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But that's the way it's ALWAYS been...just like anime on VHS was at least ten dollars cheaper if it was dubbed, even though subs are cheaper to produce. But yeah...$100 for both DVDs is a lot to ask...a little less than half the price of the ENTIRE Zeta Gundam box set...

I say THE FUTURE IS NOW! That's why I'm going to legally change my name to "Wildstar" and name my kids "Andromeda," "Comet," and "Superstring Theory."

Not quite...I just watched that episode a couple of days ago; they don't show her emerging from the egg. They DO show some slimy placenta-like stuff that Ray and Houquet find right before finding Aisha, and lots of ominous shots of "Inbit-cam" focussing in on her. It's still pretty obvious, but not as much as having a narrator come and say something like, "The Invid are dropping their simulagent..." The last episode I watched was the one where they blow up the radar brain thing, and so now it's clear that Aisha can "hear" the Inbit, but they still haven't put two and two together.

Funnily enough, the first Valk toy I ever got (back '85) said "SPACE GANDAM V" on it. In contrast to its invulnerability in the show, the thing broke within two days.

And that Char guy is SUCH a rip-off of Zechs!

I've watched up to episode twelve (and will finish it soon)...It really doesn't seem very different so far from Robotech (although I haven't seen the RT version in more than twenty years, so my memory may be flawed). The biggest difference I've noticed is the lack of a narrator in Mospeada, and MUCH more mystery surrounding Aisha. In RT, didn't they come out and say she was a spy? Here (and again, I'm only at episode 12), it seems like she's just a human-shaped Inbit who was accidentally dropped. That, and Yellow Belmont isn't a covert agent...he just seems to enjoy being a girl.

Yeah...I heard a rumor recently that Victor Entertainment was holding an audition for a singer for a new Macross series to debut THIS YEAR! Any truth to that...?

The same three planes that show up in the distance here...?

No, no...noone's saying that. See...Mylene ends up getting married to the vocalist of Queen & King, and they move to the resort ship Riviera, where they smack each other up all the time. Eventually, they get a divorce, and, at 43 years old, she marries a 22-year-old male model who she can boss around. Then she spends all his money, leaves him, and gets a huge mansion in the luxury ship Buffet, with a huge staff of young, hunky guys who cater to her every whim.

Oh well...that episode would've been a pip. I mean, if he went off on you for THREE HOURS after you just mentioned his name in passing, , actually talking TO him would probably get his blood pressure so high that his heart would explode like a frightened rabbit's.

Just what this site needs...another Macross 7 flame war... *sigh*

I have the Volume One of the ADV set, and I didn't notice any difference. I haven't watched it in a while, though.

Fine, fine...City 7 residents should lock up their daughters, Basara worships eros is any form (especially when it's illegal on 90% of all Space Emigartion Fleets), and Macross F will get overrun by more than 260 fatherless young men and women whose mothers were all Fire Bomber groupies. Happy now? EDIT: And, of course, the orgy that followed "Fleet of the Strongest Women" lasted a week and got Basara into the the Guiness Book of Galactic Records for "most Meltrandi 'cultured' by a single man."

You show indifference to the point that when they unzip their top you don't reach out and grab...? Wow...clearly I've been underestimating Basara's cast-iron willpower! Nah...I prefer to think of Basara as a perfect sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll MACHINE! But without the sex and drugs.

It says "Sorry for our rudeness."

And again, I'll point out that Basara showed absolutely no interest in any females in the show, unless it involved them listening to his songs. All vox, no box.

Good stuff! And thanks for mentioning "Honey" Suzuki, who's probably my favorite minor character in M7. I don't adore 7 the way the you guys do, but it can be a lot of fun, and you communicated that sense of fun really well. EDIT: By the way, when are you going to invite Doug Bendo on your show? THAT would be awesome!

Tell me about it...I'm rewatching Mac7 now, and I just got to that atrocious live version of "Planet Dance" a few nights ago, and...well...I think I said it best a few years ago: Actually, since then, I've decided that the worst thing about it is Nobutoshi Hayashi's armpit hair.

Agreed. Very cool song. So who do you recommend for '80s JPop? I like a lot of late '90s JPop stuff, but my '80s collection is small and random...

I hope you have a lot of spare gigabytes...

If you like '80s J-Pop, are you a Kome Kome Club fan? They're awesome. Most of my favorite stuff is from the '60s, and no, I wasn't around then... I like a lot of '80s and '90s stuff as well, but not as much as Bob Dylan's trilogy of rock albums, the Velvet Underground (and/or Nico), The Beatles, The Pretty Things, The Move, France Gall, and the first two Nuggets box sets.

So THAT explains it...a Korean-American guy I know saw me reading the book at the coffee shop a while back, and he insisted that the story was Korean, not Chinese. I finally showed him the book's introduction, which settled the matter... And you read FOUR different translations?!? Wow...that's dedication!

I wouldn't mind taking one of the cola machines for a spin...

It was a few years ago, but IIRC, she got a concert program, some stickers, and a tote bag. I'd like to meet Yoko Kanno, too, but I get the feeling it would be more fun to work with her...you can tell the Seatbelts were having a damn good time making the Bebop albums...

That's going a little far, isn't it? Both of them are good. Besides, Chie wrote the lyrics for most of Mylene's songs (yes, she's "M. MEG"), so OF COURSE she should get to sing them. Tomo's voice works better with Mari Iijima's on "Friends" than I think Chie's would've, though.