The Thread About All Things Macross

[tuffy]

Originally Posted by ApocalypseKnight

"while both Neil Nadelman’s Manga Entertainment subtitles and Bandai Visual’s subtitle options are present for the Movie Edition."

They specify subtitles for the movie, but not for the OVA... will this be like the Japanese release and there will be no subs for the OVA?

We'll know the full details in about 10 days when the preorder goes up, but there's no chance the OVAs will be dub-only. That's just not a thing that happens for catalog titles that didn't have dub-specific cuts back in the day. I presume they didn't mention it specifically because there won't be two different subtitle options for the OVAs.

[FunEmployed]

I need to know more about the packaging. If this is like the Star Wars books with disc slips, I'm out, I don't need an Ultimate release. Ill take the standard Amaray/Chipboard.

[Herry Dunston]

Crunchyroll's the exclusive US retailer, eh? Figures that would happen, but I still don't like it.

Originally Posted by isamu

What are you guys' thoughts on Zero in general? I watched it about 10 years ago and don't remember much about it other than being a bit underwhelmed. The Roy Focker cameo was cool I guess?

Zero is fine. It's Macross largely in name only, and I disliked the cliffhanger; Frontier's second movie did the same thing, I wish Kawamori would have the balls to commit, but I digress.

[niner4lfe]

Now that it's official I will definitely sell my Japanese blu-ray set

[IdeaOfEvil]

Additional editions of Macross Plus will also be available for France and other European territories to follow, with more details to be confirmed later in the year.

So, for those of us who don't like sets that aren't shelf friendly, we're gonna have to import from France/UK if we want something smaller? Kinda sucks...

[Gowho]

Originally Posted by IdeaOfEvil

So, for those of us who don't like sets that aren't shelf friendly, we're gonna have to import from France/UK if we want something smaller? Kinda sucks...

This also happened with Bartender which was just as dumb.

[nyaa]

One of the best things about Macross+ is the sound track, all I can say is WOW!

[El_Fez]

I think the remaster of Macross has some. . . issues.

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[Tylerfan]

New Update for Macross II

Time for a project update!

Work on the OVAs continues at a steady pace. The subtitles for the japanese language track have been completed and are currently being reviewed to ensure all the fine nomenclature details are correct.

Justin Sevakis and his team at MediaOCD are working hard on the color grading and restoration of the 4K transfers. They report that everything seems to be in excellent shape and most of the restoration work is dealing with occasional dust and film weave.

Here's an example of the work-in-progress; first a raw film frame, and then the color-graded (but not yet restored) and framed final frame.

Regarding the english dub, we're happy to announce that we've managed to obtain the audio track of the english theatrical release, which was only ever shown in theatres in North America.

The main difference between the theatrical release and the DVD release centers around the recasting of two parts; Dennis Lone and Exxegran. Dennis only appears in episode 1, and in the DVD release Exxegran was recast between episodes 2 and 3, and thus is played by two different voice actors.

In the theatrical release, Dennis is recast and Exxegran's lines in episode 1 and 2 have been re-recorded by the second voice actor -- thus the performance is consistent over all 6 episodes.

There are other minor differences in the edits because of the lack of episode title cards and eyecatches in the theatrical version.

Our current plan is to use the theatrical release as the basis for the main english soundtrack, but also include the DVD episode 1 and 2 audio on the disc for completeness.

Even this far into the project, new materials are still being discovered in archives in Japan and being incorporated into the project. The latest discovery is a pristine print of the eyecatch sequence.

As for the artbook, we've completed the restoration of the settei and the first pass of the settei translation; like the subtitles, it's going through a checking process to make sure all the nomenclature is correct. We've also translated all of the print interviews -- 6 in total.

The artbook is huge -- looks like it'll be just over 200 pages, with about 40 pages of full-color illustrations.

Finally, Mikimoto-sensei is hard at work on the new packaging art, and we hope to get a draft of that later in the summer. He has also agreed to take a stab at doing a custom embroidered patch design for the project!

There's a few other surprises that we're working on that we're not quite ready to announce yet, so stay tuned!

Best, Robert & Natsumi

[milo bloom]

Is this the one with the Kickstarter? I think I signed up for that one.

[Tylerfan]

Originally Posted by milo bloom

Is this the one with the Kickstarter? I think I signed up for that one.

It is

[CouncilSpectre]

Still wrapping my head around there being a world where a 4K Macross II exists but a 4K Macross Plus doesn't.....

[FarRax]

the UK product page is up for Macross Plus UE
https://www.alltheanime.com/products...dition-blu-ray


£149.99, October release date

Contents

Limited Edition Packaging

The Ultimate Edition is encased in a premium-quality rigid-board shoulder box featuring iconic artwork from Macross Plus, replicating the aesthetic of the Japanese Laserdisc release.

184-Page Book

A perfect-bound 184-page hardback book collects a vast wealth of materials, information and interviews from the production of Macross Plus. Content of the book consists of:

Introduction and message archives
The history of the world of Macross Plus
Cross-talk interview with Shoji Kawamori, Shinichiro Watanabe and Keiko Nobumoto
Interview with Ichiro Itano
Interview with Katsufumi Hariu
Interview with Yoko Kanno and Shiro Sasaki
Episode discussions and selected storyboards
Character artwork and info
Cover artwork gallery
Mech design artwork
Background artwork
Key animation artwork gallery
Art cards

Also included is a series of nine luxurious art cards, boasting a range of cover artworks from the OVA series and film over the years.

Sharon Apple concert poster

As an homage to the virtual idol superstar of Macross Plus, we've created our very own A4-sized Sharon Apple concert poster!

OVA and Movie Edition on Blu-ray

Both the original four-episode OVA and the Macross Plus Movie Edition are included in 1080P HD, with each sporting its own individual Blu-ray with both English and Japanese audio with English subtitles.

On-disc contents

Macross Plus Movie Edition contains:

Macross Plus Movie Edition (114 minutes), presented with:
Japanese 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio with Manga Entertainment English subtitles, created by Neil Nadelman
Japanese 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio with Bandai Visual English subtitles

Extras (approx. 60 minutes)
Shoji Kawamori interview #1
Shoji Kawamori Interview #2
Macross Plus Game Edition Promo
Macross Plus Game Edition OP
Macross Plus Game Edition - Isamu Clip
Macross Plus Game Edition - Guld Clip

Macross Plus OVA Edition contains:

OVA episode 1 (39mins)
OVA episode 2 (39 minutes)
OVA episode 3 (41 minutes)
OVA episode 4 (37 minutes), all presented with:
Japanese LPCM audio with English subtitles
English LPCM audio from Bandai Visual

Extras (approx. 41 minutes)
OVA 4 with English LPCM audio from Manga Entertainment
OVA Edition Promo
OVA 2 Preview
OVA 3 Preview
OVA 4 Preview

[themp3000]

Already dreading the ridiculous markup this’ll get from the CR store… might have to re-evaluate how badly I want this after all.

[CouncilSpectre]

Don't the audio options on the OVA slightly contradict their own blog? I thought we were getting the Manga dub for eps 1-4 and the BV dub for ep 4 - the product info states the opposite. Can they not just include both dubs for 1-4?

[FarRax]

Originally Posted by CouncilSpectre

Don't the audio options on the OVA slightly contradict their own blog? I thought we were getting the Manga dub for eps 1-4 and the BV dub for ep 4 - the product info states the opposite. Can they not just include both dubs for 1-4?

It doesn't, the Bandai Visual dub is the same as the Manga dub for the first 3 OVAs, only the 4th is different as that was created for the Japanese release later on to fix some things, including the manga dub of the 4th OVA as an extra means all bases are covered. as for why its that way, think of it as the Bandai Visual one is the approved dub from a licensor point of view (regardless of anything else, the Bandai Visual dub doesn't have the music issues that the Manga dub did for the final OVA).

[peppapigstan]

Originally Posted by CouncilSpectre

Still wrapping my head around there being a world where a 4K Macross II exists but a 4K Macross Plus doesn't.....

If only AnimEigo got Plus, I feel like the upgrade would be just as amazing as II's, especially since Plus appears to be a Datacine scan

[Bobo1313]

Based off the UK price, it looks like we're going to be around $200 in the US.

[jd213]

Sheesh, I only spent 13,000 yen on the JP BD box back in 2013


Granted, the yen was much stronger back then, around 85 to the dollar IIRC.

And the JP box's booklets have less pages, I assume. Betting the printing is nicer, though.

[IdeaOfEvil]

Well, unfortunately I didn't begin collecting movies when Laserdisc was a thing, so this set completely goes over my head. I guess, at best, I'll just keep my Jp import set and hope that maybe I can score the new discs alone so I can do a simple swap. Cuz there's no way I'm paying near $200us for a bunch of cardboard that I'm never going to be able to display with my disc collection.