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Twilight Planet? Hmm... Hopefully we'll be able to see the Vajra planet at the 13th episode. In the original series, 13 was the one where the SDF got back to planet earth (the next episode was the Global's Report re-cap episode) while in M7, this was the one where the Protodeviln tried to get the City7 to fold to their planet. In comparison to those two, this series' plot is going along nicely. Thanks for the info krepshy!

Hm... I wonder if this little guy doubles as a phone? Maybe as a partner to Ranka's similar green blob phone.

Ah... the wait begins again... looks like its gonna be a while for the raws to pop up again. The guys who were arrested last week were probably responsible for sharing it in the first place.

Look at the logo designs at the lower left corner. Are any of these on that mystery VF27?

Awesome GIFs! Can I have the one with Ozma?

Zero-Raws just uploaded the 1080 version. Hopefully, we can get better caps of the logos with the new file. Time to download yet another one before the subs come out.

Definitely a bad preview of next episode. Is it just me but I always thought that you should showcase the cool stuff in the previews to hook viewers into watching the next episode. Or is it that those are the best they can come up with?

I think this is what you're talking about. First one looks just like canards or the tail to me. Second one seems like a logo but the motion is way too fast to make it out. I guess it'll have to stay a mystery for a little longer.

Doesn't look like it and its way too small to serve as a logo, doesn't it? Aren't they used to identify ships' allegiances even from a distance? What I'm wondering about is the other markings. Is that Zentradi again? Or Windings? Or just the 2059 equivalent of those tribal flames like they put on sports cars?

If SMS was hired to test the latest technology, why wouldn't they have one of them VF-27s or whatever that new fighter in episode 7 was? Hopefully we'll see more information on this civilian testing contract is done in succeeding episodes. Whatever technology the VF27s use, that is something way advanced from what Guld was using. It seems that the pilot is just floating there. Maybe its like they enter something kind of like the Matrix where they attach a cable to your spine or something and you no longer have to be conscious in the real world. Probably be able to control the fighter with thoughts as if you were the mecha itself. The whole technology could be related to those implants that MGalaxy citizens seem to have. That would explain why they devoted episode 7's intro narration to the discussion of the implants. Kronnang Dunn: that's a really cool avatar! Is that supposed to be Max? Where can I get one of those of the other pilots? Looks really awesome!

Personally, I'd like to see another paparazzi-tabloid episode where the word finally gets out that Alto and Sheryl are having some kind of relationship. Now, whether Sheryl will acknowledge or deny it would probably be the main plot point of the story. Probably when the episodes reach into the teens.

I've been browsing through Wikipedia and Google recently and here's a quickie: Is the new show called Macross Frontier or just Macross F? The english entry calls it Frontier while in japanese its マクロスF. AniDB also calls it just Macross F. Probably just a minor thing but I would like to know nonetheless.

He most likely does. After all, they are just probably dummies with the most basic AI after the whole Sharon Apple fiasco.

Is that the Galaxy? I thought it had a clamshell design as well. If it is, no wonder Sheryl likes Frontier so much.

Thanks for that! Really got me laughing I guess there really is something different about Ranka after all! Proper raws haven't been released yet. Pretty weird, given the speed at which they were distributed the past 6 episodes. What search string are you using on share?

So far... THE. BEST. EPISODE. EVER.

One of these days, I gotta get around to using Share. It seems that there are raws that get posted there first.

Sheryl is french! Look at that mustache! Er, are those supposed to be her lips?

Does it have to include only dogfights? If not, how about adding the Daedalus attack in? For dogfights, I'd agree with the ones everyone has already suggested above.

Given his family name Saotome, I'd say its Japanese. Probably a reference to Ranma Saotome of the Ranma 1/2 manga and anime where the titular character would change back and forth from being a male and a female depending on the temperature of the water splashed on him/her.

Thanks for the clear-up. I was getting some really bad hentai-vibes with those weird tentacles there! Here's another one: What happened in the Macross games? Haven't bought a console since the old Sega Genesis/Megadrive days so I haven't been able to get any of the stories from there. Was there some kind of coup in the UN Spacy or something that changed the whole political landscape?

Reminds me of when Ranka was wearing her VF backpack in the Miss Macross contest Show us the front!

I believe those are the other islands in the Frontier fleet. They should've shown the fleet from its starboard or port sides instead of slightly head-on. It does kind of look like the death star at this angle I think the only thing they really got correct was the logo and the VF-25.

Hmm... I'll give it a shot too... my favorite characters VF-27 Ichijo VF-27 Hayase VF-27 Fokker VF-27 Jenius