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Based off. It's hard to say what was adapted and what was not since we have no idea what the Varauta production facilities were like. The Varauta-series share similar* power plants and transformations (and possibly some interior framework) to their UN counterparts, but that's where the UN design ends and the Varauta design begins. http://macross.anime.net/mecha/varauta/variable/Fz109.html http://macross.anime.net/mecha/varauta/var...z130/index.html http://macross.anime.net/mecha/varauta/variable/FBz99.html *I use "similar" in the vague sense.

That was from me, in the newbie thread. However, no official explanation was ever given.

No. We don't have an air date yet. The official announcement is during the August 18th 25th-anniversary concert.

So...Joker messes with his old suit and he adopts this one huh?

Okay......touchy subject.

Many people on this board are too old for the target demographic. As for wanting to do something new....he's said that many times that each Macross does things just a bit different from the rest. This ain't your daddy's Macross.

I'll just link this since it's too much to list. Gunota translation Original article w/ pics I'm liking the designs for Exia (Strike), Dynames (Buster), and Kyrios (Aegis)...Virtue feels like The O. Virtue's pilot....someone wanna check that translation and make sure it refers to a "he" and not a "she".

Besides it being clearly marked as fake?

Caprica is looking at 2008, and RDM and David Eick have enough on their plate until next year so I don't think we'll be hearing anymore for a while.

Remember these are rough sketches, not actual drawings. Things can change in the final design The battroid seems to be following an Aquarion/M0/Eureka 7 feel to it. The heads (hero/cannon fodder heads) remind me more of those series so that looks seems to be where we're heading. It looks like he wants to separate the feet from the main engines ala-the-VF-22 but that could change. The fighter design-direction reminds me more of a VF-5000. It looks like a modern VF-5000-ish design with both fighter and battroid mode. I wonder if he's gonna stay in that direction.

All signs point to no.

That's more than I was expecting...I was expecting only a page or less.... Judging by how the SV-51 started and how it ended up, I won't put much with those sketches either. Although, it would be nice to see what direction he's going in.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news07/070608j.php And 2 semi-spoiler-ish follow-up blog posts @ Galactica Station Link1 Link 2

OAVs in general have declined over the years since OAVs get less press time compared to TVs or movies. Erratic release times, buying something that no one has seen beyond promotional material,... etc. Chances of a show airing on TV are greater. Chances of a net OAV are greater these days now, but still lower than a TV or movie release. M0 took almost a year to come out from start to finish. To keep interest going, people have to be reminded of it and a OAV can't do if it has an erratic release schedule.

You know, it's kinda amazing that lot of people still have trouble realizing this. SDFM was made for kids in the 80s. M+/M7 for kids of the 90s, now we have this new show made for kids of today.

Remeber, Hikaru was only 16 years old at the start of SDFM, so teens in Macross are not uncommon. Also, it could be read as the story is being taken from the POV of a teenager.

The official Transformers theme from Mute Math on their MySpace Page: Link Feels slow...

You're kinda late to say that.... Simply put, marketing a robot show to 40+ year olds (i.e. the UC fans) is quite hard. This is why they've gone to novels like Gundam Unicorn. As good as the UC-continuity maybe, the fan base for it is not the same age it was 30 years ago. You can't market a cartoon to 40 or 50-somethings. And the kids these days aren't gonna watch a 30-year old show. Translation from Gunota (Link) Interesting that we see Europe in the fold of this.

Even if it isn't Linkin Park, my ears still hurts.

We call them mobile armor....

...my virgin ears....

Use the newbie thread for quick questions.

I don't know about that prequel talk...Cuz the UC timeline is pronounced 00xx (double-O followed by the number). This series is pronouced Gundam 00 (double-O).

Talk about a long list of contributing mecha designers (confirmed by the Sotsu Agency)...

Most likely, October. Assuming they even know enough to say anything.