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Daikon and chikuwa soup/stew. Simple to make (water, daikon, chikuwa, katsuo (katsuobushi) and soya sauce to taste. Simple and hearty. Simple and not easily screwed up is probably the reason why Sheryl opted to make it (though she still ended up slicing open a finger.) Says a lot about her cooking skills, eh?

Close to what he said. There are two kanji in there that are too blurry to read (anyone hear of legible scans???) Basically it means: Leg/engine part The part as seen from the outside (contains an illegible kanji, but this is what the rest of it says.) Opens and shuts by the actuator. The bottom is of the other side {inside} of the leg armour, and in the middle {center} of it is a distributed {illegible} type (of fuel) tank. Gah! THe software be thinking that my square brackets are BB Code!?!

Uhm... all good things come to an end? You know, if they keep flogging and harping it along, it'll turn really, really sucky. Like a bunch of English sitcoms, dramas and sci-fi shows that are on long past their best before date. Fresh, original, and short. Works most every time.

Actually... in a way, I'm lucky in that I didn't see the original until after the remake. Despite the limited budget costums and campy nature (or perhaps because of it?), the original is infinitely better. Perhaps it's the same problem as the remake of Charlie and the Chocolate factory? Too much time and attention spent on making the special effects look right, and not enough time spent on the writing and characters??? Anyhow, that snap of Aruto and the new planet looks groovy. On the Vajra planet???

I occasionally spot the "space cucumber" kits in Mandarake. ￥500 to ￥800 each. Not that expensive at all. Mind you, the kits aren't that big either.

Regarding remakes: if they're going to remake anything, they'll do it as a 3 part movie version. Since SDF:M has DYRL, I highly doubt that we'll see any more remakes. A second season of Macross Frontier? That is possible, but my impression is that there won't be. A new series? time will tell.

Newtype 2008.10 breakdown, and translations of the mecha related paragraphs in the article(s): http://www.macrossroleplay.org/forums/inde...ic=1918.new#new (yeah... it doesn't say much that we don't already know, or can infer from the series.)

Funny how the article on the back of the poster in the October 2008 Newtype got missed... what with it's interview with Shoji Kawamori and Haruhiko Mikimoto AND fun things like "February 2009" and in big bold letters "MACROSS BEGINS". Funny how that got missed in the scans and mobile phone pictures.

Yeah, as JBO said. My impression was that he confessed his love AFTER being dealt a mortal wound.

Funny how that's come up before: http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?show...st&p=485589

Not scans. But blurry mobile phone photos of a TV guide!

Correct. The main fighter of "Macross 3D VFX" was supposed to be the VF-5000. When production of the show went belly up, they reused some of the animation they had created in the intro of VF-X2.

Buddhism?

I think he's referring to the mobile phone snaps of a TV guide. You guys are seeing those, right?

If one is talking about Japanese to English (or viceversa), go with: http://linear.mv.com/cgi-bin/j-e/sjis/dict Result: 少佐【しょうさ】 (n) major; lieutenant commander; wing commander; (P) Or Ask Jim Breen: http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi Results in: 少佐 【しょうさ】 (n) major; lieutenant commander; wing commander; (P) [Ex][G][GI][A][W] 少佐は大尉の上官である。 A major is above a captain.[Amend] Going with the UNS = air force type ranks, then Wing Commander would be the appropriate translation.

Ahh... understandable. But in the Philippines case, it could be a third party, such as the ones that sabatoged Magsaysay's plane. Or later left Subic bay...

Aren't they doing it to be better equipped when they battle against colonies that have gone "anti-un" (I believe that was the prime reason behind the AVF project), and to keep pace with developments made by Zentraedi? Also, there would probably be a pretty decent economic stimuluous from the equivalent of the "military-industrial complex". Rogue companies selling for a few extra bucks makes sense. But so too does having these "anti-un" forces stealing the equipment.

Ah, but one must keep in mind the following: VF-5000: (...) began (...) in 2011. (...) First flight 2018. Mass production of VF-5000 started 2020. Assumed the United Nations Forces' main fighter designation from the VF-4 (due to its lower costs) beginning in the later half of the 2020s until the VF-11 Thunderbolt's introduction. Mass production ends in 2029. VF-9: Development began in 2018, and the first flight occurred in 2021. (...) Mass production began in 2023 and ended in 2029. As I have understood it, this topic is asking about the very first colonization missions; the ones between 2012 and 2020. Even if we consider up until the 2025 (I'm guesstimating that's about the time the last Megaroad Class led colony fleet left), the majority of fighters would be the VF-4 and the VF-1. I don't think there would be an extensive use of the VF-5000 even when it was available, as the VF-5000 is primarily an atmospheric fighter, and colony missions are, well, generally not in an atmosphere until they've completed their mission, years? decades? later.

Old article. Translated it months ago (heh heh. Never got around to writing it up, nor posting it. Heh.) VF-25 Messiah's on the money. As for why he wrote Stealth Crusier Space Crusier: it's because the katakana name for it is "Stealth Cruiser" and the kanji name for it is "Space Cruiser". Given the presentation of other Macross ships and their names, it means that the ship is named "Stealth Cruiser", and the type of ship is a "space cruiser."

Me thinks it's either the DYRL version, or a FAST pack version. EDIT: jsut to be clear, I was replying to Sharky's post in #324

<waves from Japan>

Don't worry. Given what's happened with the previous "successful" Macross releases, it's highly likely that we'll see more Macross F (or another new Macross production.) Keep in mind: SDF:M -> DYRL, FB2012 (and all the other Macross series) M7 -> Galaxy is Calling, Dynamite, 3x bonus episodes. I won't be surprised if we get a movie, an OVA series, and perhaps even bonus episodes.

Ah poo, forgot to add this earlier: the VF-1 is a multi-purpose fighter (as sucker4meltrans stated.) I remember reading somewhere that the VF-4 is an intereceptor. Therefore, it'd make sense to have multiple types of fighters on a colony mission (VF-4 Interceptors, multi-role VF-1, VT-1 trainers, VE-1 AWACS, etc.. Perhaps even the VC-1 for construction purposes. Though, I don't recollect ever having seen an actual start of production date for the VC-1...

I did a rough translation of how the thing is supposed to be organized earlier in this thread: http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?s=&a...st&p=630978 To be honest, I've been organizing it SDF:M -> DYRL -> M+ etc. Though, thinking about it now, it does make sense to put DYRL in a different part. For starters, to keep the SDF:M and DYRL stuff seperated. I, too, hoped that there would be more dividers for the song/gallery/goods/etc.. Ah well... make our own?

http://macross.anime.net/mecha/zentradi/va...laug/index.html As usual, it's very, very vague. I can interpret the desciption multiple ways. Therefore, here: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%....83.BC.E3.82.B8 Basically, "it appears as classified weapons that Zentraedi dissidents have obtained from Earth technology, and developed". Again, not clear at all. Though, by the loose definition, the Zentraedi dissidents are "anti-UN", and there is the possibility that the construction method for the Variable Gluag (Zentraedi version) got out before the UNS attack on the weapon plant. Though, as the UNS co-opts the design, develops it (micron version and AI version), it's most likely that any "anti-UN" used units are captured from the UNS. But that's just my take on what limited info we have available.