Now in the intro of the game, there was this spaceship commanded by an unnamed captain:

The said unnamed captain

Captain Wilder of Macross Frontier fame

They must of been separated at birth or something. I wonder If I’m the only one who thinks they look similar? And ohbytheway, finding a good screenshot of Wilder was a lot tougher than I thought it would be.

I’m glad they kept the Japanese version of the OP, 「Heart」by あすなろ (youtube at the bottom of the post).

Anywho. Some random screenshots of the pretty box and manual:

Of course, I love Star Ocean for its battle system:

Unfortunately I’m not that far in. I restarted the game after I beat the first boss since I accidentally added Cyuss to my party T_T

And the video of the lovely OP:

Overall: (8/10)
Story: (6/10)
Art:  (7/10)
Character: (8/10)
Enjoyment:(8/10)

Story:
Sorry, love triangles that don’t resolved sucks. And penalty for lack of character development (I mean how many times have we heard Ranka say “I won’t lose” to Sheryl??). There were also some pacing issues too, I mean I didn’t really buy the explanation in the last episode, but I was bought over with lots of flashing lights and explosions.

Art:
If not for the somewhat inconsistent standards in the second half of the series, I would probably given this a 9. Oh, and -1 for not enough tentacles on Grace in the last ep :P Again, explosions and flashing lights won me over.

Character:
Well, we had a whole range of unforgettable characters (except for maybe Nanase). Ranka is, obviously, my favorite, followed closely by Klan. Michael was pretty cool too, until he failed and got sucked out into deep space. Oh and Alto wearing Sheryl’s earring ? no.

Enjoyment:
Definitely enjoyable. I think it had a very strong start and a strong ending (I watched the last episode 3 times -_-; so ’nuff said). All the tunes were catchy, though I don’t know why they didn’t get May’n to just do Sheryl’s talking voice as well?

Some random thoughts:

• If Sheryl’s Vajara disease was transmitted via bodily fluids, doesn’t it mean it can spread when she kisses Alto?
• Gayest earring a man can possibly wear. But then again Alto-hime pulls it off nicely.
• thanks #gg for the Zentradi (and freaking 700MB) subs -_-;
• Did they ever explain what organization Grace was working for? (or maybe it was just her and her other 2 friends… whoever those voices belonged to in the recap episode)
• Alto FAILS for not choosing Ranka (plus whats with these corny lines?? “You’re both my wings??” “Charge! Love Heart!!!” … oh well)

Andohbytheway all my screencaps are blank… dunno why. Plus I’m lazy. So no pictures :P

ps. looks like Kabitzin agrees with me (except for the Ranka hating part) … or should I say I agree with him.. though I had this written 2 days ago… was just waiting for the screenshots that never came :(

So Manga requested that I do a series of Macross Frontier vectors for him. The first one, above, is from the Ranka-Sheryl sing-to-make-Alto-my-boyfriend episode. There are only 2 resolutions, and I categorized it as a vector (as opposed to a wallpaper) since I felt that it is still missing something… but I’m not sure what. Unfortunately I’m not too interested in the screenshot right now, so I’ll let it sit (apparently Manga is satisfied so .. meh~).

ps. If anyone wants to get the original photoshop psd to make it into a wallpaper, feel free to contact me.

edit: oh fixed the messed up link
Time spent: 5 hours