FYI, I'll be there in April 12.
(ID #46201) Posted on 2007/04/04 05:23
Gordon Pekeur in south africa -cape town-
that means the Mirai anime is real ... good news indeed!! good luck Danny, pity bout the TV show though!!
(ID #46204) Posted on 2007/04/04 07:36
I only been on tv because my store was robbed -_- REALLY, code geass till summer...
(ID #46207) Posted on 2007/04/04 10:48
Too bad you missed out on yet another TV appearance - this one wouldve been ace as you could prove your supremacy in the otaku world! Great news on the Mirei anime not being an april fools joke too - i cant believe Production IG are gonna take a look at it! Those and Gainax are my fave animation houses!
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