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Damn. Ozma's bird looks more like a ringer for a modded Berkut.
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Suffice to say a hero needs a flying machine worthy of his skills, and it seems that the Durandal found Alto instead of Ozma. I believe the YF-29 was rightfully assigned to Alto because he's the only one ace enough to go through heavy flak, that the plane uses a lot of fold crystals and anti-Vajra countermeasures, and that he carries one of two of Sheryl's earrings -- the fold crystals -- on his person. Emitting heavy amounts of fold crystal radiation to confound the Vajra, the plane served its job very well in neutralizing the Vajra Queen, without having to kill her outright. Also, if I'm correct... Alto's (and before that Gilliam's) VF-25 was also marked as "SMS007".
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Character Art Appreciation Thread III
soul.assassin replied to Vepariga's topic in Movies and TV Series
Funny, as if some of you were expecting Sheryl to stay back at the homefront to dish out songs, and leave the warfighting to the professionals. Unless she decides to do a Basara. -
Character Art Appreciation Thread III
soul.assassin replied to Vepariga's topic in Movies and TV Series
That was awesomesauce. Almost. -
Here's my two cents on some matters: Employment age - historically underage teens were recruited to serve on naval ships as midshipmen, or in the army as drummers or runners; in the Vietnam War the average age of a draftee was nineteen, and in Blackhawk Down (the film version) one of the young Rangers stated his age as 17 while being asked by a clerk. In this case despite being a minor Luca had a good reason to be in SMS: his family company was, after all, involved in the development and production of the Messiahs, as well as being the resident child prodigy. Fortunately, teens don't drink or smoke in this show, as the age limit in Japan is 20. Ranka - it's not uncommon in Japan that most girls of her age are petite, therefore she looks like a 14-year old or even a "tween". We can only wonder what brought Kawamori to have her character design done in such a way - was it for the sake of marketing (cashing on the moe trend) or for contrast between her and Sheryl? Unlike Lucky Star or Clannad, I don't see anything wrong with her being depicted as child-like (and thus provide a characterization contrast), but this is why some jaded anime watchers avoid shows that have child-like teenage characters (there's this hater in ANN who derided MF as a moefest, and extolled SDFM) and gravitate to either "realistic" or old-school character designs. Revealing clothing - I've seen some pop concert videos with the singer in slightly-revealing attire, but that's the part of her packaging (and I think it's always been that way since Madonna; if some of you thought Ranka's stage attire was bad, Lady Gaga takes the cake for driving her onstage fashion sense to extremes, or Lil Kim, or kiddie "beauty pageants" in some parts of America). Bri is right though; anime isn't about pure realism - it's supposed to be entertainment (lest you consider Graveyard of the Fireflies).
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Those funny rose-tinted glasses again. Seems that I'm reading some contradictory comments that carried both like and dislike on the same paragraph. Nah, let's just say that the Frontier saga has inspired me to find and watch all 39 episodes of SDFM... but only if I first get cash to upgrade my hard drive to half a terabyte.
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Macross Lineart and Profile Color Scheme Art, Round II
soul.assassin replied to Talos's topic in Fan Works
Sorry if I haven't produced a Spooky, but instead decided on doing something else: -
Macross Lineart and Profile Color Scheme Art, Round II
soul.assassin replied to Talos's topic in Fan Works
Okay, I noticed the bleeding now (lately my eyes are kind of screwy which means I'll have to get a new set of glasses), and a little touchup will do. As for requests, someone at the other forum wants me to "itasha-fy" an AC-130 Spooky. -
Macross Lineart and Profile Color Scheme Art, Round II
soul.assassin replied to Talos's topic in Fan Works
Update above. Sorry 'bout that. *sweatdrops* -
If the supplementary light novels were to be fan-translated, I'd be reading them because they (supposedly) supply some of those details missing and addressing the loose ends seen in both the TV series and the movies. If this flick were to be three hours, then there might be some more coherence, but since this runs to almost two hours, some things had to be cut out... not until we might get an extended Director's Cut or something.
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Macross Lineart and Profile Color Scheme Art, Round II
soul.assassin replied to Talos's topic in Fan Works
A little break from the usual and my sense of humor at work (in progress), after toying with the idea of a C-130 'tour bus' in the aftermath of my SnT second helping. Update: It's done, guys!