March 2008 Stats
March served just under 14 million page views (13,773,344) to an average of 84,450 unique daily users (up from 62,996 in Jan). The monthly unique users amounted to an accumulative total of 2.6 million visitors (2,617,958) up from 1,952,901 in January.
Below will be the new home of dannychoo.com.
If you are interested in participating, register my feed on your site. Go to your dannychoo.com account settings and register your feed - then contact [support at dannychoo dot com] with your user name.
Increasing the discoverability of articles and news items through Mirai Gaia has been a priority which has lead to a higher conversion of folks who arrive on the site for the first time - welcome to all of those who have joined the community recently.
Another thing that we have been working on is improving the speed of the site and thanks to Hector's webdev wisdom, we have introduced serialization of database queries which improves the site stability a great deal. Do let me know if you are experiencing turtle server like you did a week or so ago.
And as always, instead of shamelessly asking users to click on my affiliate links (which is bascially asking users for money), I ask that you consider installing the Alexa Toolbar instead. The toolbar will not only enable me to gain a more accurate representation of user traffic, but also enable you to check the popularity of any site you visit and help your own Alexa ranking if you own a website too. Alexa is run by Amazon.com (who I used to work for) so you need not worry about viruses ^^;
I would like to thank you all again for making the site what it is and will commit to continue to bring what you come back for and what I feel passionate about most - otaku subculture, Japan shenanigans and life in Tokyo.
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Hi, I'm Joshua from AnimeXing and I look after customer relations. We, AnimeXing, provide figure collectors the best and the latest anime figures and designer toys. Come see our store and enjoy our collection. If you have any special requests or questions, please feel free to contact me at joshua.artono@animexing.com
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Greetings from Japan to readers of Dannychoo.com!
This is Toshiyuki Suzuki, founder and president of Hobby Search Co,Ltd.
Hobby Search is a company that deals with just about every kind of hobby-related goods you can think of, items ranging from beautiful girls figures, character goods, regular plastic models to Gundam Models.
A visit to our homepage is definitely going to give you an enjoyable shopping experience.
We'll be waiting for you with beauty figures and with up-to-date information about just what is going on in the Japanese Hobby Industry!
Hi this is Shimazo from Hobby Stock!
We are an online store selling Bishojo figures and other related hobby goods.
My name is Peter, and I'm the owner of J-List, a unique online shop based in Japan that sells everything from bento boxes to our world- famous "Now Accepting Applications for a Japanese Girlfriend" T-shirt. We're also involved in licensing PC dating-sim games for the English market.
Kid Nemo Company (also known as KNC) was founded in 2005 by an avid collector of anime figures and goods. Today, KNC is a fan’s favorite destination for new and upcoming figures from Japan.
KNC strives to keep current with the latest releases and while visiting our site, we try to give our customers a unique experience found only at Kid Nemo Company.
From background information about the characters, to streaming videos for the anime, visitors get more from KNC than just the figure and its price.
While keeping up with what is popular, we also try to be the trend setter for what is and will be hot and collectible.
By breaking the mold of a conventional anime retailer, Kid Nemo Company is finding new and innovative ways to showcase and provide unique and highly collectibles from Japan.
Find out why the “figure scene” is at Kid Nemo Company.
Hi Otaku!
My name is Sean, and at OtakuFuel I look after the purchasing for Figures and Gundam Model kits as well as oversee the activities of our shipping department. At OtakuFuel we sell a lot of figures, GUNPLA, and specialty goodies like keychains, hats, bags, plushies, et cetera as well as all the dvds, manga, and other anime related media you want to get your hands on!
Bunny (BunnySailormoon), who is also a member here on Danny's site is the computer Otaku behind the scenes that is in charge of all the sparkle you see on OtakuFuel, as well the sparkle you can¹t see on the surface. I think there is a hamster in a wheel that turns gears inside a Linux box that she feeds daily while regulating it's temperature with liquid nitrogen. Or something like that...
At OtakuFuel, International customers are welcome, and can enjoy automated calculation of shipping charges as well as checkout. We also give free shipping for domestic (USA) orders over $99 and free mystery gifts for domestic (USA) orders over $20.
Being fans ourselves, we've really made it our mission to be a store that caters to fans. Please hit us up and give us a shout in your order notes if you found us on Danny's site!
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NEET
http://hobbyjapan.blogspot.com/
Awesome Danny, let's hope you can reach your goal soon. Your site has really grown, you should be pretty proud of yourself. ^^,
And, I would say that Mirai is better looking with the brown haircolor.
3D artist
http://andyh.cgsociety.org
Jobs a goodun, sir. Keep up the goodness. You'll be taking over the world soon!
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
The stats growth reflect the quality growth of the site, I think. Very well done Danny. ^^
And, 8 years.. Wow, the site's been around since I was 12!
Working in a supermarket T0T
http://dutchotaku.blogspot.com
Wow, it's awesome to see the actual server we visit when we are on the site.
As for Mirai, i think I've become trusted to the brown hair ^^.
Student and full-time otaku
Great stats Danny, keep it up. Wish I had a blog to share, but am not inspired to start one. As for Mirai, brown hair, definetely. And I want to see her imouto soon! ^^
Spiral Warrior
http://www.perfectdesignsense.com/martinwandering
Continue rocking as planned.
The black hair just sticks out a bit too much for my liking -- doesn't look like her natural color. We're more used to seeing the brown, no doubt.
Speaking of Mirai, will another .psd be available for the new pose anytime soon?
Software Engineer
http://www.neilduckett.com
Very Very Very impressive stats Danny. Well done!
Dancing Monkey
http://caitlinomara.com
Congratulations! That's awesome! And I also say go for the brown hair.
銀河帝国五〇一軍团 TK/TD 8316 M.E.P.D. Police Sergeant
http://gordonator.com/
the force is strong in this one. ^^;
Artist/Flash Programmer
http://wcloudxkumo.wordpress.com/
Nice!!! Congratulation Danny!! ^.^/
Oo btw, that's some nice servers you got there ^^
As for Mirai, the usual brown for me :) Probably because it already grown on me.
If you switched to black, then you have to change her uniforms, eyes colour to match her hair :o
Orange/Brown is Dannychoo.com's trademark colour anyway ^^
pervert
are all those machines in your home?
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
Nope - at Joi Labs.
http://paliodor.wordpress.com
Congratz for such a great stats, oh and nice Mirai pic ^^
Policy & Research Officer
http://www.alafista.com/
Amazing stats as usual. Keep up the good job!
Just like you, I also have my own goals, just a smaller scale of reaching alexa ranking of 100,000 first ... and maybe 50,000 by next year =P
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
You can do it!
Student and Miku Guardian
http://kyourankyodai.com
Congratz Danny!! Wish for more good and interesting show for time to come.. ^^
Student/Film-maker
Amazing work Danny! I think this site could easily make it into the top 1000 soon enough. Mirai-chan looking totally hot there with the black hair ;) i love it!
Biostatistical Programmer
The Article-Section takes some time to load, the News Item-Part ist generally a lot faster for me.
btw brown looks far nicer ;)
anime/cosplay events organizer
http://www.cosplay.ph
Congrats Danny for yet another milestone ^____^
How do you do it? ^^
and btw, brown hair fits Mirai better than black hair ^^
Student
http://www.lsioblog.com
I like how Mirai with brown hair, so keep it this way. I think the record will be beaten very soon. keep it up Danny and hope you achieve your goal.
Web Developer/ウェブデベロッパー, Photographer/写真や
http://www.moeside.net/weblog
Are you going to itashi your server casing? The window panes need some Mirai love ^^;
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
Good idea ^^;
Hikikomori in the making
http://supermariabros.deviantart.com/
Congrats Danny! I know you can make it to top 1000! BANZAI!(?)
Link Cosplayer, Video Gamer, Amatuer Programmer, and Artist
http://demacrez.blogspot.com
Wow, congrats Danny. I would have never imagine your site becoming this popular. To think it was just some blog site for your computer training turning into an Otaku hotspot. ^o^ Congratulations again Danny, keep this gravy train movin'.
And BTW, I prefer Mirai with brown hair. She looks more natural with it. ^^
Games addicted
http://addictedtoludus.com/
Danny,
As i said once, your network deserve such success, it's flawless.
And one more thing, i'm so proud i can help a little to reach your final goal!
Well done Danny!
Editor
http://cavalock.blogspot.com/
congrats Danny! here's to a gazillion more!
Illustrator & Designer
http://www.knight-edge.com/
Keep up the great work, Danny!
I prefer Mirai-chan with brown hair. ^__^
Those photos of the new home of dannychoo.com with all those servers is where? Joi Ito's office? Or your basement??
I haven't blogged since late last year and haven't been very motivated to blog recently. But when and if I do update next, I'll be sure to at least ad some links and banners to dannychoo.com
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
They are at Joi labs.
Ronin
http://roadblogg.blogspot.com
Omedetou! Congratulations! By the way, is your server in your house? Must be very pack eh? ^.^
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
No they are offsite. Only have a few development servers running on mac minis at home.
http://www.marvinryan.com
holee cats! love the server. me is being envious. ^^; I bow down to your Alexa rank and stats. ^^ once again congratulations Danny, more power and may your site have many more hits to come. ^^
Student (for-ev-er)
Yes! All Hail Danny, the future Emperor of the Internet! (watch as a lone trooper rises through the ranks to become Emperor) ;-)
Undergrad
Black hair kinda makes me think of School Days. I haven't watched it myself, but what I've read has creeped me out...
Brown for me.
dannychoo.com の読者
brown.
add oil add oil danny!!
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
加油?
dannychoo.com の読者
sorry.
i meant i prefer mirai in brown hair not adding oil to her hair...
add oil add oil to your website and your career. its the almost equal in chinese to がんべって
Student (for-ev-er)
The golden brown works very well with her hair style, black not so much. I think that has to do with the combination of her skin tone and eye color, they just don't play well with black. Maybe a darker brown if you wanted to play, Danny.
Student
http://jiatlormee.blogspot.com
She should keep her golden-brown hair and do ocassional different colour ones with different costumes to match, sorta like she dyed her hair for awhile? yup!
Photography Student
http://hugodeathy.deviantart.com/
Grats Danny, and I know you can reach your goal of being in the 1000 most visited in no time. We'll always support you. :D
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
http://meimi132.wordpress.com/
I like Brown Mirai best out of Brown and Black.
But what about a green or blue haired Mirai? I think she could pull off blue very well. I've thought about the other colours, and I think Brown is still best. But try green!!! And blue!!! lol Or I will!! Mwhahahaha!
Pursuing that ever-elusive diploma.
http://finality.dasaku.net
Grats Danny, I've been following for a long time, (as a Lurker, DON'T SHOOT ME) and I know a Alexa Top 1000 is within reach by Q2 09, Ganbatte!
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
Welcome!
And let me know if you want your feed activated.
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
http://puppy52art.com/
thanks for being an inspiration Danny! Black hair is cute but brown hair is cuter on mirai ;P
System Administrator
http://www.thedoitsujin.com/
those stats are mindblowing. おめでとう！
keep up the good work :D
hikikomori
Given her skin hue and eye color, brown is better, since the style in which she is drawn, mimics our realistic world.
Black therefore looks out of place because it looks artificial. Black could work if the lighting were colder.
A compromise could be a dark brown, but it seems to me that for natural colors, the impression upon the viewer is weak when using the same hue for optic eyes and hair.
.NET/Web Developer
http://scrumptious.animeblogger.net
Mirai looks way cuter with her hair brown.
Getting into the top 1000 sites shouldn't be too hard for you as long as you maintain the momentum. Congrats on another achievement. ^^
I laughed at myself when I noticed me skipping through that last part of the post after I read the first two lines. hahah! Sorry to your partners but they should take another approach to introduce themselves and their sites. Those lines are just too boring to read at.
Dirty Gentleman
http://cantstanzya.wordpress.com/
Congrats as always Choo-man. Those numbers are incredible! That new hardware sure looks heavy duty; look like it can heat your office.
Prefer Mirai with her long, flowing brown hair. Unless your refering to the hair below with all these nudes of her lately. ^^;
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
LOL!
No ^^
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
http://puppy52art.com/
LOL hair below, which reminds me there are actually hair dyes for hair below too :P
Spiral Warrior
http://www.perfectdesignsense.com/martinwandering
... And wigs.
software manager
http://wawawawasuremono.com
おめでとうございます！
at what point do you think the site will be big enuf to get that mirai game/anime goin? :P
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
Soudesu ne.... Not sure ^^;
Illustrator, Comic Artist
http://streta.txcomics.com
I think if Mirai's uniform was different colors (white and blue or something), that would complement her black hair better...but I'm too much fo a fan for the brown and orange uniform! :)
Student
http://yellowguy89.blogspot.com/
this is history in the making!!!! glad to be a part of it :)
as for mirai chan's hair, i say brown.
MI Manager, Blogger and Newswriter
http://cutkillavince.com/
Amazing stats!!!! Congratulations Danny for this wonderful site ;)
Seeing red!!!
congrat.....hope your site to top 1000...
University Student
http://www.are-are.net
Powerhouse of the online otaku world. :p
Ork Warlord
You doing well, Danny!
I prefer black hair, but for Mirai brown is better, always the original, LOL
Dance Trooper: DCX-001 O.D.E. (Order of the Dancing Empire)
http://dannychoo.com.my
Ometeto to Danny with his new record breaking traffic, I'll continue to bring in more & more visitors to you & support your wonderful site ;-)
???Confused???
Congratz Danny, YOU ROCK!
College Student
http://nategreene.wordpress.com/
Congrats Danny. Also, prefer Mirai with the honey golden brown hair :)
IT
http://fivetotwelve.wordpress.com/
Hey Danny, not to be nitpicky, but it's 'Three Panel Soul' not Planet. Panel as in Koma.
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
Thanks for the correction ^^;
Project Manager
http://cherryblossomsfalling.myfastforum.org/index.html
Awesome Danny! You are my hero!
Brown hair ... definitely.
Visual Communications and Web 2.0
http://www.imagineboris.com
i'm very happy for you danny and happy for myself because i get to witness how your web site changed over the years and how its evolving into a living entity of itself. I wish you to not just reach your goal but to go beyond it hehe.
Otaku Security Guard
Wow, thats great Danny! Hey, just a question, how many users comment per day?
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
Never looked it up so not sure. Need to write a few SQL queries for that.
GAR writer
http://www.japanator.com
Thanks Danny for the E-hug! Keep up the great work.
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
Congrats once again Danny, you worked hard and deserve your success.
I'll still be around (even in the bad moments), so keep it up, always!!
Student
http://johndiew0107.wordpress.com/
congratulations danny
Editor-in-chief, Japanator.com
http://www.japanator.com
Danny, thanks for the link love. We at Japanator really appreciate it. Keep up the good work.
student
Congrats! Well, it's only natural that a great site like this gets loads of visitors. :)
Quite a few of my favorite 2D girls have black hair, but I prefer Mirai with brown hair.
Scientist, unemployed.
http://fmphoenixhawk.livejournal.com
Go Danny! It sounds like things are going bog for you. And I like the brown hair, but black looks good too.
Watcher
Congrats, but you know you have a lot more to get done. I'm looking forward to your new moves. Good stuff.
Popular Culture Vulture
Omedetou! More of the different then Danny! Btw Black-colored hair hits the right bells for me!
Engineering research
http://kikenshisou.wordpress.com
Congrats Danny!
Another step towards world domination. bwahaha
gunpla & diorama builder
congratulation!
keep moving forward!
Pokemon master
http://thecococafe.wordpress.com/
Congrats! :D
And I'm sure you'll reach that goal!
Animation Student
http://kazenomise.net/
Selamat! xD
Keep up the good work danny, though I found this site not so long ago, I will continue to support!
Rr
Awesome. But when are we gonna get the psd of Mirai?! lol
Art/Media
http://sgallen.wordpress.com/
C~ C~CONGRATULATIONS DANNY !
^.^
Wow, thats alot of users and thats a nice server box you got. Man, I always wanted to know how to host a server... thats amazing stuff. Though, I would'nt know what to host on a server... maybe something people want haha... >.> "lets host some ######~CGs"
cg artist
congrats!!!
wish u even more success!
Photography
wow! amazing!
as for the hair color, i like the brown, but if you were to change it, maybe a darker shade of brown, but not black, kinda loses the warmth that we all know and love.
Online Shop
http://wildarms.egloos.com
This site grows bigger each day and one day shall be the No. 1 site in the world!!!
gear
http://spiral-hell.livejournal.com
Keep up the good work!
Filmmaker
http://josewritingthelife.blogspot.com/
Just join a month a ago....thanks DANNY!!
futur MCSE certified
you deserve it danny ! your work is absolutely awesome !
i hope sayin "thx" to you in real during my vacation in May, keep dancing in Akiba and i'll find you ^^
Nice server indeed ^^
2nd year Civil Engineering Student
http://soonkiong.blogspot.com
congrats on the amazing stats! will continue to support dannychoo.com for years to come...
brown hair for mirai-chan! xD
browsing the nets
http://otakuposts.blogspot.com/
congrats Danny :)
As for the hair color for Mirai, i like the current brown. But if ur looking for alternatives you could try a dark pink or dark blue (navy-blue) color for her hair.
Student
http://gaijinpower.blogspot.com
Amazing stats. Keep up the great work.
Custom Pc Builder, Muppet, Pyromaniac, Demolitions Expert, Guitar Slinger,
http://myspace.com/dyingoblivion
can I be so bold as to ask for 'Ero' shots of Mirai? :P or maybe just a one off loli edition wallpaper? :P
Pre-U Student
http://wakuwakusuru.zeroclipse.net
Congrats Danny!! Keep up the good work on. Another step forward in building up a megacorporation =D..
As for Mirai, I prefer her hair colour to be brown.
Polytechnic Junior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer In-training.
http://thehangerbay.wordpress.com/
2.6 million viewers! Wooo!
Both brown and black hair look equally good on Mirai. But, I suck at color selection, so take my words with a pinch of salt.
Web developer
Not only has brown grown on me. I find it suits her really well.
I'm definitively interested in seen her with pink, blue and light blue, but you must change her eye color accordingly.
In the end brown is probably the best option.
Whatever final color you choose mirai plase make Kako-chan's hair a lighter shade of the same color. I like siblings with similar hair color in my anime.
Student
http://inazumakick.wordpress.com
Congratulations, Danny! I also prefer Mirai-chan with brown hair, but she is pretty cute with the Black hair. Not too partial to the blond though..
Auditor Junior
hey CONGRATS to you danny. you keep the site interesting and youll jump up some ranks more and more.
BRown hair is much better black doesnt give the look.
College Student
sugoi ne!
ganbatte! XD
I guess seeing Mirai-chan is one of the reason I joined here ^_^
I like it brown... maybe because of the first impression is so tempting :P
(with trademark from a CM.... XD)
Fledgling repowriter
http://sn.im/sdr002
It's interesting to read about your increasing traffic, Danny. Thank you for that.
I have no commercial webpages. I am not trying to sell anything with which I'll get a kickback. But a fortnight ago, one of my bookmark pages [not ^that one^ - *this* one is also safe for work, but links to NSFW W-WW sites] got a pair of link-backs.
Hits on that page went from 39, to 2,944, & 3,987. (Note that the increase on ^that^ page did not go throught the stratosphere.) These two websites now account for 89¼% of my referrers. [You can click on the ExtremeTracking globe to glimpse yourself.]
And one of those websites [hosted in Japan] is decidedly dodgy. Before any of you actually click through to visit it, please, please, please configure an anonymous proxy in your web browser. I guess it is this decade's equivalent of the _BOBY_ photographs for Photo Group Frontier back in the late 1990s.
Student, Producing videos and draw sometimes
http://www.youtube.com/twistermon
Wow, that´s a really big support and so many technical things. Keep it up. ^^
Vampire
http://feeout.blogspot.com/
omg i just stumbled upon a page that was eaten!!! omg hilarious
"sorry, the page you are looking for was eaten or didnt have any results. Yes this page looks like poo and I will fix it soon ^^;
have a lookie at the top page"
anyway brown~
Cook, avid manga reader, avid video game player
http://blogbygene.blogspot.com/
purple sum body get me a pic of her with purple hair for my desktop. that would be awsome.
Hey Danny I am a Business Student studying Small Business Management and Development: International Business. I am doing a Market Research Statistic of the entire Anime Industry in the US from 2007 to present, Statistic of futur increases/decreases in the industry and was wondering if you might have some advise on how to obtain some of this information and/or if you might have some. Once I am done I will be happy to give you a copy of the report for your website. Please let me know and please feel free to email me at my email. If anyone else has any information please let me know as well. Thanks.