What brought you to Danny Choo

me, it was a freidn who linked me to a picture of a figure, then i realized the amazing coverage danny had of hobby festivals in japan and new releases.

I discovered this great website just recently(this year), when I was googling about some figures. At the first and second time I stumbled at this site because of google, I just ignored it, I thought it is just a normal blog(I'm not really a blog reader) and continued searching. On the third time, I tried to read some articles and was amazed by its japan-related contents and also the figures/gundam articles. Then I tried to hang around, later I became a lurker. Then later on, I became a member because my brother encouraged me to do so(it's about posting on the new section -- member news). Now I always check dccom for any new news and goodies. ^^
Well, the thing that captivated me to stay here is the friendly environment -- both the friendly moderator(you know who ^^) and the friendly members(lol) that are not trolls. In short, a site that is also an opinion friendly. ^^

i was looking for figure stuff 1 day and 1 of the first things that goggle gave me i cliket on it and av never looked back since

long live danny choo

I was google searching for Hrududu, looking for what to expect, and I hit danny's site... other than that, I occasionally hit it every so often for Gundam stuff... Now, I am a regular... T_T -where are those Gundam stuff???

For me, I was looking up living spaces in Japan happened to come across the "Living & Workspaces" article from 2005 - been here since, but just started to actually participate ^_^;;

I dont really remember but it was either something I was searching from random curiosity or Japanator.....either those two and I stumbled upon this wonderful place

Me? It was a sunny, hot afternoon when I was at college. probably freshman by that time. I was obssessed with collecting mecha prints of different kind. When I decided to search and put gundam pics, I stumbled upon this site. I dunno what fest is that but I there I saw gundams, other mechs, and KAWAII girls.....*nosebleeds*. then every time I went out to rent my time in the internet, I always look at this site whenever I have the liberty of time that is....then i saw more than this! There I saw Eroge and other funny posts. Dolphins, eyes, you name it. And there I decided to join in just to see the uncensored pics of some eroge. But then I realized...."hey! this a site that hits my spot!" A spot were I thought that I'm the only Geek/Nerd in the world feeling alone. You know, society's outcast. I don't feel alone anymore. Even if it's in the internet that is. And since then, I felt like I had another home!

I was searching for something anime related and I stumbled upon Danny's review of the Queen's Blade Tomoe PVC.. Lol

Thank you Danny for a great site!
I was looking for pictures of the PG strike gundam and happened upon danny's gallery of it, then read his gunpla guide which is what got me back into gunpla. That's a few years ago now but I only became a member early this year, I was a full-time lurker before that!
I also miss the gundam stuff, I actually think that, had his site not had gundam stuff on it in the first place, I wouldn't have been interested. The same is partly true now too but I'm also quite fond of all the Japan articles and news items too =] I visit this site more than any other!

I don't really remember how I stumbled upon DC but I'm pretty sure it was related to figure. And like noob, I joined at first to be able to get the uncensored pic and well....after that it become rather easy to just post on it. ^^;

A friend once showed me the site and i got attracted to all the articles and figure coverages. Not only the figures, but everything else that's strictly Japan seems to be found here too which raised my interest and knowledge in these kinds of things

I saw figures and started becoming interested in them. My friend told me that if I was interested in figures there was only one place to go. And here I am.

Came across this site like a year ago, just browsing random stuff on Japan but didn't favourite it (I know im stupid) so it wasn't till like 3 months ago or something like that extremly late at night when I accidently discovered the 'Week in Tokyo' articles that I found out what an amazing place it is (The community is awesome, it's nice to now people share the same passions etc... as me) I lose hours on this site everyday, if I had a job (Unemployed right now *sob*) i'd probably be fired lol

It's my favourite place to visit on the internet that is for sure.

(And Bluey I totally agree with you on what you said regarding the pic of Danny lol)

I got linked to either a pic or an article by someone, and looked around the site a bit. Wasn't sure what to think as it was a lot to take in, but I came back a few days later and have been checking the site almost every day since then (about a year or two ago now... time flies).

Simple, I was searching for dancing Stormtroopers (what you don't?), and I ended up here. I was immediately hooked to this place.

I was driven here to this great wonderful site via googling for meaning of life & spotted the quality of Danny's motivational articles, that I committed to remain to this site forever & ever ^_^
Of cause all the Japan-Related stuffs too ;-)
May DC.com florish for eternity!!!!!

Danny's Gundam Tutorial.. :)

I find this site almost a year ago (give or take a month). Found it through his Gundam-building article - which is funny, because I don't even really have interest in gunpla. I was just bored and clicked a couple of successive links. Found Danny's sense of humour amusing, moved on to the Japanese sections of the site. My interest in figures solely stems from all the reviews and photos that I found during that time.

Joined a couple weeks later, when I wanted to see the uncensored version of...was it Fauna? I don't remember. ^^; Eventually found out how nice everyone was, and that made me stay for good.

it was a long time ago on the show Attack of the Show they covered japan and anime blogs and danny's blog was one of them and i checked it out. now i visit his site multiple times a day.

Came for the Dancing Storm Trooper...stayed for the Ladies :D

I came due to Gundams and figurines,
back in the days where figure.fm as saperate entity

Back in February, I was googling "Ken Akamatsu" on such a winter day, I saw the Ken Akamatsu article, a month later I joined this site, I didn't start commenting until June!!

The thing that caused me to stay here, was the friendly atmosphere (unlike most of the internet community), and fellow otaku gathered here from all over the world!!

LONG LIVE DANNY!!
And may the force be with you!!

It was most likely looking up Gunpla back in 2006-2007 maybe? Probably after I saw a bit of Keroro Gunsou or something. :P I was always too afraid to join the site though, because I thought it was a tight knit gundam and modeling community... ;;;<.< Boy was I wrong. I kept coming back for Danny's Japanese lessons so I could teach my girlfriend more fun things to yell out loud when she visits her family in Japan. XD Oh it was fun... No wait, I think I remember looking up costuming... It was the suit! I remember, now! I googled Stormtrooper armor mods and found the site! XD And then I stayed for the other reasons... Wow that was ages ago... That's it for me, it was his armor mod posts.

His how to spray paint a gundam guide brought me here.

i was originally looking for guides/tips on building gundam models on google and there was a link to this site.i clicked on it and it was very good so i bookmarked this site.i went to the main page and saw the different articles which got me interested so i stayed

Forums actually, I was on a forum called Hobbyfanantics and lead me here on Danny's Gunpla guide.

I remember searching in google for a Nirvash model from Eureka 7 and DC.com came up on the first page. There was an article about it with awesome pictures. It was back when there was no orange on the site. How long ago is that? It musn't be that long.
I didn't think anything of it, I thought it a normal blog but for some reason I came back. Random google searches brought me here. I always checked an article then looked at the bottom of the page for other articles to read. I'd be here for hours reading articles. I don't remember signing up... It just happened one day.
Now DC is responsible for my likeness in figures, 2D girls and 3D pantsu weekly pics.

fellow otaku's
and what kept me here?
Danny's awesomeness >.<

Can't remember how I came to find this site, the only thing I know is that it was probably in September or October of 2006 and I think it was related to a Gundam kit

for me, I think it was the gundam stuff that introduced me to this awesome site/community... ^^

Free Taco Tuesdays!

Figures and Gundam. Tokyo Storm Trooper was a surprise as my friends found that before I did and now even they know about this site (despite not being a hardcore anime freak like me hehe)

gundam through google

researching my trip to Japan a year and a half ago.

Originally, this article found through google: http://www.dannychoo.com/adp/eng/904/Peace@Pieces+Hikaru.html (I still want that figure. T_T) I kept running into this site on various google searches, so I thought," what the heck, I'll stay :3"

I was looking for info about ignis max factory figure and found figure.fm, which then linked to this incredible site ^_^
Danny is great. All hail Danny!

I found DC while searching for Gundam pics. I stayed for the idols. I started posting for the 2D Girls. ^^

was just starting to get interested in figures, so I Googled my resources. Then I bumped into here...

The rest, as they say, is history.

I don't remember if I was searching for something about mac or figures when I found Danny's site. At first I didn't register and decided to bookmark and lurk around and every week I would check here and read the articles but one day I wanted to comment on something and ended up registering and started visiting more often and here I'm now... checking DC.com at least 5 times a day to read Danny and Member News.

A friend told me about this site, mostly about the figurine releases. I stayed mostly because of the community here.

Was browsing Gundam stuffs and stumbled on Danny's site.

Sometime in 2006- 2007 I was bemoaning the fact that I was missing yet another Comiket, and after surfing Comiket related stuff I got linked to a Doujin or Comiket article by Danny. It might be this one http://www.dannychoo.com/adp/eng/713/C71+-+Doujinshi.html or even this http://www.dannychoo.com/adp/eng/1051/Comiket.html if my sense of time is really off, late 2007 seems a bit late and I think I remember Danny's name and distinctive page style from a while back..

Bookmarked site, came back earlier this year while I was personally on a bit of a downer, was surprised that the site's comments and general atmosphere were actually friendlier than usual, which cheered me up and made me start visiting the site. About 1.5 months ago I finally made an account, quite possibly to get around some uncensored shots on some doujin/eroge article ^_^

Being a hardcore otaku since the mid 90s that probably tends to be over-sensitive and prone to bouts of minor depression from my real life, a friendly site focused on my rather fanatical obsessions made a perfect fit for me.

I went on the site for some background info on what to buy (figurines) and gundam pics. Now I became a member when I wanted to do commenting and tell my stories. Now I subscribe to danny cuz it helps him pay his mortgages ^_^.

Hmm I can't remember much... It must've been the Anime Figurines Network on Facebook that lead me here. A few people from the group entered a contest here and I started looking around since there were some cool stuff Danny posted, Gundams and news from Japan. So I stayed and stayed and stayed... It's super fun here! ^_^

first came to dc.com when it was all gundam goodness.
searched on google(or was it yahoo) on making gundams for busy people.
dc had an article when he made his PG strike gundam, so that was it.
till now it evolved into a lot of stuffs, having more figurines and japan articles than the first time i came here.. =

I don't remember exactly anymore, but I think it was either an article or figure news.

I can't remember....I think it was from Google when I was searching for Gundam related bits. I can't believe its been years since I found this place. Keep it up Danny!

Have been lurking for 2 years before I decided to sign up, I believe I found the site through google because I was searching for some gravure idol goodness

Got to know this site through a friend. Was looking at gunpla modeling for busy people then. Great tutorial!~

I came here a long time ago by way of 4chan after someone had posted a bunch of Mirai pictures. Didn't register at fist, just lurked about for a while until I really had something to say in response to someone's comment and it just snowballed from there.

because danny has gundam perfect grade rx 178 mark II titan

I was attracted because of your Gundam posts...Those were just too amazing!!!All that modeling,that painting!!!!!I want to be your follower!!!!!

Was looking for anime pictures on the internet. and i came to a blog with pictures of anime, and below was a link to dannychoo.com.
And i really liked the site , most of all because all the information about Japan.
And that is the main reason why im still a reader of this site, today.

it was either your PG Strike Gundam or the Gunpla Tutorial for me. ^^ but it certainly wasn't this: http://www.dannychoo.com/adp/eng/130/Fuc*ing.html ^^

I believe it was your detailed explanation about the work and living costs in Japan. I also enjoyed your blog posts about the various Japanese locales and events as they provide a personal insight into the workings and intricacies of Japanese culture, which I've a great interest in.

Later on, I joined because of your figurine coverage, which I'm now starting to get into.

was on YouTube looking for some Star Wars stuff and then when watching a video i was looking for more related stuff on the right bracket. seen Tokyo StormTrooper. i said to my self i gotta see this since i love anything Japanish not to mention a Star Wars fan and that someone put my greatest loves together i had to see it. so after laughing till i couldn't and was gasping for air i looked who made it and found the link to this site.

hmm...honestly? I don't even remember anymore lol. I just sort of wandered my way around and eventually found myself here haha

I think I was linked here from Kotaku? I forget... it's been over a year... wow time flies.

Every blog I went to before Dannychoo had a Dannychoo link. One click and I was hooked. ^^

honestly i have no idea. i discovered this site around last may. that was the time when i started to collect figures.

A good friend of mine referred me to the site. Naturally, I trusted his idea and tried the site.
Needless to say, I spend a lot of my time on here since that very day >.<
Be it the design, interactions, content... this site definitely has that special something ^^

I discovered this site when I was looking for pictures of 2D girls when I stumbled onto dannychoo.com... That was when the fun began LOL

was browsing around for anime related stuff and SOMEHOW ended up here. never stopped coming back since ^_^"

I found figure.fm first, through a link on some blog.

Two words: CUP NUDE

Somebody linked me to Dannys Cup Nude Article and i stayed because of the Figure and Japan Posts

I found out about DannyChoo.com when i was researching the procedures to work and live in Japan. With so much information about everything to share, from stores with the best prices on food to working visa, i kept coming back all the time.

I came across the page where Danny shares his own experience moving from England to Tokyo. I have to say (with a lot of water in my eyes) that story touch me and gave a lot of hope and motivation to follow up my dream to live and work in Japan. In the same moment i was drawn to this page, not only for my passion of anime, manga and Japanese culture, but also for the sincere friendly environment that Danny successfully have created and maintain on this website!

Kokoro no naka ni kara, honto ni domo arigatou gonzaimasu, Danny Choo!!!!!!!!
From the bottom of my heart, thank you very much, Danny Choo!!!!

ps: if it depends on me, more and more people will know about this site. keep up with the most outstanding good job on this website ;o) !!!!!!!!!!!!

kirainet XD

i think google brought me to this site if my memory serve me well...
searching about japan stuff... and tada! dannychoo.com show up at top of list

I was constantly looking for all thing japanese on the net for the past yr or so, DC didn't really register in my consciousness probably due to the high figures content. I was watching anime and such just not interested in figures. ^^;;
I remember i was looking at some photos for an event in japan where the writer credited DC so I pop by to see the whole photoset in the article. Was lured in actually by the funny comments pple have here, quite a thriving community i think. 6 mths membership and counting, since then I've discovered anime/figure bloggers in my country thru DC and I bought my 1st figma due to being brainwashed by the constant figure updates. Whoopie! LOL

I was Googling something about Aya Hirano around sometime last year which lead me here ^^

I was googling gundam and I found this site. The guide to building gunpla was the 1st article I read here.

I found Dannychoo.com from his non-otaku blogging friend, Q-TARO >> http://blog.q-taro.com/

well, i've always searched a site with news about japan and also related with my passion for figures, anime, ecc. And one day of more than two years ago, i found this site for coincidence, it was like the paradise for me. Five minutes later i already create an account ^^

2 things brought me here - Figma and about Japan. Till now still satisfy on the content

Saw some awesome shots of figures and stayed here until then.simple lol.site rocks!

Mine was a basic image search, for what i cant remember. When i clicked said search button Google came up with "did you mean dannychoo.com".... not that my search looked anything like it! Oh well, glad i joined, love the atmosphere and the complete lack of 'trolls' and 'flamewars'.

In short: love the site, love the peeps. Rock on.

I discovered this site when googling some tips on gundam modeling. The reviews on figures were also awesome.

I discovered Dannychoo.com completely by accident. I think it was just a random link off a bloggers page somewhere. Figures, rather than Gundams were bigger when I joined in June and that's the reason I'm staying - and have visited probably every day since I joined. That's a record for me for a website of any kind, outside of ebay...

Friend introduced me to dc.com
Have been checking it everyday since.

^^

I found dannychoo.com through the blogroll on tokyotimes.org, I do believe. I was scanning around for more Japan related sites, found this one, thought it was the best of the bunch, saw some ero shots that I wanted to see without the Mirai mark, and registered. The est is history. xD

got in for the Gunpla posts mostly. Stuck around for the motivational posts and the lovely crowd.

I was looking for Figma news and found Mikatan-chan blog. There was a link to dannychoo.com. I was amazed at the amount of fun japan stuff there was here, so I bookmarked the page and visit it daily since then.

Was shortly after you first put up the first dancetrooper vid and had it link back to the site

Through a link on youtube when I saw the first dancing storm trooper video^^

I came across this site through youtube too
Tokyo dance trooper convinced me this was worth looking into ^^
I`ve been a regular reader for several years now but only became a member this year.

I was introduced by a fried who said he found a place with "great gundam-related" stuff. I then became hooked not only on that part of Dc, but the entire site as well. I blame my curiosity. XD

What brought me to dannychoo? Hm.

Originally it was searching on otaku blogs, really. I had no idea that dannychoo.com existed, and really I just wanted to start my own blog as well. Super Rats from happysoda.com had grabbed me by the shoulders and turned me to face this website after giving me some quick pointers. And shortly after I was on my way.

I discovered this webiste in 2006 but I don't remember why, maybe for anime figures.

the food!

I followed a link a contact of mine posted on his blog. I saw the description of the website and when I read that your website was about anime and Japan, I clicked it XD

I think it was Hector, because I just discovered his site searching about Japan... I think that him just mentioned "Danny" and left a link to your website... When I entered here at Dannychoo.com, I discovered a new world, the love for the figures... hehehe

Thank you Danny and all the members who's keeping alive the site!

Cheers all

What hooked me without my knowing it, was figure pictures taken on the balcony. My memory includes there being shadows cast by the sun. Calmness. Warmness.

The orange and green and blue site color scheme helped reignite a childish love for toys. These images were authentic and sentimental.

It was Danny's tutorial Building Gundams for Lazy People. That got me hooked and I kept coming back.

If my memory served my right... the first time I bumped into Danny's site was searching for some gundam tutorial... It's been a while since then...

dannychoo gundam guide
and then i look dannychoo previous article everything folder
1 year after browsing, also when i learnt how to use e-mail address (i was like stupid 14 y o kid back then)
i join this site
3 years full of great information, picture, and alot of otaku news stuff
=D
3 times of losing ID tho -_-

I first stumbled upon your site a year or so ago while I was looking for something... can't remember what. Probably an anime or Gundam. But what got me back here was the Stormtrooper vids and figures ^_^

I love reading all your articles especially those about figures and Japan ^o^

i meet this great site when i was in the amazon site searching for the ROLLY (http://www.sony.jp/products/Consumer/rolly/). in one of the images of the rolly, one get my attention, is a photo of the figure of fauna whit the rolly illuminating her, and in this photo are the site of Danny write there. was pure coincidence i found this site, and i very happy for this! thanks Danny!!

Kirainet.net I was reading some of his artiles and I found out a funny Stormtrooper-like-dude and start to link and tara~

I was actually doing google searches for japanese language guides and came across your article on learning it. Wasn't really what I was looking for but I'm glad I stumbled across it!

what got me into Danny Choo website is probably at that time i was struggling looking for Gundam and figures. Well i have to say, thanks to your long time Figure.fm and your Gundam photos.

For me it was a gradual thing. I kept stumbling across it on googl searches and so on. And eventually decided to sign up, because I wanted to post, and rant and just share the love!!!

And yes, I thought that when I first saw that pic. Tis a great pic, great pose(accidental or on purpose?)

I've been reading the page for almost 3 years now, but I didn't actually register an account till I was sitting at my hotel in Fukuoka looking up information on places to visit from Danny's site. I guess I've seen so many fan websites come and go over the years that I didn't have overwhelming confidence in this one till I had been reading it for 2 years and realized it's just getting bigger and better!

So that morning while waiting for my roomate to drag is lazy bum out of bed so we could go sight seeing. I registered an account finally :D Lately I find myself eye'ing Danny's RSS more than ANN's lol.

I was randomly surfing around on youtube looking for ineteresting videos when I noticed your Storm trooper videos. I watched a few of them before I noticed Mirai (the background on youtube) and then I was like MUST HAVE HIGH RES VERSION O_O!! I clicked on the link but instead of trying to find the image I started reading the articles and exploring the site, and that's basically how I found this amazing site that I have been lurking on for nearly 6 months now ^__^

I'm not exactly sure how I stumbled across DannyChoo, as it was around the year 2005, so I can't really remember that far back, orz ^^; but the Gundams are what piqued my interest at first and since then I've been following DC.

what brought me to danny's was, I was reading akiba channel.com and came across your link and never left your site. I love reading your japan articles on living in japan and everything in the japan portal my fave.

The gundam goodies a while back.. At least due to that my friend tell me the name of the sites..

I'm not into gunpla though here.. Much for figures and animes ^_^

Discover this site while searching for things about japan at google. This site did help me for my preparation to tokyo that time.

I've always come across the site randomly, but never realised what it really was until I started exploring. So much otaku stuff on this site, can't get enough!

I got into Dannychoo back when I was looking for figure reviews. Your figure pictures sucked me in. :D

Gundam building.

I found this site through the CNN breaking news report and I'm thrilled to have found it! My bank account won't be so thrilled, but why earn money if you can't spend it, right?

My cousin showed me a link to your site about some figures... And tadah, I'm here! The interesting articles of Japanese culture and figure news got me hooked to DC.com :)

late coming up on this for the umpteen time hmph
well came upon dc.com from the rss feeds over at antenna animeblogger. i tell ya rss feeds are the best thing ever to happen to the internet. no more opening up 20 tabs at once to check out all my favourite sites...

as for what i come here regularly for..well initially it was for the anime and otaku stuff, but as danny expanded his coverage to all things japanese, i grew immensely fascinated and intrigued. As time went on, I became interested in the guy behind the site, danny and his daily endeavours in the land of the rising sun. Coming from a modest background, travelling overseas has never been an option.
So for now, dc.com is my window into the world of japan. sob sob .
fret now though, as long as i study hard and get my degree, japan will be my first stop!

i remember i was googling around for that one Ignis figure put out by Max Factory... i remember i reallly wanted it back then (but didn't have much money back then... T_T) and especially after seeing Danny's photoshoot of her i was like wow... that's awesome.

and, i've been here ever since.

Had a feeling this would be hijacked, hehe~

I'm sure how I found this site, but I know I was looking for something on google, wasn't that interested in staying as I rarely return as a regular visitor to any site. But after a few more searches in which your site showed up, I figured I might as well lurk for a while... must have done so for about a year or so before deciding to sign up ^^;

the tokyo trooper vids were the ones that brought me into the world of Danny Choo and the rest was history...All Hail the Troop!!!

Hmm so what brought me here? We'll it was just out of curiosity when i was searching for information regarding the the figurines related to FSN: Saber.
Then the following day i just happen to find myself enjoying reading your archives and stuff.
As long as there is an interesting article i will remain on this ride.
Well apparently everyday is an interesting day here in DC ^^V

I got here when I was googling some Gundam images last year.

It was Gundam goodies that brought me here to DC.com and it is the Japanese otaku culture and figures that kept me here ^___^

what brought me here?
I knew Danny from my current forum, Fakku.net,. Everytime there's a big news about Danny some members will make a thread about it. And now this website is my main otaku website. LOL XD

I er... was looking for maids.

i found out about dannychoo.com after watching this video on akihabaranews of the 2007 wonderfestival coverage so i just typed in dannychoo.com and liked the site so i go here every day since that time

I don't remeber exactly, I think was something with Akihabaranews.com that was featured with Dannychoo.com and I started to access both... but now I access DC.com and always forget to go to AN.com ... sob T_T.... problably from beggining of 2007, but I'm sure that I accessed here before it, but didn't Fav, now is my home ^-^;;;.

I was looking for some coverage on Comiket, found it on some site (I can't remember now which one it was..) they have a link to Danny's site ant I got hooked. I have to admit that I registered cause I wanted to see what is under Mirai Marks placed on pictures from Comiket but than I discovered that dannychoo.com is sooo much more than "hidden eyes" and NSFW materials. Now I check here everyday and sometimes even post some of my thoughts ^_^'.

hands down. gundam. was looking up complete mod kits for Freedom Gundam.

been over 4 years now.

been a joy to see this site and community grow

browsed around the intarwebs for figure pics about 3 years ago. Danny's were of real good quality so i lurked and joined about a year later.

Saw a link on a news item at ANN. Usually i never click those, but this time I did. Very lucky I did too ^^

I discovered the site while searching Mikuru petit nendo pics to my sister (who is a fan form mikuru xd) And I get in front of the page of a guy who WORKS FOR THE MIKURU FACTORY!! XDD we stay shocked 'cause your blog entries reveals great things about the Good smile storages, the factory inside, and a lot of pics and info about the thing that many of us love, FIGURES AND JAPAN! and then, ass the most of the current readers, I check every day dannychoo site in the search for

·Figures
·Japan News
·Pantsu shots!! and related!! xDD
·Funny things
·Anime info too =D

so, just amaizing site, and info center.

Long Live To KING DANNY

Gundam - Around 3-4 years ago.

You're very charismatic Danny ;)

I can't even remember how I discovered Danny Choo.com. I've been visiting here for quite awhile now. I'm not the most frequent comment poster, but I've made a number of news posts. And I visit the site at least 4 times a day. -_^

i found the link to the site on some figure forum
what really surprised me was that this site was in english
it was really refreshing to see a website about jp figures in english
what really surprised me was that you had such close relationship w/ GSC
(then i realized you were the one who designed their website)
before i could only see figure info on mikatan's site, now there's a english source
i think mikatan and your desk are the desks i will recognize anywhere

I first fell here while looking for naughty pictures of the ikki tousen girls, after a quick look around I found the site to be relevant to my interests and serves as a constant inspiration to my own blogging and passion for Japanese culture and language.

I first found this site sitting at work bored to death. I was surfing the web for Japanese culture or Japanese scenic picture when I stumbled upon Danny's site. I spent the rest of my work day reading every one of Danny's "life in japan" articles. I was rejoicing at the treasure trove of info I found. Funny, i didn't even bother looking at the anime, figures, etc till i finished with the "life in japan" stuff. Been a happy member ever since ^^

I googled gundam destiny and stumbled upon danny's site ^.^

A link Fred posted on MegaTokyo to, I think, a figure review. I started visiting off and on, but didn't join until I saw some post on censorship or something. And censorship always gets me fired up and I had to participate. :)

My friend actually sent me the link to Danny's Gundam tutorial a few years back and I hung around reading about Gundams for a little bit but then left after a few months. A year or two later I started picking up figs as well and one day for an unexplainable reason I remembered this blog and decided to check if it was still around and lo and behold it was! From then on I was hooked and I've been a constant reader since..

i came here trough the kirai.net blog and i see your video on youtube, nice dancing move xDDD

It was all thanks to fakku.net I go there everyday :| then one day he posted up a link to this website and that's about it. :))

To be honest, I'm not really sure. Everything is kind of blurry as to how I got here. The only thing I remember is being bored and stumbling on to an interesting site. It eventually led to me constantly coming back, but not registering until much later.

Honest answer? It was this:
http://www.icanhasforce.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/star-wars-unemployment.jpg

After LOL-ing so hard, I feel like "I REALLY need to check this site out".

Then I saw Gundams. Oh yeah.

It started when I discovered Fraulein Revoltech Rei, and saw some of your early coverage of her. Then I wandered off, discovered Figma Saber, and saw your GSC tour. That's when it clicked, "Hey, wait a minute, this guy gets to see some cool stuff--and shares!" I started poking around, and became an addict. XD

I posted over at Zenime (now known as Zotaku)~ and they had a link to your site^.^"

I was initially put off by the pervy stuff being a girlXD
But there's alot of articles on your site that are fun^.^

yeah, for me it was the figurines. that and it didn't look like some half bit blogspot thing. (I know there are some good blogspot reviewers out there, but the majority I've seen were meh)

Just like Danny said, I was brought here by the Gunpla... I actually frequently visited the site and read all the articles for several months before I actually registered. Now I'm suddenly into figures haha.

I found the site by random when looking for some anime info. Then I decided to stick around.

mmm a year ago i was looking for figures reviews and photos and found this.

the original Gundam tutorial ^^. Then you hooked me on what else you were doing and I was hooked again and back into anime, manga etc.

during my travels searching for figures and the like one name kept popping up and it was danny choo i now check this site every night after coming home from work ,and thank you danny for the psn add u rock , ps on a figure related subject does anybody kno where i can pick up a char rhouseman shuraki figure by any chance thanks . ALL HAIL DANNY CHOO .

I saw one of your videos on youtube and was amused. I didn't think much of visiting the site at the time, but after I saw a photograph of the Alter Yoko that was showcased, and how it had your URL watermarked, I decided to take a gander and now I regret not visiting here sooner.

I also agree about the photograph--you look totally badass there.

I had I4U (no longer bookmarked), Akihabaranews.com and Japan Probe on my Safari/Firefox RSS feeds more than three years ago, gadgets being my primary subjects of interest. Daimaou's post about Danny the Trooper in Akiba got me interested and I started coming here more often. As for the videos, I still watch Densha Trooper and the original Tokyo Dance Trooper every now and then.

I should probably get some Nendoroids on the trip next month. :D

found you via Akihabaranews 3-4 years ago, and i decide to register few months ago.
i never regret this discover, thx for everything you do.

keep goin'

I came across your site several times via links, but never made a conscious decision to revisit. It was your youtube videos that really peaked my interest and ultimately lead me to discover all the stuff this site has to offer.

What keeps me coming back are the unique stuff that ONLY this site has to offer, such as (in the order of importance to me):

1. Photo walks (Life advice - personal, business, career, etc.)
2. Daily life living in Japan
3. Insight on Japanese Culture
4. Japanese News
5. Anime News
6. Quirky/funny items
7. Figures and Gunpla (to be honest I'm not the biggest fan, but I'm still interested)

I was pretty much looking for blogs that covered figurines and other collectibles. I don't remember in which page or browser I found this, but I do remember having my interest diverted to all parts of the blog. I came for the figurines, stayed for the whole thing.

I'm not too sure anymore how I came here, either through a link on another blog or through a google hit for something about Japanese culture...

That long how to build a gundam tutorial got me here. I was looking for tips on how to paint one and i stumbled upon this site.

I think I just stumbled upon here while Googling for figures. Then I saw all the interesting things on this site, along with the community, and that's what made me register. :]

Valentines day 08 i came by your valentine's day post on google so i clicked and now im hooked O.o i think i was looking up an anime...not sure what but im glad i did

To be honest, I don't remember. I probably found it by a link from Japan Probe or something.

My sister introduced me and yeah. :D

I actually ended up here by a recommendation from a friend; in the 10th grade I was looking for anime blogs to help increase my knowledge on otaku culture (for some reason or another), and I was told to come here. Needless to say, I've been around ever since ^^

I believe i was doing a Google search for information about living in Japan or at least visiting. Found Danny's articles describing his own adventures, and that sparked enough interest to start reading regularly. That was around summer of 2007, my figure interests really took hold that fall, and by winter i decided to register!

I don't remember that clearly, but I think I got here from searching up IGPX. LOL. The show had started airing in America, so I was looking around the web for neat stuff. I remember seeing your post with pictures of these cool models of the Team Satomi mechs. Then I started browsing around at your figure reviews, photos from japan and stuff, and have tried to visit regularly since then. I've always been a figure and doll fan, but I never kept track of news or events like wonder festival, so that was cool to learn about.

Figure photoshoots. Nuff sed, lol. ^_^;

The figures, anime, japan area reviews and Danny C. with his sexy-pulsating hips! J/K!

For me I forget whether it was my friend who just gave me the site for a particular article or one of my random searches for anime related things, but I found the content of this blog interesting and after exploring it a bit I just kept coming back and a year ago officially became a member of it...really THANKS A LOT DANNY!!!

I can't remember... I have a short term memory. :P
It was either because of a figure review, or the famous first Tokyo Storm Trooper dance video! XD

Also, great taste bluey... my two favorite DC vids! XD

The Stromtrooper got me here...
But I started lurking around reading posts about japan and stuff, checking out the figures so decided to join and here I am.
Danny the Dance Troopah! w00t... Keep dancing man and geting all this awesome stuff to us.

to be honest, what brought me to the website was Dannys stormtrooper video.

xD Haha, Youtube. I always loved the Tokyo Storm Trooper bit you do! Seriously. When I was in Japan I was hoping to see you in Akihabara! DAMN IT! I didn't see you. T_T
Anyways, You are so funny.
:]
I admire you.

I was utterly idle at work... So I just surfed Japanese stuff/Japan related websites. I stumbled upon this site and I was a lurker for the longest time.

I found this place through http://www.riuva.com where they have Danny's link coz that time I'm googling for otaku stuffs then blogrolls put me here and never turn my back. Thought I've found my Nirvana online! Long Live Dannychoo.com! XDD

You Tube brought me here, I've been a subscriber to you since you made the "Caramelldansen Trooper" video, then two days ago I thought "what the heck, I'll be a member too" so here I am. ^^

The Tokyo Trooper did it for me. The first vid I saw was the one where Danny dances in the middle of that crosswalk in Akihabara and i was hooked.

I've lurked this site for some time, but only recently did I register. This looks like a fun community and Danny keeps us up to speed on all the awesome stuff in Japan. I'm glad to be here!

Let's all be honest; we actually found your site by accident while searching for porn. ;)

i was looking for gundam model pictures to show what i was doing for a project...n then i see the...other things on this site n thats how it started lol

Helo i just Joined today :D. Well i believe i found this website looking while reading other peoples blogs and/or figure browsing. Ive actually been visiting this site on a somewhat time to time basis and i love how lively the community is so i thought why not join ya no? Thank You danny for an absolutely amazing site :D

Like some, I found this site during Danny's Gundam heydays a couple of years back before I realize the other treasures on this site.

As for that photo... man, I can't exactly pinpoint what... could be the way Danny stands/poses (judging from the photo, it even looks natural/unintentional!), or that inspirational grin, along with the lighting... makes him look so epically fabulous. Like a hero ^_^ Oh wait... he is one.

is the dancing storm trooper.. will get myself to watch it again once in a time, and Caramelldansen Trooper even once shooting near my Japan office.. :P

It was my husband who found the site while doing research for a trip to Japan. It was in the spring of 2007. Also, at the anime expo of the same year (in Long Beach, CA) we got a flyer with your website listed. That's when I became a frequent reader (But I was too lazy to sign up back then lol)

I showed up here when someone posted a link on a message board with your coverage of some convention with all the photos of mecha model kits. And every once in awhile I'd see another link that would end up at one of your con coverages. Eventually I decided to wander around the site and then saw the pics yo had posted from your trip to Malaysia. That intrigued me as I'm born in Malaysia but haven't been back to Asia since '92. I really became frequent after I was looking at the photos of the places you've lived in. Though I don't post regularly, I do check this place out daily now.

Thanks to google, I stumbled upon this site. Also, my brother (daichouginga) recommended this site to me. I like the member news, so I became a regular lurker. Officially joined when the post ToyCon 2008 was posted.

Yeah the first time I stumbled upon the site was because I was looking up Gundam figures and happen to see some awesome pics of mecha. The rest is history

stormtrooper

this is really really really really embarassing, but my mom left a sticky on my computer with the adress on it

I forget, but I know that I pressed a link from Japan Probe (which I still visit daily)

i honestly can't remember what brought me here, or how i found out about dannychoo.com.

I followed a link about housing in Japan from Azrael's site, the guy who was a Japanese school teacher. I'd been researching discrimination in ethnically homogeneous countries for a class, oddly enough.

I've been running a Korean blog for almost 4 years now. One day, someone posted an article about this internationally known otaku who resides in Japan, cough cough Danny!, who dons Storm Trooper armor and dances in subway and popular spots like Shibuya etc. At first, I thought Danny was a simple otaku who likes Star Wars and I soon realized it was more than meets the eyes when I actually came upon dannychoo.com~

Rest is history, I became the member of this great site right away and I reside here like a troll and enjoy the fresh articles from Japan and also from all the otaku comrades around the world :) Long live dannychoo.com!!!

I think it was when I was googleing figures online, just kind of came across it and joined up because it looked cool.

I came here because I want to know how to build gundam, and danny make a such great article on it ! fabulous !
thanks again ! ^^

I also came across your site because I was searching for Gundam stuffs a few years back. Then I was stuck to this site like an addiction and I've been coming back everyday since.

To add on, your site has been a source of inspiration for me as well to continue blogging about the otaku culture.

I really like searching for anime related pics and by searching from different sites danny`s link will appear and in curiosity I checked it and the layout was nice and its a wonderful place i was looking for where fellows like us gather :3

Stumbled across several times, but the article that made me a regular reader was the Aika R-16 manga with pantsu article and the cool comments everytime.

First time I found this place was through the 'gundam building for busy people' guide (yes I'm a busy person myself ;p)

found the diversity of newsitems appealing and bookmarked it.

i remember i did a google search on gundam modeling last year and found danny's guide to build/paint PG Strike.

I remembered I was at playpark forum (maplestory ^^;) and there was this person who put a link to Danny Choo on his(?) signature, I kind of have itchy fingers and TA-DAAAA~

Gunpla pulled me in to DC.com. Then I discovered that Danny posts very interesting articles about Japan. Well by now, its Danny's fault that I am hooked on figures.

I found this site from Googling "living in Japan". His stories are very inspiring, to say the least. ^_^

I've kept my browser open to this site ever since.

I saw the report on CNN. I saw the dancing stormtrooper video a few times but didnt know it was Jimmy Choo's son. I like him.. Definitely a risk taker with goals. Hope I can meet him one day...

For a long time, I look for a website with all the information of Japan, the present time, anime & Figures and for mistake i discovered this amazing page two year ago with all the stuff that I really love, (Danny it's taken this work very professionally-Development of the page, updates, everything) I'm very pleased with this site.... Really Good work Danny!!!

News about Japan, then figurines (darn you Danny making me obsessed!)

I'm afraid to say that I first saw you from a G4 Attack of the Show episode. I didn't actually take interest untill I saw your "week in tokyo" and ueno articles

what brought me to danny choo would be the figures ^^ i just came along while searching and ended up here ^^ and i have bean here for quite a while now though i made my first account here in 2007/2/08 but i changed my username so i made a new account and now im useing it right now ^^

Althought being here is a relative term, especially in my case, I found it just earlier this summer. It's a great resource to figures, especially for one who cannot afford any and thus can't be bothered to check up on things himself.

I found Dannychoo thru a site called Secret Japan and I stayed for the Idols and all the other cool/interesting things.

HEALTH.RELATED.MATERIAL.PERIOD.

I first found dannychoo.com a good couple of years ago, while researching for a lecture I was going to give on certain aspects of Japanese content. For a time I lived and breathed such articles, even before you got into the thrust of your week in Japan articles. I came for that reason, but I stay and registered because the whole site is actually a pretty good slice of life in itself.

Recently I have been impressed in a subtle change to the context of some of the slice of life articles - society itself, and some of your recent articles must have really helped motivate some of your dc.com users in a really positive light, which is something I never expected from a blog of this type - Despite your growing scale you still genuinely seem to care about your community (and not solely for economic gain) which is always refreshing and keeps me coming back. It is this depth that is getting you more coverage in the media not just your knowledge of the sector. Keep up all the good work!

I think I got here from google. but I forgot what I was searching for. ~_~

I think first I just came here from time to time, because it was linked or mentioned at some anime blog I read ^^° and then at some point I decided to bookmark, and that was it. I'm still more of a lurker though.

I can't remember exactly when I first stumbled across this site, but it was quite some time back when the site had that octagonal (or was it a hexagonal?) orange/white pattern. A buddy of mine had linked me to your coverage of an event with tons of awesome mecha and other anime figurines and I got hooked and ended up randomly browsing for a few hours. I also found the stormtrooper vids to be really entertaining and ever since then I would randomly lurk around reading articles on the site. It wasn't until a few days ago, when I saw that broadcast about you on CNN, that I actually registered on the site though. Ironically, my buddy who first linked me to the site years ago is still a lurker.

I stumbled across this site while I was searching for Gundam Tutorials, after tons tutorial I read on a forum.

This site's link was the first to pop up.

Although I done that like years ago, just till recently (yesterday) that I joined as it seems like fun to leave a comment or two. :P

It's actually kinda funny. I found this site when I was searching for star wars avatars and I saw in google a pixelated image of darth vader and it linked here. I love those pixelated avatars you were using way back then. Star Wars, Gundams, SF and etc. heheh! Then I browsed around and I saw you wrote articles about life in japan and it got me hooked. I started reading way before you even transferred to microsoft but was just a lurker back then. :D This site sure has changed drastically over the years. ^^

when i was airborning all over the web!

I was looking for funny-weird news on stuff in Japan, then I accidentally crashed in this webpage :p

well..
danny choo... just realized that ur dad is the famous shoe designer jimmy choo!
(bravo)
hahah..
got to know this site thru google search on otaku and anime!
well.. really great site! keep it up!!
really hoping that one day i can go to japan! esp akiba!
wkwkwkw

I was browsing on the inet to look for articles on japan culture when i stumbled on ur web. I've been following it since.

Google made me found this site, I was scoping for figures, and gundam.

To be honest, Your rickroll video did it for me d(^.^)b.

Hehe it would have to be all the information you have on figures and Japan, and I love both.

I've actually seen your articles way back..but I only got an account once I started having a collection of my own.

Heard about this site from my friend he said it a site created by a london otaku who moved to Japan and set the site up and has now become Highly Known in the otaku world so i decided to try the site and I found it to be Exetremly EPIC!!!!!!!

when I was watching Animax I saw you and know about your website ^^ maybe around 2008 or 2007

I thought you said "This is Danny Choo and you're watching Animax" in the end but ended up saying watching you XD

A friend showed me this site. When we were talking about something anime related.

For me, I Stumbled upon this site, more specifically one of the Tokyo Walk blogs. I normally don't read everything that I Stumble upon, but I chose to read this, and what a great decision it was! I then read more and more of your articles and older blog posts and it really hit the right string for me so to say. Suffice it to say, I come back daily now.

Came across ur site when bumped into a eroge image or soemething... then browsed around ur site (cus i had already an interest in japan culture etc.) and then here i am! (nvr bothered to become a member, but thought since i always come on, might as well a few months later.)
=To be honest, i dont have much interest in figure and such - but i like this place because of the environment, the japan arcticles and news... really interesting!! And obviously Danny's life!!!

saw you in youtube videos and i saw alot of otaku related stuff which i have been wanting to glance my eyes on. thanks alot danny ^^

Danny i think i discovered u for ur infamous trooper dance, i couldnt stop laughin... its ben love since <3

Chanced upon danny's site by luck, and loved it for the news and interesting things he brought over to us from japan through this site. And also alot of his motivational talks <3

Just feel that u can relate with him for a bit due to the fact he told us so much about himself.

The site's UI and information just gets me coming back for more XD

From the time i was chasing for Arisa Mizuhara everywhere on the net, until i became member of yours. And when i get to Tokyo i wanna see ya!

haha, strangely enough, I came across your YouTube videos which led me over here...Now I'm a heavy reader and love it!
(^_^)

I came here because when I search for Hatsune Miku on Google and dannychoo.com is the third result. I love his post about Japan culture and Figures,too :)

I came here many moons ago for Gundam, and the "week in Tokyo" series is always a must see as well.

I came to DC because i remembered hearing something about the tokyo storm trooper and i came just out of curiosity

Aha, if you wondered what brought me here, there's some reason that I have.
First encounter to here is when I was image searching for some stuff, mostly seeking about figures.
In one of those sites, I see this site in between those images.
At first, I have not much interest, and just browsing around to see what does this site have.
Just like that. And sometimes, I bump on to this site and looking around again for awhile.
And then, it turns out my busy times brought me to forgot this site.
Until quite recently, when I was looking around for Dygenguard pics, I find this site back, and take almost the whole day looking around. In the end, I decide to join in^^

I found danny a few years ago. I did a google for bloggers in Tokyo. I went through a bunch of crappy ones until I was DC. Danny Rocks!

Me it was the video as well. It does help, the links in the sidebar! :)

Saw danny's news at Channel News Asia, that is how i got to this site.

I think I was googling Anime stuff, and eventually stumbled onto this site. Curious, I poked around a bit and found a wealth of information and community going on at DC, and eventually became a regular reader (:

The Rick Trooper video ^-^ I saw that on youtube...and I just HAD to show up here.
I'm so glad that I did ^___^ This place is amazing

I think I saw danny first on a youtube video from Tokyo eye about a year ago. I found the web site interesting and kept on checking it out, but I did not join until a few weeks ago. I got tired of other blogs and forums (-_-) too many fanboys fighting each other.

A friend told me about the site and after that I saw awesomeness in youtube :D

this is the exact story.
Me: hey dude check this youtube video out its kinda funny *gives a video of a Stormtrooper thrusting to music*

Friend: that was lame >_> I'll show you the true Stormtrooper *gives video of Tokyo Dance Trooper in Shibuya*

Me: Dude! that guy is epic! O_O *goes and listens to Ai no Corida like 100 times*

week later.

Friend: hey dude have you seen the Dancing Stormtrooper Youtube profile? ^o^ he has a cute Anime girl in his background.

Me: really? let me see *looks* dude! that girl is cute o_o wonder what anime she's from. who knew Dance Trooper was actually into Anime. he has a website it seems. O_O

and then it was like walking into a unknown world, i didn't know what a Figure was, i wasn't into Gundam, i didn't even know what an Otaku was. but as i read around i learned of the world around me, people from all over the world gathered who share the same interests. and like any RPG gamer would do in a new unknown place, i explored! i searched this site for a good 20 mins and decided to sign up.

since i joined the site i have learned many things. i learned the difference between Figma/Nendo/PVC, i learned what Otaku meant and found out i was an Otaku, i Learned words like Moe, Ecchi, Oppai, and all different kinds of ways to say Pantsu, I learned that dolls were epic ^_^. Most of all i learned that no matter where we are in the world or what kind of life we have lead, Otaku's can relate with each other. I started learning Japanese because i came here and started to love Japan.

a friend at work sent me a link to a funny article, then rediscovered it when searching Japan before my last holiday. Never looked back.

I was surfing at teseyecandy.co.uk, an TES 4: Oblivion modding community. I tripped on a armor/clothing mod request for the game. The reference pictures for the clothing was a picture of a figure. I thought that it looked cool and decided to look for more figure picture, then i googled for them and got a link to DC.com. At first I only checked the figure posts, but soon afterwards i realised that the site wasn't only about figures but also about Japan. I had been interested in Japansese culture for quite a few years and decided to read some of the weekly articles. After that I have been a regular in here.

Saw the Site during 2007,wasn't that interested before since I found the place confusing for a bit,I decided to check the site again and I said to myself "hey this is nice just like sankakucomplex only with a friendly community"
anyways keep up the good work

Discovered the site on November 2008. As far as I remember, the site was linked to blog post I was reading about Gundams (or was it about stormtroopers?). The first thought I had was that, DC might be just 'another Japanese pop culture' blog, but I was wrong. It has a great community, interesting articles, and interesting people; it never got me bored.

I discovered Danny Choo through the links on Chun's website. Chun used to provide illustration for the anime section of a local chinese newspaper in singapore, so when they announced that she would quit doing so I naturally visited her webiste to take a look and then that's where I gone on to Danny Choo.

i found by mere luck while searching for an info about an anime i can't seem to remember :)

I discovered DC.com after I was looking up extra info on a MegaHouse Airi figure that I bought three months back. I found a post on the said figure here (although the post in question has 'been eaten' sadly.