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  2. Thom
    Oh dear Gawd, why?!?! His last few Transformers movies (ie all of them) were so full of infantile, over the top crap that it's a wonder anyone would give him another franchise to wreck. Or further wreck. Can you wreck a wreck..? Wreck on a wreck!? The only good one to come out of the franchise was Bumblebee and that wasn't even directed by him. I recall seeing that and thinking that, finally, it had turned away from his idiotic corner, but I guess whether someone has talent or not doesn't matter. Unless it is 980° from anything else he has ever made, this is probably something I will not watch for free. In fact, I will pay myself not to watch it.
  3. SebastianP
    Err...what? Really really confused by this, because... that doesn't make much sense. B and V are the second most infamous "Japanese does not make a distinction" pair of consonant sounds after R and L - and one of the first anime I ever watched in Japanese was Slayers, where Megumi Hayashibara's voice going "REBITEI-SHUN" and "DORAGON SUREIBU" are some of my stand-out memories. Especially since I just rewatched the the first episode the other day. When you said they have different kana, I tried to look them up, and not a single kana table - even the big ones, that cover Hiragana, Katakana, Dakuon, Handakuon and Yoon - have a "vu" sound listed. So I'm really most sincerly confused. What kana are they using in that name? Edit: OK, I googled the kana itself from your post, and found a wiktionary page. It's a real kana, used exclusively for transliteration, and it's noted to be a relatively recent addition, which is likely why it's not in my scanned-from-schoolbooks tables. But... as mentioned, Japanese itself does not make a distinction, and we have plenty of examples of Japanese natives, even working professionally, being *really careless* with B/V and R/L because it doesn't come naturally. If you're really sure it's specfically meant to be a V sound, then Evna from Oz sounds like the best fit.
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  5. Scyla
    I’ve been thinking to myself that I am very envious of the Heat Boys Turtles collectors. In less than 2.5 years they got the four main turtles out and hopefully get out Shredder by the end of this month. Meanwhile my Gundam 00 team sits at 2/4 members after 12 years and my Gundam Wing team is at 2/5 after just 7 short years. I have no hope Bandai will ever get to release a GFFMC Heavy Arms Customs (Endless Walz ver.). Or god forbid a Epyon or Tallgeese. And I have the option to choose between 5 different yet obscure Gundam Seed flyers but not MB Skygrasper? I don’t understand Bandai Tamashii Nations release strategy. Sorry I should stop whining and go to bed.
  6. Big s
    I guess there’s not much hope for the live action Transformers movies anymore
  7. Big s
    That sucks, I was very curious about that
  8. Big s
    Lots of YF-19 love going in lately
  9. grogall
    Hobby JAPAN has released more detailed images of Bandai's Hi-Metal R FATTY showing of what parts are metal and some of the opening as well as joints! I must admit that it's somewhat amazing what Bandai has done with this mech! Shows that they are taking their time to give us the best available... Also Hi-Metal really means Metal in this series 🤗 I will work on adding and cleaning up the translation soon!
  10. TangledThorns
    The anime series that follows the manga closely would be more ideal. I think that got cancelled too, ugh.
  11. Seto Kaiba
    Maybe? I think that may be more of a happy accident. None of the sources I've translated thus far have shed any light on the origin/meaning of the Nome family name. It's spelled ノーム, which is used for several different loanwords like Gnome, Noam, and Nome. The most likely explanation I can come up with for their family name is that it is meant to be the same as "gnome", a reference to the earth spirit//fairy of Renaissance folklore that the Nomes of The Wonderful World of Oz are named for. Not that the Nome family of Macross have any real resonance with the folkloric creatures the way Baum's Nomes do.
  12. tekering
    If your hands are clean, you're not doing the work. 😉 I love those welding seams, Cap'. 😍
  13. jvmacross
    nice collection
  14. Test_Pilot_2
    OK, these are super cool. I appreciate you making me aware of them.
  15. Seto Kaiba
    May it stay that way. Hollywood's track record with anime is so bad that all I can do is celebrate the demise of a project like this. The odds of it being another dumpster fire like Cowboy Bebop, Dragonball Evolution, or Speed Racer are far higher than the odds of them producing anything watchable.
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  18. Black Valkyrie
    No please no.
  19. Black Valkyrie
    https://www.toyark.com/2025/06/27/console-heroes-sega-genesis-cartridge-dioramas-565977
  20. Test_Pilot_2
    Here's where it ended up going and some other retro eye candy.
  21. Test_Pilot_2
    Added MUSHA with the display collection up top with some of my other favorites.
  22. Old_Nash_II
    https://screenrant.com/transformers-movie-michael-bay-director-return/ Not everything is victory
  23. Dynaman
    I think you nailed it there. The modern look just doesn't work with this particular story.
  24. Bolt
    This may create a fever dream of possibilities in Hollywood. Someone might be thinking, "now's our chance.." I was never too excited over the live action idea. Between the manga and the anime. It's as good as it could ever be. IMO. But the wasteland of creativity in the film industry surely has some execs pondering the renewed potential. Whether we like it or not.
  25. Thom
    Never interested in the anime, but having it go back to the original publisher could be the best thing. I think it would do better in the smaller Japanese market where there would be far more of a fan-base. Bringing it over here just got it lost amid the Hollywood Shuffle. Plus, if it was made here, you'd probably have another Ghost in the Shell, with its divisive reception.
  26. Old_Nash_II started following AKIRA LIVE ACTION MOVIE = Life Support?
  27. Old_Nash_II
    Great Simon Furman's Ghost Akira is dead! https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/akira-rights-up-for-grabs-warner-bros-1236299695/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLMwmRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFZb1ZiS2t4c1VyZUNxQWRTAR7d7iQowLz4NPWx2CS6KSNHJC5AzEK-aUsRCJCetxp4W_VD6GbnA8ICeCXukQ_aem_xyAcdIkEBFMMSv73skIe6w
  28. jvmacross
    I wonder if BBTS is taking any hit from this shipment in terms of an import tax?
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