Ah, finally some action. This episode gave me some more faith in the second half of this series. The two previous episodes may have been rather dull, but this episode made up for it pretty nicely. Although I do hope that this series won’t try to beat Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann in terms of huge mechas…
This episode also finally shows us the main antagonist, though the guy didn’t do much. Still, it’s a nice enough introduction, as long as the creators remember to develop the guy. I also liked the Varja-battleship that suddenly appeared. The only dull part in this episode was when Sheryll got sentimental about Alto in front of her audience, but at least that part was meant to develop both her and Ranka some more.
I like the new ED a lot more than the old one. I’m not a J-pop fan at all, so these songs have always been a hit or miss. This one turned out to be pretty nice, thankfully.
The new ED is the ED of the first tv episode and probably will only be shown this episode again to drive home the connection of Brera knowing the tune to Aimo which is the only thing Ranka remembers from prior to the Varja attack when she was young.
Ah uh Macross Quarter is only 400 meters long.. the original Macross is 1200 meters long
http://www.mahq.net/mecha/macross/dyrl/macross-attack.jpg
As mentioned in the episode there is an adavanatge of the Quarter being that size as shown by its maneuverability which is something the original Macross could never do..
Man, am still waiting for subed version. Good to hear this episode was action packed.