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  1. yellowlightman
    I had a bizarre Macross World flashback the other day when I had to buy a money order for the first time in nearly a decade, which somehow triggered memories of reading about a huge MW group buy from a Japanese kit manufacturer (involving some big postal money orders, if I recall correctly) that went bad and ended up turning into a multi-year ordeal.
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    If you're only planning on releasing it online, you'd probably be better off starting a Macross website. PDFs can be nifty for tablets, but there's not a whole lot they can do that a decently coded website couldn't. Plus, with an actual site managed through blog or CMS software, you'd benefit from the pages being indexable by search engines and more conducive to discussion (via comments, etc) than you would with a PDF. If you're intent on doing a closed-format fanzine through a PDF, you might as well look at options for printing, as well. MagCloud does a really good job of that, although it's not particularly cheap. If you're curious about the specifics of that sort of stuff, let me know, as I handled organizational, editing and design duties for the two Colony Drop fanzines.
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    We only got the ST165 and ST185, and the ST165 was the first of the GT4s. The earlier RWD Celicas were still used to rallying, though: http://www.groupbrally.com/toyota.shtml
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    Also, it's worth keeping in mind the 22R was a truck motor. It was 2.4l and really torquey, 137ft lbs. The older 20R motors were used in the Hiluxes and the 22RE was used in the first generation 4Runner, so it was a bit out of place in the "sportier" Celica.
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  6. yellowlightman
    And nothing of value was lost...
  7. yellowlightman
    Word coming out of the disappointing Macek retrospective that showed tonight in LA (http://robotech.com/news/viewarticle.php?id=450) is that Harmony Gold is using footage from the Mospeada OAV, Love Live Alive, and mixing it with new Shadow Chronicles-esque footage to create a new Robotech sequel.
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    Crying Freeman actually just came out in the US again via Discotek: http://www.discotekmedia.com/crying_freeman.htm They've been re-releasing a lot of older titles, like Fist of the Northstar, Project A-Ko, etc.
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    Not sure what you mean, Wikipedia only lists him as mechanical designer: right here
  10. yellowlightman
    Ohata only did the mechanical designs for Galvion.
  11. yellowlightman
    And two minutes after I post this, Exo shows me this site: http://valkyrie2.cloud-line.com/ Which says:
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    I remember discussing this with Renato a year or two back in Den Den Town, but I'm not sure if anyone has actually figured it out. Generally, you see four mecha designers credited with working on Macross II: Atsushi Okuda, Junichi Akutsu, Kazumi Fujita, and Koichi Ohata. I've yet to see any actual credits for who did which design, but it's pretty obvious Ohata did the Marduk power suit designs. Recently I came across this image: http://dump.colonydrop.com/post/2183673367 It certainly suggests that Ohata designed the VF-2SS, as the rest of the designs are his creation. Kind of odd, as I would have credited the Valkyries to Fujita or Okuda. Has anyone ever seen any specific design credits for the mecha from II?
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    Saturday 2:00 - 3:00 PM: Future Noir in Anime LP3 - Imperial A Saturday 10:00 - 11:30 PM: Not Kids Stuff (18+) LP6/DEMOS - Atlanta/Boston Sunday 10:00 - 11:30 AM: Rise and Fall of the OAV LP3 - Imperial A
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    Myself and another writer from colonydrop.com will be doing a number of panels at ALA. First time going, but I've heard good things.
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    Ahh, that could be it. It's clearly inspired by classic American cars in some fashion. Renato is right on with this comments about the film. A big part of what makes Redline special is how different it feels from everything else released these days. Had it been made in the 1980s or early 1990s, it probably wouldn't have stuck out quite as much.
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    For those who are curious, we recently reviews the Gundam 00 movie over on Colony Drop. http://www.colonydrop.com/index.php/2010/10/14/gundam-00-the-movie?blog=1 It's as terrible as you'd expect!
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    The name of it is TRANSAM, but I didn't see much resemblance to an actual Trans Am.
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    Watch these trailers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aDJe218UYM Read this review: http://www.colonydrop.com/index.php/2010/10/12/redline?blog=1 And then find a way to see Redline. It's exciting in the way anime used to be. It's gorgeously animated and well produced. It is a wonderful, amazing film and everyone should see it.
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    I honestly don't remember, and the info I had about it is long since gone. For questions like this, I'd recommend starting a thread on a forum specializing in expats in Japan. I'd recommend fartedgaijin.com, as it's about the only such forum I've found that isn't filled with complete idiots. Lots of really knowledgeable people on there, and they were a big help when I was trying to get some stuff sorted to move to Japan. EDIT: The stupid censoring function is obscuring the URL, it should be *f*u*c*k*edgaijin.com, obviously remove the *.
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    Speaking from my experience there as a student, and what I remember: Public healthcare costs vary depending on your income level of the previous year, thus for your first year in Japan you'll be paying the minimum. I was paying around 12,000yen/year because of that, although I have no idea if scholarships and stipends would be included in your income. As for the costs paid out, I know it's a considerable amount but compared to American healthcare costs it's pretty low. The one hospital visit I had was shortly after I had lost my health insurance card and I had to pay 100% out of pocket. A doctors visit, xrays and medicine cost me less than 8000yen.
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    This x1000.
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    They wouldn't release a full fledged game with a movie. They'd release them separately to maximize profits. The limited focus on Frontier and the name, really suggests that it's going to be more of a demo of a larger game. New screenshots: http://www.famitsu.com/game/coming/1238105_1407.html
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    91% of cars in the US now are apparently automatics: http://www.dailytech.com/91+Percent+of+2009+MY+Cars+Were+Equipped+With+Automatic+Transmissions/article18854.htm
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    According to one of the production guys on Twitter, the next episode will be out "next year."
  25. yellowlightman
    Sounds/looks like a limited port of the PSP games, which makes sense as it's just being bundled with the movie and not released as a full fledged game.
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