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I'm gonna go with the Compendium on this one.

Damn, nevermind. Someone reposted the RAW of episode 1, and I got all excited for a second.

Egan Loo has her as "Lanka".

Aniserv is down.

Ok, I call BS on that first shot of Sherly, no human being can sit on the floor like that. I mean, come on, look at her legs!

Is that Alto hurling toward the end, there?

One thing to keep in mind, if there have been any thoughts to releasing this outside of Japan, they've already discussed it. The legal issues are well known at this point, and they'd have to a plan in place to make it happen in a timely matter (whether as Macross F or under some other title).

I'm with Zinjo on this one, I find it unlikely that they just casually threw that together with little thought. I don't think we'll really know until the Chronicles are out. I could be wrong, but that wouldn't say much for the folks working on the series.

Its not out yet, I blame Azrael.

Egan knows the deal, I tend to go with his info, but does it take any effort to get past continuity right in that opening scene? I find it hard to believe Kawamori is that lazy, and he knows the affection the fans have for the old characters. I am leaning towards some sort of retcon until I see something more concrete.

License to love triangle

You know, I look at Alto, and I can imagine him going through this entire series in a perpetual state of "face palm".

Direct linking isn't going to work, its not showing up.

"Battle" may just be a generic term as well. And I'm fairly certain all of the New Macross class vessels are designated as "Macross-XX".

But she's listed as being married on the old Compendium, so I am going to assume that's official.

Yay, another day to spend infront of my PC, scanning the various sites for a RAW.

Because I'm Italian, of course!

Not quite what I meant, but I certainly remember it coming across to me that he was hoping it would be something that would play well here. Anyway, enough of the tangent. Episode 2 is out tomorrow, no?

I read through part of this, skimmed over parts, and I generally agree. The "Lucas raped my childhood" crowd disgusts me, for the reference and the absurdity. However, I am guilty of totally falling out of love with Braveheart after learning what a sham the history portrayed in the film was.

Bah, can't find it. New boards only go back to 2003. Anywho, I was talking about a western influence on Macross 7. That is what I meant by saying he had us english speaking folks "in mind".

I don't believe this is the interview I was thinking of, but it does have a bit about what I was talking about (and your mention of Max and Milia): "Also, when I went to the United States, I talked to many people and they all liked Max. Perhaps Americans like "genius pilots" better than Japanese do...? I thought that kind of popularity might prove valuable later down the line, and in a certain sense, it has. You could say the idea to bring Max and Miria back (in Macross 7) was an idea that was born during a visit to the US." and "Also, I'm hoping Macross 7 can make it on the air in the US" This doesn't really get into what I was talking about, though. We had a discussion about this a LONG time ago, years ago. Back like 2000-ish. I should poke around here, see if I can find it.

Its Greek, and they pronounce it more or less correctly in E7. Personally, I'm sold on Mikhail Buran being Russian.

Now that would make more sense.

Huh what? I never said there was a planned US release.

But what about his ears!