MegaTokyo
A few words from Fred Gallagher below after the jump.
I am thrilled that our acquisition of dannychoo.com has closed.
With dannychoo.com, MegaTokyo now has the ability to use dannychoo.com's Mirai Gaia platform to launch localized versions of MegaTokyo with ease enabling us to make MegaTokyo a truly global household brand name.
As you may already know, MegaTokyo with the help of Japanese publisher Kodansha will be releasing Japanese language titles of MegaTokyo. dannychoo.com's Mirai Gaia web application will enable us to instantly create not only Japanese but French, Spanish and other localized online communities with a push of a button and at extremely low cost due to the automation and artificial intelligence systems available in the platform.
This acquisition also means that we will be able to bring you even more MegaTokyo - 3 times a day! The automation tools of the Mirai Gaia platform mean less time preparing content and more time available to do the illustrations.
We will also be working with Azami Yuko sensei to pro actively introduce Mirai-chan into MegaTokyo as one of Piro's secret admirers.
All the MegaTokyo websites will be merged into a global site entitled "Gaia Tokyo" and the user database for Mega Tokyo and dannychoo.com will be merged together to form an account that we are calling "Orion."
Danny will continue to serve as website manager of dannychoo.com for the forseeable future and will be reporting directly to me.
You can read this message and more at MegaTokyo. A further press announcement by Kodansha will be released later today.
I met Fred a while ago when he was in talks with my comrades at Kodansha. We discussed the business opportunities of the acquisition and agreed that it was in the interests of the users to go ahead with the move.
For dannychoo.com this means that the 5.1 million USD will be used to further develop the Mirai Gaia platform which will enrich the user experience and increase discoverability features for the first time visitor.
For those who read MegaTokyo regularly will notice how Fred (kind of) dropped a hint about our parnership by sketching me in armor in "A Better Choice" below.
I would like to thank all who made this possible and especially thank readers of dannychoo.com.
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大がくせい
Well, if I had to choose one of the suspicious post we had today and yesterday, I'ld go with this one for been an april fool joke. :P
And well, I used to read Megatokyo back when it started but after a while it lost the spark I liked about it and stopped reading it since it had became too boring for me. ^^;
Student
http://yellowguy89.blogspot.com/
pretty much what tourak said..
I kind of like Megatokyo for its story. Its been a while since i havent read any for the last 4 years or so. Have the paperback versions (volume 1-4) of the e-comic but i dont have the latest one (Volume 5).
My only gripe about the comic is the slow development. But others think otherwise.
Congrats on the aquisition...
(hold a milli-sec, this better NOT be an April 1 Prank... XD).
Wanderer of the Mist
http://hangmen13.16ops.com/
(-__-") facepalm.png
university film student | ecchikid | the Archivist
http://www.vimeo.com/longhim
For what it's worth, it's still April 1st here in Canada. Man, timezones are confusing.
crap... i was tricked... hook, line & sinker XD.
well, such is life. ;D
i can at least celebrate that i was not born on this daet, coz if it did, my entire life would be one big practical joke LOL. X'D
-1
http://necrophadian.blogspot.com/
April fools aside, Megatokyo got boring real fast after the second or third volume.
Gunpla Enthusiast
I LOL'd hard at this news.
Wannabe Web Developer
http://www.sakuafk.com
Best News EVAAAAA! LOL
Games addicted
http://addictedtoludus.com/
Danny that's enough...stop joking 1th April is ended!
Do you want make me really upset? ^^
Stalker
http://www.washyourfaceandwaitforme.edu
Danny's drunk :P
Student
http://mrshawn16.blogspot.com
Another joke? You do make em seem real though. NICE
"student"
hey hey! its 7 o'clock there in japan! first is ended!
Salaryman
Its still the first for soem of us I guess ^^
Programmer/IT/Student
http://wickedotaku.blogspot.com/
Lol I love all the april fools jokes. People on the net don't seem to understand timezones though. >.< it's only 3:15 in the afternoon, still Tuesday the 1st here in cali.
Service desk support
http://lookingglass.kokidokom.net
*facepalm*
You know, Traditionally, April fools jokes are only supposed to occur until 12 noon!
Not entirely sure why tho. Doesn't look like anyone pays attention to that rule anymore either.
Civil Engineer, 토목 기사
I can't see Fred coming up with 5.1 mil. Nor can I see Sarah letting him part with it, not with a new baby in the house. Anyway Dom's cosplaying in Seattle at Sakura Con, not negotiating trans oceanic mergers.
April Fools
Ork Warlord
Please, somebody stops Danny, he`s going conquer the world! First, the Mirai eroge, and now this? You are a monster, a devil, who will be your next step, evil master?! LOL
Student
April Fool's Day everybody, this is fake.
Limousine Driver
Hi all! This is my favorite site. Great job Danny! I hope this new deal does no t prove restrictive.
オタク all day long
http://www.nekomagic.com
Dont know what's megatokyo at all.
And I will not believe anything I see today. =P
You're a day late for April Fool's, Danny.
VF-25 Pilot. Universariate Scholar.
this is the true april fools right?
your calendar broke, danny?
Software Engineer
http://www.neilduckett.com
That is insane. 5.1 million, bring it on!
Mandalorian in training + Otaku...
Lol, win & win through...
Wait....I don't understand. How are MegaTokyo & Danny Choo related?
Never mind, I get it now. Yeah, this is gotta be a joke.
Mind Navigator
http://xenoprobia.blogspot.com
Doing April Fools for the western world people, eh? Yeah, I know, I'm one of them. It is tripping me out to see people say how April Fool's is over with, though it's still April 1st here. I guess some things you just can never get used to.
Policy & Research Officer
http://www.alafista.com/
LOL your pranks are just getting abit overboard.
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
Oiiiiiiii Danny! I'm surprised and much disappointed you ended being on the losing side and that you accepted the contract without even trying to discuss prices and conditions! How much amount of money for the bribing?
I'm sure that if we create a special fund we will buy you back as well as your company! Yeah, we will save you!
...No, in the name of Suzumiya Haruhi, please don't tell me you ended broke buying a share of Nitroplus, that the latter went bankrupt and that you have been bought for a piece of bread!
It's...impossible! Nooooooooooo~!!
I was certain that with your funds and resources it would be YOU that would have absorbed them for breakfast. How far from the truth I was... Why has it to happen? Why?! why!!!
Comrades, let us take arms! We will not let this injustice seize this community anymore!
Fight the Power!!*
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and Setsuna-san, I believe that not only Danny's calendar is broken, but his comments counter is as well. XD
*Of course I lied all this time, you think I've turned nuts or was geassed? Oh maybe I did/was. Guess I'm good for Arkham now. Hey Joker, 'sup man?
vendor
http://www.friendster.com
Danny become a dominator and create a new site...DANNY YOUR THE BEST!!!!!!!!!
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
no jowy, the truth is that Danny has been eaten whole for breakfast.
He couldn't even raise the white flag before that.
It was such a battle with an odd atmosphere... I still can't believe our leader fell like that...
But we will not give up! Let's fight or die fighting!
ermmm...so i guess you'll be changing the website to megachoo.com eh? >_<
Ahhhh taking advantage of the time differences I see......
Polymath
You had me going for a second, but then I thought to myself, "You know, Fred isn't really the global domination type." Plus the 3 updates a day line... :D
NEET
http://hobbyjapan.blogspot.com/
Love the jokes, it's brilliant. Would be happy for you though, if this was a true one. ^^;
Seeing red!!!
Ahhhh I been fooled!!! lol
Auditor Junior
if not a april fool prank.
Iam Sure you have thought everything through and must have done a good Buisness deal(as i have thought that you have a good buisness sense). i just hope this site continues to give the entertainment to us and information as it used to.
Student, Writer and Graphic/Web Designer
http://www.whitetestament.com
Danny, you should fit the two banners in only one slot, just a reccomendation ^^
Student, Writer and Graphic/Web Designer
http://www.whitetestament.com
still... some oddities make me wonder xD
大学生
http://www.genshikenni.com
びっくりした！
It must be a joke, it's a april fool, even the number of comment are jokes, there doesn't have 1500+ comments in Miracle Mirai post, here doesn't have 340 comments neither.
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I like Miracle Mirai joke, not this one
Yeah... I don't think people fall for jokes anymore... esp on April Fool's
megatokyo was not a fun read...
Student
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmyk88
~gasp~
have you read the post on the megatokyo site, danny? O_o
"All that’s left now is for Danny to wake up and discover that he now belongs to me,. Dom will be telling him in person when he arrives to pack up that figure collection. :)"
銀河帝国五〇一軍团 TK/TD 8316 M.E.P.D. Police Sergeant
http://gordonator.com/
ah yes. everything is going accordingly to plan. ('~')
oh btw, george lucas called, he said he can meet you next thursday to discuss about a danny choo movie. ^^;
University Student
Tokyo Trooper: The Musical
??
Student Otaku (ITM Student) and ACG NA Staff
http://koiaichaku.com/
Is this a joke I wonder...
It's scary if this site close...
CSU student/accountant
http://rantingsofadiehardharuhiist.blogspot.com/
Nice try, this April's fools joke was way too easy to catch. Didn't need to read more than the first sentence to realize it was a joke.
Student Otaku (ITM Student) and ACG NA Staff
http://koiaichaku.com/
Almost forgot......
There is no way that Fred can come up with 5million. I just can't picture that. Can anyone picture that.....besides, he has a wife named Sarah. I bet you that there is no way that she'll let him buy a website for 5million...
NEET part-time - Technical Support Officer - Network security engineer
http://burugureibi.blogspot.com/
i've had 10+ Aprils fool jokes pulled on me in the last 17hrs
i'm not buying this one
pretty much been desensitised
nice try though
Anime Blogger
http://www.seaslugteam.com
This would have been awesome with a Mirai fanart piece drawn in the MegaTokyo style =D.
Student artist
http://www.requestview.wordpress.com
The mirai joke was funny but this one is flying somewhere out there. The way Mega Tokyo wrote about aquiring this blog is kind of strange because this site is worth more than 5.1 million USD
Online Shop
http://wildarms.egloos.com
Wow, so many good April Fool's joke coming out, it's hard to believe what's real and what's not >_<
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
http://xspblog.com
I will fully consider this an April's Fool joke or else I wouldn't be able to sleep at night.
I don't exactly HATE Megatokyo... but don't like them much too. Few times, I laugh on some comics... but they are nowhere near as enjoyable as this very DannyChoo.com
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
Dang I'm fooled again! >_<
Otaku Webmaster
http://www.gamekult.com/blog/sbebiwan/
"2008/04/02 05:35 JST"
>> The date got me for some time ! You cheated Danny !
creative
http://www.eddiewong.net
If this is real, then Congrats, your dream runway and plane is a step closer...
... but if this is an Aprils fool, then I'm sorry, the date is now April 2 so you're cheating (although it is still April 1st in the West)...
Design Consultant
Well, to celebrate, here are some bloopers from the old muppets show!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KANI2dpXLw
Speedgrapher
http://www.autoshowevents.com
After going to Megatokyo site, I still don't know what the hell it is. Yea yea - its an online manga.
Other than the merchandise and forums, the other links lead to dead pages.
university film student | ecchikid | the Archivist
http://www.vimeo.com/longhim
In all fairness, I have to say that Danny puts more effort into April Fool's than anyone else I know.
Designer & Animator
http://ariaanime.wordpress.com
I hate April 1-2 lame joke there danny... like other readers here I guess chose "WTF is Megatokyo" They had an online comic thing that is hardly close to Manga at all
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
Akiraman, in that respect I prefer Aoi House much more.
http://anigumi.wordpress.com
Poor Fred, 44% of the people pool ''WTF is megatokyo''
I know was a joke but i like how Fred is starting the ''promotion'' of megatokyo in a jap/ international site like this.
At least de 44% know now what is megatokyo
Student and Miku Guardian
http://kyourankyodai.com
Thats one good April Fool's joke Danny.. But you are cheating since its already 2nd April..
BTW, nice Megatokyo banner... XD
Designer & Animator
http://ariaanime.wordpress.com
@D_Blade
thanks for the recommend their comic is quite manga type.
Pharmacist, Accountant to be!
http://www.rickytang.com.au
If it's real, I'm disappointed. Utterly disappointed.
Dork
http://www.evilturkey.com
LOL Almost had me
5.1 million?!?
Polytechnic Junior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer In-training.
http://thehangerbay.wordpress.com/
Well, occasionally something fro MegaTokyo pops out in the image search... but no, I don't visit it in a regular basis like dannychoo.com. Well, at least 5 minutes ago I didn't.
Hikikomori in the making
http://supermariabros.deviantart.com/
LOL you almost had me there... Still can't believe I took 1 year to finally realise that the Mirai anime was a joke...
website/graphic designer and karaoke amateur~
http://www.furudango.com
Lol~ I'm sure it's just Danny's roundabout way of mentioning that MegaTokyo will be implementing the Mirai Gaia platform, for their website, in the near future ;p~
On another note, while I realise MegaTokyo is pretty popular (though generally amongst newbie anime fans), it's just never managed to capture my attention... the illustrations don't look eastern enough to relate it to anime or manga. Regardless, I wish you all the best~!
Costume Talent, Stormtrooper, Student, Writer
http://akxd.wordpress.com/
Wow. 300+ comments in a matter of minutes. EPIC.
And if I remember correctly, I did point out your cameo appearance in that comic strip a some weeks ago in an E-mail you probably never read...
website/graphic designer and karaoke amateur~
http://www.furudango.com
oh and the 5.1 million USD is probably something closer to 5,100, which is -3 zeros xD;;
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
@Akiraman: No prob! Enjoy the insanity!
So many references you can't even name them all. ^^
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
http://meimi132.wordpress.com/
Ehhhhhhhhhhhh?!!?? Choo-san sold DC.com?!? For a lot of money yes, but still.... ehhhhh??
Procrastinator
shock > disgust > revelation > facepalm > checks post date > disgust.
http://paliodor.wordpress.com
I hope that it is a joke, but if no then I'm disappointed, I visit this Megatokoy site and the the first thing that I have said was WTF -_-
.NET/Web Developer
http://scrumptious.animeblogger.net
Uhm...is this for real? or an april fools joke? I've never heard of megatokyo before and just went to their site...its not that good really...just meh.
But seriously...is this real? heheh
Overman
http://myplasticmoustache.blogspot.com/
So many haters here! Give a little love folks. Brilliant joke though.
銀河帝国五〇一軍团 TK/TD 8316 M.E.P.D. Police Sergeant
http://gordonator.com/
oh another thing, as part of the acquisition agreement, all dannychoo.com members will become MegaTokyo's property as well. be afraid, be very very afraid. ('~')
Contraband Distrabution Specialist
I feel some Skynet/Appleseed going on here! Sounds like Danny is trying to take over the world, I like that and totally support it! where to I sign up>?
中学生
http://thezhukeeper.blogspot.com
BANZAI~ Mirai Gaia takes another big step ahead~
but sorry, I poked the last option
Student and full-time otaku
You know Danny, having too many April fools jokes will start to make some people question the truthfulness of the rest of the news items....hope this was the last one x_X
Student (for-ev-er)
Danny, have you ever heard of 'the boy who cried wolf'?
Graphic Designer
http://ningin.com
I can't tell if this is a joke or not.
The poll says barely anyone knows what Megatokyo is! :O How sad. Although I don't read it anymore..I'm like 4 years behind Haha
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
@gordon, in that case I'd give my resign letter, pack my stuff and leave for good without looking back.
I'd try to contain manly tears though.
"It was a fun ride, sayonara" would be my words.
Games addicted
http://addictedtoludus.com/
BEST 1th APRIL FAKE EVER!
OO
http://www.gamersyde.com/stream_6768_en.html
Metal gear assasin...AWESOME!
Flash/ Actionscript Developer
http://pimpinkris.com
posted on the second of april? So either Danny is a slow prankster or he has $5.1mil USD. either way, good on him!
thats odd... Today is Wednesday. April 2, but the article is dated TUESDAY, April 2....
typo error, website bug, or a late april 1 prank ? (late April 1 prank most likely). XD
Watcher
Gotta be an April Fools joke. No way Danny would sell for 5.1 milly.
anime/cosplay events organizer
http://www.cosplay.ph
i lol'd XDDD
Werecat ... what else
45% of you guys don't know what is Megatokyo !!!!
Megatokyo is the very cool webcomic and you guys don't know about it ... What's wrong with you guys !!!!
Poor Fred, 45% of you guys don't know his webcomic ...
Plast Processing Engineer
http://jespersunivers.com/otaku/
This is a joke right?.... RIGHT?
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
http://meimi132.wordpress.com/
See now, 1st time I read this I took it seriously. But I just read lots of the comments and they think its a late April Fools.... GAH! Now I don't know what to think....
Either way, I can't believe 44% of you lot have heard of MegaTokyo... that seems like an insane number to me.
Processing Executive
hehehe. Whatever. We'll know the truth later anyway...
web head
That whole thing couldn't be any more ghey if there was a big hairy guy behind the post, and the post had it's pants down.
customer service/purchasing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/endlesssupra/
I'm absolutely floored that so many say that haven't heard of Megatokyo. I enjoy it quite a bit ^^
Graduate Engineer
Slight shock to say the least...
5.1 million o_O WoW
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me cant believe not 42% of you havent not heard of Megatokyo .. literally a CRIME!
Yes! I believe this will be an excellent opportunity to push manga into mainstream :)
Danny keep up the good work!
Drug testing
I'm saddenned by this news...read this you might understand better http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/Megatokyo oh and watch out some image are NSFW since he did draw some hentai(some loli) and wont admit it..
http://ozotik.wordpress.com/
hehe, well I really don't know about megatokyo, but the project sounds good!. And that about you where put in the comic was sympathetic and funny ^^.
Sayounara!.
Translator, pocket writer
http://vangoghslostear.blogspot.com/
Damn you, guys! It's April the 16th and still, I fell for it!
I like Megatokyo. I've read it since the beginning, but I have to agree with the rest: Fred's too damn slow!
Designer
http://www.edenfantasys.com/
CONGRATS! More people, more languages, more communities, more fun! Let the next project be called MEGA-WORLD... Keep going dannychoo!
Otaku Programmer/Gamer/Artist/Photographer
http://argylebolivar.wordpress.com
gahhh its lol looks like they didn't buy this site afterall :3 XD
Spec Ops Otaku
I support your company 110%.