Macross World
The SpeakerPODcast crew have recently started a Youtube channel to go along with their podcast. This is meant to be a companion resource and, as such, won’t have much content at first but will eventually be built up until it hosts a selection of footage of the crews Macross life in Japan. Theres only a handful of vids up at the moment, but some more updates are due at the end of the year so don’t forget to subscribe!
(thanks to Kyle Dunn for the awesome banner!)
It was announced on Megumi Nakajima’s official website earlier today that Megumi (best known to most Macross fans as the voice of Ranka Lee in Macross Frontier) will be taking an indefinite break from her singing career. She will be continuing voice acting for the time being.
While no explanation as to the reason behind this decision has been given, it should be noted that the recently formed official Megumi Nakajima fanclub will also cease accepting new members at the end of the year, meaning that we probably shouldn’t expect Megumi to return to singing anytime in the near future.
Megumi’s third album and 5th anniversary concert bluray will be released in February, while fans will be able to see her perform for the ‘last time’ at her final concert in March.
EDIT: ANN has also reported on the story HERE.
Japanese can be found HERE, HERE & HERE.
What was your favourite Megumi song? Sound off over in the FORUMS.
The Oshare Macross P – Merry Christmacross @ Parco Hiroshima store exhibit that was announced last week has announced a few new illustrations that it will offer as art-cards, iPhone cases and various other merchandise, one of which was done by mechanical illustrator/designer Hidetaka Tenjin.
Oshare Macross P – Merry Christmacross @ Parco Hiroshima will run from December 12 ~ December 25, 2013.
A year ago we posted that Hasegawa was going to release a kit of the VF-25 from Macross Frontier even though it was thought that Bandai had a death grip on the license. This week, the 1/72 scale model was finally released in Japan. Hopefully, the very talented roster of master model builders from our forums will start posting their build ups soon. Meanwhile here’s the box art and some more images after the jump!
With under a month and a half to go until the upcoming release of the Zentran-mori Macross Frontier blu-ray boxset, a bunch of events and merch have been announced to help Macross fans empty their wallets in time for Xmas.
All the details follow the JUMP!
Saturday, November 2, 2013 at noon / 1200 hours Central Standard Time on the Macross World forum, a live interview will be held on the Macross World forum with John Moscato / Captain America, model maker extraordinaire!
The John Moscato online interview will be presented both as a forum interview with questions / comments / pictures posted on the Macross World forum and as a live podcast on the Macrosshare Radio Mixlr account.
Initially, I will be posting 28 interview questions on the forum from a recent email interview with John. One interview question / answer will be posted every 3-5 minutes, so that you can share comments, pictures and pose questions to John about his modeling projects during the interview. Every 15 minutes, a new segment of the ongoing live interview will be posted through the “Macrosshare Radio” Mixlr account. I will be posting weblinks to the interview segments on the forum as the podcasts become available. The live audio interview podcast will be presented as 3-4 parts of 10 minutes each. Next week, I will present a final edition of the John Moscato audio interview podcast.
For this afternoon, John will answer as many questions as he can before he heads out for a Halloween party.
There will also be made available on bittorrent the “Moscato Model Retrospective Collection”! It will include a a large collection of completed model pictures contributed by the many talented model builders from the Macross World forum as well as Model Production Diairies in PDF format that show John’s model work in progress.
Back in August (ORGUST!) the SpeakerPODcast crew sat down to discuss their experiences at the largest gathering of Macross musicians EVER – Macross Crossover Live 30!
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Timestamps and more follow the JUMP!
After teasing it for months, Bandai will finally announce the details for their DX-Chogokin YF-30 at Tamashii Nations on November 1st.
The YF-30 was designed by Shoji Kawamori specifically for the PS3 game Macross 30 – Voices Across the Galaxy. It was piloted by SMS pilot Leon Sakaki.
Thanks to MW user IXTL for the scoop and charger69 and wewe for additional pics.
Reports from this year’s Macross World Convention are popping up both in the forums as well as elsewhere online and all seem to share a common sentiment – 2013 was a great success and everyone had a great time!
The following is a selection of links/media to help give those who weren’t fortunate enough to attend an idea of just what all the fuss was about!
Report from PLASTIK DOLLS.
Report from GEEK.
Report from ANIME DIET.
Report from SUNEYA (Japanese)
Vid from Ron5864
Vid from Jetspectacular
Pics from SpookyElectric.
Pics from XFJ-01A.
Pics from VF-15 Banshee.
Pics from Alex5.
Pics from Jetspectacular.
Of course, all the real chatter is happening on over in the forums, so be sure to check out the MW Con thread!
Today would have marked Lynn Minmay’s 20th Birthday… according to Egan Loo’s Macross Compendium, her birthday was October 10, 1993! Come celebrate Minmay’s special day on our Facebook Page!
