Macross Frontier

[shinta|hikari]

I guess the speakers had a very distinct coverage, probably at an angle that spreads out, preventing Ranka from destroying her eardrums.

[Buffalobiian]

So is no one else surprised that Ranka isn't deaf after singing her little heart out standing right in front of speakers loud enough to extend concert level sound for at least 500-1000 yards...

Previous comments had prepared me for the Zentradi's complete and utter weakness to music but it was still kind of silly to see it. I didn't have a a problem suspending my disbelief but I now have a better appreciation for how lame the Minmay Defense is and why people make fun of it. I mean, what kind of genetic engineer fills an order for a race of warriors and leaves them emotionally susceptible to music? I supposed they just spent too much brain power building giant transforming robot spaceships and for that I can forgive them, but I still laugh at their failure.

I remember when Ranka almost got sucked out of the Island in episode one due to the vacuum, Alto commented that her eardrums should have burst. She told them she was half Zantradi. That fact could mean she's zero-atmosphere tolerant or has indestructible eardrums.

I'll buy shinta's idea though.

[Everon]

She uses super strength earplugs, duh.

I don't really bother trying to explain all the inconsistencies. The series is really just a jumpstart for the voice actresses into semi-pop idol status (Nakajima Megumi and May'n). Just sit back and enjoy the musical. I'm sure it'll end with the two singing a duet in order to SAVE THE UNIVERSE!!

[NeoBear]

I'm sure it'll end with the two singing a duet in order to SAVE THE UNIVERSE!!

...this here is my worst fear and sadly i would bet cold hard cash you are right =/

[David75]

Don't forget that the ep before, the pink fighter did follow them to their destination.

So it can't be possible there isn't more action.

[Buffalobiian]

Macross Frontier Episode 13 - gg

[NeoBear]

man ill say as of right now i relly have no idea wear they are trying to go with this it seems all over the place but in a good way =/

[David75]

man ill say as of right now i relly have no idea wear they are trying to go with this it seems all over the place but in a good way =/

Man...
Previous ep you have something entertaining at quite a low level of interrest.
Then you have that 13 ep that is a pure visual orgasm and explodes every of your neurons by overloading you with the so many routes the show can take, and finding where everything is rooted from.

I just remarked that Alto's mech is 007. Nice little touch. I'm almost certain it was on purpose as in that scene the number was very near the center of the screen, which is always a key area for attention.

That very last scene reminds me of a very old robotech one, I'll now next ep wether it's as sad as it was back then. I guess it can't be, also in robotech it was a more conventional large scale explosion, than this one...

[Buffalobiian]

They threw quite a bit at us this time....Ranka is a test subject...Vajra.....tentacle manager....

I'll comment more when I'm done recovering.

[animus]

Noo another Ranka episode.

[xtallography]

This was a great ep... quite a bit of plot and a little clarification in terms of the purple mech (and his attachment to Ranka), Sheryl's manager, and the reasoning behind it all. If LAI has all of this advanced warfare/machinery how does no one else know about it?

Plus, was the little glowing red eye beast in the jungle just a smaller version of the thing in the chamber on the bridge of the macross?

[KrayZ33]

Ohhh yaaaaa.... nice stuff... can't wait to see the next episode, when the REAL action is going to start

I hope well see some "grunts" fighting too and not just the popular SMS characters

I need some Military fighters in such a great battle!

well there isn't much to say about this episode, except that its going straight to a very interesting part and that it enjoyable to watch... so much eye-candy

[Psyke]

Sheryl Nome live!

[David75]

I found this without really searching for it:
[Kei] Macross Frontier - 14 (h264 1280x720) [E08751C2] mkv 320Mb @mininova

I don't know that group, hope it has enough quality

Edit:
Really, this show is incredible visually. Regarding the plot, I can't tell.
The only let down would be character design, but only slightly.
I really enjoy watching it, and it's one of the few shows I always find to be too short when the ep is usual length...

regarding the girl that died, it was really obvious from the way she was introduced...

Manager repaired? Geez!

Subs where average and Quality Check very poor, but at least it was still possible to follow the flow and understand what had to be understood... I guess.

[NeoBear]

i guess i don't catch QC stuff very much so if sub quality is important to you see above post but the video quality was great and of course yes once again they melt my face with outstanding visuals during the battle scenes.

[Yukimura]

Macross Frontier - 14 - [gg]

So gg seems to have decided that 409 MB is the appropriate size for this episode and thus the file is 409 MB....

[Buffalobiian]

That was.....409MB of Gold.

Battle aside, we finally see the link between Ranka and the Vajra - the microbes present in her abdomen that glows when she sings. What significance that plays is yet to be shown, but if she extends her calming powers, it could potentially make her the Vajra Queen (Little Queen).

The identity of Brera is turns out to be a Major from Galaxy. Why he's taking orders from Sheryl's manager is beyond me.

This episode is worth watching twice. The audio in this show is just....ownage!!

[David75]

And does Sheryl start to loose against Ranka?

[Ryllharu]

I don't know about her loosing anything (other than a song), but Sheryl has certainly been losing ground. However, I don't think that Sheryl will take it sitting down. Sheryl can see pretty plainly that Alto's attentions have been on Ranka the past two or three episodes. Actually, pretty much since Ranka took over the role in the movie.

Sheryl used to be able to push Alto around all the time, and he would always get pissed off at her and chase after. Maybe she has begun to realize that she really does love Alto, and if she doesn't stop playing around and getting serious, she stands to lose him to Ranka, our new Little Queen. The scene where she floated in telling him to come back showed this clearly, and she was a little taken aback that her genuine concern and interest were brushed off so easily with "I'll come back with Ranka."

I think this would be an even bigger shocker to Sheryl than the fact that Alto never viewed her from a fan's perspective. Now Sheryl gets to experience being ignored. It's a lot like what happened with Misa right after the time jump, and Minmay towards the end.


As for the Vajra, is it just me, or does it seem like the Vajra are supposed to be "humanlike" in the same way the Zentradi are? Are they some offshoot/derivative of humankind (or the Supervision Army like humans and Zentradi both are) that was created by the Research Fleet? I assume the big floating image that was projected to Ranka from the Vajra Queen was her own mother, and while I don't think that her mother had somehow mutated into the Vajra Queen (this isn't that kind of series...I hope), did it somehow gather that connection. I don't know where I'm really going with this, but the viruses in Ranka could be that significant.

It also looks like we'll finally found out what that mophead asshole truly wants out of all this. Here's hoping Cathy comes to her senses faster after the operators discussion and gets back with Ozma.

[David75]

The [gg] 409 Mb version was worth every byte as the image was a lot clearer, which is a major improvement for an episode where so many tiny details are in each picture. It's really, really incredible at times.
Should they make a 90 minutes ep, improve character design a bit, and it would be a very nice movie because as Buff pointed it, even the music is pwnage.

And yeah, loose and lose are different and I think I make the mistake a little too much
But I had the exact same reaction when Sheryl got ignored in such a way.

Regarding the Vajra Swarm Queen, it's creepy a lot, and its connection to Ranka's eggshell was quite the thing. Regarding the connection to her mother, seems like her mother was rather a host, like Ranka is, for some kind of living things the Vajra share too.
A sort of biological symbiosis, where even communication is possible. So I guess that the remaning entity of her mother was still in that "biological symbiosis" thus able to communicate with Ranka.