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So they finally got everything from SEED, huh? Wonder how much arm twisting they had to do with Sunrise...Actually they could do ZZ, Turn-A, V, X if they wanted to, but they might come have problems as with Zeta, plus you have Tomino and he might want to do something with ZZ or V before it comes. They could do those series while doing GSD. My guess is they will try to get GSD on CN by the end of the year and DVDs should come soon after. That's assuming their gonna get it on CN. If they don't shoot for CN this time and head straight to DVD first, then I'm thinking autumn/winter release of vol. 1. Regarding Yukikaze, I don't blame Bandai for releasing it as such. It will be almost a year since episode 4 came out on R2 DVD. They can keep waiting or just get episode 3-4 out. As soon as vol. 5 comes out in Japan, they can work on it's release (as vol. 3) in the states.

Actually, as I said earlier, this episode does dive into Shinn's POV and IMO, reinforces it. As much as it was a recap, it's a recap through Shinn's eyes. And I'm more convinced of Shinn's "survivor's guilt". Although I'm probably reading into it too much, I feel it's a good discussion of what's going on in Shinn's head. Shinn started out as a normal kid. The ideals of ORB allowed him to live his life mostly without pain or suffering. And then that life was taken away from him in an instant. The ORB captain said the only thing he could and that was Shinn lived. There was nothing he could have done. And when Shinn left ORB, he left his former life. And he chose to blame Athha for the death of his family. But Athha was trying to protect the life that people, like Shinn, were living. It may have been a broken dream but it did allow Shinn to lead a normal life for a time. And Athha was right. The blame did go on him. But Shinn chose to condemn the entire Athha family for one man's faults. Shinn then goes on but never answers why his family died. The simple answer was, it happened. There was nothing he could do. And ORB was trying to protect not only Shinn's family, but everybody else. It was chance that his family was caught in the crossfire. It was a mistake and shouldn't have happened yet it did. As much as you try to prevent it or try to correct it, things still happen. Kira and Athrun realized it the hard way. Now Shinn has that power to protect the things he cares about most. But in that, he's blinded by what he felt when his family died. He dwells back onto that moment. When Shinn defeated the EA fleet outisde of ORB, I didn't see the SEED that Athrun, Kira, Cagalli or Lacus had, it was almost the same feeling that Kira had when Tolle died. And to paraphrase a few lines from SEED and ep. 17 of GSD, Shinn will keep killing and killing and killing to do what he thinks is the right thing continuing a never-ending cycle, but in the end, he will just make more Shinns. Someone will come along thinking the same thing and do the exact same thing. Athrun was trying to point that out to Shinn because at one time, Athrun was a Shinn. It's an endless cycle and Shinn just became part of it. When Shinn learns to look outside the cycle, beyond himself, then he may find his answers. Like I said, it's a good discussion to psycho-analyze.

Newtype episode previews of ep. 24 and 25 (and confirmed on Gunota) (actually 21-25, but I already mentioned 21-23...) (Spoilers, highlight to read) Destiny probably pays homage to the V2/Shining designs. Still waiting for some specs though....

Yep.

Bah, why waste time with CN's version. Just buy the DVDs and quit complaining.

Any landing you can walk away from..... After landing, that 0A pilot looked somewhat disoriented (probably due to the landing) as he was walking away. By the time he shook it off, he was already being shot at by Nora. The YF/VF-19 does not use a face curtain. Neither does the YF-21/VF-22, the VF-17, or the VF-1. Most use the middle handle. The only ones we've seen with face curtains are the VF-11 and VF-0. Obviously, you haven't seen M7. Cuz there the people in there know how to eject. The good part was, the missiles were't targeting him. The bad part was, he was in their path and got clipped by a missile. Most likely, Hikaru lost control and the rest is history.

Street date: March 22, 2005. Disco beat me to it. Here's another: http://www.digitaleyes.net/Details.cfm?info=FXD025792

Zeta has a similar paint scheme.

It's called recycling.... Ep. 20 is mostly a clip show with Shinn narrating his POV (which seems like the point of this ep, seeing the world and the 1st war through his eyes). The interesting thing is that the ORB fleet commander was the captain of the refuge ship that Shinn was on and he watched over Shinn till he left for PLANT.

Those parts on it's arms and hands remind me of Shining Gundam....Everything else I said earlier about it seems to have been true. Anti-ship sword on the right, BFG on the left, beam boomerangs on the shoulders. Wings look like those on a GINN...So they took all the good points of Impulse and mixed them in to a Frankenstein-Gundam....Freedom looked better....At least Freedom was quite different from Strike. edit: Now where are the specs on that thing?

It's known as a face curtain. http://science.howstuffworks.com/ejection-seat1.htm Modern ejection seats use the middle handle system as opposed to the face curtain. Although, there are models incorporate both a face curtain and a middle handle still in use. The "face curtain" design is to protect your head from debris and other nasty stuff upon ejection in addition to holding down your head. A similar method is used by passengers on commercial airliners (for those of you who have flown, remember the safety briefing before every flight).

Mine's don't have the problem. In fact, none of my DVDs have that problem. I believe this is just a "handle with care" issue.

And what does this have to do with Macross??? (mods need to move thread, this really belongs in the "Other" section)

Looks very much like a custom so we probably won't see it. Although, I doubt we'll see them through the course of the series. This would probably be something they would leave to MSV to take care of.

Seriously people.....use the freakin "Search" button. http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=13380

Again, it's only a small number of people. To satisfy the general collector, they have to branch out of Macross (as they have been doing). And if international sales are in the single digits, you can't listen to that. They do listen to fans but they also have to listen to profits they earn. But people like you are a small number. Lots of people don't import games. Many people won't spend the money to import. It's not feasible. If the audience is larger, then there is a higher chance that more money can be made.

If it was a double digit number, then I would say it is but if it's a single digit number for international sales...sorry. It's just not the Japanese market. Overall, if Macross toys don't produce the numbers then scaling back on it is the only option. If demand is not as high, why continue to supply the market with it. Collectors are a small market. And it's not worth time and money to focus on a small market. I think for anything significantly new to come to the Macross toy line, there has to be something going on on the video production side of things. And since Kawamori is busy with other projects, I doubt there will be any significant toys in the line-up.

Search for "VF-1D" next time. There are more than 30 topics in which we have mentioned the VF-1D. We have even had a thread on the VF-1D. http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=7263

Does the phrase "Just wait" mean anything? It just aired yesterday. It will be out when it's out. http://www.animesuki.com Speculation at the moment. Dullindal may be the father-figure for Rey (Adopted, biological, test tube experiment, etc). I'm inclined to agree with that speculation. We really can't be sure at the moment but if he is Rey's father-figure, then it's a normal father-son deal. I hope. Nope. They just get referred to as "Archangel and Freedom".

Kinda. Ep. 20 will dive into Shinn's past. Not all of it is a recap though. That ain't Lacus....That's suppose to be Meer. And Meer's version of "Shizukana Yoruni" is really starting to get annoying. The first time wasn't as bad but this time, it's annoying. The thing to pay attention to this episode is why would Dullindal want to know if Athrun heard anything about Archangel and the real Lacus. And the name "Logos" comes up. This might be the group that is beyond Blue Cosmos.

Fangirls (yes that's right fanGIRLS) are gonna have a field day with episode 19.... And yes...next week is a flashback episode. Looks like it's talking for the next month for sure......

BTW, Upcoming character lineart Looks like we'll see Miriallia again to update the answer the previous question about her.

I don't mind the backpack. It makes it look cleaner. This is, compared to this flying Gouf.... Image courtesy of MAHQ.net

And if you read farther down that thread, you'll find out there was a lawsuit. http://www.joegratz.net/archives/2005/02/2...awsuit-no-hoax/ It just took a while to find the case number.

It is Kazutaka Miyatake Design works. Miyatake did designs for both Macross and Orguss (for Macross, he did most of the ships in the series). http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encycloped...ople.php?id=264