It's really a shame that even without Harmony Gold in the way, there is simply no way Macross 7 will likely ever make it to the US. I remember being told that the licensing costs with music and everything would be astronomical for the anime industry in its hey days... I couldn't imagine nowadays. Which is a damn…

I always feel like this has to be done myself because Macross purists love to come out of the woodwork and ruin everyone's fun.

But honestly... while I'm a huge Macross fan (Especially Macross 7. I can't help myself.), right now... there is only one thing I can think about: Robotech.

I really want to like this. I really…

You likely thought Garland should say he would kill or destroy us instead of knock us all down! I, Tolarin, will knock you down!

What bothers me is... has anyone even bothered to use the old SNES era names for the Final Fantasy series since like... the late 90s and early 2000s? I'm pretty certain we're all on the same page with the FF series now. (Unless we're talking about whether to spell it Aeris or Aerith. Team Aeris all the way!)

You are correct, good sir. For some reason, I thought Subsistence was released on the PC as well. I stand corrected.

Perhaps he is expecting that because every Metal Gear game except 4 has been released on the PC and the original series of Metal Gear sans Solid began as a Japanese MSX (Japanese PC) game.

@Mike Fahey, the way you respond to nearly every comment... I would think you are a fan of Panzer Dragoon. (But that is admittedly a respectable reason. I got a classic XBox for Orta and Phantasy Star Online.... and got Shenmue II as a nice reward!)

Standing next to it is the VF-19 Kai Fire Valkyrie from Macross Seven with it's sound boosters engaged.

Sieg Zeon!

Er, JVC. My apologies. Should have checked my facts instead of going on my memory.

Yep! If memory serves me, the music is owned by Victor Industries for the most part on Frontier... with AVEX owning some of it as well — I think because of May'n. And I believe that its been said to the effect that in the anime industry's golden age... it would take several companies working together to afford the…

Oh! Oh! Sorry about that! And thanks!

Carl Macek doesn't just refer to his work on Macross as much as the whole trilogy and there are certainly a great deal of creative differences taken. (Especially in the case of The Masters Saga/Southern Cross.) The writing and tone is very different in the latter two shows than their originals. (Scott is a far more…

Rob, I gotta say... while Macross is great with the variety... I do love New Generation's (Mospeada) love story... most in the fact that it doesn't work out. And not in the non-ending style that typical modern anime does. The idea that Scott/Stick cannot deal with the fact that Ariel is one of the aliens that took…

Between this and your excellent Robotech article, I do feel you are destined to become one of my favorite contributors to io9 Rob!

On the PSP in a game store in Japan when I was stationed in Yokosuka, Japan. The Japanese version of the game would allow you to choose between Hiragana, Kanji, English, and a few others. I'd have to go look at it. Typically, this is something you might see in an Asia Regioned (AKA, Hong Kong) game... but much like…

Gosh, I can't believe I'm about to be really nerdy about Final Fantasy... but actually, Final Fantasy I and II were universal as well. My Japanese copy of FFI is region free and has the English script on it. You select what language you want to play it in when you start the game. (But all in all, while I'm not a huge…

We are all Q. Life is a test to make us as obnoxious as possible so we can go plague Starfleet Commanders and Captains.

I'm actually quite surpised the classic, trippy time travel scene from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home wasn't included. Man, when I was a wee kid when this movie came out... this sequence scared the heck out of me!

IO9! You should know better! The first Starship Enterprise was built in 2151! MSNBC, I can sort of let get away with that... but you?