Heron

wow it sold out during confirmation hahaha

Looking at the prices should have just went with Loopaza.

Loopaza just went out of stock...nvm seen that earlier. Damn.

It's 11:10AM in Tokyo right now so...12AM PST I think.

Here is a screen grab. You can see the Hemera falling away.

haven't seen the episode yet,.but if the joint are destroyed, why not release hemera from elysion? so this means hemera cannon are powered by elysion main reactor not by hemera own reactor.

so the cannon are only in hemera? aether dont have it? I though aether and hemera are the same type of ship

They look the same but I'm not sure they both have cannons. But in this episode the Hemera is blown off at the joint after it fires its cannon so Ernest then punches with the Aether.

Right because the arm with the cannon was blown off at the joint so had to use Aether to punch with.

It was the "Aether Attack", which is what Ernest shouted.

Weaksauce Attack!

nope, not even Daedalus attack

It was a Daedalus Punch and it knocked a hole so the Trio could enter to rescue Mikumoto.

The mecha fight was like a re-skinned Frontier vs Galaxy Fight. Xaos did lose an arm on their Macross after they fired their gun knocking out SV shields so they then performed a Daedalus Punch.

Thank Minmay this eternal blunder is over for now and I can save my Blu Ray money to spend on Valks instead. The Draken is a must have!

Yeah, this became a vehicle for Walkure instead of Valkyries. I mean I have all their magazines and music they've released, so on that front Macross D has been successful. However, as a show itself not so much. Anyway, the worst I hate about this is the wasted love triangle on poor Mirage as I felt she should be standing on her own two feet. Instead she is pining over Hayate. At this point Freya has more spirit or even Ranka, than her. Ah, well almost over now...

Maybe infiltration was not their first plan. They might just wanted to destroy the ruin at WIndermere as soon as possible while some of Windermere's force was at Randall.

But because of Cassim and one of the twin came after them and shot down Walkure' ship so they have to change their plan.

I give it a positive for Mecha Action...still neutral on some of the character choices and I agree with Roy on negative for character animation.

Since many of you are homesick for some Dogfighting!

Watching that again works to show how much Delta is missing Mecha Combat. I mean wouldn't it be great if Hayate and Keith went at it like that?? Jeez

Unfortunately, the logical part of me says that should be the last thing Xaos does.

Hey as long as it looks good and looks good kicking arse, I can overlook the sudden upgrade. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=883Z3erI-k4

This is what I want to see for the end, with Siegfried's and Drakens going at it with Walkure Music mixed with Previous Macross Music. The fight choreography would be a mix of Battroid Martial Arts with a generous dose of flying. ^^

As a rookie member of Delta Platoon, Hayate is instructed to hang back while his comrades-in-arms go ahead with their mission to take down Roid Brehm after it’s learned he plans to finish what Macross Galaxy started with their Hivemind project. However, the team's cover is blown (Or did Roid already know they were attacking?), and Roid unleashes every ancient Protoculture defense system within Sigur Valens. Now Hayate must take command and lead his remaining team on an ultraviolent charge through the ship to complete -- and survive -- the mission.

I am with Alaundro...Two Thumbs Down. This should have happened in the first series and I guess we will get a rapid ending after this slow build up with little resolution.

I have a feeling we are starting to turn against this show out of frustration. I've made it clear I was never a big fan. I've tried to judge each episode own its own. I gave this episode a neutral vote. Right now the Positive side has the fewest number of votes. I think people who have been with the series are frustrated by how things turned during the second half. The first half delivered so much more. By episode 20 people are expecting so much more.

That would be me. I actually turned a few episodes ago, but from Post to Neutral but it seems to only get worse and now I'm a negative.

So then it really is the spiritual sequel to M7 after all!

Sure but to be honest I enjoyed M7 much more so than I am enjoying Delta.

And I enjoy Walkure. I think they're a great idea given the state of the fandoms in Japan at the moment. Even if I do feel like an Uncle for supporting them.

Agian seeing Walkure Live this past week, Delta is more about launching a real world Macross Idol group for commercial success than about an anime and it is showing in the level of animation, disjointedness and pacing on this episode. However, on the product side you see Walkure everywhere and now they have a second album dropping in September. I am assuming most of the funds are going to their real world development.

Any mecha action?

After spending the summer in Tokyo shopping and buying Walkure related Macross Delta merchandise, I have come to the conclusion Macross D is nothing more than a system to deliver an Idol Group. I am waiting for a Walkure Cafe and Theater to open in Akiba. Hopefully they will sell Pineapple Salad and Ragna Water Spiders at the cafe! ^^

As for this episode, again great idol music and I liked the stuff happening at the ruins but the mecha combat was meh. Too much flash and too little substance.

Thank you, Kajinrig, for articulating what I felt about the Valk combat. All in all your comment about Itanos protégé being out explains a lot.