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It did. In the last couple of episodes of Frontier.

I was about to (kinda) answer your question, Nexxstrait...but then I realized it was no longer there. Anyway, I haven't read the novels yet, so I can't summarize them, unfortunately. MW member Lynn2009 gave a brief summary a while back, saying the stories involved a Chinese mafia run by someone purporting to be Minmay's grandson. And Seto pointed out an odd illustration in Book 5, showing Ishtar holding a baby...but skimming the page, I'm pretty sure the baby isn't hers.

They're long out out of print, published by Kadokawa. Used copies are readily available (and cheap!) on Amazon.co.jp, but they won't ship used books to other countries, unfortunately. Sometimes, they turn up on Ebay as well.

By the way, if you're interested in seeing more of the characters, there are five novels based on the series. The first two novelize the six-episode OVA, and the next three books carry the story further. They're in Japanese only, but I'm planning on getting around to translating them...eventually...

Yes, that was a great, great scene. Maybe one of the best in all of Mac7.

This is ground that has been covered often, but it's been a while, so maybe this thread will stay open... Anyway, there's no Macross that I really hate, but Macross II is the one I probably feel most indifferent towards, despite having one of the main writers of SDFM and DYRL, and the always-yummy Mikimoto character designs. The mecha design never really grabbed me...and that's kind of the way I feel about the whole thing. I don't find it offensive or rage-inspiring, and I think it has a number of things going for it, but I don't really enjoy it all that much overall.

It's here, from about 0:12 to about 1:45. It doesn't really sound like it's "just a radio drama" to me... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuaDyJzAjFQ...feature=related

*sigh* We've been through this before. Many times. No one at Tokyo Pop, HG, or Big West ever commented on WHY the project the canned. Again, your speculation is not fact.

In...2002? 2003? Somewhere around there...Tokyo Pop attempted Macross 7 Trash, and announced that it would be done with Harmony Gold's blessing. A few weeks later, they announced that the project had fallen through. No reason was given. Other than that, no attempt has been made public.

No, that's what Memo wants. Whamhammer seems more reasonable than that.

I'm not asking so that you'll convince me, I'm trying to understand what you see in Robotech. So let me rephrase the question...why do YOU want to see a continuation? What kind of story would you like to see? What storytelling territory do you think must be covered?

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Mmm...I'm a hardliner on that subject (as I've detailed in the "Hollywood remake" thread. If the original creator(s) isn't/aren't involved, I tend to think of the work as glorified fanfiction. Well...unless the original sucked; but then I'm STILL not going to be very interested in the remake, unless A LOT of people I trust tell me it's worthwhile (cf. Battlestar Galactica). But with Robotech, who are the original creators? The Macross staff, the Southern Cross staff, and the Mospeada staff. Not anyone who's going to have a pivotal part in the creation of any Robotech remake/remodel.

Possibly...but I pretty much ONLY like the Sun stuff...things like this, his revolutionary first single: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIWlWA1YTBw I've never seen the show, but that's a nice song...the piano's a surprising (but cool) touch.

It's not rhetorical. Star Wars, Harry Potter, Macross...all of these have made a lot of money, and (more importantly for me) all of them have been handled primarily by a SINGLE, CENTRAL AUTHOR, who created the world and finds artistic satisfaction in extending and developing his or her original ideas (this, by the way, has nothing to do with the QUALITY of those extensions, which may be good or bad). Robotech, to me, loses from the start, because it was "created" by nobody. Star Wars is George Lucas's personal vision, and he is the overriding authority on it, for good or ill. No one gets to play professionally in J. K. Rowling's sandbox without her official say-so. Kawamori is the ultimate man of Macross, with the power to wipe anything he DIDN'T work on into an "alternate continuity." So...financially, the sequels make sense; and artistically, the creators have more to say with the work. Ain't nothing wrong with that. But...can Carl Macek claim that he created Robotech in the same way that the examples you cite created their worlds? Of course not. He adapted the series, and everything he has personally tried to create from whole cloth has been a stunning failure (not always his fault, of course). I'm not a big believer in shared worlds or creativity by committee. Great storytelling just doesn't work that way. So, without an incentive of big financial gain, AND without a story that NEEDS to be told...what's the point of continuing it? It's not a rhetorical question. I'd really like to know.

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But if Zolans and humans can't reproduce, how was he born in the first place? Unless someone in his family was created through some kind of cloning/gene-splicing experiment...

Oh yeah? Well... I, um... Roadhouse, though, is...wait... :mellow: Y'know, much as I want to argue with that assessment...I really can't.

Do Elvis's early tracks for Sun Records count as country? 'Cause I like those. And Johnny Cash. And the Carter Family.

Well, thank you for the psychoanalysis. How much do I owe you? And no, I wasn't trying to insult you. As I said, maybe I'm just communicating badly. As for others...well, you kind of have to expect it, unfortunately. Over the years, we've had a fair number of crazed Robotech fans show up trying to justify their favorite show. Enough of them got abusive that I think a lot of us tend to be wary. And yes, I know a lot of Macross fans have done the same thing on the RT.com boards. Personally, I don't condone that kind of behavior; I know what I like, and I don't really feel the need to force anybody else to conform to my tastes. Although if someone gets obnoxious about it, I don't mind pointing that out (witness the Sheryl/Ranka "discussions" of last year). As such, I don't feel the need to troll the RT.com boards, and I've come out against Youtube Macrss fans who just hurl expletives at Robotech videos. But if you're looking for a real debate, I have to say I think you're at a disadvantage. Most of us have seen both Robotech AND Macross; you haven't. And what are we debating, anyway? Are you trying to get me to accept Robotech? You're coming up with what HG needs to do to ensure that the next Robotech installment will be not be a mess. My question is, why does there need to be a next installment at all? And no one has really answered that. Wow...you mean they didn't force you to read that in high school? Get on the ball, then...Aldous Huxley is quite good.

From about four hours ago...

We get that too. Some of us even get it legally.

Macross f novels AND Macross Chronicle both mention that Michael has some Zolan blood in him.

Well, I just watched Part 2 of the 2004 Anime Expo Robotech panel that Memo posted on youtube, and I realized...I'm in it! Mostly you can just see the back of my head, but at 8:13 or thereabouts, I turn around and look for the guy asking the question. So...should I send Memo a cease and desist order?

Yes, it's terribly bad news for the throngs of Basara/Elma shippers, isn't it?