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1000% FACTUAL LINER NOTES (Episode 1)
I figured this would be a good place to repost (and then finally complete) Kawamori's episode commentary from Frontier. I also decided to include the scenes listd in the DVD booklets' "Macross Check" section, although I'm not translating the blurbs that they put, just listing the sequences. There are few surprises there...most of the references have already been discovered by the fans. Kawamori's Commentary #01 - Close Encounter Script: Hiroyuki Yoshino / Storyboard: Yasuhito Kikuchi, Shoji Kawamori / Production: Takayuki Tanaka / Art Direction: Yuichi Takahashi, Risa Ebata In regards to the TV series, we're aiming for it to be the culmination of everything from the Macross series up to this point. The director (Yasuhito) Kikuchi and I did the storyboards ourselves, and we were able to put in all the little items we wanted to see. With the two of us doing it, 20 minutes just wasn't long enough! (laughs) We tried many experiments in the first episode. The parts that worked out well we brushed up and developed further in the following story. Macross Check! 1. The scene with the guys in the Ex-Gears doing the "plane hand" while stretching their arms out to the sun is a reference to a key moment in Macross Plus. 2. Sheryl shouting "Listen to my song!" is an homage to Basara's signature line. 3. The VF-25 shooting its gunpod at the end of the episode is an homage to the end of episode 2 of SDFM TV, where the VF-1D is in the same pose. |
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2010-10-18, 14:16 | Link #126 | |
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very interesting... and not just that... i am sure all the EX-Gears can be used to controlled a VF, Just like ep 25.. maybe 2 VF at most..using 2 hand |
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2010-10-18, 16:46 | Link #127 | |
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But I'm not sure the cleaning robots fit the bill, considering they're essentially just technology of the world of Macross. Frontier has variable fighters as well...is that an homage to another Macross series? |
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2010-10-18, 17:18 | Link #129 | |
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2010-10-18, 17:53 | Link #130 | |
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04. Sagittarius 9:00 PM Don’t Be Late Elmo: From the 2059 Frontier concert at Tenkumon Hall. When this, Sheryl’s fifth single, was released in November of 2058, it stayed at the top of the Universal Board for 17 straight weeks, shattering the records for the biggest of big hit songs. At the time of its release, a rift was created inside the fan club out of jealousy between the fans born in Sagittarius and those born elsewhere. The split got more and more intense until finally the fan club divided into two factions. By the way, the Tenkumon Hall concert was originally scheduled for March First, but because of the effects of fold dislocation, the communication between Sheryl’s side and the promotion side wasn’t good, so the result was that the preparations for the concert were done at the last minute, and it was postponed until March Second. So the concert poster’s date was incorrect, and the staff had one day to correct all of the posters by hand. |
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2010-10-19, 04:51 | Link #134 |
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Is it? I must've missed that... but again (and, I hope, for the last time), The "Macross Check!!" stuff I'm posting isn't my personal list, it's from the DVD booklets. So if someone wants to complain that they left something out...there ain't nuthin' I can do 'bout that.
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2010-10-19, 05:40 | Link #135 | |
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2010-10-19, 07:13 | Link #137 | |
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Ranka has more in common with Minmay in the early episodes too.
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2010-10-19, 07:16 | Link #138 | |
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I'm not sure if this ever got mentioned in Frontier material, but it was talked about in the booklet for the Macross 7 Docking Festival and again in Macross Chronicle magazine. |
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2010-10-19, 07:21 | Link #140 | |
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And who is "little Yot-chan" - my memory is too foggy with Macross, unfortunately.
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