Macross World
The official facebook account for the revised edition of Macross Chronicle is holding a poll to decide the most popular Valkyries in the Macross franchise.
There are 19 Valkyries to choose from, ranging from the VF-1S and VF-25, to more surprising inclusions such as the VF-2SS and VA-1SS. Choose wisely though, because you only get one vote.
The poll will run from January 16 to February 8. To participate, ‘Like’ the Macross Chronicles facebook account and click on the big gold button to start.
As spotted by forum regular VF-15 Banshee, Bandai Namco has just posted the first tv commercial for the upcoming Macross 30 game for the Playstation 3.
Join the discussion in progress here.
Magazine publisher DeAgostini has announced that the revised edition of the Macross Chronicle, which was published on a trial-basis in Hiroshima for 10 issues earlier this year, will be officially released weekly starting January 15, 2013.
This edition will be expanded from 50 issues to 80 – an entire 30 issues of new content!
Volume 1 will be released at a special low price of 290yen, with subsequent issues priced at 690yen each.
Readers that purchase all 80 issues will receive a special commemorative pin set.
Further details can be found at the official website.
FORUM discussion here.
It’s October 10th, which means it’s the birthday of the first idol most Macross fans fell in love with (hey, we were young and didn’t know any better!). That’s right, its Lynn Minmay’s birthday!
To celebrate the occasion, the Macross Fanclub is holding an online quiz from October 10th ~ 24th: ‘Miss Macross Maniacross – Lynn Minmay Birthday Special Contents’. The quiz is actually a flash game and clearing it with full marks allows participants to enter a draw for a special Minmay-themed tote-bag, not dissimilar to the ‘Song for Basara‘ flash game that was posted back in August.
Unfortunately the quiz is open to fanclub members only, but it looks a little like this…
On Sunday, October 7, Animax screened the previously reported Macross studio live as part of ongoing 30th Anniversary festivities. The program started at 21:00 and lasted for just under an hour.
Hit the jump for far, far too many pictures…
Following up on its previous ‘Oshare’ collaboration events for the Macross Frontier movies, Marui One department store kicked off its latest ‘Oshare Macross 30’ exhibit on Friday, Sept. 29. Similar to previous events, this ‘exhibit’ consists of a special store of Macross merchandise on the 1st floor, some special edibles (see pics below) and a small gallery space on the fourth floor. The gallery space is actually quite small this time around, featuring costume designs by Risa Ebata – many of which didn’t actually make it into either the Macross Frontier series or movies.
The merchandise store also offered macaroons for 380yen each, themed on one of four characters:Sheryl, Ranka, Basara or Mylene. Purchasing one or more macaroons gets you a Sheryl or Ranka themed coaster as well. I tried Basara and Mylene, and while Basara was, surprisingly, tastier than expected, I have to admit that Mylene tasted a lot better imo.
Oshare Macross 30 will run until October 15 after which it will be followed by another exhibit, ‘Oshare Macross FB7’ from October 17-28.
More pics after the jump!
Bandai Namco Games held a 30th Anniversary Macross stage show on Sat. Sept. 22 during the first public day of Tokyo Game Show 2012.
Titled ‘Macross 30th Anniversary! Memorial Stage ‘Because I Want to Tell You. Happy Anniversary!!’ the stage show ran for 45 minutes, the first half of which was streamed on Bandai Namco’s website. The second half was a mini live performance and was not streamed.
The stage show featured three guests – Megumi Nakajima (Ranka Lee), Katsuyuki Konishi (Ozuma Lee) and (later on), Haruka Chigusa (winner of the ‘Singer Wing’ of Miss Macross 30 Contest).
The biggest announcement was ‘Macross 30’ (working title) a new Macross game due out in 2013. Platform, genre, and other details have yet to be announced.
Premiered at the Bandai Namco booth at the Tokyo Game Show earlier today, the official FB7 website has just posted the first trailer for Macross FB7.
A Macross 30th Anniversary Emergency Live Broadcast was aired on Niconico Live from 21:00~22:50 on Sept. 13.
Guests included: Megumi Nakajima (Ranka, Macross Frontier), Shion Tsuchiya (Ash Anderson, MUSICALTURE), Kanae Yoshii (Sakura Crawford, MUSICALTURE), Sayaka Kanda (Charlotte Marion=Glass, MUSICALTURE), and Chiaki Kyan (MC).
The bulk of the show was split between three segments – Musicalture, Macross FB7 and a Macross Trivia Quiz.
A bunch of news (most of it relating to new merchandise) has just dropped, so let’s dig around a bit and see what we will all be spending too much money on over the upcoming months.
Macross FB7 – Preorder ticket bonuses.
Starting at the Chara-hobby show last weekend, special pre-order tickets for Macross FB7 have started appearing for sale at several events. These sell for 1300yen and come with a free poster. There are, however, other items that come with certain tickets.
-2000yen gets you a Crystal Print.
-1700yen gets you either a Sheryl or Ranka phone strap.
But wait! There’s more….