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Does anyone know where I can find certain information on Shoji Kawamori that you can't normally find in wikipedia. I remember reading somewhere that he graduated as an aircraft engineer and learned to how to fly a fighter with Miyatake at some point. I would most appreciate if you can provide links to it since I can't seem to find it here or through google.
He entered university majoring in aerospace engineering but never graduated because his Studio Nue work was just too intensive. Had he not given up his studies, we would not have had DYRL. He had the opportunity to fly in a friendly dogfight, but it was with Ichiro Itano, not Miyatake.
Most of this information can be found in Japanese-language interviews in books and the blu-ray commentaries, etc.
We did an extra-long podcast on the Kawamori exhibition in Takarazuka last year which sort of serves as a retrospective of his life and work, but yeah, I would like eventually (sooner rather than later) do something which is more structured and has more of a narrative, because there is a lot of information out there already that has not been translated completely... A lot of interesting quirks of his can inform us of where his ideas in his shows come from, such as how he lets the weeds just take over his garden because that's the way to fully recreate and observe nature.
Anyway, if you have the time and interest, here you go..
Part 1:
http://www.macrossworld.com/speakerpodcast-ep-31a-shoji-kawamoris-the-henkei-part-1/
http://www.macrossworld.com/speakerpodcast-ep-31b-shoji-kawamoris-the-henkei-part-2/
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The latest Super Robots show had NINE Macross songs?! Wow.
Will this be released on BD?!'
Very unlikely... to "no".
By the way, this week most of the podcast crew are at AnimeExpo!!
I will be there giving a talk about sci-fi, robots, idols, magical girls and how some things have changed and some have not in the past few decades... Which means, a lot of Macross content!
If you have time, check it out!
Details:
https://animeexpo2016a.sched.org/event/7QQB
Also I prepared some work related to "Shirobako" (if you're a Macross fan you should watch it because of a very "Ichiro Itano"-like character) which should hopefully be on display at the PA Works booth that Save will be prowling around, so keep a lookout!
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Yes, and I will be there giving a talk about sci-fi, robots, idols, magical girls and how some things have changed and some have not in the past few decades... Which means, a lot of Macross content!!
If you have time, check it out!
Details:
https://animeexpo2016a.sched.org/event/7QQB
Also I prepared some work related to "Shirobako" (if you're a Macross fan you should watch it because of a very "Ichiro Itano"-like character) which should hopefully be on display at the PA Works booth that Save will be prowling around, so keep a lookout!
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Renato, i think it is hard for us who have never visited Japan to actually understand this issue. We always hear and read that anime is a sub-culture and not really part of the mainstream in Japan. We read that anime fans are called derogatory names, etc. At the same time, this seems contradicted by images we see of Japanese youth and adults carrying their manga on the subway and akihabara scenes. And everyone I ever met from Japan loves Heidi, Totoro and Yamato. So, it seems to me there is fine line between what is mainstream and what is not which we cannot understand from afar.
So my question is, what would qualify as really sub-culture in Japan? Is it any type of mecha sci-fi anime like Macross, or is it something more like Moe, etchi, loli, or Hentai which is clearly looked down upon in the mainstream?
Even my question seems contradicted by all that we hear about nudity being TOTALLY NORMAL in Japan, which I find hard to believe given its conservative society. I'm sure you've heard that response on the web hundreds of times, when someone questions nudity or etchi in anime, and the response is, "You clearly don't understand the cultural differences".
Would be good to hear actual feedback from someone on the ground.
Well, it will take me a while to get a really in-depth answer out and I have to leave in a minute, but it has to do with group dynamics in Japanese society. In the West, subcultures eventually grow and permeate the mainstream, whereas in Japan, they tend to gather momentum on their own and develop into a really deep core group, always keeping a distance from the mainstream. So there is always a gap in between the two. That's partly why we couldn't measure the popularity of Delta last week, such as there is such a measurable variable. However, on occasions where these groups do have some interaction with the mainstream, such as the Mini Concert, the magnitude of the core fandom is really palpable. At the same time, I overheard a couple with a small child passing through this chaos, who clearly just wanted to do some shopping, saying, "Macross? What's Macross? Do you know?" "Nah... never heard of it" and they walked off. Not only does the subculture not really interact much with mainstream culture, but the mainstream is also dismissive of it. And that has to do partly with population demographic breakdown, but now I'm really pushed for time, sorry!
Finally was able to hear one of your podcasts in it's entirety. Good job guys, thanks.
I'm surprised to hear from you that there's early indications that this might be as popular as Frontier was. I guess it'll all be revealed when that first BD goes on sale.
The bit about Patrick Stewart lifting the little baby made me spit out my beverage in laughter.
As popular as Frontier? Well... Here's a photo of the crowd for the so-called "MINI CONCERT" on Saturday (official photo by Victor Entertainment).
THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING!!!
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The discussion, particularly your (Renato's) comments on anime consumption came as a surprise. No doubt that was more to my lack of familiarity with actual Japanese life, than the image I've formed in my mind having grown up with giant robots and ninja science teams.
On the other hand, mecha anime is still getting made, and for that I'm grateful. You guys began to touch on streaming and that's interesting because it's impacting everything, everywhere at once. Hopefully, it will help Macross and anime in general bloom.
Well, it's sort of a counter-intuitive phenomenon from a Western perspective, because there is more anime actually being made now than at any other point, but until very recently, it has all been relegated to late-night time slots, meaning they are geared towards pre-existing anime fans. It still remains to be seen just how much of a game-changer streaming will be, but having anime merchandise and events gradually appear around town is something that has been becoming more and more prevalent.
One concern is that, although there are now numerous streaming platforms like Bandai Visual, D-anime Store, PSN, etc., the major ones are actually based outside Japan: Crunchyroll, Hulu, Netflix, Amazon... They are aggressively moving into the anime market and going beyond simple licensing and now entering co-production negotiations. This means that they are beginning to consider tailoring content for the overseas market. Obviously this is not the first time this has happened (Kimba the White Lion, Ghost in the Shell, etc.), nor will it affect Macross immediately because of you-know-who, but it will probably change some things, fairly rapidly, I imagine.
Sorry this is starting to go a little off-topic
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Haha, that's OK, An-an has had some really racy covers in the past, for all the perceived conservative image of mainstream Japanese society, it's actually really quite boundary-breaking. Cover stories about healthy sex life with tasteful nudes are popular with women here, which may be surprising to some. I have never, ever seen anime characters on the cover, though. This is unprecedented, and prolific anime critic and writer Yuichiro Oguro has already stated that this is epoch-making, and people will be talking about this for years to come. Now that the precedent is set, I would like to see more such things, like Delta, for instance, make the leap towards more visibility.
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Listeners of the last SpeakerPODcast episode: Regarding the popularity of Delta and how it compares to other big hitters like Osomatsu-san... Well, look at what has just been revealed. Osomatsu is on the cover of An-an. This is huuuge. An-an is a fashion magazine with great historical importance in terms of the rise of youth culture in Japan in the 60s, 70s and 80s. Absolutely nothing compares to this!
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Maybe the Windermerean's not only have short lifespans due to their extreme physical abilities, but also physically age faster? So someone in their 20s looks like they are in their 40s?
Depending on the timespan of the series, this could potentially lead to Freyja aging during the course of the show, if my theory is correct.
Yeah, that would actually be very interesting!
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You should take photos and post them, showing all the different versions of home video for the film over the years. That would be awesome.
Did that ages ago
:http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?app=galleryℑ=7176
(Actually, I just noticed, it needs to be updated)
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The only official releases with English subs AFAIK are the Macross Plus Remastered set that just came out, which has the original Japanese produced dub and subs and I believe MF Wings of Goodbye has official subs, I cannot recall if False Diva does or not...
Actually, the Shudista box set has both Frontier movies subtitled in English, and I will add that the subs on that are much better than the Macross Plus ones, because the SpeakerPodcast crew actually worked on them (The Plus ones had some weird choices, and sometimes bad grammar). I think we did a pretty good job, but then I'm biased, obviously
We actually did a presentation about some of the issues regarding that whole thing at MacrossworldCon 2014. -
Good news everyone! According to one of our sources, it turns out that the first Delta mini-live show will be showing this May! While it's only a month a way, it's fun to think of how much more material from the show we will know about by then. I for one, am excited...Not that I'll make it to the show itself, but it'll be cool to see recordings if they ever come out.
Well, that was announced during the broadcast of ep.1 last week; the really BIG news is that there is going to be a full, proper Walkure concert in August in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya!
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I can't imagine them only putting subs on one disc. The descriptions for the later discs will be updated as the content is decided, at the moment they probably don't even know what kind of bonus stuff will go on each disc yet (who's on the commentaries, etc)..
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That's nonsense. A handful of episodes of light-heartedness don't set the tone for the entire series. Nothing says "whimsical" like an idol singer getting slapped around by her abusive manager/cousin/whatever, who is a drunk, while trying to rebuild civilization in the ruins of humanity. Good times. Or our hero's sempai bleeding out on the couch of his girlfriend. Or hundreds of thousands of civilians being obliterated in what amounts to a military accident when a shield overloads on our beloved SDF-1. Or any one of a thousand things that actually set a fairly serious tone for the series.
Some of you guys really need to go back and rewatch SDF Macross (or, perhaps, watch it for the first time). Certainly, the franchise has evolved and diversified since then, but to say the original didn't have a serious tone is revisionist nonsense.
Edit: heck, i totally forgot to mention that our idol was used as a weapon of psychological warfare.
I don't think it's "revisionist nonsense". It depends on what frame of reference people had when they watched Macross. For anime viewers in Japan coming off Zambot 3, Gundam, Ideon etc. just prior to SDFM, and following it with Votoms, Layzner, etc... Yeah, it is comparatively rather light-hearted in tone. It is like a fun, soft filling sandwiched in between a lot of doom-laden anime series that are rather depressing in comparison, really. If, on the other hand, you are comparing it to Transformers, Thundercats, Silverhawks, MASK and Thundarr the Barbarian, then, yes, it looks like a militaristic hard SF space opera.
Edit -- Let me take it a little further. Delta is a lot more military/hard SF/space opera-like than Adventure Time, Legend of Korra, Family Guy and Steven Universe, etc..
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I think they always allowed DVDs and BDs, just not games, which is what they changed recently.
I seem to remember, many people overseas bought the Macross Plus sets from them but they were not allowed to purchase the first DYRL BD and Sayonara no Tsubasa, etc., because they were technically labelled as "games", (as they were published by Banda-Namco).
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can I use my us amazon account on amazon.jp? (sorry but I've never shopped from an international amazon before).
No, I don't think so, unless they changed it. I made two separate accounts years ago because of that.
EDIT -- I remembered it's a little confusing, because the AmazonUK accounts and AmazonUS accounts ARE interchangeable, though!
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Why don't you guys grow up. This group trolling is getting ridiculous. We tried to stay quiet so you can let it go back to normal but you insist on making it worse.
If it looks like group trolling, it's because we're all getting our info at the same time. I honestly didn't know Jasonc and HannouHeiki and Davidwangchoi were posting. In fact, I don't even know who Davidwangchoi is outside of these boards (sorry, no offense, dude!). My point is, there is no conspiracy, so let's just be happy that there are subtitles on this thing.
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Here is the Tweet in question -- yes, it's true, the listings do indeed show English subtitle options in the Blu-ray releases!!
https://twitter.com/gwyncampbell/status/716823438229315585
REJOICE!!
Also, we should probably all just follow Tochiro on Twitter for the latest updates
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I linked to his Twitter post, rather than hot linking the pic like most would, for the reason of giving him credit.
But people who don't listen to the podcast would not know that that is Tochiro from MW. They would think it's just a random guy on Twitter.
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I knew this picture had to exist alone, without anyone else covering her up (because almost every time they show the triangle using this pic of Mirage, they're all positioned a bit differently)
What a great picture. I wonder who took it. Oh, wait, it's Tochiro again.
AGAIN.... Credit where credit is due, please.
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Still don't see Jetfire, I see Macross The First Red and a Blue version.
But those have white nosecones. These ones are coloured. Jetfire has a red nosecone.
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Also: More news from AnimeJapan2016:
It's confirmed -- JETFIRE is in Macross Delta!! (Or at least a VF-1 that looks identical to him!)
:oHow crazy would it be if Bandai/Arcadia released a VF-1 in an Autobot Jetfire scheme, eh??
(Oh and before you ask, no, I did not take any pictures. Tochiro did, though...
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More news from AnimeJapan2016: Confirmed -- JETFIRE is in Macross Delta!! (Or at least a VF-1 that looks identical to him!)
How crazy would it be if Bandai/Arcadia released a VF-1 in an Autobot Jetfire scheme, eh??
(Oh and before you ask, no, I did not take any pictures. Tochiro did, though...
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Lord Voldemort?
No, it was Tochiro. But yeah, who cares who breaks the news.
To clarify -- The official Delta Twitter did not name Miranda as the mother of Mirage, that info came from Shoji Kawamori himself at a live stage show this afternoon that the SpeakerPODcast members attended, and immediately posted on social media.
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From you-know-who
Shoji Kawamori has just confirmed that Mirage is the daughter of Miranda Jenius, Max's 6th daughter, who was born in 2026.
He has a name.
Hana Sugisaki (Chie's daughter?)
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Yeah, we did talk about it on the podcast a while back. This is her, if you want to know what she looks like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taaTnPsfCi4
Here she is playing opposite a very, very famous celebrity, everyone in Japan knows who this guy is.