New Macross Anime Project (Anticipation and Discussion)

[John117xCortana]

Originally Posted by Tak

Or they can always bring Yoko back.

- Tak

YES! We want her back!

Bring back the new anime song boom era!

[magnuskn]

Originally Posted by Kazu-kun

Some people shit on Kawamori when things go wrong (like in Delta) but I'd say most of the time shit happens because the sponsors don't let him do things his way.

Well, his track record on other recent series hs been very, very spotty. Macross Frontier was an exception, although from what I've heard over the years, he was boxed in by having at least one co-director/writer, so that may have unintentionally saved the series. Let's just say that I am incredibly cautious in regards to his writing nowadays.

[Tak]

Kawamori is comparable to George Lucas when it comes to scripts, except the former is suspected to be high while doing it.

- Tak

[GundamFan0083]

Originally Posted by Dextro

Looks like we have a new Macross anime being produced (by Sunrise of all studios!).



No further details at the moment.

Cool.
Thank you for the heads up.
I--for one--look forward to it.

[Kazu-kun]

Originally Posted by magnuskn

Well, his track record on other recent series hs been very, very spotty. Macross Frontier was an exception, although from what I've heard over the years, he was boxed in by having at least one co-director/writer

Delta wasn't directed by Kawamori either. It was directed by Kenji Yasuda, with Kawamori credited as chief director which is more like a supervisor role. I don't think that makes much of a difference.

Originally Posted by magnuskn

so that may have unintentionally saved the series

I think Frontier was successful because the character interactions were written as a romcom. Sorta like what Aka did with Oshi no Ko, which is a revenge story on paper but has a lot of focus on love triangle with Kana and Akane and all the romcom shenanigans surrounding those two and Aqua. For whatever reason, that kind of thing seems to resonate with some audiences.

[Key Board]

I don't know whose fault it was but are there generally 2 things people didn't like about Delta:

1. the antagonists
2. dead heroine

Also, the fact that they had to stick a Macross Frontier mini movie to the 2nd Delta movie is pretty damning
Maybe the new macross will just be another Frontier sequel

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[stray]

As I saw it the biggest problem Delta had was just way too many characters. Frontier was really able to focus on its core cast, Delta had to find time for Windmere, Walkure, Delta squadron, and the rest of the supporting cast. The entire cast felt underdeveloped and it didn't help the triangle was anemic. I really enjoyed Zettai Live!!! for what it was though... it was probably the best part of Delta.

Originally Posted by Key Board

Maybe the new macross will just be another Frontier sequel

I would be 100% okay with this after Labyrinth of Time but don't want to get my hopes up. Its likely Ranka could still be involved in some way though.

[magnuskn]

Yeaaaah, too many characters with a good focus on only two of them, those two not being the brightest bulbs in the room in the first place, the "love triangle" being a complete joke with the most interesting character of the three being completely neglected throughout the series, "sympathetic" space nazis who weren't... the list of problems with Delta is long, much longer than any list you could do about Frontier.

In any case, I don't expect the new series to be a sequel for Frontier, given that they normally just don't do sequels.

But on the miniscule chance that it is, I hope they continue the TV series, not the movies. Or at least do their typical continuity mish-mash so that we get elements from both (for me: TV!Sheryl, TV!Alto, Movie!Ranka, obviously Movie!Michael).

[John117xCortana]

Originally Posted by Key Board

Also, the fact that they had to stick a Macross Frontier mini movie to the 2nd Delta movie is pretty damning

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Why do you say that?

[Key Board]

Originally Posted by John117xCortana

Why do you say that?

To me that implies one of 2 things:

1. Delta brand isn't strong enough to stand on its own feet
2. team couldn't come up with enough story to fill the entire run time

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