Anime Fans Against CISPA
Not entirely anime related but I know the otaku community is very much a part of the fight for Internet rights. From 4Chan to Reddit to Anonymous & other venues, since the e...
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Kotobukiya Announces Otacool 3 Submissions
As a distributor in Kotobukiya products , it's probably good for me to announce what Dannychoo got first dibs in talking about and that's the supremely awesome Otacool books. Fo...
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...
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...
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 star Bla...
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...
#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. The anime g...
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 ...
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...
#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...
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 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 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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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, ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 claim tha...
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...
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 ...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
"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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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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...
