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Tokyo Stormtrooper and his Otaku Army

Feb 7, 2009 21:40

Last night, I attended the Tokyo CGM Night, an event organized by Danny Choo (otherwise known as the Tokyo Stormtrooper) and Andrew Shuttleworth. In attendance were Japan's best-known bloggers and YouTubers, as well as various other media and industry types.

Danny showed up in full Storm Trooper dress, and his presentation was a pretty comprehensive overview of the most awesomest content producers in Japan. For me, being relatively new to Tokyo, it was an excellent chance to meet some new people here. Attaching real faces to Twitter handles is always great fun. For those of you on the other side of the planet who could not attend, here's a video (two parts) I whipped up of Danny and Andrew's most informative talk:

For more on the Tokyo CGM, check out the following links below.

(h/t to Danny for sending these, along with his presentation files, so I could splice them into the video.)

http://www.vimeo.com/3113734

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lenard/

http://www.kenleewrites.com/2009/02/tokyo-cgm-night.html

http://shack.typepad.com/shack_in_japan/2009/02/social-media-and-stormtroopers.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lenard/sets/72157613420255937/

http://ameblo.jp/hfo/entry-10204119830.html

http://tinyurl.com/thewesternworld

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53353424@N00/sets/72157613435400110/

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After a few years in China studying Mandarin and watching the Chinese Tech scene, Rick Martin has escaped to Japan and is loving every minute of it. When he's not working on his pet projects, 2JPN and DS Ninja, he can usually be found exploring all things tech in the land of the rising sun. Drop him a line on Twitter, Facebook, or contact him via Email.