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Okay......touchy subject.

Many people on this board are too old for the target demographic. As for wanting to do something new....he's said that many times that each Macross does things just a bit different from the rest. This ain't your daddy's Macross.

I'll just link this since it's too much to list. Gunota translation Original article w/ pics I'm liking the designs for Exia (Strike), Dynames (Buster), and Kyrios (Aegis)...Virtue feels like The O. Virtue's pilot....someone wanna check that translation and make sure it refers to a "he" and not a "she".

Besides it being clearly marked as fake?

Caprica is looking at 2008, and RDM and David Eick have enough on their plate until next year so I don't think we'll be hearing anymore for a while.

Remember these are rough sketches, not actual drawings. Things can change in the final design The battroid seems to be following an Aquarion/M0/Eureka 7 feel to it. The heads (hero/cannon fodder heads) remind me more of those series so that looks seems to be where we're heading. It looks like he wants to separate the feet from the main engines ala-the-VF-22 but that could change. The fighter design-direction reminds me more of a VF-5000. It looks like a modern VF-5000-ish design with both fighter and battroid mode. I wonder if he's gonna stay in that direction.

All signs point to no.

That's more than I was expecting...I was expecting only a page or less.... Judging by how the SV-51 started and how it ended up, I won't put much with those sketches either. Although, it would be nice to see what direction he's going in.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news07/070608j.php And 2 semi-spoiler-ish follow-up blog posts @ Galactica Station Link1 Link 2

OAVs in general have declined over the years since OAVs get less press time compared to TVs or movies. Erratic release times, buying something that no one has seen beyond promotional material,... etc. Chances of a show airing on TV are greater. Chances of a net OAV are greater these days now, but still lower than a TV or movie release. M0 took almost a year to come out from start to finish. To keep interest going, people have to be reminded of it and a OAV can't do if it has an erratic release schedule.

You know, it's kinda amazing that lot of people still have trouble realizing this. SDFM was made for kids in the 80s. M+/M7 for kids of the 90s, now we have this new show made for kids of today.

Remeber, Hikaru was only 16 years old at the start of SDFM, so teens in Macross are not uncommon. Also, it could be read as the story is being taken from the POV of a teenager.

The official Transformers theme from Mute Math on their MySpace Page: Link Feels slow...

You're kinda late to say that.... Simply put, marketing a robot show to 40+ year olds (i.e. the UC fans) is quite hard. This is why they've gone to novels like Gundam Unicorn. As good as the UC-continuity maybe, the fan base for it is not the same age it was 30 years ago. You can't market a cartoon to 40 or 50-somethings. And the kids these days aren't gonna watch a 30-year old show. Translation from Gunota (Link) Interesting that we see Europe in the fold of this.

Even if it isn't Linkin Park, my ears still hurts.

We call them mobile armor....

...my virgin ears....

Use the newbie thread for quick questions.

I don't know about that prequel talk...Cuz the UC timeline is pronounced 00xx (double-O followed by the number). This series is pronouced Gundam 00 (double-O).

Talk about a long list of contributing mecha designers (confirmed by the Sotsu Agency)...

Most likely, October. Assuming they even know enough to say anything.

Not really. The AEUG was more of a resistance group against the corruption of the Titans. The AEUG is more along the lines of rebellion rather than peace. The AEUG is the opposing force against the Titans. It sounds as if Celestial Being is putting itself between 2 opposing forces and bringing about a forced peace. This is similar to the FMP-concept of Mithril or the Gundam pilots from Wing, or the Three-Ship Alliance in SEED (not GSD). It's a clear 3rd party who is stepping in between 2 opposing sides.

The label "Macross 25" is probably the working title/generic title until the official announcement (like "Batman Begins 2", or "Rocky VI"). If I start hearing people call it Macross 25... Mecha Designer...like no one saw that coming. Kawamori being Executive Producer is no big deal, somewhat expected actually. Hopefully, we have a good director coming on board.

Some info from Newtype (via AnimeSuki.com): I sense a blend of the Wing boys here. The translated name of his Gundam is Gundam Excia. Mithril? I'm getting that Wing and Mithril-feeling. One group of people seem to have the best toys.... Here's our Minovsky drives. Minovsky particles. Sounds like we'll be lite on space colonies...

Kunio doesn't really do much design these days. A few suits here and there. He just makes them more Gundam-ish. Most of the principal work is done by a different artist. And this is starting to feel more Wing/X/FMP-ish. I can see at the end that it will be 2 large groups fighting and the Gundams getting into the middle of it all.