Monthly Archives: December 2007

Appleseed: Ex Machina Contest

Posted on December 22, 2007 by DarkMirage

This one is for North Americans only. Full disclosure: I was contacted by M80, a grassroot marketing agency, who is representing Warner Brothers. Since I’m such a sellout and I’m lazy to fill this blog with actual original content, I … Continue reading →

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Gundam 00 — Episode 12

Posted on December 23, 2007 by DarkMirage

This episode is pretty awesome because it does not have 10 minutes of contrived Allelujah emo, and it has some politics and background information about the world of Gundam 00! I love those. And of course, like all the other … Continue reading →

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Lost in Asakusa

Posted on December 24, 2007 by DarkMirage

I’m now lying in my bunk bed at K’s House Tokyo in Asakusa. We just reached Tokyo this morning after an overnight transit flight via Bangkok. After leaving our luggage at the hostel, the group of us proceeded to take … Continue reading →

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Otome Road and Doujinshi

Posted on December 25, 2007 by DarkMirage

It’s my second day in Tokyo. It’s only 8pm right now but it feels like midnight because the sun sets at 4pm… We overslept and missed Tsukiji, and ended up spending the whole day in Ikebukuro. (Otome Road in particular.) … Continue reading →

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A Busy Day

Posted on December 27, 2007 by DarkMirage

I am so tired… I want to just drop dead and die, but here are some pictures. I think I walked about 6km in total today. A fire engine just drove by. I wonder where it’s heading to. But anyway, … Continue reading →

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Lucky Star in Saitama

Posted on December 27, 2007 by DarkMirage

Today was almost as tiring as yesterday because I had to lug my 2.5kg laptop around. An EEE PC would really come in handy when I’m traveling. It’s the fourth day of our little adventure in Tokyo and we took … Continue reading →

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School Days Train Stations

Posted on December 29, 2007 by DarkMirage

It’s my sixth day in Tokyo. I spent the whole of last night standing in the rain at near-zero temperature for about 9 hours. Comiket is insanity. But I’ll talk about that in its own post. Yesterday, I took a … Continue reading →

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Comiket 73 – Part I

Posted on December 30, 2007 by DarkMirage

I finally found some time to sort through my pictures and scrape together enough content for a short post. This is a report of the first two days of Comiket 73 to give you a general idea what it was … Continue reading →

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Comiket 73 – Part II: Loot

Posted on December 31, 2007 by DarkMirage

I’m back from the last day of Comiket. I took a ton of pictures today with my press pass but I will only be posting them at a later date. First, I shall go through my spoils. I spent less … Continue reading →

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