Tokyo SingaporeBeen filming since this morning for AFA09. Think I broke my toe ^^; Currently at hotel resting for a wee bit.
Heading off to Orchard road and am due to be at the Ion Orchard from about 18:30-ish. If you are interested in coming along then the film c...
Dancing StormtrooperPracticing to one of my fave tunes of the moment - Singin' in the Rain by Mint Royale. Was taken last week I think after the Twitter event in Ebisu.
Tokyo Storm NinjaBeen thinking about it for a while and it has been suggested quite a bit - that I need some original armor. I love being a Storm Trooper and will continue doing the dance videos but I need a bit more freedom - the armor belongs to Lucas and not me ^^...
Gatsby TrooperThought I'd try my dab hand at the Kimura Takuya Gatsby CM - had to improvise as I didn't fancy breaking the armor or dislocating my joints ^^; If you like this video, share it with your comrades ^^;
And the original CM below with Kimutaku - I rea...
Tokyo BooksThe story of Salaryman Trooper has him starting off doing part time jobs around Tokyo sweeping the front of shops. This time we see him sweeping the front of a bookstore called Taiseido located at the Hachiko crossing.
From time to time he would hel...
Filming in AkihabaraPhotos by taken by Tokyo Live Blogger Shibuya 246 during the Akihabara Meetup at the end of last month. Steve Nagata also has pics at his Flickr pool.
ShibuyaUpdate - you can see me on BBC World here.
CNN done, BBC done - Time Magazine next. Was filming for BBC world in Shibuya today - will go live worldwide in about a months time. They will send me a DVD version to upload to YouTube when its ready.
T...
La Repubblica XLLa Repubblica was the first national quality paper in Italy to launch a stand alone glossy supplement aimed at the young generation (aged 20-40) with the spending power and desire to be at the cutting edge of the latest trends in music, design, techn...
Stormtrooper ArmorA short video that my wife n I threw together to show how I put on Stormtrooper armor. For those who cant see the vid, get along to youtube.com/watch?v=TA2zd7aBPlA to watch it.
Just a quick note to say that any video you embed in member news is...
Video Awards Japan 2008My Tokyo Rock Trooper video has been nominated for the best video in the Video Blog category for the YouTube Video Awards Japan 2008. My comrade at Google asked me to make a vid asking folks to vote for me - which I done but that alone would have bee...
Mac FanThe next biggest media coverage achievement after appearing on CNN is a four page feature article on dannychoo.com and Mirai Inc in this months edition of Mac Fan - Japans major Mac magazine. Am rather pleased n happy ^^;
Silicon Valley in TokyoIncluded in the photo is Joi Ito (CEO of Creative Commons and board member of a zillion other web properties - check his LinkedIn), Andrew Huang (Vice President Hardware Engineering at Chumby), Ellen Levy (Vice President, Corporate Development and St...
Tokyo TourWent with a bunch of Silicon Valley directors and CEO's out for a tour of Akihabara yesterday and took them along to a live house run by a few comrades at Dear Stage.
Japanese GirlsWas out n about in Shibuya yesterday with a TV crew filming stuff which I will announce in a few weeks time - this is going to be incredibly big for dannychoo.com and all featured feed partners - if you have not joined the band wagon then do so now!...
Tokyo TrooperStill got quite a few goodies to show you from the Good Smile offices but thought we'd take a short break today for those who are not here for the figures. High res version at YouTube.
Celebration JapanI got bored of my armor and decided to paint it silver - how does it look?
Only jesting. This silver trooper can be seen at the 501st booth at the Star Wars Celebration Japan event being held at Makuhari Messe for the next 2 days. Today was the f...
Rick TrooperThe Empire rolls you. An explanation below for folks who don't know what "Rickrolling" is - from Wikipedia
Rickrolling is a prank and Internet meme involving the music video for the 1987 Rick Astley song "Never Gonna Give You Up". The meme is a...
iPhone TrooperVideo taken on the day of the iPhone launch in Tokyo. Footage of just the queues alone would have been boring so I thought I'd spice the video up a bit by attempting to "dance."
Thanks to Hector for filming and to Akihabara News for the loan of...
Japanese LessonsA survey carried out by Dai Ichi Life revealed that 39% of Japanese primary school girls take lessons outside school hours to learn how to play a musical instrument.
For primary school boys the most popular lesson was swimming. The list of other...
Tokyo Dance Trooper with NIKKThe video shot in Shibuya at the end of last year - photo coverage in this article. If you would like to share this video, click on the "menu" button on the player to grab the embed code. If you are sending this to a friend/foe or submitting to a s...
Dance VaderShot the day after Tokyo Dance Trooper in Harajuku. The above shot is of Hector and I harassing, erm, I mean dancing with some school girls. Video after the jump.
Didnt really plan this one too much and just went to Harajuku to see what would ha...
starwars.comI got a message yesterday from Lucasfilm regarding the Tokyo Dance Trooper video...
And the good news is that they loved it! Apparently the video is doing the rounds at Lucasfilm and they told me that they blogged it at the official Star Wars bl...
Tokyo Dance TrooperTaken yesterday at Akiba.
Thanks to Hector (kirainet.com) for taking the video. Hector and I are going to head out soon for a meeting and then on to terrorize the locals in the Vader and Trooper outfits ^^;
Video clip after the jump.
I wish...
Densha VaderWas out n about with Hector who runs Japan blog Kirainet (he was also on blog tv) and here are a handful of pictures we took on the trains. Vader is a bummer to snap due to the blackness - the SLR thinks there is nothing there when you aim ^^; The co...
Darth VaderGot the armor to a wearable state and went out to give it a test drive. And theres me thinking that Vader was going to be much easier than a Stormtrooper ^^;
Vader beats trooper hands down in terms of difficulty!
The leather suit ensures that you...
Vader Haircut<div class="dialog"> Vader: Its time for my haircut.
Planet Staff: But my lord, you dont have any hair - it was all burnt off on the lava planet Mustafar remember?
Vader: You have failed me for the last time.
Planet Staff: .... </div>
The ar...
Vader Wannabe StormtrooperAlways wondered what a Stormtrooper would look like with Vaders head. Know I know ^^;
Keeping it short today as I leave for Akihabara in a bit to bring you coverage of something interesting ^^.
But I do have an off-topic question re your browser of...
Akiba Report 2Here is the second part of my Akiba 'report' broadcasted last Friday night on Tokyo MX TV. Uploaded to YouTube for you to take a look at while you take a poo or something. I say that because I noticed some employees at Microsoft taking their laptops...
Akiba ReportThe video recordings of my TV appearance last Friday are up and I've just added them to the otakurl section. <ul> <li>Part 1 - The first half is me.</li> <li>Part 2 - The second half is me.</li> </ul> Folks who dont speak Japanese should get their bo...
Maid FootcareBeing a member of the empire can be tough what with all that marching around so theres nothing better than having yer legs taken care of - by a maid.
The otaku business men have realized that there is much more business opportunity than the maid...
Idol Photo SessionI heard the word “Satsuei Kai” (撮影会(さつえいかい)) among the otaku community and didn’t really know what it was apart from the literal translation roughly meaning “group photo session”. After further investigation, I find out that one can go and p...
Stormtrooper VideosSome more video clips of the more civilized queues waiting for their PS3 + other bits n bobs.
And if you are wondering, I dont imbed YouTube or Google Video code because they dont seem to appear in RSS feeds - is there a way around this? Click on t...
Blog TVReceived a call last Monday night and was asked if I would appear live on a TV show called Blog TV. My answer was "Yes your highness."
Blog TV is live every Friday night at 10 on Tokyo MX and covers the latest hot topics on the web 2.0 scene and ge...
PachinkoAfter world war two, manufacturers in Japan for some reason had a surplus of ball bearings (would love to know why) and some folk decided to put them to good use. The "good use" in this case was a game called Pachinko.
People line up every morning t...
Office attireOne of the best things about working at Microsoft is that you can wear what you want to work - and when I say anything I mean *anything* including armor ^^;
