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Good point for Big West. Most of the world still cannot watch the Macross franchise on Disney+, but at least YouTube is streaming these 3 épisodes nearly worldwide.

You're talking about the oversized ultimate box set, which was also released in France. I'm talking about the collector's edition, half cheaper, same size as Macross Zero set, which is surprisingly only available in France.

Funny to see that the Macross Plus Collector's Edition (including both the OVA series and movie) is still remaining a French exclusivity. It's even not available in the UK. Maybe that's the counterpart for not having any Macross streaming on our local Disney+😂

If there's any Q/A session, would be nice if someone in the crowd could ask them if it's still relevant to wait for the Macross sequels roll out on Disney+ outside Asia and English-speaking territories😓

Australia, New Zealand, UK. Ireland, Canada, the US, and some Asian countries. I don’t know how many exactly, but I believe it’s between 10 and 20 countries overhall.

As an European the first thing I'm hoping is that Sunrise implication goes further than animation production, and that they could help the inexperienced Big West to make the right choices internationally. Yeah, with a restricted distribution to Asia and English-speaking territories, excluding a bunch of countries where Robotech and Macross were popular in the 80's and 90's, Disney+ was willy-nilly a terrible choice. I mean even in France we'll have a theater release of the new Gundam in March.

They're already struggling to release it in the US and add more subtitle languages, so I don't believe dubbing is a priority. Maybe they'll consider it the day the roll out will be complete.

Well, let's hope 2025 will be the year of a massive roll out around the world. Kindly reminder that within a year, your partnership with Disney+ brought Macross sequels in about 20 countries in 3 languages subs while the service is active in more than 120.

Talk about a failure. About 20 countries got something (high estimation) when Disney+ is active in more than 120. And a deafening silence from both the service and Big West.

"Many countries", yes and no. Contrary to popular belief, Macross stuff is currently available on Disney+ in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Ireland, Canada and some Asian countries only, with English, Chinese and Korean subtitles. Those who use a VPN may correct me but I don't think there's more languages. Disney+ announced a 2024 worldwide release back in March, and they're active in more than 120 countries. We're still very far from it. They'll have to clarify things sooner or later. For the US, but also the rest of the world on their will to add more languages.

If you mean last in line regarding to English audience, then I totally understand the frustration since the US is the main target in the west. And I bet Big West feel the same. But on a worldwide range, they've only completed English, Chinese and Korean subtitles. That's a big part of the world without anything, wondering if Disney+ is willing to add more languages and so countries regarding the countless translations it needs.

Nothing in Europe too, but there's rumors we won't get it. Too many translations needed I guess. I really hope it's wrong.

Nothing in Europe and Latam. Moreover there are rumors that Disney+ won't stream any Macross in France. Hard to really know what's going on and if some territories will be skipped.

As a French guy, I can answer. Our ultimate edition will include French discs with our old French dub and refresh subs. That's the only difference. The 180-pages artbook will still remain in English. Anyway, Crunchyroll's price is the UK price without the early bid offer. Feel sorry for you guys. IMO that's a bad move since the US are the main target in the west. They should have made a cheapest collector's edition alongside the ultimate one like they're doing for us.

UK only for now, since they didn't specify any other territory.