papabear

I've been sitting on the fence about getting the book... if there are any copies left at Kinokuniya in a couple of weeks maybe I'll pick one up.

I'm enjoying the size analysis page...

I would think that they wouldn't try to destroy Battle Galaxy if possible, in order to save lives, take prisoners, and get information.

I think leaving it unresolved fits Alto's character and his age...

I'm waiting for pics of Battle Galaxy! Especially some sort of clarification as to how much of the ship that we've seen is actually Battle Galaxy and how much is the colony ship... and a better look at Galaxy in attack mode would be nice...

Its strange that Grace despite how well her plans were going , her plans failed in controlling the Vajra and she didn't forsee this. At which point exactly do you think her plan went downhill? Was it when she lost Ranka , or when Ranka healed Sheryl? You'd think Ranka being an important victory objective she'd be more heavily guarded.

She was destined to fail from the beginning, because she was going against the power of love. hahaha The message: even the most advanced human technology cannot defeat love and culture.

Minmay gave the old Varj a wee bit of culture-shock back in the day, eh? Could work. Which we could have gotten a little more info on how the Protoculture worked into all this. So far it feels/seems that coreward of the Milky-Way something big is waiting for humanity.

Man, Comcast is going to fraking hate me this weekend

Well, as long as you don't exceed their bandwidth limit. Otherwise you will end up hating comcast.

Hrm... 2 more episodes to go, and I wonder if they can really wrap it up.

I think I would like to see more of the humans breaking up into factions, with some more belligerent than others. Although this may be too 'typical' of a story. 'Been there, done that.'

We just have this so far:

Thanks for the link!

Bah terrible... let's see what's going on with HMV then.

Eh, just picked my copy up today--turns out it was issue #1. Should have gotten it first before ordering the other one. I don't know what's up with the date on the notice, but it doesn't really matter. Maybe I'll consider selling the extra copy off or something.

I put in an order for #1 through HMV, I hope there are no problems (like it being out of stock). I suspect that Kinokuniya SF may have some copies of #1, but when one factors in the cost of gas, ordering it from HMV is actually cheaper, since I don't have the time to go up to SF, and I don't have any other reason to be there at the moment.

Thanks veffidas!

The notification you received, papabear, is for Volume 2 - Volume 1 is dated 2008/07/24.

It does look like HMV has restocked Volume 1, on the other hand.

Bah terrible... let's see what's going on with HMV then.

http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/iam-cybergundam/article?mid=12747

Looks very well-done.

I just got notification to pick it up today--the email said "Macross Chronicle (Issue No. 2008/08/07)" but I am assuming that this is the first issue. It had better be!

I also have profiles built for those ships, in addition to more pictures, on my website. See these links below:

Macross 7

Macross 5

Macross 13

Macross Frontier/25

You have a great site. I took a look yesterday--I also like the fan art that was done of Macross 5, depicted with the Zentraedi colors...

New Macross Carrier are designed after the original SDF-1. If you look through Miyatake design work, some earlier prototypes even incorporating Daedalus and Promotheus like craft as the arm with bigger Macross Cannon like rifle.

Sure, but the proportions of the parts make them look more like the giant robots to which I am referring. I prefer the look of the original SDF-1 or Macross Quarter... just saying.

I don't really like the appearance of the NMCs, with the exception maybe of Macross 13. Were they intentionally designed to look like the giant robots of other series?

Seeing the new op I can see the various differences in the New Macross Class carriers.

Macross 1 NMCs and Battle 7 is more on the standard carrier role design.

Macross 5's NMC carriers are more on Zentradi tech and aesthetics.

Macross 13's Battle 13 is probably the most well armored NMC their is.

Macross Frontier's Battle 25 have more point defenses than the rest of the class.

Does anyone know where pictures of all of these might be found?

Nvm. Found it on page 7.

Meltran or Meltran-inspired?

Edit: Ok having seen the youtube vid, I suppose it could be human-designed. Does anyone know what the markings on the ship (circles and such, similar to what is on the VF-27?) represent?

D.D. Ivanov

Is that from the Valkyries book? Thanks for the pic.

Although it's not an exact number, it looks like Macross Chronicle will be at least 50 issues, per the official website.

http://books.shopro.co.jp/macross/backnumber/index.html

Could always change, depending on popularity (like getting cancelled early).

lynn2009, have you or anyone else who's ordered through Kinokuniya SJ or SF gotten the first issue yet?

I don't really care for Basara's music, but the songs were put to good use in that episode and sounded good.

I think your opinion of Ranka might be a little bit too negative. I just think Ranka is too young--now if at the end they fast foward 10 years or something it might be different.

[English and Grammar Nazi Mode]That's semi-monthly.[/English and Grammar Nazi Mode]

Not to quibble, but the other meaning is also accepted. (Though apparently it has a fixed meaning within the publishing industry, but I wasn't aware ot if.)

Bi-MONTHLY? No, no, no...dig a little deeper in those pockets, my friend...it's bi-WEEKLY.

Oh I meant bimonthly as in 2x a month, not bimonthly as in every 2 months... I got a year's subscription, so...