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NEWS: New Macross TV Anime Project Announced With Singer Auditions

I just hope Kawamori finds a better way to bring conflict to the series other than some other heretofore unknown spacefolding entities, but I suppose the magical ability of music will still be different.

I doubt this could even be simulcasted with the legal snarls this franchise has. I can't wait to see how the series turns out (at least this new series will be treated with respect unlike Gundam).

Animeking1108 wrote:

Another "Macross" series? Good. Now we have an excuse to bitch about "Robotech" despite probably being the reason you watched "Macross" in the first place.

Nope, I've never seen Robotech aside from Shadow Chronicles. First Macross I encountered was Macross Plus. I owe nothing to Robotech, HG, or Macek.

Hoppy800 wrote:

I doubt this could even be simulcasted with the legal snarls this franchise has. I can't wait to see how the series turns out (at least this new series will be treated with respect unlike Gundam).

Gundam is just ridiculous right now, with soon to be 3 ongoing animations and having just come off a long OVA. It's overload at this point and makes me appreciate how sparse Macross releases keeps each installment feeling fresh and interesting.

There was nothing fresh or interesting about Frontier since all it did was played tropes of modern anime straight right down to the bad CG and bad love triangle. In fact I don't even think fresh and interesting describes any entry in the franchise barring SDF.

Your level of cynicism is amusing. Frontier was epic space opera at its finest.

And its CGI was great for its time. Some of the best actually, because at the time I recall really hating Mecha shows that relied heavily on CGI mecha, and how they never meshed with the 2D backgrounds very well. Then Macross Frontier hit, and the 3D/2D integration was a LOT better then most of its contemporaries. Now we've reached a point where the melding of 2D and 3D looks pretty good most of the time. HD becoming standard probably has a lot to do with that.

Saying 100 times, still doesn't matter. A lot of people liked Frontier also, I am one of them.

Maybe the things you are calling stale, are Macross's core concepts. I can live with that. Frontier hit my buttons, so I would say its a success.

You cannot compare Gundam and Macross. While the former franchise has evolved over the course of almost four decades, Macross had been too much conservative. It's simply past its due date. And no, flying planes in space won't save it anymore.

Saying 100 times, still doesn't matter. A lot of people liked Frontier also, I am one of them.

Maybe the things you are calling stale, are Macross's core concepts. I can live with that. Frontier hit my buttons, so I would say its a success.

Be that as it may, have no problem with you not liking either, I didn't like some of the early Macross sequels.

Except for Macross II, I've really liked every Macross anime production so far and I'm hoping this new series won't be any different.

So basically Macross fans have low standards and can't distinguished good or bad just the fact that it has the Macross name to it they'll gladly lap to it because they're desperate, might explain why DYRL gets praised despite it being incredibly dated.

So basically Macross fans have low standards and can't distinguished good or bad just the fact that it has the Macross name to it they'll gladly lap to it because they're desperate, might explain why DYRL gets praised despite it being incredibly dated.