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Some huge prices for cels at Heritage Auction Macross cel sold for $3360. Mospeada cel sold for $1800 Sothern Cross sold for $2280 This is listed as Macross 7 but I believe it is Robotech Sentinels $3360 What do you think? I was pretty surprised by how much these went for!

I'll add my thanks to the organizers. I had a great time. The way this convention has grown over the years is remarkable. The quality of guests, panels and activities is nothing short of amazing for such a niche convention. You guys really have been in a ton of work into this con and I really would like to express my thanks!

AnimeExpo has put up a musical guest poll. There are a lot of choices but one is Walkure. I don't know how much weight goes into the polls but it wouldn't hurt to vote for Walkure. It was cool to have Kawamori here this year and maybe Walkure next year. https://t.co/41KWmvn10A

I bought this cel from Yahoo Auctions Japan. It's really big! About 15"x21". I really like it but I'm not sure if it is published or a fancel. This is the envelope it was stored in. Can anyone read it?

I really had a great time at the convention. Thanks so much to the organizers! Run Sasaki was so funny and it was great to have her there. It would be fun to have her back in the future!

I love this so much! Especially the uncropped image.

What kind of item did he have in the charity auction that sold for $3200? Did he sketch for anyone or was he only autographing?

I've had this cel for a long time. I can't even remember where I bought it. It may have been here or on ebay. I believe the two autographs in black are Tomo Sakurai (Mylene) and Urara Takano (Veffidas and Akiko) I don't know who's autograph is in gold. Does anyone know?

Looks a lot like a Ranka costume on the Office. The website I found this picture says its Katy Perry.

It looks like it may be inspired by Macross, but it is actually a poster for a fictional video game made by a printing company. You can see their other posters on their website.

Looks like fun. Was it a small venue? How many people came?

Is it possible to get tickets outside of Japan? I've been wanting to visit Japan for a while. It would be AMAZING to see a Macross concert while I was there.

I'd love a copy too

Love the picture! Thanks for sharing.

The schedule is up and there is a Macross panel Friday night. Hiroyuki Kitakubo is a guest at AX this year. He's directed things like Blood the Last Vampire but got started doing animation in SDF Macross. It would be really cool if he could come to the Macross panel and talk about his experience in Macross and how the industry has changed.

I see on her website she's scheduled a gig at the Hotel Cafe on June 18th. So that's great for all the guys flying in. You can see her perform the night before and then meet her at MWcon the next day.

Sweet! Thanks for the heads up. I watched the first episode yesterday and I really liked it. The first half was kind of strange but the second half was cool. I really liked the music. I hope this is a big hit for Kawamori. It would be even better if it gets licenced at AX and Kawamori comes to promote it!

EXO, That looks great! Hikaru's hair is really tough to make in 3D, but I think you got it. I got the three Robotech busts from Tam last week. I actually like them a lot more than I thought. But Hikaru's hair is not right. I wish the Toynami bust's hair looked like yours.

I would LOVE a regult in 1/48 scale!

Thanks for sharing the files. I'm downloading them right now and looking forward to watching them.

That sounds good to me. I was going to see her at Anime Expo and buy a CD, but since she cancels this works out fine. I think that you are making a mistake by not asking her to perform. When I saw her at Ani-magic in 2000, she didn't have any band. She played a keyboard and sang. If 50 people show up, that would be about normal for her gigs. So I don't see the harm in at least asking her to sing a short set. Just my 2 cents. Either way it would be nice.

Just thought I'd bump this up because there's about a month til the con and they've added a lot more guests. A few additions that I'm excited about are: The Beautiful Losers- The singer has collaborated with Yoko Kanno and sings in Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell SAC, and Wolf's Rain Alex Borstein- Is the voice of the mom in Family Guy and used to be on MadTV Takeshi Mori- Director of Vandread, Gunsmith Cats, and Stratos 4 Kim Moon Sang - Korean director of Sky Blue/ Wonderful Days Check out the whole list Is anyone else planning on going?

That's good! Mine is still on backorder, and I have a feeling its going to get canceled....

Thanks! Just placed my order. I hope it pans out.

Any idea which company is doing these? Graham According to animenewsservice... Bandai has picked up the model rights and HG versions of the lead mecha will be produced under the supervision of Director Shoji Kawamori.