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Oh come on, it could be worse. the character could have been seemingly killed halfway through the show, and then before the show ends, someone offscreen shouts "Hey, ______ just woke up from his coma! he's alive! YO JOE!!" *btw, I didn't mention the character's name, so that you'll have no idea what movie i'm talking about. I'm very discreet that way.

No, dammit, you're just saying that! I can't be the only one whose mind is automatically in the gutter, I can't!!

You're now a published writer... with an editor! Congrats!

And that's the rub. if it's only the old titles that are doing well, then mecha nowadays may be relying mostly on the nostalgia factor, or its fanbase who are now into their 30s to 40s. Can the industry continue to create new mecha shows that will capture the imagination of a younger generation? After EVA, what is probably the next iconic super or real robot (without a connection to any prior mecha show) that will carry the industry into the next generations? Gurren Lagenn is the closest thing that comes to mind, but I think even the fanbase of that show are mostly driven by nostalgia for the super robots of old. Ultimately, the producers are probably thinking: sure, well capture the older demographic by using the macross name, or the gundam name. but what about the crucial younger demographic? to hook them in, we need to add the moe. the characters. the ecchi and comedy. It's really unfair to demand that super and real robot stories be written and animated in the same way as before. it's a different time, a different product. evolve or die. Me, i'd rather it be the former:)

Interesting indeed. the best way to answer this is to know some data first: -When is period considered to be the peak of mecha popularity in japan? -Compared to that period, how is the mecha industry doing now? -And when we say "mecha sells?, are we talking only about anime sales, or do we include merchandising? I would like to think that it is still as popular now as it was during its peak, but i don't really have the figures to back it up either way.

LOL. good call.

umm.... ahem... yeah, i understood it immediately. i don't know what that says about me. (jeez, dreamweaver, could you at least pretend that it took you a while to figure it out??) Imagine if that scene made it into the series. Mom! I don't get it, what does that mean? What are Minmay's friends talking about? Mom?

Truly something that should have been caught on video and posted online. Now I know what to do if ever there's gonna be a bar fight somewhere...

Yeah, but what i'm more worried about, it being an all-boy band isolated from everyone else... is that there could be fanservice for the girls.

Gubaba, THANK YOU SO MUCH for this!! I just finished reading Fancy Days, and i'll stop for now. I want to stretch the experience of reading this thing a bit longer. haha. Thanks for the amazing work. and thanks for giving us a chance to see another side of the stories (and Minmay!) that we love so dearly.

Ha. that would have been nice to see.

Gubaba, my man, this is full of WIN. all the more for the extensive Iron Maiden references! Where does Eddie come in? Then they should end the series with a montage of all female military characters in the Macross universe, sung to the tune of "Women in Uniform". On another note, man you really HATE Luca that much, huh? Won't you ever forgive him for that stolen kiss?

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner!

The very first post.

Watch your back. Toots will kick your a$$ with friendly fire!

Oohh, i love the second one. Makes you wonder, after SW1 and the launch of the megaroad, if Misa and Minmay became BFFs, much like Ranka and Sheryl. In the series and DYRL, they weren't particularly close.

LOL! Oh My, It's A Mirage I'm Tellin' Y'all It's Sabotage - Pretty much what he was thinking in the Phantasm episode while he was dreaming, and probably blaming Misa for his accident.

Read that series, BIG fan. It's so much sadder because Roland couldn't get back in time before jake died, because he was too busy hypnotizing King and the driver. tough!

That would be cool, coz that way, everyone wins in the alto-sheryl "did they or didn't they" debate. So did they do it? well, sorta yes, sorta no.

Transformers the animated movie - When Optimus Prime died. man, i bawled. i wept. i mourned the death of my childhood that day. Ending of Honey & Clover anime (2nd season). When Takemoto opens those sandwiches with 4 leaf clovers all around. (yes those tears were "manly", damn it! Manly!!) Gurren Lagann - Although the 2nd one is really more of happiness tears than sadness, but there WERE tears nevertheless. End of Eva - death of Asuka. awesome and mind-numbingly sad at the same time. Grave of the Fireflies - the whole frickin movie! There are others, but these come to my mind right now.

Wow, i never imagined world peace was just one Megan Fox sex video away.

Now why didn't i think of doing that? Time to watch Miss Macross. And then... a 3 week wait before watching the next episode... Ah but here's the dilemma... how the hell do i watch eps 11-12 in "real time"??

But now you'll have to search the net for the million others who have yet to be enlightened, and spread the culture.

I'm about ready to give up on Heroes, and then they add another cliche. sigh. c'mon writers, please give me one good reason to fall in love with this series again. (Of course, if i found Madelina Zima anywhere near attractive, i would probably have a different opinion).

What show is that?