Macross Music Videos

[raile]

The Sheryl one is still coming soon..

[sa547]

^
I am so impressed! Will wait for the next installment.

[raile]

Here's the Sheryl one:

[Irisiel]

The intro with the valkyrie was great! Is it bad that I find the giant transforming robots to be the best dancers in both the clips?

[Darthtabby]

Those are both extremely cool. I take it they're both fan made? (Edit: scratch that, looks like they're related to a MF Pachinko game.)

Much as I'm a Sheryl fan I kind of feel the Ranka one works a bit better, Sheryl seems a bit out of place in her surroundings and her movements seem a little off somehow (I was thinking they were too repetitive, but now I'm wondering if perhaps they're a bit too fast in some parts). But still both videos are very cool, and I do have t compliment the Sheryl one for that impressive bit with Alto's valkyrie near the beginning.

[Yot-chan]

Originally Posted by Darthtabby

Those are both extremely cool. I take it they're both fan made?

Would it make them seem less cool if I told you they were professionally made ads?

'Cause yeah...I dunno. I like the idea, I like the actual motion...but the girls' faces and hair is kinda scaring me.

[Darthtabby]

Originally Posted by Yot-chan

Would it make them seem less cool if I told you they were professionally made ads?

'Cause yeah...I dunno. I like the idea, I like the actual motion...but the girls' faces and hair is kinda scaring me.

Figured that out myself when I started browsing around through related vids a bit. And yeah, it does somewhat. I tend to judge professional and fan made stuff by different standards.

I have to say I'm hoping we don't see too much CGI in the official stuff. CGI mecha is fine, it looks great. But I tend to prefer the characters themselves to be drawn 2d.

[mike_s_6]

Ack, the videos have been taken down due to copyright issues. I tried getting them the legit way, which is, painstakingly, going to the Macross fever website and hunting for Ai-kun. I found one, but it looks like I need a lot more to view the videos. I quit! :P

[Darthtabby]

A nice AMV using "Liebe" here. I actually kind of like Liebe but I don't think it was the most appropriate song to include on a Christmas album. :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/embed/d9y13mAawtU

Dangit, how do I do video on here? I'm going with a link for now, the embed code I got from youtube doesn't seem to work.

[Ceci-chan]

Originally Posted by LoveMeKags

"Liebe" or "Ribe" is actually about hope and prayer, and most Japanese people are religious, so Christmas is a celebration of such. So this song actually fits in with the moral of Christmas. It's better than if Diamond Crevasse or Northern Cross were on it.

I didn't get the vibe that "Liebe" is a song of hope, at least not with lyrics like:

Spoiler for length:

If I lost you, then the world would let go
Of everything in light, wouldn’t it?
And yet, if fulfilling our respective roles is our parting
Then that’s okay

On that day, I was the seashell
Washed ashore, and you were the sand
Embracing me, as if protecting me

I won’t cry, I don’t cry
I don’t chase after your back
I don’t stare at you, I won’t be sad
I won’t forget about your scent
Love never cries, love never sleeps, love never dies
I want to believe
I want to live fiercely, I want to be strong
I won’t lose anything, I won’t forget

Just by having you, just by your being there
I always felt relieved
Why are your body heat and laughter
So tender?
If they say that someday, when life ends, the soul will be free
Leave the body, and travel for eternity
Then when love ends, the soul of love will also be free
And travel for eternity, right?

I won’t cry, I don’t cry
I don’t chase after your back
I don’t stare at you, I won’t be sad
I won’t forget about your scent
Love never cries, love never sleeps, love never dies
I want to believe
I want to live fiercely, I want to be strong, strong
I won’t lose anything, I won’t forget

I won’t forget

I
Don’t need anything anymore, not even warmth
Because I can warm myself up
I won’t let myself hurt you, I don’t dream
I won’t be afraid of anything, I won’t forget

Love never cries, love never sleeps, love never dies
I won’t forget

I thought Christmas in Japan was more of a "Let's celebrate together" holiday in Japan rather than a religious one. Someone feel free to correct if I'm wrong.

Nice video, btw, darthtabby.

[Tak]

Originally Posted by Ceci-chan

I thought Christmas in Japan was more of a "Let's celebrate together" holiday in Japan rather than a religious one. Someone feel free to correct if I'm wrong.

I didn't feel like correcting another one of LoveMeKags's assumptions, because we had been doing too much of that, but since you brought it up...

There is a difference between being religious and spiritual. Most people in Japan are not religious and do not subscribe to a religion. People like myself would have been considered a definite minority, since Christians consist of no more than 2 ~ 3% of the total population. The majority of Christians concentrate in the Western area, such as Nagasaki. Most people would have no idea, or care about the meaning of Christmas, other than it being a holiday to decorate trees, shopping, trade gifts and eat a lot... etc.

- Tak

[karice67]

Actually...it's a 'holiday' for lovers in Japan... You're meant to spend Christmas Eve/Christmas with your gf/bf/partner/spouse...

And if I'm not mistaken, "liebe" is German for "love"...

[Tak]

Originally Posted by karice67

Actually...it's a 'holiday' for lovers in Japan... You're meant to spend Christmas Eve/Christmas with your gf/bf/partner/spouse...

Oh sure, but its not exclusively for lovers.

- Tak

[Darthtabby]

I probably would have preferred it if you'd let me post the video myself, but thanks for the help anyway LMK. At least I know how to do it for the next video now.

I believe Karice is right about Christmas being a lover's holiday in Japan. With that in mind the title for Liebe is appropriate... it's just that the combination of the lyrics and how it sounds doesn't seem appropriate for such a happy occasion. Then again "Merry Christmas Without You" doesn't seem entirely appropriate for a romantic holiday either. :lol:

I think this is a pretty awesome video, even if anyone who saw it without previous knowledge of the series would probably get a completely incorrect impression about what it was about. :lol:

[karice67]

Originally Posted by Tak

Oh sure, but its not exclusively for lovers.

- Tak

*shrugs* if you say so. Most media certainly play up the lovers aspect. It's either spend time with your loved one, or do nothing all that special most of the time - though people who have no significant others may certainly get together in groups of friends or as a class ala what happened in Kimi ni Todoke. Just not all that common from what I experienced.

And besides, Christmas isn't even a (public) holiday in Japan. The big 'let's celebrate together (as a family) event' is the New Year, which takes place a week later. If you compare Japanese and Westerners, Christmas and New Year swap places in terms of significance.

edit: @Darth - nice find! I quite enjoyed that ^^

[Ceci-chan]

Originally Posted by Darthtabby

\I think this is a pretty awesome video, even if anyone who saw it without previous knowledge of the series would probably get a completely incorrect impression about what it was about. :lol:

It definitely gives off different vibes than political-angst-sci-fi. But it's enjoyable to watch. Awesome find!

@karice; thanks for clarifying.

[Tak]

Originally Posted by karice67

*shrugs* if you say so. Most media certainly play up the lovers aspect. It's either spend time with your loved one, or do nothing all that special most of the time - though people who have no significant others may certainly get together in groups of friends or as a class ala what happened in Kimi ni Todoke. Just not all that common from what I experienced.

I don't feel like dismissing the experience when I was a wee-bit growing up in Japan looking forward to the next Christmas. As a kid, I done stuff that had nothing to do with lovers, really, and I am not alone in that.

But what the hell, that was the 80s.

- Tak

[sa547]

Originally Posted by Darthtabby

*blinks*

That was so sick.

The vid is far beyond my comprehension of what I learned about video editing; I mean, planning and editing work on this one really took weeks or even months to do, and this is probably a work of a real pro armed with a top-end Mac and the whole Adobe suite at his/her disposal.

I'm humbled.

[karice67]

Originally Posted by Tak

I don't feel like dismissing the experience when I was a wee-bit growing up in Japan looking forward to the next Christmas. As a kid, I done stuff that had nothing to do with lovers, really, and I am not alone in that.

But what the hell, that was the 80s.

- Tak

I didn't say it didn't/doesn't happen...but the Japanese people I knew didn't seem to do much. Unless they were Christian...

Though I just remembered...recently(?), people started having KFC chicken dinners for Christmas...go figure Oh, and some districts put up Christmas lights and stuff too, and a typical Christmas season date would be to go and see them...

[Tak]

Originally Posted by karice67

I didn't say it didn't/doesn't happen...but the Japanese people I knew didn't seem to do much. Unless they were Christian...

Just pointing out that Christmas means different things to different age groups. There are different reasons to love Christmas as a kid back in the 80s, and I HAD FUN!

80s Japan was such a heaven for kids.

Originally Posted by karice67

Though I just remembered...recently(?), people started having KFC chicken dinners for Christmas...go figure Oh, and some districts put up Christmas lights and stuff too, and a typical Christmas season date would be to go and see them...

Yeah, for some odd reason, its either KFC or karaage. I have no idea when that tradition started.

- Tak