boinger

I'm looking forward to re-watching DYRL with your new audio mix!

Will this DYRL english audio project be in stereo or 5.1 audio?

Just wondering, since I would like to know more about how 5.1 audio editing

can be done.

Doctor Who anime on youtube!

http://youtu.be/ePtj3z8rSq4

Wow!

So far, I bought 2 of each of the destroids Yamato made, but I didn't go for the

more expensive detailed up versions.

If exclusives are the only way to buy the remaining destroid toys, then

I would save up my pennies and still buy 2 variations of each new destroid toy.

The FB2012 remastering issue could be just dropped from the bluray remaster \

and just have the bluray movie as the DYRL theatrical release.

That would save them the bother and expense of re-animating FB 2012.

If the FB2012 video were to be re-animated, then why not add on and re-animate

a couple of the Sega Saturn DYRL cut scenes or even the very short

Max and Milia marriage scene that were originally part of the DYRL script?

Oh, I didn't know that.

Now I'm registered with HMV Japan and the VF-25 magazine is on the way!

Thanks!

Would the VF-25 issue likely be re-issued?

I had the magazine on order with Hobby Link Japan for the last 3 weeks

and now this magazine is "discontinued"!

http://www.hlj.com/product/SOF36208

Then apart from digitally painting out some of the film grain to keep the film detail, I have to expect film

grain is always going to be a part of DYRL movie.

Would Char's Counter-Attack bluray be comparative to what we could expect for DYRL bluray?

The 2nd version CCA bluray is supposed to be out in June 2011.

CCA best DVD to CCA BD

DYRL remastered DVD to DYRL BD?

What bothers me is that the subtitles are not timed properly for the zentradi dialogue

and the beginning Macross Fan Edit logo still has the wrong aspect ratio.

The video looks to be from the dhe dyrl mkv I posted on imacross4 a while ago.

I was hoping that someone would look at what I did for a fan edit and make their own

attempt.

I wonder what other special features could be included with the DYRL bluray?

The limited edition DYRL set had:

1. illustrated script book

2. line art book

3. DVD booklet

4. theatrical edition unremastered DYRL movie DVD

5. a DVD of special video features

a. dyrl trailers

b. psx video remastered cut-scenes

Thank you Renato for pointing out that Gameboy Macross 7 Reveal the galaxy's heart

is already available on Macrosshare!

I try to keep the Macross files organized.

I thought that there was a Macross video on Macross Ace Frontier, since

there was one UMD video on Macross Ultimate Frontier.

On wikipedia, it says that the Ace Frontier UMD movies were just the

openings and endings of the series plus a Kawamori interview.

I wonder if the openings and endings on the Ace Frontier UMD were credit-less?

If someone knows for sure that the Frontier series openings and endings are

credit-less, then Hikuro would like to know for his Frontier anime dubbing project.

Also, I went over to the old Macross Compendium website and copied over some

more information for the Macross games onto the Macrosshare request list.

See above post for updated request list.

I would prefer to find the PC CD-rom games or a computer file that could be

played on a game emulator. Maybe, if someone had one of those older handheld

Macross games, then s/he could do a video review and upload to youtube.

That would be cool!

If anyone has already scanned some older Macross material and would like to

share, then you can send me a pm or TwinkiePlatter of Archive Scans.

For the last 6 months, I have been working on collecting the older out of print Macross magazines

and furoku for Macrosshare. It's going to take a long while to get them posted up though.

I've been holding off posting new Macross Frontier items (e.g Trial Frontier) on Macrosshare

because most of these items are still readily available.

I am always on the look-out for the older Macross media.

But, I have given up on a couple of potential sources for Macross 7 audio cassettes.

That leaves Yahoo Japan auction as the most likely place to find older Macross items.

Mark Cell has found the Macross 7 Longest Noise Day audio drama cassette on Yahoo Japan Auctions

and it's ending in 2 days. I don't think I'll have enough time to set up a proxy account through Rinkya

or Japan Shopping service, but there is an ebay seller on ebay Canada that might be able to bid for me.

I sent him a message to see what he says. He has the least expensive fees for proxy buying, but there

could be a catch to that.

Any other good ideas for buying stuff on Yahoo Japan?

I already did a search on the forums.

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Also, I updated the Macross Files Request List:

A. Macross video :

1. Macross fan made videos:

Macross Aria, stop motion animation, Macross music videos, etc.

2. Macross DVD subtitle patches

Thanks OptimusX, Xeros and ericf!

3. Macross TV Special 1985

(live tv show special with Mari Iijima singing)

4. Shounen Ace Original Edition Macross 7 Premium

10 minutes, color, stereo

Kadokawa Publishing/Big West

1995

mail-in offer for all Newtype and Shounen Ace 1995.02 readers

VHS tape

5. Macross Plus: 4 CAV Laserdisc

International version (English, Japanese)

for LD preservation project

6. Macross Video Game Walk-through videos:

I have some of these videos from youtube, but not all are complete or in the best quality.

a. VFX and VFX2

b. Macross M3

c. Macross 2036 and Eternal Love Song

d. Scrambled valkyrie

e. DYRL Sega

f. PS2 Macross

g. Macross Fever pachinko

h. Macross: The NEC video game trilogy

(Continuation of DYRL)

i. Remember me

(the white Drew Carey, from Macross World is attempting this

walk through with translation assistance by Gubaba.

twDC and Gubaba would not mind help in getting this done.)

ii. Love Stories

iii. Skull leader

7. Macross Fever Promotion DVDs

B. Macross Audio / Radio Dramas:

1 - Macross Collage 1 VDR - 1084

2 - Macross Collage 2 VDR - 1255 2 COLLAGE

3 - BGM Maniac Library 2 - Macross: Ai Oboeteimasuka

4 - Macross 7: Longest Noise Day part 1 of 2 drama

Animate Cassette Collection 45

6 - The Basara Elimination Project part 2 of 2 drama

Animate Cassette Collection 51

7 - Macross 7 Galaxy Network EX

Animedia October 1995

(tape cassette)

C. Macross books:

1. B-Club magazine 73 and 74

for Macross II information

2. Macrosss Frontier Visual Collection Sheryl Nome 1 and 2

3. Macross Frontier Ranka Lee Official book

4. Macross 7: English Anticipation manga

Macross 7 Fire Bomber American Album Release Commemorative Comic

Haruhiko Mikimoto

2 pages

Anime V

Gakken

1998 February 25

5. M7 dynamite: animation materials

6. Macross: The First

manga by Haruhiko Mikimoto

(english scanlation by Gubaba in progress)

7. Macross Frontier Manga 1st series #7 to last issue, 2nd series

(Graham stopped scanning at issue 6.

Did anybody else care to share?)

8. Macross Chronicle

Missing volumes:

3,6,7,9,11,12,16,19,21,24-31,34,36-50

Join in the translation project with

Gubaba and sketchley!

9. Macross Furoku Art books:

a. Macross DYRL Film Graffiti

b. Macross Blueprints Collection

c. Macross Sayonara

d. Macross Graffitti

e. Macross Remember Love Minmay

f. Macross 7 Pop On Mylene

10. Macross Frontier Blue Sketchbook

11. Macross Frontier Red Sketchbook

12. Dreamcast Game magazines for Macross M3 info.

Japanese version

a. volume 07 September 29, 2000 GD-Rom

b. volume 35 November 3, 2000

c. volume 05 February 23, 2001

d. volume 06 March 2, 2001

Any other M3 articles out there?

I picked up volume 4 February 12 2001, Volume 10 Gd-rom and Volume 40 for re-scanning.

Thanks!

D. Macross games:

(Hoping for a computer file conversion to play the

game on software emulation.)

1. Miss Macross

NEC PC-8801 Mk II/Fujitsu FM-7 compatible tape cassette game

Puzzle game

Technopolice Soft

1983

2. The Super Dimension Fortress Macross 15th Anniversary

Macintosh/Windows compatible Hybrid CD-ROM

Releaser: Pioneer LDC

Distributor: Pioneer LDC

Release date: 1997 August 7

3. Macross Collection

Macintosh/Windows 95 compatible Hybrid CD-ROM

Contains:

• Illustration collection
• Screen data collection
• Voice data collection
• Opening movie collection
• Valkyrie (VF-1S) transformation CG
• Icon collection
• Cutey mascot collection (Macintosh only)

Releaser: Big West, Movic

Distributor: Movic

1997 December

4. U-Print The Super Dimension Fortress Macross

Windows 95/Windows 98 compatible CD-ROM

Graphics printing software

1 disc

Features:

• Postcard, stationary, envelope, calendar, floppy disk label, name card, sticker, and sign printing
• Graphics e-mail attachment function
• 200 images from first television series and film
• Shoji Kawamori interview movie

Developer: Mixx

Distributor: SME Intermedia

Release date: 1999 May 21

5. Macross VF-X2 Special Version

Sony PlayStation compatible CD-ROM game

3-D shooting game

Single-player game

Includes 1 CD

Includes 4 postcards

Includes options originally developed for United States/Canada version (30-frames-per-second display rate, Battroid-modelled GERWALK controls, Forward View option, English operator voice)

Featuring player choice of VF-5000B only

Includes Survival (unlimited time), Score Attack (unlimited enemies, limited time), and [itano] Circus (missile-targeting with gunpod only) training modes

Developer: UNiT Inc.

Distributor: Tokyo Snack Foods Corporation/Bandai Visual (Emotion)

Release date:2000 February

6. The Super Dimension Fortress Macross

Protect the ARMD 01!

Pocket liquid-crystal display game

2-D shooting game

LSI Game series

Bandai

1985

7. The Super Dimension Fortress Macross

Skull Leader Complete Pack

NEC PC-9801 compatible CD-ROM/high-density floppy disk game

Simulation game

Includes 1 compact disc or 7 3.5" high-density double-sided floppy disks

FamilySoft

1995 July 7 (CD-ROM version)

1995 July 14 (HD version)

8. Mylene Virtual Pocket

Macintosh/Windows compatible Hybrid CD-ROM

Voice samples, interview, 3-D concert, art collection, screen saver

Cast

Mylene Flare Jenius: Tomo Sakurai

TKPO-80021

TKRU-56004

Tokuma Shoten

1995 October 27

9. Mylene Graduation

Macintosh/Windows compatible Hybrid CD-ROM

Voice samples, interview, calendar, screen saver

Cast

Mylene Flare Jenius: Tomo Sakurai

TKRU-56005

Tokuma Shoten

1996 March 15

10. The Super Dimension Fortress Macross

NTT Docomo 504i /504iS [Japanese] compatible i-mode mobile telephone game

3D-perspective shooting game

i Game Daisuki! series

One player

Features VF-1J Valkyrie (Ichijyo type), transformable into 3 modes

Bothtec Mobile

2003 April 7

11. The Super Dimension Fortress Macross

Another Dimension

(unreleased game?)

12. Macross 7 VR Animate

Microsoft Windows compatible animation and presentation production tool

Includes Macross 7 cel data and mousepad

Nippon Denso Industry, Inc.

1996 March

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UPDATE:

I just received answer back from the ebay seller who does proxy bidding/buying on Yahoo Japan

and the M7 audio cassette is not a part of the auction listing found by Mark Cell.

But, there's always a next time to find M7 cassettes on Yahoo Japan Auctions

and this ebay seller does have a very good reputation.

How difficult would it be convert 2D Macross DYRL into 3D?

Would you want to watch Itano circus in 3D?

( I know I would ! )

Personally, I would still like a bluray DYRL that has a bit more video and audio remastering done

than the remastered DYRL DVD.

So, there are already 3D camcorders that can potentially make 3D videos. But, I'm not sure if a 3D camera

pointed a HD 2D tv would provide any 3D effect on a 2D anime movie.

And then there's the old fashioned anaglyph software conversion for 2d to 3d video in After Effects.

I found a demonstration video of anaglyph conversion on youtube, but I didn't quite follow what he

was doing. Any good anaglyph 2d to 3d video tutorials out there?

Also, has anybody seen a good example of 2D to 3D cartoon that is not computer generated, e.g. How

to train your Dragon?

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I went to the blog dedicated to fan made 3d movies that posted that 3d anaglyph demo on youtube.

.http://www.enhanced-dimensions.com/wordpress/

1/60 Angel Birds VF on HKCollectibles.com!

I definitely pre-ordered this toy.

Now, I'm likely to put up my 1/48 VFX collection up for sale on ebay.

PM'd about toy trade for some of your loose Star Wars vehicles.

Remaster SDF Macross Episode 33

Remaster SDF Macross Episode 34

subtitled by Galaxy Network

bittorrent is also now available!

Seed when you can, thanks!

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Also, I am currently seeding SDF DYRL MML 4.0 ISO bittorrent per request.

Add in bittorrent tracker: http://imacross4.ath.cx:14157

I would like to update SDF DYRL MML and COTB because these fan edits do need to be

fixed up to look and sound better.

Macross Zero AVCHD and timing SDF episode 35 Ishiguro interview take priority though.

DHE Macross Zero episode 1 AVCHD update:

I did a test AVCHD with Nero 10 on a DVD-RW disc.

4gb in size

1. I was able to play the AVCHD disc with Nero Media Player like a DVD disc with basic menu.

VLC player can play the m2ts BD video files separately, but is not able to play the AVCHD

disc with menu.

I haven't figured out all the NeroVision AVCHD menu customization functions work yet.

2. The test AVCHD did not encode the MZero HD AVI video end credits into episode 1, but all the rest of the HD mpeg videos encoded nicely.

I'll try one more time to get the avi file to work, otherwise I'll have to make new end

credits for episode 1.

3. Swapped out low res FLV video with HD mpeg for M0 1 & 2 previews.

4. All that VF fan edit by howi looks a little pixelated, but that cannot be helped due to the original

video resolution being so low in the first place. Maybe there is a video sharpening function in Nero 10?

I found one 2 frame video glitch where howi applied an ending transition to his custom title card at the beginning.

I don't know how to fix that without figuring out how to make a custom All that VF title card, too.

5. Currently, I'm working on the DHE SDF TV preview video clip.

Beginning credits are redone, video has been upgraded to Bandai remastered and scaled up to 1080 wide screen.

I am looking over this video to pan certain scenes up or down, so that it looks a little better as wide screen video.

6. It's too bad that Macross Frontier never had an intro without credits.

I still need to put together all the DHE Frontier audio clips and re-do the DHE beginning credits.

Currently, NeroVision 10.5 is unable to have more than 1 audio track for the AVCHD/BD movie, so no DAPDX Macross Zero commentary track unless I encode a whole separate video with the commentary track included. That extra video with the commentary track would make the AVCHD dual layerd (8 GB) for just a 1/2 hour show.

I'll see how much I can get done on this AVCHD for this weekend before I get back to work.

I will send download links to Hikuro and OptimusX for suggestions for improvement before I make a final release available.

VF-19A is missing!

I'd vote for that one and all the valkyries from VF-X2.

DHE Macross Zero Episode 1 AVCHD project update:

Nero Vision 10 HD is being used for this macross fan edit.

So far, I did a 90% edit of the 1080p Macross Zero video and the dhe dub v2 ac3 audio.

The end credits were re-used from the v2 dhe m0 ep1 avi and scaled up.

Video quality for the end credits appeared alright in the preview display.

I might have to manually re-create the end credits if the encoded video looks

shabby.

The DHE logo jpeg was Chroma-keyed in to the short title sequence.

The titling function and most other effects now have key-frames. I can manually adjust certain effects to take place from frame to frame. Nero vision does not have the option to type in the timing of video or audio fades for each clip; I had to manually adjust multiple key frames for that. Womble video editor beats Nero Vision for ease of use.

For example, the newspaper headline title in the beginning intro (July 1999 Huge Spaceship falls to Earth) was made into two separate titles with opacity and position key-framed. I think I got that working okay.

The timing for effects is problematic in Nero Vision because Nero keeps shifting the display preview

video out of sync with the audio when I check for the titles to end at the right frame. Annoying.

The AVCHD will need to be encoded to see if I need to fix up the editing.

Also, I'm working on updating a few of the DHE Macross youtube videos to be included in the AVCHD disc.

1. Macross Zero episode 1 teaser

(turn that into a trailer)

2. Macross Zero episode 2 teaser

3. Macross Frontier cast list and previews

(turn that into a trailer)

4. Macross SDF TV preview

(updating the video and credits; 4:3 aspect ratio)

5. Bonus:

"All that VF" Zero + Frontier Fan Edit that was on youtube

I do not know how the Nero Vision AVCHD Menu works just yet.

We'll see how that goes.

I sent the audio and video over to OptimusX for him to put together the 1080p AVCHD.

He was trying to make a dual audio with english subtitles, but the software that puts the

1080p video into AVCHD format makes the english subtitles flicker a lot. Then he got busy just

putting together english subtitles patches for the remastered SDF DVDs on asiandvdclub.

The 1080p DHE Macross Zero episode 1 mkv video needs to be re-uploaded, since Rapidshare

did a major overhaul of its servers last year and deleted the majority of Macross files on iMacross4.

I'll have to check to hear if the audio is the version 2.0.

I think I can put together an AVCHD with MultiAVCHD and just use all english audio to avoid the

subtitle flicker problem. I'm downloading the new version MultiAVCHD now.

I also have PowerDirector 8.0 that can edit 1080p video.

Let me get back to you.

Hi:

I live in Canada, so I wasn't able to join Nanoplasm's group buy for the

Angel birds vf-1a exclusive.

If you happen to see one of these valkyries for sale, then send me a pm.

I'm seriously considering selling my 1/48 valkyrie collection if I can

pick up this one 1/60 valkyrie.

Thanks!

boinger

Thank you to anubis20 for the vf-x!

Remaster SDF Macross Episode 32

subtitled by Galaxy Network

bittorrent is also now available!

Seed when you can, thanks!

Remaster SDF Macross episode 25-30

subtitled by Galaxy Network

bittorrent is available!

Remaster SDF Macross episode 31

subtitled by Galaxy Network

bittorrent is also now available!

Seed when you can, thanks!

Happy Holidays from Galaxy Network!

Thank you for a good Macross fan editing year to

OptimusX, Chad Dunham, Gubaba, Xeros, Raul

and Hikuro with his DHE english dubbing crew!

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Starting next year, the remastered SDF Macross speicial edition

episodes will be available on Macrosshare.com.

I'll be getting SDF episode 32 timed in the next two weeks and there's

some other Macross related subtitle timing I would like to get done,

too.

I have been updating Macrosshare web log for the last month or so.

Starting next year, I will be closing the iMacross4 folders and transferring the iMacross4

rapidshare weblinks over to the Macrosshare website.

Future updates for Macrosshare can be found here.

More than half the people who visit Macrosshare are from South America who

speak mainly Spanish, so I have to use Google Translate and Babelfish a lot.

You can drop by to visit the forum!

Registration is encouraged.

I think Seito Kaiba would be very interested in this.

Me, too. But, I am not set up to buy from yahoo japan.