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Man those are awesome

I like how that thing is basically an Armored Core only 15 years removed. Even has the chest turret and shoulder missile launchers.

Miyatake designed that thing and the other Destroids while Kawamori did the Valkyries and most of the Zentradi designs. Kawamori did the designs for the first couple of Armored Core games so I guess he was taking some cues from his buddy.

so i just finished the second Yukikaze book and seriously what the fuck is up with that ending

it's like, everything's starting to go down, serious shit is about to occur, Rei launches in Yukikaze and then BAM NO MORE BOOK

absolutely nothing is explained, none of the plot threads are resolved except for Rei's relationship with Yukikaze

I really fucking hope the third book gets translated soon, jesus christ

oh my god unicorn episode four

dakar is the valhalla of outdated mobile suits apparently

since when were byalants that badass

http://youtube.com/watch?v=aF7qfNw13Gw

since always

maximum penetration of Asshimar

no debris on impact with building

assume vaporization

i have been reading princess knight

it's hilariously a product of the fifties/sixties (Sapphire cannot fight with swords without her boy heart) and often the things that influenced Tezuka are i bit more apparent than you'd expect (wow...those wolves just came directly from Flip the Frog didn't they?, also Madame Hell is just Maleficent) but it's still pretty boss and I love her character design

also there's apparently a remake by someone that came out recently I wonder what that's like-AUGH GOD BAD TRYING AND FAILING TO BE CLAMP ART

Adding Jerid Messa to any Mobile suit decreases coolness by 10% and effectiveness by 15%.

But at least Jerid is a man's name.

is that supposed to be adam lambert

the eyes kinda look like his

that's Jotaro Kujo from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3

perhaps he was styled after mr. lambert

the artist of the manga is very big into classical Greek sculptures and the Artist Formally Known as Prince

christ, look at those abs

somebody order a manwich?

nobody ordered a manwich

you are a terrible waiter

bring me my gazpacho at once

SDF Macross on Blu Ray

the pirated rips are gonna look amazing.

VF5SS wrote:SDF Macross on Blu Ray

the pirated rips are gonna look amazing.

five hundred dollars


gj japan, i guess

dude have you seen the 1/2000 sdf

it's lik e1200 dollars

uraniun235 wrote: five hundred dollars


gj japan, i guess

believe it (or not)

this is the cheapest it has ever been

starku wrote:dude have you seen the 1/2000 sdf

it's lik e1200 dollars

yeah but that's not a toy per se

it's a replica of the prototype they showed off at trade shows

it's basically like those resin mock-ups they do for Gundam kits and other toys

eventually they just made a 1/3000 version that was a toy

they also released a version of the 1/3000 toy was came unassembled because i guess people like to customize the toy with lights and paint and shit

Oh my

So it seems that they are celebrating the 30th anniversary in-universe by having the Macross 29 fleet celebrate 30 years since its launch from Earth. I expect more Ranka/Sheryl concerts.

Here is a summary of the description:

The 29 (two-nine) was happily sailing along when it encountered an incident, and a 1/4 of its habitable area was damaged. Because of a mandate to regulate its fold energy, it has to limit its trade with other fleets to those in close vicinity. On the fleet there are plenty of content manufacturers such as video game companies and record companies etc.


Anyway, here's the really important stuff I spotted:

■マクロス×渋谷パルコ　マクロス３０周年記念エキシビジョン
2012年ゴールデンウィーク　開催予定！

There will be a Macross 30th Anni exhibition at Shibuya Parco during Golden Week.

"Who is that girl?"


It's the head of the company. The implication is that it's Big West real-life chief Ohnishi-san's alter-ego.

So if you look at the website carefully, you see that its mostly a big in-joke. The year is set to 2062 and the idea is that there is a company trying to organize the 30th anniversary celebrations. Even the photograph that they use for the office is in actual fact a photo of the building where the BigWest office is in Tokyo. And the other "staff" are kind of spitting images of BW employees. So they're just having a bit of fun...

EDIT -- Just to clarify, yes, the head of the company is female. She is the daughter of Yoshimasa Ohnishi, the founder (I'm sure you've seen his name in the English credits of MacPlus and MacII).

:D

VF5SS wrote:

uraniun235 wrote: five hundred dollars


gj japan, i guess

believe it (or not)

this is the cheapest it has ever been

VHS being proportionately more expensive than other formats is understandable because those tapes were always pretty expensive, but for ~18 hours of content that's still insane. But then I remember hearing that Japanese home video has always been stupid high priced.

yeah their home video market is pretty bad

from what I've been told from people in the biz, the production company that helps organize the show and whatever network supports its initial broadcast gets most of the profits up front

so in order to make money the studios have to charge a lot for the show itself on video

also stuff in Japan is generally more expensive due to some inefficiencies in distribution and also the general market

plus a lot times you can just watch whatever show on TV at some time of day

or pirate it

those expensive box sets have become more a status symbol these days

and when your show is design to hock merchandise, the series itself isn't as important as a product

One of the issues in general with the American market is that it was based on selling movies and OVA in the beginning. Now those are arguable made to be products in an of themselves and were often licensed because at the time it was cheap to do so and you didn't need to sell people on picking up an entire series. In the end the US market was based on lies and self-entitlement :v

i love seeing pictures of this thing

i hope to see it in person some day

The level of detail is mindblowing. It seems like it's just in stand-by and could resume operations any moment now.

I'm particularly impressed by the joints. Are they "functional" and only locked into place, or is it just a statue with a fixed pose ?

It's just a statue. Although the eyes light, the head turns, and the chest vents can produce steam so it can put on a little show.

check it out

It's mostly large metal piping that serves as the morvabul flame with the exterior parts placed around it.

Apparently it didn't even cost that much to build and they keep putting it up all over the country.

They need a Zaku to go with it obviously.

Is the detail any higher than a pg? Everything Incan see from long shots is on kits anyway

Every time I think of that I lol

Gundam statue = tourist attraction for country

Btech = fat nerds