Macross Frontier Episode 1 Talkback Thread *READ 1st Post*

[azrael]

Welcome to the Macross Frontier Episode 1 Talkback Thread

Previous Episode thread(s):

Deculture Edition/25th Anniversary special

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Availability

• Raw: released
• English sub: released
• Chinese sub: released
• Malaysia sub: released
• French sub: released

Episode download links

General sites (Raws and subtitled, but mostly Raws)

• Tokyo Toshokan
• AniRena
• Nyaa Torrents
• Aniserv

Subtitled versions

• AnimeSuki (Various groups)
• Scarywater.net (Various groups)
• Baka-Updates (Various groups)
• share@DHMY.net (for Chinese subbed versions)
• Anime in Action & Infinite Zero (no individual site available, See Scarywater.net)
• Gattai (no individual site available, See Animesuki)
• Shinsen Subs
• MyA Fansubs (Malaysia fansub)
• Full Moon Subs (French)
• AnimeOne-Gekkostate-Menclave

Other

• iMacross thread
• Surf Channel streaming (for users that do not want to download files to their hard drives)
• Opening theme animation (Rapidshare), Ending theme animation (Rapidshare)
• Anime-in-Action/Infinite Zero subtitled (Megaupload)
• Gattai sub version (Megaupload), Gattai .ass subtitled file (Sendspace)
• Shinsen sub-AVI (FlyUpload) (ver. 1b, MegaUpload)

[azrael]

Just to claim first post rights.

New poll is up. Poll topics will normally be about the episode or something about the episode. But given the fact that many have seen episode 1, we'll jump to other aspects of the show.

Please remember to observe the guidelines.

[Gubaba]

I've never followed a series in "real time" before...how long does it usually take for quality fansubs to show up?

(Please forgive the n00bity of this question...)

[T-Sniper]

New pics of EP01

Last Update: 080403, 1:23 JST

By Planet Eden，惑星伊甸

第01話：クロース エンカウンター(Cross Encounter)，2008.04.03

Edited April 3, 2008 by T-Sniper

[Mr March]

I'd like to know as well. I've never done the "real time" following either.

EDIT: Wow. Nice pictures. That looks like the Attack Mode of the Macross 25 to me

Edited April 3, 2008 by Mr March

[UN Spacy]

...some folks at animesuki have already seen it:

Kind of different from Deculture edition

- OP and ED (ED is really short)

- New scenes with the characters

- New Song and some new music I think

- Animation improved in some areas and totally redone in an area or two (Concert is TOTALLY different now)

- Some scenes removed obviously

- The Eyecatch is OMG AWESOME

Overall Macross Frontier ep1 is waaaay better than the Deculture Edition. They removed scenes but also changed a bunch of stuff. Animation, pacing, CG, etc seem to have improved since they last aired it too. Can't wait for ep2

[farmer_yohei]

I have never followed an entire show before, but I did follow Gundam 00 for a while. They usually appeared within a day or two.

[farmer_yohei]

Hopefully this show will be viewed as a popular one and would therefore get priority from the fansubbers over other shows. I worry about that.

[chrono]

I'd wait at least a full week for a decent sub, though with it being so similar a sub of it will go quicker.

Well if that image of the Macross 25 is true then Kawamori might have done it's re-design as well! Since it's got the same-ish chest plate config.

Don't know if want....

But if it's true then just how much of the mechanical did he actually re-design!!

Edited April 3, 2008 by chrono

[Duke Togo]

Like I thought, De-Culture edition wasn't a director's cut, it was a rough cut.

[azrael]

Definitely new scenes in there:

[farmer_yohei]

For the people who have actually seen the first episode, which do you find better; the decultured or the new version?

[T-Sniper]

other new pics here:

Edited April 3, 2008 by T-Sniper

[azrael]

ALTO-HIME in the opening!!!!!! :lol: :lol:

No wonder the poor boy never hears the end of it....

[Mr March]

Thanks for all the pics T-Sniper. And btw, Welcome to Macross World!

DT

A good guess it was. It makes that it was a rough cut since the show wasn't officially released until April this year. I'm looking forward to seeing it.

UN Spacy

I just checked Veoh and YouTube. Nothing has shown up yet. We may actually see the RAW show up online soon so we can at least watch the show even without subtitles

[RichterX]

So what was shown was it the release version of episode 1 and 2 or just episode 1?

[azrael]

So what was shown was it the release version of episode 1 and 2 or just episode 1?

Just episode 1. But most of us have seen episode 1 back in December so we know what will happen already (which is why I attached it to the episode 2 thread). We just get to see some lovely new animation and the themes this time around.

[Duke Togo]

ALTO-HIME in the opening!!!!!! :lol: :lol:

No wonder the poor boy never hears the end of it....

OMG that is him!

[UN Spacy]

Macross Frontier's BATTLE MODE?!?!?!?!?!?

[Kelsain]

Macross Frontier's BATTLE MODE?!?!?!?!?!?

If so, it looks like they've resolved all of the beefs we had with Battle 7.

Looks like Macross-canon style arms and SDF-1 style booms over the shoulders... That's really exciting.

Also, apparently that purple VF was not a pre-production model, but appears in the show. My money's on it being a Vajra VF, piloted by that ghosty Brea Stern lady (who looks to have some interaction with Ozma)

I can has fansubz? Plz?

[Duke Togo]

Also, apparently that purple VF was not a pre-production model, but appears in the show. My money's on it being a Vajra VF, piloted by that ghosty Brea Stern lady (who looks to have some interaction with Ozma)

I thought that was a guy?

[Kelsain]

I thought that was a guy?

Ehh, I'm getting a chick-vibe from the way the character is holding itself, and it looks like (s)he's doing a hair-flip. Ple s the costume seems low-cut, so I hope it's a girl. Really, though, we've had both in the past; but who did you prefer: Millia or Gabil?

[Final Vegeta]

Saw the episode on nicovideo.

Mods, you can delete the link if you want.

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2885536

(this Japanese site needs a registration)

The purple VF may be the VF-24, since the transformation looked similar to the VF-25.

Anyway, the episode was a bit like Macross Plus: you just feel the scenes were made for the original music of the first cut. Also there seems to be a better introduction for characters in the DE, but I will wait for subtitles to see what is said in the new scenes.

FV

[MisaForever]

Meep!! I hope that they didn't cut good scenes from the first episode I liked it just the way it was. But if you say it's better with the added scenes, I'll take your word for it. I hope to be able to see it soon!

[Duke Togo]

The RAW is out, dunno where yet.

[Zinjo]

FYI

The raw anime torrents for ep 1 are up on the sites....

[MisaForever]

FYI

The raw anime torrents for ep 1 are up on the sites....

GAH! Now I'm going to be itching until after I get off work to watch them Oh well, I'll have something to look forward to

[farmer_yohei]

I think I might be downloading it now. But it might just be the decultured version and not labeled as such. I got two and half hours to go, and it keeps rising.

[Duke Togo]

The only RAW I see out right now is the one AniServ has up, and its the Deculture edition.

[farmer_yohei]

I found one on NyaaTorrents, thats the one I am downloading, but I don't know if its the right one....

[azrael]

I think I might be downloading it now. But it might just be the decultured version and not labeled as such. I got two and half hours to go, and it keeps rising.

Chances are it's the Deculture edition. The actual episode aired only about 3 hours ago.

[Duke Togo]

Yeah, that's the AniServ RAW. They list it as such on their site, but obviously the others aren't picking up on it.

[Zinjo]

Yeah, that's the AniServ RAW. They list it as such on their site, but obviously the others aren't picking up on it.

Negative, Tokyo Toshokan has it already and I'm sure it is disseminating quite quickly by now...

[farmer_yohei]

Chances are it's the Deculture edition. The actual episode aired only about 3 hours ago.

Well, when I first started downloading it was only a few hours old...I thought it aired about 6 hours ago

[MisaForever]

The only RAW I see out right now is the one AniServ has up, and its the Deculture edition.

Hmm... ok, well maybe there will be one up somewhere once I get home.