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stormy001_M1A2 · 2004-06-09, 05:07

Mac Zero story is kinda plain, but the strong gay overtones in Yukikaze is worrying too.

FromageTheDog · 2004-06-09, 06:29

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Originally Posted by stormy001_M1A2

Mac Zero story is kinda plain, but the strong gay overtones in Yukikaze is worrying too.

What I find even more worrying is your attitude towards these alleged "gay overtones". Lt. Fukai and his superior may just be very close friends, for all we know. These deep, bordering-on-romantic friendships between men are not a new theme in Japanese story-telling.

And what if they are gay? Why should this affect your enjoyment of you show?

BTW -- if you had qualified the statement thusly:

"Mac Zero story is kinda plain, but I'm not comfortable with the strong gay overtones in Yukikaze."

I may not have been as annoyed. Subtle, but I'm sure you can appreciate the difference.

- Fromage

P.S. - OT, I know, but a statement like the above demands a readily visible rebuttal.

stormy001_M1A2 · 2004-06-09, 07:21

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Originally Posted by FromageTheDog

What I find even more worrying is your attitude towards these alleged "gay overtones". Lt. Fukai and his superior may just be very close friends, for all we know. These deep, bordering-on-romantic friendships between men are not a new theme in Japanese story-telling.

And what if they are gay? Why should this affect your enjoyment of you show?

BTW -- if you had qualified the statement thusly:

"Mac Zero story is kinda plain, but I'm not comfortable with the strong gay overtones in Yukikaze."

I may not have been as annoyed. Subtle, but I'm sure you can appreciate the difference.

- Fromage

P.S. - OT, I know, but a statement like the above demands a readily visible rebuttal.

No, it seriously gay. Golf Alpha Yankee. Because I do not like it. Simple.

A lot of people watched Yukikaze agreed with me on this.

dreamless · 2004-06-09, 07:27

anyway, whether a story is good or not has nothing to do with whether they are gay or not. The fact remains that Yukikaze has a kickass story (BTW, I don't think they are gay, call it a cultural difference, but I think they are just some very best friends)

xu_henry_ca · 2004-06-09, 21:24

I have watched episode 4. One little question: When did the province of Liaoning 辽宁 become a desert????? lol ^^

Panon · 2004-06-10, 20:22

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Originally Posted by dreamless

anyway, whether a story is good or not has nothing to do with whether they are gay or not. The fact remains that Yukikaze has a kickass story (BTW, I don't think they are gay, call it a cultural difference, but I think they are just some very best friends)

Dude, if you don't think they're gay I don't think you're paying very close attention. They definately are. (and this doesn't bother me in the slightest)

But then, you say Yukikaze has a great story which is funny, since it's an near plotless mess.

dreamless · 2004-06-10, 21:03

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Originally Posted by Panon

Dude, if you don't think they're gay I don't think you're paying very close attention. They definately are. (and this doesn't bother me in the slightest)

But then, you say Yukikaze has a great story which is funny, since it's an near plotless mess.

Dude, if you don't think Yukikaze has a great story I don't think you're paying very close attention. It definately has.

But then, you say they are gays which is funny, since they are just very best friends.

Yebyosh · 2004-06-10, 23:00

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Originally Posted by dreamless

But then, you say they are gays which is funny, since they are just very best friends.

Look who's talking, Mr "I hope Maia & Tsukasa are an item!"

Note: I have not watched Yukikaze (though I hope to in the future) so I cannot comment on any of their story/relationships.

But let's get back to Macross Zero. I wonder if they would show the young boy Hikaru Ichijo or babyish Minmei as cameos for the last part of the last episode. Just for connection's sake.

dreamless · 2004-06-10, 23:12

I hope they show that 4-year-old girl blown into pieces during the Doomsday is Shin and Sara's child, now that'd be some good connection

Radd · 2004-06-10, 23:37

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Originally Posted by Yebyosh

Look who's talking, Mr "I hope Maia & Tsukasa are an item!"

Note: I have not watched Yukikaze (though I hope to in the future) so I cannot comment on any of their story/relationships.

But let's get back to Macross Zero. I wonder if they would show the young boy Hikaru Ichijo or babyish Minmei as cameos for the last part of the last episode. Just for connection's sake.

They put Roy Focker in, and Claudia's brother into the series, those are pretty strong connection's. Hikaru never comes anywhere near the South Atari Islands until he's invited by Roy to the Macross launch celebration. Minmay would be a possibility if the story moves towards the ASS-1 crash site, since she lives in the city built around the Macross.

wuliao · 2004-06-11, 03:13

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Originally Posted by xu_henry_ca

I have watched episode 4. One little question: When did the province of Liaoning 辽宁 become a desert????? lol ^^

Macross takes place in a world where a great war was fought. It is possible that Liaoning becomes a desert through a nuclear strike.

gundam na jutso · 2004-06-16, 15:39

what takes it so long man

Radd · 2004-06-16, 17:32

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Originally Posted by gundam na jutso

what takes it so long man

Well, it all starts with an idea. The creator fleshes out an idea, often doodling concept sketches, and writing up summaries, one for the whole story in general, and a summary of the first episode or two in detail.

The creator approaches the financial backer with the idea and pitches it to them. They take into account the creator's past works and how successsful they've been on the market, the marketability of this particular endeavour, and the cost to produce it.

The backers agree on a budget and so begin fishing for more creative talent and a studio to handle the animation chores. A number of studios will bid on the job, stating the lowest amount they'd be willing to handle the job for. Based on price and the quality of work that studio is known for, they will choose a studio.

A character designer is called in to create the look of the characters as seen in the show. There will be a lot of back and forth between the designer and the creator, and the creator and the financial backers, and discussions with studio heads in charge of the animation, and they will eventually work out the character designs as we finally see them in the promotional artwork preceeding the actual OVA.

A mechanicle designer is brought on board, though in this case the creator is the mecha designer so that takes a step or two out of the process.

The script is handed off to the animation studio, and the creator and director will take up the task of storyboarding the first episode.A lot of brainstorming and discussions follow between many people involved in the show's production.

Next week, the art of animation! Where a few hardworking souls working for starvation wages bring drawings to life, creating magic!

144M_HYPERION · 2004-06-16, 18:44

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Originally Posted by wuliao

Macross takes place in a world where a great war was fought. It is possible that Liaoning becomes a desert through a nuclear strike.

Also there is a thing call desertification ... you'll never know.

Katsiena · 2004-08-14, 03:12

Great show

Katsiena · 2004-08-14, 03:27

Cant wait for # 5 to come out

Lord Raiden · 2004-10-10, 21:58

I have good news for all of you!! For those of you patiently waiting for DVD 5 (aka ep 5) I've got information on a release date. IT's scheduled to be released on December 11th, 2004. The info I have says that the date is tenative, so it may change before then, but that's the most recent (and so far only) information I have. Just thought I'd start getting everyone excited for the final (and hopefully greatest) episode of this wonderful, although long lived, OVA.

PS: AonE, we will humbly await your fansub of it when it does come out.

Yebyosh · 2004-10-10, 22:13

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Originally Posted by Lord Raiden

For those of you patiently waiting for DVD 5 (aka ep 5) I've got information on a release date. IT's scheduled to be released on December 11th, 2004. The info I have says that the date is tenative, so it may change before then, but that's the most recent (and so far only) information I have.

So you are saying that the release schedule of 22 Oct 04 for DVD 5 on the official website, since April 04, is wrong...

http://www.macross.co.jp/zero/schedule/index.html

darkchibi07 · 2004-10-10, 22:22

DEAR GOD, this better not be delayed!

Lord Raiden · 2004-10-10, 22:31

That's my understanding of it. The site I checked said that they ran into production delays and had to move it back 2 months to the date I listed. Of course I'm more than willing to accept that they could be wrong, or it could simply be that the Oct 22 release date on the official website hasn't been updated yet simply because either A) nobody has bothered, or B) they're still pushing for the Oct 22 release date even though it's not looking too good for that date.

I'm only making guesses based on what info I've found, and given the studio's past release schedule, I'm more willing to believe that the official site's info is wrong at this point. Why do I say that? Let's see. Hmm. The previous release dates were:

Dec 21st, 2002
May 5th, 2003
Dec 1st, 2003
May 28th, 2004

Given their current track record, plus what I've found, I'm voting that the Dec 11th release date is most accurate. Who knows, they may surprise us all and release it tomorrow for all we know. hehe.

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dreamless /Ultimate Magic Attack!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Time Warp/Future	anyway, whether a story is good or not has nothing to do with whether they are gay or not. The fact remains that Yukikaze has a kickass story (BTW, I don't think they are gay, call it a cultural difference, but I think they are just some very best friends)

2004-06-10, 23:12	Link #109
dreamless /Ultimate Magic Attack!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Time Warp/Future	I hope they show that 4-year-old girl blown into pieces during the Doomsday is Shin and Sara's child, now that'd be some good connection

2004-06-16, 15:39	Link #112
gundam na jutso Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: col;llege station texas baby Age: 37	what takes it so long man

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Katsiena Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004	Cant wait for # 5 to come out

2004-10-10, 21:58	Link #117
Lord Raiden Uber Coffee for da win! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Middle of insanity	I have good news for all of you!! For those of you patiently waiting for DVD 5 (aka ep 5) I've got information on a release date. IT's scheduled to be released on December 11th, 2004. The info I have says that the date is tenative, so it may change before then, but that's the most recent (and so far only) information I have. Just thought I'd start getting everyone excited for the final (and hopefully greatest) episode of this wonderful, although long lived, OVA. PS: AonE, we will humbly await your fansub of it when it does come out.

2004-10-10, 22:22	Link #119
darkchibi07 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Age: 38	DEAR GOD, this better not be delayed!

2004-10-10, 22:31	Link #120
Lord Raiden Uber Coffee for da win! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Middle of insanity	That's my understanding of it. The site I checked said that they ran into production delays and had to move it back 2 months to the date I listed. Of course I'm more than willing to accept that they could be wrong, or it could simply be that the Oct 22 release date on the official website hasn't been updated yet simply because either A) nobody has bothered, or B) they're still pushing for the Oct 22 release date even though it's not looking too good for that date. I'm only making guesses based on what info I've found, and given the studio's past release schedule, I'm more willing to believe that the official site's info is wrong at this point. Why do I say that? Let's see. Hmm. The previous release dates were: Dec 21st, 2002 May 5th, 2003 Dec 1st, 2003 May 28th, 2004 Given their current track record, plus what I've found, I'm voting that the Dec 11th release date is most accurate. Who knows, they may surprise us all and release it tomorrow for all we know. hehe.