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.

New Robotech blog on the block

http://blame-the-shapings.blogspot.com/

Welcome aboard, Lisa. We fellow Robotech fans are looking forward to your future posts in the days to come.

All About the Betas, Baby

And by Betas, I'm talking about the Beta Fighter.

Palladium Robotech Sourcebooks updates

UPDATE: Robotech® New Generation Sourcebook. My editing and writing for Robotech® New Generation™ is done. Wayne is doing his edit of the final quarter of the book. The rest has been submitted to Harmony Gold for review and approval. I have assigned some of the artwork and will be assigning more. I love this book and hope final approval from Harmony Gold is quick and easy. An October release is looking solid.

We received the finished cover art from Apollo Okamura this afternoon. It looks pretty sweet. This book is coming together nicely.

UPDATE: Robotech® Genesis Pits Sourcebook. I’m really shooting for a December, 2011 release with the Genesis Pits sourcebook. Irvin has been working on it for a while now and it is coming along nicely.

UPDATE: Robotech® Marines Sourcebook. I want to see this book out early in 2012.

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

Robotech: New Generation Sourcebook is now 100% Complete

...And will be shipped to retailers in October.

UPDATE: Robotech® New Generation™ Sourcebook. My work on the book is done. Alex and Wayne are editing the last few sections before they are sent to Harmony Gold for final approval. Cover by Apollo Okamura should be finished any day now. I expect to be assigning artwork this weekend. If approvals by Harmony Gold are quick, the book should hit its October release date without difficulty. And remember, due to popular demand, Robotech® New Generation™ will be in the 8 ½ x 11 format, NOT manga-sized. NO more manga size. We’ve decided to stop doing manga-sized Robotech® books. Starting with the Robotech® New Generation™ Sourcebook, all future Robotech® supplements will be our usual 8½ x 11 size and format. If and when we sell out of the existing manga-sized books, we will reprint them in the larger, standard format.