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SpeakerPODcast Ep. 14, Part 1 – The VF-1D is on a boat.

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Macross enthusiast Tom Bateman visits Tokyo and stops off to chat with the SpeakerPODcast Crew about his early history with Macross and what it was like working at HG. What on earth happened to those 1/55 re-issues anyway? I guess they must still be on that darn boat.

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SpeakerPODcast EP.13 – This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System

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With so much Macross news breaking over the last 2 weeks, the SpeakerPODcast crew holds an emergency session to try to make sense of it all!

SAVE gets up close and personal with the YF-30 CHRONOS while waiting impatiently for MACROSS 2 to COME OUT ON BLURAY! We also discuss the new Macross Card Fighter commercial an….oh who cares, NEW MACROSS TV SERIES ANNOUNCED! YAHOOOOOO! We discuss what we know, what fans on both side of the pond are saying, and we think viewers can reasonably expect when the new series eventually lands.

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Flight of the Valkyries @ Anime Boston

Collection DX’s Veef did a panel on the origins of some of Macross’ most notable Valkyries at Anime Boston last weekend. His writeup of the convention can be found here.

The presentation was a revised version of the one from last year and included notable new additions regarding the YF-29 and VF-30.

A full video of the panel is available on Youtube, although it unfortunately includes no informa...

SpeakerPODcast EP.12, Part 2 – Hound Squadron, SCRAMBLE!

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Feb. 11, 2014 – in the second half of Episode 12 of Macross SpeakerPODcast… CONTROVERSY STRIKES!

We report back on Mylene Night #04 and try to work out why the event was shuttered after only four years. The Crew then weighs in on the controversy surrounding the Valkryie Pr...

Mylene Night #04 Report: The Politics of Music

(c) Chie Kajiura

The fourth and final of Chie Kajiura’s birthday concerts for Macross 7’s Mylene Flare Jenius was many things. It was a recap of the previous concerts for those who might have missed them. It was the end of an event which had seen its numbers increase year by year. It was the beginning of a new type of semi-regular gig for Chie. Most importantly, it was a glimpse into the politics that go on behind the scenes of the Macross franchise. This did not make for a particularly good concert. What followed it, however, did.