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Stonewell Bellcom no long exisits as a separate entity. According to the Macross Compendium, Shinnakasu Heavy Industry and Stonewell Bellcom merged in 2012 to form Shinsei Industry. I do think the VF-25 looks like a Shinsei design. The VF-171 is almost certainly a General Galaxy design (unless General Galaxy were bought out sometime between 2045 and 2059). The mystery VF featured in the opening also looks more like a General Galaxy design IMO. Of course, by 2059, there may be some new players in the VF manufacturing business that we don't know about yet. Graham

Even if we don't see much action from SMS in the next episode, I hope we do finally get to see the Galaxy's VF-171s in battroid mode defending the fleet. The VF-171 seriously needs some more air time. Graham

I loved that we got more aerial shots of the inside of Island 1 at the start of this episode. Really agve a better idea of the size. It actually looks like a pretty nice place to live. Graham

Wonder what's causing the delay with the AiA sub? They were pretty quick with the other episodes. Graham

I have a feeling episode 6 won't have a lot of action, but I think episoode 7 will be action packed. This is just my guess, but I think episode 6 will consist mostly of more character development, especially for Alto, Sheryl and Ranka. I have a feeling we could be in for a very emotionally charged scene if Ranka confronts Alto and Sheryl about their kiss. Also, I think episode 6 will consist of a scene between (spoiler tag added for those that have not read the manga). I think that we won’t see the SMS ship launching until near the end of episode 6 and the episode will likely end on a cliffhanger with the SMS forces encountering a large force of Vajra attacking the galaxy fleet. Graham

Yes, most of us here have watched it many, many times already. Graham

The fact that the red Vajra has energy converting armor only strengthens the protoculture or Supervision army connection IMO. Energy converting armor was somthing that AFAIK, humanity reverse engineered from the ASS-1 wreckage, so it is very, very old tech by galactic standards. Graham

Likely a much stronger/more efficient form of energy converting armor than on the Valks. Graham

I'm also getting more of a scout/fast courier vibe from it, not a varible fighter. Graham

May 10 is when the next issue of New Type magazine is published. The result of the VF-25 naming contest will be published in this issue. Graham

Nope, the plane that folds in at the end of episode 5 is completely different to the mystery VF in the opening animation. Graham

Cool! It's nice that we are getting some gashapons, but I just wish they weren't Super Deformed. Graham

When you see and handle these figures in person, they are really nice. Pretty damn good articulation, that the photos don't really take advantage of. Graham

Wow, first time to see that pic of a FP equipped VF-4. Anybody know which book or magazine it's from? Graham

Honestly, what do you expect? It's only about half a day since it first aired on Japanese TV. Patience. Graham

Yeah, I also doubt that Jeffrey Wilder is the owner or CEO or head honcho of SMS. He's probably just the local commander of the SMS forces that are stationed in the Frontier Fleet. I'm making an assumption here, but I'm assuming that there's more to SMS than what we have seen and just like modern day private military contractors that have operations all around the world, SMS may actually be a much larger organisation with operations going on all over the galaxy. Graham

That is a really well done picture. I'm lovin' it. Graham

Page 39. The Dekarucya Frontier page is back! I wish somebody would translate these. That's the end of chapter 5. Chapter 6 will be out on May 26th. Graham

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Page 36 and page 37, which is a double page spread. Hopefully, somebody with more time than me can edit them together. Graham

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Page 34. More hot VF-171 battroid mode action. I hope we get this in the anime. Graham

Page 33. Some hot VF-171 action. Graham

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