Actually I've been enjoying the discussion over at Macross world. I do think that people need to understand that there are a lot of people angry at Harmony Gold for their business practices. Its inexcusable to think that we cant Frontier over here. And that we cant get a decent DYRL dvd. Macross is one ot the great anime franchises nd the west should be able to partake of it.
I am a lurker but let me tell you here I stand on the whole Macross, Robotech fight. I watched Robotech the day it came out. My mom and I were addicted to it. It became my favorite anime. But I knew that it was greatly changed from the original.A year later when I was 13 I had Japanese friends who showed me a picture book of Macross Love do you remember. I actually got a copy of that movie from a Japanese toy store somewhere in LA. It was not translated but I watched that thing 1000's of times.
Year's later I finally watched the Macross t.v. show. I saw that the characters in Macross are more mature and storyline is better. The idea of the Protoculture was a great civilization who created the Zentraedi but also helped engineer us was interesting. We really were brothers with the Zentran. And the idea that the Macross was an ordinary Supervision army gunship instead of the pride of the fleet was cool. Macross was outgunned and outclassed by everything. So I fell in love with the Macross a second time. I even watched it with my mom who believed it was an allegory about post WW2 japan. I dont know if I believed that but its an interesting idea.
I would suggest to Darkwing to try to understand the reactions of hardcore Macross fans. And please do watch both DYRL and Macross Frontier ( skip Macross 7 LOL) Because they are both important parts of the puzzle and show why Macross is a huge franchise. it is a pity a I have to watch both on You tube or bootleg when I would love to spend money on them, and support the companies that made them. Its also a shame I cant get the Macross video games which I heard were extra cool.
As for the size of the Macross I always believed the official number a mile long. But I guess it is 1200 meters. Yes It would be impossible to get a city the size of Macross city inside that. I always felt the real measurements were about the size of B5. But this is just my personal Fannon.
So don't doubt get to discouraged that you are a Robotech fan. A lot of people over at Macross world have been personally hurt by Harmony Gold and that's the reason for the severe reaction you are getting. I personally feel that Macek intended to bring Macross over whole and complete. But this was 1985 and the anime craze of the 90's had not hit yet. I think Robotech gave a lot people there first taste of anime ( not me mine was Star Blazers
) So Robotech has to be commended for that. But Harmony Gold since the 2000's has been a waging a full scale war against Macross fans. And I think the Yune brothers are to blame for a lot of it.
So that's my lurker take on the whole situation. I always tell people this. I dated Robotech, but I married Macross. I hope to keep reading that discussion over at Macross world.
" attitude a lot of people have too though. They aren't willing to have an intelligent discussion about a "cartoon" show, even if the show is sufficiently complex and deep enough to be enjoyed by adults like many Japanese animated shows are.
