Duke Togo

In my opinion, this should be the new MacrossWorld logo. Man, I wanna be in the Gurren Brigade, too. Put that action on my car!

What else are we to assume it is? Its a fairly logical conclusion with what we know so far.

I am sorry, this is probably beyond what is acceptable on these forums, but man... that pic gives me wood.

Think defense contractors in Iraq. Basically, its a paramilitary force, made up of professional soldiers. Or in this case, pilots.

Well, what's puzzling is that these squadrons are now independent contractors.

Wow, this really confuses things even more.

Oh wow, that's basically the Macross F skull logo...

Well, I wouldn't say there's a new Skull. Its clearly a horned animal skull, maybe a bull or an ox.

Episode 26 for me, particularly the rescue scene. One of my all time favorites in anime. Love it, just love it.

I felt like they left so much unanswered, they totally abandoned some elements of the plot, and in the end kinda "half-assed" it. I wish the series was still fresh in my mind, I remember that at the time there were a few things that really bothered me. But really, alot of that can be forgiven, those first 26 episodes are just so good.

Its Samus! From the Galaxy fleet, perhaps?

The end isn't going to make any more sense to you after watching the rest of it. The good news, however, is that those first 26 or so episodes are THAT GOOD, the rest doesn't really matter.

What I am currently using (1680x1050, 22", 30 pixel bias on the bottom to account for the task bar)

Dude, that is so sweet I just crapped my pants. Manly tears, indeed!

The relationships between the characters are what makes this series as good as it is. I don't understand why one would watch it otherwise, its what drives the show.

I just can't see spending 90 bucks on this series. I LOVED it up until around episode 26 (maybe the best 26 episodes of anime I've ever seen), and it really drops the ball badly after that.

Yeah, we're wandering off the reservation again.

A HD transfer is alot different that an HDDVD/Bluray release.

The picture is vastly better on the remaster, but animation (in my opinion) isn't really a format that does well in HD.

Can I get an "Amen"?

The KAA release does use the mediocre (to cringe worthy) Manga subs.

Hmm, paramilitary force would be a bit more accurate. Private contractors. I'm expecting them to come off as hard core professionals, with an attitude.

It wouldn't shock me, as lame as that would be, but I am going to guess, no.

Ok, this smells like they're cooking up friction between the SMS forces and the UN forces in the fleet. The SMS, private contractors made up of people bounced out of the UNS and cocky veterans who left to seek their fortunes with these organizations. This would probably follow in the line of the Guld/Isamu and Gamlin/Basara conflicts.

Ok, I caught the bit in Macross Plus about colony disputes. On a side note, in the same scene, Manga translates reaction weapons as "reflex".