Gubaba

Damn, you're right. I misread the first kanji... And I'm thinking I'd love to make an AMV of that, using the scenes of Bright Noa chasing chickens from ZZ...

You win this round, VFTF1 (if that is your real name...), but I'll be back! And to think, I would've gotten away with it if it weren't for your meddling attorneys.

I trademarked the term "love pentagon" in 2003. My lawyers will be in touch with you soon.

Tell me about it. In November of 2006, I said to one of my friends, "Look. To me, a perfect Macross series has transforming jets, a love triangle, and a singer of some kind." Then, more than a year later, Macross F comes around, and what does it have? Transforming jets, a love triangle, and a singer! I'm TOTALLY suing. And I'll also sue any store that carries Macross F toys or models, too.

Okay...Amazon.co.jp lists both Box Sets at 634 minutes, so the 2007 one must have the OVA as well.

Side one: 1. Mezame (Awakening), sung by Mine Matsuki (Yellow's "Girl Voice") 2. Love Tonight, sung by Mine Matsuki 3. Areruno e (To the Wild Field), sung by Mine Matsuki (this song is also on Soundtrack Vol. II) 4. Ai no Koishi (Pebble of Love), sung by Mika Doi (Houquet's voice) (this song is also on Vol. I, but I think it's sung by Mine Matsuki there) 5. Kurenai no Karegata [?] ni (To the Red Them [?]), sung by Mine Matsuki and...someone else. Side Two: 1. Lonely Errant, sung by Mine Matsuki (also on Vol. II) 2. Star Dust 3. Dream Eaters, sung by...someone (also on Vol. I) 4. Pretend, sung by Andy (who also sang the theme song) 5. Blue Rain, sung by Mine Matsuki

You actually sat through all ten minutes of that???

It MUST be ultra rare...it's not listed anywhere that I've found at amazon.co.jp. Also from Japanese Amazon...no word on whether the two DVD box sets (one in 2004, one in 2007) have LLA, but the individual DVDs do. I would assume that the box sets would as well, but you know what they say about why you shouldn't assume... And...three disc set? There's a two disc set that has all three TV soundtracks on it...I don't have that. I have the Super Collection, and, as much as I want to have Live at Pit Inn, I won't shell out $60.00 for the Complete Collection, two-thirds of which I already have. I keep hoping it'll show up at macrosshare, but no luck so far...

To be quite honest, I do too. Episode 44 ("Nightmarish Invasion") was also as close to a mecha-lover's dream as Mac7 gets. If someone hates Macross 7, I can understand why. If someone adores Macross 7, I can also understand why. me, I'm still kind of on the fence about it, but as I just watched episodes 43-45 today, right now I'm firmly in a "Hell yeah I'll listen to Basara's song!" phase. So forgive me if I get a little too fired up...

...And I was tempted to get Blackstar on DVD, so really, I can't say anything. Glass houses and all that...

The first two don't have titles beyond "Mospeada Vol. I" and "Mosepada Vol. II." Vol. III is Live at Pit Inn, which apparently is indeed a (fake) live album. It would be easy to tell if "Stop!" is the TV or OVA version, since it's sung in a woman's voice for the show, but a man's for LLA. (BTW, does anyone know if that's really Bright Noa's voice actor rocking out in LLA? Or did they get someone else?) And yeah, Mospeada music is underrated...for all the acclaim Joe Hisaishi's Studio Ghibli's music gets, I think his stuff for Mospeada is equally good.

I'm JOKING! Please don't use my words to further more Mac7 hate. Every time you say something bad about Macross 7, Geperunitchi sucks all the spiritia out of a kitten.

I essentially agree with Mr March and Zinjo. Robotech was good for what it was...as far as brining anime over with the essentials unchanged, Star Blazers was there first, but Robotech was still ahead of its time. As soon as anime started appearing direct-to-video in the early '90s, Robotech became a relic. But hostility towards Robotech...yeah, I've felt it, but it's only recently that I've been asking myself why. I can't speak for anyone else, but for me, it comes from a few sources: First, once I started uncovering the original stories, I felt like Robotech had lied to me (give me a break! I was 12), sanitizing and westernizing something that, at its core, was far stranger and more fascinating, as well as telling me that this goofy chick was the blonde afro was really Max and Miriya's daughter, and that Rick Hunter would command the destruction of the earth. I didn't buy it. Then I found out I didn't have to. Second, Robotech fanboys. I remember having a conversation in Books Nippan (back when it was still on Sixth Street, so this would have been '89 or '90) with some guy who was telling me that the Southern Cross Army must have sucked, since, not only could they not defeat the Invid, Robotech didn't even show them trying. I said that it didn't really matter, since they were separate shows originally. He wouldn't listen, and kept trying to figure out how the Southern Cross guys failed so miserably. It was like we were speaking two different languages. And since the creation of the internet, it's only gotten worse. Third, when the Robotech perfect Collection tapes started coming out, I snapped them up...and found that watching the Japanese shows was fine, but Robotech simply made me feel embarrassed. Could I really have loved this so much? Clunky dialogue, much too heavy on exposition, whole scenes cut out for no reason I could fathom. I cringed, and couldn't continue watching. Fourth, HG blocking Macross toys and models, but that didn't affect me too much. I always found places that had them. But the fact that HG went out of their way to do it left me with a bad taste in my mouth. Lately, though, I've been more tolerant of it. I still kind of shake my head at the thought that someone would look more forward to Shadow Chronicles than Macross F, but there's no accounting for taste. I do kind of wish the Robotech franchise would die, because then I'm guessing there would be more Macross for everyone, but if HG wants to be jerks about it, let them. Like most of us, I have alternative ways to get the Macross stuff I want. And I'll gladly vote with my wallet for Macross whenever I can.

So...when are you going to do Dynamite 7? I'm interested in your take on Mylene almost getting space raped by a space lesbian after drinking the spiked space juice.

Hmm...as I said, it's been a long time since I've watched LLA, but IIRC, Yellow's concert opened with "Yatsukeru!" ("Stop!"), which I don't see in your list. And (also IIRC), most, but not all of the songs were sung by Yellow in his "guy" voice, so it should be easy to tell if they're from LLA or not. For the TV series, the made three albums (Vol. I, Vol. II, and Vol. III - Live at Pit Inn). Later they collected the first two on CD and called it the "Super Collection" which is what I bought. Still later, they managed to coax all three albums onto a two CD set just called "Mospeada Vols. I~III" (which I don't particularly want to buy, since I already have two-thirds of it). As far as a Love Live Alive soundtrack goes, I don't think they ever made one. I could be wrong, however.

Yep, Robotech, in 1985. But I had a magazine that came with the L.A. Times from '84 that had an article about robot toys and they showed a Valkyrie and said it was from Macross. So when I saw "Codename: Robotech," I knew it was Macross. Some of the toy shops near my house had a lot of imported model kits (Macross, Orguss, Dorvack, Galvion...) and I started picking those up, and slowly learning the real names of the characters and mecha. Then, in 1986, one of my friends got an nth generaton dupe of DYRL...I copied it from him, and I never looked back.

I haven't seen it in about twenty years, but I remember liking it. Flashback 2012 puts it to shame, but it makes a nice epilogue to the series. It's a pity ADV didn't include it on the box set...

Forigve me for saying this, but you may be the ONLY person who wants Gobots on DVD...

Well, in the picutre above, you don't see the the ship that flies directly in front of the Megaroad. Made of the same materials that would later be used to make City 7's shell, it's like an elongated bell which slides over the Megaroad, protecting the city. So no matter what threat they face, the Guard Ship, Condom, is always there to ensure safety!

I'm still trying to track down "Live at Pit Inn." It appears to be on none of the internets, except for in long-dead torrent I found... By the way, did they actually make a Love Live Alive CD, or was it just a fan work?

Did you know that "Yellow Belmont" is actually "Ladios Sopp" spelled backwards?

Yeah, I'm beginning to notice that...the dark specter of Anime Friend thrusts itself once more upon an unsuspecting world...

That looks awesome! Good work! I have no proof at all, but it looks to me like the prow could be a main gun of some kind...

There's also the fact that his body completely changes as well...

I built one when I was 11, so it couldn't be THAT hard to make... Of course, my paint job didn't look that great.