Site Map
A quick n dirty site map created on 2008/02/28
There is lots to see and do on this site and the UI is very much work in progress. Please bear with me as I iron out the issues of inconsistency etc ^^;
The site is also in the middle of migrating to a new platform away from Nav2.0. The new platform is Mirai Gaia which I will talk about soon.
Article Categories
Articles are editorial items which usually contain a fair amount of text and photos. Articles include things like hobby reports, figure reviews, life in Japan etc. All the articles are archived
here in an easy to discover thumbnail grid view.
- Everything
This category contains all artiles since 2004.
- A Week in Tokyo
This category contains articles on my average week in Tokyo. Forget the tourist photos and see what life in Tokyo is really like.
- Japan Office Tour
A new videolog category - I go round to company office in Tokyo to show you what its like working there.
- Japan
I reside in Japan and will be doing so probably until I die. Carry a camera around with me everywhere and you can have a taste of daily life in Japan.
- Gundam
The Gundam articles covering events, new models, anime etc.
- Event Coverage
Photo coverage from Wonder Festival, Tokyo Game Show, Tokyo Anime Fair, Chara Hobby, Comike, WHF and more.
- Japanese Idols
Idols are cute. Do go occasionally to photo them. have a few comrade Idols who I talk about too.
- Figure Reviews
Me likes figures - a load of figure review and events in this category.
- Stormtrooper
I have armor that I go around Tokyo in. Many pics and videos here - some of the videos made it to the official Star Wars blog too ^^;
- Mac
Switched to Mac after many years of good ol Windows. Reviews of Mac stuff here.
- Eroge
Eroge (pronounced "eh-ro-geh") are PC games which feature many cute 2D girls - very popular in Japan.
- Anime
I get sick when I miss my weekly dose of Anime - reviews and talk in this category.
- Internet
I work in the Internet field and here you can read about previous shenanigans I had at Amazon, Microsoft and now at Mirai Inc.
- Affiliate and Blogging Tips
I bought a house on my affiliate earnings and want to share the know how with you.
- Site Stats
11 million page views, 1.9 million unique visitors for Jan 2008 - more stats kept here.
- Life
I write about my concepts of having Destinations in life and how the quality (not quantity) is important.
News Items
Apart from daily articles, I also write News Items which are short, informative and in many cases educational(like this item). All the News Items are archived
here which you can also
RSS Subscribe to.
The categories for the News Items are as follows.
Community
dannychoo.com is more than the standard brog. Its a community of folk who love Japan and Otaku topics. Below are the existing features with more to come.
- Painless Registration
I've made the registration process as painless as possible - register and you can do the following.
- Make money while generating traffic for your site through Featured Feeds and Amazon Associates.
- Use communtiy features such as adding images, links, calendar items, videos etc.
- Keep track of all your comments, blurbs, images, videos etc etc which you can filter by year/month.
- Get your own profile page - example of my one here.
- Use the NoseBleed function announced in this article that enables you to remove Mirai marks which censor images.
- Download original PSD files of the site mascot Mirai Suenaga from articles like this.
- Participate in giveaways like this figure one.
- Soon you will be able to message other users privately.
- Comment Tracker
Use this feature to track comments and discussions taking place across the site. An RSS feed is also available.
- Videos
All the videos in this feature are submitted by users - includes anime, idols and a load of other crazy stuff.
- Puchi Blurbs
A feature that allows members to blurb about what they are doing right now. Feeds available for all member blurbs or by user only - a great way to stalk other members.
- Link
All the links in this feature are submitted by users - includes anime, idols and a load of other crazy stuff.
- Calendar
All the calendar items in this feature are submitted by users - enables members to keep track of release dates for anime, figures, eroge, events, pay day etc etc.
- Images
This feature will soon be open to members to allow them to submit images. At the moment its being used for the News Items.
- Latest Active Members
Erm, this has not been updating for a few days - will fix it soon ^^;.
- Featured Feeds
I put your RSS feed items across this site and on Otaku.fm, and you put my RSS feed on your site. This increases discoverability of other related sites for our users.
- Comrades
Folks who have Anime, Otaku or Figure sites link to this site and I link to thier sites. This increases discoverability of sites with related content. Your link is managed by your account which you need to register for first - then send mail to [support at dannychoo dot com].
Tools etc
Here are the other bits n pieces of the site.
- Galleries
All photos taken are available in the galleries.
- Wallpaper Tool
The Wallpaper Tool enables you to make wallpaper of any size - no more having to put up with standard sizes like 1024 x 768 etc etc
- Mascot
And who's the sweet looking mascot in the header? Shes Mirai Suenaga kindly illustrated for me by manga artist Azamiyuko - find out more here.
- Ranking Charts
Keep up with whats hot n selling in Japan - the charts are updated every 24 hours. You can also view popular charts below.
- Advertising Info
Contact me to see what the availability of inventory is.
- Profile
A few words about myself.
