Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Dec 8, 2009, 11:04 pm
Well, I finally got myself a HoiHoi-San model kit. After reading the manga and her cuteness made me get her. She happens to be the first model kit I have bought and build in over a year. I was going t...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Dec 7, 2009, 11:26 pm
I can't believe I'm doing this. This manga series is the embarrassment of my collection. Battle Club was written and drawn by Yuji Shiozaki, the mind behind Ikki Tousen(also known as Battle Vi...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Dec 5, 2009, 11:09 pm
Version 2 of the new schedule for the 09/10 winter anime season has been released. This version includes 3 new added series and a ... What I may watch after I check out the reviews: Ookamikakushi Halo...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Dec 3, 2009, 11:02 pm
Yesterday, I got my brand new wall scroll. I have been meaning to buy a new one since June and when I attended Metrocon, I did not find appealing to my taste. It was until a few days ago, I decided to...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Dec 1, 2009, 11:09 pm
Yesterday was a hard day for me, I decided to toss out my old anime magazines. The thing is, it was around 6:00 in the morning when I heard a loud crash in my room. I thought it was the end of the wor...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Nov 30, 2009, 11:07 pm
With only 24 days before Christmas, some really nice figures have come up for preorder. If you are not a figure collect, why not get something for the otaku in your life. All figure preorders featured...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Nov 28, 2009, 11:04 pm
It has finally happened, I have burned myself out with anime and blogging. I believe that some people have been suspecting that I burned out on blogging because I have been making posts every two days...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Nov 27, 2009, 11:30 pm
YAY, that new Bleach season 4 box set is out. Wait a minute, its the Bount saga better known as filler saga number one. This is not going to end well. What the hell? Season 1, 2, and 3 box sets hav...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Nov 25, 2009, 11:09 pm
Thanksgiving is the day that one should give thanks to what they have. This holiday has evolved into a day off of work to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade and Football all day and at night...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Nov 23, 2009, 11:03 pm
Rei Ayanami -Plug Suit Version- by Kotobukiya is currently my favorite figure of all time(sorry Tomoe, you have been replaced). Her expression, pose, texture, and paint is marvelous. I regret not gett...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Nov 21, 2009, 11:04 pm
Oh look, a box was delivered to me yesterday. This past week a lot of great things happened to me and I felt that it would be nice to reward myself. I visited Amazon.com and bought several things from...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Nov 21, 2009, 12:27 am
Have not done one of these 2D girls post in a while and the only reason why I'm doing it is because I'm busy. This gallery happens to be one of my many guilt pleasures, nekomimi. I hope you en...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Nov 18, 2009, 11:07 pm
It seem that the middle of November is not having that many new figures up for preorder. Even thou, there are a few new figures, only one or two are really worth it. Come on in and lets check out the...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Nov 17, 2009, 11:03 pm
We all know that being an anime fan is an expensive hobby with new DVDs, manga, and figures coming out. I wanted to try a little experiment to see how much I would save if I did not buy anything for 2...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Nov 16, 2009, 11:09 pm
WOW, let me just start out that, this post is not safe for work. Now that I pointed that out, lets start the review. The other day, while scanning through Yen press manga library, I randomly picked th...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Nov 14, 2009, 11:48 pm
Recently, I was asked to become a guest writer for Wide Island View. I gladly said yes. The Wide Island View, is the JET programme webzine for the Hiroshima prefecture. This is a great example of gues...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Nov 12, 2009, 11:50 pm
For the last few days, I have been shopping around for a new game. The last game I bought was Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4(still playing it). A couple of new games have come out and I wanted to get o...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Nov 10, 2009, 11:01 pm
After watching the first episode of Hyakko months and months ago, I stopped watching it entirely. Then I began anime reviews and as such, I had to watch the whole anime. Well, I watched it and here is...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Nov 9, 2009, 11:44 pm
Lately, I have been thinking about the future of my blog. I have seen many other long term blogs in the past few months slowly going away. It got me thinking that either my blog will end up going away...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Nov 7, 2009, 11:06 pm
I finally got my copy of The Otaku Encyclopedia. I was originally going to buy it but I got a free copy from a friend, Patrick W. Galbraith, who also happens to be the author of the book(thanks Pat). ...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Nov 6, 2009, 11:03 pm
I have been looking back on my blogging past lately. With over 580 blog post in the span of almost 2 years, there have been some posts that actually never got to see the light of day. This is somethin...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Nov 5, 2009, 12:26 am
Rin tosaka, one of the beloved characters for the Fate series. I'm glad that I bought this figure but I would always forgot to do a photo shoot for her. I got her back in June and I feel pretty ba...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Nov 1, 2009, 11:03 pm
Good Smile Company and Kotobukiya have released many nice figures up for preorder. It is only the start of the months and figure collectors' wallets will be in pain. Come on in to check out these ...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Oct 31, 2009, 11:05 pm
The first version of the Winter 2009 anime season was released. A lot anime fans, considered the Fall 2009 season to be one of the weakest Fall season in years. Many have been looking forward to the u...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Oct 30, 2009, 11:02 pm
Since today is Halloween, I decided to make a Halloween themed 2D girls post(this has to be one of the laziest post I have made this year). While you are enjoying these pictures, I'll be watching ...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Oct 29, 2009, 11:25 pm
Finally, I'm going unveil my redecorated room. After spending all that time paint and passing out due to the fumes, it was all worth it in the end. This is how I always wanted my room to be but I ...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Oct 27, 2009, 11:01 pm
Well, "Black Jack: The Two Doctors of Darkness" is a pretty fun movie. Though, it has a slow feel to it. The story/plot is simple and easy to follow. Though, as good as it is, because of the slow feel...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Oct 26, 2009, 11:19 pm
Since I'm still redecorating, I decided to share with my great readers on how I spent my Sunday. I was still in a painting mood and I have not painted my room in over 3 years. The paint in my room...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Oct 25, 2009, 1:03 am
Well, for the last couple of days I been redecorating my room. The reason why is that I like change and I also get bored with the way my room looks after a long time, that is why I like to rearrange m...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Oct 23, 2009, 11:07 pm
I remember a long time ago, I heard in one of the episodes of Otaku Generation a review of a documentary. It was until now that I remembered the title of the film, The Great Happiness Space: Tale of a...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Oct 21, 2009, 11:02 pm
I really sleepy and tired to write an actually post because with the free time I had do to my morning classes being canceled, I went job hunting. I applied to 5 different locations and I'm hoping ...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Oct 19, 2009, 11:02 pm
Lately, I have been seeing a lot of bloggers showing off their cute HoiHoi-San model kits. I'm interested in the model kit and I'm planning to buy one in the future. However, that goes against...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Oct 18, 2009, 11:01 pm
Toradora is an interesting anime. It’s fun, serious, passionate, and dramatic without going overboard on anything. There were many times where I cried during the more dramatic, sad parts, and I laug...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Oct 18, 2009, 12:59 am
By now, you all know that I'm a clean freak who hates dust. There is one thing that my trusty duster can't do and that is to remove dust stains. Figures that have any parts made out of rubber ...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Oct 16, 2009, 11:02 pm
Since the day I got my new computer I have been meaning to get some speakers for it. The thing is that most laptops have a poor to mediocre sound quality. Another reason why I need some speakers is th...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Oct 15, 2009, 11:17 pm
I have some big updates coming to OtakuDan.com. I'm planning to change the template for my blog because it has been the same for over a year. This time I'm going to make one myself instead of ...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Oct 15, 2009, 12:16 am
It the middle of October and some more figures have been put up for preorder. I think this is the first time that the figure preorder post is not going to have that many good looking figures. Either w...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Oct 12, 2009, 11:20 pm
I have already done posts on my cleaning and dusting my figures. The interesting thing is that I have really not touched upon dusting the rest of my collecting which includes my anime DVDs, manga, and...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Oct 10, 2009, 11:48 pm
I have been meaning to do a black and white figure photo shoot but I would always forget. I don't know why but every single time take pictures in black and white, I feel like an artsy douche bag. ...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Oct 9, 2009, 11:26 pm
I never watched Natsu no Arashi! when it was airing back in the spring season. When I was this anime was getting a sequel, I decided to watch it. It was fun and it was quite enjoyable. Now that season...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Oct 7, 2009, 11:01 pm
Before I talk about my Manga Tarot deck, I would like to say that Tarot readings don’t necessarily have to do with being psychic, religious, or a devil worshipper. It is a way to connect the conscio...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Oct 6, 2009, 11:05 pm
Every anime season I randomly pick 6 anime series that I originally had no intention of watching. Then I roll a six sided dice to pick one of those series to watch. Sometimes, I get a good anime and o...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Sep 30, 2009, 11:03 pm
Another month, another batch of figure preorders. A lot of figures that were seen at WonFes are starting to appear and I'm liking it. This is the thing, I did leave out any Kanu Unchou and Ryomou ...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Sep 28, 2009, 11:12 pm
I remember seeing Nendoroid Melissa about a year ago and from the moment I laid my eyes on her, I wanted her. I search high and low for her but she was either sold out or being sold at a very high pri...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Sep 26, 2009, 11:09 pm
The new fall anime season has started.The first anime to come out is Queen's Blade: Heir to the Throne, the sequel to Queen's Blade: Wandering Warrior. A lot of people including myself, did no...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Sep 26, 2009, 12:00 am
A few days ago, I was surfing around Tsuki-board and I discovered a how to fix pictures on Photoshop. For a long time I have wanted Photoshop but it is too expensive. I managed to get a copy of Photos...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Sep 24, 2009, 11:57 pm
I'm feeling really lazy today and I have another C++ project due in a few days. I probably won't have the time to make a post for the next couple of days. However, I do have a figure photo sho...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Sep 23, 2009, 11:09 pm
What I have noticed in the past 10 year is that sports anime are not that popular in Western culture. I have seen The Prince of Tennis, Slam Dunk, Eyeshield 21, and Captain Tsubasa. However, they were...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Sep 22, 2009, 11:01 pm
Well it's official. I've changed a lot in the last year. For the last 3-4 days I've been thinking about what to post for this week. I now realize that I don't watch as much or obsess a...
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Daniel M. posted an article on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan - Sep 20, 2009, 11:22 pm
For those who don't know a thing about Bleach, Rangiku Matsumoto is a lieutenant of the 10th division of the Gotei 13. She has to be one of the better looking female character in the series and sh...
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