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30th Anniversary Music

Animax Broadcasts & Studio Musix Special

Anime cable channel ANIMAX announced at the Megaroad Launch Ceremony on Sunday (09/02) that it would be rebroadcasting 8 different Macross movies and OVA’s over the course of 8 weeks starting from October.

Oct. 7: Do You Remember Love?

Oct. 14: Macross 2 (eps 1-3)

Oct. 21: Macross 2 (eps 4-6)

Oct. 28: Macross Plus Movie Edition

Nov. 4: Macross 7 – The Galaxy is Calling Me!

Nov. 11: Macross Dynamite 7

Nov. 18: Macross Zero

Nov. 25: False Songstress/Wings of Farewell double feature

This was followed up by an announcement on Monday (09/03 – from forum user antibiotictab) that Animax would also be broadcasting a 60min studio Macross Music event on October 7 (to be rebroadcast on Oct. 13 & 14) to commemorate the franchises 30th Anniversary. ‘Studio Musix’ is a series of monthly specials featuring anime-related artists.

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Latest Anniversary News

A bunch of news (most of it relating to new merchandise) has just dropped, so let’s dig around a bit and see what we will all be spending too much money on over the upcoming months.

Macross FB7 – Preorder ticket bonuses.

Starting at the Chara-hobby show last weekend, special pre-order tickets for Macross FB7 have started appearing for sale at several events. These sell for 1300yen and come with a free poster. There are, however, other items that come with certain tickets.

-2000yen gets you a Crystal Print.

-1700yen gets you either a Sheryl or Ranka phone strap.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But wait! There’s more….

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ANN Interviews Haruhiko Mikimoto

Rebecca Silverman over at Anime News Network has had the enviable opportunity to talk with famed Macross character designer Haruhiko Mikimoto.

Read all about it HERE.

And then discuss it!

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Song for BASARA

The Official Macross Fan Club has put up a small flash game titled ‘Song for BASARA –  Song (Sound) Energy Communication Project.’

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Macross SpeakerPODcast Ep. 5, Part 2 – We got M.ALTed!

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Macross SpeakerPODcast Ep. 5, Part 1 – We got M.ALTed!

The gang is back together with special guests Matt Alt and Patrick Galbraith for a drunken cacophony of sushi shirts, the moepocalypse, Renato’s Grandmother and the truth about Matt’s relationship with Lord Graham.

Oh and there’s something about Macross 7 and Frontier in there too. Sorta. I think.

The chaos simply couldn’t be contained, so I ended up splitting the cast in two:

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30th Anniversary Movies and TV Series

Macross FB7 Official Site is LIVE!

The Official Website for the upcoming Macross FB 7 has just opened.
It contains little in the way of new information at this point but keep an eye on it for future updates!

One thing that IS known now however is that it hits cinemas in Japan on October 20 with ticket presales starting August 10!

UPDATE: Yahoo news lists FB7 as being a 90 minute feature (thanks to antibiotictab for the additional info!). Confirmed characters include:
Ozma, Bobby, Sheryl, Ranka, Luka, Michel, Klan Klan, & Canaria.

Characters from Macross 7 have yet to be confirmed.

The feature will be directed by Tetsuro Amino. Valkyrie designs are credited to Shoji Kawamori.

UPDATE 2: Story from Anime News Network.

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30th Anniversary Events

First Commercial for MACROSS THE MUSICALTURE

The official website for MACROSS THE MUSICALTURE has just posted the first commercial for the event on youtube.

MACROSS THE MUSICALTURE will be performed from October 3rd-8th at Tokyo Dome City Hall.

UPDATE: Story from Anime News Network.

Discuss it here!

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30th Anniversary News 07/27

Sorry to disrupt the flow of Wonder Festival kit news, but yet more 30th Anniversary news has just been announced!

(1) BOMBAAAA!!  Macross FB7

For those who missed it, Renato discovered some information on the previously reported Ozma Meets Fire Bomber project in the DYRL BD boxset – Macross FB7 is coming to cinemas across Japan this Fall, meaning its more than likely a new one-shot OVA. Will we get to see a young Ozma back in his Fire Bomber fan years? Or an aging Basara, returned from his wanderings to see what Mylene looks like now that she’s legal? More news as it becomes available!

(2) My my, what a big Valkyrie you have!

The Official Shop of the Tokyo Anime Center will be getting a facelift from August 6 when it covers its windows with a giant  VF-1J decal . The store has long been a focal point for Macross related merchandise, having been temporarily transformed into an official Macross Shop back in 2010, and still has large Sheryl and Ranka decals on its windows to this day despite not having that much in the way of merchandise anymore.

(3) Macross: The MUSICULTURE – key visual unveiled!

The official website for Macross: The MUSICULTURE has unveiled the first key visual for the upcoming musical which features many of the characters whose actors/actresses were announced 2 weeks ago. For some reason it looks like a young Rock Howard from Mark of the Wolves made it in there…..

(4)Commemorative Train Tickets

Seibu Railway has commissioned set of 4 commemorative train tickets as well as a special booklet. These will go on sale on August 10 and will coincide with Augusts Macross Original Pictures Exhibit. Sets will be priced at 1000yen each and will be limited (3000 sets made in total).

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Do You Remember Love BD Alterations Confirmed

Anime News Network has confirmed with Namco Bandai that certain shots in the upcoming Do You Remember Love Bluray remaster will be ‘altered’. It is unconfirmed at this time exactly which shots these will be or whether they are the same ones that were observed in the recent theatrical screenings.

The DYRL BD discussion thread can be found here.