Marzan Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 Got my issue from CD Japan yesterday. Beautiful stuff. Hikimoto's style s just so clean. Who's the female scientist? I've seen her before but hadn't really focused on her until now. Quote
Jasonc Posted June 13, 2012 Posted June 13, 2012 She is a product of the BSG "Starbuck" treatment, I think. Hot character, don't know much about her. Quote
hulagu Posted June 13, 2012 Posted June 13, 2012 It probably contains the part you mention then, the prototype thing comes towards the end but is probably followed by some other pages. I connot say for sure as I glimpsed it from an image and not the actual product. Thanks anyway! Picked up my copy today, can confirm it does contain all the serialized chapters up to NA9, including that one Minmay Yokohama flashback prelude chapter. Quote
UN Spacy Posted June 15, 2012 Posted June 15, 2012 Nice. I went with CD Japan since HLJ was backordered. I forgot they had a point system. This issue was almost free for me. Quote
Zor Primus Posted June 15, 2012 Posted June 15, 2012 Cover looks great, I really enjoy the refit UN Spacy's uniforms got. Looking forward at some point seeing the issue and later a translation. Quote
Tochiro Posted June 15, 2012 Posted June 15, 2012 Nice. I went with CD Japan since HLJ was backordered. I forgot they had a point system. This issue was almost free for me. Gotta love point systems! o(^▽^)o thanks to point systems in the past I've scored a free ps3, Wii and 3DS on launch. Also got a 30,000yen discount off the SDFM BD box set (⌒▽⌒) loyalty points rock! Quote
VFTF1 Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 Sometimes, I feel like I live on a space colony far, far from the rest of civilization...why? Because EVERYTHING is late in coming to Poland. The only thing Poland got BEFORE the rest of the world was Star Wars episode II "Attack of the Clones" - I'm not kidding. There was a special showing 1 week before the world premiere - one showing - that's it - and I was there...oh the joy... Nowadays I can't even see Prometheus because while it premiered all over the world - it premieres in Poland in late July...although...I guess this is because of the Euro 2012... Um...anyways...that long intro was just to lay the groundwork for saying: I finally got Macross The First #3 :-) So - here's some thoughts: 1) What are those...bug things? They look like Invid from Robotech crossed with Vajra from Macross Frontier... I'm not too keen on them. Maybe if I understood the words then I would think differently? 2) So, the Mr. Lingerie scene gets changed ...for the better? I dunno - I kind of prefered the subtle version of the original cartoon...but that may just be the grouchy old nostalgic Pete talking... 3) I like how toned down Misa's civilian fashion is compared to the uber-sex-kitten Minmey. Misa is the perfect lady :-) 4) So, the "poitician" of Macross City is on the Macross? That's an interesting and logical twist. What is this dude's function? UN Spacey honcho? 5) I like that Max pilots a Destroid. The manga would be boring if it featured Max piloting a valkyrie because we've already had lots of nice pictures of Valkyries doing stuff. Besides - it's enough that Hikaru and Roy fly them. Multiple valkyrie works well in an anime format where everything is in motion. But a manga has to offer something fresh to readers - it can't just be more and more pages of the VF-1 doing things (albeit with different heads/paint schemes)... so - kudos to the writers for putting Max behind the "wheels" of a Destroid! I can't help read this and wonder what a new Macross anime based on this manga would look like. Certainly I think it would be a worthy venture. Pete Quote
Dynaman Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 4) So, the "poitician" of Macross City is on the Macross? That's an interesting and logical twist. What is this dude's function? UN Spacey honcho? I have not read it yet so I don't know what the difference would be, but the mayor was there in the original show as well (unless my memory is more faulty then normal) Quote
EXO Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 The politician was most likely either killed or brought into the Macross in the original because the spacefold occured during the ceremonies and the island was transported into space. I totally forgot him while watching the series because he wasnt that important but now that I think about it, he'd be bursting into the bridge all time if he would have lived. Quote
Reïvaj Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 (edited) Are we talking about this guy? He was always there. Edited June 21, 2012 by Reïvaj Quote
EXO Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 nope. I think Pete is talking about the guy in the limo scene in the beginning. He was the one that told the bridge to take off. Quote
TehPW Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 5) I like that Max pilots a Destroid. The manga would be boring if it featured Max piloting a valkyrie because we've already had lots of nice pictures of Valkyries doing stuff. Besides - it's enough that Hikaru and Roy fly them. Multiple valkyrie works well in an anime format where everything is in motion. But a manga has to offer something fresh to readers - it can't just be more and more pages of the VF-1 doing things (albeit with different heads/paint schemes)... so - kudos to the writers for putting Max behind the "wheels" of a Destroid! that begegs a question on Max in the manga: He was originally a Destroid Pilot, then before presumably being invited the Valkyrie squads as a 'Trainee'? Then what was his ranks and service? Obviously thinking Japanesse armed forces as the model, was Max a marine or Army soldier originally? Quote
sketchley Posted July 4, 2012 Posted July 4, 2012 Picked up Macross the First #4 yesterday and noticed something... odd: In the Mechanic File, the QF-3000E Ghost is labelled "Unmanned Fighter QE-3000 Ghost". Is it just a typo... or something more? The text description is unchanged ("A Unified Forces unmanned fighter. It cannot transform but just like the Valkyrie, it can be operated both inside and outside of an atmosphere. It's also loaded aboard the Macross".) Quote
VF-18S Hornet Posted July 8, 2012 Posted July 8, 2012 (edited) Glad I checked this out first, but as usual I ordered it backordered, before scrolling down to find out that CD Japan still had some available should have checked it out first. Next put both links for HLJ and CD japan on it would a time saver. Edited July 8, 2012 by VF-18S Hornet Quote
CaptRico Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 At times like this, I wish there was a english translation for this manga. Quote
Gubaba Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 Okay...after about two or three months of being worried that the "First" plotline was getting too aimless, I feel reassured again. Mostly because of a TV plot, with an DYRL location thrown in for, er, just because. Quote
Renato Posted July 13, 2012 Posted July 13, 2012 I really liked this issue! It was good, at times funny, and character-driven. It also had a theme, which reminded me a lot of older anime, where the character (and the reader/viewer) learns a valuable lesson. Bad thing -- no MacTheFirst next month. Quote
JetJockey Posted July 13, 2012 Posted July 13, 2012 I still haven't read Haruhiko Mikimoto's Gundam manga. I really want to read Macross the First. I guess it's never coming out over here. Maybe it's time to dig out my Japanese books again and prepare to look up Kanji. Quote
Jefuemon Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 I still haven't read Haruhiko Mikimoto's Gundam manga. I really want to read Macross the First. I guess it's never coming out over here. Maybe it's time to dig out my Japanese books again and prepare to look up Kanji. If you can read hiragana OK, then no problem with the kanji. They're all marked with furigana. I think Kodansha does that with all their manga, since my Macross Plus TacName has it too. Quote
sketchley Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 There's also the occasional katakana mixed in. If you're motivated enough, use: firefox with the http://perapera.wordpress.com/ plugin and an online translator (I've found http://honyaku.nifty.com/ ends up with much better results when translating to English). Quote
Renato Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 If you can read hiragana OK, then no problem with the kanji. They're all marked with furigana. I think Kodansha does that with all their manga, since my Macross Plus TacName has it too. Not with all their manga. Only the ones for the "shonen" crowd. Good example: Akira certainly doesn't have it. Quote
nexxstrait Posted July 16, 2012 Posted July 16, 2012 Finally got my hands on #3 and #4. What's going on between Minmay and the boy in the interlude episode that starts vol #4? Love the new look of Kakizaki and Roy in GBP rocks! Quote
Tochiro Posted July 17, 2012 Posted July 17, 2012 (edited) I really liked this issue! It was good, at times funny, and character-driven. It also had a theme, which reminded me a lot of older anime, where the character (and the reader/viewer) learns a valuable lesson. Bad thing -- no MacTheFirst next month. The only problem with the latest issue was the fact that I CANT UNSEE THIS!!!! Edited July 17, 2012 by Tochiro Quote
Ganbare Posted July 17, 2012 Posted July 17, 2012 The only problem with the latest issue was the fact that I CANT UNSEE THIS!!!! Macross ace will continue or just another book? Quote
Tochiro Posted July 17, 2012 Posted July 17, 2012 Macross ace will continue or just another book? No, that's Macross Ace Plus, a regular section in Newtype Ace. Quote
Marzan Posted July 17, 2012 Posted July 17, 2012 The only problem with the latest issue was the fact that I CANT UNSEE THIS!!!! That's one cute looking 'trap' Quote
JetJockey Posted July 18, 2012 Posted July 18, 2012 If you can read hiragana OK, then no problem with the kanji. They're all marked with furigana. I think Kodansha does that with all their manga, since my Macross Plus TacName has it too. That's cool then. However, I'll still need to look words up to translate. I'm only so so with Japanese but reading manga helps. Quote
TMBounty_Hunter Posted July 18, 2012 Posted July 18, 2012 The only problem with the latest issue was the fact that I CANT UNSEE THIS!!!! Proper scan when? Quote
MichaelS Posted July 19, 2012 Posted July 19, 2012 Ok I have found vol 1&2 translated but no others is there any place I can look for them. Quote
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