Posts tagged Macross 7
power to the dream
thus sprach nekki basara
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THAT’S RIGHT
IT’S TIME
TO LISTEN TO MY SONG
CAN’T EVER GET ENOUGH OF THIS
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Interface: Macross 7 introduces a truly unique method of controlling a robot and piloting spacecraft. Basara Nekki pilots his VF-19 Excalibur Custom with what amounts to a Guitar Hero video game controller.
From the Macross Mecha Manual website:
The cockpit of the VF-19 Custom is redesigned to utilize a non-conventional control stick resembling a guitar, an instrument that singer/pilot Nekki Basara manipulates skillfully to operate the myriad controls of the variable fighter in combat.
This is a highly implausible system, given how Basara evades most attacks, manually manipulates the pinpoint barrier system, and performs guitar solos on this interface all at the same time.
However, since it is something to take at face value in the context of the Macross universe, Basara then becomes one of the elitest of the elite skilled pilots in all of mecha anime. Similarly, Mylene Flare Jenius and Ray Lovelock control their VFs with musical instrument-based interfaces (Bass Guitar, Keyboard Guitar respectively).
THIS IS JUST ABOUT THE GREATEST THING EVER. True story.
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Enika Cheryni… Lynn Minmei clone, only not. It’s interesting here in Macross 7 Trash how this time, the aspiring idol fails — and this way in particular. There’s a “Minmei Voice” contest wherein she joins, and wins — but only because of insider trading. She’s actually pretty bad (as opposed to Myung from Macross Plus who merely gave up).
It makes for an interesting turn in an otherwise pretty boring manga, outside of Mikimoto Haruhiko’s rather gorgeous drawings.
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Oh hi Mylene! I sure missed you <3
I realize how Macross 7 Trash isn’t really going to be about you or Fire Bomber, but that’s okay. Mikimoto Haruhiko’s illustrations are the good stuff here.
