mitch Posted October 22, 2006 Posted October 22, 2006 Hi, I'm a big fan of Macross and although I come from England where we get pretty much nothing Macross related released (apart from 'Plus on DVD and the 'Clash of the Bionoids'/DYRL film on VHS) I've tried to keep up with the various series. Personally, Macross Plus is still my favorite - the character and Valkyrie designs, the soundtrack, the quality of the story and animation (quality old school technical drawing baby! None of those squeaky clean CG mechas!), the whole thing still makes it one of my favorite shows ever! I got a fan-sub version of Macross Zero a few months ago off of eBay because I was sick of waiting for the UK distributors and Harmony Gold getting their acts together and then having to pay about $80-90 for it, and I really liked it. The animation and mecha designs were great, there were some kick-ass flight sequences (how cool is it the first time you see the VF-0?), but the last episode left me a bit confused... * - Is the "Bird-Human" giant related to the Zentradi or Meltran races, or something else entirely? * - Are Sara and the "Bird-Human" destroyed be the shelling from the mk1(?) Köenig Monster? * - What the hell happened with Shin? It all seemed to get a bit 'Final Fantasy' at the end there... * - Does anyone else feel that the last chapter was slightly rushed in its pacing? Sorry if I'm being a bit dense, generally I don't need my anime spelled out for me, but these questions have been bugging me for a while and I figured that if anyone knows, it would be the folks at MacrossWorld.com. If there is a link already posted somewhere that talks about this can someone please point me towards it so you don't have to go into it all again? Cheers. Quote
jenius Posted October 22, 2006 Posted October 22, 2006 Mitch, this is no way a criticism of you, but the forum has a search feature that you should use. There have been lots of long conversations about MacZero already and I'm sure you'll find many of the answers you're looking for. Quote
Macross73 Posted October 22, 2006 Posted October 22, 2006 (edited) heres a couple http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?...hl=macross+zero http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?...hl=macross+zero http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?...c=15654&hl= http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?...c=13713&hl= Edited October 22, 2006 by Macross73 Quote
mitch Posted October 22, 2006 Author Posted October 22, 2006 Thanks guys. Wow, there's a lot more back-story to MacZero than I realized. So the consensus (and please correct me if I’m wrong) is that... Sara survived the warhead to the face of the AFOS and guided it away from earth as it was only going to be a point of contention for the UN/anti-UN forces (as a threat or source of plunderable technology to be reverse engineered and added to their own arsenal. Not helpful if you've just convinced it that we're not that war oriented). Shin also survives and his damaged VF-0 is transported off by the AFOS in a sort of tandem-fold to places unknown so that the two will be together (love being one of the reoccurring threads of the whole Macross saga). The AFOS itself is a relic of the Protoculture left behind to evaluate us when the time comes that we have the potential to venture out into the universe and, if necessary, prevent us from going all Zentran. The series wasn't cut short, it was intended as a 5-part affair and the pacing is down to just having the budget for 5 episodes and needing to fit it all in, which I get - When I was animating at university I'd come up with stories intended to be 2 minutes long and they ended up being about 5 minutes long and taking more years off my life than cigarettes stressing to get them done on time. Not an option in the real world. Anyway, thanks for the pointers and sorry for coming across as a bit of a noob. Quote
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