Author Archives: DarkMirage

Cosfest VI — tons of cosplay photos

Posted on July 16, 2007 by DarkMirage

Cosfest is finally over. I am so tired from two entire days of photo-taking. It’s been 24 hours and my hands still ache from carrying a camera that weighs at least 24.43 jillion pounds. I’ve been feeling feverish the whole … Continue reading →

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SOS-Dan does Lucky Star dance at Cosfest VI

Posted on July 8, 2007 by DarkMirage

A group of Haruhi cosplayers performed the Lucky Star OP dance as part of their entry item for the semi-finals of the World Cosplay Summit (Singapore), which is part of Cosfest VI. Here’s a super blur and shaky video of … Continue reading →

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Haruhi Season 2

Posted on July 6, 2007 by DarkMirage

It’s official. Haruhi season 2 is coming! The latest issue of Newtype has the exclusive… It’s supposed to go onsale on the 10th but apparently the scans have been leaked… Not much details, though. Thanks to Kyon for informing me. … Continue reading →

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Independence Day

Posted on July 5, 2007 by DarkMirage

US Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima. It’s time for another rant that is completely unrelated to the theme of this blog because I just felt like it. Fourth of July just ended a few hours ago for the … Continue reading →

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School Days – Episode 1

Posted on July 5, 2007 by DarkMirage

School Days is a 2005 AVG from Overflow that featured fully voiced and animated gameplay. Thanks partly to its infamous blood-soaked “bad ends”, the game achieve cult status in otakudom and can be said to be the first and, thus … Continue reading →

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Haruhi coming to PSP!

Posted on June 22, 2007 by DarkMirage

Hot news! A PSP game based on Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu is coming our way. The publisher is Bandai Namco and the official site is supposed to come online on July 10, more than two weeks from now. According to … Continue reading →

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Lyrics Translations RSS Feed

Posted on June 19, 2007 by DarkMirage

For no particular reason whatsoever, the lyrics section now has its own RSS 2.0 feed! Woohoo! The feed displays the ten latest translations and comes in either English or Japanese. Because the whole database and PHP interface for the lyrics … Continue reading →

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Chiaki Ishikawa – Uninstall (Promo Video)

Posted on June 19, 2007 by DarkMirage

I seem to have a habit of loading up Aegisub whatever my exams draw close… I just spent a few hours subbing the PV for Uninstall for no particular reason. I didn’t use any fancy effects this time, just a … Continue reading →

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Bokurano – Uninstall

Posted on June 12, 2007 by DarkMirage

“Uninstall” by Chiaki Ishikawa is the awesome opening of Bokurano. Chiaki is the vocal half of the popular duo See-Saw (the other half being Yuki Kajiura). Although her voice is superb, most of her songs outside of See-Saw have been … Continue reading →

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Pika Pika Yukai

Posted on June 7, 2007 by DarkMirage

I don’t like it when it gets used on digg to the point of being clichéd, but truly “the title says it all” is appropriate.

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Rosario + Vampire anime!

Posted on June 6, 2007 by DarkMirage

I would like to introduce you to Rosario + Vampire, a very enjoyable manga series which seems to fall under the radars of most people for some reason. It’s about a guy called Tsukune Aono who accidentally enrols in a … Continue reading →

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New Gundam series this October confirmed!

Posted on June 3, 2007 by DarkMirage

Gundam 00 was announced with a short promo that aired at the end of a recent episode of Towards the Terra. Set in 2307 AD, the story revolves around four Gundam pilots who look damn gay and some silly organization … Continue reading →

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