Macross World
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 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).
The Bluray/DVD release for Macross FB7 hit retailers in Japan today, with a recommended retail price of 8190yen for the Bluray and 5040yen for the DVD respectively.
Ready to Fire and Bombaa? Do so in the FORUMS!
On November 11, 2012, a special screening of Macross FB7 was held at Shinjuku Picadilly Cinema which included a talkshow by director Tetsuro Amino and special guests Aya Endo, Megumi Nakajima, and Yoshiki Fukuyama. The timing of the event was unusual in that it took place a whole two weeks after the movie debuted on October 20 and talkshows such as these normally happen on opening day.
So, what did Amino have to say about the movie? Hit the jump below to find out.
Be warned the following contains SPOILERS.
The third Macross Net Meeting ‘Listen to us talk!’ was held on Niconico Douga on Wednesday April 10th. The special was hosted by Chiaki “Kyanchi’ Kyan and featured three main guests. Or should that be May’n guests? Yes, in attendance was the singing voice of Macross Frontier’s Sheryl Nome, May’n, as well as Shion Tsuchiya (Ash in Macross THE MUSICULTURE) and famed Valkyrie artist Hidetaka Tenjin.
Bandai Visual’s official site for the upcoming Macross Plus Complete Blu-ray Box has been updated and now lists the Movie Edition as having ENGLISH SUBTITLES!
The separate OVA episodes will not have English Subtitles but do have the English dub.
So what are you waiting for? Get importin’!
During the Macross Fanclub Net Meeting last night it was announced that Macross Plus Movie Edition would be screened in theatres for the first time in 18 years to commemorate the upcoming release of the Bluray boxset.
The screenings will be held at a limited number of locations throughout Japan and will be all-night marathons that include: Macross Plus Movie Edition, Do You Remember Love, and one of the two Macross F movies (which one is screened depends on session and location) . Additionally, one screening in Tokyo will include a 30 minute ‘talkshow’ by Shoji Kawamori and Isamu Dyson’s VA Takumi Yamazaki. Attendees will recieve a commemorative clear file.
Session details are as follows:
This one sneaked in under the radar — Amazon JP has revealed the new box art for the “Macross FB7 Ore no Uta wo Kike!” movie Blu-ray set. Oh, and it’s FANTASTIC.
Are you a Mikimoto fan, or an Ebata fan? Why choose — HAVE BOTH!
FB7 is out on April 24th, 2013.
The infamous “sequel” gets a rundown on Anime Abandon. So just why did it get booted out into its own continuity? Do its good parts compensate the bad ones? Just watch the link below to find out:
http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/the-sage/anime-abandon/38071-anime-abandon-macross-ii