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Apparently a Macross Frontier movie advertisement.

(Sorry I don't have a single image; I happened across it by chance.)

Thanks for the confirmation, miked01.

I'll look forward to pics whenever you get the chance. And don't worry about not asking the seller about the poster, it's been 25 years since the book was published so he/she may not have known anyway.

http://page10.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m63019354

76,000 yen (almost US$800) for a Macross Frontier telephone card - basically a piece of plastic the size of a business card.

Now the seller wasn't asking an outrageous price, but the finals bids were rather absurd. According to the description it's only one of 50 produced and was a prize for a particular drawing. Prices for the the Hikaru Weathered Valkyrie might not seem so bad now.

Kind of a shame, since it would have provided more concrete information about reprints if it was there. It is, however, consistent with periodical issue numbering, which is reasonable considering that OUT was a monthly anime magazine.

Thanks for the info!

Will do when i get it back.

Will look forward to it. Any extra confirmation is useful.

I bought it this year on Ebay (from someone in Hawaii), but it MUST have been from the U.S., since it has a Books Nippan business reply card in it.

That would be a telltale sign. Something to ask would be whether it came with the SDF-1 poster or not, but it being a secondhand purchase could muddle things.

The next thing to check would be whether or not a OUT 8 printing makes reference to the first pressing or not and whether it states its own pressing issue number. (The gold books, TIAs, and novels do this for example.) The copyright info is on pg. 260 in the initial pressing, so, if it's possible, would you mind relaying any info there?

I've got an Out 8月 PM, and the date is Showa 59, August 10.

I'm assuming this was a stateside purchase, correct? Pretty curious then, since that means it took two years (Showa 59 = 1984) from the (commissioned) printing to move it to the U.S. as anecdotal evidence points to 1986 being the year of availability. This also means that, unless there was another reissue, that there is no 1986 reprint as stated on the main site.

Looks like there's simply a lot of unreliable and mixed information floating around concerning the history of this reference.

I posted about this earlier in April (when it really was news ), but it couldn't stand on a topic on it's own: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?...st&p=739826 .

There's a starter pack and there are regular individual packs/boxes as well.

The playing mat is pretty much another take on the launch poster:

Thanks for the info. Seems like I got the original with OUT 8 and the book jacket was hard.

Still have to get it from the girlfriend to doublecheck since I left it with her after the convention.

If it is an OUT 8, would you mind posting the numbers on the top right hand corner of the front cover (located within the small text above the two S's pictured here)? I'm still trying to pin down that reissue date.

How would you know if it's a bootleg? The paper and printing was good quality.

And how the heck do you bootleg a book like that?

See this post which was posted earlier in this topic here.

The Taiwanese have been pretty good at bootlegging in the past, from books to CDs. Actually, a lot of print material for distribution Hong Kong and Taiwan are pretty much simply officially sanctioned bootlegs; the quality is still pretty good but not quite near that used in the Japanese publications. (For instance, Mikimoto's art book Innocence, has a counterpart in the form of a large print collection named Pure for sale in Taiwan, which only included a subset of the artwork).

Here is the information on the Max dojinishi.

Tittle: MAX おくずけ

Circle: スタジオ　パルサー / Studio Pulsar

Date: 1983/11/13

Pages: 228 from front to back cover all black and white.

Features: packed with production douga, episode storyboards, and character setting scans. There are also a hand full of fan art of characters as well.

Not sure what the original price was but I paid about $60.00 for it.

Looks pretty cool and like something to get. Do you know if you'd be able to pick up another one?

Correct, there are a number of images of original artwork - the cover itself for instance. Most, if not all, of his published art books contain original art that he's done.

Although, to name a few series in included Innocence, there are Gundam, Gunbuster, and Record of Lodoss War among others. Generally, the ones that looks less "anime-ish" tend to be artwork that isn't attached to any particular anime or game.

Does anybody have a pic of this sketch?

Clicking the arrow in the small red box at the top of the particular quote will take you to the post and topic in question for more information. Although, a photo from the current owner, ruskiiVFaussie, can be found here.

Haruhiko Mikimoto knows about it in at least an offhand sense.

Story of the Mikimoto Lynn Minmay Macross World Sketch.

Back in February Art Geuness gallery in Akihabara held a Mikimoto exhibit and on the last day Mikimoto attended a small talk event and limited number of signings. Only 20 free signing tickets were handed out and I was luck enough to get one. The rules of the signing was that the item signed had to be written out to the ticket holder, they also expressed the reason was the increase of online auction sketches being sold. Second rule was you can only have Mikimoto's signature on the supplied signboard, no books or other types of items. The days of non-addressed to signatures and sketches is coming to an end do to resales.

So after the talked event they started the line for the signing and that is when I decided to have the autograph made out to Macross World. When my turn came I told Mikimoto about the con and ask if it would be ok to write the signature out to Macross World. He said sure no problem, then paused and said I'll do it after the event. He even still gave me a signboard autographed, and had a few min to chat. Once every one left the event he came back out and I was just talking to him and he started sketching Minmay. My mouth just dropped he only agreed to an autograph, but on his own decided to do a sketch. Then when he wrote it out to MWsama I knew right then this was a very special sketch. Mikimoto only did the sketch because it was for a donation to an event for international fans outside of Japan.

Since Feb. I've had the sketch and thought how I was going to release it to the MW community, with out it being sold on ebay. I would really like for the sketch to stay in the community, and if for any reason if the winner doesn't want it later please arrange for it to be passed on to a fellow member. That's all I ask.

I did request that there be some type of requirement to be able to win it at the event, but I think it is great that the guys have opened it to all eligible members worldwide. Also the money for the ticket is going to help this weekends con and future cons. I sent allot of stuff to the guys for prizes and shipping was not cheap, the organizers of the con paid for the shipping so right there funds for the sketch are doing exactly what they are suppose to do.

Anyways I wish I was going to the con, and I hope it's one of the best ones yet. I'll start getting stuff together for next years con, who knows what I'll get my hands on.

I think I watched a couple episodes and then skipped to the "movie" hoping I could skip the episodes.

If you were expecting a DYRL for Macross 7, I'm sure you were sorely disappointed. It was pretty much an extra episode in the series. Something small and easy to milk the franchise popularity afterwards, I presume.

They are in fact keyboard and drum control systems. The Macross Chronicle states that while Ray does most of the piloting (with the keytar), the VF-17T can in fact be controlled fully using the drum set interface in the rear seat. Of course, it does not say how.

So... yeah! Enjoy the hatred!

Hmm, don't quite ever remember seeing Ray with a keytar in the cockpit, but it admittedly has been quite a few years since I've watched the series. A keyboard system is still somewhat plausible, but the drum system is definitely pushing it. I suppose that system might have actually seen action depending on who passed out first in the final battle. Maybe Kawamori will figure out the logistics one day.

I tried watching 7. But playing the drums/guitar/musical instruments while flying really aggravated me.

You got pretty far if you got to the Valkyrie with the drums. Although, I believe that one was piloted normally, since it was a two-seater, and I doubt Ray was playing anything while piloting. So, you'd really only have a problem with the guitar and bass piloting, which are similar enough to say you had a problem with only one control system.

Presuming the cockpit is spacious enough, the guitar/bass itself could act as a gigantic control yoke. Rudder pedals probably wouldn't change much, and the throttle I'm not certain about. Of course, I'm sure the ridiculousness and complexity of such a system has been debated before, but it's probably possible, but I'm no expert and I haven't taken into account how the Gs on the pilot would affect the utility of such controls. (The anime did, however, state that Basara did do some extensive G training was better than Gamlin at handling them if I'm not mistaken. For Mylene, let's just chalk it up to her bloodline. As for Veffidas playing drums under Ray's special forces piloting, well, she is Zentradi and was able to beat up a number of strong guy Zentradi before joining the band.) If the literature said that Basara and Mylene were playing while using traditional controls, that'd be pretty far off, but I don't think Macross 7 went that far in its implausibility.

That said, I can't believe the introduction of one wacko control system is what made you turn away from Macross 7, unless you're a diehard plane buff, which I presume some members are. Some of the other stuff introduced in the series was a little off kilter, so I'll still give you the benefit of the doubt.

I guess I'll come in a say that I don't believe I'm lacking anything in needing to watch.

Although, many people who may have seen Macross 7 may not have seen all the "Macross 7 Plus" omake animation shorts that were slated every 8 or so episodes, unless you've recently downloaded Central Anime's batch, I believe. I don't know if the groups doing the remaster release have been doing them as well.

Back when Macross 7 was released on the net in RealMedia format in 320x240 or so resolution files on Sailor Seven (believe that's what the websites name was), I know they were missing a number of them and I had to dig around the net for some time to find them.

Quick! What should i dl?? Coal-GG or DB L-E?????

Probably too early to tell; it's only been one episode.

Dattebayo is pretty much the mainstay in the fansub community for Bleach and previously Naruto, I believe. Live-Evil has a longer history and has done a much greater breath of anime from past to recent.

I believe gg only mainly received name recognition around when Code Geass aired. CoalGuys got their traction with Toradora!, starting out with that as their debut series if I recall correctly. Both Code Geass and Toradora! lean on the recent side, but the respective groups basically were what people chose for those respective shows. Of course, gg did do Macross Frontier as well.

That's only in terms of speaking of the fansub groups. Individuals within fansub groups, particularly translators, I've never really kept track of. You can search AniDB to see what kind of anime different groups have done. Both collaboration groups seem to have solid name recognition behind them, so just wait and see. In my opinion, however, I believe DB and L-E did a better job with episode one as I stated previously.

So fine....i have rejoined the ranks of the Haruhists and am completely pleased with this episode. Its pretty LOL that loli Haruhi had the same personality as 3 years later.

Not really important, but when Mikuru and Kyon returned to 3 years later, why would Mikuru's digital watch show the correct time when they have been in "stasis" for 3 years? Her watch should just show the time they got frozen.

You may want sample other fansub groups. To me, it didn't feel like that episode was a particularly strong showing for the gg and CoalGuys collaboration.

The DB and L-E team-up seemed to flow better in my opinion. They used "atomic watch" which seems a little more plausible. Also, they used "mecca" when Kyon specifically said "mecca." The CoalGuys and gg team decided to dumb it down to "holy ground" which somewhat changes the meaning of the word when used figuratively.

Does anyone know the release date for volume 2 of Macross Ace?

According to an advertisement June 26, 2009:

From the picture you provided, they are without a doubt bootlegs - in my mind at least. Too much of the artwork featured is unnaturally cropped in comparison to the original sources.

Also, the Animage magazine insert deck was not standard dimensioned; it was slightly smaller and the paper stock was not one that you'd necessarily want to regularly play with. The bootleg of that deck was, however, standard sized and made of the usual waxy playing card stock. (You can tell which one is the bootleg when you have both; the decrease in image quality is noticeable when comparing the two. I actually received the bootleg deck through a transaction with a member here whom I presume didn't know it was a bootleg.)

Mikimoto must spend most of his time churning out DYRL character group shots these days. Look at all of 'em on these cards, and then you have the wall scrolls and posters and game ads, etc!

Actually most if not all of those 2-piece shots were originally done for PC-9801 platform-based games (see MW:Games) which were released between 1994-95, a few years before that specific card collection in 2000.

As for the Brocolli Special Edition promotional cards, I believe the following should clear up a few questions. Since the hermetic seal is actually coming apart in the back, there does appear to be a paper (possible advertisement) insert included, but I haven't decided whether or not to fully open the pack, yet.

From a conversation I had with one of the owners of Book Nippon years ago, they were responsible for importing Macross Perfect Memory Out 8. I was told that they commisioned the poster for their edition only. This would be the second run without Japanese print on the outside and it was created for the import market. I'm not sure how many if any made it to Japan.

I think this is agrees with one of the points you are making Veffidas?

Pretty much, Totoro242. I think it would be a disservice to potential collectors, telling them that you can't get a poster with the reprint when numerous members have provided anecdotal evidence stating otherwise. It also pretty much explains why an OUT 8 version is virtually nowhere to be found on online Japanese auctions.

About doujins/books who contain macross, i've seen this

...just wait to receive it and tell you what there is inside...

Let us know what's inside when you receive it, akim!

Hey Cuda, I don't know if you noticed, but in the tabs I provided, you can also switch to see the Bass score/tabs. I also just got the Macross 7 Band Score! It's so awesome, I totally recommend it! バンドスコア マクロス7/FIRE BOMBER BEST SCORE

I was wondering why the auction price for the old Macross 7 band score book had been going down lately. The new one appears to have a much greater breadth of songs:

◆F1068◆シェリル・ノーム 塗装済完成品ガレージキットレジンGK, that GK at the end stands for garage kit it is not made of PVC nor is it painted.

Save, if I may : 塗装済 = painted, and レジン = resin. The description ntsan provided is pretty much correct.

Yeah, it's big and it's rare. Whether it justifies the price is another matter, but Cesiry specializes in rare models.

Nonetheless, these things should most likely be posted to the "Auctions Of Great Absurdity Thread V2.0" thread and not here.