Macross Frontier

[Ryllharu]

I'm not so sure about whatever reason Sheryl wants him. I guess he saved her during the concert in the newer version, but that doesn't really compare to all the things he (heh, I wrote "she" first) did for Ranka/Lanca.

In addition to the awesome flying and combat in the beginning, we got a good amount of background on the main characters this time:

Alto is actually descended from a line of Kabuki actors, received training for years, and is probably the geisha in the OP. I had thought that was Sheryl in heavy makeup until they revealed that. That explains his feminine appearance very well.

Lanca is a 1/4 Zentradi. Perhaps that explains why her hair gets a little floaty sometimes and she can even control it a bit?

The real mystery is why the aliens are after her. Particularly when she sings, they wake up, or start hunting her down and chase after her. I'm not entirely sure whether they are after both Lanca and Sheryl, since the parts at the end had them together. For now, I'm leaning towards them only going after Lanca, and not Sheryl. Maybe that could be a hit to Sheryl's ego?

[depthcharge]

Alto is my favourite hime now! Eventhough I am not familiar with the Macross series. I go wiki up what Zentradi means.

I think this show can actually be something interesting for the next couple of months. How many episodes anyway?

[KrayZ33]

will macross frontier air weekly now?

this is a great series, macross zero or yukikaze is a joke compared to that.

[NeoBear]

i like how when they wear riding in the car they played that song from Macross 7

"Lets go! something something blah blah i dont know the words!!! "

lol =)

[Buffalobiian]

Ep 01 -Shinsen-

I was wondering why those HD releases looked subpar. I thought it was dodgy encoding since it's the first time I've heard of Gattai, but it's because macross doesn't air in true HD.

[depthcharge]

ep 3 raw is out. I guess everyone who watches probably already knows. But damn, there is some fan service in this ep.

[animus]

You can't say anything about the episode if a raw is released, until there's a sub released. You didn't really reveal anything, but keep it in mind for the future.

[Munsu]

Well, here's a tripple joint, or might even be a quadruple joint if you consider Menclave two groups... AonE-Gekkostate-Menclave releasing episode 1:
http://bt.mymenclave.com/torrents/%5...5D.mkv.torrent

I want to start this series, it really does looks awesome... but I want to finish watching Zero first, which I never did. I also want to watch all the original series that I have burned somewhere before I get to this... so hopefully in a couple of months I will get on this.

[NeoBear]

Zero relly has nothing to do with the timeline from what i can tell. hell there was not even a Macross however it was still great, except for the stupid oh look at me ending

i tried to go back and watch some of Macross 7 and all i could find was something called Macross 7 Dynamite ..... you do not want to watch that trust me

[Munsu]

Zero relly has nothing to do with the timeline from what i can tell. hell there was not even a Macross however it was still great, except for the stupid oh look at me ending

i tried to go back and watch some of Macross 7 and all i could find was something called Macross 7 Dynamite ..... you do not want to watch that trust me

Zero I don't want to watch because of chronogical purposes... I just want to finish it because I had already started it.

Let me throw in all the series that are available for download, and the general order I came up with (chronogical order):

Macross Zero [5 Episodes]
Super Dimensional Fortress Macross [36 Episodes]
Super Dimensional Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? [Movie]
Super Dimensional Fortress Macross: Flashback 2012 [OVA Music Video]
Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II: Lovers Again [6 Episodes]
Macross Plus [4 Episodes]
Macross 7 [49 Episodes]
Macross 7 Encore [2 Episodes + Special]
Macross 7: The Galaxy is Calling Me [Movie]
Macross 7 Trash [8 Volume Manga]
Macross 7 Dynamite 7 [4 Episodes]

http://www.steelfalcon.com/Macross/continuity.shtml For Detailed Information on Macross Continuity

Just the same, there's this huge ass torrent with a ton of shit of Macross (most if not all the above series are included):
http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/2...4/?tab=summary

[KrayZ33]

Hmm, which one of those is actually worth watchin? (good animation)

Zero was very good, but i watched something like "macross plus" and that was just bullshit...
It felt like i was watching Saber Riders or something like that.

[Ryllharu]

Stop being such an animation whore. Those newest to anime, or the youngest, are really spoiled about that these days. You're missing out on so many great titles just because of how it looks.


Superdimensional is early 80s, so you have to give it some leeway there.

Just avoid Macross 7. Just...don't

Plus has really good 90s animation, think Bebop or the Evangelion movies. Plus is also one of the few that I felt really caught the feeling of Macross. It's test pilots. The most badass pilots there are. Versus a rogue AI. I fail to see how that could possibly remind you of Saber Riders (which I had to look up) in any way.

Zero looks really nice, but I didn't find all that much substance to them. Didn't have the Macross "feel" to them.

[KrayZ33]

The animation style (of the anime i was talking about) reminded me of saber-rider thats all.. and in my opinion there is nothing wrong with being an "animation whore". There has to be a minimum of realism in animes... i hate bad looking characters, because it just destroys everything. If the animation is bad but the story good, then i'd prefer a book about that anime.
Btw, there is a reason why computer games have better graphics than they did 10 years ago. The same goes for animes, the very old stuff is only good if you want to feel nostalgic (for example Saber Rider, Mask, or He-man...yes i watched all of these and they were great back then, especially mask...but today it seems weird and comical)


But I'm not sure anymore if it really was Macross Plus i disliked so much. (just watched a video on youtube and the animation style isn't bad at all)
There is a Macross with a scene of a test pilot, sitting "buddha style" in a plane (obviously meditating) and flying it through a test course. He avoided like 20000 lasers during that testflight... and that is just ridiculous .. really if I want to see something like that, i start rewatching DBZ or something similiar to that, I always thought Macross is something for "older" people. (I know that I'm talking about macross here, in which every pilote avoids getting hit by like 300 rockets at once, but there is a limit for that too... it was like in Yukikaze or the movie Independence Day where all the planes [about 100-200 planes] shot all their missles at one target, but unlike in Yukikaze or Independence Day they didn't even hit the target)

Well after watching that scene, i instantly deleted the whole package, thats why i can't remember exactly which Macross it was.

[Buffalobiian]

AonE & Co's release is 340MB? I thought this show didn't air in true HD? Am I mistaken there?

[Munsu]

I may be making shit up, but I think that rectangle that comes up in the very begining of the episode usually is found on HD channels.

[animus]

Episode 3 - AiA I-Z

Dunno if they're any good, considering I-Z did Dragonaut and I dropped that series after episode 2 and I have no idea who AiA is.

[Buffalobiian]

I may be making shit up, but I think that rectangle that comes up in the very begining of the episode usually is found on HD channels.

Hmm. I'll have a look at that later. Paraphrasing from Shinsen, they reckon Macross F doesn't have a true HD source, and that all the HD raws are station upscales. I"m guessing station upscales are the same quality as home upscales.

(side note on upscales, if you play SD anime on a HD tv from your computer full screen, is the resultant image upscaled when you use full screen?

[Ryllharu]

The joint AiA I-Z not translating the songs is really unacceptable. This is Macross. The songs are as important as the rest of the dialogue, if not more so. They put a lot of meaning into each of the songs. Not knowing what they are saying takes a lot out of the series.

I would really like Alto to punch Mikael right in the face and then beat the shit out of him. He ends up coming off as such a douchebag. While it is true that he's better pilot than Alto, I just get this feeling like he is only doing it for the glory, not for anything like protecting people or the joy of flying. Maybe that last part isn't true, but he just comes off that way.

They really went overboard making Ranka cute. Not beng able to let go of Alto's shirt, and some of the other things later on the hill. It's way too hard not to like her.

The same goes for Sheryl. She comes off really self absorbed and a huge bitch, but she's nice in her own way, and the stubborn way she tried to leave the shelter, live or die, showed that she's not too far off from Alto. She has her own dreams, shallow as they may or may not be, but she persues them just as fervently. She also keeps making excuses to herself to keep visiting Alto. I wonder if there's more to than that.

[Buffalobiian]

I'll wait for a better sub. Gattai seemed pretty good, but now with releases everywhere, I don't really know which to pick. Probably Gattai still, since they're pretty fast and not obviously bad. I'll check out AonE too later.

I may be making shit up, but I think that rectangle that comes up in the very begining of the episode usually is found on HD channels.

From what I gather, the kanji there reads "subtitles". Whether that has to do with HD channels or not I don't have a clue.

[Yukimura]

Finally got around to watching the first two eps. I felt like my eyes were going to orgasm from the animation and visual details. So many little things that didn't have to be animated were added and gave it a nice realistic feeling.

The story doesn't seem particularly special, but I really don't care since its following a pattern I tend to like. The Mecha looked great, the enemies were interesting, and the definite lack of a one shot, one kill dynamic really made the battles more enjoyable. I don't know how they can put so much effort into the details of the show but I hope they maintain it as long as is physically possible.