thevinman.
I must have done something right with my 3yr old son, he hardly asks for character toys.
Granted the occasional McDonald Happy Meal with Pichu or similar, but everytime we go to the toy and hobby shop all he wants to look at is Tomica andPla-Rail.
He has seen all the series, he knows the toys but is not interested in them.
OTOH, he loves to inspect the pile of my models, open the boxes pull the instructions out and tell me all about the kit.[;)]
As a kid Robotec was my equivalent of my mother’s soap operas!LOL
Right now at home I have The Captain Harlock Saga sitting in my DVD player. It’s like Star Blazers but with space pirates!
I attend an anime convention every year in Atlanta, Georgia. In fact my Marvin the Martian Gundam won me an award!LOL [Hence my name!]
I love anime and what I really like is that Japan treat it as a true art form and creat all sorts of serious shows in anime like the one with the teenager raising the kid mentioned above. Has anyone ever seen Graveyard of the Fire Flies [ I think thats the title], it’s a tear jerker!
Yes, much anime sci fi is better that most US live action sci-fi. A per fect example is Gun Buster! Giant oraganic aliens the size of star ships act as the galaxies “anti-bodies” and come form the center of the galaxy to destroy the earth because space travel was allowing us to spread like an infection. The humans compress jupitor into a moon sized bomb and detonate it in the center of the galaxy!
Neon Genisis, is also awsome sci-fi as well.
Yeah, I have seen “Tombstone for Fireflies”, great movie.
What brings the story even close is that the movie is based on a book whose author wrote it based on his own childhood experiences.
It is pretty much his own story with a few things(his own behaviour towards his sister) being made nicer than they actually happened.
http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/grave/interview.html
Highly recommended viewing.
Dang dude! it brings tears to my eyes just reading that. [Yeah, I’m a softie![:p]]That’s deep. I saw the movie and I am a father of three small girls. To picture them starving or worse pains me to no end. i also have a step-son who is the oldest. To imagine him having to fend for himself and his youngest sister alone…I shudder to think of it. Man, I thank god that I have never had to suffer like that and i pray that my children never will…
I have the Macross: Do you remember Love? VF-1S strike valkyre by Hesegawa, very good kit.
I despise macross’ english version aka Robotech…
hehe, I just got the game, Robotech Battlecry today. It’s funny how, when I got to the main screen of the game and it played the intro music from the series, all sorts of memories came flooding back.
That reminds me, where would I be able to find some valkyrie kits?
Check Hobby Link Japan or Rainbow 10.
My favorite has always been Nausicaa. I love their air battles, the animation is just amazing, and the story is epic.
I was the one of the first in line to get Battlecry when it came out for the Playstation 2. I felt like I was a kid again when the intro music started. What did you think of the game? I wished it was more “flight sim” than “arcade”. I wish that someone would make a Valkyrie combat sim.
I’ve been looking for a YF-19 kit for a while with limited success. ebay seems to have a lot of Hasegawa Valkyrie kits (except the YF-19) of course.
I too, loved Macross (Robotech). A bit of a revellation that the American distributors dubbed other shows to fit in with the series, how could they get away with that? Must have peaved the makers of ‘Armies of the Southern Cross’ and ‘Genesis Climber Mospeda’.
Still, it’s not entirely a surprise, even as a kid I never really felt that whole series with Dana riding around with her hover bike come battle armour quite fit in with the rest of it.
Don’t think we ever got the Mospeda/Robotech one in Australia. What did that look like?
As for the new anime shows. I agree with you Thevinman, I don’t like 'em either. But I know that when I sat down to watch Robotech every morning, my dad was thinking, “Yeh but it just ain’t Leave it to Beaver”
I think that the biggest difference between Robotech and Dragon Ball is my age. And if Robotech premiered today, I’m sure it would be marketed just as heavily as Dragon Ball and Yu-Gi-Oh. Corporate enterprise is the way of the world now more than ever.
Anyway, I’m gonna do a search for sites on these two extra “Robotech” shows. This is tearing apart the foundations of my childhood. I’m feeling very fragile and in need of answers at the moment (LOL)
“Ignorance is bliss” (Cypher)
I did enjoy Mcaross(Roboech) when I saw it, but later on prefered the individual series more. Also not too fond of the poor MAcross Series.
Most the Series I enjoy are:
Mospeada
Dougram
Lazyner
Votoms
Ideom
Xabungle
and similar.
Remember , Hell I still have all the toys !!! , is that bad ? LOL
Me too! (and I still play with them)
If you liked Nausicaa, you might take a liik at Miyazaki’s other works that have been brought to the States. The only one I’ve seen is Princess Mononoke ( Disney’s biggest import goof and NOT a G-rated cartoon ), but my friends have also recommended Spirited Away. Kiki’s Delivery Service is also out there and created by the same guy.
BTW, for you Macross fans out there: Macross Zero is currently being released in Japan and should be imported in the next year or so. Hopefully it will bring about some new kits and re-issues of old ones! [:D]
Whatever happened to Appleseed ? it was avalible brifely then disappeared ?
Loved that one .
You talking about the 1992 OVA series or the new upcoming Movie (17/04/2004).
[:D]
NEW upcoming movie !!! NO WAY , that is going to be soooooo awesome , when ??? do tell oh great one . [:D]
Here is the official Website for the movie(in japanese) check it out:
http://www.a-seed.jp/
Trailer looks good.
OH YEAH ! looks great
As far as I knew, there was only one Appleseed anime video ( soon to be 2? About [censored] time! ), but that was only part of the store with storyline elements mixed from 2 story arcs from the manga.
If you’re wanting more Appleseed, I suggest looking for the manga. The story is much more complex and will be different from what you remember, but it’s one of my favorites. There have been 4 books brought to America so far along with a 2-volume, very rare “Databook” for the die-hard fans ( took me 10 years to find the latter ).
WARNING-The manga ( comic ) IS NOT FOR KIDS!!! In addition to more graphic violence than the anime, three of the four volumes have some brief nudity in them ( not “love scenes,” ya pervs! ), so keep any tykes away!
If you liked Appleseed, you might also like Masamune Shirow’s other sci-fi that you may have missed: Black Magic M-66, Dominion Tank Police and Ghost in the Shell. All are available in anime and manga form ( though, as with Appleseed, there are major differences between the storyline ) and the same WARNING applies to both formats of these stories as with Appleseed’s manga.
For those not familiar with or just getting into anime and manga, pay attention to the ratings and “mature content” labels if you have kids. They’re there for a reason and the people stocking the shelves don’t always notice them ( as happened at our local Wal-Mart ), assuming all cartoons are rated G…