About the Macross Chronicle

[sketchley]

RM++ Project:

Character Zero AUA 02A: Nora Polanski: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRcharacter/MCRcharacter.php#M0

- some eyebrow raising stuff on the Unified Forces.

[Gubaba]

did they correct the vf17s face color this time?

No. It's the "c" sheet.

[sketchley]

Complete:

Mechanic: Other 03A: VF-4G Lightning III / VF-5000B Star Mirage / VA-3M Invader / VB-6 Konig Monster: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRmechanic/MCRmechanic.php#Other

- they did a major overhaul of the sheet :tired: Nevertheless, it 'feels' a bit more rounded than the initial version.

RM++ Project:

History M 13A: Culture's Spread Within Buritai's Ship: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRhistory/MCRhistory.php#SDFM

- those Zentraadi ranks are a handful, aren't they? Has Miria's full rank been mentioned before?

[sketchley]

RM++ Project:

Worldguide 23A: The Galactic Parallel-Thinking Network Plan: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRworldguide/MCRworldguide.php

- the RM wasn't quite as revealing about the topic of the sheet as I'd have liked. Nevertheless, the headlines are intriguing.

[sketchley]

Complete:

Mechanic: M Zentraadi 10A: Factory Satellite: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRmechanic/MCRmechanic.php#SDFM

- no major changes in the revised edition. Translation has been polished a bit...

[sketchley]

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Timeline 51A: Ranka Attack (F): http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCtimeline.php

- both RM's are quite juicy: further defining the MDE/Fold Bomb "explosion" process, and one of Birla's motivations behind forming S.M.S..

[sketchley]

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Episode: 7 41A & B: Macross 7 Eps. 41 "I Like Mylene Very Much!": http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRepisode/MCRepisode.php#M7

- a bit light, but the episode was light-hearted anyways. The bit on the Sunny Flower is good, but I have the feeling of already having reading it somewhere else...

Episode: F23A & B: Macross F Eps. 23 "True Beginning": http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRepisode/MCRepisode.php#MF

- quite a few highlights on this one - the commentary being one of the better ones, for starters. The one about Sheryl's paper airplane is also surprising - how many of us noticed the paper that she used, let alone contemplated the significance of it?

[jvmacross]

Issue 68:

VE-1/VT-1 battroid illustration coming soon I hope.......

[Mr March]

Issue 68:

VE-1/VT-1 battroid illustration coming soon I hope.......

I keep hoping for more modes for the Variable Fighters too. I feel your pain

[nexxstrait]

there may be 6 new Tenjin illustrations coming until the new run finishes.

Rule out VF2ja or VT/VE 1, the first was already reprinted as a 1 page sheet, the others don't need a B sheet.

[sketchley]

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Mechanic: II Marduk 03A: Armaments Of The Marduk Forces: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRmechanic/MCRmechanic.php#MII

- unsurprisingly, light on details.

Character: Ai UN 08A: Bruno J. Global: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRcharacter/MCRcharacter.php#DYRL

- a bit more info, but still quite light.

[sketchley]

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Mechanic: Other 01A: VF-9 Cutlass: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRmechanic/MCRmechanic.php#Other

- aside from the honking huge Tenjin Hidetaka painting change, the sheet is largely unchanged.

[sketchley]

Complete:

Technology 08A: Over-Technology - Space Folds: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRtechnology/MCRtechnology.php

- Aside from bumping the Otech B sheet into an A sheet (why couldn't they rename the sheet, too?), there aren't many major changed. The translation has been cleaned up to be consistent with the conventions I'm currently using.

[sketchley]

Complete:

Mechanic: 7 UN 13B: Macross 5 Fleet: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRmechanic/MCRmechanic.php#M7

- no major changes between the two editions (the minor ones include some minor fixes to make the Japanese a bit easier for native speakers to read).

[sketchley]

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Glossary 22A: Bruno J. Global - The Mark Twain Model: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRglossary/MCRglossary.php

- some new stuff, some repeated, and some reexaminations of existing content.

[jvmacross]

Issue 69...

[Gubaba]

Wow... and they're finishing the Frontier TV Episode sheets already...

[Mr March]

Ah, the YF-19 Advance, an excellent new painting.

[Seto Kaiba]

Ah, the YF-19 Advance, an excellent new painting.

... ... ... suddenly, I feel more optimistic about our prospects for a YF-30 Chronos cover.

[azrael]

Ah, the YF-19 Advance, an excellent new painting.

Not quite. Says "VF-19EF/A Isamu Special"

[sketchley]

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Episode: M31A & B: Super Dimensional Fortress Macross Eps. 31 "Satan Doll": http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRepisode/MCRepisode.php#SDFM

- great commentary and description of the Destroid team's hard fight, and the Operator Camp topic is insightful.

Episode: 7 42A & B: Macross 7 Eps. 42 "The Great Desperate Capture Operation": http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRepisode/MCRepisode.php#M7

- most interestingly, they mention an 8th Protodevilun, the "Space Fold Evhil"...

[Seto Kaiba]

Not quite. Says "VF-19EF/A Isamu Special"

Which is odd to say the least, since the Mechanic Sheet ALL 01B indicated its name was VF-19 ADVANCE.

[Andras]

Does it say what the flip-top packs on the VF19s dorsal/shoulders are? More missiles?

[Mr March]

Not quite. Says "VF-19EF/A Isamu Special"

Oh, that's actually encouraging since it might have more info on the Advance. Regardless, this cover new painting means we're getting a major profile on this VF-19 Variant. Hopefully it also means some more info on other VF/YF-19 variants as well.

[sketchley]

Note for those picking this magazine up at bookstores: #67 is indicated as being released on MONDAY, Apr. 28.

I wonder if #68 will be released on May 12, as the regular day falls in the middle of Golden Week...

RM++ Project:

Timeline 52A: Ranka Runs Away (F): http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRtimeline/MCRtimeline.php

- some good points in the reports.

[sketchley]

RM++ Project:

Mechanic: Ai Meltrandi 03A: Meltrandi Warships: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRmechanic/MCRmechanic.php#DYRL

- most interesting is the choice of terminology in the RM: specifically "the base of". In one sense, it could be interpreted as the same as the SDF:M chronology: the ASS-1 became the SDF-1. Another way to interpret it is that the ship design was copied, and the SDF-1 in the movie is a completely human created ship.

Oh, so deliciously vague!

Complete:

Mechanic: M Citizen 03B: Civilian Vehicles: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRmechanic/MCRmechanic.php#SDFM

- only a few minor changes between the two editions.

[sketchley]

RM++ Project:

History: TF 05A: Storming Onto The Vajra Homeworld: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRhistory/MCRhistory.php#TMF

- some interesting points

[sketchley]

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Technology 01K: Variable Fighter (The Three Basic Forms That Established The All-Regime Operational Capability Of The VF): http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRtechnology/MCRtechnology.php

- wish I had more time to completely finish this one. Nevertheless, has some good points, and the "fourth form" is kinda neat.

[sketchley]

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Episode: Ai 01E,F: Super Dimensional Fortress Macross Do You Remember Love?: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRepisode/MCRepisode.php#DYRL

- some very interesting points on the changes between the TV series and movie, and how the movie is perceived in the greater Macross world.

Episode: 7 43A & B: Macross 7 Eps. 43 "Respective Partings": http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRepisode/MCRepisode.php#M7

- an interesting tie-in to FB7 (and how the events in M7 are generally perceived in the Macross world), and the commentary underlines the excellent thematic directing of this episode.

[jvmacross]

Issue 70....

10 more to go!!!!

Edited April 28, 2014 by jvmacross

[VF-15 Banshee]

Haven't they already had a bunch of VF-1 covers?

[Seto Kaiba]

Haven't they already had a bunch of VF-1 covers?

Eh... the last edition did a similar thing, to a chorus of "are we done yet?" here on MW.

[sketchley]

RM++ Project:

Mechanic: F NUNS 03A VF-171EX Nightmare Plus EX: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRmechanic/MCRmechanic.php#MF

- a bunch of major changes - namely the removal of half the content! Presumably they're going to produce a sheet dedicated to Luca's RVF-171EX and the normal VF-171EX. Nevertheless, the rewritten GERWALK Mode section confirms that the VF-171 and VF-171EX don't have elbow beam guns (no word on forearm beam guns) and doesn't have the VF-17's High-Speed Combat Form.

Some other observations:

- there will be a total of 8 episode sheets for the DYRL movie (unlike the total 6 for the first (and presumably second) Frontier movie).

- #67 has a second sheet for Macross The Ride, covering all the main VFs and the new VF-11 cockpit penned by Kazutaka Miyatake. I doubt that we'll get another sheet for the minor VFs that appeared, but anything's possible at this point.

Haven't they already had a bunch of VF-1 covers?

That's the VF-1 from the Technology 01Q page foldout, which has a VF development genealogy chart on the reverse.

That said, the VF-1 sells. With the MC, probably more so than anything else they can put on the cover.

[sketchley]

RM++ Project:

Character: F SMS 05B: Kuran Kuran: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRcharacter/MCRcharacter.php#MF

- a little bit of the new in the RM, with plenty of the already known.

Mechanic: M UN 13A: CVS-101 Prometheus: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRmechanic/MCRmechanic.php#SDFM

- quite a rearrangement of the two original sheets. That said, its quite sparse on new info, and the annoying "under investigation" markers apparently haven't had their investigation completed...

[sketchley]

RM++ Project:

History: Plus 01A: Project Super Nova: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRhistory/MCRhistory.php#M+

- some nice summaries, and observations, and a touch of new material on Plus.

Worldguide: Ai 01A: Facilities In The Macross: http://sketchleytranslation.host-ed.me/MCRworldguide/MCRworldguide.php

- probably the biggest revelation is that one entire leg is devoted to food production!