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This just in, especially to those living in Honolulu.

http://www.animenews...jima-kazuki-yao

The Hawaii Entertainment Expo (HEX) has announced that Final Fantasygames series composer Nobuo Uematsu, Vocaloid composer livetune, niconico singer Akiakane, voice actress and singer Megumi Nakajima, and voice actor Kazuki Yao will all be attending the October 19-21 convention.

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Actress and singer Megumi Nakajima is best known for voicing Macross Frontier's Ranka Lee. She's also performed the theme songs for both seasons ofLagrange - The Flower of Rin-ne and voiced the character Grania. She was tapped to lend her singing voice to the Vocaloid GUMI, the mascot character for Megpoid's singing synthesizer. She'll be playing the part of Altene "Lene" in this season's sci-fi doll seriesBusou Shinki.

This could be your next shot to meet Ranka in person.

...In the weirdest places? I don't know if they've been posted here before, but these two air show vids might be the better places:

My thoughts exactly. The acting was terrible and they failed to instill a sense of awe and terror into what had happened to the world. I was expecting something along the lines of Mad Max or I am Legend or maybe even Escape from NY, instead I felt like I was watching a fashionably sensible version of Survivor, or maybe a new reality show called Camp Ground Wars...

This is why we have games like Fallout (to explore a postapocalyptic world), and some of us watch old TV shows and old anime.

Truth is, I hardly watched any new TV programs (they seem to be look... boring), and didn't bother about watching what my sister's family leech off to watch.

Also, judging from the preview vid, the premise sounds too close to Jericho, which kind of gone nowhere after guessing too long as to who started what caused the collapse of America.

And... does The Postman -- THAT movie -- ring a bell?

Found this on my favorite usual newsblog -- Yaraon.

http://www.4gamer.net/games/185/G018559/20120922012/

I'll never forget this guy's baritone... and his arse in Armageddon. Thanks, Big Man Duncan.

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In the same way their oddball entrepreneurs make funny blatant imitations of brands and logos, and then bolt them to their storefronts. Or create a MacF knockoff.

Either way, I just can't embrace the phenomenon, it's not for me because I have a soft spot for human imperfection.

"Puny god".

So pricelessly funny and ironic.

So its 2012 and...well at least they finally got that spelling right. Right?

In my country some will think it's a new cellular phone service promotion.

Just a few weeks ago we had Curiosity safe on the surface of Mars, and then this.

We raise a toast to the man who's synonymous with legend, among the rare few who went to the Moon and back.

Thank you.

Time for me to buzz the control tower.

Here's some more info on this very bad idea. I like where one reporter asks “You know what Battle Royale is about, right? I mean, you aren’t really going to have a show at this moment in the media landscape that’s about high school kids killing other high school kids, are you?” Anyway, here's the article from EW.com: http://insidetv.ew.c...-battle-royale/

In the light of one of the worst mass murders in US history, I felt that the timing was pretty bad, and they're having dumb newsies asking stupid questions that would predictably make legislators and other violence-averse people -- the types who want to "save the children" -- panic and shriek.

If you want, we have squadron lithographs of one of our planes (i.e., line scan). When I get home in about 2 weeks, I can scan one... C-130J-30 (Stretch model Super Hercules).

Thanks!

BTW, right now where I'm sitting, I'm cooking up something big for the 30th anniversary, and as always it's WIP.

Even if it looked damn cheesy, in and out, it worked as advertised, and the show sprouted wings in the end. Clearly 0048 may not be a show that everyone could like, nor it'll easily win awards, but here's my final take:

Like some people, I first approached the show with both excitement and trepidation; excited because of the emotional buzz generated by Macross Frontier, and fears because I wondered if this project could fly as a commercial success. To be sure I had to immerse myself into learning much about AKB48 and its sister groups, which took months but somehow I was won over, not just because of the songs nor the girls’ looks, but because of their quirky personalities and imperfections (that is, the kind of homely, down-to-earth beauty you can find and easily talk to in the classroom, rather than, say, at Cannes or Mann’s Chinese Theater on premiere night).

Anyway, after 13 weeks I suffice to say that it was an entertaining journey, an emotional roller-coaster ride that took me away from watching anything else and wait for late Saturday nights, wondering and fearing what would happen next.

An imperfect cocktail of science-fiction fantasy that runs along the lines of a “real-person” fanfiction (RPF) crossed with a tried-and-true musical drama plot out of, say, Western works like Glee, Rock Star or Drumline, yes and while 0048 may not win awards in anything — character design department, voice-acting, plot or screenplay, achieve fantastic sales figures, or convert any viewer into an instant wota — on an emotional level the show hits the right buttons, there was little or even no sugarcoating about the harsh, frank discussions about the realities of idol life (further complicated by the constant threat of the faceless DGTO and its dictatorial leadership, which should’ve given more focus and a face, and why they crack down on pop music), and indirectly a tongue-in-cheek look into producer/songwriter Yasushi Akimoto’s mammoth creation, his pride and joy.

But the season finale was total shock and awe of devastating, dazzling fusion of light and sound that makes viewers get up on their feet and cheer the heroines, just emotionally powerful enough for most to forgive those aforementioned mistakes.

Bottom line, this show is truly for keeps. On my collection shelf, front and center.

Now I'll try to get back to SDFM on my drive, just in time for the anniversary.

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Couldn't find a better hi-res line scan of J models, which left me with that old-school Herc without the now-standard external tanks.

Since some people are still nostalgic, maybe later I'll take a shot at a few VF-1s, now that I have the VF Master File on ready.

Grabbed it fresh.

LOGH is the one epic galactic saga of great and sanctified manliness that everything else is sized up against.

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Sounds real interesting... What episode?

First few pages are Ranka and Sheryl in their underwear.

It'll be off the scale, I'm sure of that.

Squadron 3, RAAF. Note that much of the detailing were based from the F18, and are in high-viz color, and a few elements rearranged to fit with the Messiah's layout.

Also, as many air arms on Earth were integrated into UN and later NUN, along with the eventual standardization of rank, unit and squadron designations, some squadrons were allowed to retain their heritage and past unit histories (i.e. insignia, coolor motifs, emblems, national flag, etc.).

You're referring to one of Hellohikaru's UN Marine Corps Thunderbolt VFs, aren't you?

Yep. Also, to broaden further I'm considering about using foreign naval paint schemes.

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Space Bros and Kids on the Slope are the only few that buck the trend, and then it take much sifting to find real gems that emphasize on real storytelling without having to resort to the usual gimmicks.

Also, there's huge popular interest in Korean entertainment, so much that anime shops overseas board up and file for bankruptcy.

Ah, I love this one...only in Turkey could El Santo and Captain America face off against Spiderman-with-a-mustache...

Speaking of Turkey, they also have a Star Wars rip.

Are the DES forces robots and unmanned weapons/mecha?

As the trainees were told during the selection episode, the DGTO machines are unmanned and programmed combat drones.

So...it's personal, then?

Because you brought up Macross instead of her more recent work, you got upset...so you refuse to buy her more recent work and get disappointed when she points out said more recent work?

As I live in a third-world country without a credit card, I don't have to buy, but I can only provide praise or moral support.

But I'm not angry, just sad.

I'm a normal fan who just happens to have found a new opportunity to rewatch the series after a very long time, and for her to do the unexpected on such a personal level abruptly left me a lasting impression about her personality more than her music.

I would have been happy to support... if only she didn't have to kick my arse twice on both Twitter and Facebook for innocently mentioning Macross in a comment.

Now will you guys excuse me as I get something hard to drink?