Save Posted September 19, 2008 Posted September 19, 2008 (edited) Today when I went to pick up Chronicles issue 5 at Animate they also had a new book / magazine by Gakken called Macross Frontier Official File #1. It's in full color 56 pages with a fold out poster. The layout is similar to the Perfect Memory book, It covers up to episode 17 and features allot of art work that was in most of the anime magazines that covered Froniter like Newtype magazine. Cost is $630 yen it's a pretty high quality magazine same size of an issue of Chronicles, plus they have mail away points for free Frontier merchandise lottery system of course. Edited September 19, 2008 by Save Quote
AcroRay Posted September 19, 2008 Posted September 19, 2008 (edited) Very interesting! I really wish, however, someone would just print a d4mn This is Animation styled book about the show - just like in the old days.... Edited September 19, 2008 by AcroRay Quote
sketchley Posted September 19, 2008 Posted September 19, 2008 If you're big on characters, magazine art, and a story digest with colour pictures, it's a great book (magazine?). If you're looking for mecha pictures, and (especially) mecha statistics, look elsewhere. Also has a list of famous lines/quoted dialogue from the first 17 episodes. Macross history (brief, and both in RL and in series), Q&A on Macross in general, Macross F single and album releases, songs per episode (which OP, ED and any songs played during), Macross series song history (1 to 3 of the major songs per each series), Macross Ace Frontier (VF-25, VF-72, VF-1 transformation, Strike VF-1S, YF-19, VF-19 Kai, AND which songs from which series included in the game), interview with Shoji Kawamori and Macross F goods (Bandai VF-25, straps, cards, Satelite keitai something or other site). Official File 2 release date: 2008.11.07 (Friday), A4 size, 630 yen (tax included). The magazine artwork looks positively beautiful. It's great to see that stuff without blocking out part to most of it. Though, all but one of them come from Animedia... Quote
Impreszive Posted September 19, 2008 Posted September 19, 2008 where can i buy this online? x2 I want this book. Failing that, I have a contact in Japan that is sending me Chronicle and the Blu Rays. Maybe I will hit him up. Quote
Tsuchiro Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 (edited) where can i buy this online? They have it on hmv and amazon.jp Edited September 20, 2008 by Tsuchiro Quote
veffidas Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 You could provide links at least. Not everyone is an expert a searching Japanese sites: http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4056052689/ http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/2775800 Quote
Wurz Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 You could provide links at least. Not everyone is an expert a searching Japanese sites: http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4056052689/ http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/2775800 many thanks Quote
Dervish Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 (edited) The magazine artwork looks positively beautiful. It's great to see that stuff without blocking out part to most of it. Though, all but one of them come from Animedia... Did anyone see this at Kinokuniya bookstore? I'll try getting it next week, unless it takes a bit longer for it to get stateside. Edited September 20, 2008 by Dervish Quote
UN Spacy Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 I picked one up for $12.99 shipped on E-Bay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ARTBOOK-Macross-Fronti...id=p3286.c0.m14 Quote
ntsan Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 thx for the link UN Spacy, bought one off him too! Quote
UN Spacy Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 It isn't free to ship from Japan. SAL shipping is included in the $12.99 total. It's still cheaper than driving to Kinokuniya in San Jose or San Francisco and buying it there. Quote
GGemini Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 More pics of the one I picked up in September http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?s=&a...st&p=664485 Quote
s-girl Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 Akadotretail.com has them for order for about 10.60 prior to shipping. They're a reliable dealer and I have ordered from them before. Shipping however... eh... it may work out to be cheaper to ebay it... Quote
ntsan Posted November 12, 2008 Posted November 12, 2008 Ok got the file now, it said Macross Quarter is 450M long.. is that a typo? (Since on anime it stated it is 400M) Quote
azrael Posted November 12, 2008 Posted November 12, 2008 Ok got the file now, it said Macross Quarter is 450M long.. is that a typo? (Since on anime it stated it is 400M) It has never stated that it was 400m long. It said it was "equivalent to a 400m-class vessel". I've seen this in the liner notes and the official website. I don't know how people get that it was 400m. Quote
sketchley Posted November 12, 2008 Posted November 12, 2008 Yes. See my review of it in the news thread posted 3 days after publication. Quote
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