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Who drew the art for macross? I love the artwork pasted on the artbooks, Macross 7 Trash covers, DVD covers, and eyecatches on the PS2 game. Where can i find online scans of his stuff?

Character designs for SDF:M, DYRL, and M7 were handled by Haruhiko Mikimoto.

I'm not sure if that's what you were looking for. :dunno:

I forgot who handled the designs for MII, M+, and M0. :(

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If he's the same dude that did those "pastel" looking art work which we see in almost all macross related art (non-mecha) then yeah.....

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If he's the same dude that did those "pastel" looking art work which we see in almost all macross related art (non-mecha) then yeah.....

Those aren't pastels....they're watercolor/acrylic paintings. And he did the character designs for SDF, DYRL?, II, 7 (and D7).

http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/books/art_cellworks.htm

http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/books/...lustrations.htm

http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/books/art_roman.htm

Character designs for M+ were done by MASAYUKI.

Character designs for M0 were done by Takuya Saito.

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If he's the same dude that did those "pastel" looking art work which we see in almost all macross related art (non-mecha) then yeah.....

Those aren't pastels....they're watercolor/acrylic paintings. And he did the character designs for SDF, DYRL?, II, 7 (and D7).

http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/books/art_cellworks.htm

http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/books/...lustrations.htm

http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/books/art_roman.htm

Character designs for M+ were done by MASAYUKI.

Character designs for M0 were done by Takuya Saito.

Sweet ass.....thanks azzy and UN Spacy.

:)

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Is there any consensus as to what the Zolans are? Are they mutated humans, or are they another race uplifted by the Proroculture, or what?

Just another race. Just as humans came from monkeys, Zolans came from marsupials.

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Is there any consensus as to what the Zolans are? Are they mutated humans, or are they another race uplifted by the Proroculture, or what?

Just another race. Just as humans came from monkeys, Zolans came from marsupials.

That kinda makes sense...thanks.

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She DOES have a jap name after all. Misa Hayase. Unless you were thinking Lisa Hayes? Shame on you. :lol:

To be fair, that's one where the Rawbooteck name IS quite similar to the Macross name.

Well, Misa/Lisa, anyways. Hayase/Hayes is more of a stretch.

But it's not totally out of nowhere like Rick Hunter.

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She DOES have a jap name after all. Misa Hayase. Unless you were thinking Lisa Hayes?  Shame on you. :lol:

To be fair, that's one where the Rawbooteck name IS quite similar to the Macross name.

Well, Misa/Lisa, anyways. Hayase/Hayes is more of a stretch.

But it's not totally out of nowhere like Rick Hunter.

They could call him Hick-A-Roo Itchy Joe. :lol:

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She DOES have a jap name after all. Misa Hayase. Unless you were thinking Lisa Hayes?  Shame on you. :lol:

To be fair, that's one where the Rawbooteck name IS quite similar to the Macross name.

Well, Misa/Lisa, anyways. Hayase/Hayes is more of a stretch.

But it's not totally out of nowhere like Rick Hunter.

They could call him Hick-A-Roo Itchy Joe. :lol:

........ And Roy...

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Anyona have some info about Milky Dolls? I have only found artworks and something like they're spirita specialist.

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I got a newb questions. (slightly toy related but I still figured it belonged here, my apologies mods if I made you angry)

I noticed the 1/60 scale of the yamato q-rau and the 1/60 scale of the vf-1... The pilots are much bigger in the Q-rau than the vf-1. Are the pilots in the Q-rau giants? I've read the pilots for the Q-rau are ladies, then is there a male variant of the Q-Rau, (if you could link me to a pic of the male variant I would like to see that robot)

What is the difference between Miria Millia and Minimay?

Is Max a guy? If so why is he piloting a Q-rau (yamato blue Q-rau), I thought Q-Rau's were only for the ladies.

Last question, (sorry mods but I thought it'd be rude to start another thread in toys section just for this question) When is the Yamato Blue Q-Rau coming out? I read in July but if I'm not mistaken, it is July and no Q-Rau.

Sorry for my horrible newb questions but I don't get macross or robotech where I am. I've only been able to get toys. (I love robots, especially when they transform, and unique designs like Q-Rau with the curves and no hard edges)

My appologies again if my questions were too newbish

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I noticed the 1/60 scale of the yamato q-rau and the 1/60 scale of the vf-1... The pilots are much bigger in the Q-rau than the vf-1. Are the pilots in the Q-rau giants? I've read the pilots for the Q-rau are ladies, then is there a male variant of the Q-Rau, (if you could link me to a pic of the male variant I would like to see that robot)

Yes, they are Giants, the male variation of the Q-rau is the Nousjadeul-Ger

http://www.mahq.net/mecha/macross/dyrl/nousjadeul-ger.jpg (movie)

http://www.mahq.net/mecha/macross/sdfmacro...-ger-kamjin.jpg (tv series)

What is the difference between Miria Millia and Minimay?

Miria and Millia are the same person, she is a Meltran pilot, just change the spelling...

Minmay is a famous singer in SDF Macross. :D

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Minor quibble: the Nousjadeul-Ger isn't a variant of the Q-Rau as such--it's a completely different mecha. But both are forms of powered armor, with the Q-Rau only used by females and the N-Ger by males.

Is Max a guy? If so why is he piloting a Q-rau (yamato blue Q-rau), I thought Q-Rau's were only for the ladies.

Max is the exception to the rule. The reason he gets to pilot a Q-Rau is that, in the movie version of the original Macross story, he's a human who boards a ship crewed by female giants, teams up with them, and gets "macronized".

Official info on the two mecha in question (mahq.net is good in my opinion, but contains some errors):

http://macross.anime.net/mecha/zentradi/ae..._ger/index.html

http://macross.anime.net/mecha/zentradi/ae...eadluunRau.html

Also, not to muddy the waters, but while the Q-Rau is explicitly described as a "female division" suit, the other Zentradi (giant) mecha aren't explicitly described as male-only. While the movie version shows the male and female giants as having completely different equipment, in the TV version of Macross, male and female Zentradi are on the same side and have the same types of star ships. But we never see a male Zentradi pilot a Q-Rau, nor do we ever see a female Zentradi pilot a Nousjadeul-Ger. We do see a female pilot a Glaug at one point, although that may have been a special circumstance.

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Anyona have some info about Milky Dolls? I have only found artworks and something like they're spirita specialist.

Spiritia Specialists.....no. Idol pop group, yes.

http://www.anime.net/macross/production/so...gitalMissionVFX

http://www.anime.net/macross/story/chronol...2040/index.html

When is the Yamato Blue Q-Rau coming out? I read in July but if I'm not mistaken, it is July and no Q-Rau.

Yes, July release. It's only July 15th. We still half the month left. Patience my young padawan. You may start bitching on August 1st.

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Okay, then that brings up another newb question. See, I don't understand the relationship between the dyrl and the tv series. Are they both a retelling of the same story? Or is there progression made from one to the other. Dyrl came after the TV series right? Cause Dyrl came in 1984 and TV series 1982 if I'm not mistaken.

Along time ago I think I watched two episodes of macross expecting transforming robots, but those two episodes I watched didn't have hardly any action at all. Is the tv series slow, getting to the cream filling? (robot battles) I bought the dyrl dvd from a friend I should get it in a few days. Maybe that'll fill in most of my other newbish questions.

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DYRL is a movie re-telling of the original SDF tv series. in the canon, its position varies. since its production values were much higher, DYRL looks much better than the TV show, and subsequently the DYRL mecha designs are generally used for the later shows. DYRL is sometimes rationalized as a movie within the series, as there are references to a movie of the same name in Macross 7, but i think we've come to the conclusion that its basically just an alternate re-telling of the SDF macross tv series, and Kawamori, the creator, has stated that neither DYRL or the tv series is the "true" story, that it lies somewhere in between.

mostly DYRL is used canonically for visual design elements, with SDF macross TV used for the story.

edit, grammar

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DYRL is a movie re-telling of the original SDF tv series. in the canon, its position varies. since the production values were much higher, DYRL looks much better than the TV show, and subsequently the DYRL mecha designs are generally used for the later shows. DYRL is sometime rationalized as a movie within the series, as there are references to a movie of the same name in Macross 7, but i think we've come to the conclusion that its basically just an alternate re-telling of the SDF macross series, and Kawamori, the creator has stated that neither DYRL or the tv series is the "true" story, that it lies somewhere in between.

mostly DYRL is used canonically for visual design elements, with SDF macross TV used for the story.

Just to cite some sources:

http://www.anime.net/macross/story/encyclo...roduction_notes

http://www.anime.net/macross/story/encyclo...love/index.html

http://www.anime.net/macross/story/chronol...dex.html#203102

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people asked about the YF and what the letters stand for awhile back, but we never got a clear ansewer on it, i am still waiting myself.

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Its just a designation for an experimental/prototype fighter. Real world designation even.

Prototype/evaluation only. YF-22 was both the "Omega-one" prototype fighter, as well as the evaluation version of the real-world (late and unlamented) Lockheed F-22 Raptor/Lightning III, for instance.

"X" (eXperimental)-designated aircraft are craft which are made not for actual production but as testbeds to test designs or technology.

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Passing on RT.com, I found this but there's no mention of it in the Compendium and the Nanashi's Information Group website is currently unavailable... I couldn't even find any mention of it into the Shoji Kawamori's Macross Design Works book. Does anyone have infos about this particular type of VF or is it some anime error?

Thanks in advance :)

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Passing on RT.com, I found this but there's no mention of it in the Compendium and the Nanashi's Information Group website is currently unavailable... I couldn't even find any mention of it into the Shoji Kawamori's Macross Design Works book. Does anyone have infos about this particular type of VF or is it some anime error?

Thanks in advance :)

It was an animation error that Robotech recently embraced as a "real" mech.

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What happend to Alaska Base after the last fight. Did it become some memorial, just another ruin for adventure seekers to go through, did it blow up?

We don't know.

Most likely, it was salvaged but there wasn't much story on the base afterwards.

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Correct me if I'm wrong but what happens to the pilot's seat when going from Fighter to Battroid Mode?

I know the seat rotates 90 degrees upward.

BUT does it also move INTO the chest area?

I was watching DYRL last night and was a bit curious. When Kamijin attacks Focker's VF-1S I always thought that Focker was seated in the chest area.

For example.

1. When Kamijin punches the chest area (air brake) we see Focker's console being smashed inwards.

BUT

2. When Kamijin rips off the blast shield Focker is clearly seen behind it.

What's the deal?

Is he supposed to be in the chest or cockpit during Battroid Mode?

Was this an animation mistake? Am I thinking too much about this?

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probably a transition,in battroid pilots go to the head in an elevator almost instantly through a super magnet tube

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