
YouTube Live Tokyo was just awesome. The amount of new comrades I made in a single day was staggering. Went along with a new pack of 100 name cards and came back with 3 left. Met up with a load of comrades who I used to work with at Microsoft who are now at Google too - everybody seems *much* more happier ^^; Also met a load of TV folks - dc.com on Japanese TV again soon. You voted for stormtroopers and high school girls - you are going to get it! Me and the lovely Maginbon (here burogu here) back stage. And please - Magibon gets a load of hate messages already so folks who are thinking of leaving snide remarkes about her should go read this instead.
whoa whoa u got to meet the famous magibon :D
She's like the most useless celebrity ever. -_-'
Huh? Didn't you read what Danny just said?
While it isn't nice to say mean things, watch her videos and it will make more sense. She doesn't even really anything, just tries to look cute/Japanese. I would never imagine send her hate messages, but I don't understand her fame. I wish I could do nothing but look cute into a camera using the myspace angle and get sent to Japan to events and appear on TV :(
It's like, if you don't have something nice to say, don't say it at all. So while I don't personally like/care about/for/whatever she does, I don't understand people who feel the need to tell everybody in the world and especially to send hate mail/messages/comments to the person themself. Don't like it? Don't watch it. That's what I do.
Stormtroopers and high school girls...I don't remember ever seeing the poll for that.
I think it just kind of goes without saying ^^; Like they're reading my mind or something.
I remember voting for that poll. Just don't remember from when though.
Arnt you one lucky lad danny
OMG ITS Magibon!!! Lucky to you Danny to meet her. *jealous*
she looks fine here :P people who leaves her rude msges need to get a life lol goooo Danny! ^O^
I've never heard of this person. My first impressions were "aww poor thing, she's cute" and my second impressions were "is that her real voice?!"
my thoughts exactly :3 she looks like a sweet girl, though :D
mmmm kinda like em!
Congrats again! I'll wait for the troopers and school-girls! XD
Why does she get hate messages? I can't read her blog but she looks like a fine young woman to me.
Maybe it's because she wanna be a jap? But whatever the reason behind those hate messages, those people are just plain stupid and idiotic.
They just don't like how she attracts people ^^
So how does she attract people? *puzzled*
I think she has a cute smile ^.^
..and eyes and eyes! You forgot to say eyes!
As the saying goes, "To be known is to be hated". That's something you have to deal with when you want exposure. There will always be someone out there wanting you to trip and fall. Sadly for people like that, they fell flat on their face and never got back up.
So, it takes courage and determination eh?... lol
haha nice! I think a lot of it is because many fans felt betrayed by her pointing the camera at herself from a weird angle that gave her face that appealing look that attracted many in the first place. (referencing to the "troll'd" picture) However, I think that's awesome!!!! More power to her! Haha it's funny but her tactic is definitely working and now she's a success! I guess in this situation it's not how you climb up the hill it's the fact that you made it that matters. 8D
She has a videos on youtube I think, go check it out!
@Mimi AHA!! So you've been doing that trick to all of us all along eh?! (j/k ^^)
I think it just the fact she has exposure and has become well liked. After all, that is all one needs to become a target for all the sorry losers.
I guess that's true. Many people hate others just because of popularity or success. It's such a shame.
jealousy definitely has a role in it i guess, but i think its also how the only thing she does in her videos is stare at the camera. but she is cute so thats all people want her to do, so i guess its fine
OOOhhh oohh i know her she was featured on AOTS Who's who on youtube!! i even subscribe on her Youtube page ...heh he White girl wanna be jap...she's funny
Also Attractive !!! ^_~
I 2nd that! XD
Lucky Danny!!!
Weird, all I see are 外国人 in the photo :P
Never heard of Maginbon before :(
Wow it's that cold over in Tokyo too, eh? I mean I don't think I've seen you wear a toque under the helmet before. Nice to find another youtube celebrity there :D Did she have to fly out to Japan?
WOW How amazing and to think i could be like danny 1 day is just inccredible danny really shows insperation for people espacially if you live in a anime hating country like london i cant w8 to move ! 10 more years
Just in case nobody knows about her http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/videos/21562/Whos_Who_On_YouTube_Magibon.html Enjoy!
I've heard of her but I never knew the story behind her ^^i Its hard to believe that she is 21. She looks insanely young and adorable ^^i
she's 21?! Wow!
OMG 21? wow, that crazy. she looks 15 or something.
Glad you had a good time, Danny ^^ In regards to Magibon... I am absolutely floored by the amount of mean/hate comments she gets on her videos on Youtube. It's really pathetic to think that so many people are willing to say such things for their own personal satisfaction. I agree that all who have left or feel the need to leave these terrible comments should read Danny's hater post. Jealousy is an ugly emotion, isn't it?
I agree. Jealousy sucks....
Dude, I'm not surprised. Humans tend to hate things that are better than them like Nietzsche said. Hell, I'm not even immune--I hate and ridicule things that are popular sometimes until I give them a proper chance (this is why I don't still hate Gundam 00 and Gurren Lagann). Personally, I still don't get the whole staring into the camera for an entire vlog thing, but I imagine it's kinda neat sometimes I guess. *shrugs*
I thought the idea of blogging and twitter was odd, but I now see myself doing it a few years after each concept was started. Nothing wrong with video blogs, since I personally subscribe to the one the Kremlin is doing. Most of the things I see about her, just random 4chan trolling and all of that stuff.
Oh yeah, they were trolling youtube hard that night too. :P vlogs are quite quesome though. Not sure exactly why Danny hasn't done one yet. *glares at stormtrooper* Oh drat, I guess I'm not Darth Vader...
I don't really know if there is anything to "get" and maybe it just confuses people to the point of making such comments. But, at the end of the day, every person that watches it that doesn't like it, and every comment, be it positive or negative fuels the fire. It's funny to me that people that hate it so much keep contributing to making it more and more popular and higher in the view/comment rankings. Personally, I only watched a couple of her videos, and it's not really my thing. It certainly doesn't anger me to see, though. I'm totally with you on this one.
I never seen any of the videos to be honest, so I have no feelings either way about them. But hey, she is living our dream; living in working in Japan and being famous at the same time.
I tend to stick to NicoDouga nowadays, there are just too many trollers and flamers on YouTube. Anything posted there is bound to get trolled by somebody. It's sad :(
NND ftw! I love the comments system ^^ Always filled with ASCII art~
she is, indeed, a cutie. :)
She seems a lovely young lady. Peeps seriously need to grow up, because she's got a lovely smile! Glad you (all) had a good time, just wish I could speak Japanese!
She certainly does have a lovely smile. Too bad that there are so many shallow people out there that can't accept anything that society doesn't deem "perfect". Some day, maybe...
I think people hate on her is cause she got kinda big through youtube, she was actually featured on a Japanese show as well (Midtown TV), featuring the lovely Yaguchi Mari ^^
This shows that if you work hard at Japanese, and work at it for a long time, you can make it in Japan and get to pose with Danny Choo :D
Oh yeah, she has a cute face. I am a sucker for females with cute faces.
all she did was stare at a camera and blink a few times and uploaded that into youtube. How's that working hard?
Good point. She became famous even BEFORE she started speaking in Japanese. It did help her to get the myth created that she was a Japanese teen and that certainly helped on the fame. I don't think she would have made it to Japan if she didn't speak Japanese.
Never heard of this girl, but she is a cute lil thing. She single ? ;D
JA this is a most Danny and Maginbon awesome!! Who care what stupid people said, look where she is now^^.
What's her name???
Aww, that's so cute!
Nice Danny! You got to meet one of your idols. ^_- I'm sure she is the same in person as she is in her videos.
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=xmm9Cz3AyfI
Original version of the above song... ^^
LOL I have come across her youtube posts before but I did not know she was one of your friends
NO, please... It can't be... O__o
we need some speech bubble edits with that pic especially the 2 just behind you
I'd say the gal with glasses is checking Danny out >_>
Actually, I was staring at some stuff behind the amps there whilst being enthralled by Emily AKA applemilk's K-tai gallery.... (yeah, I was checking him out)
..you're quite pretty in that pic ^^
Thanks......It's just that pic though :p
Glad you guys had fun :D
Magibon! She's so cute... it's a shame people keeps trolling her videos.
hated because she is cute? isn't that reasoning is kind of lame..? why should we hate someone gorgeous. we should admire her, no? btw, never heard of her before ^^
Lots of reasoning on comments in YouTube is kinda of lame... :P Swear to God, if I wanna get angry, frustrated, and disappointed with mankind, I just open a random YouTube video and read the comments. Some of those comments can have the worst examples of ignorance in the world...
I agree. I once read comments for Ilvan polkka (which is in Finnish) and 3 people "knew" claimed to be able to understand the song. Each of them claimed a different language though and none of them were Finnish (none of them were close to Finnish or each other either). How can people even say they understand the text in a song when they can't tell which language it is? Also this song is commonly referred to as Levan even though it's spelled "Ievan" (or "ievan" in lowercase) When people talk on this level, then I guess that you should expect anything. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1USZ-Ll47e4 <--- in case you don't know this song. I guess it's recommended anyway since it uses ALL of the vocaloids =D
Youtube comment snob extension ftw. ;D
she's cute.. :D
I'm surprised no one's said: "LEAVE MAGIBON ALONE!!!"
AHA! I finally remembered her. 2ch loved her while 4ch /a/ somewhat didn't like her. In my case its her preference so i respect her for it. Plus she's cute too!
Lucky Danny, so many fans thorughout the world ^_^
We kind of knew that already from just looking at the visitor count here XD Appearing on TV once in a while should also have given us a clue, but yeah, I guess it's nice to be famous around the world (except if you are so famous that you can't be alone on the street anymore).
Never heard about Magibon before. I guess I shouldn't be surprised about anything on the internet but still this one took me by surprise. I mean a woman tests her webcam and all of a sudden millions of people watch her just sitting there saying nothing o_O I think the hatemail to her is misguided. Not only is hatemail by itself quite stupid, it's also aimed at a person making the videos that people request. She is actually a nice young woman acting on suddenly gained fame. What I wonder more about is all the people watching her... I mean even though she is cute and all, shouldn't there be more interesting things to do than to watch her just watching into the camera? Can anybody explain why people want to watch ALL her videos? (from what I have seen so far, it's like see one and you have seen them all)
"Magibon gets a load of hate messages already so folks who are thinking of leaving snide remarks about her should go read this instead." Nice direction there. Was it pre-planned, or just a lucky coincidence?
ooooo i really want to work to microsoft too
Magibon is so cute though!! Who in their right mind would leave hate messages???
Who in their right mind would leave hate messages at all? I understand constructive critisism, but hate mail/messages is just that: hate for no reason. If you hate a movie on youtube, then just leave it ^^ Come to think of it I guess I once wrote something people could see as a hate message. It was about a movie where a guy gets killed in a traffic accident because somebody else runs a red light. I wrote that I think it's poor judgement to laugh at it and it shouldn't be considered entertainment. Maybe I should have reported the movie instead.
I like Magibon ♥ I think she is a cute girl. May be she looks different than her videos in the "real life", but I feel a sweet "aura" in her =D Every time I see her videos, I think she is like a desktop mascot ^^; She is there to be cute and funny for you n_n (sorry for the possible mistakes, my english is a bit poor >_<)
I love Magibon. Been watching her videos almost as long as I've been reading DC.com. Her videos were the first things in Japanese I could understand and translate completely. Made me happy to know I'm actually learning something.
Looks like you had fun Danny. Was looking forward to seeing you on camera but it didn't really happen. Too bad YouTube Live Tokyo wasn't streaming like it's American counterpart. T_T If you guys really want reasons on why people hate Magibon, then read Danny's article here. http://www.dannychoo.com/adp/eng/1615/Toyosu+Photo+Walk.html The article states reasons on why people do this sort of thing. It just goes to show how dumb some people can be. If someone is doing well, why do you have to go and make them feel bad? I mean, you wouldn't want that kind of thing, so why would they (or in this case, Magibon)?
I think the main reason why she's hated so much is because she earned her internet fame by posing as someone she's not (A loli of half-japanese decent). I guess some people are just jealous, but I also believe that most of the haters out there are just pissed off that Magibon turned out to be the exact opposite of what they expected.
What a coincidence! Yesterday I saw my first video Magibon. Well, I have to say, I felt so empty. A girl who stares to a camera... WTF? Hmm. After that, I cursed Youtube with all my strength. I don't hate Magibon, but I can not understand the reason of wasting time making those videos...
Somehow I can understand it. She became famous and by doing this she stays famous. What I can't understand is why she became famous and why millions of people watch her. For all we know it could be 10.000 people watching her over and over XD
She is cute, She is normal, I like her, I love her. I dunno why people want spread the hate, lets all say love words More Stormtrooper!!! Go dancing GO!!!!
Storm Trooper and high school girls! looking forward to it! dont remember poll though...hmm... Don't know Magibon and dont really go to youtube for those kinds of vids, usually go to youtube for game trailers, look for a game i might buy to see what it is like before making final decisions, etc... so I cant really say anything except hope things turn out better for her.
She is lovely and has a cute smile ^^. She is hated a lot because she attracts a lot of attention on youtube vids and people hate her because the fame she gets from her videos. Hate = jealousy.
Danny looks like he's part of SAS.
she looks lovely. btw you should tell her about your previous post on haters and how to deal with them. *Met up with a load of comrades who I used to work with at Microsoft who are now at Google too - everybody seems *much* more happier ^^;* Careful, you might get the chair. ^^; btw your helmet looks so big in the picture. ^^
"Oh, your helmet is so big." - Dark Helmet, playing with Princess Vespa doll (Spaceballs)
lol! "no sir! I didn't see you playing with your dolls again sir!" ^^
I remember Magibon! She could pull off some serious fortune-telling with eyes like that! They play with your mind so much I reckon anyone would be captivated ^^;
Looks like everyone had fun so that's all that matters. I don't recall seeing Magibon vids first hand, but I have seen her mentioned on blogs before. Some nice, some not so nice. Such is the nature of the internet.
Uhhh... Is this one of those 'hate' things..? I was pretty freaked by this. According to the forum on the website the guy made it for an art project and claimed he was within the law to use Magibon's videos, because she posted them in the public domain... Is this right? I learn something new every day... *WARNING*: Disturbing, psychological website. http://www.magibon.com/
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Aww, Magibon's adorable. It's hard to believe she's 22, but at least you know she'll still look really young when she ages!
Ahh lucky Danny. =w='' Heard all sorts of bad things about Magibon but I find nothing wrong, except for some strange videos that have her staring at the camera for a couple of minutes...cute, but awkward at times.
fun networking lol... Hate-mailers are just deprived... probably.
Magibon is pure kawaiiiii, I was surprised by her age though, 22!!! She looks like she's 12 or somethhing!!! =P
Magi who??? She looks so underage.... ^_^
magibon is a cutie..for sure xD
wow you know some microsoft friendz why don't you ask for money!!!!!!!!!
Magibon rocks!!! Yeah she's got a lot of haters. Bet those folks are just jealous or unhappy 'cuz she seems 'untouchable'. The two of them... how nice.
it was great to meet you Danny! when i was told about the Youtube Live after party, it was totally not what I was expecting haha! it was fun meeting all these new peoples
Way to go Danny! That was a way awesome event!
Aw, people are so mean...
stormtrooper and high school girls hooked me in already...
Please people enlighten me, who is Maginbon?
her eyes don't look THAT big in this picture, does she open them wider in her youtube vids? hmmm....
Interesting, have never heard of Magibon before ^^ Hate mail is so sad.. people sure are bored with their lives XD
looks interesting i never heard about magibon before!
The first time I had ever heard of her, I really disliked her, her staring into the camera somewhat creeps me out. Also, her pretending/wanting to be Japanese, I see as a bit stupid. However, when she's not starring into the camera like that, she does look pretty cute, and so I'm glad to see this, as now I've seen a different side of her.
didnt expect you met her. i know her from youtube but didnt bother to watch loh.
hmm she doesn't look that remarkably different from the rest of us... not that i know her though danny we need more videos of tokyo trooper on youtube live!
She's cute, that's for sure. And so is her voice. ^_^
methinks magibon is oh-so-adorable~ but the way she stares at the cam can be quite unnerving (to me at least) sometimes ^^; she could easily pass off as a half japanese imo.
Lol when a girl (in this case, Magibon) posts pictures that are nicely taken, people says that she's tricking people by using subtle angles and whatever, but amazing is, when the same girl gets badly taken photos (bad angles and such), no one would be fair enough to say "she's not that bad, it's just the photo tricked us by being badly taken". :P Well, personally I think that a cute girl just doing j-style wannabe kawaii expression in front of a cam is boring/uninteresting, but I can't really understand why the big hate or critics towards her. ^_~; I mean, what does it matter if a girl is being famous like that or not?? XP
Wow... I never knew the Stormtrooper was actually that big o_o. I don't know who maginbon is but she's cute ^^
Magibon=fake. http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Magibon
What's a magibon?
Not really a fan of her but doesn't hate her either lol. Danny likes Magibon?
Magibon it's just nice and cute. Actually doesnt' understand the meaning of her videos, but make me smile, i've suscribed to her vlog at YouTube, always like to see new videos from her. Cheers!
dont you just want to sit down with her just like stare at each other without saying a word?
Magibon youtube videos are weird... I dunno if she doing a diary for public viewing or wanna share her weirdness to her fans??? d@@b
My bad. Just found out about Magibon from Wikipedia. What a story about a Japanophile from Florida. I wishes her good luck... d@@b
Hey, congrats on your legendary expedition, wish I can be there one day ^^
I really dont know why she is really that famous because ive seen her videos other than the fact that she is cute but there is nothing abpout the video that is interesting other than the fact that she is cute