Palladium Updates

Sorry to those who have been waiting for the Admiral's return from hiatus, but a lot's been going on since 2012 rang in. For starters, Palladium's Weekly Updates have been telling us that both the Robotech UEEF Marines and the Robotech Genesis Pits sourcebooks will be out sometime during Summer if not this Spring plus rumors of a Robotech miniature game set (from what I've heard) has been making the rounds on the Palladium Robotech forum for quite a while. But, there has been a recent death in the Macross family. Noburu Ishiguro, who had directed episodes of Macross, Yamato, etc., died on March 20th, 2012 at age 73 from a lung infection. So far, there hasn't been anything Robotech-related except for the aforementioned.

Happy Holidays to my readers

On this holiday season, I want to wish you Happy Holidays to my readers.

9/11 Ten Years Later

On Tuesday, Sep. 11, 2001, tragedy strikes America as four planes all crashed on three separate areas, NYC's World Trade Center towers, D.C.'s Pentagon, and a rural area in western Pennsylvania.

Five years ago, I made two separate versions of 9/11: Five Years Later by using both Japanese and English versions of Fire Bomber's Light the Light, and posted them on YouTube.

Japanese Version


English Version

Hey, I've Been Mentioned

I came across it when I was reading the article via Google Translator.

Robotech Chronicle on this blog.

Curious about the SDF-2's fate (NOT AN APRIL FOOL'S JOKE)

There's a 13 page essay on how Harmony Gold worked around a "phantom ship" that's known as the SDF-2.

http://www.box.net/shared/jibk568kfx

BTW, this is an interesting read.

Macross II producer killed during 3/11 Japanese quake

Macross II producer killed during 3/11 Japanese quake

ANN confirmed with Jan Scott Frazier, a close friend of the deceased, and other anime industry members that producer and animator Hiroshi Kakoi passed away during the March 11 earthquake (Tōhoku Chihō Taiheiyō-oki Jishin) and tsunami. Kakoi's wife Kumiko survived the disaster.

Among other projects, Kakoi was a producer on The Super Dimension Fortress Macross II: Lovers, Again and Moldiver original video anime series. He also worked as a key animator at the anime studio Artland on the first Macross series (from the first episode onward) and on the 1980 version of Astro Boy (Tetsuwan Atom). He served as a production manager at Artland and the anime studio AIC.

Love, Robotech Style

Robotech The Masters - Arcade Duel



Robotech The Masters - First Date

SDF Macross (ADV dub) now available on Hulu.com

And best yet, they're free:

http://www.hulu.com/super-dimension-fortress-macross

Buried Treasure: Macross DYRL

Buried Treasure: Macross DYRL

The most fansubbed film in history gets to be spotlighted courtesy of Anime News Network.

Found It!!

'Bittersweet Destiny' by Carla Fox.

Merchandising, merchandising

Merchandising Macross Mecha (try saying that five times fast)

A Belated Valentine's Day Gift to everyone

BTW, to view in High Quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki4NUl8vbJ0&fmt=18

Hi-Quality video of a karaoke version of SDF: Macross ending theme, 'Runner'

Cut scenes from the Sega Saturn game: Super Dimenson Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?

Part One:



Part Two:



Part Three:

Rare version of SDF: Macross ending 'Runner'

This version's performed by Mari Iijima, who provided both the speaking and singing voices of Lynn Minmay. IIRC, it was only done twice during the series' run. Note: The video contains Chinese subtitles.

Happy New Year!! English version of DYRL found on YouTube.

To ring out 2008 and ring in 2009, I've found this beautiful English version of Do You Remember Love on YouTube.



Happy New Year, everyone!!

From Anime News Network: Macross Ship 'Launch Ceremony' to Be Held in February

Macross Ship 'Launch Ceremony' to Be Held in February

Tokyo event to mark fictional launch ceremony in very 1st Macross episode

Not-So-Daily Link of the Day: The official website for the Macross Frontier anime series has announced that a "Super Dimension Launch Ceremony" event will be held in Tokyo's Akihabara otaku shopping district next February. February is the precise month when the events of the very first episode of the first Macross science-fiction romance series supposedly takes place. Specifically, in February 2009 of the Macross timeline, mankind launches the alien spaceship that crashed on Earth ten years earlier — only to be attacked by another alien enemy on the same day.

The real-life event will be called "Macross: The Super Dimension Space Launching Ceremony ~It's Really 2009 Already…It's 2/22 (Nyan Nyan Nyan), Deculture!~." ("Nyan Nyan" is a popular catchphrase with multiple meanings in the Macross storyline, while "Deculture" is a mild expletive in an alien language in Macross.) The event planners are inviting guests from the different Macross series for the event.

Next summer, the anime creators are planning to release a theatrical version of Macross Frontier, the television series that premiered on Japanese television this year. Kadokawa Shoten is launching a new quarterly magazine called Macross Ace on January 26. The magazine will carry a new manga by the original Macross character designer Haruhiko Mikimoto (Gundam 0080, Aim for the Top! Gunbuster) and another manga by Macross Frontier series script supervisor Hiroyuki Yoshino.

Bandai just introduced its toy version of the VF-25 transformable space fighter from Macross Frontier, while two novelty CD singles by the characters Bobby Margo, Sheryl Nome, and Ranka Lee shipped on December 24. Macross Frontier singer May'n (May Nakabayashi) will release an original mini album, May'n Street, on January 21.

Macross manga in the works

From Anime News Network.

Designer Haruhiko Mikimoto to Draw New Macross Manga (Updated)
posted on 2008-11-21 13:37 EST
Tentatively titled Macross The First in recently revealed Macross Ace mag

Update: Famed character designer and manga creator Haruhiko Mikimoto (Macross, Gundam 0080, Aim for the Top! Gunbuster) will be drawing the tentatively titled manga The Super Dimension Fortress Macross the First in the recently revealed Macross Ace magazine from Kadokawa Shoten. The January issue (on sale on November 26) of Kadokawa's Monthly Shonen Ace magazine will make the announcement. Vol. 001 of Macross Ace will debut on January 26, 2009 with 80 pages from Mikimoto's new manga. The manga will feature the star of the original Macross space war romance story that Mikimoto co-created, Lynn Minmay.

The magazine will also feature a tentatively titled Macross Frontier: Secret Visions story from Hiroyuki Yoshino, the series script supervisor for Macross Frontier. Macross Frontier is the recent 25th anniversary television series that helped bring about a resurgence in this science-fiction franchise's popularity. Monthly Shonen Ace's Hayato Aoki (Macross Frontier manga), Monthly Comp Ace's Sorahiko Mizushima (Macross Frontier: Dakishimete, Ginga no Hate made manga) and the Sneaker Bunko imprint's Ukyō Kodachi (Macross Frontier novels) will appear in the magazine.

Kadokawa already publishes Gundam Ace, a monthly manga magazine devoted to Sunrise's Gundam robot war franchise. Shogakukan and We've, Inc. have been releasing Macross Chronicle, a biweekly reference publication devoted to the Macross franchise, since July. Mikimoto drew the original character designs for the ongoing anime version of Yoshiki Tanaka's Tytania space opera novels. He was slated to work on the Appleseed: Genesis television anime series before it was cancelled earlier this year.

Source: 2ch

Update: According to Kadokawa's advertisement solicitation sheet, Macross Ace will have new gag comedy manga and manga based on new stories. It will also have information on the anime, DVDs, games, and toys, as well as columns by noted figures. The magazine will be positioned as a quarterly spinoff from Gundam Ace, and Kadokawa expects to publish 100,000 copies of the first 256-page issue for 560 yen each.