New Macross Animation Announced, to be animated by Sunrise

[azrael]

No news. No need to go on endlessly with this thread. When there's news, this thread will be reopened.

[Gerli]

Well... I'm ready.

Sunrise... surprise me!

[seti88]

The announcement event will be for 45 minutes...so maybe hints of the characters or valks perhaps..? 
 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 09:46 AM by seti88

[Graham]

Anybody got a link where it will be streamed?

[seti88]

20 minutes ago, Graham said:

Anybody got a link where it will be streamed?

Maybe this one> 

Though am not sure if its going to be restricted region wise or maybe its just a chat channel...

edit: its just a chat channel...no videos so far...

else just wait for updates here or via twitter..

maybe someone will post a link here too..

Edited yesterday at 10:05 AM by seti88

[seti88]

Seems there will be a new round of diva auditions again so i dont think this new series will appear anytime soon...

Edited yesterday at 10:10 AM by seti88

[seti88]

funny that i can see the short video on my phone but not on my PC..

i guess this announcement was a bust?...not much info except there will be auditions this year...

any new macross series takes too long to launch... 

maybe time to re-lock the thread soon ...

 

Edited yesterday at 10:59 AM by seti88

[seti88]

Submit your applications by end April..selections trials etc…I thk that’s going to be till year end..and then the series maybe end of 2026? Or early 2027?

translated song is called ai to ai…

sigh I guess the ai hype train is everywhere nowadays..

Edited yesterday at 12:03 PM by seti88

[Powered Convoy]

New song. 

 

[azrael]

Seeing that we're gonna be playing 'Idol for the next 6-12 months, this thread will stay open for a week before going into hibernation. It would be interesting if there was audience participation this time around but that won't happen. *sets timer*

[Seto Kaiba]

As worried as I am about Sunrise doing this one, the one part I have absolutely complete confidence in is that they'll once again pick an amazing performer to be the lead singer. 😀

[Old_Nash_II]

6 hours ago, Powered Convoy said:

New song. 

 

Much Gundam vibe

[Big s]

3 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

As worried as I am about Sunrise doing this one, the one part I have absolutely complete confidence in is that they'll once again pick an amazing performer to be the lead singer. 😀

They’re usually talented, but unfortunately increasingly boring with each new series after Plus

[seti88]

3 hours ago, Big s said:

They’re usually talented, but unfortunately increasingly boring with each new series after Plus

I must admit, i did think Frontier was just a rehash of the OG, but as time went on, i recognize frontier for the fantastic series frontier was.

And yes, am converted that frontier's OST, to me anyway, appeals to me more than SDFM or plus.

*gasp* i wouldn't have believed it myself.

i agree with you on the challenges facing Macross ....its not only the story it has to contend with but also the musicality that synchs w the story...

And having universally enjoyed musicality...wow talk abt a challenge... as different generations not to mention cultures, have different tastes..

...and then there are those darn valk's and their transformations...🙃

Edited 10 hours ago by seti88

[Big s]

9 hours ago, seti88 said:

I must admit, i did think Frontier was just a rehash of the OG, but as time went on, i recognize frontier for the fantastic series frontier was.

And yes, am converted that frontier's OST, to me anyway, appeals to me more than SDFM or plus.

*gasp* i wouldn't have believed it myself.

i agree with you on the challenges facing Macross ....its not only the story it has to contend with but also the musicality that synchs w the story...

And having universally enjoyed musicality...wow talk abt a challenge... as different generations not to mention cultures, have different tastes..

...and then there are those darn valk's and their transformations...🙃

For me, it was always a bit tough to feel like music justifying a plot device in one series. Then two kinda felt a bit of a stretch. Plus at least had people kinda hypnotized by AI. 7 felt again like a stretch. Then zero at least was minimalistic in comparison. But Frontier had it as a necessity , but here we go again and delta just felt goofy again. I guess they’re gonna have to come up with a whole new badguy that’s immune to previous sound plots and has to be affected by music in a completely new way.

the other issue is that the music is kinda generic, like if Taylor swift could just go to some warring region and the conflict basically ends because she put on one massive show. There needs to be better variety in the music chosen if this franchise is going to continue using pop idols as a solution to everything. Its getting to more than half a century or far more depending on the timeline of the new show from when things were originally taking place and the music feels like it’s kinda stuck in the last century. 
 

If they want this new show to be memorable, it’s really gonna have to do something strong visually, but also plot wise with the music. And it’s gonna need music that sounds far newer than what they’ve been using since most kinda sounds like lat 1990’s pop or late 1980’s rock and it’s probably gonna take place sometime past 2060