Mr March Posted October 19, 2014 Posted October 19, 2014 Macross sure is a strange bird as far as settings. I don't think I've followed any other space opera franchise that places sequels so close to each other chronologically. The biggest gap has been 28 years and now this 8 year gap seems like the smallest between major productions.
jvmacross Posted October 19, 2014 Posted October 19, 2014 Now that time displacement is part of the Macross canon....wonder if it will play any part in this new series?.....perhaps "Delta" is the name of some new "time/space/fold" technology or coordinate in space that allows for ease of travelling through time....a convergence point like a river "delta".... Could the events in Macross30 have cause any detrimental timeline distortions?
jvmacross Posted October 19, 2014 Posted October 19, 2014 Macross sure is a strange bird as far as settings. I don't think I've followed any other space opera franchise that places sequels so close to each other chronologically. The biggest gap has been 28 years and now this 8 year gap seems like the smallest between major productions. Every separate Star Wars trilogy?
EXO Posted October 19, 2014 Posted October 19, 2014 The word "canon" should never be used with Macross... lol.
jvmacross Posted October 19, 2014 Posted October 19, 2014 LOL...I never thought time travel/displacements would be introduced into Macross...but here we are...basically anything is now possible....which I guess can be both good and bad...
Strumvogel Posted October 19, 2014 Posted October 19, 2014 Well this announcement serves more as a casting/audition call than anything else really. I'm not expecting anymore details for another 2-3 months at least. Another leap forward into the future from the last series yet again. Considering the years I'm expecting some serious hyper-technology designs in the new valks. As much as I love the original Valk designs, in comparisons to our real world plane designs, the amount of years from the VF-1 to the new series it's equivalent from the flight of the Wright brothers to jet fighters. Of course this is Kawamori we're talking about here and he has stated he always wanted to continue to do something new to avoid getting stale, so I wouldn't put it past him.
Britai 7018 Posted October 19, 2014 Posted October 19, 2014 This is great news... Macross Frontier was such a boost to the overall Macross franchise. By the time this new series comes out it will have been something close to 10 years since Frontier.
EXO Posted October 19, 2014 Posted October 19, 2014 This is great news having just coming down from excitement of MWCon... it's always positively overwhelming to hang out with people that just love Macross and in so many different ways. I'm gonna be hyped at every development tidbit. Who's going to win this? Who's music are they going to use? Which character designer? Can't wait to find that all out.
Ganbare Posted October 19, 2014 Posted October 19, 2014 Under a year from the announcemen, awesome! This surely make me want to scream !!
505thAirborne Posted October 19, 2014 Posted October 19, 2014 (edited) I'm in my Cockpit, engines are idling and ready to take flight!! Just need the Green Light from the Shooter! Ready & excited for a new Macross series! Edited October 19, 2014 by 505thAirborne
azrael Posted October 19, 2014 Posted October 19, 2014 Meanwhile, HG is still trying to figure out how to PLAN a new show...
Strumvogel Posted October 20, 2014 Posted October 20, 2014 To be fair, when the past ventures have ended in failure planning for a new one gets so much harder. So good news all round...
skullmilitia Posted October 20, 2014 Posted October 20, 2014 Now that time displacement is part of the Macross canon....wonder if it will play any part in this new series?.....perhaps "Delta" is the name of some new "time/space/fold" technology or coordinate in space that allows for ease of travelling through time....a convergence point like a river "delta".... Could the events in Macross30 have cause any detrimental timeline distortions? 8 years later.. Alto finds Basara on the new Vajra planet, Alto flies around, Basara yells at Aikun to listen to his song. Then we find out Gubaba actually is the keep of spacetime, and defolds Everyone in one spot. Bandai makes toys of everything. Fin. That's it.
jvmacross Posted October 20, 2014 Posted October 20, 2014 8 years later.. Alto finds Basara on the new Vajra planet, Alto flies around, Basara yells at Aikun to listen to his song. Then we find out Gubaba actually is the keep of spacetime, and defolds Everyone in one spot. Bandai makes toys of everything. Fin. That's it. And there goes Arcadia's Macross licensing for anything but creepy dolls!
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted October 20, 2014 Posted October 20, 2014 finally some news to talk about!!! i was getting restless talking about nothing. activity will be picking back up on MW!!!
Roy Focker Posted October 20, 2014 Posted October 20, 2014 Macross Delta is about Basara trying to save another space whale named Delta Burke. That dated joke was 20 years in the making!
HannouHeiki Posted October 20, 2014 Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) It's nice to finally have a title, can't wait for more! 2067...about 8 years, this may be far enough out to perhaps introduce a new space fortress design. Unlike most, I've always loved the SDF-1 over any Valkyrie. (I <3 my 1/3000 Yamato SDF!) The Battle 7/Frontier type didn't have the detail or majesty of the SDF-1, so I look forward to a possibly all new design. Edited October 20, 2014 by OptimusX
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted October 20, 2014 Posted October 20, 2014 i guess bandai's sponsoring the show, so i guess the new valks that come out the toys will be done by bandai.
mickyg Posted October 20, 2014 Posted October 20, 2014 And, if I that whole time travel thing from the Macross 30 game is anything to go by, perhaps Bandai could get licenses to every Valk era so far! I kid, I kid. But then again, who knows?...
Kanedas Bike Posted October 20, 2014 Posted October 20, 2014 The word "canon" should never be used with Macross... lol. Was trying desperately to come up with some pun about the SDF-1 or other capital ships and their cannons then I realized, extra "n". Darn. This is great news having just coming down from excitement of MWCon... it's always positively overwhelming to hang out with people that just love Macross and in so many different ways. I'm gonna be hyped at every development tidbit. Who's going to win this? Who's music are they going to use? Which character designer? Can't wait to find that all out. Agreed. Meanwhile, HG is still trying to figure out how to PLAN a new show... Right? At this point they'd be wise to just license the property to someone (assuming a studio has interest) and collect royalties. i guess bandai's sponsoring the show, so i guess the new valks that come out the toys will be done by bandai. Pre-order madness. Again. And, if I that whole time travel thing from the Macross 30 game is anything to go by, perhaps Bandai could get licenses to every Valk era so far! I kid, I kid. But then again, who knows?... The idea of new toys always appeals to me, but the thought of trying to get an order in for a Bandai Macross product makes me unhappy. In any event I'm very excited for the new show and even more so to check out the new Valkyries. -b.
GGemini Posted October 20, 2014 Posted October 20, 2014 Great news! If I remember correctly, for Frontier the auditions started in March 2007, in August same year they announced Megumi as Ranka's voice and they showed some clips. Then in December the first ep. and in April 2008 the start of the series. As skullmilitia mentioned, I guess 2016 will be when Delta will start.
azrael Posted October 20, 2014 Posted October 20, 2014 If I remember correctly, for Frontier the auditions started in March 2007, in August same year they announced Megumi as Ranka's voice and they showed some clips. Then in December the first ep. and in April 2008 the start of the series. As skullmilitia mentioned, I guess 2016 will be when Delta will start. It's probably dependent on the networks' scheduling as well. FYI, the normal start months for TV seasons in Japan are January, April, July, and October. It would be nice if they could be scheduled in January 2016, but I guess that's up to the networks. Who knows how far out they're scheduled to.
skullmilitia Posted October 20, 2014 Posted October 20, 2014 And there goes Arcadia's Macross licensing for anything but creepy dolls! You know you want a Dolfie Alto, ... and even a Pedifila (That name is LOL) Alto from Arcadia! Creepy dolls for everyone!
jvmacross Posted October 20, 2014 Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) You know you want a Dolfie Alto, ... and even a Pedifila (That name is LOL) Alto from Arcadia! Creepy dolls for everyone! heheh......no. ....but, whatever happened to that Hikaru and VF-1 cockpit Arcadia was boasting about back in the early days right after Yamato's demise? LOL....Angel-philia doesn't sound much better does it? Edited October 20, 2014 by jvmacross
skullmilitia Posted October 20, 2014 Posted October 20, 2014 heheh......no. ....but, whatever happened to that Hikaru and VF-1 cockpit Arcadia was boasting about back in the early days right after Yamato's demise? LOL....Angel-philia doesn't sound much better does it? It'll come out eventually, along with the 1/60 monster.. you know, in 2013
no3Ljm Posted October 20, 2014 Posted October 20, 2014 This is great news! 2016? Even better! More time to save dough for new Valks. Can't wait for pre-order madness.
MacrossJunkie Posted October 20, 2014 Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) i guess bandai's sponsoring the show, so i guess the new valks that come out the toys will be done by bandai. Price-wise, that's great! I can't afford to keep buying $300-400 Arcadia toys. Pre-order wise... aarrrrggggh! Maybe if Bandai could be convinced to make everything a web exclusive... Edited October 20, 2014 by MacrossJunkie
Kanedas Bike Posted October 20, 2014 Posted October 20, 2014 Price-wise, that's great! I can't afford to keep buying $300-400 Arcadia toys. Pre-order wise... aarrrrggggh! Maybe if Bandai could be convinced to make everything a web exclusive... truly -b.
raptormesh Posted October 20, 2014 Posted October 20, 2014 Not really all that excited about the new valks if they follow the hyper tech of frontier what with cyborgs and crystals yada yada. Give me a planetary setting because I want to see proper atmospheric dogfights. I'm pretty sure it's going to be another high school cast, but here's hoping.
Silverstreak Posted October 20, 2014 Posted October 20, 2014 Great to finally have a name. Keen to see what direction Kawamori takes this in. And has anyone been over to RT to tell them the good news?
Devil 505 Posted October 20, 2014 Posted October 20, 2014 Great to finally have a name. Keen to see what direction Kawamori takes this in. And has anyone been over to RT to tell them the good news? They have a thread on it in the "Southern Macrosspeada" section of their forums. It's been up around the same time as this thrrad, but no replies so far.
chyll2 Posted October 20, 2014 Posted October 20, 2014 I am happy for bandai sponsoring the show. I know the Pre-order madness is there, but at least, it is not 300 to 400 usd per pop.
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted October 20, 2014 Posted October 20, 2014 Just to be clear, it's not clear if the triangle/delta symbol is supposed to be read as "delta". There is nothing on the few images released so far that hint or suggest at how we're supposed to read it. It could very well be "Macross Triangle", or even something bizarre as "Macross Turn Triangle" (a la "Gundam Turn A". As much as I'd like to throw my support into the "it's a Greek letter" camp (as Kawamori-san has a penchant for appending Greek letters to enemy Valkyries), I'm inclined to opt for the "it's a stylized triangle", because love triangles are one of the core themes of Macross, and the hero Valkyries get Roman letters, not Greek ones! Mr. K from arcadia developing the vf-0D asked what is the symbol on the butt end of the new title? 時に新タイトルのお尻についているマークは、何て読むのかしらね･･･？ デルタの様です。（ネットってすぐ回答が解るので、苦労しないね･･･） he thinks it's a delta (he says we'll find out soon enough)
Scream Man Posted October 20, 2014 Posted October 20, 2014 Macross Delta is a cool name, I hope it's that! Very cool stuff!
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