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NEWS: Macross Delta TV Anime's Final Title, Visual, Logo Unveiled

And yet Macross fans still are frustrated about the rights issue that Harmony Gold has that Macross series.

Both franchises have definitely had their ups and downs though if I have to be honest I've preferred more of the 2000's Gundams to the handful of 2000's Macross we've had so far and don't agree at all that the worst Macross is better than the best Gundam. To me that just sounds like pure fanboyism talking and I'd just as soon disregard that opinion for that reason.

Kadmos1 wrote:

And yet Macross fans still are frustrated about the rights issue that Harmony Gold has that Macross series.

You now, the solution would be so easy. Just call the damn series something else in the rest of the world. Harmony Gold has trademarked the name Macross and the "kite". Bypass HG's stupid trakemarks by using new names if Big West doesn't want to take them to court.

Every Macross series to date except II has been in the same timeline and followed the same rough formula of milquetoast pilot dude encounters an idol chick and some other chick that's also possibly an idol and they form a love triangle amidst some galactic scale war against a seemingly unassailable and inexhaustible alien force where the power of music and love wins the day in the end.

Alabaster Spectrum wrote:

Both franchises have definitely had their ups and downs though if I have to be honest I've preferred more of the 2000's Gundams to the handful of 2000's Macross we've had so far and don't agree at all that the worst Macross is better than the best Gundam. To me that just sounds like pure fanboyism talking and I'd just as soon disregard that opinion for that reason.

PLEASE re-read the comment. He said "the worst Macross is better than the WORST Gundam. You WOULD have to be an idiot to argue that the WORST of either franchise is better than the BEST of the other, considering that the "best" of each franchise are enduring classics in their own rights, and each has its own example of "completely, forgettable trash" in the worst categories.

I don't know man, these days I'd believe people would imply that. I've seen the sheer hatred Gundam seems to garner on average. I almost never hear anything remotely positive about it anymore.

Alabaster Spectrum wrote:

Every Macross series to date except II has been in the same timeline and followed the same rough formula of milquetoast pilot dude encounters an idol chick and some other chick that's also possibly an idol and they form a love triangle amidst some galactic scale war against a seemingly unassailable and inexhaustible alien force where the power of music and love wins the day in the end.

... Except only the original/DYRL and Frontier followed that formula?

I keep seeing this opinion, but everyone seems to forget that between SDF and Frontier we had Plus, 7, Dynamite 7 and Zero, which are all wildly different from one another.

I don't know man, these days I'd believe people would imply that. I've seen the sheer hatred Gundam seems to garner on average. I almost never hear anything remotely positive about it anymore.

Alabaster Spectrum wrote:

I don't know man, these days I'd believe people would imply that. I've seen the sheer hatred Gundam seems to garner on average. I almost never hear anything remotely positive about it anymore.

Maybe because most of the positives are contained within the old stuff and maybe Unicorn? The best thing out of Build Fighters are the female characters.

Well in this decade there's only two mecha TV anime I thought were legitimately good at all (Majestic Prince and Fafner Exodus) while the rest either ranged from meh to downright terrible, seems like mecha seems to be in slump given so far the highest selling mecha TV anime this decade is Gargantia with a 9k average which is a far cry from the 67k average Gundam SEED Destiny had in the last decade followed by Frontier (46k) and Geass (45k) respectively, will Delta be able to break it especially with idols at at the apex of popularity now? Who knows.

-The Valkyrie in the key visual is indeed influenced by the Draken. Recent real life plane designs tend to look similar due to stealth tech/designs elements. Therefore a fight between two Valkyries based on modern stealth planes wouldn't be that interesting. Similarly, they would be difficult to differentiate between in animation/dogfights.
Kawamori liked the Draken when he was growing up, so he drew upon it for inspiration. Similarly, he referred to it as a Valkyrie so it does actually transform.
-The white and blue valk is a logical progression on Valkyries seen to date. The 'Draken' valk is an all original transformation and this posed more of a challenge.
-Different thruster colors - in-universe the Valkyries engine are made by different companies. The coloring also makes them easier to distinguish visually.
-The relatively bright coloring of the white and blue valk is also an attempt to go against the visual trend of stealth fighters.
-The Delta logo - it mainly represents the three main pillars of Macross. But the fact that the sides don't join indicates that the triangle is not a predetermined outcome. Some elements may or may not come together to necessarily form the triangle as expected.
-The planet in the background of the logo is a hint regarding the setting. Details to be revealed on Oct 29.
-Kawamori wanted to revisit valk vs valk combat in a TV series since he felt that this was something that hasn't been done in a TV iteration of Macross for a long time.
-Major details including characters and setting will happen during the live stream on Oct 29. The winner of the idol contest will also be present.

And yet Macross fans still are frustrated about the rights issue that Harmony Gold has that Macross series.