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Hey TF fans, 1) What is up with Alternator Wheeljack? I have NEVER seen him in a store, EVER. I wanted him pretty bad too. 2) When are we going to see some Alternator-type jets? I heard a rumor about it, but will it ever happen?

Top five reasons Mospeada is better than Macross: 5) The animation doesn't suck in every other episode (thanks to Anime Friend, who curiously enough did production on Mospeada) 4) Mospeada has TWO kick-ass transforming fighter jets 3) Ray 2) The bath scene 1) TRANSFORMING MOTORCYCLES!

Oh yeah, the Inbit rocked! I actually think they were pretty hilarious -- they do great physical comedy. I laughed when I first saw the scout Inbit (Eager) point at something. It was just so funny how he did it, and the timing cracked me up. Also, when the Refles asked a Grab if he wanted to evolve, and the Grab just kind of shrugged nervously like "Er, wha-- me? Uh..."

I'll admit, I like all the Robotech music better than the Macross, Southern Cross, or Mospeada music (with the exception of the Minmei/Minmay songs). I absolutely love the Robotech BGM and theme. Mospeada's music was still decent, though. I think Mospeada wasn't a big hit in Japan because it was too good -- the lil kids just couldn't absorb all the coolness. Renato, rightstuf.com has the Mospeada box set for 25.99 right now (It doesn't include Love, Live, Alive though). I don't know if they ship internationally, but I'd ship it to you if you want it. EDIT: Oh yeah, England is in a different DVD region...whoops. Cyclone, your LLA picture page isn't working -- none of the pictures load. Oh yeah, MGREXX, get the hell out of my thread!

I think they showed it as Macron One in the US.

The Robotech version is good, but I like the original better, mainly because the dialog is better. As for Mint, I thought she was pretty adorable in the original version. Her character added a lot of humor. The part where was hilarious...mostly because it was so shocking.

Man, I think Mospeada may beat out Macross for my favorite anime of all time. I just watched the series -- I had seen most of Robotech: The New Generation, but seeing Mospeada with the original (non-cheesy) dialogue and remastered footage made it many times better. This confirms why I don't like new anime...old shows like Mospeada just blow everything else out of the water. Man. The characters were great, the mechas were awesome, the story was beautiful, and the dialog was natural and non-retarded. Hell, the dialog was as intelligent as any American TV show I've seen recently. That's why I love old anime. It's not insulting. *Sigh* Now I'll have to find out how to get Love Live Alive. Any tips on that?

Damn, cool stuff drifand! That's the type of old-school stuff I like: Mospeada, Orguss, Dorvack...did I see a Srungle in there? Anyone have some Gall Force or Megazone stuff?

Gunbuster! Those look pretty sweet. I bet they are rare, since ebay & hlj both have nothing like those. Gasaraki! I like those mechs (not surprising since the mecha designers worked on Mospeada, BGC, Patlabor, and Gundam collectively). Unfortunately I watched two eps of the show and couldn't take any more.

I was checking out my newly-acquired Artmic Bible and damn there is some cool mecha in there. I especially like the stuff from Megazone and Gall Force, but I have never seen any kits for those shows for sale anywhere. So I thought, why not ask the guys on Macross World? If you have pics of your non-Macross mecha, I'd love to see them. Toys, models, whatever. I'm dying to see what you got.

Doh! I should have known. Now I'm not sure if I want them... Thanks for the answer!

Anyone know exactly what a Japanese "Film Comic" is? There's an old one for Mospeada I'm thinking of getting. But what is it? Is it stills from the anime put into a book form? Or is it original art? Thanks!

Me too. It's really hard for me to like anything after 1995, and I don't know why. I actually determined the cut-off point based on what I like and don't like, and not the ten-year rule.

You're prerequisites disqualify 99% of new anime, you know. That's the whole thing I'm getting at here. (And no, 99% of old anime did not suck too. Maybe 50%.) Anyway, I've been on the search for new anime that I might like. So far, I've found 2 that might be good. Princess Ai looks good solely on the character design of the main character. She looks friggin' hot, and looks like an adult. Plus, she's reminscent of the older style of anime. The other one that looks interesting is Burst Angel. The chicks look pretty hot (though their faces are plain), and theres decent robots. I watched one episode of it from a promotional DVD, and it seemed okay. I don't know anything about these two animes other than what I just mentioned, so if you have any opinions, let me know. My hatred of old anime has been pretty cool though, because I realized that I should blow my money on old stuff instead, and this has resulted in much happiness. I bought the old Artmic Design works book, and the stuff in that book blows me away. I definitely need to check out all of the Gall Force shows, as well as Megazone. Beautiful characters, beautiful Mecha. And then I'm gonna watch BGC again. I also bought the Mospeada and Southern Cross DVD sets. I was watching Mospeada today and hoo-boy is it good! Way better than the Robotech version, and simply, a masterpiece. The characters were loveable, and I was sucked into the story immediately. Looking at my Artmic Book and watching Mospeada, I've come to realize that I'm right. New anime is garbage. Not because it's new...because it sucks. I don't know why -- maybe it's marketed only to young kids now, maybe all the talent moved to the video game industry, or maybe there's something in the water making us more stupid. People like me are accused of being under the influence of nostalgia. That's right: I definitely wish to return to the time that anime didn't suck. That doesn't mean that I'm biased. You know what really makes people biased? Novelty. New anime is given way to much credit...because it's new. But it still sucks. It's all good though. I bought 4 first-print No Need for Tenchi graphic novels off eBay for $5, as well as all 8 Outlanders volumes for $10. All in wonderful condition. So, liking the old stuff has its perks.

I see a lot of the YF-19 in those designs...

I'm just glad she looks semi-pretty and of legal age, unlike the girls in 90% of new anime.

That looks like it's from the animation, while the Rick Hunter pic is from the comic. Am I right?

Man, if we militaries become successful in contracting real working battlesuits, war might becomes so cool that we won't hate it.

Yeah man, pretty much everything I knew about Japanese animation as a kid was what I read in Animerica, plus a few Animags & Protoculture Addicts. I just found out that Animerica is no more! June was their last issue. How upsetting! If they were still publishing I'd get a subscription. I might subscribe to Protoculture Addicts instead.

Yes! Thank you! I knew someone here could help me out. Anyway, I thought it also had a little bit of info on DYRL. I remember a picture of Breetai in his DYRL form. And, I remembered having a magazine with that Pony-Toy-Go-Round ad! So it must have been this one. Hell, I think that's why I bought it. Thank you so much, Seven! If I can't find that issue in my mom's garage, I'll have to try to get it online.

I just found a crapload of my old Animerica magazines in my mom's garage. I'm stoked about it, but I noticed one of my old favorites is missing. It may have been Animag, but it was probably Animerica, and it had the attached Gunbuster image on the cover. It was also way old, like around 1990. Does anyone know what issue it was? Anyone have it?

Hey, I just found a page of pictures from a show or comic called Ariel. I'm trying to figure out what it was about. None of the images on that web page look related, and they don't even look like the same person drew them. http://www.animecubed.com/galleries/ariel/ Anybody remember this series? What was it about?

Cool, thanks. I was trying to find info on which artbooks are considered the best. After looking at those sites I'm still not sure.

So, Tenchi Muyo has been a pretty damn popular anime, at least it was huge in the nineties. Yet, I can't seem to find a single good website for its fans. Is there a MacrossWorld type site for Tenchi?

Thank you! Not as good as $15 each, but I did get free shipping.