Welcome to dannychoo.com

While I'm personally not too much into figures (though I do find them interesting, just not enough to collect) I do really enjoy your articles about Japan. Brings back so much good memories!

I started following you a bit before you guest-posted on Boing Boing, but those articles helped my decision into checking more regularly (great btw). I guess the "hook" was reading that you worked part-time for the Empire ^^

I already forgot how I stumbled on your website, but pretty much everything here gets my attention.

I enjoy almost everything you talk about here.

I'm not as active but when I can I try to make time to read your posts, which are very interesting

i first got linked to your site from tomopop
love the subculture stuff and the oppai mouse'pads' :p
hope to move to japan one day soon myself

I got your sites from search engine when search for figures review 2 years ago !!!

I seriously can't remember how I visited this site. Japan/General news read from DC sure is useful.

It looks like I have a lot of catching up to do on reading your posts at BoingBoing.

I remember i got here thanks to Tokyo Tropper Videos ^^
Didn't know of all the other Great things i would find..

All i can say is;
I was taking a Trip to a Paradise, But ended up in heaven ^^

If I recall, I stumbled onto this site while aimlessly looking for a gundam kit or action figure. As my time here increased my figure side started to emerge. I regret nothing XD

I'm been a reader since 2007 when I discovered you through Hector's blog. the gundam posts got my attention but i stayed for the figure post and the community

What made me stay was the community itself and of course you Danny. It's rare to find an otaku community online that is led by a great man and doesn't have trolls and pedophiles all over the place. Although there are some posts that I probably shouldn't read about, it's all a part of the culture and hobby.

I'm one of the people that started reading your site more frequently after your guest blogging at BoingBoing. So far I've really enjoyed everything that I've read here, both your news posts and member's as well. Although since I've always been a fan of the sub-culture it's not too surprising that I would enjoy the site.
My first run through the blog's UI was fine, everything was well laid-out and I didn't need to search for anything that I was looking for.

Reason I decided to join was because I liked the community and all the different news discussed here. It's great to be able to talk to other people who share smiler interests as you ^^

I think I stayed because of the pervy stuff... jk :P but seriously tho I think most of the pervy stuff is kept minimal compared to some other places I have seen, I like that there's diversity in news and people on Danny choo and that Danny takes time to interact with us however busy he is ^^ If there's something I'm not interested in I just won't read lol

I joined cause I liked that Choco Party Ad someone posted like 1 year ago my friend showed me it and I lol'd. Anyway pretty much everything on the site is great. Right amount of everything and community is great, no trolling (has to be one of the few sites in the world) is a plus.

Figures have always been why I've come here. Other stuff is okay, but figure reviews, whether posted by you or others are my favourite part of the site. (I'm probably the only one who feels this way, but I'm not so interested in Japan and see it as just another place... a place that makes some amazing TV shows, and simmilarly amazing merchandise to go with them. )

I remember seeing dannychoo in the tv, i believed it was CNN, can't quite remember >.<. Basically DC is like my second home, it has everything i like in it: otaku culture, Japanese Culture, games, tech, everything is perfect, so you don't need to change anything in my opinion Danny, thanks for this awesome home ^-^.

Got an account here specifically to reply to this post ;)

I found you via BoingBoing. I'm not really interested in Japan specifically, I'm quite curious about just about anything. I've watched plenty of anime, but because I think they're entertaining rather than out of any particular attachment to Japan in particular.

I do like the wide range of coverage here, though. All the reporting is of very high quality - engaging, funny, and above all, interesting. I suspect that pretty much anything would be made interesting with Danny writing it, but I've specifically enjoyed:

- Your vast enthusiasm for figures, especially that one picture recently where Saber is demanding a biscuit - that was hilarious :)
- All the slice-of-life posts, showing normal everyday things in Japan. I find other cultures really interesting, and even the posts about what you're having for dinner are fun for me.
- I don't really mind the supposedly perverted stuff. Some of it is stuff I personally wouldn't enjoy (I don't really like the idea of an itasha covered in eroge stickers, and I wouldn't put up dakimakura covers on my walls or anything) but I can appreciate that Japanese culture is different to my own, and that this is part of it. I like to think of this site as a kind of "cultural reporter", showcasing what it's like to live and work in Japan. Part of that is reporting on bits that other cultures might find distasteful and I wouldn't enjoy the site so much if it didn't share such a wide range of things.
- Tasty idol pics are never a bad thing either :P

In summary, I like this site for its eclecticism, the genuine enthusiasm of the writing, and because Nanami Sakuraba is very good-looking indeed. Thanks for all your hard work, Danny!

While I don't collect figures myself, I think that the figures and other stuff like that are a part of Japan. Japan wouldn't be Japan without them.

Found this site through Dancing Queen's site ^^ At first I only stayed for the figure news, but now I love both figure stuff and Japan stuff!

i first found this place because of the gundam tutorial and decided to stay after i saw a some articles about life in japan though i kinda miss the gundam stuff

I like all the topics that are written about.

If some sort of filter was implemented to allow users to pick and choose topics they like it should be off by default. That way new users can see everything the site has to offer.

i found your site after wandering around some gundam blog
all your articles are good
i enjoyed reading every of them....

I saw you in Animax and heard about your site ^^ I really like reading your A Week in Tokyo and the episodes after that.

Welcome to all newcomers ^_^

Well I can't remember how I stumbled upon your site, probably was searching for something on Google, but the design catched my eyes immediately. At first I was a bit lost, but that is because I found so many interesting stuff I didn't know where to begin! But what made me stay (and to post) here was the "Motivational" articles, I found them very enlightening, and in the end it made me wonder who is this guy who writes such good stuff and also collects tons of dolls and other strange stuff I never even heared nor saw before.:) And this mixture of Japan stuff, Figures, Subculture, Trooper, etc. is perfect: just what I would expect from a blog about Japan! Keep up the good work Danny!

I don't really remember what I was looking for when I stumbled on this site, but the Japan articles were one of the big draws for me. I tend to have rather strange tastes as it is compared to a lot of Americans, so the subculture stuff doesn't really bother me at all.

Although the eroge stuff does make me a tad leery about browsing from work, I generally do most of my surfing at home anyway so it's not really an issue. (I do find people who complain about the "perverted figures" to be incredibly lulzy though).

I found you through Boing Boing, and I really liked the stuff about Japan and decided to stay. I'm not really into the other stuff but I don't mind it, sometimes they are interesting.

I was a bit confused when I first came here, but I found my way around in no time. In any case I'm subscribed to the rss feed so I have no problem.

What I like the most.... your pictures about the everyday Japan we (the dudes around the globe who have nosebleeds about probably every single detail about the life in Japan) wouldn't see anywhere else. Or is it only me? :) The first time I ended up on your site, I didn't have a clue whats going on. I suppose it was about a year ago. But now I kind of stumbled here again somehow and now I'm a subscriber... though I'm still a newcomer. I like the photos, random news about various things - like today there was a post about a flying car - man, you say it's about otaku - you're way beyond it. And that's what I like. I guess I can't really express myself quite as I would like to... but here is a big thanks to you for doing the things you do. And I LOVE that mysterious Stormtrooper who hangs around Tokyo. :O) Sorry for the big post. :)

I think I originally came here when I was Googling something. I only stopped lurking when you started giving away stuff. >_<;

Since I stumbled upon dannychoo since figure.fm era, just want to say YOKOSO DannyChoo.com to new followers.
p/s: DC needs moar gunpla love

I also stumbled onto your site by some time ago like some of your other reads have stated. And like them, I also enjoy everything you post on the site. I find it hard to believe that there is anything boring about Japan. I'm sure the locals would say otherwise. hehe As far as the perverted stuff goes, I guess you can't please everyone, but I figured that for those who don't want to be associated with those things would probably just avoid your site. Less trolls I guess. Anyways, from a long time reader, keep up the good work and good luck with the extra site traffic. ;)

came here for information on living in Japan and got addicted to the figures along the way. this site was just too big to walk away from, it's got everything!

I like most all your stuff, especially the random photos of places around Tokyo and around Japan. I love the way Japanese architecture and urban design looks. I think the only thing I don't really care about are the posts about Mac things.

This is my third week at Dannychoo.com and I'm glad to say that this is my homepage. I've found all sorts of interesting material here from the A Week in Tokyo series to the figure reviews and the plan life speeches(loved these the most)

Danny, you are an inspiration to many. Thank you and keep it up!

i love everything about DC.com, it's the reason I became an even bigger otaku ^^

Danny Choo's inspiration & motivation keep me staying in this wonderful community, just like a battery returning to a charger, everytime Danny gives practical advices, I would feel recharged.

Thanks Danny for giving us such a great community ;-)

dannychoo was the site that basically started my fasination with japanese stuff and culture

Why I visit Dannychoo:

1. Pics of Japan (week in Japan is my fav)
2. Pics of Japanese food
3. Learning Japanese culture
4. Reading about Danny's about personal experiences
5. Tech coverage

Not really interested in figures and stuff, but I appreciate Danny's enthusiams!

would love to have voted for "everything"

I found this place by pure coincidence, but once I started reading some of the articles I kept coming back...

"always copy long text to your clipboard incase server goes walkies" .. Damn, I saw that *after* I typed up a storm and hit 'comment' instead of 'submit'.

Anyways, I'll try again:
I subscribed to your RSS feed before you started posting for BB. The BB post just made me pay more attention.
I usually only checked your posts that showed up in my newsreader (I assume these are all the posts you make on your site?). I couldn't believe how much content you produced, and some posts showed up as duplicates in my newsreader. So I decided to checks things out for myself and signed up for DC.com.

I don't mind the figurine posts and pics, some of them are quite nice, although I can't see myself collecting them. If anything it would be more in the line of traditional 'action figures' (always wanted a Terminator) :-)

The content about Japan, both from a business and a day-to-day-life-in-Japan point of view really interest me. Especially since you are in the 'web business'.

So, keep up the good work, and we'll try to keep up with you :-)

I can't really remember how I found the site. I think it just kept showing up on my radar through search engines and links from other sites.
So after a while I decided to give it a closer look and I've been a frequent visitor ever since.

I'd have to say that my reason for staying would have to a a mix of everything. There really isn't anything here that doesn't interest me in some way.

I'm old user so think I'm not involve in this ^^.

But sometimes I feel there is too much figures review.

I was reading about Japanese culture and living there, about when I started learning the language, sometime 2007. When I stumbled upon DC through many days searching I read my first article from Danny, I spent the next 7 hours or so no stop reading as much as I could before passing out on the desk. Then when I came to, grabbed some food and carried on reading.

I didn't register at first, or even post until half way through last year, but eventually I was hooked on the community and felt I had to join in.

DC is the first thing I load when the computer turns on, and basically everything here is interesting to read, and everyones friendly, what more could I ask for? (apart from a job working for Danny)

Your motivational posts made me stay and also the posts on Japan and its subculture. Love the figures and all that too so hope you won't stop those, because I'm just picking up on that now. Would also like to know more about how you make money with Amazon ^-^

I think this site is already great in its theme; Anime/Manga Subculture then some insights about Japan.

If there are folks who only want Japan stuff, i bet there other sites for them to visit~~

As the saying goes, you can never really please everyone~ :)

Not so sure how i first came here.
I think it was because i was searching for certian Figures then found this site.

I'm not much into figure but I do like seeing and reading review about it, like many otaku, anime and Japan related stuff that's been posted here. I discover this site about half a year ago when I was googling for some Japan related stuff.

I stay for the free pie.

I think that interest in almost all subcategories of otaku culture lend themselves to being interested in Japanese culture as well. It's like a gateway to something greater. I've loved Japan and Japanese culture ever since I was a child, and I don't think that will ever change. My flirtation started out with video games, but quickly expanded to various cultural elements. It's nice to find a community from various places abroad that share that interest. It's also nice to build cultural bridges through common interests. Japan's isn't the only culture I'm interested in, after all. ^^

Personally it's the Japan photos, the subcultures, then only the figurines. Realised I spent least time reading figurines related post. Don't have to filter them though, it's a big part of dannychoo.com anyways.

Pretty much everything Roby says above - including seeing the "copy before sending bit"!

To summarize my long post:

Living in Japan posts (househunting, shopping, etc.) = awesome
Week in Japan photospreads = awesome
Strange Japanese stuff (the eggs for dolphin waxing included!) = awesome

Its the subculture that I'm on the fence about. Not the figure/figma collecting perse - I was drooling over that Briarios you just got, wishing someone to Suddenly Acquire ME one!

I'll be honest - it's the panty shots. The big "eyes". The eroge. I mean, I'm a pervy girl and a feminist, so you can probably see where I'm scratching my head, trying to figure this out. Hentai and yaoi and the rest of it don't bother me, but... I end up wondering what you get out of the eroge and how your wife handles your collection/interest. Maybe for us nosy newbies (and this particular anthro major) you could do a post about how you got into the subculture, why you like it so much, how your wifey handles it (that is, if it's not too personal; I noticed she doesn't show up in any of the photos, so I completely understand if I'm overstepping my bounds as a guest.)

I don't remember how did I stumble upon dccom... But most prolly while googling some kinda otaku related stuff. I'd never seen something like this before! Free of trolls, friendly community, news, figures, japan, ecchi posts, it feels like everything is combined in this ultimate site ^^

Japan stuff and subculture for me, I don't care one way or the other about figures.

I decided to stay here mostly because of figures. Also, there are lots of interesting topic here.
Thanx to toyzhunt.com I found this amazing site :)

dannychoo.com = pure win!

Everything Japanese here :D

I stayed because of Japan stuff, Figures and of course.. eroge :3

I say it's a mix of everything. I like your articles and also some posts made by you and other members as well.

I suddenly (and I mean SUDDENLY) developed an obsession for anime figures in October of last year and in my searches for large, nice pictures and figure reviews, I found I kept bumping into this site time and again. Then I started clicking the links at the bottom of each article and kept reading and being linked (kind of like the YouTube "Related Videos" effect) and before I knew it hours had flown by. The more articles I read, the more I realized I'd probably bumped into this site many times in the past via Google, but hadn't bothered to see the rest of the site. Once I started reading about you, I realized YOU were the dancing Stormtrooper I'd seen videos about! Beyond the articles, I started reading reader responses and realized that many other blogs/bloggers I occasionally read all link here!

Although the figure pictures and reviews were what led me here (and I still really look forward to them), it was definitely the articles of the day to day life in Japan and the numerous events and experiences that keep me coming back. You have many neat, little anecdotes about experiences that are mundane to your average Japanese citizen and would go by unnoticed by him/her, but are interesting to people outside of Japan. Examples of this would be that Japanese hairdressers put a white cloth over your face out of shyness/politeness while washing your hair or that there is a certain way you have to give someone your name card so that you don't come across as rude (meishi). There are many subjects you cover that a native Japanese person would not think to write about or the articles would not come across in the same manner if written by someone who was not originally a foreigner and native English speaker. I know there are many people who blog about their vacation to Japan, but the significance of certain rituals and events are often lost on them since they are not well-versed in the language and culture, so you offer a very unique perspective. It's neat to see the inside exclusives as well (my favourites being the GSC and Max Factory tours). My only complaint is that I'm not a fan of the ecchi/eroge parts of the site (especially when I'm at school/work) and it takes a little bit of time to get used to the navigation.

The community is one of the nicest on the internet for such a large one and reading their responses is often as interesting as reading the initial post. I hope it stays this way!

tl;dr :
I love everything on the site except for the ecchi/eroge stuff. =^_^=

I have an interest in most things written here, and if there should be an article I don't fancy, I simply don't read it. Easy peasy. ^^

I don't really remember how I found your site. Maybe through google. The main reason why I stay here is because of you, Danny. You are a great man, Danny.

I was watching a Storm Trooper video on Hector's blog and followed the link to some more trooper stuff. And after browsing around I decided to subscribe your RSS feed. :3

hmm honestly, though just keep doing what you have been posting all along. i especially enjoy your posts about your life stories. do keep them coming!

Thanks to all for your feedback so far - means a lot to me!

I found the site while looking for info about visiting Japan. I stuck around for all the great anime and figure updates. The only thing I think is missing from the site is a page where newcomers can clearly see the rules for posting as well as general information, such as how many comments you need to post until you can post your own news item. If such a page exists I haven't found it yet, and maybe it should be in an obvious spot.

It was a bright and sunny Saturday afternoon. I logged on to my Multiply account and checked the latest updates from my contacts. One update was about a site called "Dannychoo.com", a site that talks about Japan, anime, Gundams and other stuff that I have interest in. I clicked on the link and I was brought here to this site. At first I read through the Japan-related articles. Those were very informative. After a few days I started exploring more of the site. After a couple of months, I registered as a new user XD

Your site is perfect the way it is. I came here everyday because I am hooked to all those interesting articles found here. I found this site through Google when searching for stuffs about Japan. After my initial reading, I was hooked. Keep coming for more. Of course, I have no interest in figures and nendroids at first (Please don't hammer me). But now I do take interest in them! It is really nice to learn more about them. Nowadays, I actually read everything here. Well almost everything at least. >.< ^^, I guess I am just another DC addict! LOL

In reference to the poll,

I've stayed because I love Japan/stuff. Oh, and I will post in that damn blurb thing one day!

Ok, also when you sign up, there is mention of having a blog space via this site, like this site in set up and design too. I'd like that.

Yo.

Stumbled upon your site cause of the Week in Tokyo, which is awesome. Then it was like Hey! dancing stormtrooper dude and like anime sweet.

I stayed on after your BoingBoing gig because I was Japanese in many previous lifetimes. That and because you are a damn entertaining read! And yeah, i dig the otaku stuff and the video camera on the sushi conveyor and the Tokyo walks and life in Japan (more food, please!)
arigato!

I sayed on and got my other half interested because I enjoyed your writing on BB and we are both coming to Japan later this year and wanted to know as much as we can about it!
We like you style of writing and both log up to your RSS feed. I must say I find the site itself very hard to follow but the RSS means I get the posts and get to read all the interesting things you do.
I love the stuff about Japanese life and food and we are becoming hooked on Figma... so I guess we can blame you for that!!!
Thanks Danny keep it up!

Tags of some sort would be preferred, so I could then filter to make sure I could read from work.

I knew about the site, but deliberately didn`t join.

Here is the story:

You see, the site that got me started on anime was animes-bg.com... I really liked that site and so on and so on, but as years passed I realized that it just doesn`t suffice. There are a lot of trolls, flamers and such. Yes, links are present, but the community is pretty much poop. The news items are not related to Japan or Hobbies [figures, gunpla etc. etc.] but to CNN type of news, puberty advice and so on.


I was scared of change, but eventually decided to broaden my horizons and thus started reading bloggs and sites. Sankakucomplex helped me to realize that there is much more to the japanese culture than some site full of flamers and such.

And then it hit me. The world of DC. A marvelous community lead by a marvelous man. Although he has achieved so much, he still likes to share, give, if you will. I was charmed beyond words

I felt like a complete idiot for wasting my time on a helpless community full of retarded drunks brought up into a cult.

Danny, I absolutely love your Japan oriented posts. Its like seeing bits and pieces of a dream of mine, which remind me that with hard work, that dream can become reality. And you are the living poof of it.

I also love the love with which you write your posts and comments.

Will try to contribute as much as I can to this marvelous community ^_^

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