She's a New Yorker and she is a princess of songs in Japan. Yet she's virtually unknown in America. Sometimes I wonder if Japanese stars have a chance in America even when they are Americans. Robotech is the series that broke new grounds for Anime in the United States. However, what about song? JPOP nation? The other aspect of the following for Japanese culture?
Obviously James Wan has an opportunity to re-integrate song back into the Robotech series where it was removed from the original Macross series in Japan. The idea and notion that Sony would use some karaoke songs from Harmony Gold for the Lynn Minmay character would only make the franchise a huge failure in Japan.
To succeed, director James Wan would have to integrate a Japanese singer or a real singer into the Lynn Minmay role? I mean Lynn Minmay became the singer of Macross city and even became queen as Miss Macross. That character also saves the human race from the Zentradi invasion right?
Well us Robotech fans know this, but do Robotech fans know the likes of Hikaru Utada? James Wan could rewrite history by bringing in Hikaru Utada's fans from the world, and Robotech fans from the United States. Together Japan's awaiting fames could really happen on the big screen.
I say Hikaru Utada for Lynn Minmay all the way! Long live Utada and let's do something right, not only for Robotech but for Japanese music and anime as a culture.
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