FINALLY! AN UPDATE!

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Sorry for the long delay… Things have been busy and I’d been procrastinating about a lot of stuff, but with the recent lockdown, I’ve finally picked up the DYRL novel again, and I should have new chapters up soon.

In other news, it’s pretty obvious that Macross the First has been canceled again, and probably for good this time. So none of the links on my summary posts work anymore, and I’m unsure what to do about that. On the one hand, I think the summaries are still useful for anyone who has the manga (and you’d HAVE to have the manga in physical form, since the Cycomi links are all dead now). On the other hand, I’m unlikely to continue the summaries, since it’ll just hit a dead end with no resolution. I apologize, but in order to do this kind of work, I first of all need enthusiasm for each project, and I don’t have any eagerness for a Macross the First that leaves off on a double-cliffhanger (since it left the main story for a flashback, and even the flashback is incomplete).

As for the Southern Cross rewatch, I want to get back to it, but it won’t happen immediately. I worked pretty hard to finish the Orguss Rewatch before the 35th anniversary of the debut of Southern Cross, and I underestimated how exhausted that would make me, and how the last thing I wanted to do was plunge into another deep dive into a series. Although I did end up watching all of Super Beast Machine God Dancouga recently (I found it mediocre, but mostly enjoyable), so maybe I’m ready for something else. And Southern Cross is pretty short, anyway.

For the Macross Rewatch, I’m holding off doing the Delta movie until the second movie comes out, so it’s gonna be a while.

Anyway, sorry to be gone so long. And again, I should have more DYRL up soon.

ANNOUNCEMENT: New Delta Movie And Crossover Live!

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Thanks to @gwyncampbell for the photo!

So this isn’t really a news blog, but this is pretty big: at the Walküre event last night, they announced a Crossover Live on June 1 and 2, 2019, as well as a new (COMPLETELY new, according to the sign) Delta movie.

I assume this will push further back the “2018 TV project” that was announced back in 2017 (if it hadn’t been pushed back already… that was announced before the first Delta movie, so it may have been off the table since then), but I think the success of Passionate Walküre caught everyone by surprise.

There’s no date listed yet, nor any information about the movie itself. Any of that will probably be a long time in coming.

For the concert, though, it’s going to feature Mari Iijima (Minmay), Yoshiki Fukuyama (Basara), Chie Kajiura (Mylene), May’n (Sheryl), Megumi Nakajima (Ranka), and the five members of Walküre. If it’s anything like previous concerts, there will also be surprise guests, like perhaps Yoko Kanno. Me, I’m hoping that Holy Raz (Sara) is there, since she seems to have fallen off the face of the earth (or just been whisked away across the dimensions).

Anyway, good times ahead!

(And as always… for the latest Macross News, check decultureshock.com. It will ALWAYS be there first!)