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, posted Fri 16 Aug 19:35
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It's here at last, hurrah!
 Macross Zero official HP
Hehe, lots of Engrish on the site ^^
Also a little teaser of what's to come in the 20th Anniversary Premium Collection DVD here (click on the "CM" image
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source = Natsume Goushin Ryu Dojo
So do you have any information on what is the story of this new Macross? is it after Macross 7 or is it an alternate story line like Macross 2?
any info would be much apreciated
Macross Zero will be a 5-episode video anime series prequel to the original Super Dimension Fortress Macross tv anime series. The story takes place during the span of years between the impact of the Macross on South Ataria Island (7/17/1999) and the beginning of Space War I (2/7/2009). According to the Macross Compendium website, the specific time period will be 2007-2008. Here is the plot synopsis offered by the MC website:
"The United Nations government and Anti-United Nations forces secretly develop the VF-0 Phoenix and Sv-51 while disputing over a recently discovered phenomenon on the island of Mia in the South Pacific Ocean. (The events are kept secret for at least five decades.)"
This reminds me somewhat of Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory, which was set after the One Year War but before the start of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. 0083 managed to weave a new story into the Canonical Gundam timeline without tearing down continuities and events that had been previously written, and at the same time showed how 0083's events became the catalysts for a number of major elements in the Zeta Gundam plotlines. Hopefully, Macross Zero will manage mesh as well with the established Macross plotlines as 0083 did with Gundam. Given the large amount of creative control Kawamori Shouji seems to have on this new Macross project, I don't think we'll be disappointed.
See this portion of the Macross Compendium's series chronology for a detailed accounting of the 7/17/1999 thru 2/7/2009 time period (the Macross Zero insertion occurs about one screen's height above the bottom of the page):
http://www.anime.net/macross/story/chronology/1999/index.html
Macross Zero Vol. 1 was originally slated for Region 2 DVD release in Japan on 10/25/2002, but was pushed back to 12/21/2002. No release dates have been announced for Vols. 2-5. All 5 volumes will retail for 5040 yen each.
I've already reserved a full set of the series, and I'll definitely be posting my impressions of Vol. 1 here as soon as I get my hands on it (if only EMS shipping can get it here before 12/25!). My friends and I are running an online shop for Japanese DVDs (http://www.hoteiylv.com/) and we'll be carrying this series, (tentatively) priced at $48.00 per Vol. (this price will drop somewhat if the dollar starts improving against the yen around year's end). We can even reserve the entire series in advance if you like; just drop us an email. Apologies for the shameless plug, btw.
--Chris
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