[Anime] Macross/II/Plus/7/Dynamite 7/Zero

Whut-da-devil?! ....well, that sucks....

Anyway, thanks for clearing that up, guys.




What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

good that the threat continues!!!

i watched the ep and totally loved it, the animation its good and the vf25 looks awesome!!!
i hope that the songs are as catchy as macross 7, and ill be a happy guy

Jam it back in, in the dark.

According to ANN, regular broadcasting will start in April.
Now we'll just have to play the waiting game.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

yup just a couple of months away!!!

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Well, episode one was released last week by only one or two fansub groups....probably because everyone thought it would be the same as the one released as the promo back in December. Though it's similar, there are quite a few differences.

For one, the new episode one includes the OP:

YouTube Video

you can also see a little more into the personalities of Alto and Sheryl:

Spoiler:

Alto comes off as cool but a bit headstrong too. His showboating during the concert nearly ends in disaster when he accidently knocks Sheryl off the stage (he manages to catch her though).

Sheryl comes off as a total bitch. She smiles lovingly at Alto's group on the way to her dressing room, then rips into the accompanying Kathy Glass and demands why some kids are back stage when nobody's supposed to be there. When Ms. Glass tells her they will fly as accompaniment to her performance, she calls them amateurs. Even when Ms. Glass tells her they are from Macross Frontier's Elite school she doesn't care...

As there are extras, of course a few scenes from the promo were cut out too. Not that anyone will miss them really.

Spoiler:

They did cut out the ghost (unmanned) fighters debut though which was supposed to demonstrate that electronic brains in unmanned fighters or even missiles were affected by some form of jamming and were therefore unreliable in combat.

Another group has released episode two so I will probably catch that a little bit later on.





EDIT: Ooops forgot about the eyecatch: the "Nyan nyan" restaurant commercial

YouTube Video

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

hello...
now here after long time...

so... Macross F until these moments me it has left satisfied.
the series to every time is more interesting...

you already saw episode 3?


the episode 4 miss macross 24/abril

I was speaking idiomatically.

Really enjoying it so far. I already like where the show is going.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

i have to catch up the eps, havent seen them yet, i just watched the op, its good, but i foind myself longing for for some fire bomber songs, LISTEN TO MY FIRE!!!!!!!
heheh, anyway, i like it!

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by MrSatan

but i foind myself longing for for some fire bomber songs, LISTEN TO MY FIRE!!!!!!!

Episode 2, about 14:43. Alto and Ozma in car. Radio playing - Totsugeki LOVE HEART!!

Remember this song?




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That song's a good 15 years old, it must have sounded like Ace of Base - All That She Wants to Alto.

And that Nyan Nyan commercial is freaky because it really sounds like a Chinese restaurant ditty.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Episode 3 was pretty good. More fleshing out the characters and seeing Altoh, Sheryl and Ranka's interactions is interesting and funny (the tuna buns LOL).

I can't wait to see more action coming up, though I was a bit surprised to see in the next episode preview....

Spoiler:

....that some Queadluun-Rau mecha appear. Are they enemies or perhaps part of Altoh's training?

Also:


When Earth started it's colonization journeys, you can see in the pic all the expeditions that left in 2012. The MEGAROAD-01 can be seen, which supposedly was the mission headed by Hikaru Ichijo and Misa Hayase. On the other side is the MACROSS07. M-FRONTIER can be seen on the right. Amazing how they could launch all these colonies out in the same year. MEGAROAD-04 reached EDEN in the same year and sent its own colonies out in 2013. They must've had some amazing resources as well as Zentraedi technology to pull all that off. You can even see that one of Eden's expedition colonies is the M-GALAXY, the home of Sheryl Nome.

Now waiting for episode 4 somewhat impatiently.....




There's nowhere I can't reach.

Hi. Is there a lower-res encode of this anime? My PC has trouble playing the 1280x720 res videos, though I have CoreAVC installed, it's still slow.

Thanks.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

AiA & I-Z are currently releasing it in something like 704x396 res version (around roughly 174mb each I guess). The quality is pretty crisp and clear too, not like the promo 1st episode. Their episodes are in MP-4 format though so you'll need MpcStar to play the files.

AiA I-Z ~ Macross Frontier ep.01
AiA I-Z ~ Macross Frontier ep.02
AiA I-Z ~ Macross Frontier ep.03





EDIT: Ah, it's 768x432!!

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLLLLLLLLLLLLLE!!!!

I also like how the SMS Commander/CEO? is continuing the tradition of grizzled badass space captains.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Wow thanks hikarub! I'll test these out!

EDIT: Plays like charm. Thanks

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Episode 4 was pretty cool. Despite being mainly a training exercise for Altoh, the action was pretty intense and interwoven nicely with Ranka's side.


As for the Pixie Squadron's Captain Klein Klan:
ZENTRAEDI version:



and MICRONIZED version:


Looks like something went a little bit wrong in the shrinking process....
(To those who have seen the original Macross series, the huge Tuna head on another table in the background should bring back memories! )





FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by hikarub

(To those who have seen the original Macross series, the huge Tuna head on another table in the background should bring back memories! )

nnnnnnnnnnnope, I got nothin

Two comments:

1. Somebody on the design team has a profound love for San Francisco.

2. Why does Frontier have a bug up its butt over implants? Avoidance of a transparent society? Any nerds out there find backstory for this?

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

The tuna:

In the beginning of the original Macross series, Hikaru and Minmay are trapped somewhere in the hold of the SDF-1 for several days. In order to survive they had to search for food and discovered a huge tuna fish floating around the zero-g cargo hold (they speculated that it must've been transported into space alongwith the SDF-1 when it tried it's fold system for the first time and accidently transported much of the island and surrounding sea with it). In one scene (or before I can't remember) where they enact a wedding (due to Minmay's belief that no one would rescue them and that they would die there) all that was left of the tuna was it's head sitting in a pan.

Maybe that's how they make soup.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Wow, I am loving this show so much. The whole thing is fanservice for those that saw the original Macross. It's got VF-25s that are strikingly similar to the VF-1, it's got Queadluun-Raus, it's got a grizzled awesome captain and bridge bunnies, and best of all, 100% less Minmei!!!

There's nowhere I can't reach.

It also helps that the show is actually good. Shit is finally approaching realness, thank God. I wonder if the decked out guy in the preview is a controller of Vajra or just a Galaxy inhabitant with tons of implants.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Looks like the next episode is gonna rock!! I can't wait to see some real action when the SMS and Pixies start smacking the Vajra around (or will it be the other way around?). Either way, this is another episode I can't wait to see!

Spoiler:

Hey, is this the enemy or that weird shadowy guy referred to as "Mr. Gilra" by the President? Probably a bad guy, huh?

Any news on a soundtrack release for Macross Frontier? The song Ranka sings (a Sheryl number from the first episode) in episode 5 is stuck in my head now. I really want this song!!




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Just out of curiosity, are there any groups besides Gattai and Anime in Action/Infinity Zero that are releasing this series quickly? These two are the fastest that I know of, but still take up to 5-6 days to make a release, but seeing the discussions I get the impression there may be a faster group that I'm not aware of.

I was speaking idiomatically.

As far as I know, Gattai and AiA/I-Z are the fastest so far to release episodes. Shinsen Subs are also out there but they've been taking their time with their releases (they haven't even released episode 6 yet). Others here may be checking out the raws or something I guess.... (or maybe some one here is part of a subbing group? Either in translating or QC?)

Possible....but I guess I should also point out that there are clips of episode 7 out on youtube already. I'll probably wait for AiA/I-Z though.

Most amazing jew boots

Macross F just hit holy shit awesome territory. I already have a theory about that mysterious crimson plane:
I think it and the pilot have something to do with the Megaroad-1 disappearing without a trace in the center of the galaxy. Since he seems human is aware of culture, I'm thinking he maybe a descendant of those on board MEgaroad-1. Maybe they found something to colonize/new technology etc at the center of the universe.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by hikarub

As far as I know, Gattai and AiA/I-Z are the fastest so far to release episodes. Shinsen Subs are also out there but they've been taking their time with their releases (they haven't even released episode 6 yet). Others here may be checking out the raws or something I guess.... (or maybe some one here is part of a subbing group? Either in translating or QC?)

Possible....but I guess I should also point out that there are clips of episode 7 out on youtube already. I'll probably wait for AiA/I-Z though.

Well, I've gotten it from gg last night - for some reason they decided to sub it. Dunno if they'll do it again (and given their speed with the Geass releases I sure hope so). Prior to that, I was able to get a Chinese sub from a group called POPGO.

So episode 7 was full of awesome. Definitely my favourite so far in the series... Guess we'll slowly find out more about Ranka's past, but next week's episode seems to be fairly easy-going and light hearted.

PS:

Spoiler:

Is it just me who was reminded of Gurren Lagann when that huge Macross Quarter transformed?

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?