Anime Thread. [Prob not 56k safe]

[Kaylia]

Which one was that again? Was that the variation of "Aimo" or something else later on? I forget.

Yeah, the "aimo" one...no clue if it's the title or not.


[edit]
Yep, this one.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=qc9_KtWN0jU
The quality kinda suck on youtube tho, but i love it.

[edit2]
And while I'm at it, this was my favorite from Sheryl. (infinity)
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2Ek6G...eature=related

[Akiyama]

Yeah, Infinity was great. I think That's Aimo O.C. or something? I love that version. Really catchy.

[EagleCeres]

I also loved the music so much I got both OST's, the Sheryl (Diamond Crevasse) single and Sheryl/Ranka duo (Lion). I noticed that there are 3 versions of Aimo:
- Aimo (original short and sweet, the defacto version) [OST1 Nyan FRO]
- Aimo ~Tori no hito~ (the one used in "the macross zero" movie ep) [OST1 Nyan FRO]
- Aimo O.C. (the epic space opera'ish one around ep 24~26) [OST2 Nyan TRA]

and I do wish they solved the love triangle, but it's not something that I'd say it ruined the series or anything close.

But they did solve it

Spoiler: show

<Ranka> I'm not giving up... music or Alto
<Sheryl> *looks at Ranka like "it's on beyotch!"*
<Alto> *meanwhile, up in the sky happy that he can fly*

And call me weird but the only complaint I had/have is... we didn't get to see Princess all dressed up like in the first Intro

[Kaylia]

Lion was awesome...I just wish the first 10sec would last a bit longer.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=s0nHMpTqBqY

[Serra]

My only gripe was the "pop star" thing. Kinda wish they would have toned down Sheryl and Ranka's popularity a bit. The singing itself was fine (and expected in macross)...I just didn't like seeing Ranka/sheryl poster everywhere.

I think they were trying to recreate the image the Minmay had in the original series. Macross is a 25 year old series, and Frontier tried to use a lot of similarities for old fans. That said, during the original Macross, Minmay was the only singer in the entire ship, so it makes sense that she was so big (combined with being the first songstress who changed an entire war), but since there's obviously travel and communication between fleets, it seems they could have toned down the immersion a bit.

[Kaylia]

I think they were trying to recreate the image the Minmay had in the original series. Macross is a 25 year old series, and Frontier tried to use a lot of similarities for old fans. That said, during the original Macross, Minmay was the only singer in the entire ship, so it makes sense that she was so big (combined with being the first songstress who changed an entire war), but since there's obviously travel and communication between fleets, it seems they could have toned down the immersion a bit.

Oh, I understand this. I also understand that it was important to show the transition from Sheryl to Ranka, but meh...pop culture annoys me..especially on this level.

It was also weird how both Sheryl and Ranka could run away from the media and fans, despite being the center of interest the whole time. Anyway, I'm just nitpicking, the script was still well done in overall.

[Elcura]

I liked MF, but jesus Ranka pissed me off so badly. I liked her at the start, but as the show went on I hated her more and more. Sheryl was awesome, in general I like Sheryl's songs more than Ranka (I swear they overplayed Aimo). OST is amazing though, I love Lion (isn't that Sheryl's final ED song?), the medley and Bless the little queen. Aimo battle music is good as well. Hell, most of the songs are really great.

In general, I was happy Alto didn't pick anyone in the end. Would be unfair to both of them considering what happened and emotions during conflict are often skewed. Overall, a good show, but Ranka really annoyed me and the plot progression was indeed slow and forced. Sometimes I just wanted to shout "FUCKING MOVE IT ALREADY!"

[octopus]

Beware your eyes (MF related!)

Spoiler: show

http://blog-imgs-41.fc2.com/y/u/n/yu...1023044634.jpg

[Elcura]

Mmm! Mancross Frontier.

[Phla]

Beware your eyes (MF related!)

Spoiler: show

http://blog-imgs-41.fc2.com/y/u/n/yu...1023044634.jpg

.............................................. lol

[Kaylia]

rofl octopus

I liked MF, but jesus Ranka pissed me off so badly. I liked her at the start, but as the show went on I hated her more and more. Sheryl was awesome, in general I like Sheryl's songs more than Ranka (I swear they overplayed Aimo). OST is amazing though, I love Lion (isn't that Sheryl's final ED song?), the medley and Bless the little queen. Aimo battle music is good as well. Hell, most of the songs are really great.

In general, I was happy Alto didn't pick anyone in the end. Would be unfair to both of them considering what happened and emotions during conflict are often skewed. Overall, a good show, but Ranka really annoyed me and the plot progression was indeed slow and forced. Sometimes I just wanted to shout "FUCKING MOVE IT ALREADY!"

"Aimo" and "overplayed" can't put put in the same sentence! It was played more, but mostly because of its importance in the story, unlike other song. Anyway, there was 2 songs from sheryl and 3 from Ranka I liked..rest were fine, but nothing great.

I'm still not sure why you think Ranka's character was annoying tho. Both her and Sheryl were similar on many aspect imo, and none came out as selfish.

[Elcura]

Ranka's actions annoyed the shit outta me near the end, seeing the way she reacted and what not also annoy me. She's the character type in anime that always pisses me off, the stranger question is why I liked her in the first place.

Aimo was nice the first few times, but hearing it over and over again was just dull, along with not liking Ranka it made the songs harder to like.

[Zilong]

I like both girls in macF, as far as performer are concerned, but as far as character development goes, it's about as stunted as a kid growing up on coffee and smoke.

I mean sheryl had the whole jumpstart in a relationship kind of deal, but she just remain stagnant there, and as for ranka, between alto being the sky loving KY that he is, and her being fucking timid, it's just not really there at all

That and I spent most of the series being blindsided by my moe for klan...

I spent the last few episodes worrying if they'd kill her off, since after michael went and die, I was fucking afraid they pulled one on her too (hell i thought she was gonna die in the episode michael dies) but it turned out to be just an epic plot device to get loli klan to pilot his valkyrie, which makes the final episode that much more awesome (not that i have anything against her giant mode)

[Kaylia]

Unless you consider her attempts to bring back Ai and stop the war near the end annoying, or how she reacted after seeing Sheryl kisses Alto, but in both case, i think it was justified. Beside this, I can't really think of anything important enough that would make you like/hate a characters

[Kaylia]

That and I spent most of the series being blindsided by my moe for klan...

I spent the last few episodes worrying if they'd kill her off, since after michael went and die, I was fucking afraid they pulled one on her too (hell i thought she was gonna die in the episode michael dies) but it turned out to be just an epic plot device to get loli klan to pilot his valkyrie, which makes the final episode that much more awesome (not that i have anything against her giant mode)

I liked Klan a lot, but she didn't get enough screen time in the first half (other than her hiding in the background and saying "Michel...".). She was pretty cool in the 2nd half tho, definitively didn't deserve the "bad end" she got. >_>

[drewbixcube]

I liked Klan a lot, but she didn't get enough screen time in the first half (other than her hiding in the background and saying "Michel...".). She was pretty cool in the 2nd half tho, definitively didn't deserve the "bad end" she got. >_>

yea, would of liked it if he had just been injured badly or something and she got to take care of him

[Gulkeeva]

Beware your eyes (MF related!)

Spoiler: show

http://blog-imgs-41.fc2.com/y/u/n/yu...1023044634.jpg

omg no my eyes, why!

be better to have something like this, i'd definantly put it on my car!

Spoiler: show

http://www.neko-sentai.com/images4a/...a45bb1a555.jpg

[octopus]

Sorry Gulkeeva, I think you might like this (NSFW):

http://blog-imgs-41.fc2.com/y/u/n/yu...4788197456.jpg

[Rivero]

Sorry Gulkeeva, I think you might like this (NSFW):

http://blog-imgs-41.fc2.com/y/u/n/yu...4788197456.jpg

Wtf...? o_o

[Kaylia]

Finally got to watch Shigofumi's bonus episode...was okay I guess. Would have been better if I was in the mood after watching the series tho.

Not sure what to watch now....might start Gundam 00