Zinjo Posted February 7, 2008 Posted February 7, 2008 美男美女パラダイス Handsome boy and Pretty gril's Paradise!!! Nice fan service... Graham, I would expect the biggest news month for Frontier will be the April issues, since all of them come out in March, a month before air date. Perfect opportunity to blitz the media about the new show and do the teaser reveals about upcoming story and Mecha. Though, I'm sure we'll see a bit more info than usual in the March issues as BW and Bandai start ramping up the PR for the show...
azrael Posted February 7, 2008 Author Posted February 7, 2008 Ranka's phone.....Looks like she's squeezing it to death...
chrono Posted February 7, 2008 Posted February 7, 2008 Ranka's phone.....Looks like she's squeezing it to death... Well wouldn't that fit the stereotype mold for her character? But to me it rather looks like she's gonna take a bit out of it and it's freaking out!
Oihan Posted February 7, 2008 Posted February 7, 2008 (edited) 美男美女パラダイス Handsome boy and Pretty gril's Paradise!!! I'm thinking the 'love triangle' will be between Ranka, Sheryl, and Saotome.... Just a hunch/wild-guess. Edit: Sorry, I couldn't help it.... Edited February 8, 2008 by Oihan
Graham Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 Damn, no mecha pics in the March Newtype. Graham
GGemini Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 Is the US version of Newtype also doing the same story? or do they get restricted on Macross Stuff by Disharmony Mold? Not because of Harmony Gold... because the February issue of US Newtype will be the last http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-...ase-publication
GGemini Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 Damn, no mecha pics in the March Newtype. Graham Hopefully the new issue of HLJ will have mecha pics... maybe even prototypes of the models / toys, since it's the issue for April.
nugundamII Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 The new slim lower legs on the VF-171 mean that a transforming toy that is accurately proportioned in all 3-modes should be possible. Although the chunky lower legs on the original VF-17D/S from Macross 7 look better IMO, they make it impossible to have a slim line-art accurate fighter mode toy (witness the Bandai 1/65 DX VF-17D/S). However, the slim lower legs make me wonder whether the VF-171 does have a gunpod, or just relies on the twin chest guns only? I know the manga shows the VF-171 with a VF-17 style gunpod, but it just seems to me that there is no way it would fit in these new slim lower legs. Graham IE
TehPW Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 Not because of Harmony Gold... because the February issue of US Newtype will be the last http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-...ase-publication why the change? with a title named Piq? i'd be less inclined to buy... but maybe the mag isn't aided at my age after all...
Kasumi_Chan Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 Ok so does anyone know what SMS stands for yet?
azrael Posted February 8, 2008 Author Posted February 8, 2008 Ok so does anyone know what SMS stands for yet? When we know, we'll let you know.
Zinjo Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 Damn, no mecha pics in the March Newtype. Graham I subscribed to NTJapan this past week and my first issue is the April issue, weee! I am expecting a big feature on Frontier since it will be the issue to hype the series before the season premier in April. I'd be looking for all the April issues of anime / model related magazines, I expect they'll be full of Frontier goodies. why the change? with a title named Piq? i'd be less inclined to buy... but maybe the mag isn't aided at my age after all... It probably has to do with a change in licensing rates with the Japanese publisher. Plus there isn't a ton of money in anime distribution here, so the money spent has to give a decent return or there's no point in marketing the product. The fact that a NT USA subcription can pay for double the number of issues of the new magazine tells us how expensive bringing that magazine to the US really was.
Hikuro Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 YAY! April 5th! *marks on Calendar* that means late sunday or monday I can see episode 2! YAY ME!
azrael Posted February 8, 2008 Author Posted February 8, 2008 YAY! April 5th! *marks on Calendar* that means late sunday or monday I can see episode 2! YAY ME! Actually, they'll probably start with episode 1 again. Except we'll probably have completed opening and ending themes. At least I hope.
Duke Togo Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 When we know, we'll let you know. "WHAT DOES SNN MEAN!?!" Oh, sorry, Macross II flashback...
UN Spacy Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 Here are clearer versions of the pictures kreshpy just posted. WOW.
MisaForever Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 (edited) Here are clearer versions of the pictures kreshpy just posted. WOW. Oops, sorry. Apparently work is blocking images from that hosting site. I'll see when I get home. Edited February 8, 2008 by MisaForever
Hikuro Posted February 9, 2008 Posted February 9, 2008 Well the best I could come up with on SMS (cause even I'm not even sure what it means....I'm not big on the military stuff anymore) Strategic Management Service, but I heavily doubt that's it.
RedLion Posted February 9, 2008 Posted February 9, 2008 Has anyone seen this? What is the red Valkrie?? Good behind the scenes stuff on how Shoji created teh vf-25 with Lego's. Mod edit: Download links are NOT allowed.
Strumvogel Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 Actually, they'll probably start with episode 1 again. Except we'll probably have completed opening and ending themes. At least I hope. Completed ending theme, most probably but we probably won't see the opening theme until the second episode. Having an opening theme on the first episode would probably spoil the introduction of the characters and story reveal. Most series these days follow that trend as a result.
azrael Posted February 10, 2008 Author Posted February 10, 2008 Completed ending theme, most probably but we probably won't see the opening theme until the second episode. Having an opening theme on the first episode would probably spoil the introduction of the characters and story reveal. Most series these days follow that trend as a result. Good point, but I've never known Kawamori to reveal a terrible amount of detail in his opening credits. Although, he may have changed that with Aquarion (I never watched it so...) What is the red Valkrie?? A CG posing doll for the VF-25 w/ Super parts/Full armor. It's just a model to help animators figure out how to transform a VF-25 with the addons.
Zinjo Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 A CG posing doll for the VF-25 w/ Super parts/Full armor. It's just a model to help animators figure out how to transform a VF-25 with the addons. That really hasn't been confirmed as far as I am aware... The differences to the VF-25 are substantial...
RedLion Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 That really hasn't been confirmed as far as I am aware... The differences to the VF-25 are substantial... That's what i though as well. the rear thrusters are completly different. They remind me of the SV-51 with more thrust control veins. Seems lika na awful lot of time to render this for just a test model?
Graham Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 We've discussed that purple Valk a few times already over the past month, but my present thinking is that it is something that will appear later on in Macross Frontier. I agree that the differences with the VF-25 Super are too great. Graham
wolfx Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 I even have a screenshot of what may be it during episode 2, shown in the 25th anniversary special.
azrael Posted February 10, 2008 Author Posted February 10, 2008 I even have a screenshot of what may be it during episode 2, shown in the 25th anniversary special. Wasn't that shot just of a VF-25 w/Super parts?
Fatalist Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 Anyone else notice in the "Singing" pic that was posted, the color of the ties the guys are wearing? I guess we know who the Hikaru, Max and Kakizaki types are going to be.
Spitze Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 The purple valk looks like a VF-14 crossed with an SV-51. Maybe this means we get a new Feios?
Zinjo Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 That's what i though as well. the rear thrusters are completly different. They remind me of the SV-51 with more thrust control veins. Seems lika na awful lot of time to render this for just a test model? We know the Zents will play a part somewhere in the story, and that fighter tends to conjure up images of a hybrid design between the VF-14 and the SV-51. Who knows maybe it's Kawamori's new VF-141? It's all speculation at this point.
Germán Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 Here are clearer versions of the pictures kreshpy just posted. WOW. Thanks for the photos. Gracias por las fotos.
Graham Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 Anyone else notice in the "Singing" pic that was posted, the color of the ties the guys are wearing? I guess we know who the Hikaru, Max and Kakizaki types are going to be. The same colors as the trim on their individual X-Gears, which I commented on back when the episode aired in December. Graham
RedLion Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 This series is going to be a killer! I can't wait to see what Macross/Battle 25 looks like!
Isamu test pilot Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 Well less than 2 months for Macross F... great I agree that the VF-11 and the Vf-4 are too old to appear in Macross F but in Macross Seven the VF-1J Millia type was too old and it appeared... so I hope in Macross F we could watch them but I know that is pretty dificult to happen... BTW I am pretty sure that we are going to see a new versions of the VF-19 and the VF-21, I just a feeling I have
1/1 LowViz Lurker Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 (edited) New clown valks with transformers-style mouths!!! Woohoo! Edited February 10, 2008 by 1/1 LowViz Lurker
Isamu test pilot Posted February 11, 2008 Posted February 11, 2008 In fact I do not want to see valks with face anymore
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