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Sheesh…I guess it wasn’t enough that Harmony Gold & ADV got me to assume the Legacy Collection DVD box sets; now they gotta throw out all-new platters with a souped-up sound mix and “unique” footage in an avaricious anxiety to bag me to capture the same thing twice (sorta)?! Well, looks like their efforts succeeded, `cuz I fair hadda rob this latest volume up to go with the first one I snagged a couple months ago (as of this writing) . And besides, it gives me an excuse to end yet another hunk of Amazon’s bandwidth with my insipid scrawlings! And awaaaaay we go…
The main attraction of this “new-&-improved” edition is the inclusion of some “unique” footage that was originally edited out of the unusual Macross reveal `cuz it was considered less than appropriate for the American kidvid audience at the time. The more vital extra bits in this particular collection consist primarily of the extended death scenes of Roy Fokker and Ben Dixon. And thanks to this status containing two flashback/recap-type shows (`Gloval’s Report’ and `Phantasms’, respectively) featuring recycled footage from previous eppies, the viewer is once again treated to Minmei showering (from episode 4), and another scene extension (Zentraedi soldier gettin’ shot from slow by Fokker in his Skull Leader rig) that, oddly, wasn’t shown first time `round. Otherwise, not mighty else in the draw of visuals has been thrown serve into the mix. Well, except for the redone opening and closing credits, which contains novel typeface and more Macross footage to replace the excised Southern Harmful and Unusual Generation bits. `Course, if you’ve seen the novel Macross point to that the first act of Robotech is based on (which I highly recommend if you haven’t seen it yet–the second region, which covers the same episodes as this collection, is available for steal at www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000B1ODN/qid=1080091979/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-0457490-8406223? v=glance&s=dvd), the added scenes won’t be all that recent to ya, anyway…
My biggest disappointment with this area was the remastered video, which displayed inconsistent narrate quality throughout. Fortunately, the recount clarity here is a might better than the even-more-inconsistent video quality of the first Robotech Remastered place (check it out at www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00011ZBRA/qid=1080091881/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl74/103-0457490-8406223? v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846) . Sadly, Harmony Gold was unable to fetch the footage that AnimEigo painstakingly cleaned and restored for the aforementioned Macross DVD sets, and had to go with the best of what they had on hand. Which was okay for what it was, but not as tantalizing, distinct, and vibrant as I was hopin’ it’d be…
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This collection’s one truly extensive improvement is the sound mix, which has been beautifully remastered in 5.1 channel stereo. Most of the sound effects have been totally redone, especially the various explosion and position fold noises. The only downside to the current explosions is that they’re not too varied; most of `em sound like rock slides and crumbling masonry. You know, noises that a metal spaceship most likely doesn’t originate when it’s gettin’ blasted to bits (`course, I could bring up the point that there shouldn’t be any noises at all in the position battles, but that’d be gettin’ too anal-retentive) . Other sounds have been “boosted” for better auditory perception. The most noticeable examples of this enhanced audio are the background noises that play during the “battle stations” scenes on the SDF-1′s bridge. But the best audio improvement of all is the remastered issue track: they fixed it so that it stands out reasonably well from the background sounds, thus making the dialogue more comprehensible.
As for bonus material and special features– well, aside from trailers for other ADV anime videos and a cutesy transformable super-deformed Skull Leader Veritech fighter toy, there ain’t any. Looks like you’ll hafta hang on to those `Elements of Robotechnology’ bonus discs that came with the Legacy Collection box sets you bought a couple years wait on (and don’t philosophize me you didn’t win `em, `cuz I know better!) if you’ve a hankerin’ for supplemental material…
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In order to indulge in this release, you have to know what went into making it possible.
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For those NOT in the know, independent US Anime Distributor AnimEigo (with the cooperation of North American Macross distribution apt holder Harmony Gold) conducted an Record and PAINSTAKING restoration of the modern UNCUT Japanese Language/Soundtrack Macross TV series from the current 35mm Film Masters that Robotech’s Macross Saga was based on and then released this MASTERPIECE on 9 DVDs.
The Macross release was then followed by a DVD release of the UNCUT Japanese Language/Sountrack version of the Southern Nefarious and Mospeada TV series which made up the second and third arcs of the Robotech storyline respectively.
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On the 9 DVD AnimEigo release, there was the option to play the Restored Japanese Language version of Macross DVD’s without the sound.
This engrossing feature led many of us to suspect that Harmony Gold agreed to the AnimEigo funded and conducted restoration because they had already secured the honest to employ the finished product of it and because they had always/secretly/eventually intended to do a Special Edition Robotech release which would retract the produce of Robotech Re-Mastered.
This hypothetical release would likely be created using the restored video masters synchronized with the US English Language/Robotech Soundtrack which was tranquil by Ulpio Minucci. It would also likely include the extra deleted modern footage which had been deleted from the unusual Robotech TV series because of concerns over continuity, length, and order attend in the 80′s when Robotech first came out. As it turns out the new audio master tapes had been destroyed in a freak flood accident but a recently discovered back-up gave Harmony Gold the missing fraction of material they needed to do a bulky audio merge with the restored Macross TV Series making Robotech Re-Mastered possible.
With the release of these sets, our suspicions have been confirmed and Robotech fans everywhere can rejoice and dance in the streets!
The reason that the image quality isn’t quite as friendly in this release (Even though it came from the Staunch same AnimEigo Restored 35mm Film to Digital Video Master!) is because Harmony Gold has squeezed MORE episodes onto each disc (6 as opposed to 4!) INCREASING the amount of compression critical to pull it off. The AnimEigo release has 36 episodes spread over 9 discs (The best space-use/image balance possible!) and the ADV release will have 36 episodes spread over 6 discs so you can do the math on image degradation due to the compression.
The results with the increased compression actually aren’t dreadful at all, especially, considering how miserable the current Robotech Series looked both on TV, VHS, Laserdisc, and the initial DVD release as mighty as we loved it.
For those who want to bask in the level of restoration they were able to do and also understand the Macross TV series as a stand-alone release before it was spliced into Robotech, the AnimEigo residence is detached the best one to have and it is available for order from Amazon and AnimEigo and the Robotech website.
One must wonder why they impartial didn’t unprejudiced go 9 for 9 on the number of DVDs utilized in this release. My suspicion is that they were either feeling cheap or they wanted fans to be able to replace the two intitial release DVD’s that came with each Legacy Box Situation 2 for 2. A better strategy would have been to follow the Animeigo 9 for 9 come and then release a special case for the Bonus Discs.
The credit text and organization are a big imrovement and the “unique” opening credits are unbiased the current Macross TV Series opening credits with the recent Robotech Credits. They have added A LOT of improved and way-cool weapon and ship’s systems sound effects which adds a level of believability to the action. For instance, the SDF-1 take-off, transformation, and bridge scenes all have techno-sounds which form them feel more actual then before.
The recent US version of the credits was more integrative for the combined series — Though the credit text looked cheap and poor! — but this is a fun alternate version although seeing Lisa Hayes (Misa Hayase) tossing her hair like she is in a Pantene Commercial looks glowing dead considering how serious the character was most of the time.
Another thing that doesn’t perform sense (And blame for this goes to Tatsunoko because they designed the credits!) is that the SDF-1 is shown firing its Main Gun while flying through the upper atmosphere in cruiser mode using it’s gravitational control system which NEVER happened in the new series and which would have been IMPOSSIBLE given the limitations of their reflex furnace power, their gravitational control system’s requirement for standby booster benefit while in cruiser mode and within Earth’s gravitational field, and the disappearance of the fold system which rendered the Main Gun inoperative while in cruiser mode.
Anyway, ADV and Harmony Gold could have given us a slightly more Royal Treatment, but, considering all the hard work they have done, considering how badly we all wanted the Restored Version/Deleted Scenes to be paired with the US Music and Vocal Soundtrack and to have it all near together in this life, this version, and the Southern Substandard and Mospeada versions that are going to follow, are going to be a welcome addition.
Well done, ADV, AnimEigo, and Harmony Gold, well done!
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