The Thread About All Things Macross

[Dino-Killer 912]

Originally Posted by NLScavenger

Some Dynit titles are shipped and sold by Amazon.fr and Amazon.es. Dynit titles are often cheaper on Amazon.es than .it for some reason.

Gosh I never knew it. I checked some Dynit titles I bought days ago on Amazon.es, they are all much cheaper than I had on Amazon.it. Feeling bad

[Gouki]

Is it just Macross Plus blu on amazon.es? I only see Italian subs on that one.

[Dino-Killer 912]

Macross Plus on amazon.es is the Italian Dynit release.

[Jim Purcell]

Originally Posted by Dino-Killer 912

Why Macross Plus is allowed to release outside Japan?

I believe Manga Ent released Macross II and Macross Plus in North America at a time Harmony Gold wasn't as aggressive with defending their Macross trademarks and since they came out without contest Manga Ent could just keep rereleasing them as long as they had the license.

[NLScavenger]

Originally Posted by Dino-Killer 912

Has anyone bought Macross Plus Dynit release? Is it good?

Why Macross Plus is allowed to release outside Japan?

I believe Naiera bought one a while ago. It should be a good release. mp3dom worked on the authoring and encoding.

I've held off on buying the Dynit release many times. Call me superstitious, but I'm afraid that by the time I've bought it, Bandai Visual would suddenly announce an English subtitled re-release.

[Naiera]

I did buy one. Since mp3dom made it, it's probably slightly better looking than the Japanese release, which doesn't have subtitles on the OVA version anyway, making the Dynit release both better and exponentially cheaper. I think I've all but perfected my subs, and I'd share them with anyone, of course.

[NLScavenger]

December 2017:

Originally Posted by Laurentくん

Some news about the litigation opposing Big West and Harmony Gold for the Macross trademark in Europe: Big West has just sent a document to the european intellectual property office, explaining and showing many precious facts:

-The creative process of SDF Macross, its original creators precisely named and a who did what and when description;

-The show's first Japanese broadcasting process;

- Harmony Gold's entrance and the way they abusively used the name of Macross without any agreement of its original right holders.

The document also includes many Japanese stuff as evidences: old pamphlet introducing the show, characters and mechanical settings...

Lets hope it wont fall on deaf ears.

Last week:

Originally Posted by Laurentくん

#Macrossgate / #HarmonyGold vient de demander un délais supplémentaire pour présenter de nouvelles "preuves" à l' #EUIPO. Ils ne s'attendaient sans doute pas à ce que #BigWest fournisse un aussi gros dossier (qualitatif & quantitatif) à l'office européen. #Macross #Robotech

Translated:

Originally Posted by Laurentくん

#Macrossgate / #HarmonyGold has just requested additional time to submit new "evidence" to #EUIPO. They probably did not expect #BigWest to provide such a big file (qualitative and quantitative) to the European office. #Macross #Robotech

Just die already Harmony Gold

[CouncilSpectre]

Fingers crossed that HG are about to get the ass whooping that they so richly deserve!

[Skwege]

Originally Posted by CouncilSpectre

Fingers crossed that HG are about to get the ass whooping that they so richly deserve!

The one they received at the hands of Hasbro a few years back was pretty sweet.

[CouncilSpectre]

Originally Posted by Skwege

The one they received at the hands of Hasbro a few years back was pretty sweet.

Yes, even by HG standards that one was ridiculous.

Hopefully, a similar outcome this time around

[Skwege]

Originally Posted by CouncilSpectre

Yes, even by HG standards that one was ridiculous.

Hopefully, a similar outcome this time around

For years I was figuring they would eventually go after Jetfire. Their audacity in the lawsuit actually surprised me. Hasbro has MUCH deeper pockets and probably would have ended up owning HG if they hadnt backed off. Harmony Gold sure nipped at the dragon there.

[Gouki]

Let it burn.

[NLScavenger]

Oh, FFS

Originally Posted by Laurentくん

Affaire #BigWest vs #HarmonyGold. Comme je le craignais, l'antériorité du dépôt de marque #Macross par HG dans quelques pays Européens semble primer. La demande de #BW n'est pas définitivement rejetée, mais leur opposition est suspendue, donc je n'ai pas beaucoup d'espoir😢

En gros, BW n'aurait pas dû faire une demande de dépôt tout en s'opposant à celle d'HG. Les avocats d'HG se sont basés sur ces faits simultanés pour faire lever l'opposition, et ça a marché, malheureusement.

google translate:

#BigWest case vs #HarmonyGold. As I feared, the precedence of the #Macross trademark registration by HG in some European countries seems to prevail. #BW's request is not definitively rejected, but their opposition is suspended, so I do not have much hope 😢

Basically, BW should not have made a filing request while opposing that of HG. HG's lawyers relied on these simultaneous facts to raise the opposition, and it worked, unfortunately.

[professorwho]

Looks like I’m gonna have to start importing everything. I’ll start with DYRL.

[Lambadelta]

its just the trademark. They can just call macross something else.
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[Dragon Ranger]

Originally Posted by professorwho

Looks like I’m gonna have to start importing everything. I’ll start with DYRL.

Is there an English friendly Blu anywhere in the world? I bought the Japanese one even though I knew it had no subtitles.

[professorwho]

Originally Posted by Dragon Ranger

Is there an English friendly Blu anywhere in the world? I bought the Japanese one even though I knew it had no subtitles.

Nope. I’m gonna have to add subs myself.

Also, to anyone who owns it- which version is the uncensored version? I think it’s the cheaper re-release, but I might be wrong.

[Dragon Ranger]

Originally Posted by professorwho

Nope. I’m gonna have to add subs myself.

Also, to anyone who owns it- which version is the uncensored version? I think it’s the cheaper re-release, but I might be wrong.

This is the cover of the uncut version; released in 2016

[Lionel Horsepackage]

Originally Posted by professorwho

Nope. I’m gonna have to add subs myself.

Also, to anyone who owns it- which version is the uncensored version? I think it’s the cheaper re-release, but I might be wrong.

It's the more recent re-release (the one that didn't come with the PS3 game, which is why they had to censor it, under Japanese content-laws).

[big e]

I don't understand how HG can keep this stranglehold on Macross. The first series, I can kind of see this BS happening to, since they edited it into Robotech, but I don't understand how that extends to ALL things Macross-related. Why do they care this much about blocking Macross? That's what I don't understand about this whole situation. They're not making money off it and they don't seem all that interested in actually doing something with it, so why hang onto it like this? And, aren't they a real estate company at this point? I mean, WTF? This whole thing makes no sense.