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RM++ Project: Episode: F13A: Macross F Eps. 13 "Memory Of Global": http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRepisode/MCRepisode.php#MF - one of the topics had another nugget hinting at the makeup of Macross (or Macross Galaxy) cyborgs.
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RM++ Project: Worldguide 29A: Well-known Macross Bridge Crews: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRworldguide/MCRworldguide.php - some interesting food for thought in this one's RM.
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Complete! Technology 01N: Variable Fighter: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRtechnology/MCRtechnology.php - completely overhauled the sheets - including re-translating a bunch of sections.
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RM++ Project: Character: M Citizen 03A: The People In The Macross: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRcharacter/MCRcharacter.php#SDFM - Yot-chan getting mentioned as the VIP of Nyan-nyan once more. On top of that, a rough figure for the total number of Nyan-nyan restaurants. Surprisingly, it's lower than one would think.
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Complete! Gallery M: Super Dimensional Fortress Macross #45: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRgallery/MCRgallery.php#SDFM Plus Citizen 02A: Vehicles Of Planet Eden: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRmechanic/MCRmechanic.php#M+ - slightly revised/edited the translation. Otherwise, nothing new.
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RM++ Project: Episode: Zero 05A: Macross Zero Chapter 5 "Birdman": http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRepisode/MCRepisode.php#M0 - the topics et al provide quite a satisfying bridge to not only MF, but also SDFM. And that's on top of adding a bit more to Fokker's story between the two series!
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RM++ Project: Glossary 13A: Jun - Interstellar Republic: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRglossary/MCRglossary.php - loaded with goodies. The most remarkable is a clear statement on the ultimate fate of the Protoculture. Episode: M19A: Super Dimensional Fortress Macross Eps. 19 "Burst Point" http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRepisode/MCRepisode.php#SDFM - "Devil No.2 Craft". Classic SDFM.
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Not really. It could just mean: "we have no idea what the paint scheme looks like in any configuration other than Fighter, and we'd prefer not to deal with fan backlash over any creative decisions".
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The V-Type Infectious Disease is easier to explain: Ranka got it while her mother was pregnant. Because of that, she was born with an innate resistance to the infection (read: no symptoms). The location of the infection doesn't matter. Brera not having it is simply because their mother was infected after he was born. Re: the Galaxy Fleet The main differences between the TV series and the movie versions are: - in the movie version, the fleet's executive are so into Grace's plan, that they forsake their physical bodies and become a kind of collective mind inside of some kind of MacGuffin (in the TV series, it's left vague who is supporting Grace, and by appearances they still exist as individuals in separate bodies) - in the movie version, the executives of the fleet deliberately induce a Vajra attack on their fleet in a sacrifice to move their plan forward (in the TV series, the loss of the fleet is portrayed as an accident). In other words: the fleet's leadership is much more involved AND take much more extreme actions (not saying that blowing up half a planet isn't extreme, just a different kind of extreme as Grace wasn't killing civilian allies). There are other differences that change the Galaxy Fleet, such as the Vajra (when humans first encountered them), and technology (DE Weapons don't seem to have been pursued. On the other hand, means to put the Vajra under direct control are). I'm not sure how the changes affect the development of the YF-24 (in the TV series it was developed directly because humans encountered the Vajra - which doesn't occur until 10 years later in the movie version), and the development of the VF-27 and VF-25 Tornado Pack/VF-29 are more closely intertwined (if memory serves, there's the implication that Frontier took the VF-27's beam gun technology for use in the VF-25/29). So, there's a bit more rivalry, competition and espionage between the fleets in the movie version.
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Fixed.
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RM++ Project: Worldguide 21A: Mihoshi Academy High School: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRworldguide/MCRworldguide.php - some interesting rounding out to the emigrant fleet background in MF. Timeline 34A: Project Suspension (Plus): http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRtimeline/MCRtimeline.php - some interesting thoughts on the implications of the suspension of Project Super Nova.
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RM++ Project: History 7 07A: Jamming Birds: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRhistory/MCRhistory.php#M7 - some good stuff on the people behind the Jamming Birds.
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Short answer: no. Long answer: skim and scan your books for 公式設定 (sometimes only rendered as 設定). Who has been deciding it? Kawamori has been maintaining that each series is in a universe onto itself. Official (formal) setting (establishment, creation, scene, configuration) also has the nuance of 'option or preference settings'. With that last one, if one thinks of Macross as a computer, then the nuance changes to something extremely close to what Kawamori has been promoting: there's a real Macross out there, we're just seeing dramatized versions of it. In the sense that however the user "configures" their "interface" into Macross, their experience of Macross changes. Put simply: there are numerous ways to perceive Macross, but each series has only one official way to perceive it in its context of this heretofore unseen "real" Macross world. Ergo: official setting does not equal canon. Especially when it comes to Macross. (Believe you me, I'm as frustrated as the next guy about the implications of that when it comes to trying to make sense of how things in the different series relate to each other).
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It hasn't shown up in the revised sheets. In the original, it was limited to extremely brief mentions on 00 and 47 (which the revised hasn't printed at the time of writing).
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Complete: Mechanic: F SMS 06A: VB-6 Konig Monster: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRmechanic/MCRmechanic.php#MF - continuing in the streak of bizarre editorial changes, this time we have the removal of caption titles. It's true that they were redundant, but it isn't like they were consuming a lot of space on the page. More time and energy on the new stuff, please!
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Macross Chronicle comes first to mind. Anyhow, a more constructive approach is: the word (and concept) of '(literary) canon'* exists in Japanese, why are they NOT using that term to describe the official setting? * using Wikipedia for its ease of conversion between similar Japanese and English articles: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/カノン_(文芸)
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You are wrong, sir. That terminology is used EVERYWHERE in Macross related publications.
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People actually should not be using canon to describe what is or is not Macross. "Official Setting" (capitalization optional) is the term used by the people behind Macross. I kinda like it because of its nuance of a story's "starting point" (as opposed to the canon's nuance of "this happened"). And the one thing that the diverse interpretations of the different Macross stories all have in common is the starting point.
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Which, if memory serves, is fairly standard for Valkyrie operations in space.
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Complete: Episode: F 00C: Macross F (Frontier) Opening/Ending: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRepisode/MCRepisode.php#MF - pretty much only descriptions of what was on screen...
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RM++ Project: Episode: FB 00A: Super Dimensional Fortress Macross Flash Back 2012 Production Data: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRepisode/MCRepisode.php#FB - this page is comparatively loaded with goodies. Although it only fuels the debate on whether Minmei went on the Megaroad 01 or not, that's more than compensated with the other info it has. And on top of that, there's the RM on "The Phantom Movie Ending". Episode: 7 28A: Macross 7 Eps. 28 "The New Sound Weapons.": http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRepisode/MCRepisode.php#M7 - this sheet, too, adds to the info in the show and further rounds out the relationship of Gabiru and Gurabiru.
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Let's not forget that GitS was predated by another Shirow cyberpunk classic: Appleseed. ... and in the list of authors, one can't forget the creator of the term cyberspace: William Gibson.
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RM++ Project: Technology 01M: Variable Fighter: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRtechnology/MCRtechnology.php - a bit more on Ivanov's relationship with the development (in short, some of his lines in M0 make a little more sense). The other RM... well, I'm not sure what the point of it is. Character: TF 00A "Theatrical Macross F" Character Interrelation Chart/Triangle Timeline: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRcharacter/MCRcharacter.php#TMF - the highlight is Isamu Dyson. Though, for MF fans, I'm sure the suggestion of what happened for some time after the conclusion of the last movie is probably insightful (though, it's hardly anything at all).
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RM++ Project: Timeline 33A: The End Of The Chain Of Hatred (Plus): http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRtimeline/MCRtimeline.php - wow. This sheet highlights something great about Plus: an actual, intelligent meditation on the coexistence of the Zentraadi with humans (take that, immature take on the relationship in MF!).
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RM++ Project: Character: M Zentraadi 02A: Ekisedoru Forumo: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRcharacter/MCRcharacter.php#SDFM - I wish I could say there were big revelations in it... at least the RM underlines Ekisedoru's contributions in M7, in addition to hinting at what he did between SDFM and M7. Complete! History M 02A: The Unification War: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRhistory/MCRhistory.php#SDFM - the changes between the two editions... well, on the one hand, I can understand enhancing things to make it easier for non hard-core fans to understand... but how can removing nationalism and religion from the cause of the Unification War be an improvement? Do the editors really believe that it is that confusing? Or worse, offensive? Shouldn't that stuff be retained to highlight the dangers of religious and national extremism? (I'm all for moderation, btw). Oh Deagostini editors, how soon yee forget such things as Aum and the activities of Nihon Sekigun...
