by the fans for the fans

Can someone just lock this thread? Reading Mav's responses just make me roll my eyes. Most of these conclusions are pretty obvious to any grade school student. I love how he has has to always point out how much Kevin knows about the industry even though Kevin doesn't apply this supposed knowledge toward the franchise he works for...

MEMO1DOMINION wrote:

SO WHAT ARE YOU HEARING?

WHY DID MACROSS WEEKLY NOT PRINTING AGAIN? THEY DID NOT DO THEIR MARKET RESEARCH OR THEY DID AND POSSIBLY COMING OUT WITH SOMETHING BETTER. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING?

That it's simply too soon for them to be rereleasing the magazine. The first version wrapped up less than two years before, and the second version was mostly a reprint of it.

MaverickLSC wrote:

My best bet is that what's happening in the anime industry is also happening in the manga/publishing industry as well.

Based on what...? Your gut feeling? Wishful thinking? What?


MaverickLSC wrote:

Want research? I'll leave you with this;

Oh, f'r cryin' out loud... Are you being sarcastic again or do you you honestly think that linking to some opinion puff pieces constitutes "research"?

They'll hand out high school diplomas to basically ANYONE these days, won't they?

Did/do these magazines cover all things Macross or just the Classic stuff? Does it get into Macross Zero and such? I wish I could read or understand Japanese

Gubaba wrote:

MEMO1DOMINION wrote:

SO WHAT ARE YOU HEARING?

WHY DID MACROSS WEEKLY NOT PRINTING AGAIN? THEY DID NOT DO THEIR MARKET RESEARCH OR THEY DID AND POSSIBLY COMING OUT WITH SOMETHING BETTER. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING?

That it's simply too soon for them to be rereleasing the magazine. The first version wrapped up less than two years before, and the second version was mostly a reprint of it.

AH. THANKS.

COLLECTED THE FIRST PRINTS. NOT ALL. AFTER THAT DID NOT BUY THEM.

Thoth Amon wrote:

Did/do these magazines cover all things Macross or just the Classic stuff? Does it get into Macross Zero and such? I wish I could read or understand Japanese

AND THE PROBLEM WAS READING JAPANESE. ONE OF THE REASONS I DID NOT BUY THEM AFTERWARDS.

Gubaba wrote:

MaverickLSC wrote:
Want research? I'll leave you with this;

Oh, f'r cryin' out loud... Are you being sarcastic again or do you you honestly think that linking to some opinion puff pieces constitutes "research"?

They'll hand out high school diplomas to basically ANYONE these days, won't they?

SO THESE LINKS ARE NOT TRUE THEN? WILL TAKE A READ ON THEM DURING SDCC.

blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2010/08/16/t...ga-and-ipad-romance/

blog.bigtimewireless.com/comics-manga-ipad/

www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fd20110717a1.html

www.cafemanga.co.uk/manga/easily-obtaini...e-nook-and-more.html

www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2...media-manga-ipad-app

Thoth Amon wrote:

Did/do these magazines cover all things Macross or just the Classic stuff? Does it get into Macross Zero and such? I wish I could read or understand Japanese

It covers EVERYTHING: SDF Macross, Zero, Plus, Frontier, 7, DYRL, and even II. I wish I knew Japanese too...

MEMO1DOMINION wrote:

SO THESE LINKS ARE NOT TRUE THEN? WILL TAKE A READ ON THEM DURING SDCC.

blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2010/08/16/t...ga-and-ipad-romance/

blog.bigtimewireless.com/comics-manga-ipad/

www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fd20110717a1.html

www.cafemanga.co.uk/manga/easily-obtaini...e-nook-and-more.html

www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2...media-manga-ipad-app

Surely I don't have to explain the difference between a hard-fact piece and an opinion piece to you, do I?

MEMO1DOMINION wrote:

AND THE PROBLEM WAS READING JAPANESE. ONE OF THE REASONS I DID NOT BUY THEM AFTERWARDS.

That's a good point, and it begs the question...Macross managed to produce a successful, 50-issue biweekly magazine.

Why doesn't Robotech do the same? In English?

I mean...Robotech is more popular than Macross, right? And if they publish it digitally, Mav says it'll be a success, right?

So why don't they?

That's what I want to know.

Gubaba wrote:

MEMO1DOMINION wrote:

AND THE PROBLEM WAS READING JAPANESE. ONE OF THE REASONS I DID NOT BUY THEM AFTERWARDS.

That's a good point, and it begs the question...Macross managed to produce a successful, 50-issue biweekly magazine.

Why doesn't Robotech do the same? In English?

I mean...Robotech is more popular than Macross, right? And if they publish it digitally, Mav says it'll be a success, right?

So why don't they?

Because the technology required to deliver their product does not exist
You see Gubaba, Kevin and Tommy are such visionaries, that their ideas are way ahead of our time. Everything that they came up with is decades ahead of it's time