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    Saw Short Peace on Sunday and The Wind Rises at a late show on Monday night. Short Peace was fun and original - I've always loved these sort of anime shorts that come out and show off some real uniqueness and talent (and usually get ignored by the rest of the industry). There were 4 shorts, the first three all being more traditionally Japanese themed and ranged from a travelling craftmans encounter with spirits in an abandoned shrine on a rainy night to a giant white bear in a fight with a giant red oni from space. The last short was a near-future SF military short set in a post apocalyptic Tokyo against a remaining auto tank. By Katsuhiro Otomo. Was terrific. The Wind Rises was quite possibly the first Miyazaki flick I've enjoyed since Mononoke. It was far from perfect but it wasn't a damn kids show and....the planes....so many planes! (((o(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)o)))
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    Although we found out 2 weeks ago that Alto IS alive at least and is trying to get back to the fleet. Also, the fact that Sheryl is awake and singing shooting star in the credits while referring to miracles happening thanks to her fans suggests that she did indeed wake up (and since she is singing and not out scouring the galaxy Im presuming that this means that Alto made it back). There's a lot of assumptions in that hypothesis but IMO it makes sense if you think about it. Also, we have already kind of moved on from Frontier anyway with the Macross 30 cast in 2060.
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    The first 10 minutes of the new CG Captain Harlock movie! Definitely the biggest budget that Aramaki has had to date. Love that they recreate the bar scene from Endless Odessey. http://special.movies.yahoo.co.jp/detail/20130723220808/
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    Some images from issue 27:
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    Not according to the list of extras on the official website (as translated in the first post of this thread), no.
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    Some images from issue 26.
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    Apparently it was 'inevitable' .... ^^; http://geek-news.mtv.com/2013/07/17/sdcc-2013-robotech-voltron-comic-interview/
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    Membership badges for the new season of the Macross fan club arrived today!
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    Seconded (although I subscribed). I must admit though that I don"t see the new version in stores nearly as often as I saw the first run. Then again, this is purely anecdotal.
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    Japanese blurays dont usually have that much in the way of extras. While I don't have Arise yet (am fine with just seeing it at the cinema for now), Amazon lists it as having a short 3DCG animation called Logicoma Beat, and a bunch of trailers, which is fairly standard imo.
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    Hey, at least we can now say that Yoko Kanno has played Macross 2. That means its one step closer to being canon! Right?!?!? RIGHT?!?!?!?
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    Actually, for advertising companies in Japan its ALL about ego. They hold the power. Unless you have one of the more popular brands to shop around, you piss them off at your peril. Arise's subs will be fine because they are being done by the same team that does the Gundam Unicorn and Yamato 2199 subs and is made up of mostly native speakers (although there are times when their subs requires some tweaking). These two titles had an actual localization budget and are part of Bandai's 'Unicorn biz strategy' - namely, getting English subs on newer titles that they think there's a hardcore enough fandom for abroad to give them the option of importing. Macross Plus is not a newer title and therefore wasn't a part of this strategy. The subs were somehow slipped in there as a concession to international fans under the guise of an 'International version' for the domestic market (ie, so as not to aggravate foreign licensors and certain licensing issues). You really dont understand the history and politics surrounding the Macross franchise, do you? The fact that we would never get the best of what macros had to offer in the West dawned on me just under 20 years ago, so I chose the logical option - put some time into studying Japanese so it wouldn't be an issue anymore. Even as someone who doesn't need the subs on Macross Plus, while I can see their flaws I can still understand their significance and appreciate the effort for what it is, given the circumstances. Would I be so forgiving of this quality on, say, the Yamato 2199 BD's (which I also collect/support)? No. But the unfortunate fact of the matter is that Macross is in a somewhat...unique situation and, as such, cannot have the same standards applied. It's just not realistic. But hey, if you want to sit on the internet and complain about products that arent intended for or released in your region, put together in a country where despite 99.99% of the population not understanding your language, they have attempted to put some sort of English on the disc, risking licensing issues in the process, well then....all the more power to you.
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    http://www.robotech.com/news/viewarticle.php?id=496 Starring Space Pirate Roy Harlock!
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    No, its more of a mentality of 'be thankful we get anything at all.' Which is the fact of the matter. Bandai wasnt obligated to put English on the release at all, but they did. And they made it region free. So rather than bitching about subtitle quality, most long term Macross fans are going to be amazed that this has happened at all since its the first time such a thing has EVER been done in 30 odd years. That makes the sheer existence of English on the set note-worthy, regardless of quality. Now, could a better job have been done? Sure. Could a better job have been done as cheaply as you seem to think? No. As someone who deals with them quite often, I can assure you that most of the more affordable translation houses that are in Japan are TERRIBLE. They have quality control and versioning issues and often fail to do their due dilligence on the IP they are working on. Many of their translators aren't native speakers, meaning that grammar gets botched, and on the few times that a native speaker works on a project they arent familiar with the source material meaning a lot of the details end up translated too literally or just plain wrongly. However, for a product aimed squarely at a Japanese market where the English is an afterthought, these are the only sorts of places that can be afforded. Then theres the problem of errors slipping in when the subtitles are actually implemented - since the staff actually putting them on the disc wont speak a word of English - in Japan, English might as well be rare island language, especially in locally focused industries such as anime and manga - practically no-one speaks it. And sending a check disc back to the translation house would double QA time, not to mention the cost of implementing fixes. To surmise, could things have been done better? Certainly. Could they have been done within budget? Unlikely. Do you have any idea what you are talking about regarding the processes and costs involved? It would appear not.
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    Does anyone speak French by any chance? http://www.journaldujapon.com/2013/07/shoji-kawamori-the-mecha-conference.html
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    Am working on my review at the moment and hope to have something up by the end of the week. In the meantime though....FIRE!
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    Bandai actually puts English subs on a lot of its newer shows. Since Frontier didnt originally have subs though, I doubt that this release will be any different. For the record, the subs on the Macross Plus Movie Edition blu-ray ARE new ones and not reused.
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    A Bd/DVD is far from guarantee seeing that neither the last crossover (2009) nor Yoko Kanno's Tanabata Sonic got releases. Having said that, they had very professional real-time camera work happening so I'd be surprised if it didn't get some sort of release.
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    Wow... 4hrs 40mins. Mari's greatest performance in years. Mao and Sheryl Aimo duet. 5-way cover of Runner. Yoko Kanno playing dogfight on piano. And the really meaning behind the ending of Sayonara no Tsubasa. Definately a worthy gig.
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    Hot from the concert floor!
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    Sorry but that's not permitted and I have no desire to be banned from future events.
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    7 hours to go! Which means its time to stand in line kiddies!
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    It was released as a single for the 15th anniversary. Available on amazon Japan. http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/aw/d/B00005GYPJ/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1373547069&sr=8-1π=SL75 http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/aw/d/B00005HEM1/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1373547069&sr=8-2π=SL75
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    Update: Mari Iijima just touched down in Japan. So the Macross gang is all assembled and READY TO ROCK!!! ＼(^o^)／
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