Macross Frontier News Thread II *Read 1st post*

[azrael]

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[Graham]

Rotten spoilsport!

Graham

[vanpang]

Hmmm, looks like DYRL when Hikaru and Misa stranded in Earth, makes me wonder whether

Alto and Ranka will share their first kiss there ^o^.

and I am guessing they would discover new protoculture's artifacts or secrets to the Vajra.....hmm descendants of Sara Nome & Shin Kudo ?!

[Westlo]

High school hijinks of Sheryl = highest ratings so far.

*3.0% (*1.8%) 05/24 (Sat) *1:55am-*2:25am TBS Macross FRONTIER

Episode 8: 3.0%

Episode 7: 1.8%

Episode 6: 2.0%

Episode 5: 1.9%

Episode 4: 2.6%

Episode 3: 2.3%

Episode 2: 2.7%

Episode 1: 1.1%

*5.7% (*5.8%) 05/22 (Thu) *7:30pm-*7:57pm TV Tokyo NARUTO Shippuuden

*5.1% (*4.9%) 05/24 (Sat) *6:00pm-*6:25pm NHK-ETV Anime Major

*4.1% (*4.3%) 05/24 (Sat) *9:00am-*9:30am TV Tokyo BLUE DRAGON Tenkai no Shichiryuu [bLUE DRAGON: The Seven Sky Dragons]

*4.1% (*3.4%) 05/22 (Thu) *6:00pm-*6:30pm TV Tokyo Gintama

*3.9% (*4.1%) 05/24 (Sat) *8:30am-*9:00am TV Tokyo Oha Coliseum

*3.8% (*4.2%) 05/25 (Sun) *7:00am-*7:30am TV Asahi Kodai Ouja Kyouryuu King D Kids Adventure Yokuryuu Densetsu [Dinosaur King: Legend of the Pterosaurs]

*3.8% (*3.7%) 05/23 (Fri) 12:55am-*1:25am Fuji TV Toshokan Senjou [Library War]

*3.7% (*2.3%) 05/23 (Fri) *1:25am-*1:55am TBS xxxHOLiC Kei

*3.6% (*4.4%) 05/24 (Sat) 10:00am-10:30am TV Tokyo Keroro Gunsou [sergeant Keroro]

*3.6% (*3.2%) 05/21 (Wed) *7:26pm-*7:55pm TV Tokyo BLEACH

*3.5% (*3.2%) 05/25 (Sun) *9:30am-10:00am TV Tokyo Onegai My Melody Kirara!

*3.4% (*4.4%) 05/24 (Sat) 11:20am-11:45am TV Asahi ATASHIn'CHI

*3.4% (*3.4%) 05/24 (Sat) *9:30am-10:00am TV Tokyo Shugo Chara!

*3.3% (*2.6%) 05/25 (Sun) 10:00am-10:30am TV Tokyo Zettai Karen Children

*3.3% (**.*%) 05/24 (Sat) *6:25pm-*6:50pm NHK-ETV Dennou Coil (Rerun)

*3.2% (**.*%) 05/25 (Sun) *9:00am-*9:30am TV Tokyo Pururun! Shizuku-chan Aha!

*3.0% (*1.8%) 05/24 (Sat) *1:55am-*2:25am TBS Macross FRONTIER

*2.9% (*1.6%) 05/24 (Sat) *2:25am-*2:55am TBS Itazura na Kiss

*2.8% (*2.4%) 05/23 (Fri) *1:55am-*2:25am TBS To LOVE Ru -Trouble-

*2.7% (*2.7%) 05/23 (Fri) *4:30pm-*5:00pm NTV Soreike! Anpanman

*2.5% (*2.8%) 05/19 (Mon) *6:00pm-*6:30pm TV Tokyo Soul Eater

*2.4% (*2.6%) 05/23 (Fri) *6:00pm-*6:30pm TV Tokyo Kirarin Revolution

*2.2% (*2.6%) 05/25 (Sun) *6:30am-*7:00am TV Asahi Hatara Kids My Ham Gumi

*2.2% (*1.6%) 05/26 (Mon) *1:30am-*2:00am TV Tokyo Nabari no Ou -NABARI-

*2.0% (*3.2%) 05/25 (Sun) *8:30am-*9:00am TV Tokyo Net Ghost PIPOPA

*2.0% (*1.9%) 05/25 (Sun) *5:00pm-*5:30pm TBS Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch R2

*2.0% (**.*%) 05/20 (Tue) *1:00am-*1:30am TV Tokyo Vampire Knight

[Major Focker]

wow

i hadn't expected that

[mike_s_6]

Well, after the last episode had that rating, it could be that the rating is inversely proportional to the budget of the episode

[Graham]

OK, I really, really don’t understand the Japanese anime viewing public at all.

Episode 7 with its tense, exciting, well choreographed and superbly animated battle scenes only gets 1.8%, whereas the poorly animated, slapstick comedy filler that is episode 8 gets a whopping 3%!

All I can think of is that word of how awesome episode 7 was spread, so lot’s more people tuned in to see episode 8. After watching 8, we'll probably get a ratings drop for 9 as IMO episode 8 may have turned off some views, but wadda’ I know anyway?

I hope BW and Satelight after seeing these rating don't decide to rewrite the rest of Frontier and cut out all the action and mecha scenes and fill the remainder of the episodes with non-stop slapstick, in an effort to boost ratings.

Graham

[Strumvogel]

Huh. Within one episode Frontier managed to nearly doubled it's ratings and more importantly it managed to hit the giddy ceiling of 3.0 which I've always hoped it would as far back as 3-4 weeks ago before I got demoralised by the poor showing for episode 7. My prediction had always been for Frontier to hit the 3.0 ceiling by episode 8 but that was on the condition that episode 7 hit the highs of over 2.6 where that the viewership numbers could build from.

This is.... erratic.

Oh well, guess we can look foward to more of the panty loving limbless green mascot from now on... Seems to the only new thing that's been introduced lately which coincided with the ratings spike. *gah...*

[Major Focker]

panties+shower scene = ratings

i'd like to think that word of mouth from ep7 is what got people watching ep8.

but then again, maybe it was word of mouth that sheryl lost her panties (seems to have been highlighted in a lot of forums when the episode synopsis was leaked out)...

i don't know if i'm going to be happy or wary about this

[Duke Togo]

All I can think of is that word of how awesome episode 7 was spread, so lot’s more people tuned in to see episode 8. After watching 8, we'll probably get a ratings drop for 9 as IMO episode 8 may have turned off some views, but wadda’ I know anyway?

Maybe its just me, but I just don't see the Japanese audience tuning out after an episode full of fanservice. I think that may actually be against the law in Japan.

[Westlo]

If word of mouth affects ratings increase than episode 7 of Golgo 13 must've been pretty bad.

*1.6% (*4.1%) 05/24 (Sat) *1:23am-*1:53am TV Tokyo Golgo 13

2.5% drop is massive for a late night show... anyway since everyone loves to compare the two.. here's the high, low, avg for Frontier and Geass, just for fun I'll throw in To Love Ru.

Macross Frontier

High: 3.0% (Episode

Low: 1.1% (Episode 1)

Avg: 2.17%

Code Geass R2

High: 3.0% (Episode 1)

Low: 1.4% (Episode 4)

Avg: 2.23%

To Love Ru

High: 2.9% (Episode 3)

Low: 2.0% (Episode 5)

Avg: 2.52%

If the first episode didn't have such a low rating (thanks to Deculture being available for 3 months) it would more than likely have a higher avg rating than Geass... they should've just kept Geass in a late night slot....

Edited May 29, 2008 by Westlo

[azrael]

I'm not sure what you can gain from last week since most shows at the late night hour stayed in the ballpark or went up from the previous week.

*3.8% (*3.7%) 05/23 (Fri) 12:55am-*1:25am Fuji TV Toshokan Senjou [Library War]

*3.7% (*2.3%) 05/23 (Fri) *1:25am-*1:55am TBS xxxHOLiC Kei

*3.0% (*1.8%) 05/24 (Sat) *1:55am-*2:25am TBS Macross FRONTIER

*2.9% (*1.6%) 05/24 (Sat) *2:25am-*2:55am TBS Itazura na Kiss

*2.8% (*2.4%) 05/23 (Fri) *1:55am-*2:25am TBS To LOVE Ru -Trouble-

*1.7% (*0.9%) 05/23 (Fri) *2:15am-*2:45am TV Tokyo Soul Eater Late Show

*1.6% (*4.1%) 05/24 (Sat) *1:23am-*1:53am TV Tokyo Golgo 13

*1.5% (*1.7%) 05/21 (Wed) 12:59am-*1:29am NTV RD Sennou Chousashitsu [aka Real Drive]

*1.5% (*1.0%) 05/21 (Wed) *1:29am-*1:59am NTV Himitsu ~The Revelation~

Golgo 13 was the only one to drop. And drop hard.

[Mr March]

Well, it's good to see Macross Frontier doing well, however whacked and unexpected the individual episode ratings may be.

[Duke Togo]

I'm not sure what you can gain from last week since most shows at the late night hour stayed in the ballpark or went up from the previous week.

*3.8% (*3.7%) 05/23 (Fri) 12:55am-*1:25am Fuji TV Toshokan Senjou [Library War]

*3.7% (*2.3%) 05/23 (Fri) *1:25am-*1:55am TBS xxxHOLiC Kei

*3.0% (*1.8%) 05/24 (Sat) *1:55am-*2:25am TBS Macross FRONTIER

*2.9% (*1.6%) 05/24 (Sat) *2:25am-*2:55am TBS Itazura na Kiss

*2.8% (*2.4%) 05/23 (Fri) *1:55am-*2:25am TBS To LOVE Ru -Trouble-

*1.7% (*0.9%) 05/23 (Fri) *2:15am-*2:45am TV Tokyo Soul Eater Late Show

*1.6% (*4.1%) 05/24 (Sat) *1:23am-*1:53am TV Tokyo Golgo 13

*1.5% (*1.7%) 05/21 (Wed) 12:59am-*1:29am NTV RD Sennou Chousashitsu [aka Real Drive]

*1.5% (*1.0%) 05/21 (Wed) *1:29am-*1:59am NTV Himitsu ~The Revelation~

Golgo 13 was the only one to drop. And drop hard.

G13 on TV would be a like a PG13 Rambo movie. WTF would want to see that?

[MisaForever]

G13 on TV would be a like a PG13 Rambo movie. WTF would want to see that?

Who'd want to watch it period? *HIDES*

[Bill C.]

A PG-13 Golgo 13 would probably go something like

"Coming up next on Golgo 13: Duke finally discovers the magical lost unicorn Adele! But can he save it from the grip of Red Eddie?"

Anyway...hopefully, the word of mouth holds up and episode 9 of MacF won't be the massive ratings drop we're dreading...

[Kronnang Dunn]

Well, after the last episode had that rating, it could be that the rating is inversely proportional to the budget of the episode

The good old Murphy's Law of anime ratings...

[Strumvogel]

A PG-13 Golgo 13 would probably go something like

Anyway...hopefully, the word of mouth holds up and episode 9 of MacF won't be the massive ratings drop we're dreading...

Well 3.0 is a good number to build from but from what we've seen the pattern always have the numbers drop on average after a particular good rated episode for Frontier. Hopefully if the patterns continues it'll not drop further than a 2.7 though I'm all for it climbing over the 3.0 mark.

Is it too much to hope that KK's fanbase will carry it thru for ep9?

[darkrealmbahamut]

Hey if Macross keeps good numbers they could add a second season. I am actually extremely fond of Macross F but then again I am able to watch it as it comes out as to waiting for dvds and such.

[Shin Densetsu Kai 7.0]

whereas the poorly animated, slapstick comedy filler that is episode 8 gets a whopping 3%!

Panty power!

In all honesty though, the way 7 was set up, it left mysteries open to explore, and I was very interested in 8 to see if it shed any light on what we could not figure out in 7.

[Shun]

EDIT -- Just watched the live Diamond Crevasse clip posted above.. man, that host is one condescending bastard. If May'n was anything like Sheryl she would have gotten up, torn the mic off and stormed out.

i bet Sheryl would've to swallow her pride too if she was just starting her career.

BTW, the host is the drunkard character in Densha Otoko TV version

also, i've found a mp4 file of the May'n live using Share.

Edited May 30, 2008 by Shun

[ackem]

The preview for episode 10 is up and

it seems the movie is to highlight the new Miss Macross Frontier, Miranda. Sheryl isn't staring in the Zero movie. I guess she's just a producer and SMS is providing all the technical stuff. Also pictures of the bridge bunnies and Cathy looking at a picture/profile of Alto-Hime's alter ego and Ranka in Mao's dress are shown.

[Gubaba]

i bet Sheryl would've to swallow her pride too if she was just starting her career.

But she's not just starting out...she released three singles a few years ago.

Of course, I think they failed utterly, so perhaps it's not much different than if she were starting out...but still...accuracy an' all that sh!t.

[treatment]

dunno if somebody already posted this, but I just saw 'em:

http://www.macrossf.com/fufonfia/fufonfia.html

[mike_s_6]

The preview for episode 10 is up and

it seems the movie is to highlight the new Miss Macross Frontier, Miranda. Sheryl isn't staring in the Zero movie. I guess she's just a producer and SMS is providing all the technical stuff. Also pictures of the bridge bunnies and Cathy looking at a picture/profile of Alto-Hime's alter ego and Ranka in Mao's dress are shown.

The person to play Shin isn't revealed yet...

[Kronnang Dunn]

The person to play Shin isn't revealed yet...

According to the Macross Compendium it may be

Alto Saotome

...

Edited May 30, 2008 by Kronnang Dunn

[mike_s_6]

According to the Macross Compendium it may be

Alto Saotome

...

Why him?! Because he can fly a plane?! and he can act... o__O

[Kronnang Dunn]

Why him?! Because he can fly a plane?! and he can act... o__O

Yeah, but

he will have to cut his hair

, hehehe...

[d3v]

Why him?! Because he can fly a plane?! and he can act... o__O

It's part of the Macross Frontier Rule of Parallelisms and Homages to Previous Series.

In this case, it might be a reference to Basara and Mylene playing Hikaru and Minmei in a TV special in Macross 7.

[mike_s_6]

Yeah, but

he will have to cut his hair

, hehehe...

Apart from that, kabuki roles are not really... male

[Shun]

spoiler for ep 10:

the director is a huge fan of Alto-hime... yes kabuki fan

explains why Alto never feels star-struck with sheryl. he's a big star himself, since young.

Edited May 30, 2008 by Shun

[mike_s_6]

spoiler for ep 10:

the director is a huge fan of Alto-hime... yes kabuki fan

explains why Alto never feels star-struck with sheryl. he's a big star himself, since young.

I had the impression that he was never star-struck with Sheryl because he's seen better looking people... such as himself.

[Zinjo]

Yeah, but he will have to cut his hair, hehehe...

Why? Basara kept his hair fart when he played Hikaru in M7...

Actually if he did, imagine the fallout from his father!!!

In hollywood he would and it would be a symbolic break from his Kabuki roots and an acceptance of his new life as a pilot, but this aint hollywould...

Edited May 30, 2008 by Zinjo

[d3v]

I had the impression that he was never star-struck with Sheryl because he's seen better looking people... such as himself.

Alto is GAR for Alto?

Why? Basara kept his hair fart when he played Hikaru in M7...

Actually if he did, imagine the fallout from his father!!!

In hollywood he would and it would be a symbolic break from his Kabuki roots and an acceptance of his new life as a pilot, but this aint hollywould...

Besides, I'm sure his fans are big admirers of his long, lustrous hair.

Heck, since his dad has all but diswoned him, he's probably been supporting himself by secretly doing shampoo adds.

Edited May 30, 2008 by d3v

[Mr March]

That luscious tan, those ruby lips and hair color so natural, only your undertaker knows for sure!