Dynaman

The art is great, I'm still thinking of ordering a copy - anyone know if I'll still be able to get it for a decent price in a couple weeks?

I watch and enjoy both. Back when Robotech was originally on I had given up on anime, I had seen Star Blazers and loved it, but I also thought it was just a fluke... When a friend recommended Robotech - saying it was as good as SB I gave it a try, even though I was not expecting much... Even with the rough edges I saw that it was something different, a mix of action and character growth - which we have to remember was pretty much unheard of on prime time televison at the time (looking back I can't think of any examples at all till Babylon 5) From there I looked for and found an Anime group, and saw the original Yamato movies (Farewell got me hooked on that franchise all over again), Vampire Hunter D, and others. So I give RT it's due, it was what opened the floodgates (and videotape) to Anime in the US. Generally I'll take Macross over RT, but Macross 7 is right out - I'd rather watch the original RT over that any day, so each franchise has it's clunkers. The RT books on the other hand are excellent (although End of the Circle gets too wierd for my taste). I better quit rambling before I really go off kilter...

For me it's Misa, from the first time I saw the character (First I saw was RT's version of Global's report, I kinda got lucky just randomly starting to watch the series with that episode - luckier would have been seeing it from the first episode of course). PS - but don't tell my wife...

Hi Pete: Can't argue with you, you could be right. It's just that later dialog does not seem to add up - the trip to the forest / woods being an example, it sounds more like a first date rather then getting back together. The bridge bunnies especially, they are happy Misa has a date rather then saying they are happy she and Hikaru are getting back together. Be that as it may, here I am still dying to know what happened to these two characters 25 years later - the show certainly did something right! (just got my first and second set of the Animego DVDs, 3rd is on the way - so I'll be watching it all again)

OOps - double post

Were they supposed to have been romantically involved? Maybe it was bad translation (I've recently watched the ADV version, still didn't seem like they were more then just friends at that point - but I don't know of female friends that clean up the house...) Thanks! PS - I'd put DYRL as my favorite, strictly for the scene where Hikaru chooses Misa after Minmey runs off (he was obviously about to tell Minmey that when Misa walked in). The reason is the emotion Misa's Voice Actress put into it - she really sounded like someone trying to hold it all together, but just couldn't... (but the movie needs the TV series as a reference or it just doesn't fill in enough details)

Agreed - I always wondered if the last few episodes would have worked better if Misa and Hikaru had some kind of falling out in episode 28, rather then Hikaru not having made up his mind yet. The last few episodes could have been the two of them remembering what it is attracted them to each other in the first place. (Yup, I'm a new guy just coming out of Lurker mode)