Ranka as a boy? Gasp? But the song is strangely pleasant to listen. And now, I shall hunt for Macross Frontier gender bending pictures. If you have some, do share. This has been a sorry excuse of a post! ID SOJOURNER: You have just gay for them. Haha! YOU WANT THEM INS*DE YOU! The Sojourner: NO I [...]
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What do Sheryl Nome and Jung Freud have in common? You have get three guesses. Wait, no—TWO guesses.
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But wait, there’s more… which I missed Now I bet there are a lot more out there that I missed… Details: CD Title: Anime Dance - Anison Hit Kumikyoku Catalog No.: DAKFARM-140 Release Date: October 1, 2008 Price: 2190yen (2300yen Tax incl.) (approx. US$ 22.32) Description: Contains a compilation of animation songs that ranked high in the Oricon charts. Includes [...]
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Otakus are always thirsty for knowledge and some would want to learn English while they watching their favorite anime. So here’s an interesting and hilarious chart on some common English terms which can be found in the Macross Frontier anime series [...]
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Sheryl > Ranka.
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So last week I got something in the mail, Star Ocean - First Departure for the PSP. Now in the intro of the game, there was this spaceship commanded by an unnamed captain: The said unnamed captain Captain Wilder of Macross Frontier fame They must of been separated at birth or something. I wonder If I’m the only one [...]
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Macross Frontier and Sky Crawlers won awards from the Digital Media Awards last October 25, media group honors year’s annual achievements. The Digital Content Association of Japan or DCAJ under Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry established this industry association, and Panasonic President Fumio Otsubo gave awards to Production I.G’s The Sky Crawlers film and [...]
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So we start! Note: The YKDB SMS Chant posted below is just a preview of the first 4 people who sent their entries. It should set an example of how the chant sounds as an online collaboration ================ Rules: The song has to be a Macross F song (preferably not Lion or Northern Cross or… [...]
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Not much info on this as of now, but more info to come as available. Details: CD Title: Macross F Nyan Tama ♀ (Nyan Bullet(?) ♀) Release Date: December 3, 2008 Price: 3,800 yen Catalog No.: VTCL-60100/1 Two catalog numbers mean two CDs? Hmmmm… And what does the female (♀) sign mean? That there are songs sang by females?
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The second Macross Plus OST album was a bit more of a mixed bag than the first, with fewer standout tracks and more oddities. Not so with the second LP-length outing for Frontier though: this disc is every bit as good as its predecessor, and possibly of even higher quality if I make allowances for [...]
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Is anyone out there going to enter the latest round of mai’s Macross F karaoke challenge? It’s inspired me to finally write up my thoughts on Macross Frontier, mostly because I’ve realised that I simply cannot sing in Japanese. I’m not an awful singer by any means, but having recorded several attempts to [...]
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Random talking points incoming: === Regarding the ending, one thing about the ending that few liked is how it’s not conclusive in terms of the relationships. I think regardless how we feel about it, the show can use an epilogue. The way I see it, we really could use more excuses to release more music from this [...]
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Previously, we had that Lion Single Karaoke Challenge which was well-attended by our readers (thank you!)… and looks like there are still people asking for more. Let’s see, if there are at least 5 different entries already, I’ll start the thread right away. Now I was thinking that one special section of this karaoke will be [...]
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Macross Frontier Original Soundtrack 2: “Nyan Tora” sold 102,000 copies in the first week and ranked #2 in the most recent Oricon weekly album sales chart. Macross F OST 2 topped comparing with “The End of Evangelion” first soundtrack album to sold more than 100,000 copies in its first week in Japan last 1997. The first Macross [...]
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Yokohama: Knightwing, from Macross World: The age range of audient at the concert seems to be consisted mainly with over 25 years old ( seems to be old fan of Macross), I cannot find any young children at all and strangly a lot of women come to this concert. Also before concert start as usual, there was Macross [...]
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(still waiting for Oricon website to update…) Despite being in number 1 for the first day of the daily rankings, Mariya Takeuchi eventually overtook OST 2 to land the #1 spot for the weekly rankings with a huge lead of 20,000+ copies. Macross Frontier OST 2 has sold 102,331 copies, selling 30,000 more than OST 1 [...]
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The latest 2nd Soundtrack from the Macross Frontier anime series has sold more than 102,000 copies after its release on Wednesday last week. With its strong sales, It managed to climb to 2nd on the Oricon Charts [...]
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Album Title: Lion Anime Title: Macross Frontier Artist: May’n; Megumi Nakajima; Yoko Kanno Catalog Number: VTCL-35033 Release Type: OP/ED Single Release Date: Aug 20, 2008 Track Title Artist Time 1. Lion May’n; Megumi Nakajima 5:06 2. Northern Cross May’n 5:18 3. Lion (without vocal) Yoko Kanno 5:06 4. Northern Cross (without vocal) Yoko Kanno 5:12 Review: Those who have read my review for the Macross Frontier Original Soundtrack will have noted my discontent with May’n’s vocal talents. The major issues that [...]
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The lyrics here are those that haven’t been transcribed/translated in a CD single before. Transcriptions and translations are very much welcome Triangler (fight on stage): Anata no Oto Ao no Ether Aimo OC Nyan Nyan Service Medley Comments
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