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Fisrt kool Raman invisible man i want eat so much good food xD

omg the cockroach on the roach trap is so cute..

I watch anime on the PC. It's my all-in-one work/entertainment centre (ha, beat that, PS3!).

I believe people write wishes and hang them on trees during Tanabata. Or at least, that's what [SHnY Anime Spoiler] happened in one of my favorite chapter in the Suzumiya Haruhi light novels [/End SHnY Anime Spoiler].

I'm planning to throw away my old Newtype Japan magazines. They are in very good condition but they are just taking too much space.

Lastly, I miss those days I can just chuck action figures into a shoe box. Nowadays, figures have to be cared for like some kind of bonsai plant. Dust them! Make sure they don't lean! Don't drop them, or the paint will chip off! No, no touchy after cheestos! Keep them off the sunlight!

I never get tired seeing your desk, with coolsome lighting and loads of figures around. Maybe I should toss my books to create more space.
I watch anime on my TV using a TV-out from my pc; although I've noticed that my current monitor is almost as large as the tv now -.-. Need to save up for an lcd panel asap.

Oh Danny how you drive me green with anchovy!
Awesome sum up as usual : )
Over here in Aus major companies are taking initiatives for paper reduction via option to send bills via emails instead of physical billing. Still, mail is a huge part of our lives still, with the mail box absolutely stuffed with trash.

From your culinary exchanges I wanna ask, do you ever feel the need to knock up some steak and kidney pies, fish n chips, potato n mash, or maybe a haggis or two? Even though I am Asian, cook myself, family owns restaurant I still find myself craving the ol western 'tucka' on a regular basis.

It's tanabata. The day when you write your wishes and hang it up on the bamboo tree. And I believe that line is sobu line. :)

Strange, I don't think I've ever seen a cockroach in my house. I'm sure they're present in the region though.

Also, I once ate talking ice-cream. It was surprisingly quiet as I bit off it's head... oh, that sort of explains it dosen't it.

My figure part knowledge is apparently very limited. I do see Mirei-sans pen arm, and looks like a bunch of figma Haruhi hands and stuff. That's all I got.
DVD rental places are still popular here instead of PPV. They still got Blockbuster in Japan?
One of the things about growing older is the gas. Eat too little: gas. Eat too much: gas. Breathe: gas. If you doin those excercises in the park you've probably farted between reps. Speakin of which Danny, since you're obviously out n about I assume the back is doin alright. Good to see.
Caption: Goldilock's eyes are "just right"

Very nice read (: I'm liking it here!

Pedobear: I'm in the valley of love

Great article, thanks!

Most of the time I watch anime on my iMac, I dont really work with my computer so it doesnt matter plus I have kickass computer chair, cost a fortune but is great :)

I will be watching the olympics whenever I have time, like watching the sports even if Finns arent doing well :)

I watch most of my anime on my MBP actually. I would watch it on my tv in the lounge just by bringing the portable HD and plug it to the PS3 if I could find AVI versions of anime more easily...

Unwanted mags, I usually either throw it in the recycling bin or give it to a cousin or friend if he's interested.

The Korean lunch looks yummy as does the Hersey ice cream bite size thingies. Speaking of spicy, can you eat very spicy foods, Danny?

DVD rental is still quite popular here. A few local blockbusters and video ezy have closed down though.

Gonna watch this year's olympics on the tv for sure as long as it's not on too late or anything since I'll probably be at work half the time the events are on.

I watch all of my anime on the PC. In a few days it will all change and I'll be able to watch it on the plasma. Looking forward to when my cable arrives ^^
There aren't any mags or manga to read in Japanese restaurants here, just a few things on the wall with japanese writing.
All my unwanted magazines go into the recyclable bin. We have 3 different bins here.
I'd say that cockroaches congregate anywhere people live. There are plenty here, but not many in my home because my mum is afraid of them, so we have pest control annually.

I can only guess that train line is Yamanote Sen.

lol gals don't fart? are you kidding me? i thought they do it as frequent as us guys!
ok maybe i shouldn't have said that hehe

That looks like the Chuo line to me - a good way to get from Shinjuku to Akihabara!

Dr Who is back on the TV here in the UK, but it's not as good as the Tom Baker years IMHO. Daleks can now fly though :-)

Cleaning those figures must take ages ^^;; recently bought my brother a make-up blush brush to clean his small collection, does a good job and the bristles are very soft xD
I has comrades who even take the time to subtitle their recordings so I can understand moon-speak lol~

Chuo Sen~!

Danny, do you always take apart your electric fan like that during the winters?

damn, love your work place, nice post danny =D

for 'Caption that photo'

"Checking for cancer"

I live in a farm house and there no cockroaches here:)

Japan did not expect this to be automatic vending machines. . . . . . .

recognize parts for 6 figures in that picture.

Many german cockroaches where I used to live. I would say that the combination of close living quarters and a poorly constructed collective of buildings in an area, perpetuates the problem.

would handle audible gas leaks like so:
- Group of 3+: blame your friend; timing must be good.
- With a partner: "You liked that?"

The opening sentence made me laugh so hard!

Nice sum up as usual, I'm learning a lot!

Strangely I now have a sudden craving for Vanilla Bars, hmmmm

Those machines are rubbish. It doesn't matter even if you press it at the exact millisecond. My friend said there's a fixed win after X no. of tries. So if you have a lot of time, camp at the place and count how many tries people waste their money on before a prize is won.

Pedo Bear: Moo!

Now that I've started working, most of my anime are being watched on the road on my ipod touch.

I live in Mexico and I haven't seen cockroaches on my house in years, last time I saw was when I was a kid. I give the magazines I don't want anymore to my brother. I watch anime mainly on my pc.

Danny,

You should catch up on Doctor Who, it's even on Japanese TV now.

The revival for the last four years has been amazing, Christopher Eccleston completed one season, followed by three seasons of David Tennant. Kylie's even been on it (last year's Xmas special).

This last weekend the current season ended, with the next season now not scheduled until 2010. The producer for the last four years has been Russell T. Davies, who has a huge passion for the series. The seasons have had great continuing storylines (1 hour episodes as opposed to the old 4 and 6-part stories) and the production values are light-years above the old days. (That, and the ratings have been amazing!)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho

Chuo line?
Ive not had any problems with cockroaches in Japan yet... but I've seen more than enough creepy crawlers nonetheless ;___;

mirei seems to be missing a shoe ^^

No roaches at my place. I watch anime on my iMac.
We do have a modded xbox to stream movies to for the big screen tv, but its not powerful enough for h.264

Looks like the Chuo/Sobu Line to me, looking at the yellow line ^^
Physical DVD rental is still popular here in Belgium.
Kemeko looks cute indeed. Oh, I didn't they made an actual anime of Puru Puru Pururin. Loved that song from NHK ni Youkoso.

Only been able to watch anime on PC, it's easier to navigate and watch it on PC.
Physical DVD rental is going low here in USA, due to the NetFlix which is a DVD rental over the on internet. You pay a monthly fee about $19.95 and you visit the website and select the titles you want online. You can rent as many DVDs as you want and it comes with a paid shipping envelope where you put the DVD, seal it and put the envelope in the mail box and rinse repeat.
I can't believe BookOff don't accept eroge mags anymore, they keep sending more of them to their branches here in Los Angeles area! Does that mean they are 'dumping' their useless stocks down here in US!?

I make myself remember things by punching myself... So if I feel I forgotten something, I'd have a look at a mirror to see if I have any bruises... Ok, I lied...

I usually watch anime on the computer since it's easier and safer than watching it on a big screen... Coz the anime I watch have so much fan service in them...

What do I do with uneanted magazines? I give them away ofcourse! I secretly put them infront of the neighbours door... Oh, I can play Schoolmate on my computer LOL

Pfft, people getting fired on Fire Day... And LOL at talking ice-cream... So I can accept ice-cream if it doesn't talk?

I've played that gamemcahine in second last picture... I didn't win... And lost about five bucks...

Thanks for sharing Danny! O wonder what funny jokes you'll come up with next time!

That Colonel and his giant chili peppers! Just curious but what do they call Colonel Sanders in Japan? Same name?

Bright yellow is Chuo-Sobu local service (Mitaka - Akihabara - Chiba) and station is Akihabara, am I right?
Although my favorite is Odakyu-line.

it is very difficult to hold in my farts, sometimes I just fart loudly for shock value, I think it runs in the family (thanks dad)

Excellent review as usual ^^

Other great article, thank for it!! Usually, I see anime or simolar on my portatil PC.

I watch anime on my laptop - the desktop is slow, and my family sure isn't about to let me take over the TV. By that same principle, I basically do *everything* on my laptop.

I am amused by the circular garage/building/thing.

I want to try a new spicy product from that colonel. ^-^"

Watch anime on my computer with my old CRT( like the contrast of such PC screen when black is truly black), and yes i have the same comrade who's nice enough to subtitle it :). I used to have cockroaches when I was living in a tower in Paris because of general system for dumping garbages which is a hole in the wall linked to a tube that bring garbage to the ground floor. When folks throw glass bottle or any hard thing they pierce the tube which create a way through appartment and it's how we can be infested by these little monsters who's gonna rule the world soon. For the rental DVD, it's seem to work pretty good late night for the insomniac since they all turned into automatic distributing machine.

For now I watch anime on my pc including all the other stuff.
I've got a tv in my room but without a cable/satellite connection.
Had one but found it useless so we disconnected it(less to payP:).
Seems like the majority of us have comrades over the "internets"^^"

HEY DANNY !
I have a pic for you :P
http://www.jeuxvideo.com/screenshots/dossiers/images/00009292/00009292_00003530_000.htm
It's From JAPAN EXPO 2008 in France. We can see you're famous with your star wars costume !
Alexis

give old health care mags to neighborhood children so they can discover its awesome-ness, or hide it near where kids play. thats how i first found discovered the wonders of health care material. found a big ol box of it tossed out in alleyway, lets just say me and my friends became men

"Not flat enough, Pedo bear disapproves."

Anime and everything else = done at the computer.

"... girls dont fart."
WAT?
Protip: girl will cry when her fart was heard.

Everytime I look at this...
I'm hungry after I read it...

Hey Danny, I'm not sure if I'm misunderstanding or if you just worded it funny, but Pedo Bear has always been Japanese, no need to quantify him as such. It's just what Kuma from 2ch was turned into by 4chan.

i usually watch anime on the TV cuz i'm really lazy to look on the web & download 'em, so i just buy them ^^.
now about the magazines...... after i'm done with 'em i store 'em anywhere & then when i don't have anything to do i just cut off the magazines whatever i think is good to draw.
Cockroaches...... well i see them once in a while, i just let em be but but my mom can't stand one so she exterminates em right away.

i'm currently watching the olympics i enjoy watching Fencing & Swimming

Mmm, this is my first message so... Hello man! Greetings for the outer rim ARGENTINA!
the first thing i will say is this:
TPM Droideka
TPM Captain Tarpals
SAGA Luke bespin duel
SAGA Captain Typho
Saga Royal guard
Saga Nikto jedi
Saga Massif (where is the Tusken/Geonosian!? XD)
POTF Chewie
POTF Tie fighter pilot (can it be? I cant see very well in there)
POTF Leia slave
POTF Wedge Antilles rebel pilot (tripack)
POTF Ten Numb rebel pilot (tripack)
POTF Greedo
POTJ Ellors Madak fan choice

And thats for tonnight man =/ I'm tired, and is very late in here! Read you LATER!
And I hope YOU read this! XD

I connect my computer to Tv an magic happens from there.

"Her boob is almost BIGGER THAN Me" quote

Danny can i join the otaku.fm? http://1000peoples.blogspot.com/

watch anime from the computer. since most of the anime i watch are downloaded from torrents sites.

I don't know if it's counted as "short term memory", but when I was doing promo courses in Cadets and didn't have the luxury of an alarm clock (generally most of us were up about an hour before we were meant to be to get things done, would have been in strife if we were caught) I would try and build a spinning visual model of the time I wanted to get up in my head. More difficult than it sounds cause I'd loose it every time I thought about something else. Seemed to work though.

That garage could only have been designed by an architect, all flair, no practicality :P

As for anime watching, I mostly watch on the computer. Partly because I used it as a half hour "out" when I'm working and can't be bothered moving, and partly because all my good sound gear's up here. I've also got a TV and DVD player setup in the downstairs work room for when I'm working on models for uni.

lol! you have a way with words :D flowers that shout if you pick them and talking ice-creams ha ha ha. coming to topic - i always watch anime on my pc. i hardly use the tv in the hall. i dont buy eroge stuff, i just download them :D and dvd rentals are actually quite costly here :S cant understand why cause it takes about 50bucks (around 140 yen) to rent a dvd :(

Great article Danny, didn't realise many people stored figures in boxes besides their original packaging. I display mine or keep them in boxed. As for anime, I watch on my pc most of the time but, my original dvd colection has grown significantly and that means I can actually watch them on my dvd player ^-^
I fnd it easier to remember thigs once I associate the action/idea with something. I tend to remember finer details of games/anime, so I use those.

Quite a note of how summer heat hits Japan, must be different this year.

On a more fun note, one of my absolute favs returns! http://www.birdy-tv.com/index.html
Danny, are you a Birdy fan as well? Be sure to give us a headsup about the new series!
And in other fun news, Gurren Lagann finally hits the states (at the end of this month!)

Great post as usual. Whenever I read your week in tokyo posts I suddenly feel hungry. The pictures you take of the food are scrumptious!!

I usually watch anime on the PC but I find myself watching it most of the time on the iPod Touch. Most of the time when I get home I catch up on the games I haven't finished yet. Got a load of them.

I've always liked your workspace. Looks comfortable, relaxing and fun with all those figures and the great lighting ^^

lol pururin-chan. ITS ALL A CONSPIRACY! XD

Caption:

http://img411.imageshack.us/my.php?image=17225viewov0.jpg

I always view anime in the computer ^^

anime and hentai on the computer :D

I remember one of my Japanese colleague always shouts "yoshi!" suddenly. Never get to ask him why he do that haha.

That one picture appears to be from Meguro station. I don't go there often...so it is a wild guess...well not so wild since the sign under the tracks says Meguro *something*something* to the right.

Saying things like what you mentioned reminds me of colleagues who tended to say stuff like "yoisho" when doing any activity...even when not exerting force. I guess that is to show that they are in fact exerting force like lifting heavy objects. I didn't get it then, but I say that on occasion in the US and a lot when I am back traveling in Japan. @_@

I love the way each "A Week In Tokyo" article is delivered with wit. XD Mikuru pickle LOL.

All these photos just remind me that I was in Japan in April, and now I'm not :(
...always appreciated though.

I have a media center laptop hooked up to my home cinema system in the living room. I archive the shows my 'comrades' have recorded for me to disc then put them on the HDD when I'm ready to watch them. I do this so I can delete them as I go, otherwise I forget what episode I'm on ^^;

I always use the ProLogic IIx Movie mode on my amp to watch (stereo) anime and strangely, have often found it to be better than the 5.1 versions the US DVD releases usually get. I wonder why....?

danny...if i may ask...wut is ur job? i mean.. ur desk look super awesome XD

my anime is mostly downloaded files, but I hook the ol' notebook up to my widescreen TV with an HTML cable, and watch it that way.

AHH! GHOSTS EATING RAMEN!! RUN!!!