A friend lend a bluray copy to me, this is probably the one of the best anime I ever saw.I wonder how come Macross isn't way more popular world wide, the same way gundam is?Is this all the anime tourist fault that only watch what is new and forget about the older good stuff?
>>23971646doesn't help that SDF is awful and only salvageable by DYRLso that's two entries you need to watch to simply get it
>>23971646>I wonder how come Macross isn't way more popular world wideThat's a blessing, otherwise you bump into idiots like >>23971655
>>23971646Macross until a couple of years ago was tied down by a legal issue involving Robotech, which originally licensed and localized the original Macross, but somehow ended up with international rights for the entire franchise.Only recently they've managed to tear that down and now they only control the original Macross and DYRL.
>>23971646There were attempts. But between bad marketing savvy and a host of decades long legal troubles have rendered the original and DYRL very difficult to release outside of Japan.
>>23971646Do your research on Harmony Gold
>>23971662God-tier.
>>23971655>doesn't help that SDF is awful and only salvageable by DYRLSDF is good. Without the context of the show, DYRL is just a disconnected movie of segments. But as a collection of the best moments of the show in gloriois animation, it's wonderful. Yes, the last third is admittedly pretty bad, but the rest is just as good if not better than DYRL in terms of narrative.
>>23971646OP is yet to experience Macross Quality
>>23971662before it was Bionoids there were efforts to much more accurately release DYRL, iirc the uncut tape got out as like Super Space Fortress Macross from Best Video same as Vengeance Of The Space Pirate got the uncut release from them as... I forget if it was My Youth In Arcadia or Arcadia Of My Youth, whichever wasn't the AnimEigo title
>>23971997Are there words here? It's hard to see whatever the fuck it is.
>>23971733I watched DYRL first on VHS and wasn't lost at all.
>>23971659>>23971662So is it just some boomer executive at Harmony Gold that keeps causing issues?
>>23971659>which originally licensed and butchered the original MacrossFTFY
>>23971673>tfw literal slum lords randomly have the rights to the greatest anime franchiseIn 50 years Battlecry is the only thing of worth we've gotten out of that mess
The Jpop extravaganza is a hard cultural barrier to cross, which is hilarious because Kpop managed to do it.
>>23971646Harmony gold being borderline criminal >>23971655DYRL has inferior pacing to the original showEven after all these years the OG macross feels the least derivative in its use of tropes and the characters balance being goofy, serious, and passionate really wellNot a single wasted character and it's not afraid to have poignant but unsatisfying ends that balance with equally sappy but very satisfying conclusions>Unlikely romances (there's like 5 of them)>Fun tech>A non hamfistrd path to peace>Show actually takes the time to conclude post conflict rather than at the climax of the conflict in order explore the postwar and it's repercussions and social conflictsLiterally it's only weakness is that as with macross F and dynamite explosions the main run of the show's music variety sucks compared to the OVA/movies
>>23971733>he last third is admittedly pretty badHow is it bad?
>>23971646>I wonder how come Macross isn't way more popular world wide, the same way gundam is?Robotech has more cultural impact than Gundam in the west
>>23977283It isn't, but it filters zoomers that want to check off another show on MAL.
>>23977330I think of the trendy new Chinese robot action figures that come out and all of are is designs that have zero Weigjt and importance attached to themThey just try to look coolAnd I think people who don't like SDF are just the kind of people those toys appeal toDull people who only care about appearances and superficial shitBasically normies
