(pic courtesy of Danny Choo) After several missed opportunities in the past to hook up due to my long working hours I was finally able to meet Danny Choo ( web entrepreneur, creator of Mirai Inc. and who alterego is the famous Tokyo Dance Trooper ) yesterday in Musashi Koyama for breakfast, thanks to my friend and ex-coursemate Jason Ho ( now working on the Clone Wars in Lucasfilm ). Jason is in Japan to spend the new year and had arranged for a meet up with Danny, so I very conveniently tagged along.
Over the course of our two hour chat Danny shared with us his working experiences in Japan, the future of his business venture, as well as tips on blogging, generating web traffic, amongst other things, all highly insightful.
(Below) Some goodies that he bought for me and Jason.
I know absolutely nothing about figures, having bought my first one and only figure earlier this year, but the book “Arcade Mania!” covers content closer to my field of work in animation and games. My talented colleagues from Polygon Pictures created the very spiffy opening sequence for Capcom’s Street Fighter IV, check it out in the embedded video below :
(below) Characters from Street Fighter IV, done in contemporary Sumi-e style.
Its the last day of 2008, where are you guys headed ? I’m thinking of making my way down to Ageha ( a huge club in Shinkiba where I attended PVD’s swell gig a few years back ) for their countdown party, hope the music’s good.
Take care folks, and Happy New Year.
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Tokyo CGM Night
A new year and new beginnings, 2008.
The Art of Street Fighter – Street Fighter Artworks
The Art of DarkStalkers – Vampire Graphic File
New year rush in Ameyoko
だんだん女性に見えてくる ((;ﾟДﾟ))ｶﾞｸﾌﾞﾙ
Maybe it’s the hairstyle. Happy New Year in advance and may 2009 be better than 2008
Sadly, I have no where to go this New Years. Just staying at home, I guess. I was supposed to go to HK, Taiwan, and Japan this holiday, but due to time difficulties, I am no traveling over there in the middle of January.
did danny show u his Singaporean accent? hope u haven’t lost yours. ^^;
happy new year. cheers!
Whenever I see Danny in a photo, he always has that same smile…
Best wishes for 2009 in life and work !. Greetings from El Salvador…
w – Argh ! That can’t be good !
Otto – Happy new year, I hope you can realize your travel plans in the near future !
gordon – Oh yes he did haha ! I’m still stuck with mine alright.
choco – I agree ! Happy new year !
Eliseo – And the same for you ! :]
wew, i didn’t know that you know danny choo. i heard about him. actually i was thinking to send my resume to his company when PingMag decided to close its door
for the new year countdown, i went to Fuji TV at Odaiba, but it’s not that good. maybe i should go to Ageha instead. I always want to visit Ageha.
Anyway, happy new year. and thank you for having us at PingMag.
Oooh I want that book! Is that in Japanese or English?
dice – english ! Danny is giving out free copies via some contest I think haha.