Macross Frontier

Posted on May 5, 2008 by DarkMirage

Sheryl Nome

Why does watching Macross Frontier bring a warm and fuzzy feeling to my heart? Perhaps it’s the draw of its wonderful soundtrack composed by Yoko Kanno, or is it the oscillating love triangle between Alto, Sheryl and Ranka? The storytelling is altogether compelling and the seamless blending of audio and visual effects bring highlight to every episode, each one an unique and exhilarating ride to satisfaction. It’s difficult to pinpoint just what Macross F has done right, but the use of music as a central plot device is without a doubt a vital part of its magic.

Macross Frontier looks set to be the show of the year. Go watch it if you haven’t. It’s simply deculture. (Zentradian for “unbelievable”.)

P.S. The primary motivation for this post is my sudden urge to fanboy over Sheryl after having watched episode 5. Sheryl <3

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Code Geass R2 — Episode 5

Posted on May 4, 2008 by DarkMirage

Code Geass R2

Code Geass episode 5 reminds me of Full Metal Panic, except with a more sinister undertone and outrageous fashion senses. I quite like the blend of comedy and tragedy that’s playing out, and the fan-baiting that goes on is so honestly blatant that one can’t help but find it oddly charming. Bravo.

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Code Geass R2 — Episode 4

Posted on April 28, 2008 by DarkMirage

Code Geass R2

Looks like this will be the last high tension episode before we return to a more peaceful interlude. As expected, Lelouch manages to turn the entire situation around to his advantage without breaking too many drops of sweat. I mean, you didn’t really think he was going to die, right?

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Maaya Sakamoto – Triangler

Posted on April 23, 2008 by DarkMirage

Triangler

Oh my god! It’s finally here! The Holy Grail! The first song that Maaya and her former mentor Yoko Kanno have worked together on in almost half a decade!

Triangler is the first opening song for Macross Frontier. Lyrics translation and fanboying after the break.

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Code Geass R2 — Episode 3

Posted on April 21, 2008 by DarkMirage

Code Geass R2

It’s episode 3 and we have more plot twists! I wonder how long this can last. Surely it can’t be too long now before Sunrise runs out of surprises to throw at us and drops the ball by revealing that the ultimate villain character is actually Nunnally.

It’s quite interesting how the main characters in Code Geass R2 all lead such complicated double lives. But I sort of miss the first season back when Kallen and Lelouch were the only ones doing it.

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Ghost in the Shell Live Action

Posted on April 15, 2008 by DarkMirage

Steven Spielberg says he likes Ghost in the Shell, therefore DreamWorks shall make live action Ghost in the Shell movie. First we have Dragonball, Akira and now this. I guess Marvel is officially running out of franchises to turn into movies.

Code Geass R2

Universal and Sony Pictures were apparently after the license too, but Steven’s star power bagged it for DreamWorks. Avi Arad (former CEO of Marvel Studios), Ari Arad and Steven Paul are producing the movie and Jamie Moss is in-charge of screenplay. I’m guessing Spielberg counts the money.

While Yahoo! News is eager to point out Avi Arad’s involvement in X-men, Spiderman and Fantastic Four, (which I guess are considered good movies by modern standards) I find it an ominous sign that all three producers worked on Ghost Rider together, because that was one of the worst Marvel movie adaptations I have ever watched.

[ Source: Yahoo! News ]

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Code Geass R2 — Episode 2

Posted on April 14, 2008 by DarkMirage

Code Geass R2

Because fangirl pandering is (sometimes) awesome.

Code Geass R2 isn’t slowing down the pace just yet. Episode 2 is non-stop action, drama and fanservice, with a few familiar cameos to prepare the viewers for what will surely be unstoppable mayhem intertwined with intentionally misplaced comedic moments. Sunrise should concentrate more on doing this kind of shows and outsource Gundam to someone else.

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Code Geass R2 — Episode 1

Posted on April 6, 2008 by DarkMirage

Code Geass R2

Surprise! I bet you totally didn’t expect me to blog Code Geass, especially considering that awful parody video I made which should best be left to rot in the depths of hell, my MySpace account and the fact that I used to own code-geass.com.

That said, the fact that I’m a huge Kallen fanboy has absolutely nothing to do with why I have decided to blog R2.

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Indie game seeking beta testers

Posted on April 5, 2008 by DarkMirage

Beta Tester
Photo by JesseBarker (CC-BY 2.0)

Long-time acquaintance Soulshift is looking for beta testers for a game project he is working on. The game is a strategy/hacking game. Currently it is still highly incomplete but I’ve tried the alpha release and found the idea behind it to be quite interesting.

Please contact him at ltan@epicentrix.net if you are interested in helping out. He needs around 10 testers.

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Xbox 360 Party

Posted on April 4, 2008 by DarkMirage

Xbox 360 Party

I attended Xbox 360’s 2nd anniversary (in Singapore) party last night (April 3rd). It’s basically a small invite-only event for developers to showcase some of the upcoming titles to local bloggers and an excuse to have cake. I’m not exactly sure why I was invited, but apparently someone from GameAxis recommended me to the Microsoft PR people.

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