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Dunno. Info about the VF-19 and 22 in 2059 hasn't been released yet.

Destroids inside colony ships is probably not a good thing considering the amount of firepower they hold. The tanks on Frontier are probably more than the recommended defenses. Any fighting within a colony ship is prohibited considering that you could blow a hole in the enclosure. Another thing to consider is room inside a colony ship. Destroids need room to maneuver. That's fairly hard especially when you pack in the people and buildings. And speaking of which, there's also collateral damage caused by Destroids. I'd hate to see a Destroid go through a narrow street, hence tanks.

Yes, unfortunately, the rumor of Mikimoto's contribution to MF is just that, a rumor. Mikimoto is currently working on a manga, IIRC. It's the same with Miyatake. Miyatake is currently working on My-Otome 0~S.ifr~ OAV. Prior to that he was working on My-Otome Zwei OAV through 2007. So unfortunately, neither one would be available for Frontier.

I guess we will have to wait for episode 2 to verify that knife.

1. We hear it will be 26 episodes. 2. Word is Bandai.

Bullets and missiles don't seem to be effective so they might as well get down and dirty. And yes, it does have a shield. See the magazine images.

Remember, this is a mecha/technology thread folks. Leave the talk of real-world mercenary groups out of this.

How about using Search and just adding to this thread? http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=2907

It's probably made for the Gears system. And the Gears system is an exo-suit, so why not take advantage of the support and give the pilot a bigger gun with more ammo. It may have some anti-armor munitions, but once the pilot leaves the cockpit, he/she is just a person with a gun. You don't need a tank to take out a single person. I would think of it as a oversized PDW. It gives the pilot (who isn't exactly front-line) better range and armor penetration but the pilot isn't going to take on an entire army with that thing. Imagine if he was shooting that bug with a pistol or SMG...

I'm guessing it is made for anti-personnel.

I don't believe VFs have gravity control since the pilot is usually sitting and there's very little room to stand. I don't even know if Ranka's phone is living...Maybe a virtual pet phone but I don't know if it's organic....

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We're a family friendly board. Take you sexual fantasies to your own closet. As to this whole expectations, cliche and over analyzing 1 episode nonsense...I know Kawamori is going to throw in a bunch of homages here and there. But I will let the series go where it wants to go. I'm not walking in with any expectations like it has to capture the story of SDFM or have the aviation of M+ or the character drama of M7, etc. I'm not expecting it to be like any other Macross series. In the end, if I don't like it, I don't like it. But I will judge it based on itself, not compared to what has come before.

You're looking for a side-story then. The Frontier manga is just an adaption/serialized version of the animation. As far as I know, there haven't been any announcements for a side-story.

Manga versions usually take a different view on events from anime so changes made are to be expected. They'll follow the animated events in concept but the details usually change (like Gillian's death sequence). Different media, different way to tell the story.

Me neither. Really, the map is just a representation to fill-in the audience about what has happened.

From the Compendium Doesn't say Megaroad-01 found Eden. It doesn't say who found it. One thing I do notice about that map is that it doesn't seem to account for a lot of fleets that probably left Earth. How do we even know it was launched in order? Megaroad-04 could have launched before Megaroad-02. Also the map is to give the audience a rough idea of what happened not recount all 25 years of the franchise.

Me suspects these are just rips from the CM and the ending. If it was just a ring tone, then chances are that it was just for mobile phone browsers and not for a computer browser. Keep in mind that Japanese phones do have a 'Net service in a majority of their service plans and phone browsers designed for specifically for taking advantage of the 'Net via a phone. Also, keep in mind that some of these offers are for Japanese customers, not everybody else, which means you'll probably need an account with the service provider (like DoComo) in order to take advantage of it.

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As I said before, I suspect SCIFI anticipated that an agreement would not be reached before the strike happened and covered their buns and pushed the season to 2008 to be sure it won't stop at the winter break nor just after the break. Lots of shows are gonna die by April. The strike has to work itself out.

Did ya check the news thread? http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?s=&a...st&p=544172

Yes, and what about Iron Man flying around in Dendrobium Orchis...won't be the first time....

Paying homages to a franchise is different that retelling a story verbatim.

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