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- The Shrine is Reborn
After 24 years on the web, Chuck's Anime Shrine gets a modern home — and the entire original 2002–2014 site becomes a permanent, browsable museum of the old internet.
- This blog has moved
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- Shining Wind: Seena Swimsuit ver. 1/7th Scale Figure
Spring and summer are almost here but it seems Seena has already made a head start. This beautiful new pre-order figure by Good Smile Company and Max Factory features Shin...
- Anime Figures and... Swarovski Crystals?
Did you guys know I'm also a Swarovski Crystal retailer ? Actually, back at the end of 2006, before I thought about selling anime figures and tagging that function to this site,...
- Anime Blu-Rays and DVDs
Been expanding the store aspect of this site as you guys might have been able to tell from the recent posts. For a few years now, the store has mainly been catering to ani...
- K-On! Figma Figures
Yes, here's yet another K-On! figure post by me. (deal with it -_-) For those of you that have been tracking my little rants , a recent pet-peeve of mine has been the fact...
- FUNimation Aquires Trigun
Ah, 90's anime. You gotta love it and to call yourself a true anime fan you have to go back and watch some of the classics here and there. Been watching the entire series of Out...
- Mio Akiyama (Moe Moe Kyun) Figure
You thought I'd leave for the weekend without mentioning this oh so Moe figure? For those who might have not heard the news from a few days ago, FREEing and Good Smile Company j...
- Fate/Stay Night: Rider Figma Action Figure
Here's a figure I know you all have been waiting for. That's right, you are looking at the highly anticipated Fate/Stay Night: Figma Rider Figure. She's definitely a...
- Anime Voice Acting
Great news! Well, not so new if you follow me on twitter . I've been keeping tabs on the voice studio famous for anime voice acting, Bang! Zoom! I oddly only f...
- X-Men PHOENIX / DARK PHOENIX MARVEL BISHOUJO Figures
Didn't want to overload you all with too many figure posts yesterday but if you keep tabs of my store's inventory, you might see that I snuck in a brand new Bishoujo figure rele...
- Hyakka Ryouran: Senhime 1/8 Scale Figure
Wanted to throw another figure your way today. I simply had to blog about this beauty of a figure. Fans of Hyakka Ryouran are familiar with Senhime and Alter announc...
- Strike Witches Anime Figures
Got news from Alter about some new pre-order reservations up today for the Strike Witches figures as well as the resale of the very popular Miyafuji Yoshika figure that recently...
- Localized Anime Licensing Killing the Industry?
You all know you love your anime and you do what you can to get it, right? Well, most of you know that if you are viewing shows like K-On! with English subtitles, that the...
- Anime Valentine's Day
Today is that lovey-dovey day of Valentine's Day that you either love or hate. If you have a valentine, get him/her that gift you always wanted to give. An anime plush or some c...
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Tonight on Adult Swim
You all probably heard this already but for those who haven't, tonight at midnight (both on the east coast and on the west coast at midnight), Adult Swim will be starting their ...
- #FanServiceFriday: 2/12/10 - Tifa Lockhart
Brought back #FanServiceFriday (#FF) from a long delay with my favorite of all anime/game characters, Tifa Lockhart. If you've been on the internet as long as I have, you'...
- K-on! - Nakano Azusa Alter Ver.
Just when you thought there was too much cuteness with the Nakano Azusa Nendoroid figure, Alter goes and announces a wonderfully cute 1/8th scale model her too. Expected to come...
- Wonfes 2010: Nendoroid Mickey & Figma MJ?!
The event is going on right now and thanks to Danny Choo , we are getting live feeds and images straight from the event. For those who maybe don't know, Wonfes is the largest fi...
- Nendoroid Nakano Azusa
What a week. Been sick most of it (today included) and yesterday Danny Choo announced the new Nendoroid Nakano Azusa. Sadly, Good Smile Company decided to tell only HobbySearch ...
- The iPad: Good or Bad for Manga?
Of course many have you have heard about the iPad (and god knows this is probably the 1 millionth post about it on the web.) I was busy posting about it on my other personal blo...
- Tohou Project: Nenodroid Izayoi Sakuya & Figma Kirisame Marisa
Thanks to my good friends over at Mile-Stone.jp ,(who by the way are also manufacturers of some nice anime figures), my store got the rights to sell these two new Tohou project ...
- Team Four Star: DBZ Abridged Season 2
It's been some time coming. The very funny work-for-free voice actors of Team Four Star had some hurtles to go through over the past number of months; stuff I'm actually familia...
- Vocaloid: Kagamine Rin Nuclear Fusion "Meltdown" Figure
Just when you thought Good Smile Company went insane with the Miku Hatsune VN02 figure , they do it again with this very cool and very crazy Rin Kagamine figure. This figu...
- Twilight Manga
Ok, I'm either going to create some hatred or some happy fans...or both but as some of you might know, Yen Press is printing 350,000 copies of the Manga version of the hit book ...
- #MoeMonday 1/25/10
#MoeMonday (#MM) continues on this busy Monday with some yukata moe from the girls of Shugo Chara.
- Nendoroid Petit: Fate/Stay Night Action Figures
Saber and Fate fans are going to be once again happy to hear of some more great news from Good Smile Company. On top of the amazing Excalibur Saber figure announcement, th...
- Crunchyroll's Anime Streaming iPhone App
While watching some Kurokami I noticed that CrunchyRoll just came out with their own iPhone app. Yep, now you can stream anime on you iPhone guilt free. Of course, make sure you...
- Fate/Stay Night: Saber Triumphant Excalibur Figure
Saber fans are going to love this newly announced figure. The Saber Triumphant Excalibur figure just got announced for pre-order and this stunning figure will be a 1/7th s...
- #MoeMonday 1/18/10
Once again, I'm continuing the #MoeMonday (#MM) trend. Some people still want it to go on so here's another Moe image for you all to see.
- #FanServiceFriday: 1/15/10 Spice And Wolf
You didn't think I'd forget #FanServiceFriday (#FF) now, did you? Been watching Spice and Wolf and I see why everyone likes the Wolf spirit Horo. The series and the ...
- Otacool 2: Worldwide Cosplayers
Many of you are familiar with the Otacool project Kotobukiya and Dannychoo.com did with otaku rooms and I'm certain many of you heard about the second collage book fronted now b...
- Adult Swim Getting New Anime?
Yep, the title is correct. No, hell hasn't frozen over (yet) but word has it that Cartoon Network's Adult Swim is getting 3 new anime series to air. I guess the constant pesteri...
- Inuyasha: Kagome Higurashi Figma
Hey Inuyasha fans; got some more good news for you! Other than the series finally being concluded with the Final Act episodes, you can soon get your own Kagome figma figur...
- Winners of the Nendoroid Kureha Contest
Wanted to congratulate the winners of the Nendoroid Kureha contest. To no surprise, it seemed like of the 11 or so people that signed up for the members blog, only 2 people deci...
- FLCL Anime Redo
Update: Should have checked before blogging but FUNimation recently noted that they will NOT be re-dubbing the series. Thanks @janaiblog for the info. I guess read the post and ...
- #MoeMonday 1/4/10: Black Rock Shooter Moe
The first #MoeMonday (#MM) post of the New Year and decade. Recently announced was the new Black Blade version of the Black Rock Shooter Figure and how fitting it is to show a w...
- 2009 Anime In Review Podcast
That's right everybody, I was a guest in another cool podcast. This one on Otaku In Review with Scott Spaziani , Jon Ingoglia , and Tim Maughan. The subject of...
- K-ON! Season 2
Thanks yet again to ANN for breaking the news on K-ON! That's right, 2010 will have yet more Moe with this second season slated for a January 20th DVD/Blu Ray release (in ...
- Black Rock Shooter Black Blade Version
I'll probably be the 100th+ blogger/store promoting this figure but here's the first glimpse of the Black Rock Shooter Black Blade Version figure by Good Smile Company. I ...
- #MoeMonday 12/28/09
I'm anime blogging like a fiend today. The third (and probably final) post today is the much missed #MoeMonday (#MM) photo for the week. Enjoy and hope you all got what you want...
- Nendoroid Sanae Kochiya
Here's another rare Nenodoroid I am lucky enough to eventually get my hands on, Nendoroid Sanae Kochiya from Touho Project. Thanks to figure manufacturer and wholesaler, M...
- #FanServiceFriday: 12/25/09 X-Mas Edition
#FanServiceFriday (#FF) today will of course be a Chrismas version. This one of course a Gurren Lagann image. Have a merry x-mas anime fans ^_^
- Marvel Psylocke Bishoujo Figure
Just announced today are the reserves for this beautiful Marvel Psylocke Bishoujo figure. Once again Shunya Yamashita and Kotobukia give the Marvel girls the much better a...
- Return of the 1/1 Scale Gundam!
This bit of news is a Christmas present for ALL gundam fans. Remember the 1/1 scale Gundam built in Odaiba a few months back to commemorate the Gundam 30 year anniversary (and t...
- #FanServiceFriday: 12/18/09 - Louise
#FanServiceFriday (#FF) post this week is this rather sexy fan art of The Familiar of Zero's Louise.
- Poison Bootleg Anime Products
This is very important news to all who buy anime products! The evil bootleg anime product makers have gone too far this time... As some of you may know, bootleg ani...
- Iron Man 2 Trailer
Ok, not exactly anime related but hey, I'm certain most of you are eager to see Iron Man 2. The trailer has just been released and many fans are happy to see that it'll st...
- #MoeMonday 12/14/09
#MoeMonday (#MM) is back with this week's moe anime post. This image a wonderfully moe image of K-On!'s Mio. This one is a keeper.
- Last Minute X-Mas Anime Figures
Christmas is almost here and before you know it, it'll be 2010, too. Some of you might know that the anime figure business doesn't always match up with the holiday season. A lar...
- #FanServiceFriday 12/11/09
Another week and another #FanServiceFriday (#FF) post. Been getting fans asking for images that were more NSFW. I have to keep a bit of restraint but ok; here's an I...
- Member's Anime Blog Update - Google Wave Invites
I see that finally after a long time, there is some movement in the Member's Blog . Thank you all who are starting to write there. Over time I will link up the member posts with...
- Miku Hatsune VN02 Mix Figure
Opened my email to one of my suppliers in Japan this morning and this Miku figure woke me up. The Miku Hatsune VN02 Mix Figure by Good Smile Company (& Max Factory) is a sig...
- Nendoroid: Fate Testarossa The Movie 1st Ver. Figure
Recently added the Nendoroid: Fate Testarossa The Movie 1st Ver. Figure to the store for pre-order and with in no time been getting requests to reserve her for when she comes ou...
- #FanServiceFriday 12/4/09
Once again continuing the #FanServiceFriday, (#FF) trend this week with a very adequate Ikki Tousen image for those who feel sick. Apparently everyone around me is getting...
- Afufu.net 2009 Anime Awards
A fellow anime blogger over at afufu.net just recently told me about their annual Anime Awards. Done by the website themselves, the anime awards they do is called ANIMAF There e...
- #MoeMonday 11/30/09
Can't forget about #MoeMonday (#MM) The trend continues today with another wonderfully Moe image; the very Moe Nagisa Furukawa from Clannad.
- #FanServiceFriday 11/27/09
Continuing again the #FanServiceFriday (#FF) trend with this lovely picture. Today is Black Friday and many of you were prbably up earlier than this early blog post. ...
- Gundam Christmas Tree
Ok, that's not exactly how the tree looks (image pending), but in the spirit of the holidays, yes there will actually be a Gundam Christmas Tree. The news comes from Anime News ...
- Not the Typical Black Friday Post
Hey anime fans. Ok, you guys have probably had enough with the darn Black Friday promos going on. The economy created such a fear in the hearts of retailers that they are going ...
- #MoeMonday 11/23/09
Once again continuing the #MoeMonday (#MM) trend by posting up this wonderfully cute moe image. This is indeed an image of Haruhi Suzumiya's Yuki Nagato. More specifically it's ...
- Mainichi Daily News App (Anime Newspaper from Japan)
I was recently introduced to Mainichi Daily News. Of course I so need to get my knowledge of kanji up to speed but for those of you who can read Japanese kanji and want to read ...
- #FanServiceFriday 11/20/09
Here's another #FanServiceFriday (#FF) pic for the week. The ever so pretty Blanc Neige in her famous pose. This image also became a figure as well.
- Touhou Project Figures
Got a wonderful early Christmas present in my email a few days back. My store was given the rights to sell the official Good Smile Company/Max Factory Toho (Touhou) Project figu...
- #MoeMonday 11/16/09
Continuing the #MM, #MoeMonday trend this week with this very cute picture. Make sure you use the new comment system or be cursed with moe cutness.
- New Comment System
For a while I have been trying to create a comment system that would be useful, display avatars, allow YouTube clips to be posted in-comment as well as the ability to reply to c...
- Sushipedia - Sushi Lover's iPhone App
I'm a major sushi lover and I'd bet most of you are. This wonderful iPhone app is an encyclopedia of sushi. Sushi is very varied category of food and caters to those...
- #FanServiceFriday 11/13/09
Keeping the #FanServiceFriday (#FF) trend going this week with an ecchi Yoko image. Not the most provocative of Yoko but one that's at least somewhat safe for work ^^;
- Final Fantasy XIII Official US Release Date
Mark 3/9/10 in your calendars my fellow US Final Fantasy fans, just got a letter from Square-Enix as well as saw a fan post on dannychoo.com about the official release date of F...
- Otaku Energy Drinks
Ok, admit it, we all drink energy drinks. Some of us (me) drink them like coffee. I have sampled many of the multitude of drinks out there. Most of course are simply liquid suga...
- Shunya Yamashita's Ikki Tousen Ryomou Shimei Figure
Just got word of this figure being put on reserves for pre-order. Like many, I'm a fan of the Shunya Yamashita figures. This one is most definitely one to add to the...
- #MoeMonday 11/9/09
The #MM trend for us anime fans is #MoeMonday. To continue the trend of showing off moe images on Monday, here is this image of the week, a very moe image of Miku Hatsune. ...
- #FanServiceFriday 11/6/09
#FanServiceFriday is the twitter #FF trend for us anime fans. To continue the trend, here's this week's (Akikan) image.
- Romeo X Juliet
A few days back I finally got to see the entire Romeo X Juliet series and all the hype was indeed true...and then some. I won't create a story-detailed review since god knows th...
- Anime Store Feed
As some of you may know, I own an anime store and its an anime store run with an OsCommerce back-end. OsCommerce is frankly a do-it-yourself kind of set up. One rather important...
- Ar Tonelico 3
Excited to find out yesterday about Ar Tonelico 3. In case you aren't familiar with the Ar Tonelico series, think of them as a mix between a dating sim and an RPG with similar d...
- Dragon Ball Headphones
Here's an interesting piece of electronics I saw over at mile-stone. jp . Looks like in January or February we can get our hands on some Dragon Ball head phones, yep add headpho...
- #MoeMonday 11/2/09
The #MM trend for us anime fans is #MoeMonday. To continue the trend of showing off moe images on Monday, here is this image of the week, the girls of K-on. They are making us h...
- #FanServiceFriday 10/30/09
#FanServiceFriday is the twitter #FF trend for us anime fans. To continue the trend, here's this week's image. This one is moe too ^_^ (sorry for posting this a bit early before...
- Michelle Phan: Sailor Moon Cosplay Makeup
Many of you probably know Michelle Phan. For those who don't, she's a famous youtuber who also is an avid gamer and a big anime fan. Her typical videos consist of makeup and ski...
- K-ON! Akiyama Mio Original Costume Ver. [Movic]
Just saw this wonderful Mio figure posted for reserve from one of my store's wholesalers mile-stone.jp Looks like it will be coming out in Japan some time in January. For me in ...
- #MoeMonday
Here's another Twitter trend for anime fans you guys to maybe start up. There is #MusicMonday but for us...I'd say we start #MoeMonday. Like #FanServiceFriday where we tweet and...
- #FanServiceFriday
For those who use Twitter, a common Friday post the trend called Follow Friday or #ff to show off people on twitter we think are cool and deserve following. I thought up of an a...
- Rogue Bishoujo Figure: Long Coat Version
Kotobukiya is making something special for Rogue fans. Just when you thought the Shunya Yamashita Rogue was really cool, they go and make a limited edition one. This version, th...
- Anime Pic of the Day 10/13/09: Tifa Fan Art
Here's a classic Tifa Fan art from years ago. Not sure of the artist to this day sadly, would love to give him/her credit for this picture. This picture has a special meaning si...
- Otaku USA
Today I came home to a great surprise. Got a free copy of the December 2009 issue of Otaku USA Magazine. Why did I get a free copy? Well, that's because you'll find us in the ma...
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood English Cast
Just got a message from FUNimation that they got the English voice dubbing cast together for Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. As of two days ago I finally got the chance to sit...
- Mirai Suenaga Anime
Dannychoo.com's Mascot Mirai Suenaga is getting an anime based on her and her sisters! Called "Mirai no Mirai", the anime looks like it will be beautifully done by the artist K ...
- Inuyasha: The Final Act is LIVE!
Inuyasha the Final Act JUST got live on Hulu.com ! The first episode is called Naraku's Heart. Inuyasha is officially back guys! Watch it below or check it out on Hulu
- Bleach Figures
Alpha Omega just announced for pre-order these very great looking Bleach figures. The Neriel one of course catches the eyes ^^;; It's of course Neriel in her (nose-bleed worthy)...
- Tifa Cosplay
Here's a little surprise for you all, my loyal readers. Thanks to the Cosprints.com , may I present you all with professional photos of my fiancee, Danielle cosplaying as Advent...
- Cencoroll
This past weekend the anime movie, Cencoroll was premiered at the NY Anime Festival. Though I was there, due to the insane crowding of the event in general, it was hopeless to e...
- Hyakka Ryoran: Hattori Hanzo Alter Figure
Update(10/17/09): Hattori Hanzo was announced for official US distribution. Got her up for pre-order here. Here's another figure I'm putting on my "Must Buy 0_0" list. From the ...
- Inuyasha: The Final Act (updated)
(Update 10/3/09): The first episode airs very soon on Hulu.com! Check the trailer below. The instant it goes up, I'll get it here on the site ^_^ Great news for Inuyasha fans! S...
- MOFILM Fan Ad Competition (Contest Winners Shown)
(update:) Here are the winners of this contest: First place winner: "stop ignoring your skin" by Jeff Gill Second place runner up: "Busy Life Healthy Skin" by Adam Montoya Third...
- New York Anime Fest 2009 (Updated)
Well, the 2009 NY Anime Fest has come to a close. Had a great time. Going to post up some cool stuff in the days to come, including a surprise for the front page of the site ^^ ...
- Anime on the Tonight Show (updated)
Did you guys see this yesterday? Conan O'Brien yesterday on the Tonight show was doing a skit on anime. The studio, Bang Zoom, is very popular with anime and actually will proba...
- SasameKisscomi: Anime iPhone Kissing Game
You heard me right, there is an anime kissing game that just came out in the iPhone app store (around Wednesday). From the upcoming Yuri series, Sasameki Koto Yuri, you get to p...
- Reminder About Nendoroid Kureha Contest
It seems I have to remind people about this. I am giving away a FREE Nendoroid Kureha figure with this current contest . The purpose of the contest is to promote my new member's...
- Anime Pic of the Day 9/10/09: Starbucks Logo
Had to post this one up today too. Thanks to peterpayne.net (head of the famed JList store, see I complement even my 'competition') for showing us this amazing anime logo of Sta...
- Naruto Shippuden & Disney XD
Big news today thanks to the Hollywood Reporter is that Disney completed a deal with Viz to air Naruto Shippuden in the US on Disney's XD block of programming. Cartoon Network p...
- New Anime Site Feature: Thumbnail Posts
Many sites have this, the ability to post their feeds with thumbnail photos, but my God is it a pain to find out HOW to do it, even for a programmer, like me. Even more of a tro...
- Anime Pic of the Day: Marvel/Yamashita Girls
This poster was at the Kotobukiya booth over at SDCC 09 about a month and a half back. just wanted to pay homage to Shunya Yamashita and his amazing work so far with Marvel. The...
- Chaos;HEAd Seira Orgel 1/7 Scale Figure
Being a long time anime fan, figure collector and anime store owner has it's perks but there are times when being a fan of what you sell is a major weakness. This figure, Orchid...
- Eureka Seven Movie
To my wonderful surprise, the Eureka Seven Movie is coming to the US soon and is also going to be in some theaters ^_^. Make that 438 theaters. Yep, the English dub of "Eureka S...
- Nendoroid: K-ON! - Yui Hirasawa
Of course I make sure to talk about Mio but let not forget Nendoroid Yui . Recently she became available for us USA anime retailers to pre-order...sadly though, looks as if her ...
- K-ON! - Mio Akiyama 1/8 Scale Figure
Alter's Mio Akiyama figure has already been on the top of the pre-order list for many people for the past week and a half or so. I of course had to make her available for pre-or...
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Sets Guinness World Record
22.6 Billion Cards! That's how many Yu-Gi-Oh Cards have sold since the series' debut in 1999. Once again anime is trumping areas of hobby, comics and games. To be honest, even t...
- New Contest: Win Nendoroid Kureha
Finally, after a long, long time I have created a new contest for you, my loyal readers. The prize, the cute and adorable Nendoroid Kureha. Yes, I'm once again taking the time t...
- Anime Store Gift Certificates
Thanks to Paypal, I was able to add a much needed feature to my anime store . That feature of course is is to give anyone shopping at my store the ability to buy and redeem gift...
- Figma Mirai
Big congrats to Danny Choo (@dannychoo). As of today he graced fans on his two sites, dannychoo.com and figure.fm with pictures of the prototype to the Mirai Figma figure. It mu...
- Anime Pic of the Day 8/02/09
Can't forget to post up this classic anime fan art piece. This picture of Kasumi from Dead Or Alive is simply stunning. Click on the image to get the full scale version of it. I...
- K-ON! Nendoroid Mio Akiyama
K-ON! and especially Mio fans (like myself) will be happy with this bit of news. Up for pre-order is the Good Smile Company Akiyama Mio Nendoroid figure. The official Japan rele...
- Anime Pic of the Day 7/30/09
Heading into the dog days of summer and finally this year we are actually getting summer weather here in New York. The anime business has been heating up for me as well (thus ex...
- Halo Anime: Halo Legends
News straight from SDCC09. Looks like Microsoft is doing what was done with the Animatrix and the relatively recent Batman anime collaboration . Studios up for the project seem ...
- Gundam Wedding
Ok, I've been blogging a decent amount about the 1/1 Gundam in Odaiba but there is much more to add about this thing. As of a few days back, Anime News Network announced that we...
- College Degree in...Manga?
Sorry for the delay in my posts, been doing some site updates and I also caught a nasty cold/flu. Anyways, did you know that you can get a college degree in Manga Research? I di...
- Anime Pic of the Day 7/9/09
Been all over some new blog templates as of late, but don't let that stop the blogging ^^;; Here's a wonderful picture for you to gander at today. This one is obviously done by ...
- TweetBoard
In case you all haven't noticed, I installed the Tweetboard application to the bulk of the site (seen as a tab on the left side). If, like me, you use twitter alot, this comes i...
- How to Spot a Fake Nendoroid
Ok, a big, big pet peeve of mine as both an anime figure collector and as an anime figure store owner has been the slew of cheap, fake and inferior Good Smile Company Nendoroid ...
- Saber Lily Nendoroid
I had a bunch of items not yet listed in my store for pre-order, so I went and got the store up to date. I also got the clearance today to set up pre-orders for the very cute an...
- Anime Pic of the Day 6/24/09
Been one of those busy weeks. So while I get some more posts ready for all of you, here's an anime girl picture that you'd might like. I'm also in the process of setting up a te...
- Yoshiyuki Tomino Will Be At NY Anime Fest 2009
More good news for Gundam fans, it seems that the creator of the Gundam series, Yoshiyuki Tomino will be attending the 2009 New York Anime Fest to further commermorate the 30th ...
- Fate/Unlimited Codes: Saber Lily 1/8 Scale Figure
Alter's new gem of a figure has already become a big hit. I'm a fan of Saber thanks to my fandom of Cloche (Chroche) from Ar Tonelico 2..being that they share the same English v...
- Tim Burton's '9' The Movie
(Update 9/4/09) Just a few days away from the release of the 9 Movie and there's more to check out, plus another contest for you loyal readers of my blog ^_^ Here are 4 brand ne...
- Odaiba Gundam In Action
This thing gets more amazing the more we see it. Out of just sheer excitement, I had to post this bit of info. The 1/1 Scale RX-78 Gundam in Odaiba, Tokyo is all set up with the...
- Good Smile Company ActSta Figures
Hijacked this great bit of figure news from Danny Choo's post as well as the Mikatan Blog yesterday. Big news if you are into articulated figures or, like me, love the detail an...
- Our First Voice Dubbing
Well, it was bound to happen. We decided to do a little Fan dub sample. This fan dub is actually more like a manga read than a real dub though. The manga my fiancee Danielle cho...
- Odaiba Gundam Complete
For some of you that have been tracking the progress of the 1:1 scale Gundam being made, well....its basically complete! Big thanks to Danny Choo for keeping us in tabs with the...
- Cosplay House
My fiancee, Danielle brought this site to my attention. If you are a cosplayer, you'll probably love this site, www.cosplayhouse.com . Just a quick browse of their store shows s...
- Kingdom Hearts Cell Phone Charms
Just posted up in the store the upcoming Kingdom Hearts Cell Phone Charms . They don't arrive to the US till around late October 2009 but you can pre-order them if you'd like or...
- Anime3000 Podcast, Part 2, Future of Gaming
Here's part 2 of the Podcast from anime 3000.com that I got a chance to star in. As I post, E3 is going on and many new things have been announced and shown off. Here's a list o...
- Sony PSP GO
This was something that me and the other panelists talked about in the second part of the recent anime3000.com podcast (that podcast still pending release) and undoubtedly is al...
- Anime Tattoos
Been wondering for a long while what tattoo(s) I'd finally get for myself. I'm the oldest of 8 kids and everyone but the 3 youngest and me don't have a tattoo. My father is load...
- Japanese Idol: Kuroki Nanami
Been some time since the last idol post and I've been getting some requests, so here's the idol, Kuroki Nanami. As of this post there's actullay no Wikipedia info on her ^^;; So...
- New Member Section/Blog
Great news. As of today I've basically completed a part of the blog that I think you all will like. I have created a member driven portion of the blog . In other words, if you g...
- Sacred 2: Fallen Angel: Review
Been playing lots of Sacred 2 during the past week/week and a half. My first impressions before playing was a bit iffy. I'll admit, I'm not a D&D, WoW, PC-style fantasy game...
- Anime3000 Podcast
I finally got something to add to the podcast section of this site. As of a few days ago, I was asked to be part of a podcast with anime3000.com. Big thanks to Sean Russell for ...
- Haruhi Suzumiya, Season 2
Unless you have been away for the past couple of weeks, you'd probably know by now that the second season of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya has gotten underway in Japan. Of c...
- Munto AMVs
Well, it's been some time since my last AMV. Apparently I've been known as one of the pioneers in AMVs and I've even made it to the top of Helium.com's tutorial on AMV creation ...
- Anime Pic Of the Day: 5/25/09
This by far has to be the most amazing anime drawing I have ever seen and to my biggest surprise...it's not a picture of a cute anime girl! Done by the artist, Muuten, this imag...
- TFS: Dragon Ball Z Abridged Episode 10 Part 1
Looks like the talented fan dubbers at Team Four Star brought out the long awaited episode 10 two part finale to their first season. For a while fans of this parody have been wa...
- Beat Blades Haruka: Narika Sennin [Alter]
Wanted to quickly showcase an anime figure I have currently up for pre-order in the store . This one I'm contemplating on whether to keep for myself as well. It's the newer Alte...
- Evangelion With No Asuka?
Well, let me re-word that, "Asuka won't be called 'Asuka?'" As per rather recent news from sankakucomplex.com , what seems like something stupid you'd expect from the Hollywood ...
- Dragon Ball Z Doramatic Diorama Figure
Just got a look at this figure this morning and it has a very, very accurate DBZ look to it. Depicting of course when Gohan defeated Cell with the just passed away Goku by his s...
- Evangelion Cellphone
A few days back this phone obviously caught my attention on both Dannychoo.com and sankakucomplex.com . In celebration of the Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance anime movie, ...
- Anime Pic Of the Day: 5/21/09
Ok, this is not such a new picture and it's been publicized on a number of anime sites. Just thought I'd add it to list of favorite anime pics. It's the famous "Mio-Beam" pic fe...
- Jailed For Manga
A while back I wrote about an Iowa man who's loli manga he got from Japan was confiscated by US customs, and then he was stalked by police on his way home, to which they then ar...
- King Of Fighters Fan Art Contest
Great news KOF fans! If you haven't heard yet, Ignition Entertainment is doing a fan art contest with lots of cash and prizes to commemorate the The release of The King Of Fight...
- Box of Nendoroids
Today I got a big shipment of new anime figures from the new Kingdom Hearts Cloud and Sephiroth; not to mention a bunch of Haruhi Suzumiya Extravaganza figures, just to name a f...
- Chuck's Anime Shrine: Mobile
Got an iPhone? Well, now you won't have to wait too long for my site to load. As of today I made a very simplistic but somewhat useful mobile section to the site. as of this pos...
- K-ON! Music
Good news for you K-ON! fans. Looks as if Playlist.com has both the "Cagayake! GIRLS" and the "Don't Say Lazy" singles by Aki Toyosaki & co. from the K-ON! opening and endin...
- Anime Pic of The Day: 5/12/09
Ar Tonelico 2 has been eating up much of my time as of late. Here's a picture of Luca and Cloche (Chroche) from the game. I'm most likely going to create a whole section devoted...
- Blood, The Last Vampire Movie
Let's face it, Hollywood has it out for the anime genre. The success of the comics to movies made many in Hollywood raise a few eyebrows along with their bank accounts. Sadly fo...
- K-ON!
I'm a little late on the scene but the current fad in Japan and us otaku right now is the new hit show K-ON! Already the show's opening song "Cagayake! GIRLS" has reached #2 in ...
- C.A.S Flickr Group
Something I should have done long ago, but up is the Chuck's Anime Shrine Flickr group . Post what ever anime/otaku related photos you want up there. This adds another way to su...
- C.A.S iPhone Webclip Icon
Just a little addition I did for the site in preparation for an iPhone/mobile friendly version of the site. I made an iPhone webclip icon for the homepage of your phone. It's fr...
- The End of Geocities
Not so much new news but as of recently, Yahoo, as part of their crazy restructuring will drop the free web hosting service, Geocities. Back in December till around March of 200...
- Watch & Win NARUTO Shippuden
If some of you are not aware..which I doubt, Hulu.com features full episodes of Naruto. Actually as of a few days ago , Naruto was ranked #20 on Hulu; so a nice little cheviot f...
- Death Note Movies
Some of you might know that just recently some select US theaters got to see the Death Note: L Change the World live action flick. Without giving anything away, the movie is a d...
- Danny Choo Nikon Commercial
Danny Choo is the person I can thank for reawakening my anime fandom that I somewhat strayed from between 2004 till almost all of 2006. His blog inspired me to start this one wh...
- E-Commerce Tax
Ok, so the economy has been doing bad. We can go on for hours on the causes, the culprits and the results of many of the actions taken. One action trying to be done will automat...
- New TMNT Live Action Rumors
Anyone here fans of the old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live action films from the early 90's? I didn't see the recent CG movie and apparently it wasn't enough to celebrate the...
- Anime Pic of The Day 4/25/09
Summer is coming soon and here in NY we are having one nice late April day. Enjoy a day out in the sun if you are lucky enough to have a good day. Try not to work too hard since...
- The 20 Year Old Game Boy
20 years since the Game Boy came out? Man I feel old. I was 5 years old at the time in 1989 and I was already a gamer for 4 years so...yep I indeed had one. I actually still hav...
- Lux Pain Review
Just recently I finished the Nintendo DS game, Lux Pain. The game was definitely something different. Depending on what type of gamer you are will determine a much different tak...
- Goku's Funeral
Sorry for the lack of updates...and the fact that the last batch of posts have basically been all DBZ posts ^^;; Anyways, just saw something I thought you all would get a kick o...
- Anime IPhone Game, Abigale
Anime games are still a bit rare on the iPhone but they are slowly coming up in numbers. Well, this game in particular caught my eyes for two reasons. First off, its an anime ga...
- Dragon Ball Evolution Review
The Dragon Ball Evolution movie is out. Its a movie very much hated by fans just from viewing the trailers, but lets get some honest reviews. So who's seen it? **Write in the co...
- Dragon Ball Kai
It's no joke that many anime fans have been horribly insulted by the Dragon Ball Evolution movie. Upset? Angry? Want 20th Century Fox to burn for all eternity? Well, relax and f...
- Let the Dragon Ball Evolution Bashing....Begin
Well...more like continue and go into a fervor. The movie is about a week from release and already some people have seen it, including famous anime & DBZ fan dubber Lanipato...
- Fixing My Anime Space
Been a busy weekend. My room's pic on Dannychoo.com prompted me to do some much needed spring cleaning. This messy picture was from about a day ago while I was in the middle of ...
- Samurai Spirits Iroha Gallery
For the game Samurai Spirits comes the ever so popular Iroha. She's a unique anime/game character since she's not your stereotypical (zombie-looking) thin girl. The Samurai Spir...
- Anime Pic of the Day 3/22/09
Sadly in the news today has been yet more deaths to cancer. My aunt in particular passed away on the 10th from about a year's struggle. There was also the loss today of Jade Goo...
- Fate/Stay/Night Gallery
Just recently added a Fate/Stay/Night gallery to the overall gallery. It's not a large selection but over time that should change along with an eventual section dedicated to the...
- Submit Your Anime Fan Art
Got some images you want to submit? Well, as some of you might know, before the recent remake of the website, I had a nice Fanart section and I don't want that to come to an end...
- Blue Dragon Plus Review
Alright, just finished through the awesome DS game, Blue Dragon Plus. It's been some time since I've played an RPG on the DS and this one was well worth it. Took about 18 hours ...
- BusinessWeek Meeting
Last Tuesday me, along with a select few got the honor to visit the BusinessWeek headquarters in NYC. We were nominated as BusinessWeek's top readers of 2008 and the purpose of ...
- Advertise on CAS
Just added a new feature today. For those who want to advertise say their anime con, anime store, video game store, sushi restaurant, etc; you can now do that on the site. The l...
- Anime Store: Bonanzle Branch
Last week I created a new branch for my anime store. Now you can find me on Bonanzle . For some of you that, like me, didn't even know much about Bonanzle, its an online marketp...
- Final Fantasy VII Novelette Anime
More good news for Final Fantasy VII fans. Looks like the recent "On the Way to a Smile" novelettes that went with the Advent Children Collector's DVD set will get an anime. In ...
- Anime Gaming: Lux Pain - Nintendo DS
Boy has my gaming gotten on a role lately ^_^. Here's yet another ga me coming out that I'll be reviewing. Gotta love that we are seeing more ani me games come to the US. For ye...
- Top 100 Business Week Readers of 2008
Looks like I became one of Business Week's Top Readers of 2008 (not yet in pic above). Based on the list here , I'm actually in the top 12 ^^. Been in talks with the Business We...
- Black Rock Shooter Figure
Up next on the pre-order block is the amazing Black Rock Shooter Figure by Good Smile Company. Announced from both my good friends at Mile-stone and of course Dannychoo.com, thi...
- Sacred 2: Fallen Angel (PS3, X360)
Going to be reviewing another game soon. This one is Sacred 2: Fallen Angel. For both the PS3 and Xbox 360, should be an interesting game, can't wait. Here's some info on it: Sa...
- Shunya Yamashita Kanaru Figure
Finally out in the US, the long awaited Shunya Yamashita Kanaru figure by Artstorm can finally be in the hands of us American otaku. Just one look and you'd see why this one has...
- Naruto: Sasuke Orochi Ultimate Chidori Figure
Here's an interesting figure that will be very limited (only 2,000 made). Any fans of Sasuke will like this version of him of course under the full Orochi mode he had during the...
- Eiji Komatsu Gallery
Remember that awesome looking Nurse Nana figure ? Well, here the art that inspired the figure. Eiji Komatsu's work is simply amazing and is by far an anime standard. Check out t...
- Japanese Idol: Hata Mizuho
Been some time since I've showcased an idol. This here is Hata Mizuho. She was born in 1989, making her 20 years old as of this year. Had to bring back more idols due to popular...
- How to Draw Manga and How NOT to Draw Manga
So you want to draw anime and manga? Well, like anything in art you have your own personal touch but to mimic the great arts from Japan, the right way, there's a bit more that n...
- Cloud & Tifa Valentine AMV
Happy Valentine's Day everyone! My fiancee, Danielle just made an AMV that is just perfect for today and I'll admit...its been a long while since I've promoted an AMV ^^; so hop...
- IBM's Bionic Armor
An interesting bit of news from Engadget . Seems that IBM recently patented a bionic armor concept. Not only will the armor use electromagnetic waves to bounce off bullets or an...
- Oppai Mouse Pads Arrived
Got the Oppai mouse pads today straight from my dealer in Japan. Would love to keep one but my fiancée is not a fan of me having one ^^;;. Going to post them in the store. Who h...
- New York Comic Con 09
Sorry I'm a few days late. Had over $3000 worth of anime figures to ship since Monday ^^; Anyways, we came back this weekend from an awesome New York Comic Con. For those of you...
- Blue Dragon Plus
Hey Blue Dragon Fans, Just got back for the 2009 New York Comic Con and before I do a full post on the events, just wanted to post about something that you'd enjoy. Of course yo...
- Anime Pic of the Day: 2/8/09
Everyone is a fan of Gurren Lagann's Yoko. Here's a little picture of her for the day. Been busy over here at New York Comic Con (more on that in a future post). This picture wo...
- Mecha Musume Nana Figure
As of today this figure has been put up for pre-order. I'm most definitely grabbing one for myself. I simply love the picture this came from, not too familiar with the series or...
- Anime Pic of the Day: 1/30/09
For the loyal readers, my apologies for the last post. Appearently ShoZu messed the picture up for some odd reason. If Kanu is not in this pic, I'll do it manually from blogger....
- Anime.fm Gadget
Here's a little something I cooked up for you all. For some of you that might want to listen to anime music on your site or on, say your iGoogle dashboard, this little widget sh...
- Ready 2 Rumble Revolution
Ever since I was little I was always a fan of Nintendo's Punch-Out!! There is a remake in the works or just recently out but another great title in the small but loved boxing ga...
- Super Saiyan Energy Drink
Was browsing through one of my product suppliers and found this new energy drink. Created by Boston America. That's right...a DBZ Super Saiyan energy drink. A full case of 24 wo...
- Cloud Strife PS3
Once again we are graced with yet another special version of the Playstation 3. For Final Fantasy VII fans (like myself) , this PS3 might make you want to finally get one after ...
- iPhone Dating Sim
Looks like the eroge, Gift is finally available at the Apple App Store. Only the Japanese version is out so if you are like me and still haven't learned your Japanese yet (^^;) ...
- Japanese Idol Of the Week: Shoko Hamada
Sorry for the two week delay. Here this week we have the lovely Shoko Hamada. Ms. Hamada was born on New Year's Day in 1986 so she just celebrated her 23rd birthday. She's a fam...
- Anime Pic of the Day 1/8/09
Haven't done the Anime Pic of the Day in a while. Thought I'd bring it back with a favorite of mine. This is a lovely anime angel pic drawn by none other than Shunya Yamashita. ...
- Most Wanted Anime Figures Of 2009
Lots of cool anime/game figures are coming out this year. Which one's are on your wish list this year? Here's my anime figure wish list: Yamashita Bishoujo Rogue Gurren Lagann Y...
- Otaku Blurbs
In case you haven't noticed for the past month, as of this post on the right hand side you can find "Otaku Blurbs" Like my role-model DannyChoo's Puchi Blurbs, this little featu...
- An Otaku on BusinessWeek
For the second time I once again grace the front page of BusinessWeek's website . This time, instead of poking fun at Secretary of Treasury Paulson, I got my own article up ther...
- 2008: CAS Felt No Economic Pinch
I know, I'm a bit late on this now that it's Jan. 4th but here's my little look back of 2008, my anime site during 2008 and other cool events. For many, it was a crappy year. Th...
- Yamashita Bishoujo X-Men Rogue Figure
Browsed through the magazine I got from one of my suppliers and this caught my eye. This is a 1/8th scale of X-Men's Rogue made by Kotobukiya. As you can see from just how prett...
- My Christmas Break
Hi everyone. Sorry for the lack of updates. This holiday season has been a big rush for me. The anime figure biz has been doing great, so great that I have been so busy boxing i...
- Japanese Idol of The Week: Yuko Ogura
Yuko Ogura : She's actually just one week older than me ^^ She was born on Nov. 1, 1983. You can check out her official website here . Note about these posts: I decided to start...
- Anime Ringtones
Ringtones tend to always be a hassle; from the payment to getting the file right and for us otaku , getting a ringtone we like. Well, I finally today added a custom ringtone to ...
- The Leap of Faith
The countdown has begun. I did it. After years of claiming one day I will, after years of doing a network marketing company (hence why between 2004 and 2007 I was absent) and no...
- Japanese Idol of The Week: Reon Kadena
Reon Kadena : Note about these posts: I decided to start this weekly segment for the people who want to see more idol posts. I will try once a week to talk about or briefly show...
- Japanese Dream Reading
Looks like others can now see what we think. Japanese scientists at ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories were recently able to successfully display test subjects' thought...
- Dragon Ball Evolution Trailer
Here it is, the second teaser trailer to what is now called Dragon Ball Evolution. Now, if I never ever heard of or saw Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z or GT... I'd look at this trai...
- New Features To CAS Site
With the extra time I've had, I've been able to do a few new updates to the site. Some of you may know that google's Friend Connect just came out. I wasted no time in getting so...
- Anime Figure Pre-Orders Complete
After many hours of work, I finally got the anime pre-orders up in the store . As I stated before I had about $10K worth of figures on hand and about $40-$50K pending in pre-ord...
- Tears to Tiara: Riannon 1/8 PVC
All the other American anime stores....eat your heart out! I just got a box today of 10 Riannon figures. This figure was to come out to America in February 09, but I have them r...
- Anime Figures Widget
After adding a bunch of anime figures, it seems that of the three store fronts I have, Amazon is the easiest to list with my main store coming in second and ebay last. For your ...
- Oppai Mouse Pad Pre-orders
Finally, here in the US we will be able to get oppai mouse pads! Up until recently, the only way you can grab these awesome takes on cushioned mouse-pads was to order directly f...
- My New Anime Work Station
As of a few days ago I put my anime business revenue to good use by upgrading my work station here at home. I upgraded to a nice 19" LCD monitor, got a new video card and I kept...
- Some of the New Figures
Gotta love my internet connection. It loves to be a bother. Things didn't go as smoothly in adding new figures but I do have a few up due to my internet connection and my just s...
- Black Friday Anime Figures
Well, its that time of the year again, Black Friday. This is a year everyone is scared that sales won't go as usual due to the world economy being screwed up (because American r...
- Return of the Haruhi FREEING Bunnies
There's no surprise that these amazing figures needed a second wave of shipments. I was able to snag only a few of these simply stunning Haruhi figures. Mikuru in particular is ...
- 250K Hits!!
Looks like as of a few days ago the site finally reached the 250,000 hit landmark. Nothing too special nowadays but a cool landmark nonetheless. The site has been around since M...
- Watch Newest DBZ Movie
Looks like the latest Dragon Ball Z movie, Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! is now live, subbed and in HD on youtube. We can thank user, dbzantossj for the uploads. Below i...
- Anime Store Fixed
Good news! Looks like the error was fixed and I don't see the store being falsely marked as an "attack site". It was definitely not a message I wanted to see right as I'm about ...
- Anime Girl of the Day 11/23/08
Enjoy this picture today. Finally got things ready for the week at hand with all the working from home that I will do. Soon you'll all see more video game blog posts and I'll be...
- Major Store Error @_@
Hey everyone. Just when I thought things were back in gear, this had to hit me. Here's the story, over a few months back there was a hack into the site. It busted the old forum ...
- Working From Home
Hey everyone. So sorry for the gap in blog posts. I had a vehicular situation that turned out to be a big blessing in disguise. I didn't get into an acci...
- An Otaku on Party 105
I'm a few days late on posting this but on Thursday Danielle and I went to a neat event hosted by one the local radio stations here, Party 105 . as some of you might have rememb...
- iPhone Apps For Otaku
For the past few months I've had the 3G iPhone and yes, I do love this little device. I know there is a fervor out there on which phone is the best but I'm not here to cla...
- Dragon Ball Movie WTF?! Moments #2: White Piccolo
Not exactly a new WTF moment but this one of course had to be on the list. These images caused many otaku to leave a palm print on their foreheads.&nbs...
- Dragon Ball Movie WTF?! Moments #1: Goku's Transformation
You know, I was at one point looking forward to the Dragon Ball Movie. The concept of a Dragon Ball live action with the financial backing of Hollywood could have been suc...
- Dragon Ball Movie Trailer
I was a bit late in posting this but here it is with audio, the Dragon Ball Movie Trailer. If I never saw Dragon Ball I would think this is cool but for many of us otaku, ...
- Toonami + My Anime Beginnings
This is a few months late but I just had to write about this. After reading Sanjo-chan's blog on it I had to put in my two-cents. Many of you otaku know that Toonami...
- Inline Comments
As you can see by looking at my posts, I was able to finally embed the comments. This was thanks to a some-what new update via Blogger and big thanks goes to bloggerbuster...
- Anime Girl of the Day 11/6/08
I know, there I go again, buying more time. I will be getting back to doing more diverse and more frequent posts. I'm still kind of swamped at work and preping for x...
- Otaku Celebrate Obama Win!
I know many of you Otaku were indeed rooting for Obama just like our friends in Japan and others across the world did. Just take a look at Grant Park and you will see something ...
- Anime Girl of the Day 11/03/08
Just a day before election day and like the two candidates I've been swamped with work. I have loads to do at my day job. At home I have to continue the CAS 4.0 upgrade, post mo...
- Otaku Halloween Music
Happy Halloween 08 everybody! As promised, I was to give you all a special surprise today and here it is. Thanks to playlist.com, I set up a Halloween music playlist for you all...
- Anime Girl of the Day: Halloween Eve 08
Here's a little treat for today on the eve of Halloween. Been way too busy in my job and the anime biz but there is more to come soon. Enjoy this nice anime Halloween pick. I ha...
- TFS Dragon Ball Z: Episode 6
As of a few days ago, the hilariously funny TeamFourStar Dragon Ball Z Abridged parody got its latest episode. Like many otaku, I've become an instant fan of the parody. Speakin...
- CAS Version 4.0 is Live
After a long weekend and a rather buggy computer slowing me down, I'd like to introduce you to Chuck's Anime Shrine version 4.0. Now the completed product is still in the works ...
- Anime Girl Pic of the Day 10/25/08
Was busy all day fixing my Internet (again ~_~) and then I got to work on the new site. Got most of the template and new blog layout done but I sure have a load of anime figures...
- Anime Girl Pic of the Day 10/24/08
Been busy making version 4.0 of the site. In the mean time, enjoy this Code Geass picture. Since it's getting cold here in NY and x-mas is coming, I thought this would be a good...
- Best Anime Fan Dubs
I know, "dubbing" is basically the otaku "f-bomb" and fan dubbing tends to be all the more sinister but lets face it, anime dubbing has gotten better over the past years. With t...
- Vote for an Otaku Wedding
Normally I don't do these kind of post but I feel this would be a good way to get some help. As of last x-mas, some of you might have known that Danielle and I got engaged after...
- Better Tifa Wallpapers
Here's a much better set of Tifa Lockhart Wallpapers than that simple one I did a while back with smoother graphics and bigger sizes. Thanks to photobucket user altoidyoda for t...
- Square-Enix Figures
Some exciting news from Square-Enix with the recent announcement of even more new figures! Many of you are aware of the new Crisis Core figures that will arrive state side begin...
- Anime Store Optimized + CAS 4.0 Sneek Peek
If any of you went to the anime store section of the site, you probably noticed a huge bunch of items are now gone. Don't worry though, I did this to fully optimize the store fo...
- Jiburiru Holy Angel 1/7 Scale Figure
What has to be one of the most gorgeous figures I've seen in the past few months, Griffon really does well with this one. From the hentai, Jiburiru - Devil Angel, this 1/7th fig...
- PS3 and PSP Firmware Updates
More gadget news via Engadget . This one is particularly good if you own a PSP. The Playstation 3 (the last of the next gen system I have yet to own) soon will be getting firmwa...
- Iowa Otaku Arrested for Manga
This news completely ticks me off! Check this article out by Anime News Network . An otaku in Iowa was charged with up to 20 years in prison for possession of obscene loli manga...
- Preparing For X-mas
Sorry for the lack of blog posts, been busy pre-ordering inventory and getting ready to restructure the entire anime store and this site (plus my damn day-job is still a part of...
- Newer Anime Forum
Was out for two days relaxing for the weekend and also cleaning up my huge anime inventory that I have to correctly add and count for my different stores. Anyway, got to work to...
- Space Elevator
Looks like some Japanese engineers, make that over 100 of them are taking something many of us probably thought of in middle school and planning on making it a reality. What is ...
- Anime Girl Pic of the Day 10/2/08
I know, another hot Gurren Lagen pic. I'll change things up but this is for people who wanted to see Yoko and other hotness from the show. Also, it's a good pic for those like m...
- Anime Girl of the Day 10/01/08: Yoko (2)
Just had to add another pic of Yoko. The other picture was ok but hopefully this one is in a higher rez. Would be nice if I could blow up the thumbnail a bit but ShoZu hasn't up...
- Anime Girl Pic of the Day 10/01/08
Looks like the iPhone app ShoZu now shows pictures a bit bigger than before. Doubt the thumbnail is bigger though but if you click on this nice pic of Gurren Lagen's Yoko, she s...
- Death Note II: Last Name Ticket Contest Update
(Update : Thank you for participating in this ^_^. The contest is over as of now The winners' email addresses have been sent to FathomEvents .com by their advertising agency. As...
- Dragon Ball Movie Trailer Surfaces
Get ready to have your palm in your face...below is clip from a con goer in Europe viewing the Dragon Ball trailer. One big thing to take note is the quick clip of Goku making o...
- New York Anime Fest 2008 Recap
Danielle w/Hideyuki Kikuchi ( Click Here for the full gallery ) Got that post-con sad feeling a bit. No matter though; here is a review of our experience at the 2008 New York an...
- Me on BusinessWeek.com
Looks like my comments about the US economy got me on the front page of businessweek.com ! My anime business and my old health business got me to realize different sides of the ...
- New York Anime Festival 08 & Chinatown
Hey Everyone, Anime Fest 2008 was one crazy time. We weren't able to make it to the final day due to pure exhaustion and a long train ride so we spend the day with some other af...
- New York Anime Festival 2008 Days 2/3
Heading to the third and final day now(late). Definitely saw some cool and interesting stuff at the 2008 New York Anime Festival. One to take notice to was the android pictured ...
- End of Day 1 at NYAF
Pretty cool first day. I would have had more blog posts but the iphone wasn't fully charged so I had to get as many pics as possible thus sacrificing tweets and live posts. No m...
- Blogger is Finally Fixed
Holy frecken ass-crackers! For some of you that were wondering... yes this blog was down for exactly one week. Why, should you ask? Because Blogger goofed up last Friday. There ...
- Death Note II: the Last Name Ticket Contest!
Hey, US otaku! I have some great news for you. Here at Chuck's Anime Shrine, I've been given the honor to award a few of my blog readers , Free Death Note Movie II Tickets! That...
- New York Anime Festival: Day 1
Some of you know that Danielle and I will be at the 2008 Anime Fest today (and all weekend) Since blogger is finally fixed, I will be giving some live updates at the event. Be s...
- MegaMan 9
Here's yet another game I was meaning to talk about and for those who grew up as gamers in the 80's and early 90's, you're going to love this. Like the Strong Bad game I mention...
- Strong Bad Gets a Game
In case any of you haven't heard already, there is a fun game out that features characters to a site that I have linked to and been a fan of since the beginning, Homestarrunner....
- Anime Figure Gallery Preview
Last but not least in the image samples for the new gallery system for this site is a section I noted a while back and that's a gallery of anime figures. We all know we love to ...
- Danny Choo on CNN
Check this out everyone. Good friend and blogging role model, Danny Choo just had his own feature story on CNN. It's nice to see a bit on Danny's famous family heritage and of c...
- An AMV about AMVs
If any of you have been to my AMV section you might have noticed a new amv under the Fan Submission part. Thanks to Youtube member Patricktiel for this sick amv about well... ma...
- Dragon Ball Z Movie: 14
As promised I told you that I'd pass on some amazingly good news if you are a Dragon Ball Z fan and if you are completely disgusted about the direction of 2009's Dragon Ball Mov...
- Anime Fest 2008 Schedule
Looks like the schedule for the 2008 New York Anime Festival is up and running. there are many events that Danielle will try to go to, in particular we will definitely will atte...
- My 9/11 Story
As most of you have probably heard many, many times today, today marks the 7th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Being that I'm in New York ...
- Dragon Ball Movie Trailer Screen Shots
Thanks to dragonballmovieblog I was able to get some screen shots of the upcoming Dragon Ball Movie trailer. You finally get to see what Piccolo looks like and basically....well...
- Comic Aun: Lala Pipiruno Pipiru Paparemmo 1/7 Scale Figure
If any anime figure creates a nosebleed, this is the one to do it. Check out this very sexy figure by Orchid Seed. Lala Pipiruno Pipiru Paparemmo, is probably one of the longest...
- Cosplay Section Preview
Here I go again with another preview of the new galleries that will be coming soon. This one is something I sort of had but images of me, Danielle and other cosplayers of the 20...
- XBox 360 Price Cut
As per BusinessWeek a few days back and into affect as of two days ago, the Xbox 360 is now only at $199.99 here in the US. As the article states, its an effort to try to hack a...
- The Otaku Choice: Obama
Ok, I just had to get this off my chest. For the most part, many of us American otaku could care less about politics, myself included. If you follow the news at all, we all know...
- Idol Section Preview
Ok. One thing my site lacks that many anime and otaku sites have is an idol gallery. Now the reason for me not having one all these years is simple, I didn't want to upset my fi...
- Anime Girl Of The Day 9/4/08
I can't do posting of pics without showing my fav girl of all time from videogames and anime, the lovely Tifa Lockhart. Enjoy this nice fan art of her.
- Anime Girl of The Day 9/4/08 X 2
This is more of a preview of what will be in the new gallery coming up for the newest version of Chuck's Anime Shrine. Trust me, there's much more where this came from. Enjoy th...
- SoulCalibur 4 Review
Hey everyone! Got a chance to sit down and get some hands on experience with the Xbox 360 version of Soul Calibur 4. My current Xbox 360 is suffering from the one ring of death ...
- Anime Girl of The Day 8/31/08
Before I hit the hay tonight and just before we say goodbye to August and soon the end of Summer 08 , enjoy this anime girl of the day, this being the lovely Yo-Ko in summer att...
- CAS Version 4 Coming Soon
Happy Labor Day to all US visitors and today will probably not be much of a day off for yours truely but that's ok since today will be filled with me wrapping up loads of anime ...
- Anime Fest 2008
It's official guys, both Danielle and I will be attending all three days of the upcoming New York Anime Fest 2008 on September 26th, 27th, 28th. Looks like the only good hotel t...
- Anime Girl of The Day 8/30/08
Looks like this little iPhone quick post is becoming popular. I'll continue to do them but probably not every day. This photo I'm using as reference in my video game currently c...
- Sony PSP-3000
Engadget spilled the beans about a week back on the newest version of the PSP, the 3000 model. Apparently this one will have a built in mic and a better, more anti-glare screen....
- Anime Girl of The Day 8/29/08
Here's another anime girl pic I'm throwing in for today. I might this a daily thing if I could. Anyways this lovely picture is my iPhone's wallpaper so I see it a lot. A bit wro...
- Shunya Yamashita: Nasuka
At first glance you would think this is Pocco but apparently the name of this simply stunning new figure by Shunya Yamashita and ArtStorm is Nasuka. This one is by far an eye ca...
- Anime Pic Of The Day
Using my iPhone yet again to give out some free random anime girl pics. I'll also use this time to tell you all that I'm using MobileMe to do 2 things; one, to make a cool new g...
- Japan Downloads
Anime News Network , of which I've been much of my news lately ^^; recently did a report on the current state of downloads in Japan. Some of you might be aware that many people ...
- IPhone Blog Post
Hey everyone, as an extra bonus for today, just wanted to test an app in my iPhone. If you see this then I could make some posts while on the go for the upcoming anime fest (mor...
- Marvel and Madhouse
Looks like the success of Madhouse's Batman collaboration they did with a bunch of other anime studios opened the door to more western comic transformations. As of recent Anime ...
- Casual and Simple Underwater Camera
Saw this not too long ago on gizmdo . Being that I work as a web developer at a camera store, I've seen the long list of under water cameras and the almost infinite types of hou...
- Japan's Hottest Bloggers
Saw this wonderful article on Wired . It shows a list of the Japan's top female bloggers. I guess when I go to Japan I should tell people I'm a blogger, supposedly its celebrity...
- Vampire Hunter D Short Story to Debut At NY Anime Fest
The upcoming New York Anime Fest, in which you might be able to meet me there, will also feature some debuts like this one noted by Anime News Network . Vampire Hunter D "The Wa...
- Winner of the Fate/Stay Art Contest
Real sorry for not showing this earlier. Here is the winner of the Fate/Stay Night Art Contest. Congrats to winner Christy for your artwork of Rider from the series. With the wi...
- Voltron Movie Dropped From Production
I didn't even know there was even one in production but as of Anime News Network not too long ago, a Fox company (so you know where this is going) named New Regency canceled its...
- Chuck's Anime Shrine + Mile-Stone
In more anime business news, it was official as of this past Monday that my company has joined in a dealership with Japanese manufacturer, Mile-Stone. At around x-mas time and t...
- Danielle's Crisis Core AMV Reaching 20K Views
Remember not too long back when my better half, Danielle made that great Crisis Core AMV with the song, Kiss My Eyes and lay me to sleep? Well, in the past few months the video ...
- The Anime Motherload
Here is reason #2 to my absence over the weekend. With my anime store on the expansion, my storage and shipment area is absolutly packed with anime and gaming figures. Gunna be ...
- My iPhone
Sorry for the lack of updates. Today's blog and the posts for next few days will to tell you why. As you can see from my shotty photo, I have purchased my iPhone, a 16GB at that...
- Crisis Core, Final Fantasy VII Figures
Was meaning to post this up yesterday but I was dealing with the cases upon cases of FFVII vol. 2 Play Arts figures plus other anime figures that arrived at my home ^ ^; What wi...
- California Museum Embraces Anime
I'm so glad to see that us otaku are getting our just deserts here in the US. On Aug 15th California's Napa Valley Museum will have an exhibit dedicated to anime! Rightfully cal...
- Next Great Invention: Invisibility Cloak?
You heard right, there is an invention in the works that can bend light around 3D objects thus making it invisible. Its currently on the nano to microscopic scale but scientist ...
- Rare 3rd Picture of the Montauk Monster
I know, here I go again with this Montauk Monster thing. Not otaku related but I live in eastern Long Island so its big news here. The picture above I only found through some se...
- Chuck's Anime Shrine's Lucky Day
The number 8 is lucky in Asian cultures and although I'm not Asian I'd like to share you some great news as of today for my anime business since its 8:08pm on 8/8/08. As of toda...
- AMV Hell 4, What's Not to Love?
Some of you probably are already familiar with the AMV Hell series. For those who are not, each AMV Hell video is about 1 hour of mixed and varied AMV clips. Each clip is about ...
- Square-Enix's Song Summoner iPod Game
Downloaded this really cool game on iTunes yesterday. In case some of you are not aware, last month Square-Enix took on iPod gaming and created Song Summoner: The Unsung Heros. ...
- Square Enix Selling Lots of Non Video Game Items
If you were at Comic-Con 08 (unlike me ~_~;;) you would have seen a wonderful booth set up by Square-Enix showing off their newest figures, game trailers and manga. In not too s...
- Kangofu Rock: Elena Varenskaya 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
It's been a while since I've posted an anime figure. Check out this one made by Milestone who actually contacted me directly a few days back for a business deal, so I might be a...
- 12 Year Old Starts An Anime Business
Looks like I'm not the only young guy who's dumping the job world to run my otaku passion full time. At the amazing age of 12, Umar Brimah of Cape Girardeau, Missouri has opened...
- Montauk Monster Washes Ashore, Yet The Worst People Supposedly Have It
I know, this isn't exactly anime news but this simply had to be shared before it gets forgotten. Yesterday on the local news there was a report of a demon that washed ashore on ...
- Here's One Way To Use Your FFVII Figures: Animate Them
My fiancee was doing some youtube browsing when she came across this video . I love the Final Fantasy VII Play Arts figures and recently got boxes of both Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 for ...
- Gurren Lagann To Appear on Sci-Fi Channel
American Otaku like me can cheer for joy for tonight for we get to see Gurren Lagann at 11:00pm ET/PT on Sci-fi channel. We can get a chance to see the hottie Yo-ko over here......
- A Little Blogging Delay, but with a "Twitter" of New Stuff
Sorry for the lack of updates in the past few days. I even missed the weekly Anime voice actors post, too ^ ^;;. I'll have a new post ready for next week though for anyone who w...
- CAS Review: The Dark Knight (No Spoilers)
The goal of this post is to not give away any spoilers so that I will keep my word on that. Late last night I got to see this year's number 1 movie, The Dark Knight. It sure liv...
- Viz Media to Review Amateur Work At 2008 Comic Con International
Ok...Now I need to seriously give myself a serious beat-down. In recent news via Anime News Network , looks like for the first time ever Viz Media is going to seriously check ou...
- Clove 2, Wireless Typing With One Hand
Stumbled upon this interesting gadget just recently via Engadget . Pretty cool amateur invention, looks very much like the old Nintendo Power Glove. If you could beat the learni...
- Featured Anime Voice Actor (Seiyu): Mamoru Miyano
Welcome to another weekly post about famous Seiyus , anime voice actors. This is just a fun little post that will hopefully surprise you to see who does the voices of your favor...
- "Wii" Look Like the New Xbox 360 Dashboard
Just saw some of the Microsoft keynote speech that just went on at the 2008 E3 convention. Looks as if the new dashboard coming in the fall is going to mimic the Nintendo Wii a ...
- Jim Henson's Dark Crystal
Yesterday I was finally able to see on DVD a movie that I have not seen in it's entirety since I was only a year old in 1984. Yes, what might have been the very first movie I ha...
- Video-Game To Watch For: Mirror's Edge
E3 is not that far away and I feel that this game will probably be one of the major titles to look forward to other than FFXIII of course. The game-play in EA's Mirror's Edge re...
- Another Dragon Ball Movie Banner
I was about to end my day online but I just had to show you all this. I know, many of us otaku are very scared about the Dragon Ball movie and we are all pondering how bad Holly...
- CAS Now Traceable on Alexa.com
Looks like here at Chuck's Anime Shrine the site's traffic continues to grow. As of a few days back, the site's traffic has finally reached high enough where it is now viewable ...
- Inuyasha: Kuroi Tessaiga OVA Announced!
Hey, Inuyasha fans. I know a bunch of you are still there. Well, you are in for a great treat because the anime series will continue on and there is going to be more episodes!! ...
- FullMetal Alchemist 2 Rumored
Interesting news coming from Anime News Network . Leaked documents from anime studio BONES suggests that a sequel to Fullmetal Alchemist is quite a possibility. To not give away...
- Batman Gotham Knight Anime Collaboration
If any of you watched just one episode of well..anything on Cartoon Network you should have caught a commercial for the new batman animated collaboration that just came out. A q...
- Featured Anime Voice Actor: Vic Mignogna
Welcome to another weekly segment on anime's most famous voice actors both English and Japanese. This week is none other than the English voice of Edward Elric, Vic Mignogna. Vi...
- Game Review: Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit
As a long time DBZ fan, this game was right up my ally. I was very excited to play a Dragon Ball Z game for the current generation systems and with all good reasons. This game h...
- Pantsu Shirts
One of my product dealers came out with this awesome shirt yesterday. Definitely for panstu (panty) fans. Anyone daring enough to wear one?
- Featured Anime Voice Actor (Seiyu): Megumi Hayashibara
Welcome another weekly summery on famous anime voice actors, aka seiyus. This week I've finally posted a non-gaijin Seiyu and most probably the most famous of them all, Ms. Megu...
- Deadline Set for Fate/Stay Night Art Contest
For some of you who didn't know, as of a couple of months back I set up an art contest on my contest page. The winner gets a brand new Bome Rin Tosaka figure and their picture i...
- "Re" Introducing Project Fumi
There are a few otaku who might have remembered my original plan to create my first video game and the official site mascot. Being that I've been a gamer since I was 1 year old ...
- Featured Anime Voice Actor: Richard Ian Cox
Welcome to another weekly segment about famous anime voice actors both English and Japanese. This week's feature voice actor is non other than Richard Ian Cox. Richard is most f...
- FullMetal Alchemist: Ed & Al Elric Sculpture Arts Statue
Looks like Square-Enix keeps bringing out the best of both anime and video game statues. This masterpiece is a stunning figure that depicts Ed and Al Elric from of course Full M...
- The Mysterious Cities of Gold is Back
Ok, some of you might not be old enough to remember this but if you watched Nickelodeon back before the the Nicktoons first arrived, you might remember a little show called, "Th...
- Featured Anime Voice Actor: Steven Blum
Welcome to my weekly segment about famous anime voice actors both Japanese and English. Ever listened to an anime and said to yourself, "I've heard that voice before." Chances a...
- Out Today: Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit Video Game
Out today is the new DBZ fighting game from Atari, Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit. As an avid DBZ fan, I'm excited about this one. It's for the PS3 and Xbox 360 and boasts very nice ...
- 3G IPhone Finally Unveiled, Has GPS and More
As I write this post, Steve Jobs is doing his keynote speech about the new iPhone 3G. He states its the only phone that beat the original iPhone. From the looks of it... he's ri...
- Inuyasha Manga Comes To An End
On June 18th, 2008 the highly popular and beloved Inuyasha series comes to a close. The anime series was long running but never got close to the later progression of the story d...
- 2 New Blogs! Anime.fm and ChuckGaffney Blog
I've been coding all day in this heat we are having in New York but I'm feeling better now that I'm done with the completion of 2 Blogs. The first being the blog for Anime.fm. I...
- Death Note Movie Gets 65,000 Viewers In US Theaters
To not much of a surprise, it seems that the live action version of Death Note is gaining some ground here in the US. Recently 300 theaters throughout the country showed for a f...
- Anime.fm Completed
In a previous post I mentioned that I got anime.fm up and running. As of today I finished getting all the play-lists and other features on there. Of course there is always more ...
- PSP Makes Use of DualShock Controller
It would have been cool if I had this when I played through Crisis Core. Awsome hack by Acidmods member Blizzrad that makes it so he can play any game on the PSP with a DualShoc...
- Anime.FM is Up and Running!
Anime.FM is finally up and running! It is still not 100% completed but it will be in the next week or so with updates and add-ons almost daily. Originally I wasn't going to have...
- Blogger Clogger is Finally Gone; CAS Blog is Back
Looks as if Blogger finally fixed its major, major FTP issue that it has had for almost a week now, hence the name "Blogger Clogger". This is why no posts were published at all ...
- Shunya Yamashita Mirei-san Bust
Yes the lovely Mirei-san figure is back. This time as a cute bust figure. Of all the Yamashita characters and figures, Mirei is my top favorite. I already have the now discontin...
- To Heart 2: Sasara Kusugawa Swimsuit w/ Maid Outfit Figure
If you are a fan of the To Heart series, you might like this one figure that recently went up for pre-order along with a nice batch of other figures including my to wish-list fi...
- Long Island, USAs 51st State?
I know, not exactly an otaku topic but being that I live on Long Island I just had to write about this. Many people know that the New York State government has been anything but...
- The Gackt, FFVII Genesis Connection
For any otaku who didn't know, Japanese music artist Gackt is in fact Genesis from FFVII Dirge of Cerberus and the recent Crisis Core game. Character designer Tetsuya Nomura is ...
- Honda's ASIMO Robot Conducts the Detroit Symphony
That little Japanese robot keeps amusing. Check out the whole story here on CNN . I find ASIMO really cool and proof that Japan will come up with simply the best robots for the ...
- Ghost In The Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG Motoko Kusanagi 1/7 Scale PVC
Finally out in the states is Alter and Vice's Motoko Kusanagi figure. This 1/7 scale figure really looks identical to Motoko in Ghost In The Shell 2nd GIG. Runs about $80 though...
- Popopure Maid Cafe Lets You Dub Anime
Many have heard of the Maid Cafes in the otaku shopping district of Akihabara but none like this. Popopure Cafe has food served to hungry otaku by cute little maids but while yo...
- First Picture of Justin Chatwin as Goku
Well, here it is..the first picture of Justin Chatwin as Goku. I don't know what to say about the Live action DBZ movie in the works... I really hope it doesn't suck. Thanks to ...
- Gundam SEED Destiny 2: Lunamaria Hawke Figure
Here's another Gundam figure that came out last week. This is one for the sexy anime girl fans and gundam fans alike. This figure of Lunamaria Hawke from Gundam Seed is part of ...
- Sengoku Rance: Suzume 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Not too long ago, this simply gorgeous figure of Sengoku Rance's Suzume went for pre-order and she is definitely going to be part of my personal collection. Made by the masters ...
- Gundam 00: Fix Figuration Exia Gundam Figure
Just released last week in the US is this Exia Gundam by Bandai. This work of art is a 1/144th scale figure of the famous Gundam from Japan's top series as of this posting date....
- Next Mortal Kombat to Feature Batman and Superman?
This looks pretty kool actually. Ed Boon, creator of the Mortal Kombat series recently showed that one of the changes in the series will be to have Batman and Superman in the ne...
- Sony-Created Fuel Cell
Looks as if Sony has created a fuel cell system that is currently still in the prototype phase but looks very promising for future mobile devices. Check out more of this at Enga...
- Japan's Child Population Low 27th Year Straight
As per breitbart.com , for the 27th year in a row, Japan's population younger than 14 years old is very very low. The site mentions a total of young kids is only about 15 millio...
- 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Tokyo
Earlier in the day there was a 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake that rattled parts of Tokyo. Luckily the quake was centered 100 miles off the coast but it a few people got hurt from fal...
- AT&T & Starbucks Delete Their Free Internet for iPhoners
In not so shocking news, AT&T cut their free wireless internet service they had for their iPhone customers. It apparently was easy to hack into if you knew a friend's iPhone...
- Great Anime Gifs Site
Ever look at the bottom right of my pages and wonder what those little anime clips are? Well back when I first started the site back in 2002 I had them on the top left as just s...
- Candy Boy Romantic Anime Now Streaming Online
If anyone hasn't gotten a chance to see some of this new anime, take a look at the clip below. Candy Boy is another romantic school comedy centering around twin sisters Kanade a...
- Crunchyroll to Host Anime Innovation Tokyo Works
This is great news on many levels. First off is that the Anime Innovation Tokyo event is coming soon. It's an event held by both THINK (Neko Rahmen, Synthesisa) and Tokyo Metrop...
- Macgyver Film In the Works
Back in the late 80's when I was no more than 7 years old, Macgyver, was one of the shows I used to watch in-between Atari 2600 and NES sessions. I do remember there being a ful...
- Viz and Naruto Mangas Top Sales in The US
Kudos to Viz for nabbing 16 of the top 20 spots for the sales of manga in the US. No surprise Naruto being the top seller. The manga is leagues ahead in the story (and less chil...
- End of April 08 Anime DVD Rankings
Check out the recent list of top anime DVDs at Anime News Network . Looks as if Evangelion: 1.0 You Are [Not] Alone took the top spot with Mobile Suit Gundam 00 taking second pl...
- Haruhi Suzumiya: Figma Mikuru Asahina Figure
If you thought the Yuki Nagato Figma figure was great, here's some pics of my personal favorite of the three Suzumiya girls, Mikuru. the figure I believe is already out in Japan...
- Xbox 360 Blu-ray Coming in September 08
Since the HD DVD wars are over with Sony being the obvious winner, Microsoft will be coming out with a Blu-ray integrated Xbox 360. This might make the videogame wars a bit inte...
- Final Fantasy IV Sequel: The After: Return of the Moon
You're not reading the title wrong. There is currently a sequel to Final Fantasy IV. Here's the catch though...its only in Japan. Despite an expected huge surge of sales current...
- Valkyrie Profile: The Accused One; For the DS
If you are like me and are a fan of Valkyrie Profile; you'll be glad to hear that there is going to be one made for the Nintendo DS. The title for this one I believe is "The Acc...
- Ikki Tousen: Cerberus Ryomou Shimei Black Maid Outfit
Uart does an amazing job with this 1/7th scale figure of Ryomou Shimei. Scheduled to arrive at my dealer's on Friday, I'll probably snag a few of them. Hopefully the paint job o...
- Second Generation 3G iPhone
Looks as if the 3G iPhone is only a few months away from being in the stores. Not only will i be 3G but its GPS will be better and also looks like Apple dropped the whole metal ...
- Playstation 3 Laptop
In case you haven't already heard; expert computer engineer Ben Heck created a laptop made out of a Playstation 3 unit. Lots of work was obviously put into it. Weighs over 16 po...
- Vocaloid: Miku Hatsune 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Set to arrive in the US in November 08 is the beautiful Miku Hatsune figure by none other than Good Smile Company. If I'm not mistaken, pre-orders of this figure in japan has so...
- Improved Site Look And Feel
A quick look at the site and you can easily see there has been some changes. Gone are the boxes that showed up mainly due to Dreamweaver table glitches and incompatibility betwe...
- New York's Amazon Tax Law & Other Tidbits
Here's yet another kind of off-topic item but I'll mention the Anime Store's connection in a bit, plus it has a bit to do with me of all people...well sort of. If you are in the...
- Al Qaeda Wants to Attack Japan; Otaku, Get Your Katanas Ready
Check out this bit of news straight from CNN . Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Al Qaeda's 2nd religious idiot in command just stated how they are yet again going to attack the west. We heard...
- Beat Blades Haruka Takamori 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Check out this 1/8 scale figure of Haruka Takamori from the hit adult series, Beat Blades Haruka aka Choukousennin Haruka. This one is created by Alter and will run you about $8...
- Mini SNES Papercraft
Check out this little SNES and controllers all made from paper! Must have taken some time to do. I still have my SNES in my closet ready to use when I set up my huge entertainme...
- Anime Blog Updates To Come + More Anime.fm
Blogger recently started working on scheduled blogs so hopefully if you are reading this, it worked! Anyways, I'll use this time to state that things are going well with the new...
- Gamer Vitamins
Here's some interesting items to come out of Japan. I got a good laugh at this since I run a vitamin distribution business and I'm a gamer. Cybergadget just came out with vitami...
- Game Review: Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core
As promised I created a full review of Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core. To prevent this blog entry from being to large I placed it here and also on my forum for further discussion...
- Chucks Anime Shrine Aquires Anime.fm
No, this is not a late April fools joke. As of today I purchased the domain rights and the space for anime.fm . This site used to be an anime radio station but as one can expect...
- The Sushi Diet
For the past few weeks I've improved my health by switching to an almost all sushi diet. There are three reasons why I did this. One, like any otaku I'm crazy for anything Japan...
- Final Fantasy Crisis Core, Your Reason To Buy a PSP
Was able to snag my own copy of Final Fantasy Crisis Core a day before release and the hype is very much true. I will do a full game review after I complete it but many gamers h...
- EA To Transform Their Gaming Market
Some interesting video game news thanks to, of all sites, BusinessWeek . It appears that EA (Electronic Arts) is planning on taking some new approaches in their videogame market...
- Dog Prays at a Shinto Shrine in Japan
Naha, Japan has a cute tourist attraction. At the Shuri Kannondo Shrine a little black and white Chihuahua named Conan has been taught to sit and pray with his master. actually,...
- Horton Hears A Who Anime Scene
Yesterday I got a chance to see the new Horton Hears a Who Movie and I'll have to say that it was the best G rated movie I've ever scene and one of the best overall! My favorite...
- The Dollar is Less than 100 Yen...Japan Tender Looking Sweeter
It appears that we might have to start converting our dollars to Yen the way things are with the American economy lately. The greenback is now worth 95 yen and if I'm not mistak...
- Huge US Anime Figure Release...and More
Hi everyone! Really sorry for the delay in messages. This post will explain a bit why. As of a few days back my anime dealers just noted to me that a huge range of high anticipa...
- Ikkitousen Kanu Unchou Dragon Destiny Figure
Here's an extra treat for today. Here's some pics of the best Kanu figure to date. This one is not available in the states nor is it ready for pre-order as of this post but once...
- Ikki Tousen Sonsaku Hakufu Cerberus Figure
Here's a great Ikkitousen figure; the Black dressed Sonsaku Hakufu Cerberus figure by UART. This recently arrived in my store this week and I its worth talking about. This figur...
- Disney and Madhouse To Make Lilo & Stitch Spinoff
Madhouse has gained themselves yet another deal in American animation. As of Thursday Anime News Network announced that Disney is set to create a spin-off of Lilo and Stitch but...
- Dragon Ball Movie Delayed Till April 09
Can it be true? It appears that the Dragon Ball movie that was set for an August 2008 release will now be pushed back to April 2009. Was starting to fear this since there was no...
- Street Fighter 4 Demo Video
If you are like me and used to play Street Fighter 2 back in the arcades in the early 90's or just a fighting game buff in general you have to be psyched about Street Fighter 4 ...
- Vanessa Mae, The Ultimate Violin Player
My lovely fiancee Danielle recently showed me the works of the lady you see above; Vanessa Mae. Couldn't go without blogging about this extremely talented violinist. Many of you...
- Cartoon Network to Run Blue Dragon
Some of you might be familiar with the Xbox game Blue Dragon; I've yet to play it but many otaku have two strong reasons to play it. First reason is that the game's character de...
- Tifa Lockhart Version II Resin Figure
Got some more Tifa goodness for you all. Since 2002 I've had the luxury of having this Tifa figure as the centerpiece above my computer here before me. This one is the version I...
- Yamashita's Arisa Figure To Get An Encore
Shunya Yamashita's Arisa figure was a huge hit here in the US and in Japan. It's become very tough for even anime store owners like me to get one. Good news is that Yamato is ma...
- Final Fantasy VII 7 CG Tifa Lockhart Wallpaper
Here's a little treat for you guys. I came across this amazing photo of Tifa Lockhart. It's how she looked during the Final Fantasy VII game but with the Advent Children graphic...
- Europe Getting Gran Turismo 5 PS3 Bundles
Usually when it comes to video games, we here in the western part of the globe usually get short-handed when it comes to great bundle deals since so-called marketing gurus think...
- Great Guardians - Ikkitousen's Third Season Announced
Oddly enough I've only seen only a bit of this very popular series and the little I've seen easily begs for more. Of course I have almost all the figures since practically every...
- Wonfes 2008, Anime Figure Fanatics Rejoice
As many of you might know, Wonfes is just about over and if you are like me, stuck in the still anime-starved-states, you'd wish you were down there. This is the perfect place t...
- Final Fantasy XII Artifacts Gabranth 1/1 Helmet
The instant I saw this item displayed by my dealers, my jaw dropped to the floor. Of course I was amazed by the $999.99 price tag. I've never even sold a Swarovski crystal worth...
- Gorgeous Art of Shunya Yamashita Karin Bust
Wow! Not since Shunya Yamashita's Mirei-San have I've seen a figure this beautiful. As most of you know I'm a big fan of Yamashita's work. Collected many of the recent figures m...
- New Anime on the Hollywood Block, Live Action Akira
The list keeps growing on anime titles that are to get the Hollywood makeover. Whether that is good or bad is up to the fans but looks like the next anime to be a live action mo...
- Pieces of Shot Down Satellite Falling near Long Island
Speaking of "crashes"... looks like the spy satellite that was just recently shot down had bigger chunks left than expected. Just a few minutes ago about 5-7 streaks were in the...
- Site Crashed today...Back now
As most of you might have realized, the site was down since early this morning. This was due to my web-host having server problems. They have a network of over 50,000+ websites ...
- More Dragon Ball Movie Actors but Still No Trailer
Keeping everyone up to date with the upcoming Dragon Ball movie that comes out in August.. here are some more actors confirmed last month for the movie; still no trailer yet tho...
- Shunya Yamashita's Revoltech Fraulein Pocco Figure
Some of you might be familiar with the Revoltech Fraulein line of figures. These are Kaiyodo's newer line of jointed figures that are intended to be just as artistic as the non-...
- Future Apple Gaming System?
Nothing is concrete yet but recently Apple applied for trademark protection for gaming technology. Could this mean that the 2009 featured product will be a gaming system to comp...
- New Contest and the Hare Hare Yukai Winner
Some of you might have been wondering when I'll update the contest page; well today I did. First off I want to congratulate Christina A. for winning the Hare Hare Yukai Contest....
- The Rest of the Haruhi Suzumiya Bunny Figures
Got some great news. As of yesterday one of my dealers opened up pre-orders for the remaining Haruhi Suzumiya bunny figures for their statside release. Already as of next month ...
- The Economy May Be Down but Chuck's Anime Shrine Isn't!
Hi everyone! Very sorry for the delay in my blog postings. I'll use this post to explain a bit why. As you might have heard and have probably gotten sick of by now, the US econo...
- Working Gundam Would Cost $730 million
Some interesting news from Japan. As of a few days ago, SciencePortal.jp, a top scientific website run by the Japan Science and Technology Agency released a report showing the c...
- Soul Calibur 4 To Feature Darth Vader and Yoda
Great news from CES. Both Star Wars Fans and Soul Calibur fans have got to be excited by this bit of news. LucasArts and Namco just announced that they will include Darth Vader ...
- New Tool for the PSP: Skype!
What a way to start the new year with some really good videogame news. Sony's CES 2008 promo site is showing off that soon you can be able to use the mostly free phone service o...
- New AMV - FFVII CC "Kiss My Eyes & Lay Me to Sleep"
Many fans are excited about the release of Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core. The prequel to not only the number one video game of all time but the very reason this site exists in t...
- Shuraki: Rize 1/8 Scale PVC Figure up for US Pre-orders
Shuraki figures continue to amaze us here. The newest one to the bunch is Rize. Like the other figures this is an amazing anime cast-off figure. It's a 1/8th scale piece so it m...
- More DBZ Movie News: Master Roshi and Others Cast
To keep everyone up to date with the Dragon Ball Z live action movie; today it was announced that Chow Yun-Fat will play Master Roshi in the Dragon Ball Z movie coming out on Au...
- Speed Racer Live Action Movie Trailer
The list of anime-based Hollywood movies keeps growing with Speed Racer as promised in the most recent ComicCon. If you haven't seen the sick trailer yet, check it out here . An...
- Two Gundam Cosplay Bars to open in Akihabara Otaku District
Yet more reasons to go to the famous Akihara Otaku District. It appears as of Anime News Network and AkibaBlog that there will soon be two Mobile Suit Gundam Cosplay bars. Named...
- Full Sized Pac-Man Christmas Tree
Here's some more Christmas fun. You guys have to check this out. This is a very large Pac-Man Christmas tree. A group of Pac-Man fans in Madrid created this with a lot of hard w...
- Shuraki Needa Schuetlitch Figure coming to the US
Just pre-ordered a bunch of these for the store. One of my anime dealers notified yesterday that this great 1/8th scale cast off figure of Needa will be coming to the US by the ...
- Awesome Fan-Made Metroid Arcade Console
Check out this fan made Metroid arcade unit. Thought Metroid fans wouldn't mind another post. Click here if you don't see the video below. Complements of Engadget .
- Site Update - "All I want for Christmas" AMV is back
Just in time for the holidays (and due to more fan mail), we decided to bring back the Love Hina Christmas AMV Danielle made a few years back. The song used is Maria Carey's ver...
- New AMV - Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, "I Surrender"
This is a great AMV featuring Cloud and Tifa from Final Fantasy VII Advent Children. The song used is " I Surrender" by Celine Dion. Danielle finished this one a few days back. ...
- New Death Note Movie to Feature Theme Song by Lenny Kravitz
It appears that the popularity of Death Note continues to grow in the mainstream media. As of the time of this post, the Death Note anime has been airing on Cartoon Network now ...
- 1/1 Anime Figure Convention in Akihabara
Starting December 2 and going all the way to December 14th in the Tokyo Anime Center in the otaku district of Akihabara, doll creator Paper Moon will be hosting an anime figure ...
- Freeing Haruhi Suzumiya & Mikuru Figures Heading to the US
For a while now these figures have been in Japan but I'm glad to say that these are both are finally coming to the states. If this is the first time you've heard of these figure...
- Site Update - Card Captors Wings of Love AMV is Back
Due to some requests I brought back the AMV Danielle made a few years ago that featured XTM's amazing "Fly On The Wings of Love" song. It's a great Euro-Techno song and it fits ...
- Amazing Cosplay - Samus from Metroid
This is a simply amazing cosplay of Samus from everyone's favorite Nintendo game, Metroid. She put loads of detail in this with all the battle damage and she actually looks like...
- Cool Gadget - Wii Lightsaber
After playing the Wii yesterday, I had to put up another Wii post. Looks like it sells for $30. Not bad if it actually lights up. Just hope this doesn't become another scapegoat...
- Manga/Anime Industry Growing and Making Waves
Image copyright Wired Magazine The Manga and anime industry is really on the grow in the past few years. In this month's issue of Wired Magazine you see from the cover and the f...
- Site Update - New Bleach Fan Submitted AMVs
Just got two more great AMVs added to the AMV section on the site. Thanks to Robin (AKA: Megaflamer) for these two awesome Bleach videos. Yes, there is a Bleach section in the w...
- Back in the News; Dragon Ball Z Live Action Movie
A few years back there was a whole bunch of hype about a Dragon Ball Z Live Action Movie. 20th Century Fox was in the plans to make a big budget movie about everyone's favorite ...
- Reposted AMV - Night Of Fire
After a bunch of emails begging for it back, I re uploaded my "Night of Fire" AMV. I feel its not as good as my other videos and it also looks like YouTube butchered the quality...
- Revoltech Fralein - Evangelion Rei Ayanami PVC Figure Vol. 1
The Revoltech figures are something else. This figure is that of Rei Ayanami who is of course from the hit series Neon Genesis Evangelion. Like other Revoltech figures from Kaiy...
- The Wii Shaft, an arcade joystick for the Wii
Just came across this cool gadget for the Wii. If you want to play Wii games the old fashioned way or say some of your Game Cube titles, this would be pretty good. I can't belie...
- Site Update - New Fan Submitted AMVs
Hey everyone! Check out the AMV section , got some more amvs submitted by fans of the site.
- Haruhi Suzumiya - Hare Hare Yukai Dance Contest
Just reminding everyone about the Hare Hare Yukai Dance Contest I'm doing. The goal is to mimic the dance done at the end of the episodes The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. As y...
- Site Update - Anime Blog Navigation bar
Hey everyone! As you see, there is a new navigation bar at the top of the anime blog. These are all the categories that I'll be putting up here on the blog for you to go through...
- Yuki Nagato Swimsuit Version PVC Figure
Another great Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya figure. This one is a swimsuit version of Yuki Nagato made by Alter. Saw it first on Dannychoo.com yesterday and as of last night I w...
- Air Gear Simca PVC Figure
Here's another PVC figure on its way from Japan. This one is that of Simca from the popular anime and manga Air Gear. This one is done by Yamato and Creator's Lab, the same grou...
- Creators' Labo #012: Shunya Yamashita - Arisa PVC Figure
Yamato's Creators' Lab did it again. Another Shunya Yamashita figure is coming to the states on Dec 20th. This one is the Arisa PVC figure. It even comes with removable eyeglass...
- Shunya Yamashita's Shoko-San Figure
Hey everyone. Sorry for the wait on my blogs. I do want to post at least one a day and they will be on other stuff than just figures but nobody minds looking at these. Anyways, ...
- Art of Shunya Yamashita: CoCoNa Figure
Hey Guys, Here is the first figure I wish to show you guys. I'm pre-ordering this item for my store and I just wanted to know what you all though of it. In case you didn't know,...