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WTF?!!!?!

Fwiw, there is a new trailer with the Yukari-sensei and Chiyo-chan (same as the dubreview.com rip) english-dubs. http://www.advfilms.com/titles/azumanga/index.html forewarned: Yukari-sensei's dub is quite awful. I rather listen to MXC dubs.

well, according to TRSI, here's the art-box. It's going to be a 6-disc series, btw.

What about the Hong Kong release of Mac0, they have subs don't they?? They are a region compatable with the US. No offense to anybody in HK, but a lot of their subtitled crap sucks. I bought several and it's really fortunate if you find a couple of them comprehensible. To stay on topic, I think if Macross plus was able to make it through to the US via Manga, I think given the popularity of Macross 0, we'll see it a couple of years down. Not anytime soon though. Oh and, HG BLOWS! Ya i have kind of heard that about HK releases. But I guess its better than nothing till Manga (or someone else thats credible) releases into the US market I'd hate to bring the HG subject up myself... they don't blow... they BLOW GOATS Woops... did I let that slip? Mangle's credible???

fyi. Azumanga Daioh region-1 dvd pre-orders is up on RightStuf now! boxset = http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/ca...tem/62172/4/0/0 single-dvd = http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/ca...62171/4/0/-1843 Incidentally, there's a brief English-dub trailer of Chiyo-chan at www.dubreview.com http://www.dubreview.com/sounds/adai1/trai...3ab911d9c71a35e Guess it's the english-version of the legendary Tsukurimasho song. You have been warned.

Arkan is available in the first OST. Yanyan is not. Both songs are really growing on me. especially Yanyan. Anybody else?

necrophilia

I'll pass on this. 30% is just not enough for the Ostrich. already got two of the S-1Js

Too many to list, but I found Tomoe's death in Betrayal (kenshin ova) to be so unforgettable.

The only problem with the 1/48 Strike-Hikaru is that the FAST-packs are sold separately.

too bad you don't like DYRL. you're just one of the very few that don't like it.

yup.

The OVA is very much different from the TV-series. There is no comedy in the OVA. They did not hold back anything in the OVA, either. I guess if we have to make comparisons with Macross franchise, the Kenshin T&B OVA is like 1000x DYRL over SDF-TV. Simply put, Samurai X Rurouni Kenshin's Trust and Betrayal OVA is one of the very best anime ever made.

The HK boots are the only way you can get Orguss-1. No-one knows if Mangle has the US-rights from the old US-Renditions. Rankings: the good: [*] video-quality: good. prolly ripped from the last Japan-R2 set. [*] audio-quality: good stereo. [*] price: very decent enough. Avg $30 to $40 for the boxset. the bad: [*] character-designs: Abundant Minmay/Misa clones. [*] subtitling: horrible engrish. name-substitutions and name-mangling run amok as you progressed thru the whole series. However, it's a simple story so you can follow it even tho the grammar and name-spellings are pretty high on the weird-scale. As for the Orguss-story, it's kinda interesting pilot-turned-wandering-gypsy-due-to-time/dimension-warp-disturbance. Interesting sci-fi plot but average story-delivery. Pretty much un-interesting and really boring unless you're so into 80's sci-fi anime. The only good mecha design is the Orguss itself, tho it's pretty much weak and ugly compared to Macross and Gundam mecha designs. In contrast, the Orguss-2 OVA is a better story and has a better video animation production, as well as great character-designs improvement over the original Mikimoto-designs, i.e Orguss-1 Mikimoto-characters all look like Minmay/Misa clones. As others have stated, it only tries to un-necessarily and half-heartedly hook up with the original Orguss-1 in the last two episodes. Although it echoes Macross-II sequel-tradition, the closest story-parity/plot-relationship I can give it is prolly Gundam-MS-08th's relationship to MS-Gundam. Same people made Macross-II, Orguss-2, and Gundam MS-08th, anyway iirc. Very very much darker in tone and delivery than Orguss-1.

Well, I guess the Spirit Rover is experiencing a Minmay-Attack as of Friday 3:55pm EST 1/23/04:

hahaha!!!

from another forum just for posterity's sake.

from another site.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/01/22/s...tact/index.html

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I voted for the VF-1S. If (when) only Yamato had released the 1/60 VF-1S Hikaru, it will still rule over the other valks including the YF-19. .

I think the bigger problem, as has already been said, is that Macross manga misses out on one huge part of Macross: music. Losing such an important aspect of a series in manga form, really counts against any substancial Macross manga being made. Not just the music. The transformation-sequence and the vocal-performances are also quite integral to the Macross franchise. At least to SDF-tv, DYRL, M+, and M-0. Even M2 had good stuff, even tho it's non-canon. I think the manga will only be good for M7. That way, the M7-music is muted for the benefit to most of us.

awww, why the heck not? They got that Power Ranger thingy on tv forever now. Gotta have a balance.

Any info if the series are going Stateside soon? Can't find any from my usual refs.

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?...=4&t=3932&st=20