The Newbie and Short Questions thread

[Seto Kaiba]

On 3/17/2026 at 11:19 AM, PixelatedShinobi said:

That's insane. I can't imagine spending that much on a hobby project.

Macross is not a hobby for the financially faint-of-heart, that's for sure. 😅  Between the Japanese domestic market prices for things like physical media, books/mooks, models, toys, albums, etc. and the cost of international shipping and the associated taxes makes it pretty darn costly at the best of times.  

That much spread across a decade or so ain't too bad, but all at once?  Ouch.

 

On 3/17/2026 at 11:19 AM, PixelatedShinobi said:

I've already paid for the first chapter of The Ride, so expect it out in... early April? If you have any leads on those illustrations, it'd definitely help a lot for the future.

I did some checking, and it looks like the color art was possibly only available in the non-archived digital distribution and/or individual print issues of Dengeki Hobby.

EDIT: I was able to find the illustrator's (Tommy Otsuka's) socials, but nothing Macross related on their two twitter accounts.  Their old artist website is defunct, and I haven't yet checked their pixiv account but what I can see on Twitter is that it's mostly OC NSFW stuff.

Edited 10 hours ago by Seto Kaiba
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