Seto Kaiba
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That just seems to be the way that animation is headed when it comes to choreography-intensive stuff like idol performances. You'll see a lot of that in contemporary idol anime like Zombie Land Saga and such. I'm not sure that's exactly the glowing praise you're presenting it as, considering how few Macross movies there are. Sayonara no Tsubasa was pretty jumbled, but at least an entertaining watch because of the quality of the writing. I have no doubt that this new movie will be beautifully animated, but if the writing is bad then no amount of beautiful animation will save it for me. By the same token, I'll forgive bad or cheap animation in the name of a compelling or engaging story. Oh my, no... If the rumors being bandied about under spoiler tags here are true, I'll absolutely be annoyed... but not for that reason. No, I'll be annoyed because 1. they ruined one of Macross's enduring mysteries in the stupidest way possible such that it actively undermines large swaths of the Macross setting and 2. because "Lady M" was objectively a criminal and known to be a source of government corruption now it would make those operating behind that identity culpable for those crimes and that corruption.
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If the spoilers are true, the writing is bad enough that you're gonna see me say a lot worse when I finally get my hands on this movie. I really hope the writers came up with a better plot than what this sounds like. The writing in Delta was substandard from the outset but these hopefully incorrect spoilers make it sound like it ought to be retitled Absolute Trainwreck!!!!!!.
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Not surprising, the Sv-262 had one as well... kind of a poor man's version of the Fold Wave System the YF-29 and VF-31 Siegfrieds had, that focuses only on improving thrust and not other areas of performance. The Draken III's version was called Fold Reheat. Every time something like this comes up, they ALWAYS go for "Remember the New Guy?". Seriously. They're batting 1000 on this one. I doubt they'll break the pattern.
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Probably, yeah... he was way more confident, competent, and impressive than she was, which is why he very nearly took over as main character near the end. Turns out that if you make your low-rent Amuro a complete pillock, your audience will find your Char Clone way more compelling.
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That much was only to be expected. One of the main talking points of the YF-29 from its first introduction in Macross Frontier: Sayonara no Tsubasa was that it's basically impossible to mass produce. Between the cost of its ultra-high spec parts and the insane amount of ultra-high purity Vajra Queen-grade fold quartz needed to build the fold wave system, most governments wouldn't be able to build one never mind multiple. Basically, it's as close as Macross has ever come to having a Gundam-style super-prototype. Eh... the YF-24 still has about seven years on it, assuming you're willing to count the downtime in development while Shinsei waited for the ISC technology to mature. It's designated as a prototype, but IMO it's not really a prototype... it's just a Valkyrie that's so expensive nobody can afford to put it into actual production.
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Seems unlikely to me. Max is as close to being the Macross setting's Big Good as it gets, he doesn't need to jump to anyone's orders. As I've said many times before, it's profoundly unlikely that Lady M is any character from a previous Macross show. Lady M founded Xaos as an interstellar communication firm after the First Space War and has apparently been running it ever since while also pursuing her research into the military potential of songs. As the founder of a megacorporation, she'd have to be impossibly wealthy and well-connected. We know what became of most of the original Macross cast, and they're definitely not living THAT well. Misa and Minmay have been missing since 2016 so it can't be them, Milia was a career soldier until like 2043 and a politician afterwards, Kim remained a soldier, Shammy's a stay-at-home mom, Vanessa runs a cabaret club, Laplamitz is dead, etc. For the descriptions we've been given of Lady M to actually work it's gotta be some Remember the New Guy scenario like how Col. Johnson in Plus was a member of Skull squadron, or how Frontier's Richard Bilra and Ride's Naresuan were subordinates of Vrlitwhai's.
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Between the in-universe rumors about Lady M's involvement in developing an ultimate weapon based on the power of songs, the Macross Galaxy fleet's research into fold songs that was a part of their development of the implant network plan, Zelgaar Heavy Industries research into fold songs for military purposes and ownership of a VF-27, and this whole bloody apparent salvaged Battle Galaxy... I'm increasingly suspecting Lady M is the new main villain and that she was part of the Galaxy Fleet's implant network conspiracy all along.
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They're the internal launchers near the knees.
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Y'know what... if they actually say that in the movie, I might actually overlook this second instance of just stealing the plot from Frontier.
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Overall, the VF-31's performance is broadly on par with the VF-25's. Mind you, there may be some disparity there because the stats we have are for the trial production VF-25 and VF-31 nearly a decade apart... the VF-25 has likely received upgrades in that time. There's only a 1.5% difference in engine power between the VF-25A and VF-31A, but the VF-31A's weight is given without an ordnance container which adds quite a bit to its overall weight even without a gunpod, so the VF-31 is going to accelerate somewhat slower. Ah, no... I thought there were some given in the VF-31 book but I was wrong.
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Like I said earlier, it doesn't make a difference because the Battle Galaxy was destroyed in both versions. In the TV series, Battle Galaxy was sunk when Battle Frontier charged in and literally broke her in half with a pinpoint barrier punch... you see the upper half start to drift away from the legs before the camera angle changes.
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Maybe, I dunno... the Galaxy fleet executives were supposedly the ringleaders, and they're all dead. 'cept maybe MANFRED, but he's technically dead twice. Nah, the Epsilon Foundation is a conglomerate-type megacorporation like Xaos is. They have some business connections to Macross Galaxy's parent corporation General Galaxy.
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In the Frontier movies, the Macross Galaxy fleet was destroyed offscreen when the Vajra attacked it with only ten ships carrying refugees surviving long enough to be rescued by SMS's reinforcements. The Galaxy fleet executives mention the fleet was destroyed in their little teleconference with Grace at the start of the second film. The whole reason they hijacked the Battle Frontier was because they'd lost the entire Macross Galaxy fleet. Macross Chronicle also confirms on multiple sheets that the Macross Galaxy fleet was wiped out in the movie version. Either someone went back and salvaged the one that was literally cut in half in the TV version of the story, or we're looking at the SS Plothole. What's more, the Galaxy fleet executives were also killed at the end of the movie version when Brera shot them in the collective face with a heavy quantum beam gunpod. I imagine one needs a LOT of lube and amazing flexibility to pull a Battle-class out of one's posterior.
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*a noise of the most abject revulsion* So... instead of come up with something actually new or interesting, Delta's writers are falling back on ripping off Frontier again? It'll be interesting to see how they try to excuse this mess, since the Battle Galaxy was destroyed in both versions of Frontier.
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Did it get a name to go with that?
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That's a fansite... the site's author and webmaster have careers and such they have to attend to. I should know, I'm the webmaster... and I feel like I never properly get away from my day job these days. Mr March is the author.
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Or handing her a fashion magazine. Or just giving her a sheet that says "Your new orders are on the back of this page' on both sides. Or simply waiting for her to get bored and wander off as she inevitably does. Jeanne Francaix is not the most disciplined or focused soldier in the Southern Cross Army. Let's face if, if she were cast in a 22nd century Animal House remake she'd be Bluto... but only because Charles has a better claim on Otter after being demoted all the way from first lieutenant to buck private on a conduct unbecoming charge for fooling around with his superior's wife.
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Unlikely, IMO... for two reasons: In the Macross Frontier TV series, the Battle Galaxy was destroyed in orbit of the Vajra planet by her sister ship Battle Frontier in September 2059. In the Macross Frontier movies, the Battle Galaxy was destroyed alongside the vast majority of the 51st Large Scale Long Distance Emigrant Fleet by the Vajra. The loss of their fleet and flagship was what forced the Galaxy fleet executives to use their remaining soldiers hidden among the refugees to seize control over the Battle Frontier. That depends on which version of the Macross Frontier story the Macross Delta setting favors. The TV version of the story shows the Macross Galaxy fleet decimated but still out there, having lost a substantial portion of the Macross Galaxy Corporate Army and its flagship Battle Galaxy to the Vajra and the Macross Frontier fleet. Whether or not they're still under mind control is another question now that the person at the top of the command pyramid there is dead. The Movie version of the story sees the Macross Galaxy fleet all but completely wiped out when the Vajra attack it with overwhelming force during the events of the first movie. By the end of the second the Galaxy fleet executives are dead and the Macross Galaxy Corporate Army all but completely wiped out, with what's left of the population (if anyone is left apart from Brera) likely freed from mind control.
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SMG's lack of worldbuilding kind of just leaves the basic war story and whatever your local lazy GM can be arsed to come up with. They do the minimum necessary to get by and claim it's a game and not just a bad fanart collection doujin. That said, I'd imagine that'd be a singularly unfulfilling hunt... the prey (Jeanne/Dana) doesn't have a brain, so I'd question whether there's a skull under that mop or if it's just a greasy mass of fused hair like a sheep that hasn't been sheared in years.
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... given that that ties directly into the war story, I don't think I would call that "outside of the narrow focus" of the war story. Outside the realm of plausibility tho, given humanity's vocal and vehement, literally militant, xenophobia in Robotech tho.
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... they're playing the long game, then. I see. The game's afoot! 🔎
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Macross Plus... so, the VF-11B type.
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... we don't have any blondes on the cast. Who's going to be the little sister he's hung up on? A bright red Sv-262Hs... I gotta say, Windermere IV's Aerial Knights are getting increasingly liberal with the word "White" in the title "White Knight of Derwent". King Grammier and Lord Aldoria both went with white for their Sv-154 Svards, but Keith went with black (well, "black") for his Sv-262 and everyone else's and now Bogue is going for scarlet?
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Yeah, that bit they have marked "end of Main Street" is butting up against the actual thermonuclear reaction engine housings at the back of the leg. http://www.macross2.net/m3/macrossdyrl/macross-dyrl/macross-dyrl-citycrosssection.jpg