Duke Togo

Look, if Sterne turns out not to be a guy, I will STILL refer to him as "he". I'm not some flip flopping politician, I will stick with this to the end!

I would hope so, Kawamori spends so much time "referencing it", LOL.

The secet of the Varja isn't given away in the manga during the period of the next few episodes, so don't expect to learn it next week.

I'm confused. What you are saying is, you'd prefer Kawamori just release a plot summary of the show with some cool mecha pictures? No need to go through this whole television series nonsense?

I don't see how you can look at pictures of Stern and think its a chick. He doesn't look like one in the opening, and he doesn't look like one in the design sketch.

Yeah, that's not what the manga shows.

There is too much unknown right now, none of us may have any idea what is going on. It was just a thought. The one thing the subs on episode 3 made clear, the Varja are not a secret. Atleast one other fleet has been attacked before, if not multiple. I'm just trying to place the blond with Zentradi ears and the mystery variable fighter. Speaking of fleets, we did have a question definitively answered in this episode, the Megaroad and New Macross fleets were not the only ones out there, there were smaller fleets (as many had guessed). This clears up the confusion over fleet numbers.

No. But we've got this blond Stern guy with the Zentradi ears, a variable fighter that looks remarkably similar to the VF-25, and the lobsters that have some markings that remind you of the Aphos in ZERO. Oh, and something has lead us to NUNS. Just a thought. And I've been saying this for years, how long before the UN goes down the same path the Protoculture did (interstellar civil war)?

What would happen if Anti-UN forces got their hands on Protoculture weaponry?

Yeah, I'm starting to get that feeling too. We're all thinking, "ooooh, mysterious aliens!", and they may not be that mysterious after all. Or alien.

Not too shabby. I wouldn't want to have to transcribe some of my favorite songs, let alone one in another language.

` Very nice very nice. How close were you on Triangler?

Wait wait wait, what's this? Need to share with the rest of the class!

No problem here.

I really like the Gattai subs on this episode. Still rough in a few spots, but pretty solid. I wish we here at MW could organize these fansub groups together to put out a single, superior product. I mean, its our bloody show! Anywho, I'm still downloading all the sub releases...

Yeah, that's not happening.

Kojima is publicly stated he isn't happy with MGS4. Anyway, I don't see the cost of a blu ray player equaling a PS3.

Norm?

Eh, its TV music video quality, compressed as mp3.

Perhaps he was a Major in the UN Spacy, and she still calls him by his old rank?

From Nyaa: "Yep, full version! Ripped from the music video." Its still a video rip.

Well, its an audio rip from the OP video.

All things considered, I would guess most people by 2059 have some Zentradi blood in them. There were what, 1 million humans left alive after Space War I? Cloning doesn't explain all of it, there must have been many inter-species unions to rebuild the population of not only Earth, but to populate the new space colonies.

Having watched the sub, I'm a little surprised they seem to be willing to give away the secret of the Varja so soon (sounds like next episode). And I think its pretty clear that Gilliam's body was recycled. Nice to get some more info on Ranka and Ozma. Sounds like Ozma was a pilot in the fleet that Ranka and her family were a part of. After seeing her reaction in the shelter, I wonder if Ozma didn't find her all alone, drifting in an escape pod, clinging to the dead body of her mother or father.

If only they are smart enough to give us a Human/Cylon vs Clyon battle a la Human/Zentradi vs Zentradi!