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MACROSS DAY!

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To say that today has been a big one for all things Macross is an understatement! Let’s do this! Who knew 2022 would be this gorgeous, delicious, deculture??

  1. Last night was the US premiere of Macross F: The Wings of Farewell!
  2. Today was Bigwest’s first-ever official panel at #AX2022
  3. Right Stuf Anime and Nozomi Entertainment are bringing Frontier and Macross Delta in Blu-Ray to the US! NYAN! NYAN! NYAN! Plus BOMBA!
  4. Animeigo is getting Macross II, whose Valkyries I love.
  5. https://macross.alltheanime.com/ is releasing an Ultimate Edition of Macross Plus!! Very 90’s sounding, eh
  6. Lastly, Jeremy W. Kaufmann posted one of the best Threads about Macross on Twitter today. When you’re done reading, go check out his other stuff. Phenomenal!
Who cut the onions!

Sadly, after five years, Uta Macross shut down. But they went out with a bang as they streamed three days of all the songs and videogame animation they created for the game, which is great as I only had a limited exposure due to my near- illiteracy when it comes to the Japanese language! Still, I found the game a lot of fun and a way to connect with Macross. Thankfully, YouTuber パク カシワ has archived all of the songs/dances!

I was going to write up my thoughts on Wings of Farewell, but I wanted to get this out today. Until next deculture then!

World Wide Macross

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The Macross franchise turns 40!

Hey all! I’m ValkyrieGuy, uh, creator of this here Macross shrine-blog! Ever since Voltron first aired in the States, I have liked anime, storytelling, fantasy worlds, and Big Robots! That’s right, BIG. ROBOTS. That includes Mecha. Specifically, Macross. I figured the 40th Anniversary of the show would be an excellent time to get off my butt and set this up. So here we are.

Well, after 40 years, it’s happened. Macross can finally slip the bounds of Japan and spread across the world thanks in part to the recent ruling. Big West announced the news and distribution push during a streamed ceremony that included both Show Hayami and Kazutaka Miyatake and musical appearances by Megumi Nakajima/Ranka Lee and two members of Walküre. And it was simulcast in English! What a great night to be a Macross fan.

On to the figures! Bandai is releasing a new V-25 Messiah Valkyrie with a unique livery featuring a blue-hued “Messiah” scheme as a nod to earth and space as part of the spectacle.

World Wide V-25 Valkyrie


Some have confused this new color scheme as referring to in-universe ace Maximilian Jenius, but that does not appear to be the case. While the figure is excellent, the best part is that International fans no longer rely solely on Japanese retailers to order one for themselves, with places such as Big Bad Toy Store and Toy Dojo offering preorders. This is a welcome change for sure as previously non-japan fans were at the mercy of RNG and Scalpers, with scalper usually winning. Here is to that being a thing of the past.

Anyway, that is it for this post.

See you next Deculture!