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NHK’s Ultimate Macross Poll

(Photo from the Ultimate Macross Poll Official Website)

What is Macross to you?

“It’s something that surpasses time and space. It’s like music or passion or love, surpassing time and space in search of their true potential. Something like that.”
-Shoji Kawamori, Ultimate Macross Poll

On Saturday, May 4th, NHK BS Premium broadcast the results of its Ultimate Macross Poll.

Held over a period of two months, from March 1, the Ultimate Macross Poll received 254,131 entries, tabulating votes and comments from over a quarter million fans in four categories to decide the most popular songs, characters, mecha and overall series from the Macross franchise.

While the resulting 3.5 hour long tv special was structured around the unveiling of the poll results in these categories, it was much more than mere vote tallies – it was a celebration of all things Macross, gave the fans a voice, provided a snapshot of the current state of the franchise and dropped some interesting hints about what the future might hold.


May 11, 2019 Articles
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SPEAKERPODCAST EP.125 – City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes

It’s been a good two decades since we last saw Ryo Saeba and crews latest antics in animated form grace our screens (no, we don’t talk about Angel Heart around here).

City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes hit Japanese cinemas on February 8 and appears to have struck a nostalgic chord with audiences since some cinemas are still screening it over two months later. Shinjuku itself has been caught in the grip of mokkori fever, with collaboration cafes, and promotions all over the place – some pictures of which I’ve included below.

But how does the movie stack up? Does it try to reinvent everyone’s favorite lecherous sweeper for 2019 or does it stick to doing what Ryo does best?Tune in to find out!

April 23, 2019 SpeakerPODcast
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SEGA FES 2019 & SAKURA TAISEN EXHIBIT

Sega Fes, the official annual event for all things Sega was held again this year at the Belle Sale event space in Akihabara on March 30-31. Unlike last year’s Sega Fes, which was far more hardware oriented, this year’s focused on three main things: the Megadrive Mini, Sakura Taisen (both the new game announcement and a retrospective on the franchise’s merchandising and history) and Atlus.

Of course, the event also featured the return of Segata Sanshiro as well (in my opinion by far the most important thing to happen during the event) during a stage show/talk panel.

More areas were off limits to photography this year, but the pics we did manage to snap can be found in the following gallery.

Oh, and this year saw the debut of Sega-themed food at the event –  trend that I hope continues next year!

April 22, 2019 Photo Gallery
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