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Ani-Gamers Podcast #182 – Otakon 2023 with Tom Aznable
Evan is joined by Ani-Gamers Podcast editor Patrick Sutton and friend of the show Tom Aznable to recap their weekend at Otakon 2023. Topics include: train man, Macross…


Retro Mecha Podcast’s TV debut!
Ian and I make our Japanese TV debut!


Macross Delta Episodes 1-4
A great vocal performance and even greater music makes this Macross entry a perfect entry point for new fans.


Vai! Ya! Vai! by JUNNA (Album Review) ► J-Music Exchange/Rate
Coincidental anison theme with this month’s artist pair 😋 Hello and welcome back to yet another J-Music Exchange/Rate review! In case you’re not sure what this is about:…


Tomoyo…The Time Has Come to Demonstrate Our Power: Otakon 2023
At this point, Otakon is a given in my life. I have enough faith in the people who run the anime convention every summer that they will create…


Box Art Extravaganza: August 2023 Addendum
Here’s a couple of recently released kits from Bandai Spirits that also had their packaging art revealed. Well, that and some more photos for one kit. The second…
SNS Interview: Wataru Watari and Hironori Hoshino
Hello everyone! Your late host Sakaki here with another auditory update! This time we had the pleasure of interviewing Wataru Watari autho...
Girlish Number, Macross, Master Keaton, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, Ghost Sweeper Mikami


Macross Goes Worldwide: An Interview with Shoji Kawamori and Hidetaka Tenjin at Otakon 2023
There's been nothing but buzz around the Macross series since the announcement of the historic licensing agreement in 2021. We talked to Kawamori and Tenjin about Macross 7,…
Gunbuster Files: Strike a Pose
By Jonathan Clements. There’s a moment in Mamoru Hosoda’s Belle (2021), early in the film, where his heroine is standing on a giant floating whale loaded with huge…
The GTC Legacy Project Part 6.4 – MW visits NY!
Courtesy of Wise Guys Hobbies, LLC July 15th 2023 Part 1 – The GTC Legacy ProjectPart 2 – Warehouse IntroductionPart 3 – The Holiday SpecialPart 4 – Warehouse…
The GTC Legacy Project Part 6.3 – MW visits NY!
Courtesy of Wise Guys Hobbies, LLC July 14th 2023 Part 1 – The GTC Legacy ProjectPart 2 – Warehouse IntroductionPart 3 – The Holiday SpecialPart 4 – Warehouse…
The GTC Legacy Project Part 6.2 – MW visits NY!
Courtesy of Wise Guys Hobbies, LLC July 9th 2023 Part 1 – The GTC Legacy ProjectPart 2 – Warehouse IntroductionPart 3 – The Holiday SpecialPart 4 – Warehouse…
The GTC Legacy Project Part 6.1 – MW visits NY!
Courtesy of Wise Guys Hobbies, LLC February 12th 2023 Part 1 – The GTC Legacy ProjectPart 2 – Warehouse IntroductionPart 3 – The Holiday SpecialPart 4 – Warehouse…


Conflicted Thoughts of Sunrise Macross
If you haven’t heard yet, another Macross series is on the way. It’s almost been a decade since Macross Delta so it feels right. Especially since it is…
1994 Anime Day FLASHBACK Memories of Macross
1994 Anime Day: FLASHBACK Memories of Macross. 4th.- 6th. of March 1994 in Sheffield, England. The UK's Sixth Anime convention (and the ...


From Mail-Order to Online-Order: A Tale of Macross Tapes and the Man Who Found Them
Editor: Nicole Mejias It was a relaxed Saturday morning in Anime Herald’s Discord server. While a good bit of the community’s East Coast residents were


Crunchyroll Adds Music, Seven Seas Adds Boxsets, and Sunrise Adds Macross?!?! | Today's Anime News
► Support me on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/Arkada ► Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/GlassReflection 00:00 - INTRO 00:32 - Crunchyroll Adds Japanese Artists to Music Service 03:44 - Seven Seas to Release Four Manga…
Anime Limited MCM London Comic Con May 2023 announcements
ANIME LTD. ANNOUNCES THEATRICAL PLANS FOR “EVANGELION:3.0+1.01 THRICE UPON A TIME”, “GREAT PRETENDER” HOME VIDEO, AND MORE THRILLING RELEASES AT MCM COMIC CON LONDON EVANGELION:3.0+1.01 THRICE UPON A…


Japanese Robot Invasion! 1980s Anime Mecha Models Arrive in the US, Part II
The second half of our look at the early history of mecha model kits in the U.S.; including Battletech, R.O.B.O.T., and court battles!


Japanese Robot Invasion! 1980s Anime Mecha Models Arrive in the US, Part I
The first part of a deep dive into the origins of gunpla and mecha modelling in the U.S., looking back to the 1980s when Japanese model kits invaded…
May 2023 living with terminal Cancer!
May 2023 , I have finally finished working on the 1991's March 9th. Anime-Day (THE UK's FIRST ANIME CONVENTION) blog pgae, with evey bit o...


Keep Them Coming! Hobby Next Phase 2023 Spring: HG Durandal Valkyrie
Continuing on this thread of reveals is what I think one of the best things to come out of the High Grade line recently. Making Macross kits more…


Left in the Dust: Uncovering the Secret of the Stampede Valkyrie
Before Macross sequels hit video shelves and airwaves, Shoji Kawamori’s Stampede Valkyrie was one of a handful of rarely seen and now mostly forgotten designs created for Macross…


Weekly Round-Up, 1-7 March 2023: Shoujo AniTube, Funding for Anime, and Stars Align Update
AniFem Round-Up Airborne Onnagata: Viewing Macross Frontier’s protagonist through a genderqueer lens Corrine Courtland focuses in on the much-maligned Alto and how his arc is greatly enriched by…


An Anime Otaku Guide and Itinerary For Tokyo
If you're an anime fan, then a visit to Tokyo is not just a visit to Japan, but a bit of a pilgrimage to the heart of Anime…


Airborne Onnagata: Viewing Macross Frontier’s protagonist through a genderqueer lens
After an initial viewing of Macross Frontier, most viewers would comment on a handful of topics. Not limited to, but including: the series’ back-to-basics approach reminiscent of the…


“Could we do another Macross?”- A curated look at Noboru Ishiguro’s Interview with AnimEigo
Hidden within AnimEigo’s beloved Super Dimension Fortress Macross DVD Boxset lies a candid conversation with series director Noboru Ishiguro. However, the stories shared by (and of) the late…
The GTC Legacy Project Part 5 – 30% Unboxed!
Courtesy of Wise Guys Hobbies, LLC February 12th 2023 Part 1 – The GTC Legacy ProjectPart 2 – Warehouse IntroductionPart 3 – The Holiday SpecialPart 4 – Warehouse…


(#MechaMarch2023 Announcement) Super Dimension Fortress Macross
Introducing Mecha March 2023 Welcome everyone to this blog once again. I know that it’s February right now (and September when I am writing this), but it’s that…


Best of Anime 2022
Use my code GIGGUK at https://partner.bokksu.com/gigguk to get $15 off your first Bokksu Japanese snack box! Yo that's alotta good Anime. Time Stamps: Intro 0:00 17 4:14 16 5:10 15 6:51 14 8:01 13+12 8:14 11 9:47 10…


Bunny Girls Interrupted
The Playboy bunny girl costume is an unavoidable fixture of sexist pop culture—and a persistent one in video games. Showing women in rabbit ...
Macross, Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Variable Geo, FLCL


Box Art Extravaganza: January 2023
Years may change, but our tendencies to spend our time and resources on plastic model kits never change, well I mean it can, but you get the idea.…
Tengai Makyou
Our 300th release, or at least that's what is says on the release page. Orphan starts out 2023 on the right note with the first English-subt...
Cosmic Fantasy, Crest of the Stars, Tree in the Sun, Laughing Target, Shuten Doji - The Star Hand Kid
The GTC Legacy Project Part 4 – Warehouse Update
Courtesy of Wise Guys Hobbies, LLC January 7th 2023 Part 1 – The GTC Legacy ProjectPart 2 – Warehouse IntroductionPart 3 – The Holiday SpecialPart 4 – Warehouse…
Pre-2000s Anime with Multi-Channel Audio
Had this in Drafts for about a year because I lost interest. Obviously this is an incomplete list, so I may come back and update it if I…
Mononoke, Jungle Emperor Leo, Devilman, Gunsmith Cats, Jungle Emperor Leo
Star Dust
Orphan's last release for 2022. The 1992 sci-fi OVA Star Dust is the brainchild of Itano Ichirou, a well-known action director who worked o...
Death Note, Dragon Fist, Fruits Basket, Karuizawa Syndrome, Ushio and Tora
The GTC Legacy Project Part 3 – The Holiday Special
Courtesy of Wise Guys Hobbies, LLC December 23rd 2022 Part 1 – The GTC Legacy ProjectPart 2 – Warehouse IntroductionPart 3 – The Holiday SpecialPart 4 – Warehouse…


Floating Catacombs 2022 Roundup
It's been a difficult year, but I'm pretty happy with the essays I got out this time. I'm starting to poke at weirder, more complicated ideas, and broadening…


Macross Frontier and the Hilarity of Giving Your Protagonist a Recap Movie-Only Gender Dysphoria Arc
12 Days of Aniblogging 2022, Day 5 Thanks to the defusal of a 20-year legal nightmare that prevented the distribution of the franchise outside of Japan until last year,…
The GTC Legacy Project Part 2 – Warehouse Introduction
Courtesy of Wise Guys Hobbies, LLC December 14th 2022 Part 1 – The GTC Legacy ProjectPart 2 – Warehouse IntroductionPart 3 – The Holiday SpecialPart 4 – Warehouse…
The GTC Legacy Project Part 1
Courtesy of Wise Guys Hobbies, LLC December 11th 2022 Part 1 – The GTC Legacy ProjectPart 2 – Warehouse IntroductionPart 3 – The Holiday SpecialPart 4 – Warehouse…


Anime and the Costs of Starting Battles
I think a lot of people who read my blog posts know how I feel about wars and fighting. I hate them. Not because they aren’t necessary sometimes,…
Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Macross, Space Battleship Yamato


Yoko Kanno: Crafting the Songs of 90s Anime
Yoko Kanno is perhaps the definitive anime composer. Her soundtracks include Cowboy Bebop, Macross Plus, Porco Rosso, and many others!
Review: THE VISION OF ESCAFLOWNE
It's November, which means it's time once more for me to review some robot-centric manga. While I may have exhausted all of the Evangelion...
Review: THE VISION OF ESCAFLOWNE
It's November, which means it's time once more for me to review some robot-centric manga. While I may have exhausted all of the Evangelion...


SDF Macross | Retro Anime Recommendations
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Passion and Macross 7
0:00 AMV introduction with Holy Lonely Light 1:52 Review starts + Planet Dance AMV with singing 5:00 Submarine Street cover where I sing the next part of the review 6:46 Next…


Anime Series Like Symphogear
Under constant assault by an alien race called Noise, society doesn't know that the idol duo Zwei Wing use their songs to charge powerful weapons known as
Kill la Kill, Macross, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, Strike Witches, Vividred Operation


Finally, My Gateway to Macross! HG YF-19 (Macross Plus)
One of the mecha franchises I really want to get into, merch-wise, is Macross. However, the figures or model kits we have are either too large or too…


The Only 100 Anime You Need To Watch
100 Anime Recommendations These are the only 100 anime you need to see! Some of the old.. some of the new, I’m sure there are dozens that are perfect…