Author Archives: DarkMirage

Colour-changing Haruhi figurine

Not too long ago, Bandai started taking preorders for an Asuka figurine under a new “Metamorphigure” (メタモフィギュア) line of products. It has a dress that changes colour between black and white depending on the room temperature. You can view an … Continue reading

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ASOS Brigade Episode 001

The Adventures of the ASOS Brigade: Episode 001 has been released! Weeeee! PINK SPACE RANGER! Vol.1 of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya will be released on May 29th. The limited edition will come with some yet-to-be-revealed extras and a box … Continue reading

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I am going blind soon…

And I’m not talking about the old masturbation joke either. Dell was having a sale over the New Year and I finally made the leap and ordered their 2407WFP 24″ wide screen monitor for a cool 1,099 SGD. (That’s about … Continue reading

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Haruhi Clone — M Sukuranburu!

Here’s a pretty interesting Haruhi doujin game I found via moekingのギャルゲー生活. It’s called M Sukuranburu and the graphics look way better than 涼宮ハルヒの誘悦 which I reviewed some time ago. Haruka Asamiya is bored with her school life and decided to … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday to KOTOKO and me!

Okay, it’s one day late, but not if we go by GMT-4. 19th of January is (was) my 18th birthday! Did I ever mention that KOTOKO‘s birthday is on 19 January too? Yay! Happy Birthday! Tsubaki organized a birthday party … Continue reading

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My national TV debut

All 0.3 seconds of it! Channel U recently aired a TV special covering the new cosplay maid cafe that just opened in Singapore last month. I was there on New Year’s Eve when they took some of the footages and … Continue reading

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e2046 Haruhi Bunny Full Review

I took these pictures ages ago but didn’t do anything with them except to dump them in my gallery. Here’s a full review of the nice Haruhi recast I bought from e2046 for a even nicer price tag of 120 … Continue reading

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Why KyouSora wins

CHIKANE X HIMEKO! KAON X HIMIKO!!! KISU DESU! ONNA NO KO TO ONNA NO KO NO KISU DESU! Do ZETTAI TENSHI have hawt ZETTAI RYOUIKI?

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Resin Kit Building Project — Day 1

I spent the whole day sandpapering. My hands hurt. I have started taking a garage kit building course at XenoHobby. Today was the first lesson. I will post weekly updates here after every lesson. Day 1 Day 2

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Death Note Licensed — A Good Thing?

You have probably read about it already. Death Note has been licensed by Viz Media. This is no ordinary licence. Viz has announced that they will be distributing the episodes online “soon after they air in Japan”. This means that … Continue reading

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Alter’s Fate Testarossa Re-release

Alter’s 1/8 Fate Testarossa is getting a 2nd release in April. Hobby Stock has started taking preorders for it today. The hawt selling point is of course the the powerful action pose, the sword and the fact that there are … Continue reading

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An Open Letter to Odex

Odex is just about the only company in South-East Asia that licenses anime, but unfortunately their products are pretty low quality and few people buy them. They also maintain a low profile in the Singaporean anime community with virtually zero … Continue reading

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