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Screencaps from Kira Star (SFW)

Posted on November 22, 2007 by DarkMirage

Hey guys, it’s time for some hilarious screencaps from yet another quality production from our good friends at TMA! In case you haven’t heard of them before, TMA is a company that likes to create live-action AV based on popular … Continue reading →

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Big Dreams Little Tokyo: A Half Japanese Comedy

Posted on September 6, 2007 by DarkMirage

For Screening Purposes Only Big Dreams Little Tokyo (IMDb entry) is one of those movies that seek to explore the meaning of culture in today’s globalizing world that serves as a melting pot of ethnic identities. It has been making … 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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Liar Game

Posted on May 2, 2007 by DarkMirage

Many people have been accusing me of giving up on 2D (nijigen) and moving on to 3D (sanjigen). Well that is just not true. There’s no reason why you can’t like both. Anyway, I’ve been watching Liar Game, a live … Continue reading →

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e2046 Haruhi Bunny Full Review

Posted on January 15, 2007 by DarkMirage

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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Really? Really!

Posted on December 9, 2006 by DarkMirage

Really? Really! (henceforth abbreviated to RiaRia) is the third game in the Shuffle! series. Tick! Tack! was the continuation of Nerine’s ending from Shuffle! and this time RiaRia continues from that annoying girl Kaede’s ending. ICHIGO PANTSU RABU! Of course … Continue reading →

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Screencaps from Suzumiya “Hahiru” (SFW)

Posted on December 6, 2006 by DarkMirage

Still remember that live action Haruhi porn video? Well, it’s out. It ain’t pretty, but it sure is hilarious. It even has all the important memorable lines from the original! 涼宮ハヒルの憂鬱 (suzumiya hahiru no yuuutsu) 香坂百合 (Yuri Kousaka) as Hahiru. … Continue reading →

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Mai-Otome Zwei Episode 1

Posted on December 3, 2006 by DarkMirage

The first episode of the new Mai-Otome OVA series is pretty darn good. Sunrise has got this whole drama-comedy hybrid formula perfected.

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Yoake Mae yori Ruri-iro na

Posted on October 23, 2006 by DarkMirage

After various delays and a slow start, I finally finished the true ending of Yoake Mae yori Ruri-iro na ～Brighter than dawning blue～. I have to say, you need a lot of patience to reach the good parts of the … Continue reading →

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Zero no Tsukaima Vol.1 チェック！

Posted on September 13, 2006 by DarkMirage

Zero no Tsukaima is an original light novel series by Noboru Yamaguchi published under MF文庫 (Media Factory bunko). The first novel took me about three days to finish. For comparison, it took me a few weeks of half-hearted reading to … Continue reading →

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Zipang and WW2

Posted on September 3, 2006 by DarkMirage

Zipang, or Zipangu, or Jipangu, or however you think it should be spelt, is the ancient European name for Japan. It was believed by foreigners to be a land of immense wealth and the name carries a somewhat mythical association. … Continue reading →

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涼宮ハルヒの誘悦

Posted on August 20, 2006 by DarkMirage

Review of Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuetsu, an 18-kin doujin game based on the popular Suzumiya Haruhi series. Continue reading →

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