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4 hours ago, Podtastic said:
But will this result in more Alien Bad Guy stuff being produced and sold? And/or featuring more prominently in the anime?
if it just results in more idols and valkyries then what really will have changed?
The figure range needs to expand beyond idols/humans.
This here is something that's always struck me as odd. Where are all the Protodeviln stuff? Or the Marduk mecha (yeah yeah, "non-canon" as it is I'd still like to see a Gigamesh toy)? I don't even know if any of the later Destroids even have official releases. The one big problem that modern Macross seems to ignore is that the idols were just a single pylon in the foundation of the franchise. Yes, they are important, but the mecha are just as big of a part. I hope this pointless attempt to chase after Idolmaster and LoveLive ends sooner than later, because Macross is simply way, way more than selling idol dolls.
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1 hour ago, Bolt said:
She has accepted that. A long time ago. She just doesn't want to be reminded for every breath she takes. And she wants recognition for what she's done since Macross. She loves Minmei, but she ISN'T Minmei. Any true fan of hers would recognize that, as well as her other works.
Even better. Then I just hope she understands some "fans" are no-lives and terrible people. Otherwise she really seems like a nice lady and this kind of dumb harassment and pointless rumors only makes us, the normal fans, look worse.
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I feel really sorry for Mrs. Iijima. You simply know people will remember you for a single character and you keep trying to evade the shadow of that character, but that sadly is mission impossible thanks to deranged people like that troll. If I were her, I'd have accepted the character as part of normal life and that's it. Trolls should not be fed and it's good that one got banned.
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Urgh, I hate the entire concept of remakes. Especially the modern ones that use CGI where the original work was hand-drawn (like Macross was). Now don't get me wrong, I think Satellight is one of the better anime studios when it comes to CGI, but it just doesn't have the same "soul" that 2d animation has, ESPECIALLY the hand-drawn type. If there was a need for a new version of SDF, I'd do an adaptation of The First, but otherwise just leave it as it is. Besides, I do not like the pointless revulsiveness younger audiences seem to have towards hand-drawn anime, and mecha especially.
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25 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:
Or just watch it back-to-back to see the differences.
Would with pleasure, but I'm kinda tight with time so I need one version to start with. From what it seems I'll probably be going with Yakh Deculture because extra scenes... and the musical differences Sketchley mentioned seem to be mostly confined to the ED? I kinda hate when this occurs...
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Well, time for me to ask another noob question. I am coming up to Macross Frontier (AKA the series a lot of anime fans hype up as the best Macross show, though I honestly doubt that) and it seems that episode 1 has three different versions: the 24 minute broadcast version and the 30-something minute Deculture and Yakh Deculture versions. Which do I watch? Do these extended versions cut anything that was present in the broadcast version? Is it true that the Yakh Deculture version is the Deculture version but with fixed animation? Thanks in advance!
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20 hours ago, jvmacross said:
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11 hours ago, Roy Focker said:
Gundam
Yeah, no. Most anime fans don't even give a damn about mecha. Even Gundam is niche nowadays, but the point about Macross is true. The ship has sailed a while ago... I'd say around Frontier would have been the right time to settle the goddamn ordeal, but alas.
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2 hours ago, JB0 said:
Extradition treaties exist precisely BECAUSE foreign law doesn't apply.
It is generally good for international relations to hand over people whom another nation desires for legal purposes, but is not at all legally required. Which is why, for example, some nations refuse to extradite people facing certain penalties. Nothing but good will is lost.
Again, I'm not sure which of the myriad cases over the years you're referring to. I'mma guess it was a trademark case, and trademark law is extremely regional(and US trademark law is significantly different from many nations' in some key respects for the great Macross IP war).
I was referring to the 2003 Japanese case specifically.
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8 hours ago, JB0 said:
Not sure which of the myriad cases over the years that was, but... he was right? America isn't under japanese rule, and the japanese legal system has no jurisdiction in America. I'd be very concerned if a judge was overtly making decisions on how he felt rather than the laws he's meant to represent.
It isn't, yes, but when it comes to international court cases like this there is a special form of law regarding foreign rulings. In short, a judge has to consider the foreign verdict when it affects a subject from the country where he operates. Why do you have things such as extradition?
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3 hours ago, Radd said:
I still have and cherish my Animeigo DVD set, but I could see it being difficult now for someone to pick up SDFM if they went looking for it. HG's web store doesn't have it. I couldn't find it on Amazon. It's listed on Prime Video on Amazon but every episode says "video unavailable", so I'm not even sure SDFM is streaming anywhere.
It's my modest hope that as BigWest begins pushing the Macross franchise in the west it will prompt HG to rerelease SDFM to Blu-Ray and streaming.
On a somewhat related note, is anyone else disappointed that every video after Flashback 2012 on the Macross YouTube channel is region locked? I subscribed to the channel the day of the announcement and every time they upload a new video it's "not available in your region".
I hate region locking too. In general I've grown to hate regional restrictions actually, especially for unlicenced stuff. And to this day I want to find the dumb judge who rejected the original Japanese court verdict because it was a "foreign verdict" (typical American egocentrism).
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6 hours ago, jvmacross said:
Yeah....I was hoping we'd get a theatrical release of DYRL in the US....but now I am not so sure it will happen...it seems it's status quo for all things SDFM/DYRL...
Well HG did release SDF to DVD... and I sincerely hope they think up of something for DYRL. DYRL is the biggest problem right now.
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30 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:
Oh it definitely will be. Also, is that Zettai Live announced for a September 4th release?
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6 hours ago, pengbuzz said:
Well, BW now being able to do the release would be (at least IMO) impetus for them to consider doing a new animated series for SFDM. Update the story a little bit (tech, terms and whatnot, maybe push the timeline a bit into the future like 2099 instead of 1999 for the launch of the SDF-1) and tailor the dialogue so english and Japanese dubs would work.
YAKH DECULTURE! SDF is good as is, not to mention it would seriously mess with the (admittedly rather loose) chronology of the series.
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1 hour ago, Seto Kaiba said:
Macross 7 Encore isn't explicitly placed in-continuity... fans have tabled a number of guesses based on circumstantial evidence from the episodes themselves, but there's no obvious fit for them. Their stories are essentially out of continuity with the TV series proper so you can watch them after it with no real impact to your enjoyment of it.
Bare minimum, they have to be set after episode 28 because of certain mechanical designs that are present which first appeared in episode 28 and also feature some mecha that were first used in episode 44 but obviously built beforehand. Most fan assessments usually put them somewhere around episodes 39-42.
They're... all over the place, and in no particular order.
About half of them are set before the series, showing little tidbits of backstory for characters like Ray, Veffidas, Gamlin, Gubaba, Gepernich, etc., while most of the rest aren't set at any particular/obvious time during the series.
That was very helpful! Thanks a lot again!
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Hello there, new Macross fan here. I'm coming up to Macross 7 on my overall journey through the franchise (loved SDF, DYRL, II and Plus) and I have a question about 7. I've heard that Macross 7 Encore are 3 episodes of the series that were witheld from airing, so could anyone say where do they actually fit chronology wise? Also, what about the 7 Plus shorts? Thanks in advance!
Bigwest will do a global release of the MACROSS series... Games and Toys too!
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I sincerely hope so. But sadly considering the type of climate mecha in general seems to be facing (the most popular stuff are always your run of the mill shonen anime) I doubt Macross will become much larger in terms of gains. Was it stunted by Harmony Gold? Certainly. Will this BW/HG deal fix things? We'll just have to see.