Graham

Just trying to think of all the possible toy variations that Bandai could make, based on the mecha that has been shown so far in the anime, hobby magazines and the manga: - VF-25S Ozma (grey w/yellow and black trim) with Armored Pack. VF-25S Ozma (grey w/yellow and black trim) with Super Pack. VF-25F Alto (white with red and black trim) with Super Pack. VF-25F(?) Mikhail (blue with white trim(?)) with sniper rifle. (shown in manga and hobby mag). VF-25A(?) Luca (green). VF-25A(?) Cannon Fodder (brown) (shown in hobby mag) VF-171D(?) 2 head lasers. VF-171S(?) (shown in Manga) 4 head lasers. VB-6 Konig Monster. Blue Q-Rau Lambda Red Q-Rau Lambda. Big Red Bug. Little Yellow Bug. Mystery Purple VF. VF-1J Gate Guard. Ghost Drones. Anything else I'm forgetting? Graham

Had dinner with 3 people from Yamato last night and was told the release date for the YF-21 is end of April or early May. Not sure why you guys having been saying it's going to be released on the 9th or 10th April? Graham

Got mine preordered already from amazon.co.jp Graham

Loving the Luca 'A' head on the green VF-25. Graham

Interesting, in that pic from the official website for ep # 2, it looks like Ozuma's VF-25S is fitted with the Super pack instead of the Armored pack. Graham

Also has the TV version glass HUD, as compared with the DYRL holographic HUD. Graham

Based on the Macrossworld poll taken when the Deculture edition aired in December, it scored 82.56%, or 232 out of a 281 Mwers that watched the Deculture edition rated it as 'Oh baby! I need new pants' (highest rating). For the current poll for the broadacst version, there is no category for 'I need new pants'. Only a category, for loved both the Deculture and Broadcast versions, so a direct comparison of polls is not really possible. However the current figures are: 47 out of 77 Mwers (61.04%) voted that they loved both editions. Graham

Signed. Graham

Damn, burnt the file to DVD, but none of my three standalone DVD players will play it. Codecs not right I guess. Have to watch it on my office laptop, as the DVD drive on my ancient, creaking home PC is shot also. Graham

Shinsen did a pretty good Job of the Deculture vesion subs. I think most people here were pretty happy with it. It was certainly light years better than the Seiyan subs version. Graham

Just change the file extension from .mp4 to .avi, that's what I did. Seems to work fine. Graham

Downloading now at 25%. Hopefully less than 15 minutes to go! Graham

With each meeting, I'm trying to persuade them to go for the M7 licence as I think there is definitely enough demand now for a good 1/60 VF-22 Max, Millia & Gamlin, VF-11B/D, VF-17D/S Dimoand Force and VF-17S Milia and VF-19Kai/F/S. Graham

I love the Clash of the Bionoids dub. It's a classic. Back in my younger days, a friend and I when walking back home from the pub drunk, would shout out at every couple we saw "A man and a woman together, it must be Protoculture". We'd usually then fall on the floor in fits of laughter. Seemed funny at the time. Graham

Saw this news on the offial Frontier Blog: Google translation: Guess that means the first episode of Frontier did well in the ratings (2nd place?). Graham

Haven't watched Code Geass myself and have no intention to. For all I know, it may be the most awesome anime in the history of anime, with a kick-ass story, the best music, most interesting characters etc, etc but what I do know is that it has what I personally consider to be really butt-ugly mecha, based on the all the pics I've seen in the hobby magazines. The mecha designs alone are enough to put me off even giving it a chance. Graham

Frontier has had one episode shown so far Code Geass has been on for quite a while already. Of course Code Geass will have more material available. Graham

Yes, the legs and arms can detach on the YF-21. No, you don't have to detach the legs (or arms) on the YF-21 to transform it. Detaching the arms, can make transforming from battroid back to fighter slightly easier under some circumstances though. For the record, I think referring to the YF-21 sans legs and arms as "delimiter mode" is incorrect. IMO, delimiter mode, is just Guld switching of the artificial limits in the flight control software that prevent the YF-21 from exceeding certain speed and G limits, which would otherwise be dangerous to the pilot. This is nothing to do with ejecting the arms and legs. Guld ejected the arms and leg stumps because they were too badly damaged and no longer any use and would have probably added excessive drag. And that fat legged VF-22 lineart only ever appeared in one issue of B-Club magazine IIRC. All other VF-22 line art published in mutiple art books has shown the VF-22 with idenical slim legs to the YF-21 (see pic below for normal legged VF-22 compared with YF-21). Graham

Chapter 4, page 36. That's the final page for this chapter. Graham

Chapter 4, page 35. Graham

Chapter 4, page 34. Graham

Chapter 4, page 33. Graham

Chapter 4, page 32. Graham

Chapter 4, page 31. Graham

Chapter 4, page 30. Graham