Various postcards, clear files, bookmarks, sticker sheets, etc.
Rambles
I got a bunch of KagePro merch within the last several months :)
I will scan them from time to time, at my own pace.
Basically, whenever I have free time and have the opportunity to scan things.
Sidu's Artbooks
I have Sidu's artbooks, .dsd and .dsd/V to scan, which is what I'm most interested in, since .dsd/V's special illusts have not been scanned online in HD before.
The .dsd/V artbook is the hardest for me to scan because the book is bigger than my scanner, so I have to scan a single page multiple times (at least twice) to get all sides.
Kagerou Daze Anthologies
Kagerou Daze Official Anthology Comic -WINTER-
Illustration: Osora
Not my scan, but unfortunately I couldn't find the OG source with Reverse Search
This is the one I wanted to scan in HD for my own purposes :)
For my Saeru and Ene needs 🤭🙏
I have all Kagerou Daze anthologies physically.
I bought them for cheap through a secondhand resale, cuz unfortunately, there were no digital versions I could rip.
Most anthology comics were translated by @/pyralisa but there were some coloured illustrations that weren't posted online.
I'd also like to scan the Anthology illustrations in HD.
KagePro Merch
Source: KagePro Wiki
I also have some miscellaneous merch, including various postcards and clear files of mainly Kuroha/Saeru, Ene, Konoha, and the Mekakushi Dan.
For example, I have the Kagerou Daze -from the darkness- illust of Kuroha and Azami as a postcard without text, so I'd like to scan it.
Kagerou Daze -in a day's- Complete Limited Production Edition
Just gonna use the official merch preview images for some of these.
I got the Kagerou Daze -in a day's- Complete Limited Production Edition Booklets.
It comes with a holographic Ene card, and a postcard version of Ene (both her Music and Movie design on each side)
I scanned the Ene postcard since I wanted to have it in HD.
This art hasn't been scanned before in HD.
I took photos of the entire Kagerou Daze -in a day's- Production Materials booklet (100+ pages)
It includes the MekaDan's concept arts, as well as some animation key frames and the storyboards for the whole Movie.
Due to Tumblr's 30 image size limit, I'll probably post these in parts in separate posts eventually.
I also wanna scan these eventually, but ofc that will be time consuming so I'll go at my own pace.
I applied colour corrections to my photos to make it easier to see.
Mekakucity V's Limited Edition Blu-ray Box
Not my photos/scans.
Mekakucity V's Limited Edition has the KagePro MVs in HD, as well as the Limited Edition Booklets, so I got my hands on it (both digitally and physically)
The Limited Edition Blu-ray Box came with 2 booklets that contained the production images used for the KagePro MVs, as well as the storyboards.
I don't think that Mekakucity V's is very urgent to scan, considering the entirety of Mekakucity V's Production and Storyboard Booklets have already been scanned online by professional scanners.
Most production image pages were cross posted to the KagePro wiki for easy access.
With that being said, I do want to scan some pages myself since Outer Science's pages are really dark, and I remember seeing some early scans that got the colours lighter.
I'd like to try my hand at scanning it too. The booklet is much smaller, so it'd be much easier for me to scan
Kagerou Daze Official Visual Fanbook
I scanned the Ene art 💙
I wanted to have Ene's art in HD since it hasn't been scanned in HD yet.
Again, I don't think this is very urgent to scan since the Official Visual fanbook mainly contains early KagePro arts, but I'll put it on my to-do list for the future.
Rambles
Descreening Scans
Disabling reblogs for now because I wanna finalize my scans by trying to remove this "Moire texture" from my scans using this Descreen plugin first.
I wanna descreen my scans first to remove the grainy texture.
Editing for colour corrections actually doesn't take too much time for me.
Since my scanner scans slightly lighter, I just use Level Corrections to edit the colours to try and make it as close to the OG art as possible.
The grainy Moire texture happens when you scan printed works.
I think there's a plugin that can do it, so I'd have to look into that first and try to figure out how it works.
Misc Rambles
Wanted to give a little update :)
The bias is so real. I mainly prioritize my favourites first 🖤💛💙
I also have plans to scan for the others ofc!
I almost deleted this post by accident by misclicking when I went to post. Jumpscare moment
Hit the 30 image limit with this one.
It's a shame that the Outer Science illust wasn't brightened for the artbook (similar to how it is in the .dsd/V merch) to make it easier to see.
I can see the art better in my own scan, compared to when I have the book in front of me... 😭
Wanna try looking into the descreening plugin because I want to remove the Moire texture on my own personal scans using this descreening plugin
Though my solution is to ask my scanlator mutual Bas if I can't figure it out/get it to work
I wanted to remove this texture on Sidu's .dsd/V artbook Kuroha/Saeru illust (and also from the rest of my scans), since the illust is really dark, and I wanna make the scan clearer to see for viewing and archival purposes.
It's just that the Outer Science illust is where the Moire texture is morenoticeable due to the dark colours.
It's more noticeable here cuz Saeru's illust is so dark. That's why I wanted to use the descreening plugin.
I also considered going to the local library or my school's library to try and see if they have a scanner big enough to scan the book
Though admittedly I'm a little worried about bringing my artbook out of my room and into a backpack to carry with me 😭
I don't want to accidentally bend the pages.
But Ig I got 2 copies of Sidu's .dsd/V artbook for this very reason. I bought 2 just in case, so that if one gets damaged, then I'd still have the other one in completely safe condition. I got both the black and white cover version.
Unfortunately, me handling the book sm caused me to accidentally bend the bottom corner of the Outer Science which has the Summertime Record (Haruka) illust on the back 😭
My white cover version has 1 accidentally bent page and thankfully it's not too noticeable or on anywhere important.
I also scanned the Outer Science illust page a couple times before that happened.
That one meme that's like "If all else fails, ask guy on Discord"
If I can't get it work on my own, I'm probably gonna ask Bas to see if he can look into the PS plugin for scanning purposes (to descreen scans and remove the grainy texture)
Bas is a scanlator mutual of mine who runs a fan-scanlation team and has been into animanga 🏴☠️ for 15+ years.
So he can rip the raws of any series that's available digitally for you.
He's so based 👍 He is really experienced with scanlation.
I also learned how to rip digital scans from certain E-book sites, which is how I ripped the KagePro Light Novels and Kagerou Daze manga volumes in JP.
But my methods to rip scans definitely aren't as good as his.
During 2/15 (Sat) ～ 3/1 (Mon), the「Kagerou Project」Cat Day Fair will be held!
We will launch new products of mini character illustrations wearing cat kigurumi!
🐾Benefit Information 🐾
During the period, a limited postcard will be presented for purchases of 2,200 yen (tax included) or more on「Kagerou Project」goods at the fair stores.
