Duke Togo

When you look at it, they're basically being run by a bunch of generation X fanboys, whose talent isn't above that of say, your average fanfiction writer. I wonder if these guys realize how inferior their product is compared to Frontier (for example), or do they all see themselves as modern day American Hideaki Anno's?

I can't believe I actually followed those links to the Rt forums. I think my IQ dropped 50 points after reading some of that.

Mmm, mashed potatoes.

This is incorrect. They've been selling DYRL merchandise for several years now (more than 2, less than 5). Also, I believe that Tatsunko had atleast some limited rights to DYRL. Again, this was all covered a long time ago in forums we no longer have access to.

That's pretty much it, but as far as I know, HG still claims to control ALL things Macross outside of Japan, including the animation. Why, I do not know. All information we have, including the legal proceedings in Japan, tell us they control nothing more than the original SDF Macross animation and the merchandising rights to said show and DYRL outside of Japan. That's it.

You can't, its "archived". Only Shawn has access to the material in the old forums.

Actually, those are the *original* Vajra poles that inspired the Protoculture.

My hat size is 7 5/8's, not a chance in hell I could get one of these things on.

Scoop thread?

Honestly, without the original thread in the archived forums, you guys have about 25% of the story and analysis.

Not entirely true, but unfortunately, most of the real guts of the legal discussion here are locked away in the old forum archives. I don't imagine this thread is going to survive much longer.

The uneducated believe alot of things.

It can't, they have no rights to it other than the original animation and international merchandising. They can't produce new animation with the SDF-1 in it, or Valkyries, or anything that has had the Macross named stamped on it since then. Popularity wise, its not even a contest. Its not even close.

That the Boston Red Sox "bought" their 2004 and 2007 championships?

I would argue that the character animation (and consistency) in 7 was much better than what we saw in Frontier.

It was so poorly edited, I was shocked. They even butcher the the Genome "Spiral Champion" prequel story that opens to movie, taking all meaning out of it by removing the sequence where he gives in to the anti-spirals and turns against his own kind. One minute he's fighting for the spirals, the next thing you know he's killing them all.

Underwhelming. Not quite sure what the point of the movie was.

When a title has the words "Live Action" in it, you have a 100% chance of it being horrible.

There is a link in the original article that takes you to an english mail form on the japanese Konami site where you can send in your support for a new ZOE game.

Joystiq.com Kojima gauging gamer interest in new Zone of the Enders by Randy Nelson { Apr 22nd 2009 at 9:30PM } PlayStation Six years after the release of the last console game in the series, Hideo Kojima is talking Zone of the Enders. Specifically, the Kojima Productions founder (and creator of a little series called Metal Gear) asks if gamers are really interested in a Zone of the Enders 3 during a new episode of MGS4's in-game "Integral" podcast. Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner -- the, well, second game in the series -- was directed by MGS4 co-writer and director, Shuyo Murata, and remains a fan favorite in addition to a critical success; we're surprised it's taken Kojima this long to broach the topic of a sequel. In closing out a discussion about the demand for a follow-up, Kojima and his podcasting partners ask gamers to email them if they'd be interested in seeing it happen. Kojima-san, about your mail server ... we're sorry about its imminent death under the weight of all those emails. Surely you can buy a new one with profits from ZOE 3?

Sounds like Disney is co-producing this. I would assume this would mean that it'll be shown in the US, so don't expect the usual anime torrent sources to carry this.

Not cool, and grossly overrated. Dark City does that story much better.

Just watched the first episode of Shin Mazinger, perhaps the most absurd anime I have ever watched. Not quite my taste.

QFT

Yeah, seems like they are "re-telling" alot of anime lately, which I find disturbing. Very Hollywood of them. Where have all the good ideas gone?