All Items for December 2009

I've seen many gaming rooms/collections but this set of photos uploaded by donkey*kong from the Netherlands just blows everything away. Its like a museum!

Stumbled onto some photos of Tokyo Tower being built and thought I'd share. Love looking at photos of Japan in the past. Really tough finding decent ones though. Do let us know if you know of any libraries or stocks online.

Haven't been to Comiket for a while now but it looks like the number of figures they are displaying has increased *a lot* Out of the coverage, I'm looking forward to Azunyan the most. Anything you saw tickled your fancy? All these photos and more f...

When this absolutely gorgeous figure of Tamaki Kousaka is released next April, one of you will receive her at your doorstep - why? Because online manga and anime store Archonia and I would love you to have one!

Sharing a video with gorgeous night time aerial views of Tokyo Metropolis found at Goshaku Gomen. Have been making a point to go but never got round to it - if you want to see the same views of Tokyo with your very own set of optical eyes, you may...

The final installment of the A Week in Tokyo series for this year. Its been a tough but fantastic year with loads of progress in life - but will cover that in the "dannychoo.com in 2009" article later. Starting off today with a photo at Kawasaki s...

A most fantastic movie indeed. Its not just watching a movie but watching a work of art. The whole film is breathtaking and watching it in 3D for the whole duration was simply stunning. If you have the option of watching it at an IMAX then pay the ex...

Moorina (also known as Ayuyu) is the character designer for dannychoo.com's 3rd mascot character Hoshikawa Kanata [星河かなた]. You can see more of Kanata in the mascot page. As its still Christmas in some parts of the world, I'm not too late post...

Merry Christmas folks! Or as folks in Japanese would say - "Merri Kurisumasu." I realize that folks on the West side will have to wait until tomorrow so I will post a very very special giveaway tomorrow as a prezzie for me ^o^

Pre-order details just released to the Good Smile site. The Black Blade version is due out next April and will retail for 6,800 yen. Great for DFC fans. Which version do you prefer? Which BRS version do you prefer? Original Rock Canon 0% Black...

Karin gets ready for the new year by donning her Miko gear. Here shes holding a Hamaya from last year. The Hamaya (破魔矢) is an arrow that destroys evil spirits. It can be purchased every new year at a Shrine to be placed at home throughout the year...

Love Plus means that no otaku needs to be ronery this Christmas. This photo posted by @hs_takepiko. The text at Twitpic says:- Taking photos of the cake with nobody around in the office. Now (we) can eat the cake. Who are you spending your 2009 C...

Folks who missed the 1/1 scale Gundam at Odaiba this Summer will have the chance to see it next July in Shizuoka. A spokes person said that it will be erected at the East exit of Shizuoka station. Will gve you more details closer to the time. Detai...

Kotobukiya have chosen the theme of Otacool 2 and its going to be "Worldwide Cosplayers." I know many of you didn't vote for this category but Kotobukiya are the publishers and after doing a load of market research and considering that the main marke...

Manga illustrator and character designer for Mirai-chan Azami Yuko done a broadcast the other day of her working on a new illustration over at her Ustream Channel. I watched and thought it was quite interesting.

As most of you are probably aware, Mirai, Haruka and Kanata are the dannychoo.com mascots - you can read more about them in the Mascot page. Over at Figure.fm, many talented folks have been posting their fanart of the girls and here is a selection o...

Released by Toranoana last October was this gorgeous figure of eroge heroine Nikaidou Aya from the Akatsuki no Goei series. Sculpt and production was bu Kotobukiya and is my most fave Koto figure to date - if she was a strawberry cake I would have ea...

I don't think doll bodies get more articulate than this - the S.F.B.T (Special Fullaction Body Type) also called "Safbit."

Abercrombie & Fitch recently joined the fashion war district in the middle of Ginza by opening their first Japanese outlet last Tuesday.

The trailer is out for the Haruhi Movie entitled Suzumiya Haruhi no Soushitsu (Disappearance of Haruhi). Animation looks gorgeous. Due out in cinemas across Japan on Saturday 6th of February. You could have a perfect otaku weekend by going to the Wo...

This lovely figure of Nagase Minato from the eroge/anime series Akane Iro ni Somaruzaka is due to be released next March by Gemaga with production done by Kotobukiya. Just like Suzuhime, Minato-chan will come in a box pack filled with goodies such...

Now that the Iron Man 2 trailer is out, thought this would be a good opportunity to upload these photos I took ages ago of Gunmetal Iron Man. T'was a limited edition that went on sale at a previous show in Tokyo. I couldn't get along to the show but...

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Stole this most sweetsome figure of Taiga Aisaka from the Kotobukiya store when I had my Otacool signing at their flagship store in October. So that they wouldn't suspect me, I placed her on the signing table which you can see in this photo. So rem...