Kyoto Kitty

Earlier tonight, I watched the Macross Frontier movie that debuted all throughout Japan today (November 21st). I bought my ticket earlier in the week for 1300yen, which was surprisingly a lot cheaper than I thought it would be.

My ticket was special though because it didn’t have a specific time or date that I had to abide by. Apparently, I could attend any of the showings with it, but of course, I wanted to go on the first day. I mean, it’s not like I had anything better to do, right?

Macross Frontier has quickly become one of my all-time favorite anime series to watch. I’m so moe for Sheryl Nome and the whole love triangle embedded into the series. I’m rooting for Sheryl x Alto, but I’m sure that won’t happen cuz the animation studio wouldn’t want to alienate any of the fans in taking sides.

I’m definitely planning to pick up the series on Blu-ray when they release an inevitable boxset. Animate often has the show running in their DVD/Blu-ray section and the visuals are so darn crisp. It’s nothing compared to the lousy quality I’m watching on my iPod Touch.

There are actually two Macross Frontier movies that are scheduled for release, The False Diva being the first. I’m not sure when the second movie is coming out, but it’s already been confirmed by the studio and will be a retelling of the original 25 episode series…I think? Who knows. Anyway, The False Diva title refers to Sheryl Nome’s character, hence why she’s plastered everywhere as the key image. I’m not complaining though, because the artwork of her is simply gorgeous.

I was really surprised to see a fairly long line outside the theater when I showed up for the 6:40pm show….!

The movie runs for a whopping 2 hours and was all right. It basically cuts and pastes critical parts of the anime spliced together with all new scenes that mainly focus on Alto’s relationship with Sheryl and Ranka. There are only two major fight scenes and they happen at the beginning and the end of the movie. They’re pretty thrilling though. Maybe’s it’s my lack of Japanese skills, but the story seemed to have a lot of holes. They tweaked several roles of the characters and Michel fans will be happy after watching this movie. Just remember, this movie focuses on Alto, Sheryl, and Ranka. Expect no more than that. I’m not complaining though….but this movie definitely doesn’t solve the love triangle. The music is riveting and wonderful. Since I’m a big nerd, I’d pick this movie up instantly once it gets released to home video.

Almost everyone except for Ranka gets a steamy shower scene….literally steamy because the water is so hot…not that steamy. Sheryl is nude bathing in a tub, but no nipplage. Alto is showering in the SMS shower room, but no goodies (you pervert). Grace is showering and you get a good view of her full rack several times in the course of one minute.

Several times during the movie, this guy/girl  (I couldn’t tell because it was dark and he/she had long hair but was fat…) kept walking to the back of the theater and stood there pacing back and forth. I assume it’s because he/she needed to stretch her legs, but I think I’ve been hanging out too often in the tenderloins of San Francisco because I kept looking back to make sure he/she wasn’t going to suddenly pull a knife out and start stabbing people randomly….and I say knife because it’s illegal to own a gun in Japan.

I recorded the audio from the entire movie, but since I recorded on “good” quality instead of “better quality”, it sounds like a real-live play and you could tell how far I was sitting from the stage :p If you’re interested, please enjoy it by all means. At least you’ll get a sneak peak at Sheryl Nome’s new CD before it hits stores on November 25th

 Macross Frontier: The Movie: The False Diva: Download