Close Encounter

Summary The year is 2059, 50 years after the great space war that devastated the Earth. Macross Frontier is the 25th Super Long Distance Emigration fleet of humanity in an effort to colonize the stars and ensure the continuation of our species. During their search for a habitable world they encounter a mysterious alien race that attacks them without provocation. These beings are mysteriously drawn to Ranka Lee, an orphaned high school student with aspirations of music stardom. Her adoptive older brother and his team of combat test pilots are pivotal in the defense of the fleet with their next generation of transformable fighter, the VF-25 "Messiah". Alto Saotome, a student recently transferred into the vocational high school's flight training program, finds himself inadvertently involved in the conflict and proves to be a far more talented pilot than anyone expected. The intrigue builds as characters are not as the appear and their ulterior motives begin to manifest themselves. The demise of the Frontier's sister fleet the Galaxy at the hands of the Vajra, further complicate matters aboard the Frontier.

S1.E1 ∙ Close Encounter

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Jun Fukuyama Yûichi Nakamura Tomokazu Sugita Kikuko Inoue

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Genres : Action Sci-Fi Animation Romance Music

Release date : Apr 2, 2008

Countries of origin : Japan

Language : Japanese

Production companies : Bandai Visual Company Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS) Big West

Summary The year is 2059, 50 years after the great space war that devastated the Earth. Macross Frontier is the 25th Super Long Distance Emigration fleet of humanity in an effort to colonize the stars and ensure the continuation of our species. During their search for a habitable world they encounter a mysterious alien race that attacks them without provocation. These beings are mysteriously drawn to Ranka Lee, an orphaned high school student with aspirations of music stardom. Her adoptive older brother and his team of combat test pilots are pivotal in the defense of the fleet with their next generation of transformable fighter, the VF-25 "Messiah". Alto Saotome, a student recently transferred into the vocational high school's flight training program, finds himself inadvertently involved in the conflict and proves to be a far more talented pilot than anyone expected. The intrigue builds as characters are not as the appear and their ulterior motives begin to manifest themselves. The demise of the Frontier's sister fleet the Galaxy at the hands of the Vajra, further complicate matters aboard the Frontier.

Details

Genres : Action Sci-Fi Animation Romance Music

Release date : Apr 2, 2008

Countries of origin : Japan

Language : Japanese

Production companies : Bandai Visual Company Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS) Big West

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Beyond the Heavens

Beyond the Heavens

Souten Kouro's story is based loosely on the events taking place in Three Kingdoms period of China during the life of the last Chancellor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao (155 - March 15, 220), who also serves as the main character. The Three Kingdoms period has been a popular theme in Japanese manga for decades, but Souten Kouro differs greatly from most of the others on several points. One significant difference is its highly positive portrayal of its main character, Cao Cao, who is traditionally the antagonist in not only Japanese manga, but also most novel versions of the Three Kingdoms period, including the original 14th century version, Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong. Another significant difference from others is that the storyline primarily uses the original historical account of the era, Records of Three Kingdoms by Chen Shou, as a reference rather than the aforementioned Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel. By this, the traditional hero of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei, takes on relatively less importance within the story and is portrayed in a less positive light. Yet, several aspects of the story are in fact based on the novel version, including the employment of its original characters such as Diao Chan, as well as anachronistic weapons such as Guan Yu's Green Dragon Crescent Blade and Zhang Fei's Viper Blade. A consistent theme throughout the story is Cao Cao's perpetual desire to break China and its people away from its old systems and ways of thinking and initiate a focus on pragmatism over empty ideals. This often puts him at odds with the prevalent customs and notions of Confucianism and those that support them.

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