Yearly Archives: 2007

Haruhi is watching you!

Oh yes she is. Apparently it’s a sample of some content that Bandai is planning for Suzumiya Haruhi no Yakusoku‘s (the PSP game) homepage. It’s hard to do nice-looking cel-shaded 3D models and I think this one is pretty damn … Continue reading

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Winamp 5.5 Beta Preview 1

Winamp 5.5 Beta (Build 1550) was released yesterday. The major changes in this update are album art support, a SingleUI skin and a new unified meta editor for all various file formats. Winamp 5.5 Beta Preview 1 (Bento Skin) I … Continue reading

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Social Life Calculus

I have uncovered the secret law of the universe. Click to find out… If you don’t get the joke, go study calculus. I should really be revising for my exams next week. I hate chemistry.

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Is anime dying?

With the fall of Geneon USA‘s DVD sales department, are we looking at the beginning of the doom of all anime as we know it? Some people seem to think so. After all, Geneon is well-liked by fans and its … Continue reading

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Package from Amazon

What is wrong with the picture below, other than its terrible camera phone picture quality? Hint: this is as far as the door opens. Answer lies after the break.

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Da Capo II

I just caught the first episode of Da Capo II and, as a long-time fan of the game and the franchise in general, I must say, “WTF!?” The whole episode is just one huge blasphemy. But if you have never … Continue reading

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Gundam 00

It’s the new Gundam series that’s not SEED! Gundam 00 looks like it’s missing a 7 and I still can’t figure out what it’s supposed to mean. It does look kind of weird and funny if you abbreviate the title … Continue reading

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Prism Ark

Prism Ark (aka Prism Hearts II) is a 2006 SRPG/ADV game from Pajamas Soft. The heroine, Priecia, is the daughter of the main characters from the original Prism Heart. She’s voiced by Yui Sakakibara, aka Haruhi from Happiness!. The general … Continue reading

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Genshiken 2

Genshiken is a manga series about an anime/manga/game club in a Japanese university. The title is short for gendai shikaku bunka kenkyuukai, or “The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture”. Basically it’s an excuse for a bunch of … Continue reading

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1/6 Dark Magician from E2046

The postman brought me a present today. Yay! The kind folks at E2046 decided to send me their latest creation, 1/6 Dark Magician, for me to review. Apparently they really liked my review of their pre-painted recast of BUBBA’s Haruhi … Continue reading

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Gundam 00 episode 2 is awesome!

As expected, the series is very heavily influenced than contemporary military and political events. (Although it’s kind of doubtful that the political situation will remain so consistent for the next three hundred years when you consider how much has changed … Continue reading

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The reason why Mendoi-Conclave is awesome!

Disclaimer: I work for Mendoi-Conclave. In fact, I translated episode 2 of Gundam 00 due to circumstances (although I won’t be doing main translation for future episodes). Anyway, here are two screenshots. The top on is from episode 2’s raw … Continue reading

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