Dude, You Remember Macross?

After much thought and a desire to give it another chance, Coop and Dylan revisit Macross II: Lovers Again... 

April Fools!

They actually take a look at 1953's Roman Holiday, a film that has an incalculable influence on Japanese pop culture, including Macross II. 

The realization that there are "Degrees of Macross", our love for Hitchcock's Rear Window, learning to enjoy the moment, and "man, I'm getting a lot of Lupin The 3rd vibes" come up in the conversation.

Music Used:

Beginner Course Stage 2 (Macross II Arcade OST)

Ending/Do You Remember Love? (SDF Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie SNES)

Earlier this month, the Giant Robot FM crew of Stephen Hero (@_stephen_hero) and pmcTRILOGY (@pmcTRILOGY), kindly asked Coop to join them in interviewing Adrian Lozano (@giantrobo) and Gwyn Campbell (@GwynCampbell) of Creative Sphere (@cresphe). These longtime Macross enthusiasts who have found themselves working with the brand professionally, share their many insights from the Japanese Macross Community and more importantly, their journey to getting Macross Plus: Movie Edition on American silver screens in December of 2021.

The GoFundMe supporting Kazutaka Miyatake:

Original Episode Link: https://anchor.fm/giantrobotfm/episodes/Giant-Robot-FM-6---Interview-w-Adrian-Lozano-and-Gwyn-Campbell-on-Macross-Plus-Movie-Edition-e1fg5pn/a-a7i2a28

For more Adrian, Gwyn, Creative Sphere:

Adrian's Twitter: https://twitter.com/giantrobo

For more of our friends at the excellent Giant Robot FM:

Giant Robot FM: https://twitter.com/giantrobotfm

This time, Coop and Dylan celebrate hitting 50 episodes before delving into the hard knocks of Macross Frontier Episodes 16 through 18. Like how did that phone eat that CD?

Space train royalties, using ancient memes as protoculture, a growing excitement for Frontier's films, and what Nekki Basara would do in the face of musical propaganda come up in the conversation.

Music Used:

What bout' my star? (Super Robot Wars Z2 OST)

Northern Cross (Super Robot Wars Z2 OST)

This time, Coop and Dylan officially hit the second half of Macross Frontier with episodes 13 through 15. Boy, do they have a thing or two to say about how we've gotten here... or haven't.

The revelation that Aquarion Evol might be Kawamori's Brain Powered, a continued amazement at the works of Osamu Dezaki, the unhinged brilliance of some of Robotech's Masters Saga, and our continued attempts to be nice to Macross II come up in the conversation.

Episode discussion starts around 25:30.

Music Used:

What bout' my star? (Super Robot Wars Z2 OST)

Northern Cross (Super Robot Wars Z2 OST)

This time, Coop and Dylan are tested to see how well they remember Macross Zero before being treated by the wonderful character writing in episodes 10 through 12 of Macross Frontier.

Gofundme to help Kazutaka Miyatake: https://gofund.me/4b5c5a8bRPG 

Unfortunate high school productions of Aida, slowly remembering who Brera is, the series' great use of legacy to inform the current story, and Max & Milia's funny farm come up in the conversation. 

Music Used:

What bout' my star? (Super Robot Wars Z2 OST)

Northern Cross (Super Robot Wars Z2 OST)

After losing their minds over the bodacious introduction of the Macross Quarter, Coop and Dylan find themselves enjoying but, grappling with some archetypal character writing in Episodes 7 through 9 of Macross Frontier. 

RPG Old Heads eating good, Sunrise's unfortunate name change, the spacial awareness (or lack of) in space battles, and Sheryl's legendary laundry technique come up in the conversation.

Music Used:

What bout' my star? (Super Robot Wars Z2 OST)

Northern Cross (Super Robot Wars Z2 OST)

After somewhat of a rocky start, Coop and Dylan are won over by the charm on display in episodes 4 through 6 of Macross Frontier. 

Sheryl Nome Rocks. 

The importance of hydration, the distinctly 2000's brand of Japanese entertainment industry grime, further mediations on the creative "trance" state, and many Persona parallels come up in the conversation.

Music Used:

What bout' my star? (Super Robot Wars Z2 OST)

Northern Cross (Super Robot Wars Z2 OST)

This time, Coop and Dylan start their trek into the Macross Frontier by mapping a course through its first three episodes.  

Our duo's shared history with this series entry and its contemporaries, respect for our Frontier IATSE local, intriguing queer readings of characters, and the questionable governmental structure of the Macross 7 Fleet come up in the conversation.  

A small epilogue is included with some additional thoughts in regards to homages and how granular familiarity may affect opinions on their use.  

Music Used: 

What bout' my star? (Super Robot Wars Z2 OST)

Northern Cross (Super Robot Wars Z2 OST) 

Dynamite Explosion (Fire Bomber)

This time, Giant Robot Scholar, Stephen Hero (@_stephen_hero) joins Coop and Dylan to discuss Macross Plus Movie Edition in light of its recent North American theatrical release and the passing of the late, great Keiko Nobumoto. 

Movie discussion proper starts around 20:00.

The retro game market in 2022, our anime theatre experiences, mediations on the effects of technology on our day-to-days, and Stephen's next podcasting venture come up in the conversation.

For more Stephen, check out https://stephenhero.carrd.co/ 

Music Used:

Voices - Acoustic Version (Macross Plus OST - Yoko Kanno)

This time, Dylan introduces Coop to the horrors of harmful anthropological practices as they relate to the final three episodes of Macross Zero and as a whole. Roy's in this series too.

Episode discussion starts around 35:00

Some Toonami-era classics, Dezaki's Dear Brother, Jojo's watch orders, and how lovably dumb Vicious is in Netflix's Cowboy Bebop is also come up in conversation.

Music Used: 

Player Select (SDF Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie SNES)  

Mystic Air (Macross Zero OST - Yoko Kanno)