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Sponichi Annex has reported that voice actor Kenji Utsumi passed away from cancerous peritonitus at a hospital in Shinjuku at 15:01 today.
Utsumi’s most famous role was that of Raoh from Fist of the North Star, but he was also known by Macross fans as Colonel Millard Johnson from the OVA and movie editions of Macross Plus. He was aged 75.
The Macross Plus Bluray boxset drops in a little over a week and Bandai has released a couple of trailers for it. Unfortunately these aren’t in HD and so don’t really give any idea of what sort of visual quality to expect, but if the theatrical screening of the remastered Movie Edition was anything to go by, fans are in for quite a treat next week.
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The remastered Bluray Boxset of Macross Plus hits later this month and the Macross SpeakerPODcast crew have gotten an advance look at the Movie Edition on the big screen! What’s changed? What’s the same? Why doesn’t Guld like flying? Why is Renato singing so much? All that and more, coming at you straight from the source, here on Part 2 of Episode 9 of Macross SpeakerPODcast!
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Beginning June 3rd, Docomo smartphones will be offering a new service called ‘Macross Concier.’
Basically, this provides the subscriber with their choice of a Sheryl or Ranka voice for their smartphones equivalent of Siri. This appears to be the same basic tech that was used for the Misato Kusanagi news service that used to be offered on the Japanese Playstation Network.
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The Macross SpeakerPODcast crew have seen the remastered Macross Plus Movie Edition! Before we get to that though, we discuss new books, figures and toy news, Macross the Museum and the bluray release of FB7. Also, the return of the Macross Voxpop! Introducing…. Nobby?
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Collection DX’s Veef has posted a comprehensive account of his recent trip to Anime Boston, including a 55 minute movie of his panel on Macross Mecha ‘Flight of the Valkyries.’
Always great to see Macross out there getting some coverage. Got any feedback or comments for Veef? Join the discussion over in the FORUMS.
The second key visual image for the upcoming life-sized VF-1S cockpit has been revealed. Unfortunately it’s only a small sample image at this stage but expected to see it on a bunch of event merchandise come next month.
The Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum in Hyogo Prefecture will host a ‘MACROSS THE MUSEUM’ exhibit starting June 28th. Apart from several items that were displayed at other exhibits last year, such as the TV ending ‘Minmay Photo Album’, the centerpiece of the exhibit will be a ‘large scale’ VF-1S cockpit.
The exhibit will also feature a display of how Valkyries transform, featuring thirty 1:60 Valks, costumes and microphone replicas of the various Macross divas, and themed-foods.
Event: MACROSS THE MUSEUM
Date: June 28 ~ October 28 (closed on Wednesdays)
Location: Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum, Hyogo Prefecture.
Cost: 1300 yen (special ticket with art card), 700 yen (adults), 400 yen (middle-school students), 100 yen (elementary students).
Good Smile Company & Max Factory’s 1/7 Sheryl Nome figure went on pre-order today, meaning that a price for the highly detailed rendering of the infamous Black Bunny/White Bunny scene from ‘Macross Frontier: The False Diva’ has also been announced.
The figure will retail for 19800yen and is currently scheduled for an October 2013 release. And you know a figure has gotta be good when it gets its own commercial!
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