A Week in Tokyo 21

Another fine week in the life of Danny. Less edibles this time, it seems.

So, when's Good Smile going to make that Mirai Figure?

Another fine week in the life of Danny. Less edibles this time, it seems.

So, when's Good Smile going to make that Mirai Figure?

Danny, why throw out the boxes!!!!!! You might need them later on!!!!!
Soul Caliber 4 is a sick game. I have the Xbox 360 one. Well, it's a great game and Amy is a rigged character!!!!!!!! Yoda is tricky to use...

I've heard Soul Calibur IV is pretty good, though I'm more looking forward to using the special character designed by Oh Great!, mangaka for Tenjo Tenge.

And I do agree with the poster above me: why throw away the boxes? What if you have to move later on? How will you transport your figurines safely?

Those burgers look amazingly delicious although that could be because of the Mikuru cheerleader next to them. YUM!!!
Btw I like the way your office looks, looks real comfy too. And Ikea lights generally work a good long while for me, unless you are talking about lightbulbs by chance.

Heh Ikea, I guess no matter where you live, Ikea is the popular place to shop for furniture and what not.

SC4's beautiful. I was watching some people play it at Con, although it still took a long while to get used to seeing Darth Vader and Yoda. I've yet to see the Apprentice in action, too.

I remember Amy in SC3! She's so adorable ;3;

Very cool, Danny. I always love to read your "Week in x" articles.

Now, to answer some of your questions: I haven't dyed my hair yet, but I might some day, just to see what I look like.

The bike basket is cool, xD 3,900 yen seems a bit much though. I would have imagined something like that would cost about 1,500 yen.

When it comes to figure packaging; I don't really know. I haven't collected enough yet to form a good opinion on that, though they seem to be packaged just like everything else is.

Movies in movie theaters here are almost always dubs. I think I might have seen one or two subbed movies in a movie theater in my entire life, unfortunately.

Also, I wish I could find a mosquito repellent thing like that around here! I've never seen that in my life, and if it works that good I could really use one. xD

those burgers look really good...*droools*

another great week once again

first off, for packaging i think bandai needs to think of a way to cut down the use of plastic runners. it's such a waste throwing all of them around after cutting out the parts. maybe they can take back the runners and recycle them?

as for movies, i don't like eating and drinking in theaters. hate it when the guy in the same row drinks too much water and need to walk across me to get to the loo. :-/

for hair colours, mine is black and loving it. i don't see the need to change it. many girls here do like to colour it light brown. it looks great on girls but funny see guys with dyed hair. just my opinion.

I had red highlights when I was 13. It looked pretty good actually. ^^
*sigh* I die a little on the inside whenever I see something related to SC4. The Soul Calibur games are some of my favorites but I don't own a PS3 or Xbox360 :[

Great week. Feels like less food than last week. I'm a bit disappointed.

Is that bike collapsible? I'm looking for a small simple bike like that. Any help?

I've dyed my hair on several occasions when I was younger, but now I don't dye my hair anymore, especially since I like to grow my hair longer the re-growth is horrible lol. I'm really looking forward to the new Soul Calibur, the previous ones were great fun to play, so I'll get this one when I have the money ^^.

As for buying popcorn and other snacks at the cinemas I tend not too, I like to sit there and take the movie in, rather than eating away ^^. Sometimes I do buy snacks for the cinema, but I buy them from the super market because its a lot cheaper haha.

ooh.. always nice to see how things are going about in your neck of the woods. far as my figure's and gunpla's accessories, I put them in little ziplock bags individually for each figure to keep them from getting mixed up, then they're all in a small plastic box.

oh, and I agree with the part about how we treat our bodies. :)

Now that's a cool movie theatre. All the ones here in Toronto are dark and gloomy.

There are hardly any mosquitoes since I moved from suburbia to suburbia near a pond. I hate insects, but dragonflies I love for being a natural mosquito predator. Also, I thought about frog Mikuru just now, and wish we had more frogs to take care of flies. D:

For we collectors who still have space (the reason to keep boxes), I think we like the existing blister packaging. It helps for subsequent shipping. Generally, whenever I get clear plastic packaging, I tend to cut and save flat sections: very useful material for crafts.

Currently, I save air-pillows from shipped packages (LOUD-pop some of them for fun), cut holes in them, and use them to sort figure accessories; each "bag" isolates and prevents paint ruboff. They come in perforated sheets, so you can tear as much as needed for a certain figure. I then put these in a cloth bag so I don't accidentally trash it :>

dying hair is quite common in the states. I've dyed it a few times, my wife does it at least twice a year. we also have plenty of mosquitos, I could use on of those things. I keep my boxes so far and that's where my figma parts are stored. I'm sure once I get enough collected I'll have to find somewhere else though I don't have much space to start with.

I did dye once, and found the hard way that dying hair is not for everyone.
It does look silly depending on who did it.

Anyways, went to the movie theater today... watched Hancock. Very nice.
Had luck today, but happened several times to me too... sitting near noisy people, people who keeps moving all the time, and stuff like that.

I've seen quite a few people dye their hair, and occasionally people with different color than the normal gold (?)...huh and I had the impression that most of the Burgers in Japan were only fish patties from all the menus shown from McDonalds, boy was I wrong...

Ah >< I love these weekly ventures of your Danny.
That hamburger your had looks gigantic, or is it just me?

Even though my family is very well established here in Australia (40 + blood relatives n count`n, 3rd gen) we still do alot of Asian things like Ochugen when doing business. Particularly the art of going out and eating with the pretext of any et al excuse. If someone comes, over, we go out and eat, if a guest comes, we go and eat, I haven't seen my cousin for a week, we go out and eat. We do business, we eat, meet again, we eat, business guy going back overseas - gotta eat! Sometimes we haven't gone out for a few days and that is also a good excuse for going out to splurge.

Truly an awesome cultural phenomenon : )

I always wanted to go watch a movie at a theatre in Japan but I found ticket price to be little pricey. But that Shinjuku Piccadilly seems like a good place to go so I might check it out when I visit Japan next month :)

Dark Knight opening in Japan anytime soon?

To your question in the post, in my country (Mexico) american movies are subbed and dubbed.
Also you appeared on todays edition of Attack of the Show in the G4 network, here is a link to what they showed: http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/whatsupwithjapan/64870/Tokyo-Trooper-Staring-Fetish-Mail-Cat.html

Danny's room is so nice and clean!! he he

dying hair.. never done it myself.. don't have the need yet.. though i have grey hairs... (no i'm not that old) wife does it every so often..

The people i see that "need" to do it is older women.. when they start to grey al ot turn to dye, and itsn ot just for looks, my aunt said she dye's to keep her job, or get other ones, cuz they look down at older women so they have to keep the aperance of being young for just a bit longer.. a bit sad, they shouldn't have to, but the world is a cruel place...:(

Where's the option for "Yes, and will never do it again"? I ended up dying my dark blonde hair a dark burgendy color. It was supposed to be temporary. It looked good for about three days, but then my roots started showing. I didn't know my hair grew that fast until then! But my hair has a lot of ashy tone in it, so against the red it looked olive green. So, I tried to wash the dye out with dishsoap. No dice. I went to the hairdresser for help, and she boggled at me like I was stupid. "Temporary dye? On virgin blonde hair?" she said. "That sticks even better than permanent to virgin blonde hair! And especially red!" So, to avoid bleaching my hair to a complete crisp, I had to get highlights put in to break the red up, so the contrast with my roots wouldn't be as noticeable. Two hours and $80 later, I made my vow to never dye my hair again.

As for the packaging, there's all these insane theories about how package design can affect sales. Unless they create something really unique, the odds of them switching to something more eco-friendly are sadly pretty low. :(

Hi everyone. I'm currently in a packaging design class and I wonder if you guys will support me trying to come up with a more appealing yet eco-friendly packaging design. These two weeks, we are given free topic over the kind of packaging we want to make, where the limit on eco-friendliness also had been lifted.

However I want to try to make a solution to Danny and some of your problems, even in spite of the "plastic balloon" design that looks unappealing. What do you guys say?

In Russia each fifth guy in the age of 16-20 years has the changed color of hair. :)

what bike is that? looks wicked cool
and yea dyed hair (all of it) bright red and since it was long, had it in like mini-pigtails and ppl called me wendy's >.>

I got SC4 but it still hasn't arrived yet though. I'm gonna have to wait for quite a while since I didn't opt for express shipping.

The foldable basket looks cool. First time I've ever seen one of those being foldable. And I'd agree with the posters above. Why throw the boxes, you might need it later on. Oh and not too many food pics this week huh? ^^

I hope Good Smile and the other figure makers would use the same material as the box for the packaging of the figure inside the box instead of plastic. One improvement I could suggest would be to probably make the box slimmer. they are too bulky IMO.

Thx Danny, nice pics and clean room indeed ^^

omg Narnia?!? didn't think that Japan would be that delayed with hollywood movies. ^^;
the burger photo is making me hungry. ^^
about hair color, I tried to use light blue coloured hair spray once. but never actually used dye before. ^^ although these days I have a few strands of white I wouldn't mind to dye black. wonder if I can just use my gundam markers on them. LOL ^^;

I have dyed my hair many times. My natural color is light brown with blonde highlights, but I get bored and change it, sometimes to blonde, sometimes darker. When I dyed my hair black, after a few months red highlights appeared. I've never dyed my hair red and don't want to.

Ikea is NOT...I repeat, NOT...a high quality furniture store. Sure, their stuff looks nice and modern, but it's not durable. Why do you think they're so cheap?

I had to clear out my room the other day, and I had a good twenty or twenty-five figure boxes in my wardrobe. I managed to flatten out the cardboard for recycling, but as for the plastic moulded inserts, there was little I could do with those to reduce the size. I'd be all for a more eco-friendly way to do it. Although I always manage to send spare hands and accessories flying when I open the boxes up anyway, when I come to open up the 2 moulded bits. Is there a magical technique after you remove the tape to actually get the things out without them jumping at you?

oh...terrible　codeing. great!

Strangely, the tachikoma's suicide song手のひらを太陽に ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6PtbI50t_A ) keep repeating itself in my head...

Anyway, another interesting week in Tokyo. From the top, i'm actually one of those that keep the boxes of the figures and model kit I bought for as long as i can find space to keep them. They look so cool, why throw them away?
When i was there in Japan, Tokyo for the first time in my life last year, i hardly noticed any cinema at all, unlike in Singapore, which seems like the only form of entertainment here, cineplex are everywhere. In every big shopping center. I usually watch my movies after dinner so no popcorn, even though i just love those sweet butter poped corn. As for noisy people around me in the movie, I would always voice my displeasure to the guilty party and then feel bad about it through the rest of the show...

Soul Calibur! that was the first and only original game i bought for my Xbox ages ago. After i got it(xbox) modded, it's Priatecity all the way. I've so much of them, some even only played once. Now I'm back on my PSP with Gundam Battle Universe! Wish they would make a PS3 version. the Gundam Crossfire is just sooo sad a game even with it's great graphics.

Mosquito repellent???portable??? I can see why you chose the black one. very ZAKU looking...but Portable mosquito repellent? Is it really as bad as it is here in Singapore where they keep advertising against mosquito breeding.

Last thing, dying of the hair. Did it once and will never do it again. Was going for the platinium blonde look, but end up with just a scary psycho killer blonde look instead. Made my hair so rough and dry. Never again.

Oh... definitely agree with you on packaging but not just on figures. They need to be improved to something that protects well and convenient to open. I hate (hate hate hate) blister packs.

I don't like to eat while in a movie theater, it's kinda distracting. People that eat at movies usually leave a mess of popcorn and sticky stuff behind... ewww.

That tachikoma figure you have in one of your photos looks nice. I must have soon....

Great post Danny, liking the pictures a lot.
There's always something to learn from your posts!

yes I dyed my hair before, there was one time I tried to bleach my hair... lets just say it did not work out (think patches of bright orange/browns, fried blond tips) LOL and for some reason my family decided to go OUT for dinner and I had to wear a hat all day LOL. I do use some DIY hair dye from japan tho ^^ I actually have grey hairs (inherited from mom's side) so does my husband, but he only dyes it once in a while :P free food is kawaii, and that burger with avocadooooooooooo omgg MUST do that sometime ^^

I didnt expect there to be such hearty burgers in Japan. I guess that was one thing I was afraid of missing about the U.S. but the burgers in that picture look great.

As for the bike basket Danny. Go for it. Better to have the convenience than worry about how it looks. I think those folding ones are actually pretty nifty.

Thanks for the interesting and lengthy post, Danny ^-^
Hmm, I've dyed my hair before, about 7 years back (I'm 19 right now). It's fairly popular over here but, it really depends what district you live in. I can't speak much on packaging, honestly. As most of my figurines are out of the box, they haven't been an issue so far...

My hair color is black. Ive never dyed my hair but someday I might want to dye it white, too. Or, if I cosplay, I wouldnt mind dying it to fit the character.
Hair dye among men isnt too popular here in California, but women dye their hair a lot but they always dye it something boring like brown or black... sadly, no pink-haired people are walking around.

I keep all of my figurine boxes and thats where I keep the extra pieces. I dont want to lose all the extra hands and stuff for the figmas or my gundams. It would be nice if the figurine's boxes were more Earth-friendly.

Mosquitos arent too bad here in California.

Some of my friends have told me that Soul Calibur IV is really fun. Personally, Id like to try out Darth Vader once but thats about it.

Most movies in theaters are dubbed. Occasionally theyll pass a movie with subs, but since most of the big movies that come out are made here in the US subs arent necessary.

So, bikes are a popular way of moving around, eh? Sounds like fun. Im afraid of using my bike here because someone might steal it while Im shopping (even if I use the chains to tie it to a pole or something.)

My hair has been dyed a lot lol... naturaly its red/brownish but i went to copper/red for a cosplay once, went to hairstylist and did show him printed pic of the char to work with. xD Wasnt cheap though *ugh* .... 120eur and 5hours later it was done. X_x
I never dyed it myself though.
The packing of figmas is good imo, just not for mother nature. ^^;
I keep the extra bits in the plastic bag that comes with them in a drawyer of my desk, special one only for them, though i gota think about a change of things once i get all the preorders here it will be to much. :/
Is that with the diapers a hint? Danny will be Daddy Danny? :>
Hmm about cinemas, we have some cinemas that do show the english version of movies and stuff as you know. ;) But its not common at all.
My IKEA lights are still perfectly fine, first ones still... :/

Next time I go over there, hk, japan or whatnot, I gotta pick up some of their mosquito repelling stuff. It actually works wonders, but I wonder if theyre effective here in NA.
This year is ok, our city decimated the mosquito population, so so far no bites :)
By this time every year I'd wouldve had couple every week.

Yeah, dyed my hair once. I have dark brown hair and wanted black with a blueish shine in it, but it didn't work. Somehow my hair resists hair dye... O_o So I'll leave it brown because I like my hair color very much now! ^^

In Germany, all movies are dubbed. As there is one of the world's biggest US bases near my place, there is also a cinema where you can see all movies in English - without subtitles, of course. XD

Hmm... it muz be hot there....
Take care dude~

Only just last week my room light died on me. Now it's a super bright twirly one S.S
Over here in Australia, we don't get many non-english movies. If anything the movie must be really good. They had House of Flying Daggers in cinemas. =o And I think soon we're getting the Jackie Chan and Jet Li one...forgot the names.
And as always　羨ましい　：）

We have big movie cineplexes here, but they aren't usually done in bright colors. I think they keep it dark, so you don't have to notice the crap thats on the floor. When I go to the movies I do sometimes get something to eat and drink depending on my mood. Just something to occupy me thru the slow parts. However, what annoys me is that all my friends like to talk to me during the film. I just wanna watch the movie for godsakes.

I don't dye my hair. Never did. I just style it into a messy mop, and I ready to go. Asians here do dye their hair alot tho. I do like it when girls have a tinge of brown or red in their long flowing locks.

Mosquitos are a big problem here. They are all over the place. Fortunately, all I get is a little itchy bump unlike some folks who swell up from bites.

Q's: How do you say "I like your shell" in Japanese? I'm using it next time I'm there. Who is that girl on the right side of the poster next to Keiko? She's hot. What's that dolphin place? A medical clinic? A cleaners?

Great pics, sir! These are my favourite bits of your blog by far - the slice of life entries that make me wish i lived in Japan so much!
I love that reddish-brown hair colour that so many young Japanese women wear. I was convinced that it was natural for a while because so many have the same colour.

Yep, used to dye my hair several years back, now I don't do it, because I need a professional image at work :P

Great post danny!
LOL Mr. Dolphin @ bicycle shop.
Movies are always German dubbed in Austria.
I haven't ever dyed my hair, I'm fine with my brown-black hair.
Throwing away boxes? oO
Usally I keep boxes from figures and hardware, that's why my room becomes smaller every week^^

Danny, I always question myself one thing every time I see your SOS chibi dan in your car... how does their paint resist the sun? The don't look worn at all, and at least were I live, leaving a figure under the sun would mean to see how it turns grey in a few days O_o

Food still looks delicious as always

The burgers look great. :D Can't wait to get Soul Calibur. Out here in the UK tomorrow but I'm gonna go to the local Blockbuster and see if they will sell it to me early XD You have a lot of boxes Danny :O A lot. What with all those SAFS all over the gaf.

Dying your hair is sort of silly to me. Usually it looks cool in cartoons but in real-life is comes off real unnatural, extra bad points if the person doesn't dye their eyebrows to match.

Only time it's really okay is when someone does highlights or they are cosplaying. I've rationalized that you can do almost anything and get away with it as long as you say you're cosplaying.

I use to buy popcorn and soda all the time before enjoying a movie but now that I started a healthy alternative lifestyle, I usually skip the snacks and go straight for the movie.

I have never dyed my hair other than those temporary spray in dyes that you get for halloween. I don't rather care if you dye your hair though as long as it's not over dyed. Hair that has been over dyed, i.e. "scene" and Jeffery Star type posers, just looks nasty and probably feels like pine straw.

Mosquitoes are a really be problem here in Georgia. I was actually just outside about 30-45 minutes ago and have plenty of bites to show testiments to this. I usually just go for the spray on repelent rather than those electronic devices.

The basket looks alright for the bike you ride but when I need to carry items, I just put them in my Nike bookbag.

Nice photos! oh and if you do find that shop that sells time in a bottle, please let me know >_<

About going to the movies....I never buy food. maybe a drink, but NEVER food. It distracts me and sometimes I spill it on me. All the movies in Romania are subbed. All the cartoons in Romania USED to be subbed or left like the creator left them. Due to EU stupid regulations, you get bad dubbing. I remember when I was young I would watch cartoon network and learn English. I also learned Italian and French by watching Italian and French cartoons. what the f^^ are kids learning now? ZENZEN.....movies are still safe...for now....

I could use that mosquito repellent thing...I'm an easy target for those little vampires...
I died my hair a couple of times when I was in high school....red, black, blue black...black again, red, and so on....right now I am thinking of dying my ends purple. Can't wait to do that n_n

Honestly I wouldn't eat that burger...
But I love all the photos you take! I like Tokyo more and more, with its good and bad parts too!
What can I say? Thank you for posting!
Have a great weekend

omgosh those beeping/shocking devices for ready food... I didn't know what it was. I figured it would beep! but it shocked me~! it felt more like this nasty vibration than an electrical shock but i nearly dropped on the ground I was so startled. :3 food court @ yokohama world porters.

God! such big burguer for a such small drink....
reverse for me! a big ...a huge coke! XD

O_o Another article filled with valuable intel about Japan by Mr. Danny!

Looks like I'll be able to rest easy if ever I come to Japan knowing that there are some products being sold there that I am familiar with.

If I would come and visit Japan I would probably buy one of those mosquito repellent things and bring it with me back home. We have a LOT of mosquitoes here. Most carry dengue fever so a lot of people die because of them. I surely wouldn't want to die because of a mosquito XD

You're very fortunate Mr Danny to be able to visit companies like Good Smile. I hope that someday my job would let me visit companies as well and maybe they would give me some free stuff too x_x

never dyed mi hair, but in school, there're girls with purple, red, blue and green hairs, it try me crazy @_@

love da strange hair colors

Yes, Danny, definitely agree about the packaging problems that come with figues and bishoujo games.

Everytime I order a figure, I receive a huge box, yet the figure isn't exactly that big to warrant that much empty space. I'm the sort that likes to keep boxes in pristine condition, so it's often a headache of where to store the boxes once I have the figures out on display. I only fold the boxes flat as a last resort when space becomes wanting, but never do I throw them out.

As for bishoujo games, some of them are even more ridiculous. The boxes are unbelievably huge, even if they're not of the "limited edition", and yet besides the small DVD-ROM box and the small manual, there's nothing else inside to justify such a huge waste of space.

Danny, since you do have contacts with folks in the industry, perhaps you could try lobbying for them to cut down on these waste of space? Especially for a cut-throat industry like bishoujo games, they simply don't realise that saving on packaging space could significantly cut down their costs.

"Are movies typically dubbed or subbed in your region?"
In Estonia they usually show movies subbed. And thank good for that, a lot of my English speaking skills came from there. And from playing computer games:)
For watching anime, I almost always watch it subbed. It feels like getting more original experience.

We have lots of mosquito's here in Amsterdam , The Netherlands.
because we have a lake here in the city and when it's summer, all the mosquito's lay their eggz here and it only takes a little bit of light and a open window when it's evening and within 5 min you have like 10 mosquito's in your house , waiting for you... God i hate them...

And no, I cant just close the window because if i do that I die from the heat -.-

I think cameras are the closest we can get to time in bottles. Early morning photos of the city are nice. I like how the same places can feel different depending on the time of day. Only in Japan I find myself with that feeling. However I'm sure the same came be said for places in Europe.

Figures packaging is all about eye candy. As long as the materials are recycled or reused then I'm happy.

Wow this is a nice cinema. I do like how many of them in Japan are not dark, dank holes in the wall. In main stream cinemas in the states one only see movies in English. However some of the local cinemas have shown movies in Japanese. Southeastern Michigan has a growing Japanese population.

No I don't buy food when I go to see movies. My wife and I will usually smuggle something to drink into the cinema. Same here, I do end up sitting near people who make loud crunching noises. What I do hate are the people who insist on telling everyone what will happen next!

Danny, I have been meaning to ask about bikes. Your wife and you have the same make of bike? Your wife's bike looks like a KHS? My wife and I are looking for bikes. I figure folding bikes would be best to have in Japan.

When I lived in Florida, I had highlights during the summer and fall. Here in Michigan climate it looks too fake to me. My wife doesn't color her hair. Like many Japanese women she has such nice sheen to her hair it often looks like she has it colored.

Michigan is a peninsula so lots of mosquito here too.

Ikea = suxors

Must admit I haven't been to the cinema in years - the problem of other people eating loudly, making stupid remarks and kicking the back of your seat seems to be eternal though...
I agree photography is the only way we can grab hold of passing time. I always regret I got rid of so many of my old photos or didn't take enough photos at some time in the past when I should have.
Great bicycle ideas. If they make a sturdy front lamp in Japan I'll buy one when i go there next! The ones you buy here are usually rubbish!
I can confess once I had my hair permed. No, I am not a Yakuza...
No mosquitos here...

Very informative post!

I don't die my hair, but I think it is fine to do so. The only exception are radical colors in a business like setting- if I am going to a board meeting I won't have my hair dyed blue, unless my boss likes it! Dies can be popular here too- and so are highlights. My sister has blonde colored highlights although her hair is brown/black.

Right on with the shell thing. The body is a shell and it is to be taken care of- and it will take care of you for longer. I have to live with certain conditions (hypothyroidism) and potentially more, but I do all that I can to reduce that risk and lead a happy life. As far as I know, movies will be subbed here if they are in another language such as japanese, italian, french or spanish.

I haven't try dying my hair and have no plans doing it. I'm trying not to alter my original appearance as much as possible.^^
Everytime I read "A Week in Tokyo" series, I wish that I could visit Japan and later live there.

I don't like Japanese girls with dyed hair, I prefer it natural, same for contact lenses. Trust me ladies, you look better as you are!

I have naturally black hair and I dye my hair all the time ^^; I've had hair in Blue, Pink, purple, Ash and it's currently bleached blonde.
Never had problems with mosquitoes as I never seem to get bitten.

Really surprised how fast this week has went by. It must be the same way over there too.
Plus seeing some handy devices, from a mini-repellent, to "shocking" food service.

Speaking of dyeing hair, I may have to treat mine soon. I have some gray hairs appearing. O.o

Never saw the mini-gift boxes before. But it kinda reminds me of candy hearts, many give away here in the States. Actually I think we've moved onto more than candy, even Hickory Farms (the xmas pack) shows up off and on.

Plus that mini-basket for your bike must come in handy. Hope we'll see some over here sometime soon.

You should have gone to see Pokemon!!! Or the Happening!!! And lol, your not the only one who gets the loud/annoying people sitting near you in the cinema. My mum complains they always sit near her lol. lol at the hair dye with anime girls on too. And the call-girl posters.
And we're only just getting that 'Dove Go Fresh' stuff in the UK now!
I've never dyed my hair. I love having blonde hair(even tho theres hidden ginger bits...:sob:) I thought about dying it for a bit when I was younger. But I was a fool to even think it.

Lots o' questions this time:
- I rarely get foodstuff in the movies coz it's too expensive imo but I go to macdees or some other place before or after. I always end up with noisy or sick ppl close to me, I seem to attract them.
- We don't have that many bike repair shops as not many ppl use bikes, and you can get the tires pumped for free but it's good to know the repair guy
- I've never dyed my hair coz I'm ok with brown, but I don't mind other ppl doing it. I think Japanese girls with brownish hair llok good, but I don't reallylike bleached hair. Do you have a picture of you with dyed hari, Danny?
-The basket for the bike looks good, I've never ssen a foldable one.

My hands need to be busy with something when I watch / listen. Popcorn does the job. Maybe I`m nervous about something...who knows? I should get myself a stress ball...

The hamburgers made me hungry, but Mikuru made me hungry as well.

If they had time in a bottle I bet it would be more expensive that gasoline, but I might keep some just in case : P

BTW, If you dyed your hair white Danny, it would be awesome!

Me too, that hamburguer looked delicious..

I like the way Cheerleader Mikuru looks in the car..LOL.

Also the use of the 2D posters for the hanky panky was very interesting...

I wouldn't dye my hair cause I'm a guy, but girls can look good with dyed hair. Last weekend I was with some friends at a bar and a girl with blue hair walked in. I pointed it out to my friends cause it was like perfect sky blue and very seldom that somebody you see has blue hair. They all thought it was fake cause it looked too good. After much debate over real or not I went up with one friend to find out. I told her I really liked her hair, that must of been really hard to color cause it looks perfect, almost fake. (This was the best way I could figure out how to ask if it was real or not) She said no it's real and loved that I noticed it. My friend being the ass he is decides to break up whatever type of flirting was going on by saying, "So you finally found Rei Ayanami your dream girl" (Her shape, style of hair, color was a dead match) wow talk about somebody dropping the bomb. Ironically she thought we were making fun of her cause preppy guys don't like anime. After having to explain everything I made a new cute friend who has the same interests as I.

Only girls and emo kids dye hair here. Can't stand it actually, but i wish some people were born with snow white colored hair.
Is dying hair in japan kinda complex? i mean japanese don't have blond and light hair. Seems like big eyes and breasts are kind of complex too.
Btw... No food pictures? That seems off XD

-> Do you like the packaging that figures currently come with or can you see some improvements to be made?

Well, the packaging that currently comes with figures stateside here are mostly barebone, since the majority is clear plastic for viewing the figure. Hardly any cardboard at all. But I see no effort to help the environment when selling them. The only thing I see remotely is how American distributors for anime start using "Veridian Collections", which is basically recycled cardboard used to make DVD box sets for licensed anime, and "thinpaks" for US anime releases is becoming increasingly popular too.

I was watching the pictures and I was like "WTF, thats matsudo I live there."
Been living here for only 1month thou. But Im staying for a long time :)
Keep up the good work danny.

I like my black hair so if I dyed it, I'd dye it blacker...

About packaging of figures, I think they should pack 2 or more figures in one so as not to waste money... Yea... And we get more figures as well...

Looks like another fun week in Tokyo, keep it coming Danny!

Never dyed my hair, if I did that my dad would kill me XD but yeah if I dyed my hair would be like Dante's as well

August 30 i will dye my hair to Pink, like Hide in his last year, and 1 go take plane to japan!

It will be my first time, i hope i will look great

That was a cool week you got. This week, my internet went down a long time until we found out that our internet-card doesn´t work properly, but now I´m in again. ^^

Those Sos Brigade figures in the car are looking very cute together

I dryed my hair black in the year 1999.
I liked the new color, but since then I never dryed my hair again.

I could care less about having a bird's nest in my hair, much less dyeing it.

Man, every time I see a food-related picture, my stomach goes all "ggggGGRRRAAA!!!"

LOL! I just can't get enough of the "Dolphin" reference. Always cracks me up!

never dyed my hair before. My mom said if I dye my hair it would look ugly. >,<"

that is some slick movie theater. has the 'apple' look to it
those Kua'aina burgers sure look tantalising! danny with all that food, how do you keep your weight in check? surely, you must have some kinda exercise regiment? i say this because i am looking to improve upon mine.

Never dyed my hair... I've always wanted to dye it dark green.

E^D

great stuff!! thanks for sharing!

these are always great to read...finally have sometime to read your blog.

i'm am defiantly all for eco friendly packaging but i like the way the figures come in, they don't get damaged even if the box gets mangled. don't they offer recyclable plastic, they have a lot of that where i live and it makes a big difference in the amount of garbage that gets tossed out.

I buy the pop corn or snacks when i go to the theater because it keeps the theater open. i don't know how many people know this but the revenue from the movies goes pretty much to the film companies and the theaters here stay open based on the sales of from the concession, thats why they charge so much for something that costs only a fraction of the price. however i don't know if its the same there in japan or in other parts of the world.

i think one of my co-workers might want one of those poo-smell-killers...hehehe.

more new games...no money :( blahhhhhhh....

Mosquito's don't like the taste of me i think, Even when I went to Kenya not once did I get bitten. I feel lucky :3

I would dye my hair to brown or red, maybe... And this year it's me who kills mosquitoes ^^u

dose the mosquito repellent really work better than the repel spray?

Where my hometown is in Wisconsin there was always TONS of mosquito's, now here in Colorado, it's not quite as bad actually. (Would love to have the Hello Kitty repellent though), Must find that somehow.:D
And wow... THAT is a lot of bikes!... I don't think I have ever seen that many bikes in one area. How do the owners find there bikes? That will be something for me to get used to.:D
Beautiful pictures btw Danny, keep them coming, I always enjoy your articles!:D

I've Dyed My Hair: Purple, Red [and I mean RED, not natural red], Purple and Blue, not at the same time :) I was cool when I had my hair red it was really long and faded to yellow at the end, look like fire.

Lately I've been getting the itch to dye my hair dark green, in parts anyway.

yerp I've dyed my hair
I actually started dyeing my hair with extreme colours since 2006
mostly highlights...
but I've gone for green, orange, blonde, pink, red, brown, burgundy, chestnut, burgundy red, grey, gold, ash green, peacock green...etc
right now my hair is dark red, with pink highlights...:D
it was suppose to be blonde highlights but I couldn't wait any longer for it to turn blonde

*sigh* Japan looks wonderful, hopefully I can get everything together after school and find a well-paying job in Tokyo.

omg i love soul caliber and i have the 4th one (not half bad) and amazons scare me

I wish that mosquito repellent was carried in american stores.

Me have problems with those buggers xD