Hikaru Ichijou

Has anyone considered asking Mari Iijima to judge the Macross karaoke contest?

Sunrise restarted the numbering with the first Apocalypse 0079 episode, but it's still the 4th MS IGLOO episode.

I picked up the R2 DVD Box Set of Dorvack from CD Japan a while ago. It looks like it's still available: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=GNBA-1021

There's a new George Lucas Stormtrooper mailer up at BBTS: Check it out here!

Well, she did write/perform a new Minmei song in (mostly) English for a CD not too long ago. It probably wouldn't work for the battle, but might work elsewhere...

I've got it preordered from CD Japan here: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BCBA-2315

The Star Crusader reminds me of the Gaplant from Zeta Gundam.

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That reminds me, is anyone watching Zipang? The digisub's up to episode 8 or so. It's getting pretty interesting...

I was at AX but couldn't make it to the Macross Panel this year. What happened there?

If you use the "grunt" MS on easier missions, you get more points to beef up better MS for harder missions. There's an MS point multiplier at the end of each mission that can get over 1000%!

I like Seed, but does anyone else think it's a crime that there will be a HG Seed Dom before a HGUC Dom?

Isn't Ideon capable of destroying the universe? Is that "neutered"?

I played/stumbled through the first few episodes last night (I just got to the Excelion). The game works like Sakura Taisen, but without the time-limited conversation selections. You walk up to people to initiate conversation. You can pick a general topic from a list (that seems to grow over time), but don't have mid-conversation choices (at least so far). You cycle through cutscenes (real-time, and from the OVA), exploration on-foot, mini-games/training, conversations, and combat. There's opening and ending credits (with the songs from the OVA) for each episode (which you can skip) along with the mid-episode eyecatch. I presume the OP will change as the "show" progresses. The game runs in a high-res mode, so the text is very sharp. Noriko's facial expressions are great, and there's tons of speech! It seems like I'll be able to get through the game without knowing a huge amount of Japanese. There seems to be some sort of inventory system that I'll need to figure out. There's also a place to configure/upgrade(?) your special attacks. I got the first one (Inazuma Kiiiiik) after the duel on Earth. The game is available for $65 at http://www.ncsx.com. It seems to be worthy for Gunbuster fans!

Megatron 451,000 vs. Megabyte 1,410,000 The virus wins