The Return To The Shrine (Part 1)
Well, it has been a few years. Lots has happened and for the past 5 or so years well, as one can see here the site has been rather dormant with little in terms of posts and/or h...
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67 posts in the shrine archive.
So About Our Long Blog Post Hiatus...
Well... it's been some time. Our last blog post (not including the previously sponsored one) was back 9 months ago in November. Simply tons of things have happened in that time ...
Where Have We Been Since July? Back from the Trial of Fire Known as 2015
Where Have We Been? Ok, we have to come clear with some things. It has been months since our last blogs posts. With the prior post about supporting Kenneos on Patreon, we have c...
Support Kenneos on Patreon! ^.^ (https://www.patreon.com/kenneos)
@Kenneos is one of the artists who made our site, anime store and Tenshi-Oni art come to life. The banner you've seen for years on our pages has been thanks to her and artists l...
#FanServiceFriday 1/30/2015: Angel Fumi By Kenneos
For today's #FanServiceFriday post... we have none other than one of our mascots, and one of the main characters in our (seemingly forever unreleased ^^;;) game, Tenshi-Oni... ....
Happy New Year 2015 From Chuck's Anime Shrine
Hey everyone. Just want to wish you all a happy healthy and even better year to come in 2015 ^_^ (image creator: unknown...leave in comments if you know ^^;;)
My New Bio / Voice Acting Bio Site
In addition to the new blogs...I went and updated the rather neglected CharlesGaffney.com to show a bio of my my various work and to be a platform for my voice acting work as we...
New Kawaii Blog Site
First this blog, Anime.fm and now the Kawaii blog . I've gone and fully redesigned the page's code, look and feel. The template I used as a skeleton for the design was actually ...
The New Chuck's Anime Shrine Blog
Notice the big difference today with the blog? My push for improvements across the board for all my sites, stores and blogs continues today with the reveal of this new look and ...
Chuck's Anime Shrine on Tumblr
Beginning a big push to bring my sites back to life, implementing current social media, RSS, CSS3, HTML5 paradigms and basically programming everything to work seamlessly across...
The Return of My Anime Figure Store
Back in 2007, I added the anime figure store to the then 5 year old site and it got off to a great start. It was just when popular (and sadly highly bootlegged) Nendoroid figure...
One Year After Hurricane Sandy, My Struggles and the Rebuilding of My Anime Figure Store
I have to come clean about what has been up with my anime figure store this past year. As many of you probably know, Hurricane Sandy devastated my area here on Long Island one y...
Current Status of Tenshi-Oni
Again, really sorry about having yet another hiatus here on the site. Been busy with a number of tasks like coding a newer / better blog here at CAS, finally getting something v...
Facebook Page Popularity
My goodness, I didn't think this was possible but check out what is going on over at our Facebook page o_o. Just this time last week, the page, which understandably was created ...
Hipster Otaku: Posting AMVs in 2002 before YouTube Existed
This site, Chuck's Anime Shrine was posting AMVs (and hosting them) as far back as late 2002, 3 years before YouTube even existed....so I think I deserve this one, lol XD
Anime Game Review: Shall We Date? (New Game Review Vlog by Danielle)
Today my fiancee Danielle made a separate youtube channel ( PikaLove415 ) for game reviews and the like. She does have a loved page full of AMVs at Yuna415 , but with the worry ...
Tenshi-Oni Splash Intro?
I was doing some editing in After Effects and Premier…saw this really cool template and thought it'd be great for an intro not only to the Tenshi-Oni game….but to any original c...
Anime Blog with HTML5, CSS3 & jQuery? Oh My
As some of you might have seen, the blog got a little bit of a face lift. I replaced the old scrolling gallery with this one I use in the anime store. With it, the blog loads mu...
Where the Hell Have I Been? (Part 2: Hurricane Sandy)
Didn't mean for another hiatus in the blog and for the updates with the anime store (and my planned site upgrades) but Korra here got too mad about Star Wars being bought by Dis...
Where the Hell Have I Been?
Ok. I think I better explain where I've been for over a month. As usual, seems my life likes to beat me up and spit me out at times. As some of you might know, I burn the candle...
Another Happy Miku Nendoroid Customer
Many of you know that bootlegged anime figures are still a major problem for us collectors. Every so often Good Smile Company will add to their list of figures that have been tu...
CAS on Community Connect NJ
A few weeks back I was humbled by this post on Community Connect NJ . ^_^ Mainly about the store part of my site... just wanted to send a thank you to Robert Catalano over at CC...
A Decade of Chuck's Anime Shrine
Just wanted to post up something I really should have posted last month when the site technically hit the 10 year mark ^^;; Yesterday was actually mine and Danielle's 10th anniv...
Anime Blog is Back
My Tenshi-Oni programming and the busy life of still having a 35+ hour desk job along with the steady anime figure business and add in the fact that I moved to a new place...one...
FriendConnect, Anime Gallery & Other Site issues PSA
Just a little PSA about some things with the site so people don't wrongly think I've left the site ^^;; Trust me, it's the complete opposite... 1) Google deleted their FriendCon...
TenshiOni: First Video Preview
Here's the first (rough) video preview of the Fumi game ( TenshiOni ) in production ^_^ It was a bit tough to video for now (will improve the video quality, etc. in the next pre...
Tenshi-Oni Update: Fumi's First Game Sprite
Kenneos does it again and sends us the first look at a Fumi game sprite animation. For those of you doing the contest , don't fret... I plan on having your entries involved in t...
Sweet Kawaii Contest Winners
First off, thank you to all who participated in the contest ^_^ I had a tough time picking just one winner this time. Eefi's banners (shown below) were great and so was the firs...
Introducing Tenshi-Oni 天使鬼
Finally, after all these years "Project Fumi", the backstory to the Chuck's Anime Shrine mascots has a name! That name is, Tenshi-Oni. Back in 2003...well... I think you heard t...
MoeMonday 8/8/11 Tengen Toppa Madoka Magica
#MoeMonday post is back ^^ and with a hilarious crossover fan pic of Madoka doing the Giga Drill attack from Gurren Lagann. There's lots of good stuff going on this week and I t...
Kawaii Blog Contest Entry
As some of you may know...there's currently a contest to win both the Madoka Nendoroid and Figma figures. The contest is rather simple; just create a banner for Danielle's secti...
Korean Dramas At Chuck's Anime Shrine
Not too long ago, we here at Chuck's Anime Shrine started working directly with YA Entertainment to sell Korean Drama DVDs. ^_^ Many of us anime fans are also big fans of Korean...
New CAS Mascot Contest: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Ver.
Been way too long since my last blog post. Here's a good way to get back into the game. After one year since my last contest, thought I'd spring you all another chance at some f...
Chuck's Anime Shrine Store, Now on Google Shopping
Sorry to throw another store blog post out but this one I had to share. As of today, I finally got the anime store listings onto the Google Shopping links. For a long while Goog...
Chuck's Anime Shrine on Otaku In Review
Back on Thursday I had the honor of guest starring on The Otaku Review podcast with Scott Spaziani and one of my biggest anime figure customers, Michael Camacho. Check out the p...
Chuck's Anime Shrine Turns 9 Years Old Today
Today is the 9th anniversary of this site's beginning ^_^ This day back in 2002 I purchased the rights to chucksanimeshrine.com and slapped the first version of the site I built...
Chuck's Anime Shrine Upgrades and More
I've been busy at work, coding like I've never coded before ^^;; Lots of cool updates, features and future projects to talk about today. Blog Adjustments First off, you will see...
Despite Delays, There is Progress
I'm convinced...life is out to beat the living pulp out of me..more so seemingly than the average person. Be it luck, fate, or something else, it seems like the more I try to mo...
Snow and Work Piled up High
Wow, sorry for (yet again) another big gap in blog posts. This should change (I hope) as my work load seems to be less. Here in Selden, Long Island, as some of you might have se...
2010 Almost Gone, 2011 Could Be Big For CAS
Ok, yet another long gap in blog posts ^^;; Really sorry about that. Chances are I'll be back to almost daily posts soon. Again, I know I say that a lot -_- Anyways, another yea...
Anime X-Mas Rush
Wow, pardon the lack of blog posts everybody. Been having a hectic couple of weeks. The anime figure business has been taking most of my time and add that with a terrible, terri...
Anime Figure Black Friday Promotion
Ok, we are probably all tired of hearing about the Black Friday deals. Many of you by now probably are sleeping from a 2:00am until 2:00pm dear-god-why-do-I-work-at-this-job shi...
CAS Anime Banner/Mascot Contest Winner(s)
Ok, it's always tough doing a contest, getting great entries and then having to pick from them, a distinct winner. This contest in particular got me to meet some great new anime...
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Current Anime Banner / Logo Contest Entries
Some of you might know I'm doing a contest where the winner gets their artwork as part of this site, my store and social networks I'm hooked into (oh and of course the Black Roc...
Anime Sanctuaries
For those who've been with this site for the past 8 years or so since the start, you might have remembered that this site began with images and sections devoted to various anime...
Chuck's Anime Shrine Logo / Banner Contest
Want to get your hands on the Black Rock Shooter Nendoroid or the Figma figure ? How about both? Long overdue on this site is a fresh new contest. So to make up for the lack of ...
Anime Blog SEO
Thanks to Google blogger forcing the removal of the FTP blog, many sites, like mine that had great SEO, that had a following and took a few years to build, probably saw what I h...
New Blog Format and Location
Ok, some of you are probably going "What the hell?!" (or maybe "cool, nice new setup") Well, Google decided to start phasing out FTP based blogs on blogger. This has caused head...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 stopped air...
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 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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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,...