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I am really enjoying the "mystery" of the show so far. I just hope that as the show goes on and secrets are revealed that they don't turn out to be too mundane or predictable.

I also think that up until this point the Vajra has been a kickarse enemy. Powerful and deadly, like they should be.

The combat scenes have been spectacular, the CGI has been awesome and so far they have blended it well with the 2D animation style.

The music has been stunning as well, both orchestral and the j-pop/rock.

If the effort on this series is maintained, it should continue to go well.

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I AM THE ONLY ONE SO FAR TO VOTE FOR NANASE???!!! C'MON!!!!!

Where is the rest of the fanclub????

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Yeah, I was confused by that line about spreading the images in episode 3 until this one too. The whole thing about letting him use the memory of her goodies now makes more sense too.

Its effectively telling the punchline of the joke first.

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Another voting selection could have been...

- Because it is not *another* stupid crappy reality TV show.

I mean, there is so much rubbish on television at any one time these days its such a relief to see programs that are different and are also GOOD SF.

Its like I observed in an earlier post, 2008 is a great year so far 'cause you have new Macross, Dr Who AND BSG being shown at the same time. Great stuff...

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Let see, Macross frontier:

- Transforming valk...check

- Love triangle.....check

- Huge buster cannon....probably exist in Macross Quarter....check

- Aliens.......check

- Idol singer......check

- Inspiring music....check

- Bridge bunnies....check

- Destroids.....check

- Civilian/military life......check

- Spaceships,fleet battles....check

Ok, I think it have most of Macross element

You forgot one....

- Jaded fans who nitpick the show too much at times........check :lol:

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Because Kawamori promised it would be the best Macross ever and tie up all the nots

I hope you meant to say tie up all the loose ends.

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And I would STILL like to know why the captain seems to have a pair of goggles as part of his uniform. (Strange fashion sense or a mega-powerful piece of artillery on the Macross Quarter.)

We might finally find out next episode.

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^^ I've pointed this out in the Episode Thread as well. So which is canon, the one we saw in Episode 4 or the one in episode 6?

Also, speaking of technology am I the only one who is in disbelief of the Red Lobster's capabilities?

According to the Leon in Episode 5:

== Makes its own missiles....WTF!!!??? Unlimited Ammo!!!

== Has a reactor capable of powering ECA and Fold Generator.

Can anyone say SUPER OVERPOWERED?

I think we just need to say SF magic and not get too worked up about it. Most (99.9%) SF and SF Anime has little basis in reality. Its just the way it is.

Perhaps the Queadluun-Rea is supposed to be smaller, but those proportions look way out of scale to me. The Queadluun-Rau is supposed to be roughly twice as tall as the pilot (not including the antennae). In that shot, the Q-Rea looks roughly the same size as a Valkyrie and Klan would fill out the entire suit from almost head to foot. That's definitely not right, at least in the way the Q-Rau was shown in SDF Macross.

Have we just found our first AnimeFriend/STAR PRO-like animation gaffa?

Where do the pilots legs go????? :lol:

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Well instead of "biting the dust" maybe Ozma's gonna do a T.C. McQueen role like in S.A.A.B. You know still commanding Skull Squadron, but flight status revoked because of injuries. Well I can hope can't I?

God, Space Above and Beyond, you are reeeeaaallly showing your age there. Then again, I was going to be an old codger and compare the end of episode 6 to some of the scene's in Space Battleship Yamato that had the heroes preparing to fight and then departing to a rousing tune.

Come to think of it, I think I have seen the departing sequence from the end of episode 6 in another show apart from SB:Y. Anybody have any ideas. (Yes, I know it has been done a few times in SF and other genre's, but there is something that is VERY similar, I just can't remember it.)

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Bah, lets not get too worked up about animation yet.

I'll tell you whats cool about this show and thats the music. Do we know if the first OST disc is going to be Sheryl and Ranka songs or is it also going to include some of the orchestral stuff, because I have really been enjoying the orchestral stuff. (Also the pop stuff too, don't get me wrong.) I especially enjoyed the rousing theme that they played during the last episode just before Sheryl's concert. It was a more "epic" version of the music from the start of Ep2 when Alto rescued Ranka. Great stuff, I WANT IT!!!! B))

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The silhouette of the new fighter looks a lot like the SV-51 with boosters. It's probably an anti-NUNs fighters just like the SV-51 was a anti UN fighter.

I was thinking SV-51 - especially with those canards on the front. Its not a modified YF-19 is it. (I will get howled down on this one for sure). Isamu???

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People have been begging for this movie for over a decade and I don't have the faintest idea why.

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Poor Cathy, only one vote (not mine). And a Miss Macross runner up too.

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Probably got something to do with Golden Week here last week.

Golden Week????

Oh, ok, public holiday.

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Multiple Macross 1/4 class ships next episode?????

Look at the picture I have borrowed. The ship closest to the viewer has a profile that would seem to match a Macross 1/4 ship. BUT, the ship further away and above it seems to have a very similar if not EXACTLY the same profile. Maybe another SMS fleet? Or just other ships of the same class that belong to NUNS?

It will be interesting to see.

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Mr. Brle has a third eye -

This is who he has to be.....

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SEE? See what happens when you smoke on the bridge!?

:lol: :lol:

Thanks

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Ok, time for some technical expertise (Mr March or anybody else with some idea.)

Here are the ships, can we have them identified please. (The ones that can be identified that is.)

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This picture needs a funny caption desperately, but my wit is not up to it at the moment, anybody want to have a go????

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If you don't want to find out Vader is actually Luke's father, then don't read past the first post.

VADER IS LUKE'S FATHER!!!!! OMG!!!!!!!!

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And quite honestly, this is nowhere near as bad as the Anime Friend via STAR PRO debacle of SDF Macross that we've all come to know and loathe.

I hope my word is good as a big fan of the animation thus far, but yes, the episode 6 animation is a noticeably worse. But don't worry, if this is as bad as Frontier ever gets, we can stomach it a lot better than the drops in past Macross shows.

Thats the most valid point anybody could make about this. Basically it is NOWHERE near as bad as some of the stuff we had to endure in the original series. So just bear with it and enjoy the show. If you get toooooo nitpicky its hard to enjoy anything.

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Well, you just never know, dude.

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ehehehe!

http://img237.imageshack.us/my.php?image=147902id1.jpg

cute, tho.

I think that says it all about why I don't think that Alto will ultimately end up with Ranka. She is essentially still just a child. Sheryl is definitely more of a "woman". Unless Ranka matures quite a bit as the series continues to progress.

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Even I got that

Sheryl was more than a little stunned when the news about the

Galaxy fleet hit

, but

what was she saying to Alto when he showed up with her missing earring

?

A bit off-topic I know, but....

I have to ask and I know some software that can do it, but what software do you specifically use to make such great animated gifs.

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