OTACOOL

Otacool looks 10x better without the sleeve ^^
Can't wait for CGM Singapore!

Can't wait for my copy to arrive! OtaCOOL ^.^

I've yet to order mine. orz But I will get one next time I make an order from Amazon.
My collection should be big enough for me to participate in the Otacool the Second book!

Love the photos of huge turnouts at AFA'09, also love the photos of Alodia and Ashley ><

The top image on the Youtube video always makes me crack up, reminds me of your own comment. "and they were this big"

Wee! Otacool! XD

I didn't realise I'm right behind Ashley stalking her!!! 0_0

!! That's me with the white thermals on the right ! Whoo!

Need to check with Kinokuniya Singapore if they have stock up with OtaCool...

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I should really get one of these ^^; I hope I can get into the next Otacool, I was in the process of moving house when it was announced >.< I've been working hard to turn my room into an otaku's/artist's/student's/gamer's abode :D

Was thinking an Otacool 2 for collections would be good, but it's too similar to Otacool rooms.
I think cosplay + photo reports would be great~!

Such a nice achievement with this book so glad I already got my copy. My only regret is haven being away from home during the summer and not being able to participate. Hints of Otacool 2 I look forward to whatever ends up being the contents.

Was so glad that I was featured! Thanks so much to Danny and Kotobukiya for the opportunity! (^o^)

I love you guys!

No doubt OTACOOL is a immediate success as one of a kind collection book.

Looking forward to OTACOOL 2, which I suggest this round could feature ACGM events report (Anime, Cosplay, Games, Manga) from all around the world.

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@Danny: I wonder how many of my regards was successfully sent to you ^^

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Thats a lot of figurine collectors out that!!

Nice rooms pictures!!

WOO!!!! I MADE IT IN!!!! Granted it was the back page but still!!! Awesome!!!

I never did get to see what Otacool was about. when i reached, there didn't seem to be any copies left DD=

Yeahh the book was very good, i love all the room in that book.

can't wait for OTACOOL 2, and thanks for autograph in that book for me Danny

Hm... I didn't make it into the book(In all fairness, I didn't deserve to!) but maybe i should buy one... yeah... I should... I wonder if there will still be copies available around may next year or if I should just order one online. I guess I should order one online...

While I would love to see more rooms... great otaku shopping spots etc would also be sweet! A bit of everything really...

Congrats to all that made it in Otacool, especially those that won the figure. Manuel is gonna be ecstatic as he's been crossing his fingers since day one. Enjoy all~

For Otacool 2, I'd love to see a bit of everything you put in the poll.

A showcase of everything collectors, cosplayers, and anime enthusiast are up to from around the world. Whether it is massive rooms with neatly arranged shelves, figure photography antics, cute cosplayers with nice smiles, Dollfie Dream contest highlights, or even events from around the globe. That would be a book I'd like to buy. ^_^

saw this in Shinjuku Kinokuniya last week. great book, Danny !

Great Danny! Thank you so much for this beautiful shots! ^^

Interesting to see some of those AFA shots like the one from your and Alodia's point of view at the booth, what a mass of people! Same with the signing at the Kotobukiya store, there's a whole legion of people snapping photos. 0_0

Well with things like Otacool you just can't please everybody sadly.

Could be a nice idea to see the next Otacool book feature a different aspect of the otaku realm like conventions, cosplay, figure collections, Dollfie, games... might be a nice idea to have a theme per book to allow greater diversity.

What I find interesting about this Otacool book is it allows you to see other people's collections, room decorations and gather ideas from there for your own interior.

i see myself in the second pic...lol

can't wait to see you back in Singapore! CGM should be fun but don't see how I can go as a student currently :x

OMG OMG OMG OMG... Thank you very much to Kotobukiya and Danny Choo for the opportunity, I'm really moved!!! Thanks!!! I'm criying @_@... I feel really proud of your support... thank you...

Thanks Danny for the chance to participate. I was thrilled to see myself in the book. You can post to the web a million times but there is still something special about being in print (the effort involved I suppose).

Congrats to the figure and book winners. of course!

Congrats to those who have their selves featured in the book.
I'm jealous of you guys T.T...lol
But seriously, I like the idea of having "cute cosplayers" as the core of OTACOOL 2
Muhehehe >:)

Yay I get a free copy of the book, cool! I'm so happy! Congrats to everybody who won something and everybody else who made it in to the book! Cleaning up our rooms to take the photos paid off *laughs*

There's just one more little thing I need to say... I am not 22, that's a mistake ^^" ?

argh I forgot order that book >_<

Fully Booked, a high-end bookstore in the Philippines, is starting to push manga. Wonder if they'd carry Otacool.

Considering that Alodia has been named one of the most influential women in the Philippines, the crowds at the book signing would be phenomenal. ;)

whoa, thanks again for everything. kinda surprised when i scrolled down to see myself again.

Otacool 1 was a great success cos it featured something no other book out there had, the ROOMS or to be more specific, the rooms FROM AROUND THE WORLD. That filled a niche. For Otacool 2, you gotta find another niche. something that no other book or magazine out there is showcasing right now.

Cosplay? not sure bout that cos i remember seeing other books and mags on that topic.

More rooms? maybe, maybe not. Cos there'll be that been there, done that kinda situation.

Otaku districts in different countries? might work but it could look like a travel book. u might need the one, same writer for all the countries to make sure there's some kinda system. Different writers might get messy and u would need to get facts checked etc.

Collections? sounds like the best bet. Visually it would look pretty good. Might be a bit similar to Otacool 1.

Photo reports on events? An entire book on that? maybe not.

Hope that helps! ☆ぁんが㌧(★>U<*)b

I got my copy! Looking forward to Otacool 2 :)

Yay, more goodies!

I'd say a combination of collections, event reports, and of course, more rooms should be the primary features of Otacool 2. I'll definitely have to get a copy of the first though.

Nyan!

Otacool got sold out in the AFA booth an hour before the signing. >_<
Wanted to at least catch you in the session so I decided to go to the maid cafe and wait but the queue took forever and I ended up missing it. Was happy to at least catch Alodia as Mirai, though. She looked absolutely stunning. Plus I ended up getting a photo with you outside the MMK cafe. XD
Must've been tiring for you those two days, おつかれさま！

Wow, I actually got a small picture in there - I guess I better order the book soon.

Alodia looks great as Mirai-chan.
Little bit sad it's difficult to see my Space Inverder t-shirt at ID#83490 (http://bit.ly/vaufs)

I think Otaccol 2 could be a Blu Ray disk with HD video of collections around the world

I think it was a cool and a well done project. Sadly my collection was not big enough for me to participate:( But L'm working on it:)

Saw myself in one of the pics too.. Initial D anyone?

*squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee* After the poll my pages are third photo down! Emily Coles! Tis meeeee, wish it'd been Emily Coles/Meimi132, but I can see theres a space issue lol. *squeeeeeeeeeee* Still so weird to think about it.... Hehehehehe Yayness.

Hmmm.. Otacool 2.... I think convention coverage would be cool. Not much in the way of otaku shopping over here... just websites...
Maybe like... if we're otaku for non-Japanese stuff too(I remember seeing scifi stuff in otacool so it shud be ok...right?)... I love Supernatural & Lost to bits for instance lol. And JJ Abrams(director/producer of Lost, Cloverfield, Fringe, Alias, Star Trek etc.)

Hmmm Singapore CGM O_o Looking forward to it if I get the chance~ XD

I didn't managed to get myself a copy of Otacool during AFA09, sold out so fast, which in the end no signage for me!! ;_; I'm shocked when I see the display cabinet went empty all of a sudden ^^; I saw some people brought their own book (should have bought 1 earlier before AFA09 > _ < )

OMG OMG OMG OMG

Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to be in the book
Really glad I made it in the book and now even won a Otacool book + Asuka

Hope that Otacool2 will be as great as the first
I like to see more crazy collection like the Alien Collection

Hope that it will be more about the collection instead of the room ^_^

Want to show my Crazy Nendoroid collection ^_^

I was able to get your autograph :), I will treasure it forever xD.

btw for otacool2, I think otaku event related will be nice. Anyway, look forward to it.

Hi Danny, I bought the book 3 weeks ago when travelling in Singapore. Nice rooms inside, some are really amazing, impatient to get volume 2 ^^

Hee Hee hope to be able to take part in otaku2! I was kudomut san's neighbour in the book XD

Cool cool cool! Can't wait to get myself a copy of Otacool book too.

Congrats to all those people who got their photos posted into the book! I'm gonna work harder to become a Otaku and maybe one day get my room posted in Otacool book too.

WOAAA!!! Thank You for the copy of otacool!!
Now Im gonna have to buy that gorgeous Asuka for my collection! ^_^

WOw , cool but still thinking of weather to buy it or not , I bought The Otaku Encyclopedia and it was worth it dunno if Otacool is worth my Gold since I can see them on figure.fm for free !!!

Didn't know it was a success in Japan . I guess Japanese are really interested in Otakus outside of Japan

Just now finished my daily office work and what´s going on?

I won a free Otacool Copy!? Wow, thx Danny ^^ !! I will keep improving my room *g*.

I need buy one, I wanna make my room and need some experienced Figure collectors for inspiration ^^;;;

have still yet to grab my own copy of OTACOOL ^^;
but it's good to see this book was a huge success!

I recognize some room posts that I saw here in the book! Can't wait to get my hands on it for Christmas~

Yay, free literature. Thanks Danny&Koto!

Awesome book...too bad i couldn't get to buying it as the crowd at AFA was too intense....

Neat to see that such a book can not only make it to print, but also be a great success. ^_^

*cough* *Cough* Holy crap! I won?! haha I'm soo excited! Thanks so much for the opportunity Danny and congrats to everyone who made it in! =D

Looks like a tone of fun :3
I don't have a room full of anime merchs ^^;

Awesome rooms, awesome room, awesome people and to top it all, sweet smiles from everyone ^^

Wooot a link to my blog ?! ^^; To bad I don't have the time to post for a couple of months now -_-

Anyway, I voted for "Collections (dolls, figures, gadgets etc)". But what I would really love to read and see in the next book (aside from collections) would be voices of the various otaku, why and how they got interested in Japan, what their favorite places and experiences are and so on ^^ That would be cool.

Because as much as beeing an otaku, I also love Japanese culture, the country itself and quite everything in it.

Otacool 2 is where i'd like to see a collection of major anime/figure/manga events around the globe. It's more of a guide for Otakus on where to visit and what to expect to see.

Jeeez how tall is Paul?!?!

Yeah, the rooms are packed with figures and manga. I just ordered my first Gundam. Hopefully Ill become an Otaku too.

Wow, the Otacool magazine looks amazing.

voted for the events in different country's think it would be interesting to see how different or similar they are depending on the country that they take place in

Because of this post, the HLJ orders for Otacool went from In stock to Discontinued T_T I wasn't able to get one T_T

Alodia is so, so, soooo kawaii!!!! ^^

how much is this book?
I wanna get one just for a book collection sake
The world edition ver so i can learn jap and eng ^^

This would be great for a future giveaway...

Looks like quite the swarm coming at you Danny...I'd woulda liked to join in that kinda festivities if I coulda went...well hopefully I can get my hands on an Otacool, but looks like I'll have to get in line...

Hats off to all those who made it in! ^^
I really hope these arrive in stock at Amazon.com one day, would love to nab a copy of this.

WoW, I actually won the book?
Thank you very much Danny and Kotobukiya~

I ordered my book from J-list at the beginning of the month. They e-mailed that it shipped on the 5th. As I did the cheapest shipping, it still hasn't arrived. (hopefully this week. Must be a slow boat. Hope it's a nice one. :)

I must admit, I'm sort of curious to know what the Japanese readers thought of all of us in the book.
I'm still just gob-smacked that I'm in the book. Been working on the room since. Will post an update once I'm happy with it.
Alodia and Ashley sure do look kawaii as your mascots. :)

Looks like a success! :D
Congratulations to those who get freebies. :) Well deserved!

i want a copy

I want one!

Thanks Danny, only you manage to go to such lengths! It's amazing how you get around :3
Also my thanks to Kotobukiya for choosing my little green room!
I'll have two books now... :D

My next Amazon order would need to include Otacool I think, gorgeous photos...

Wha~ Thanks for Kotobukiya and Danny for such an impressive collaboration. Grats to the winners too! I'm still feeling a lil guilty for winning, since I see such other great rooms.

I ordered a book but it still hasn't arrived, I think I'll seal one up and use the other one to read XD

And someone mentioned before, I'm also curious to see the Japanese response to such a book~

Oh so this is why I'm getting a few visits coming from the Giveaway Winner post XD

Truth be told, I'm still embarrassed about showing my room in the first place. I'm somewhat glad that my room wasn't featured in a big two page layout, but in a little bit disappointed as well. But mostly glad... people should not be exposed to that mess ^^;;; Funny enough a lot of my friends don't know what my room look like, yet a lot of you do, LOL!

As for Otacool 2... I didn't vote for any. I can't really picture what should be featured next. A little bit of everything?

LOL I can see my pony collection XD

I bought it when I'm in Japan, it's a really awesome book :D

Suenaga sisters - more please.

Wow, Ashley and Alodia really are 2 of the prettiest girls on earth!

LOL, my pic is in the "more 52 rooms" page in Otacool!! Didn't know until now!!

I would love to decorate my room with my whole otaku collection but I'm afraid my parents would have a heart attack x_x

Ahhh!! i missed the signing event of Alodia! Anyways got Dannys xD.

Thank You so much Danny!!

I really regret not sending over photos of my room! Will there be an Otacool 2? This time round I won't miss to share with you my beloved anime collection.

Ordered the book via a Japanese book store here in Germany and the manageress said it was a bit difficult to order it from Japan because it's selling like crazy but finally got my copy. :3

That's so amazing that Alodia and Ashley could pull off Mirai and Haruka so beautifully.

Love the booklet (err won't call it a magazine), I didn't buy it as sorry to say the size was...small...I thought it was going to be as big as those Artwork magazines I usually get but never the less I read all the contents inside. Congrats to all those who made it inside + those at AFA09 who bought it and got Danny & Alodia to sign em.

Anyways A friend of mine wants to give it as a gift to me (opened product smart bastard) after I move into my newly bought apartment next year (weee no more renting (again) and finally my 3rd property purchase after years of savings).

Hope to see Otacool 2 real soon.

Aah! I totally missed alodia and ashley! They were in the hall most of the time, weren't they? I was at level 3 most of the day.

i hope it becomes available in my country! looking forward to checking this out!

it really was an honor to be published in the book, i even bought two copies, one to take with me and show off to people, and another to save so it doesn't get damaged with my showing my book off to anyone who will look! You should come down to Anime Expo and we'll do a signing there too! Hehe!

Oh...Singapore CGM Night, great !!! ^_^

This book is a step in the right direction. (^_^) I'll have to get myself a copy.

I got myself a copy of this book and I keep it in mint condition.

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