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Yes it is, and no it isn't.

The mods didn't care the last dozen times an M7 thread got crap all over and ruined by people who dont like the show, why do you think they'd care now?

You mean they just threw the MBF-P02 in the opening for kicks? Pretty much, yes. Much like how Home (the ship of the main Astray characters) makes a brief appearance in episode 47.

Maybe because *gasp* people actually do like this series. Isn't that an outrageous concept?

Yeah worst dub ever. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

I'd sooner get a tatoo saying "DORK" ..because 20 years later, that's what you'll be thinking whenever you looked at it.

Keep in mind that this is rumor at the moment, not fact.

A shame really, since the English voice acting wasn't too bad at all, quite above average.

Erm, that's not for one dvd with a couple of episodes - that's for three disk special edition, one dvd with four episodes and 5.1 sound, one dvd with the same four episodes but with DTS sound and the first soundtrack album. The standard single dvd with the first four episodes is just $18.

Oh no, a mispronounced name, by a CN announcer. THE HORROR! It happens. So do minor changes. I mean it's a dub, what do you expect? The SEED dub is also going to replace Lacus' original Japanese songs with English versions too, my god, what horrible butchery! Never mind the fact nobody on CN, the primary audience for the show wants or cares about Japanese music. Who cares. The original content will all be nice and intact on the dvds as it always is.

Just a correction, the Japanese track on DVD 2 is also DTS, not 2.0.

You misunderstand because he's saying the opposite of what you think he's saying. "Magic" has no place in SDF Macross and Macross 7 does not retcon Minmei or what she did in SDF Macross, at all.

Having back features does not make a suit backheavy. The Nobel and V2 Gundam's especially out of that list are definately not backheavy.

Don't start this again. That's a near insignificant scene that coincidently fits with a retcon rationalisation. The main point is - why does it even need a rationalisation? Macross isn't some static universe confined to some twenty year old set of predefined rules, it's an evolving universe. Original Macross did not incorporate mysticism, spirituality or 'magic'. Not now, not when it was made. Later entries to the series however, have. Chose not to personally like them fine, but make no mistake - don't for a second think that those concepts are "not Macross" since the original series didn't contain them because Kawamori and co are the ones who make that call, and they've decided that those elements very much ARE what Macross is. But back to the actual topic here - I've been happy with Macross Zero so far. I've the the characters, the action and the story. The animation is one of the more stunning works of the last couple of years, and the CG animation is top notch. The only thing I'm uncertain of so far is the pacing - with episode 4 out soon the series will be all but over, while at the moment it feels like a smaller part of a larger work. Time will tell I guess.

Yes there is, the KONSPIRA version makes all my video programs crash!!!!! Sounds like you need to update your codecs.

KONSPIRA are a lot better than LMF. They release faster, their translation is better and their video encodes are of much better quality. Really, there is not point at all in waiting for LMF.

That's pretty questionable. The English dub had some decent cast but was ruined by terrible directing/scripting. I don't think the Japanese audio even had that - with the exception of the main character and the lack of bad English versions of the songs, I'd dare say the Japanese was worse.

Well, neither is wrong. The OVA just took a different tone but ending before the manga's editing. The OVA kept the grim atmosphere of the story - ie, Shin had been irreversibly changed, so he went back. The manga however, went for a happy ending - which in all honesty was a cop out. Should be interesting to see which ending the new series goes with.

Hell yes it is. My brother doesn't watch too much GITS, but he was really suprised when I showed him several episodes. He thought that the animation was almost too good for a TV series. Props to Production I.G for such a great series. It probably is - if I recall correctly, GITS has a *very* high budget for a tv series. That said, the second season so far has had even better animation.

How is it stepping all over it? The purpose of the valkyries hasn't changed at all. And if you're unimpressed with the retro-ness of the designs nothing would make you happy. They've done an excellent job of remaining faithful to the original designs whist making them look more advanced than current day technology.

None of them. Download it or wait for the R1s.

I would have said Victory, since that turned "Gundams" into glorified GMs.

Thanks for the laugh.

You heard correctly. I've seen examples of them and they're completely awful. It's better not to watch it than subject yourself to those. Unfortunately Turn-A has been passed over by fansubbers so good quality releases only exist up to episode 6, and not so good quality releases up to 11. After that, nothing.

Excellent in general. Quite different, which was a bonus. Good luck finding watchable copies of it though.